Beaton branson

lovebirds in my strawberry patch!

2011-04-27T19:51:00.000-07:00

look at these little cuties i found!

when they were paired together in my carriage, they soon became the best of friends! they are so adorable, i think they have a little crush on eachother and are a bit shy. when i came home from work this evening i found them getting cuddly in my strawberry patch- so lovely these little creatures! :) so glad the weekend is almost here! happy wednesday everyone! :)

love life

2011-04-26T21:16:00.000-07:00

wow- haven't written in quite some time, but here i am, back in the blog world. :) it's been so busy lately at home. with work, class and homework, my time spent at home is either on the computer or spent trying to "rest".

even though i'd rather be crazy busy doing other things, i've jsut been really happy lately. :) there are soem new and exciting things going on in my personal life and i'm just really excited aand happy for the future. i love my family, i love my little cutie of a husband and i just love my life. i'm happy. are any of you guys extra happy??? what makes you happy? :)

just a few piccies from peru and one back in the burbs of the bank! :)

in peru with cutie in one of peru's best buffet places to wine and dine in! :)

my fabulous brother, me, cutie, and my new sissy!

after my brothers wedding- this was no "regular" wedding. it was like an awesome party mardi gra wedding- minus the flashing for beads- you got those for free from a court jester! :)

me and cutie at macchu!

the day after we came back in peru, it snowed in burbank!!! :)

Peruvian Piety...

2011-03-11T13:06:00.000-08:00

i've been SUPER busy! doing what? i have no clue! but i've been busy alright! i just came back from peru (my brohter got married there- yahoo!) and was totally inspired by all of the hand woven textiles and alpaca roaming around. :)

so one of the things that has been keeping me busy is a photoshop class that i started right before my trip to peru- and here is my first homework assignment! i've been thinking a lot about lace ruffs for the past several months- so i also added little Baby Jesus in there because he's usually dressed in some pretty elaborate velvets, lace, ribbon, etc. inspired by the streets soley devoted to selling religious relics. paintings, dolls, statues, clothes for your saints, night lights, rosaries, tapestry, and of course, crowns to adorn your Baby Jesus! so with Baby Jesus in there i'm free to mix in all lace and pretty delicate things that i want to.

i'm pretty excited about the photoshop class- especially after fiddling around with it last night. i will share pictures of Peru once i find some time- as for now- i'm a busy bee with homework and wanting to draw. Sunday is my only day to myself so i think i might start drawing something. i got a huge piece of watercolor paper from swain's so i'm set for a huge painting- i'm thinking of painting scenes around the home- me and my cutie, loungin' around and being lazy.. pretty sweet huh? :) i feel happy at the moment. optimistic...

what's got you feeling happy and optimistic these days????

2010-12-07T21:49:00.000-08:00

i finally finished my painting! :) i titled it "Friday Night". sometimes, well a lot of times for me lately- Friday night isn't about going to club- yelling over noise and boozing it up. it's more about coming home to my Cutie, relaxing and maybe going out to dinner and enjoying a nice glass of wine or a cocktail at home. working on projects that i've set for myself, reading, drawing, etc. i guess i've just gone back to my homebody ways. it's just who i am i suppose. :)

and well- settling back nicely into my
homebody ways, i've started a new bloggy! my beaton branson blog i feel is a bit of a mish-mash of too many things- so i will keep this blog just for daily babble, pictures that i take around my town and art projects. me new blog: ONE-TWO-THREE-FROCK will be my journey on pattern making and of course- sewing myself up some frocks to wear! :)
i'm going to try to make 1 pattern a week- and then the following week hopefully, little by little- finish sewing it up after work. i will also have current little oddball crafts that i always get obsessed about.. and then i forget about- then get newly obsessed about... what can i say, it happens! :) so i hope to see you guys at my new bloggy and back here too!

hope everyone is feeling crafty around the holidays!

my paint brush had dried up until...

2010-11-23T13:06:00.000-08:00

... i had to finish my painting for the eastside luv art show, thirsty canvas- eeek! i've officially worked on my painting 2 days- the first day i drew and i painted the first picture about 4 hours- the second day was this morning- i painted for about 30 minutes. i have to turn in my painting on saturday- so i better finish this up by then! the actual show is on dec 2 at eastside luv in boyle heights (los angeles). the theme of the show is the glorious classic drink that everyone has drank (and been drunk on) for 1000's of years... vino! well- vino, cocktails, etc.

i decided to paint a girl kind of just being lazy with a glass of wine. she has it proped up on her shoulder, just taking sips as she pleases. i haven't painted in the couch yet, but i think it looks a bit boring right now- so i'm going ot add some texture in the couch- maybe like a little floral print and i have to do more detail on the hair. i want to take up some paint on the jawline area- and i have to finsih the eyes and mouth of course, i don't know- what do you think? aaaaand i also want to make the background a more rich red... like vino. :)

sorry that i hadn't posted sooner- i'm a bit of a wreck when it comes to posting- arent' i? well- i think i'm going to start a new blog with sewing projects- soon to be a wholel ot more in this coming year- as i'm making myself use all my stash fabric.. y punto! this blog will remain for my field trips, drawing, random pics and my daily babbling. :) i hope to start my new bloggy in mid/late december and focus on patterns and of course- sewing fabulous little frocks for me to wear... and once i get my sewing confidence- perhaps even make some stuff for friends, family, strangers, etc. :)

hope everyone is doing fabulous! :)

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN... said the fox.

2010-10-31T13:40:00.001-07:00

ok- first off- i just have to say, that i absoultely love shadow shots- maybe it's because you can make things that sometimes are not real... look real! :) take for instance me and cutie in the picture above- do we not look like cute little foxes frolicking on the streets? :) inspiration of course was the film- The Fantastic Mr. Fox. :) well this is how that came about...

first- we obviously needed ears- these were my first ears that i cut out- i thought they looked a bit like ears and a bit like a strange colored flames... i wanted to be a happy fox- not a fox on fire! :(

here i am unsuccessfully modeling said fire flame ears... those didn't work- so lets move on for now.

me being the mrs in the realtionship- meant i had to get meself a yellow dress with apples on it. hmmm... i did find yellow with apples- but it also had bees on it- soOOoo no. so me being ever optimistic- thought- i could hand paint my own fabric... suRrrRRrrE- no problem!

i bought a piece of rubber and carved out little apple stencil... draped a pattern, then graded it (which i'm very proud of- cos it was my first time grading from a drape to my size and it actually fit first go around! :) - a little snips here and there...

bought some fabric paint and press-o, presto- apple fabric galore! :) i did think the apples were a little large and it reminded me a bit of a teachers art smock- so i decided to stop with the apples. apples on the bodice would do- after all- this is just a costume, it just needs to get the effect of a character- doesn't need to be exaaAaaaAActly, right??? at least thats what cutie kept telling me... and he was right!

and here we are! :) we went to the dia del los mueartos celebration at the hollywood forever cemetary it was faboo! :) met up with some friends and a grand time was had (until i dropped my camera- but i'll leave that story for later. :(

cutie was freaking out about not having ears for his costume, so the ears i literally cut out- hot glued and pinned to my and cuties head five minutes before we left the apratment- they seemed to work. :) people at the cemetary seemed to like our costume- we weren't dressed for day of the dead- but thats ok- i did that last year. kids would smile and wave at us and a man took a picture of us and said he thought we looked great and would put it online... we would see people smile and look at us and we even got- "oh look! the fantastic mr and mrs fox!" :) so the costumes worked! :) i made a little artbelt to carry around my paint brushes- which came in handy cos then i didn't have to carry a purse! :)

after the cemetary we went to theater 68's haunted house- this is run be- of course, actors and they have some awesome special effects as you're walking through- collapings / sliding walls- secret pop out scare holes- holy shnikes this thing was scary!!! EN SERIO! i was holding on for my dear life on to cuties arm- walking along with him as close to him as if we were siamese twins- aheheehe! it was totally creepy! if any of you guys are in the hollywood area- i totally recommend going! :) it's on sunset- $10- google them- it was awesome! my poor sissy came out in a cold sweat poor thing. :( (hehehehe) :) as we were walking (me pushing cutie- trying to run) one of the actors recognized who were were and in a very menacing tone cried out- "you better run fast mr. fox!" ahahaha!

did anyone else make their costumes? happy halloween everyone! :)

2010-09-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

this past weekend i went to the glendale paper fair with cutie. cutie can look for HOURS through old postcards- always researching and on the hunt for his blog. i on the other hand- can look for hours through old photgraphs. i like getting to know newly found friends from the past. best of all- i love when i can find pics of a ceratin group or family and see them change through the time. and i love, love, love when my new fround friends have written notes on their pics.

below is one of my favorite little darlings that i found. i found a few pics so i nabbed them all! :)

on the right- you see a cute smiling girl- on he back of the pick it reads, "she's 21. hazel eyes - brown hair- and is 5'10in." hmm.. i thought it was cute. maybe soemone was trying to play cupid and write her info on a pic... sooner or laterit looks like she found a sailor friend. :) she was a looker that would make any man happy.

here are more pics of little miss darling. :) look at the bottom riht hand pic... she is just so cute... and she played the ukey! i bet her voice was like a little birdy. :) girls like htese are the kind that inspired me to get a ukey.. my voice.. ehm... i'm sure my cutie would say it was like a little birdy! (lets not ask WHAT kind of birdy.... :)

and here- we see her with a group of friends. i was able to find some separate pics of her friends in the huge box that i attacked. i tried to kind of match the friends in order. the top right hand friend is on the top. :) the one below is in teh middle- and then litte miss darling is right below herself on the left hand side. :)

and looky here- i found friend # 2. i think she looks a little older and a bti more sophisto in the picture to the right. :)

i didnt' find friend # 1, but i did find another little girly. i like her int eh main picture- she looks very happy to be with this boy. :) i wonder if it was her boyfriend or jsut a boy who she had a crush on and was maybe very giddy to be able to snag a picture with him. :)

there were also many othe rpictures that i bought, but those i'lll post later. OH! at the same show , i bought my self the CUTEST ever little lamps! they are vintage german porcelain and on the stand of the lamps, there is a dancing girl. i found 2 of them- so they can be friends- they are in perfect condition! (thank you mama and papa cress and grandma and grandpa cress- it was bought with their birthday money! eheheh) they will go nicely on my new vanity that i also got for my birthday (thank you sissy!) i'll psot pictures of the lamps once i ahve my vanity up.

what do we have here? one last final forgotten memory... i found this in the same box, i found this western union telegram... perhaps a secret rendevous and it loks like they might've had a few!

do you guys have any favorite vintage pics? are they your own family or also found new friends???

morning sunrise...

2010-09-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

saturday morning and the sun isn't quite up yet. i woke up at 430 in the morning and couldn't fall back to sleep. so i'm watching downtown 81. so far, its a bit slow... maybe i shouldn't judge the film quite so quick.

what is this little birdy looking at???

film review- it has very bad tunes and it has some pretty good tunes. mostly the acting is pretty, "meh." debbie harry looks of course like an angel, as she always does. it's on netflix streaming. i like the band who has a tall thin white man singing an an asian girl in red on drums and a few other bands/songs in the film... what do you think?

oh my! this little birdy is looking at you! :)

hope eveyone has a fabulous saturday!

birthday weekend...

2010-09-23T12:15:00.000-07:00

yes, yes.. i'm horrible at keeping up with posts- as i read a bunch of blogs- my daily reads- i'm a bit not so great at actually updating my own! so here are a few pictures and a quick little post on how my birthday weekend went... i am now out of my 20's! eEeeEeeEeew!

first off- at work- it was awesome! :) my boss decorated my office, desk and compy with birthday streamers, sparkly birthday garland and all sorts of fun stuff! i was definitely surprised! they had a potluck and 2 yummy cakes! people at work are so nice to me! i got 4 different plants- orchids and mums- cards- baked cookies- gifts, etc.. ehhehehe. and my boss got me the best buster keaton book i had never even seen!!!! (there will be a post on my dear buster later this week). the pic above is me and cutie at the smoke house in burbank. * note long hair* i'm quite the foodie (yes, my yelp account is also collecting a bit of dust...) we got yummy crab stuffed shroomies and lobster tails- not quite what i expected- but still super tasty! :)

then- on saturday- we went to magic mountain- (cos i still technically act half my age most of the time). went with cutie and my sissy lollie- who was VERY excited to be this close to daffy duck! :) after some roller coaster action and some bbq mini-wiches- we were ready to go home... OooOH my achin' feets and hips... :)

sunday- i ran some errands with cutie and went to visit my mama and just took it easy for the rest of the day... and found myself a good pair of scissors...

... MONDAY...

in 2006- my dearest cynthia and i vowed to grow our hair out for peace!!! after being inspired by the documentary the US VS. John Lennon. we grew our hair out for four years!!! during that time- i trimmed it only once- for my wedding cos it was major scraggles! we had discussed cutting it, but something always held us back. we were growing it out for a cause- for peace! :) well- we are far from having any peace on earth- but i decided to finally cut it for a good cause. i grew it out for peace and was able to cut it off for cancer. :) i'm sending my hair to locks of love- i have a whole 15 inches left over!!! i dont' think i will ever cut my hair again and not donate it. i'm excited to send it off knowing it will go to some little girl or boy who needs it more than i do. :)

all in all- i had a fabulous birthday weekend!!! :)

i'm gonna buy a paper doll that i can call my own...

2010-09-07T20:52:00.000-07:00

i went to Cinecon 46- a classic film festival in hollywood. cutie and i didn't partake in any of the films but we did go into the dealer rooms later in the evening and i found the cutest paper dollies! :) one of my faves - valentino of course... swooOoon! i didn't find buster keaton (my ultimate fave of the silent film stars)- but i did find norma talmadge. buster did marry his lesser known sister.. so, purely for this buster family connection- i bought it. i'm always peeved when i see things for chaplin and not buster- above is a smaller sized chaplin paper dolly that i found. i bought it... but would've much prefered a Buster paper dolly... i will have to make my own i suppose...

we then went to musso and franks to celebrate Cuties birthday. i did take a few pics- but blogspot is being difficult with downloading pics for some reason. :( i'll have to upload them a little later. :( happy birthday to my Cutie. :)

starting out and an oopsies moment!

2010-08-19T13:01:00.000-07:00

ok- above is the first dress pattern that i've started working on. it's a vintage late 60's - early 70's pattern that i bought while antiquing in san pedro. i've never actually worked off patterns and was a little intimidated. sure i can drape a dress and scribble some symbols around and it works for me (not all the time.. ehhhehe) but i was a bit nervous about going off somethign that i think is so ehm.. final???? one good thing about this pattern- since it was used- all the pieces were already cut! :) that saved some time- one of the down sides to this- is well... i'm hardly a junior size 10 by todays standards (and for sure not by 70's standards!).

so after the first go around- i noticed i needed to add some extra to even fit this mock up around my ehm... curvalicious hips (hahaha1). after the second go around- i was now able to wiggle in and zip it up.. but well- the shape of the dress looked nothing like the little fun dress in the illustration- so my third move- which might be tonight- will be to add a bit more to the sides for more wiggle room and a bit more of an overall loose fun flared fit. lets see how this turns out. overall (so far at least) this pattern is pretty easy to work with- although i did have to get my sewing book out to remember some hand sewing stiches...

on to my "oopsies moment"- this is kind of embarassing to say the least... eh! i usually wear a pretty basic uniform to work- some sort of pants- a V or a scoop neck t-shirt and my mockies. i wear my mockies almost everyday. i've been a faithful user of mockies ever since i got my first pair about 2 years ago. there is one problem with mockies (at least in my experience). if you wear mentioned shoe almost everyday for work- they tend to (of course) wear out every 7-10 months. this mornig as i was telling cutie i needed new shoes... and him saying that no- i didn't need new shoes- that i have a load of them in the closet (this is true- but they are not of an everyday work shoe ilk). so i huffed around a bit (as any wifey would do when todl she shouldn't buy more shoes) i get over it and give cutie a kiss good bye and off to work i go!

ok. i'm walking up the steps to my office and what do i see when i reach the top of the stairs??? my big toe- saying hello to me!!! the little leather stitches had become undone- my little piggies wanted to explore and see the mess that is my office and i shoo-ed them away back into my mocky and ran to my office and closed the door!!! i showed my shoe to my co-worker and had told him about my morning convo with my cutie and he started laughing and said- "you SO know he's going ot htink you did that on purpose!" i was so embarassed! luckily, i remembered about some keds that i had thrown in the back of my car one day and thankfully i am able to wear these for the day (not considered appropriate) by my work dress code- but i thought it might be better than walking around with my little tootsies hanging out! and i just love how you can see my little mocky sun tan not to mention you can now see my little hide-away socks- le' sigh! needless to say--- hey cutie! guess who's getting new shoes this weekend! :) hehehe...

flowers for the flower... :)

2010-08-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

this morning cutie woke me up to tell me that he was going downtown for some bloggy picture taking. i decided to tag along so we can run down to the flower district so i can buy some fakey flowers. ever since the reception in wisconsin- i've been in love with flower crowns. i had thought to buy one, but figured i could probably make then myself.

well- after walking around olvera street, having some lunchies and roaming around union station, we decided instead of facing the parking mess that is downtown la- we decided to head back home- but, i thought maybe to stop at micheal's really quick to buy some fakies. spent about $20 and home we went.

the only snag i ran into was running out of some of the little pink roses! so i had to run back out to buy some extra to finish... and ta-da! FINITO! :) maybe i can actually make it to the flower district some time soon. :)

summer freckles and some projects...

2010-08-10T21:12:00.001-07:00

summer is here- but thank goodness it's hasn't been crazy hot. i've never been one for the heat- for baking in the sun- i don't make a very good california girl... but the sun does bring out my freckles- not many- but a few came about after a day of playing pool volleyball- probably the most summer thing i will do this year. :)

the little book above is my sketchbook for the skecthbook project. :) my theme is "it will be fun, i swear". i kind of wish i had gone with my second thought and done "night time stories"- only because i would be abel to draw my dreams out- cos i usually have very vivd dreams that i remember every morning when i awake. the front cover is simple- but i thought it was appropriate- i like that the shadows are jsut about to hold hands... perhaps not knowing what they are getting into. i have about 6 months to finish the whole sketchbook- crossing my fingers!

and- as always.. i'm taking on way more projects than i can handle... other than teh sketchbook project- i also started a new dolly. :) she is smaller than teh first dolly i made- little hazel. i'm trying to make more detail on her face than what i did with hazel. i'm hoping she looks cuter once she has hair and a dress. :)

and here i have my workspace... office (for the cutie) / craft room (for me). we've fully moved in to our new place now- but i still need to add the finishing touches- aka... pictures of inspiration- all the fun little things i like to look at while i work. which brings about another reason why i took the pic above- i've saved my parents kitchen table!!! :) i took apart my art desk and i replaced it with our families old, heavy, wood kitchen table- if i had not taken it... it would've got picked up by strangers... i couldn't bare to think of it being owned by others- i nabbed it. too many fond memories with this table. from me learning to pour my own cup of milk - my brother making me burst into laughter and spitting out my lunch (not the cutest) :)- to me clearing off the whole table to turn it into a pattern / sewing table during college. a craft table it will be once again- i plan to have it for my children to take when they get homes of their own... hopefully they want it!!! :)

pencil and mc.paint fiddles...

2010-07-27T12:46:00.000-07:00

this is what little zins is feeling like this week... why? i'd rather not say. it's defintiely not home or married life though... aRRrRgh- grumble, grumble, grrRrrRr...

>:OP

ginger is on the prowl... sketchbook here i come!

2010-07-24T18:02:00.000-07:00

this weekend is a bit strange- i wanted to get some stuff done- but am busy.. ehm... not with anything really. well- other than doggie-sitting- let me introduce to you Ginger. she is a bit of a pampered pup. she gets groomed once a week- has special snacks and when you take her for a walk- if she doesn't like the route you've chosen... she WILL NOT walk- but she has the MOST adorable sad eyes in the world- you just kind of give in to whatever she wants... she ends up picking the route, she is the master... and i end up picking up her doo. this is what doggie lovers do (or dog walkers).

other than doggie sitting- i'm going to pick up my parents from the airport- and am meeting with my best friend trmw- feels like i haven't seen her in ages, can't wait to chat adn catch up with everything.

i need to fully immerse myself in something creative that i love. out of sewing, drawing, crafts, out of all the three- i love drawing the most. i will take pictures as i finish them. this week for sure i have to finish the little girl that i started ages ago. a friend of mine said he really likes my stuff and that he would screen print one of my drawings for me in his class. so i really want to finish her up. i'm not sure why- but i just really like the drawing. i'm atchd to this little girl for some reason. i like both versions of it. i like the actual quick sketch and the real one that i started (but have not finished). i will post it up as soon as i'm done. needs to be finished by wednesday for his class on thursday.

as i've said so many times before- i want to do so much- its hard for me to stop, sit and actually finish one thing. is there a phone app out there that will hold you accountable for finsihing all the things you say you're going to do???

mmmMMMM.. num-nums! :)

2010-07-21T13:04:00.001-07:00

well, my little berries are certainly on their way... and i've proved myself to be a little farmette! :) everytime i see some new ripe strawberries, i want to take more pics and share them.. but well- how exciting can strawberries really be.... (well i think tehy are.. but whateva!) but here was teh firs tlittle meal i made for Cutie and i. toast with nutella, peanut butter and my sweet little berries... :) the berries look like heart- cutey num-nums! :)

and below are some yummies cupcakes that i made! my first time making them- they were easy and yummy! i made close to 4 dozen for a potluck at work- everyone gobbled them up.. so now i'm a farmette and a baker! :) i made all chocolate and some strawberry cakey with cheesecake frosting... and just a dash of sprinkles will do ya'! :) all this food talk is making me wish i still had some cupcakies... OooOOh- woe is me for this foodie! :) toodles noodles!!! :)

little zins back...

2010-07-20T21:42:00.000-07:00

i've been missing- but not without good cause. i went for a little vaycay with the hubs to wisconisn to have a 2nd reception for all of his family and friends who couldn't make it out to california for the first one. my parents, two of my sissies and one boyfriend were able to make it out. :) i think the 3 pics above are probably my fave series of pics from the trip so far. :) the trip was nice and relaxing... i felt like i got married all over again... which gave me that bride giddiness all over again- hehehehe. :)

my vacation relaxation bride bliss was soon squashed when i came back to la by a little thing i call "work". le' sigh- oh well, that's life i suppose this was just a quick update- i'm going to try and get caught up on a bit of stuff this week and hopefully will be posting a bit more regularly this weekend... hopefully. i've also been cooking a bit- so i will also be posting some yummies soon... hehhehehe. how domesticated i've become.... :)

just a quicky...

2010-06-28T13:13:00.000-07:00

just thought i'd do a quick little post and show you my berries!!! (ehehehe! :) i woke up this morning and was pleased to see them so rosy and a 3rd little berry is getting pretty rosy too! :) they look so tasty, i'm afraid of little birdies attacking! if they look tasty to me- i'm sure they will look tasty to some little feathered friend as well, i will ahve to buy soem sort of netting to go around or something. if they are still there (keeping fingers crossed) this evening when i arrive from work- i will pick and gobble them up- taking great satisfaction to know that i grew these little yummies from seeds, dirt and a bit of extra close attention. :) dont' they look yummy??? :)

happy birthday to my very cool mama!!!

2010-06-24T12:08:00.001-07:00

ok- so- here i am- to celebrate my mama! it's her birthday today and i just wanted to share with you some of my favorite pictures of her and my pops. (they were the team that made me ya' know...) :) i called her early in the morning with cutie to sing a duet of the birthday song- we were the first callers of the day and with our incredible singing voices (ahem!) i'm sure we made her morning! :)

i love the first pic of my mama (born juana colombia novoa-alvarado)- the way she's just lounging around and the expression on her face is just so perfect casual cool. hehehhe. :) the 2nd picture is of my mama and pops - hehehe- i think he looks a like such a a little boy in this pic. :) both pictures were taken on their honeymoon. which made my mama a tender 19 years old. :)

these pics are also gorgeous of my parents i think! i actually have these on our wall- soon to be in our new craft room! :) my mama and pops dressed as primitaive cave people... scary!!! i love my moms eyes in this pic! the 2nd pic was them looking superb of course near christmas time. :) i want to find a silver tree just like that for christmas! :) so to my mama, i want to wish a fabulous, spectacular happy birthday and 100 more to come! :) i love you, i love you, i love you! :)

and well- here we are back in bloggy world and and out of the dizzying world of love i have for my mama- ehhehe. :)

(hard at work for diddly!)

ok- so i did not just completely ditch my dress- but here i am- (pics were taken this morning- so do excuse my jammies and my mess of hair.) so i draped and made a pattern for the skirt... which was a big mistake- cos duh! after i made my pattern- i remembered i couldn't use this pattern for this dress- as the print has a stripe border at the end- and i should've gone with the skirt that i had originally already sewn for the mock- up! aRrrrgh! there was obviously a reason why i had draped it the way i originally did for the mock-up! i should learn to trust my first instincts! it would've saved me a lot of time! now i have to make another mock-up as i think i tossed the original one out- cos i had the clever idea of making a different skirt... argh... mhrgehvenri!

to end this post- i will leave you with my mommy frolicking in the snow. :) happy birthday- i love you!!! xoxoxo

...and thank you for reading....

The Los Angeles Conservancy

2010-06-17T12:31:00.000-07:00

last night- cutie and i went to the Los Angeles Theater in Downtwon LA to take part of "Last Remaining Seats", presented by The Los Angeles Conservancy. the movie at hand was The Graduate- and as much as i love the film... i must admit i think the Los Angeles Theater was the shining star of the night. as soon as we walked in- it took my breath away!!! here are jsut a few pics that made me go, "oOoOH- aAaAAh...." :)

pics from top- left to right.

first pic was taken of me by a woman named chris. i was infact, taking a picture of the mirrors of the bathroom. as i wasputting my camera away- she turned and said to me, "i'm sorry, but i just need to take a pciture of you taking a picture. would you mind taking another picture so i can take one of you?" i figured..."why not?". after she took it, i asked her if she can eml it. so, in the bathroom of the los angeles theater... as we were being escorted to our bathroom stalls- we exchanged information and she emld me this pic and i had it in my possesion in about a minute... isn't technology grand???

not as grand as the los angeles theater though... a very mini tour- as there is SO much to see if you ever visit the theater- at the top of the stairs- there was a GORGEOUS crystal fountain- (wasn't running that night) that looked like a chandelier- the french inspired mural behind the fountain was painted by mexican muralist Candelario Rivas. i was thinking about maybe taking a tour of the theater- with the handsome Tony Valdez- ehhehe- who helped host the night and interviewed the producer from the gradute, Lawrence Turman, who was pretty hilarious- ehhee. :)

if ever in the LA area- i'd recommend taking one of the walking tours- you won't regret it. ;) i had seen this movie before, but it was different watching it on the big screen how it was meant to be watched- with a crowd of people. i don't think i ever realized how funny the movie wactully was when i had seen it on my small tv screen. i'm glad we went to see this for discovering the theater as well as getting the chance to see Mr. Turman. :) so- if you haven't seen the graduate yet... do.

weekend walk and a yummy

2010-06-13T21:55:00.000-07:00

yesterday morning, my friend hollie and i went for a little walk- strictly for a nice little stroll... but well- we came across 3 yardsales! and i bought this cute little dress- the yardsales gal originally tried selling it for 10- but knocked it down to 5 when she saw a huge hole in the back- nothing that can't be fixed... but she didn't seem to know that.

anyhoo when i first saw the dress- the bodice reminded me of something that could've been 40's- but take a look all the way down- and this was definteily from the 70's- which can also be fabulous- but lately, there's been a bit more of a 30's- 40's vibe in the air for me. even though i don't... and probabaly never will fit into this dress- for $5 i thought it would be worth while to take it apart adn at least use it for pattern purposes- i can cut the skirt in half and cute little 40's dress i can have. :)

oh- and incase you didn't know it- i love to cook. here is a white bean and totellini soup i made- lately i don't know why- but i've been craving anything with beans... so tasty! cutie liked this so i felt like i got an "A" in the kitchen. :)

presenting little miss hazel!

2010-06-10T21:35:00.000-07:00

here is little hazel- what a little lady! :) i made a little dress and hat- boxed her up and my jefita absolutely loved her- yay! :) once i put hair on her, i thought she looked so cute- it was a bit difficult let her go. :( but i was excited to see Michelles reaction and it was better than what i expected. :) i think i might make more little dollies. :)

i'm SO glad tmrw is friday- i can't wait to be off work- every friday i feel like such a child, always watching the clock to see when i can leave, it's like waiting for the bell at school to ring... this weekend will be busy but fun! beetleguise in the cemetary and sunday fiddle around the house.

well this was mainly just a quick update for little hazel- hope everyone has a fabulous friday!

dress & hazel update...

2010-06-09T12:52:00.000-07:00

ok- another dress update- at the rate that i'm going- i'll proabbaly have this dress finished by the first of july! well..a t least it will be finsihed, right? :) but here i've added my sleeves and after about 2 hours of fiddling with my machine- i finally figured out how to use elastic thread so that it actually sheared and not just sew flat- but with patience, you can achieve great things. :) so i kept at it and was able to shear the little sleeve ruffles adn i need to make it for the neckline too. and i've decided to change my skirt from my original mock-up and will have to redrape- aaaargh... ah- oh well. i will have a swell little dress for july! :)

my other update is on little hazel! she was first debuted a while back, but i'm trying ot finish her up for a surprise birthday gift for my boss (by tmrw!!!)... i'm hand sewing a dress and need to find something to use as hair- i was thinking of putting my own- but a girl i work with said she though it was too creepy and voodooish... bah! another girl did say she thought she was really cute to use my own - which i agree with but well... i'll save my locks for other dollies i suppose. :) next time you see hazel- she will be fully clothed! :)

so i guess with my dress taking forever- (and yes, i did get a mild scolding from cynthia) but it's not like i'm not doing aAaAanything- i've gotten a bit sidetracked with hazel and making a pink ruffle skirt for a co-workers little girl- who is sOooO adorable- so i am being a productive bunny... just being scattered around a bit is all. :)

thanks for stopping by and i hope you all have a fabulous day!!! :)

not quite finished.. ehehee...

2010-06-04T12:45:00.000-07:00

ok- so here is where i'm at with the dress so far. ehehhehe- no, i'm not finished with it yet- i should know myself better than to give myself timelines. i did do the mock up in a fakey fabric- but of course when i was going to cut it in the real fabric- i started fiddling with the pattern and with new fabric. i thought itwould be cute to make the top a different polka dot instead of using all the same fabric for the dress. i showed it to cutie and he agreed. :) so snipping i went. this morning i finished drafting the sleeve pattern. i bought a pattern drafting book in my school days- i blew off the dust and found that she was loaded with great info that she wanted to share-she was excited to strecth out on my desk...hehehee. :) so i'm planning on a bit of a puff sleeve and little ruffles around the neckline and sleeves- which i turned into a deeper scoop instead of a v and i may or maynot make a sash... i think i just might wear this with a belt... eh- we'll see! :)

quick little garden update! my marigolds and zinnias are starting to bore me... i'm waiting for some bloomin' flowers... argh.. although i do think it's a bit of an accomplishment that they've grown as much as they have. my last few planting projects failed miserably. what i AM super excited about is my strawberry plant (the littel white flower) and my little figaro figgy tree! :) i think the little white flower blooms turn into strawberries.. don't they??? a cute little transformation if thats how it goes. little strawberry seems to grow quite fast- i've seen her change almost everyday since i got her... what should i name her... any suggestions??? :) and i love seeing figaro every morning and evening to see which little leaf has sprouted from where.

quick update...

2010-05-26T22:08:00.000-07:00

ok- so i saw this fabric and picked it up- wasn't sure if i should use it or not- but then decided that it should be an easy (ha!) little ditty for my 4 day weekend. here is a quick sketch of the dress that i'm hoping to finish by monday. i think i will most likely have to go to my favorite little sewing shop to get a quick lesson on how to restring my overlock machine- but, well, i have to learn sooner or later- and what better day to do it than on a day off!?? :) what do you think?

*the fabric print shown above is copyrighted. ;)

everything in it's place...and i can't find a thing!!!

2010-05-25T13:03:00.000-07:00

on saturday cutie couldn't handle all the fabric around anymore- he took me to ikea and he bought a little cubby bookshelf to keep all of my fabric in. once he put it together and i put my stuff in- he was SO happy to have space and not have to look at the "mess". he is one for tidiness... and i am... well... i would call myself and "organized mess" kind of person. :) hehehe. as i was putting everything away- i found all these cute possible combinations. i'm DETERMINED to make at the least- 1 garment this weekend. whether it's a skirt or dress (i prefer a dress) above is a pic of my new fabric cubbies... thank you cutie for helping me get organized! cuddles to you!

it looks orange here- but the solid is a pink linen like fabric. :) floral print is a challis. * teh floral print fabric is copyrighted ;)

i want to make my 2nd reception dress out of this. i think want the darker gold velvet for the accent- but i love the stripe lace- very early 1900's i think- i want to wear flowers in my hair. :)

i was looking for a solid white fabric i have that i want to use for the accents for this- but now that everything is in it's place- of course i can't find diddly squat! but i did find this cute stripe that i think would go cute with the mini green and white houndstooth print. :)

i can't wait for my long weekend! i will get something finished... or i will give myself a bad talking to! (and no cookies for a week!) note to cynthia- if i don't follow through this weekend- i give you full permission to give me a scolding too!!!

soon to be etsy goodies...

2010-05-20T21:18:00.000-07:00

tonight cutie is away so i decided to do something to surprise him... i decided to be a domesticated wifey and do the laundry i was thinking of maybe doing the dishes, but i didn't want him to have a heart attack- so those can wait... :)

before i decided to be wifey- i tried taking some new pics for my Beaton Branson Etsy shop. unfortunately- the lighting in our mini- apartment is the pits! we have 1 major light source- everything else are little lamps. i will have to get some pictures done on the weekend. i really need to get a move on my little shoppy-shop- poor thing has been a ghost town and has been completely neglected. here is a pic of some shoes that i will be putting up... and a dress that i attempted to take pics of- but didn't quite finish due to the lighting. these will be put up by Friday night or Saturday morning.

vintage Trotter Leather Weaved Oxfords - size 10 - $22

vintage R&K Knits- For Girl Who Knows Clothes- M/L - $25

it actually says that on the tag- thought that was kind of cute- for the girl who knows clothes, hehe. :) i still need to take more detailed pics- but here it is with a little close up of a little snag above the 2nd button (pic on the right). well- that's it for the quick post- my little baby zins are growing splendidly since the last pic below! :) hope everyone has a wonderful friday!

the zinnia's are all a sprout!

2010-05-16T20:36:00.000-07:00

last weekend i planted some little zinnia and marigold seedlings. i had cutie help me move the television out of the way of our "patio" so i can get started on my little garden. we moved figaro (my figgy tree) over and planted my little seedlings. here they are on day six. the red foldgers jar is sprouting up a storm and the tin pot seems to be taking its sweet little 'ol time... grRRRuff- but all good things come to those who wait i suppose.

although the weather was great- i spent most of the weekend feeling a bit sickies. :( saturday i went for a morning walk and heard a strange bird... i stopped to look up in teh tree and was surprised to see that the squabbling culprit was infact a little squirrel- staring me striaght inthe face! i didn't know that squirrels made such noises! he was holding onto a brnach and looking right at me- again- he squabbled and i saw his little throat gobble up and down. sincehe was giving me soem squirrly lip- i decided to keep walking. on the walk- i had another 6 squirrel sightings. after a walk with the squirrels, we went to a bbq and to the first cemetery screening- the wizard of oz! it was a bit chilly but it was great to see it up big on my dearest valentinos mausoleum.

sunday i spent most of the day being sluggish trying to sleep to avoid my neck pain but as an early bird, i can only stay in bed for so long before i start getting ansty. still feeling a bit icky and i don't really want to go into work tmrw- but i suppose i have to, meh! so, for those who have to go to work ... or are lucky and get to stay home- here's to a happy monday to you all! :)

oldies but goodies...

2010-05-11T21:51:00.000-07:00

One of the things i love MOST is vintage jewelry... i might even say if i saw a super awesome dress and a super awesome ring... i'd DEFINETLY go for the ring. reason being- if i see a really awesome dress...i'm not the best at sewing.. but if i reeeeeally wanted to, i can make something similar. but jewelry... i know i would never be able to duplicate some of these pieces and i have definitely kicked myself more than a few times for passing up some gorgeous vintage jewelry. even better than finding an amazing piece is when one is passed down to you. :) so here are some of my favorite pieces- some passed down to me and some bought. :)

flamingo necklace=out of the closet, alligator and silver leaf hair barrette=online find, gold leaf and grapevine cross=my great grandmothers :) , mam owl and baby owl necklace (little baby owl detaches :)= from my sissy Igs, silver floral belt buckle (needs to be shined)= my grandmother, wind up watch necklace= ventura vintage find, little vile bracelet= ventura vintage find.

double moon jem bracelet=ventura vintage find, silver onyx bracelet=passed down from Sherry :), gold and pearl plate bracelet=ventura vintage find, rings: 50's cocktail ring, brown topaz ring, gold topaz ring=ventura vintage find, bronze flower ring=out of the closet, gold circle high school ring= my mama. :)

silver stretch bracelet=ventura vintage find, silver diamond cuff bracelet= great grandmother, handbeaded pearl collar (slightly falling apart :)=estate sale

...last but not least, brown topaz gold necklace (i thought it was made in india, but it's stamped made in spain, who knew!:)= ventura vintage find and here is a full pic of my little chain bracelet with flower vile attached (when you open it, it has a little mini spoon atchd- ehehhehe)=ventura vintage find. :)

do you guys have a special lucky piece that you found or perhaps that was passed down??? i wanna see. :)

dr.dog show...

2010-05-01T07:53:00.000-07:00

i know these pics probably downloaded a bit strangely- but i'm not blog genius as you can see. :)october, cutie and i had bought tickets to see them- we thought it would be the cherry on top to our wedding weekend... it would've been had we not passed out from all the wedding business whirlwind that we got caught up in! i had even reminded myself the day before thinking in my head what i would wear, alas, that night, i wore my pajamas. SO, last tuesday, the cutie and i went to the dr. dog show at the henry fonda theater. minus a giant who worked his way infront of me during the show- who insisted on having his arms raised and hi-fiving people throughout the show, the show itself was great! :)

they sang all the songs from their new album and i shuffled my little feet in dance with teh crowd. dr. dog is one of my favorite bands right. there are two main singers- one has a small, gentle little boy voice. (he's the one wearing the shades). the other singer has a more raspy manly voice that can range from sad beautiful drawls- to upbeat singing with some good throaty howls. it's the kind of music, that when i listen to, it makes me close my eyes and just daydream. the lyrics to their songs capture certain memories and feelings that i've had before. they're lyrics and voices makes me playback seconds of a song, just to hear their voice fade or howl a certain way. this was my third time seeing them and cant' wait for them to come back. i can't pick a favorite song or album of theirs, it's just to difficult. if i were to mention one, i'd be leaving out another that i feel is just as great but in a different way. i'm not that great at describing music to people- as i find my self with a loss for words and all i end up saying is, "Trey are soooo good, oh my god, their voices, the way he sings this one word... i love them, they are so good!" so- are two vids that i found on youtube...

pen friends...

2010-04-07T21:42:00.000-07:00

there is somethign special about recieving things through post- and i'm not talking about bills or junk mail. >:OP i'm talking about personal mail. during high school i had a few pen pals. first it was Martin Gireaudeu, he lived in La Rouche Sur Yon, France. we met through Pulp People- the official pulp fan club and wrote for about 2 years while i was in high school. it was so neat to write to him, count the days to when he would recieve and then count the days that i should receive his letter in return- and it was like clockwork. sadly, our letters stopped when he went to university. :(

the one pen pal that found me years ago- also in high school that have actually kept in touch with to this day is my dear friend kippily. we also met through Pulp People. :) above is a rendition of her from one of my favorite pics of her, taken i believe around the same time that i first met her. we had a lot in common and were able to meet once while in high school. she came dressed in a vintage salmon colored dress, gorgeous red lips, black shoes, huge black Audrey sunglasses and a gigantic vintage purse, that she held up to her stomach with both hands. she was the most queer little girl i had ever seen and i was so curious to get to know this girl. she slept over and wore a black dress, stockings and her black shoes to bed. she carried little dolls and toys in her purse, which i think she still might do today. we saw jarvis in san fran together and she drove up for my wedding this past october. i want to start writing her again. we speak over the phone every now and then, but i think i want to bring back some good old writing back. :) i like getting fun letters and decorated packages in the mail. it's exciting! :)

so this is an ode to those who i ever kept in touch with by mail- martin, kippily, jimmy, david, my dearest cynthia when we were separated by the ocean and christopher who said he lived near sherwood forest. and my apologies to lucy wilkes for never writing you back, i wanted to but had lost your address!!! :(

manon of the spring

2010-04-04T20:36:00.000-07:00

first off- happy easter to all! :) this weekend was pretty busy. we had a yard sale on saturday and today we had an easter lunchy with the family. cutie and i saw Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring, directed by Claude Berri. it's actually two separate movies that go together. in a nutshell, Jean de Florette is about a family who is run out of their house because some town scoundrels shut off their water (a natural spring). to be honest, i stopped watching the first film cos i felt bad for the optimistic little hunchback, played by Gerard Depardieu- all he wanted was to raise rabbits and plant his vegetable garden. but as i said, i stopped watching- those scoundrels were absolutely wretched! hmph!

i did stick around for the second part, Manon of the Spring. this one i absolutely loved- so much in fact that i drew the main character, Manon- played by Emmanuelle Beart. she is the hunchbacks daughter (who unfortunately died in the first part) and she lives in a little shack in the woods and lives off the land. it's rather dreamy as she just roams the wilderness all day with her goats. takes naps under trees, bathes in a natural spring by the caves, and sets traps to catch birdies. in this film she has grown into a pretty little lady (the first film shows her as a young girl).

hmm... as i said, in a nutshell, she seeks revenge on the the 2 scoundrels and on the town who all knew that her papa was being tricked. i don't want to spoil too much of the story, but well, i just really liked the film. there are some twists that kind of make you go, "aaaAAaah!". there was another scene that i wanted to draw out- one of the scoundrels falls in love with our little Manon and attaches her hair ribbon to his chest, with a needle and thread - quite the romantic. i thought she was really natural and pretty. i really loved her dark eyebrows and her blue eyes, her wild blonde hair was always a perfect mess. she made me wish i was a shepherdess. for those of you who haven't watched teh film... do. :)

vandalisim by a digruntled muppet...

2010-03-23T12:54:00.000-07:00

this is very strange. i woke up yesterday to find a smeared tomato on my poor little car! >:O<>

my apartment complex has a parking garage in the back- which i mean, you never see anyone out there unless they are leaving. the parking lot is not really a place that kids play- so i don't hitnk kids were playing a werid game of "lets catch the tomato" or anything. i park in between 1 sweet little old lady and 1 sweet little old man. i'm a pretty private and quiet person to my neighbors- all i do is smile and say hello to those who say it to me- and sometimes help my old lady neighbor with her groceries-- i'm literally an apartment neighbor saint!!! but apparently- someone thought it a brilliant idea to either toss or squish a tomato on my car!!!!

seriously people...C'MON! there are a few teenage kids in the apt- but i don't really think they'd be the type to mess around like that.... but if my car gets pelted with anythign else & if i catch the person who does it... i'm carrying a jar of pickle juice to throw at the naughty culprit!!!!

cutie said i should probably wash my car so the acid doesn't do anything to paint... great. if i catch you little brat--- pickle juice in the face for you!!!!

grrrrrRrRrrUFF!!! >:OP

under construction...

2010-03-21T22:05:00.000-07:00

ok- well- as for the few that actually follow this blog, i'm currently under construction. i want to do some stuff to my blog but am no where near to being finished. i'm fiddling with things and am just such a compy spazz that i can't figure it out. bah! oh well. it will all come together eventually... i think. ????

this last week has been a bit coo-coo. weird things at work and very strange dreams- some of which, had me actually murdering someone and then setting them on fire... DON'T ASK! then there's cleaning the apartment- which really seems to be a never ending project. is this post exciting??? no. but i think i'm just ranting on... its' my blog, i can rant if i like. :)

i have so much fabric in the apt, cutie has forbidden me to bring anymore home. we're actually trying to clean our little place and get rid of a bunch of stuff... yard sale style. next weekend i need to go to my moms and go thru a load of stuff!!! yard sale on in 2 weeks- Easter weekend, we plan to attack the church crowd. my blog has recently just been such a mish-mash pf project and ramblings- i want to fix it so i can have categories to put certain things in. i tried adding buttons- but you can see how those turned out! and now my boss is gone for the week and i have to go to work tmrw and face the week without her. sigh. oh well. well, it's not time for bed. i should try to get an early start tmrw. so i can sort some things out and then well. go home, sleep and do the same things all over again- bah!

antiquing in san pedro

2010-03-14T19:40:00.001-07:00

yesterday i was feeling just absolutely rotten- i literally stayed in bed all day, minus doing some laundry, i wasn't feeling well enough to actually fold anything. however, today, i woke up and flt so much better! i was deprived my saturday by feelings of queasiness and neckache. when i woke up, i decided to accept and invite from my friend hollie to go do some antiquing in san pedro. the store she originally wanted to take me to was closed...as were many of the stores, but luckily, we found a great antique store named best of times antique mall.

we found a load of really great old patterns. we would've bought the whole basket- but that would've taken my complete allowance that i put aside from my tax return. i bought 3 books, was able to narrow down the patterns i liked to 2 and a fabulous ring! it kind of looks like a little nest and 2 little pearls for prizes! :) this is the first ring i've bought in so long! i used to go antiquing quite regularly and i would indulge in fabulous vintage jewelery and have quite a collection of queer & kitschy cocktail rings and pins. so- here, the latest and greatest to add to my collection- my little gold nest ring. :)

little hazel- part 1

2010-03-08T22:10:00.001-08:00

alrighty- here is another project that i've gotten very enthused about. little hazel isn't finished yet, but she is well on her way. first little hazel is in pieces. this is my first attempt at making a doll- and well, i think she was also a bit enthused to get some fake bake going on and she got a bit crispy in the oven... a bit too crispy. lucky for her- i have a small little set of acrylics... and i can paint her back to one color. :) hehehe... hey, it's my first time! :) the bust that is also baking beside hazel was made by my friend hollie.

i'm excited to paint her though little miss hazel. i also want to make her some clothes. maybe a few outfits... :) not sure what i'll do about her hair, but i'll worry about that later. that will be her final little touch. :)

the only thin that i have a problem with- is, that my little brain seems to be a bit mixed up. it seems that i just want to do too many things- all at the same time. this problem seems to plague me and my best friend cynthia. what we need is to just stay home and just draw, work on crafts, and make clothes. i'd also like to cook for my cutie- i like cooking, but only seem to cook real meals on the weekend. sigh- so much to do and such little time to do it in! i dont' dig it when time passes so fast and it doesn't give me enough time to do what i like- hmph. argh.

oh well- i'm not holding my breath, but here's looking forward to the day that i can work from home! :)

crafty time! :)

2010-02-26T12:05:00.000-08:00

well, i've been neglecting my bloggy again... of course... but well, thats nothing new, right? well, here's a little project i've been working on. my friend hollie had been working on some hair ribbons and the next day, complete by chance- i came across some a very intereseting pics of a super cute headband. me, being me, decided, "i can do that!" and to my surprise... i actually did! aheheehe! i think seeing hollie work on her stuff kind of inspired me to actually get off me bum and do something- so, even though you dno't read my blog- thank you hollie! :)

obviously, this isn't eactly the same that i saw on line- but it's a version of... one that i like very much- heehe. :) i had everything around the house, so there was no money wasted- which was also good for me- as i'm on somewhat of a budge and am trying to use what i have at home before buying anything else for my crafts. the little danglies and the detail on the little discs are actually all fresh water pearls that i had left over from a beading class that my wallet got very enthusiastic for a couple of years ago... ehehhee.

tonight or tmrw morning i will finish the headband- what i have up on the pic is only the little discs pinned to teh velevet and lace band that i made. i still need to sew them on. beading sounds very granny, but it was actually pretty fun beading the little pearl pattern onto the discs. :) i already have some more ideas for some more head pieces- who knew i'd spend my time making hair pieces! bah! ehehhehe. this weekend too- i might.. juuuuuuuuust might actaully start on my dress for wisco. i want to wear the headpiece with a nice, simple lace dress- it will be summer, so i think it will be appropriate. :)

yippee! :)

2010-02-17T21:09:00.000-08:00

yesterday my friend hollie came over to use my sewing machine- and i must admit, she made me feel pretty crafty. i gave her a little refresher course with my sewing machine and was feeling so crafty, that i decided tonight was a a perfect night to be crafty- but well.. soemtimes things don't really work out as planned. ehehehe. :)

i woke up to see the news and find out that its ash wednesday! lent has begun- argh! so i went decided to go over to my moms house to go get some ashes- but she's leaving to get ready for her new york trip. no one to get my ashes with. :(

so i end up going home with my two little nephews. i can usually have one of them draw for hours- so he's usually good. the 2nd little one... well, he's a bit younger and he's well... he likes to fiddle around. :) play with my toys and decorations. his favorite toy to play with is my pinocchio marrionette doll that i brought from pisa. i usually ask him to read to me aloud and make him finish his homework. he usually likes to paint wooden toys, but tongiht, i banned the tv and made them just read, do homework and and draw.

nothign too exciting here- but eh! figured i should do a mini update.

OH! above is robbys valentine i made him! :) she's still missing her feet, but robby thought she was really cute. she has little heart brads as joints so she moves around. :) she's still missing her bow too. i was going to work on her- but my nephews insisted on trying to play with her- so i put her away before she got wiggled around too much. robby said he would put her up at work in his office area. :) hehehe.

the weekend is back, but so is he...

2010-02-04T21:35:00.000-08:00

above are my last saturday and sunday outfits. i had a nice relaxed weekend. it seems as if every weekend, more and more,i just want to stay home and fiddle with crafts and drawing. i used to go out every weekend. but lately i just love staying home and doing absolutely nothing. perhaps it's because my work-week is usually so hectic. i'm really trying hard to disassociate my work week from my home-life and weekend, hence the not wanting to run around and follow time deadlines and schedules.

so- tmrw is friday and it is time yet again to celebrate another productive yet lazy weekend- perhaps with a glass of wine, artin' & craftin', movie watchin' and some snuggles with my cutie. :)

oh! cutie and i got tickets to see dr. dog! one of my absolute fave bands! oOOoH how their lyrics just make me absolutely swoon!!! :) we had bought tickets for our wedding weekend- but dear lord- actually missed the concert with all the crazy wedding aftermath! i was so sad- i still kick myself to this day! bah! can't wait to see them! defintely wouldn't mind going out for some dr. dog!

2010-01-31T20:31:00.000-08:00

well, better late than never i always say... here is what i wore on friday. as i said before, i don't dress up for work. the most i do is wear jewelry or different scarves around my neck, as well as on my head. :) i'm not sure how these pics will come out, as it seems as though every time i write a post and see the layout as i write, the pictures look perfectly in order, however, when i post, the pics go all screwy- if anyone knows how i can remedy this, please do tell... this little bunny is eager to find a solution!

the 2 pins i wear on my jacket are both vintage. the little cameo i think is kind of cute, cos the girl in the cameo has long poofy hair. most cameos that is see, the girls have their hair poofy, but is usually up. so i took a liking to it and it being only $1 at the thrift store made it even more appealing. :) i use it in place of a button that i lost off my jacket- i'm forever losing buttons! bah!

the 2nd pin shown was a gift from my cutie. he gave it to my on our first year anniversary together. i rather like it and it has become a stationary pin on my red jacket. it's from the late to early 60's to early 70's i'm guessing. it's a bit heavy and it's cute and bright. i like it, cos, well, first cos cutie got it for me, second, i don't think i've ever seen a little pin of a zinnia and since it's my name, i'm rather fond it. :) aaaah drats! i just noticed i forgot to draw my little heart locket- also a gift from my cutie- i'll draw this one later.

i'm behind on my drawings, but i think i'll skip some of the work clothes next week and perhaps draw my weekend outfits instead. not much more exciting, but better than work clothes i suppose. :) toodles noodles cynthia! ahehehe!

2010-01-28T21:06:00.000-08:00

ok- so when i originally started this blog, i had started it with the intent of drawing my daily outfits or daily adventures- as opposed to posting pictures. not to say i would never have pictures, but i wanted this blog mainly to be for my drawings- and well, obviously, i've been slacking.

so, without further ado (is that right?) here is a quick 15 minute doodle of my normal work clothes that i drew before going into work. i refuse to waste my "cute" clothes for work. i run around at work, it's not really a place to wear my cute stockings and short dresses. so let me keep my fingers crossed that i get back into the thing that i love to do and that is to draw.

fashion illustration isn't my favorite form of drawing, but since i am in the fashion business- i suppose its something i should practice. and for my quick outfit sketches, they will do.this isn't supposed to look exactly like me, obviously, but it will serve as my illustration version of me for now- hehehe. :) i'll also post of course my regular drawings as i finish them. hope you enjoy!:)

waiting in line...practice makes perfect...

2010-01-20T22:19:00.001-08:00

darn-a-roo. ok, cutie is out for his game night tonight. i usually take that time to eat something naughty, snuggle up and either read, draw or watch tv, i try to do this all in bed. i miss doing those things in bed.

after work, i spoke to cutie before i was about ot get something tasty and naughty- he talked me out of it. (argh!) so i decided to go tomicheals, pick up some c rochet needles and some yarn. i go into micheals and dear lord- it never fails to amaze me how long the lines are in there EVERYTIME! there can be a snowstorm and there is still 2 long lines of people waiting to buy styrofoam balls, fake flowers, glitter paint, and lets not forget, ahem... crochet needles and yarn. i rarely go in there- but on the few occasions that i go- i usually wait in line for about 10 minutes- hmph!

so i get home and i open up the book i bought last night, open my new needles and yarn and start going at it. ehm- what happens next... i'm fiddling adn thing jsut don't look right. :( i decide i don't need to learn how to crochet a square- i decide i can jsut go ahead and jsut crochet "in the round". i go around and around... i have no clue what i'mdoing, but finally, i poke my finger through and it makes a little beanie for my finger! looks a bit like little finger rastafari... cute! i'm feeling hopefull cos i'm thinking this can surely be the trunk to my little crochet elephant.... once i learn how to knit the body. :) practice makes perfect you know! :)

put on hold, intructional books and peru! :)

2010-01-19T21:20:00.000-08:00

today at work- it was a bit kooky- but tmrw is wednesday- that means it's almost friday and that means the weekend is here! yahoo! :)

today during my lunchy, i did some investigatin' for car insurance. with calling- of course, comes waiting and horrible "hold" tunes. after a while, i started making up my own song to the tunes. i decided to silly doodle while i waited- after about 15 minutes, i got all my info and was ready to hurry back to work.

after work i drove to barnes and noble. i got a really cute crochet book fro christmas- to make these super cute little dollies- but ehm... i'm a total little dink when it comes to crocheting anything more complicated than a single chain. after going thru the book, i was disappointed to find out that you can't make a cute little elephant out of one long stringy chain! so i went to find a very easy "how to " book. i considered gettign kniting and crocheting for idiots guide- then i even considered buying a childrens how to book- which looked pretty idiot proof, but i felt i didn't need to go that low in the brains scale.... (i'm hoping i won't have to go back! ) heheh. :) i'm excited to learn though. :) what wonderful little gifts those would make! :)

this weekend i also want to start my weddign dress for my 2nd reception. this weekend i wll be crocheting and doing soem draping for my dress. i'm so excited- we'll be going to wisco in the summer. i want ot wear my little handmade brown italian sandals, the lace dress i'm planningon making and a little crown of strung together flowers- preferebaly purple or white.. little miniature daisies perhaps? :) YAY!

i also found out that i will be a bridesmaids at my brothers wedding early next year... IN PERU!!! yowza! time to save up some dough- i want to visit macho picchu while there. :)

introducing my pappish, lily!

2010-01-15T07:57:00.000-08:00

ok- here is a little vid and drawing of what went down at griffith park last weeknd. it took me forever to do the post cos i hadn't drawn out lily and the rattlesnake that we found. sadly- this was not caught on video. and as you can also see- four legged creatures aren't my specialty. :) hehehe. but lily was so cute! she did nothing but crinkle her eyeborwsand looked a bit confused. she behaved herself and we (cutie & i) walked swiftly to safety- lily incuded. :)

fun little piccies.

2010-01-07T12:55:00.000-08:00

here are seom pics that came from my first batch of fishy-film. :) on top is me and cutie. there is little old me in pisa... a little skeleton late-nihgt munching on a cheese burger and my best friend annite and i at a holloween party. we both went as day of the dead- she's more the traditional, i'm more of the sugar-skull ilk. :) jsut a quick post to put up pics. i wanyt a diana camera!!!! that will be my next buy! :)

happy new year! :)

2010-01-01T19:41:00.000-08:00

here's the little vid we made. :)

tea & a new years day bike ride...

2010-01-01T19:09:00.000-08:00

here is the cute little tea posy that my best friend bought me for christmas. i decided to open it up and give the little flowers a try. it was absolutely tasty. :) i love flower flavored teas. a teaspoon of sugar and it definteily put me in cozy mode! :) after breakfast and tea- cutie and i got dressed and decided to take our new bikes out for a new years day bicycle ride. we also shot a little movie so we can send to his parents in wisco. a little short 3 minute movie- it was fun... i liked it! :) once i figure it out- i'll put it up in a post. :)

also while i was out...

2009-12-28T21:38:00.001-08:00

ok. not sure how this will show up once it's written- but i'm tired of fiddling! i did some doodles while on vaycay. not too many

- but the 2 that i did do i rather liked. the 2 blue pen scribbles were one on christmas eve while my cutie was still at work. that day and when i went on my bike ride- i saw all these little baby whirlies sweeping around. so i drew little leaves spinning around. the man on the right is a quick scratchy doodle of scott walker.i tried not taking the pen off the paper as i drew. i saw his documentary and i must say- i now want to buy more of his music. i have only 1 cd that i really like. i originally bought it cos i knew that el jarvo was a huge fan- so, naturally, i was a curious little bunny to see what jarv was raving about- so i bought a cd of his about 5 years ago and i really liked it. his voice is quite tasty and he was quite a handsome man in his younger days. grrrr! :)

not sure if i ever posted the bottom two. those were drawn a while back ago. they are of my new husband, cutie robby. today i begged him to take his pants off so i can take a few pics of him in his underwear- he's shy. he laughed and refused. he said i wanted to draw dirty pics- but not so! not dirty- just real life. :) i have to take pics of him to draw him or catch him while he's sleeping (as i did for the pics above.) little cutie has no interest in me drawing him and is a bit-ehm.. not so patient to actually sit for me. after much begging, he still refused, but gave me some snuggles instead. cutie-- one day i'm gonna get you to pose until my little hearts content- then you can be calm for a few months until i need more pics.

seahorsies galore...

2009-12-27T21:36:00.001-08:00

ok. here are some of the piccies that we took while at the aquarium. :) i'm a bit of a dink- so when this posts- teh pics will probably be all wacky and the text will be all out of order- eh! so be it. :) these are teh cute little seahorsies that i saw and i also put one of the jellyfish. as we were leaving the building- tehre arethes cute little seaotters. one of htem liked me and kept swimming towards me and spinning. i thikn he was showing off- but cute none the less. :) tmrw i have to go abck into work- bah! boOoOOo! after not working for six days- it makes going back so much harder! and knowing that cutie will be off for this entire week is also the pits... the jealousy is simply eating me up inside! ooOoOh! lucky him!

this weekend we did quite a bit. i felt somewhat kind of christmas limbo for a while and was sad to realize that today was my last day before work. we went and used soem of the gift cards we got- thanks ingrid, nate, sherry & bill and pops! :) and also to cutie for going with me to exchange a jacket that he bought me... sleeves were a little too long- so i found a jacket that had sleeves juuust my size. :) was about to buy soem really cute floral oxfords- but decided to save the dough. after having bought little baby comp- i think i should def save my pennies. i'm excited to save pennies this year. it wil be fun to watch our little house fund grow. :) little by little- slowly but surely. :) then- in a few years, cutie and i can buy a little home of our very own! :) exciting- que no??? si! :) toodles for now! looking forward to the new year! :) xoxo

xmas weekend festivites...

2009-12-26T23:10:00.001-08:00

here are the little candy sishes that i hand painted for my co-workers! started in mid november and was painting until the last day before my vacation. tehy were actually little candle holders that i bought at ikea- but thought to paint them and pass them out filled with candy for christmas. peeps at work say that we should "make" our gifts. some people go all out- people have hand made little pillow people for a division. now thats commitment! although, i thikn my little handpainted trays was quite the commitment as well. i gigured people can keep them in the office and keep random little things in there- paperclips, tacs, whateva.

christmas was faboo. we had it at my moms house and ate, giggled and opened presents! :) we had my cousin tanny and her husband- so that was nice. i got a really cute little seah

orse charm bracellet from my cutie, some giftcards, some cecil beaton memoirs (also from teh cutie) a salvador dali book, an aweseom home recipe book from robby's family that is complete with separate sections. it's really nice to have seom of robbys fave recipes from when he was growing up. :) i also got a really cute houndstooth black and white coat and some other fun goodies! :) i also got a really aweseome xmas bonus so i was able to buy myself a little baby laptop! cutie set it up so i can get wireless abd hopefully with my new little baby laptop- i'll be able to keep up with the bloggy a bit better...hopefully? :)

wen to the long beach aquarium today with my cutie- i touched the stingrays- eeeeeeeew! :) tehy were really soft. teh real big ones were a little scratchy feeling. the star fish felt boney. i liked the sea horsies and teh jellyfish the most. teh jellyfish are jsut so amazing i think- soemthing that should be jsut floating up in space or seomthing! the sea horsies- well- they' are jsut such cute little mystical little creatures! they look completely out of this world- as though they belong in fairytales. i'll post piccies of those up maybe tmrw. :) ciao for now! :)

our thank you cards! :)

2009-12-18T13:08:00.000-08:00

yay! they're here! :) my sissy painted this fabulous little pinting for us- which we've printed up as our thank you cards. it's us on a full moon night bike ride. :) a full moon was actually present on our wedding night so it's kind of perfect and i love that the little bouquet of flowers are actually made up of little hearts. :) my fabulous sister Ingrid Moira Bermeo painted this- NO ONE use this image without permission... or you'll certainly be sued... or something... now we just need to print up some pics of us to put in the thank you cards and we can hopefully get these out before the new year! ... and THEN we will be done with all this wedding biz... phew! :)

a special thanks to my sissy again who has said these original paintings were supposed to be our wedding gifts... ehm.. hint- hint... me wants so we can hang them up!!! :) xoxo

kooza...

2009-12-04T12:56:00.001-08:00

ok- so this i sketche dout literally in about a minute. it wa sa couple at the kooza show i saw last ngiht- i want to draw them properly in color- but i jsut had to get a quick sketch out before i fotgot htem. they were so adorable i htought and the theme of that particular set was "amore" :) she wore a red heart on her chest and he had a flower stuck to his bare chest over his heart. tehy both wore dizzy striep- completey appropriate for hte circus.. but is ecretly wondered if i would be able to wear her outfit... :) she was so tiny and petite- jsut like a little windup doll. he was on a unicycle and picked her up from the ground while stil in teh uni! he would tiwl her around while riding and at one point- she even stood on his head while he concentrated and peddled his way around the stage. i was in awe with my muoth open and my eyes glittering with amazment. coviner my mouth when i was afraid for them when he manuvered her around his shoulders and his waist liek she was a little rag doll. the show was amazing and i want to do soem more quick sketeches. the problem wiht me is i feel that when i draw- ia hve to draw everyhtign at once. i don't like takign days- but since i rarely have the time to finsih a whoel drawign all at once- i get stck with a book of quick sketches so i don't foget but no final product! argh! this is my problem.. and prefering snuggles on a couch than beign alone at a cold desk... that saturday i will draw. sunday- i will do to disneyland. :)

weekend...

2009-11-23T12:38:00.000-08:00

hello all! :) ok, this weekend i was a productive little unny= not quite as productive as i would've wanted to be, but prodcutive enough. :) saturday- i was all set to getta' workin'...then igot a phonecall from my cute little godson andhe wanted me to come over to make seom puppets with him. he said he was lonely and bored. his brother was a t afriends house, his mama nt work.. adn well... a day going to cosco withthe grandparents isn't really exciting (aside from the free munchies). :) so how could i say no to that!!! i went ove rto my my moms and picked him up and we drove over to a craft store to buy the supllies. while we were looking, a little old lady came to the aisle with her big cart- i moved my boy to teh side and went flat up against the shelves so she can pass by.. she came up slowly towards me and looked at me. i dind' tknow what to do (i was on the phone with my sissy igs) so i smiled at her. she remained looking at me adn then sloOooOwly took her hand fmor her pocket... she had a crumble dpiece of paper and held it out to me... i wan's tsure what she wanted, i looked at the piece of paper and she motioned fo rme to take it. i looked down and it was a coupon for 40% off any rgualr priced item! heeeEy! i smiled and bowed my head with a mouth, "thank you!" she put her hand down on her cart and smiled a crooked cute little old lady smile. :) so then, i used it on my boys "paint your own racecar" kit -wht can i say, the boy changed his mind! that didnt' stop me and my sissy igs who had met us at hte store to buy and make our own puppets while my little boy painted his racecars. :) i'll admit, i didn't quite finish my puppet- her hair took way longer that i expected. igs finished hers- it wa sa litlte gondala man- he had a cute little italian moustache and everything! ) heehehhe. so now i have a puppet head. tht's teh extent of my puppet. a puppet head with googly eyes, long black yarn hair and black eyelashes... kind of want to finish it, but should finsih other things first... eh! i'll add some pics to this this weekend- long weekedn for turkey day! horay! i cna't wait!!!! :)

i'm backeth...

2009-11-06T13:07:00.000-08:00

:) howdy all- ok- i'm back from all the wedding craziness! is til lahve my thank you cards to write out- but that will be done once my sissy finishes my painting- it's coming along SO fantastic! i cna't wait to hear back the comments i get from it.. and i will also of course post it up on the blog as well.

ok- this saturday is my first meet with my sissy igs so we can work on our "projects". we need to help motivate eachother with our art. we'll meet twice a month. every monday i' msupposed to meet with my dearest litel anntie so we can do the same. i NEED to get going on all my stuff- dear lordy.. next year.. gulp.. dare i say it- i'll be 30 and haven't even really started my stuff! i don't want to work for people my whole life- i want to be free to work as i please on my own creative kicks. for that though, we need money off my creative kicks.. for that- i need to work hard (woe is me!) :)

but that's ok. no pain, no gain, right? i'm determined to follow through on the list i wrote below. i need to get going! here are a few pics of the big day and the day after- breakfast at my mummies and the opening of presents... my personal fave! :)

- argh! jsut tried addinhg more pics u- but it wouldn't let me. :( eh! you ahve a wedding shot at least! :) todles noodles!

38 days...

2009-08-26T12:50:00.000-07:00

hmm... 38 more days until ze' big day! :) i would like to personally thank my cutie robby who made my lunchy snadwich today. turkey with swiss- scrumptious! here is a little sketch i made durin g my lunch break i usuually take infron of my compy. it has a very poor rendition of:

- my hello kitty lunch bag (a birthday gift for my 12th birthday)
- my tink mug ( thanks to Michelle, my lovely boss) - i rarely drink hot drinks with food- but i felt like being a grandma today.
- my 1/2 turkey-wich- yummers
-quick sketch of my man buster (he deserves much more than a 5 second doodle, but i did want to add him in, as i was thinking of him otday during my lunch break.)

there is so much to say- i cna't even fit it into a lunch break! but well, lets; give a quick round-up: i need to find my wedding shoes! ack! iahte shoe shopping! i'm very much a giddy little bunny- with the countdown... i want to make a doll... OooH lets see- lets make a lsit of things i want to accomplish within the first year of marriage- here it goes:

1. actually put some sort of etsy shop.
2. make a secret doll (can't tell you of what- in fear of peeps be stealing me ideas... what peeps? who evene reads this- ahehehehhee!)
3. make more dough!
4. learn to cook my mama's tasty yellow spaghetti and her recipe for chicken noodle soup for my cutie.
5. start using all the fabric that is in our living room!!! (i.e. make clothes = sewing= ech!;oP)
6. ride my bike on the weekends / get up to go walking / jogging- some sort of daily exercise routine...
7. have at the least 1 drawing a month.
8. and last but certainly not least.. be a SpEcTaCuLar little wifey for my cutie! :)

hmm.. thisreads somewhat like a new years resolutions list, but eh- whateva's! :) oh yeah, and also try to put some time into scrapbooking- ahehehee- or else all that money gone to waste on all those darn supplies! :)

toodles noodles!
xoxo

(i'm so gossip girl!) ahahaha

47 days left...fhbeihvekrjgiwejki!!!

2009-08-17T12:34:00.000-07:00

alrighty! here is teh adorable perfect little painting that my sissy igs made for my cutie and i for our wedding invites! the acutal will be our wedding present- eeeeee! we've already gotten several comment sback from guests saying that they love the card and i can't wait to see the thank you cards! she's making thsoe up for us too! :) (now it's time for the poor mans copyright- this painting was painted by Ingrid Moira Bermeo- NOBODY STEAL IT!!!!) if anyone wants info you can write me and will pass the msg along to her.. she really should put up an etsy shop soon. she has several paintings with the same cute characters- mind you- this was specifically painted for us, so the other characters do look slightly different-so this painting lookss more, well, like us! :)

talk about me and etsy shops! ha! here i amalways telling my sissy to put up an etsy shop- and iahve a milio things to sell- and well... i myself haven't found teh time to put my own one up! this weekend i was put on cleaning duty- ;oP but i have to clean up my mess i suppose. my little piles of clothes had traveled from the bedroom- to the living room and into my little desk area/ workspace. poor cutie was slowly getting a little anxious- but, before he can go completely nuts on me- i cleaned it up- ahehehehhe--- and found a bunch of things that i can put up on my etsy shop (once i make it...) i'm sure once all of this extra stuff is out of the house cutie little robby will be so much more at ease! heehehe... and the fact that i'll have some extra cash in my pocket- i'm sure that will make him feel even better! ahehhehe!

i took my dress in to get fit on saturday and i jsut can't wait to see it all done! eeeee! i'm SO excited! 47 more days unti lthe wedding! oh dear! i will then be a MRS! :) little miss Juliet Cress! :) have to get back to work- love you cutie!!!! xoxoxo :)

i've been neglecting my bloggy...

2009-07-11T16:17:00.000-07:00

... yes, as i always do and as i knew i would... but it's not on purpose, i assure you. i've been a bit busy and drained with wedding biz and getting creative without doing anything, if that makes any sense at all.

right now, i'm feeling all sorts of inspiration, coming from every which-way. inspiration is hitting me from one too many ways to be exact. i have started somedrawings, but i keep getting side tracked with new ideas to even finish off the ones that i've began! OoOoOooh woe is me!

here is an update on 2 of the projects i want to finish before starting on my 3rd, which is already planned out and it includes my best friend of 15 years, nicoletta. but for now, lets get started with below...

the 1st sektch was sketched out really quick on my lunch break. i normally don't like drawing at work, cos then i get distracted with people saying, "oh- what are you doing? you draw? how great- can i see your book?" i've drawn in public settings before, with the hope that people would leave me alone- but it never fails- people are curious creatures and if you are too close to them- they are bound to come up and ask questions- so i drew this in my car.

the 2nd sketch i drew out at home- i want to eventually leave this kind of unfinished actually. i want to leave pencil in there and have just some micron lining and fill some color in on her dress and lips.

the 3rd sketch was a quick sketch of my cutie that i worked on before i went to sleep. i want to draw him as dionysus and i was planning on drawing myself behind him as one of his faithful maenads. this was actually inspired by a painting i found at the pompei exhibit at lacma. it showed dionysus with a maenad but represented them almost appearing as if they were a married couple- which was a bit rare. i pointed it out to robby and he commented that he liked it and it was like us... i got really excited and explained that i thought the same thing and that i wanted to draw it out. :) i want to use really muted colors so it can look kind of old and scratchy as teh real painting that was found appears. i can't wait to put some color on it! this was just a practice sketch of him... i will have to try to draw me now, which i think will be a bit strange, as i think it's a bit scary to draw yourself.

today cutie and i went all over downtown la- this originally started out as wedding biz- but quickly turned into hunting down old film locations. which suited me just fine- cos the first stop was actually a building i had wanted to visit, the historical fine arts building. the interior was absolutely fabulous- better than the art that was displayed in my opinon- hehehe. :) we stopped at moca and i bought myself an eggling and a ring to replace my engagement ring as it's getting a custom band and so i have to part with it for 2 weeks (sniffle). we then grabbed some lunchy at the city market, which originally opened in the wee early 1900's. grabbed a tasty carne asada tortita for $3.50 and an icecream cone as dessert and more pics of down town la historical buildings.

in theses piccies robby is searching the streets trying to match up some spots from the film Kiss Me Deadly. i was trying to get a shot of my new glitter ring, but i cut my hand off right as the ring began! argh! 2nd pic is of me waiting for robby, he had run up the hill to do some investigatin' and i stayed down by the tunnel, shaking my hand so i can see the glitter sparkle in the sun.

i'm off now to hatch my eggling and to practice my ukey- which needs some love and attention, cos i've also been neglecting him. hopefully i can give a post soon on progress on the pieces above. ciao for now! :)

a touch of clara bow...

2009-05-24T09:57:00.000-07:00

no- not exactly the best picutres... but here is a fashion illustration that i did for school a few years back. i got an "A" for it. and i was pleased. :) i had got the inspiration for the hat from teh movie "IT", with Clara Bow. she wore a really cute little clouche hat with little leaves and cherries on it. during the film, the hat almost seems to be falling apart... the cherries begin to start hanging lower and lower and for some reason i thought it was really cute that it looked as though the hat was falling to pieces while filming. :)

a friend of mine had just given me the dvd for my birthday with a card saying that he thought i was the ultimate "IT" girl. this was back in the day when i'd go 60's and britpop dancing every weekend. i suppose the fact that i have a round little face and my hair was cut uber short with clara bow bangs at the time, might've added to his idea of me having "IT". i watched "IT" and it made me smile. :) so the next day in class, we were given absolute freedom to draw whatever style we pleased- the only requirement was that we use 2 of the techniques that were shown in class that the week before. all i really wanted to draw was a version of that hat- so i decided to draw out something delicate with a vintage feel. i drew out some simple draping and a bunch of mushroom pleating... and lets not forget the hat! :) i had originally drawn out the girl holding out a piece of her bow because i wanted her to be playfully dangling it infront of a kitten- but once i was done drawing the actual figure- i thought drawing a kitten standing on it's hind legs was me being a bit too ambitous, ehehehhe so the kitten was left out. :)

i actually quite like the dress that i drew for the hat though. :) if i were 6 feet tall and weighed about 40 pounds less... i would've loved this to have been my wedding dresss. fashion illustration is NOT one of my favorite methods of drawing, but i do think that it can be pretty to look at.

an awakening...

2009-05-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

ok... it's somethgin very strange that has occured in teh past few days... little zins has had her eyes open, once again and is wondering "why aren't you doing more?". about a week has passed and there has been about three / four occasions that art/artists have come up.

1st- a friend invites me to an art show / music night- she's always getting local artists and has art charity events.. i had told her i coulnd't go, due to prior a engagement.

2nd- this week i find a long-lost friend online and see that she has gotten loads of great art up on her site- gorgeous pieces! recently having a show in london, being mentioned in the la times and selling portraits from 100- 3,000 dollars a piece!

3rd- a friend text me asking if i knew anyone who owned / ran any galeries, that he had a little over 40 paintings, finished and framed ready to show and he needed some leads. i sent him along to friend # 1.

4th- my fiance sends me an invite to an art showing/ movie release party of one of his old college friends for next week asking if i want to go- of course i want to go!

all four of these things happen in a little less than a week (2, 3 & 4 happened all within a day!) i tell me best friend about it and she starts to tell me about htis 13 year prodigiy painter who lives in sweden and how she was watching just in complete awe of this little girl. the girl is homeschooled and supports her entire family off these paintings. she works on her pieces for about 10-16 hours a day!!! she's 13! wow! the mother of the child said she used to try and get her to stop and to take a break- but then later jsut relaized that she is totally and completely focused and can not get out of the zone of her work.. which i think is so amazing!!! i can't help but say that i'm jealous, ehehehe!

why am i not doing more? my best friend said that we should accept the fact that we are just mediocre, ehhehe. which i don't completly believe to be entirely true. there are so many realms of art- how can i not be able to fit into at least one??? i need to get on it- and do more than what i do- a few doodles a month. i kind of take all these things as signs and that i have to take the next step and be more serious about my art. it is, afterall what i would ultimately love to do as a career. so one must work hard for a career, que no??? :)

quick ideas, but no time!

2009-05-01T13:17:00.001-07:00

yes- i've been stricken with a case of the lazies--- and i ahven't posted anythign for a while- this weekend though i'm gogin over to my sissies to try to capture the few of the last preggy moments that she'll be having while baby benji is still in her tum-tums. :)

well- mission accomplised and i did infact swipe a pad of post-its and these are some qucik sketches.. usually done at a red light or when i arrive at work.

the top one i found the most amusing- it was a homeless man brushing his teeth while having a bit of fountain fun. :) i saw him drink from a bottle of water and slowly turn his head and spit out the water after he had rinsed. he was a little fountain for a bit. i htought it was kinda gross that he was completely spitting all over the street- but then again, at least he's keeping good hygene... ????? can't blame a guy for trying to keep his chompers!!! thhe area where he's usually foudn is HIGHLY industrial and i rarely see anyone walking onthese streets anyway- usually jsut people trying to get to work or big rigs driving through.

2nd row to the left- i thought was a little sad. :( you hear of homeless kids in teh us all the time - but rarely have i ever seen a homeless child in la. this little girl was sitting on top a little laundry push cart. the man behind her, i'm guessing is her pops- but who knows! she was patiently waiting while the man rummaged thru the trashcans looking for cans or bottles to recycle... poor little girl. she should be in school learnign to read, instead she'll be learning the way of the streets. :(

2nd row to the right- this was actually the same guy who was brushing his teeth on a different day. i tlooked likehe was throwing soem sort of bread, bagels or donuts... he was tryign to toss them into his little carry pusher. he had more than 1 piece of bread- i saw him toss around 3 pieces in the time span of my red light. he was carefully aiming... adn then tossing... he missed all of them.. eh! has to stay amused somehow i suppose....

3rd row to the left- hehehhe, this was jsut a little kitten i drew out for robby really quick as i sent him an eml. i told him he made me as happy as a little kitten with a new ball of yarn, hehehehhe. yes, i know i can be a sillyhead, eh!

3rd row to the right- this was actually the first little sketch that imade of the happy starbucks guy. when i came in from work- i didn't want to forget his expression- so i doddled him out really quick. i still remember his smilea nd his cheery attitude. he still makes me smile. :)

i'll make sure to post up the drawing of my sis as soon as i draw some...and as soon as i ge thte time to scan them in. :) ciao for nwo! back to work i go!!! :)

a man and his guitar

2009-04-12T09:40:00.001-07:00

here is a man that i had wanted to draw for a while. on my ride home from work, i was at a red light and saw him sitting peacefully playing his guitar at a bus-stop. at first i thought he was homeless, but now that i drew him, i don't believe he was. i liked how calm he looked. while i was waiting for my green arrow, he looked over at me and just kept gently stroking and picking at the strings. we looked at eachother for about 2 seconds and then he turned back around, wrinkling his eybrows as one does when they are trying to overcome something they find difficult. it looked to me that he was concentrating more on what he was playing, rather than when his bus would arrive. he wasn't playing loud or obnoxiously, he was just playing quitelty to himself. either people were afriad to sit next to him or he sat a bit further from anyone as to not to disturb the rest of the people waiting. i like to think to thikn the latter. perhaps he was just a wanderer living in his own little world while trying to get somewhere.

during a lunch break, i had actually quickly sketched him out, but it was rushed- and i didn't much like how i had drawn his eyes. since i don't like using eraser- i decided to start over again. i didn't feel that the first sketch did him any justice. i'm rather glad that i did. i like drawing in color but always forget and start in pencil or charcoal. this time though, i went to my bedroom and just grabbed the only pencil that around me, which was a prismacolor in "burnt ochre". i did the whole thing in about an hour and half. i added a second color, a darker brown "dark umber" pencil this morning and have now declared the drawing finished! to the man and his guitar- he'll never see this, but he is now a part of my sketch book and if i ever see him again at the bus-stop, i'll make it a point to park my car and let him see. :)

happy easter everyone!

so i didn't swipe the post-its... but i did find a little mexican pixie.

2009-03-23T19:44:00.001-07:00

ok- so i didn't get a chance to swipe some post-its from work (they do owe me ya' know!!!) but i did however manage to doodle out the friendly old man who made me giggle during my lunch break. :)

last tuesday i was really rather giddy- a faboo song that i was singin' along to in the car- a free venti white chocolate mocha at buckies, nice, funny smiling strangers- who wouldn't have a fabulous morning??? i also had some men walk past me while i was standing near the sugar table and randomly smile- i smiled back.

when i was leaving buckies i saw the funny man outside being waited on a chauffer type person by a all black tinted windowed car. he was with a sports guy- i think he was a football player, perhaps the old man was his papa. but he waved good bye and smiled at me, "see you later sweetheart, you have a good day sweetie." i smiled and waved back while sipping on my venti and the football player waved back and smiled too-- if only i knew football players names-- i'm sure i've seen him on tv though. too bad football isn't really my thing... eh!

i was very smiley at work too and one of my co-workers said, "you're just letting out all this great positive, welcoming energy". another co-worker said to, "cut the crap!"- but i couldn't!- so i bootie-bonked her and she laughed and spanked my tush with some rolled up copies before i ran away. hehehe- strangely the next day on wednesday i had the most slow, agonizing, sad day... for no reason at all... it was just such a sloOOoOOw and boring day, i felt like that depressing doggie cartoon named droopy. ech!

this sat i went to a drawing workshop. it was kind of nice- there was only 5 other people- and that was including the man who ran it and the model! so it was kind of nice that it was such a small class. the model that we had was

very tiny. like a little pixie. she spoke with an accent and commented on my scarf. it was a rainbow handweaved scarf i got in ecuador. only then did she start chit-chatting on where she came from- mexico, 11 years ago. so tha tmakes her a little mexican pixie. usually when i go to workshops, the models are usually a bit rubenesque- not fat, jsut a nice curvy normal. she was very thin though and could fit in my purse if i forced her- she was less than 5 foot i think. but she was really nice... but almost fell asleep on a 30 minute pose- hehehe. i'm terrible at drawing faces if i don't draw them from a picture or have more time... which explains the spooky faceless one in the middle. the one at the top i wasn't actually goign to draw so much- i was foccusing on her feet but then got bored so i move dup to her body... then tehre was no space for her face- oh well! i hadn't gone to a life drawing class in ages... i thikn i might go again- it' just down the street from my apt anyway- so cutie can drop and pick me up. :) kisses cutie and thank you for doing so last sat. :)

sunday we went to the los angeles heritage day museum- you can read more about that and have a look at some of the pics by going here dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com ( i also make a cameo in the vid-ehehheh). toodles for now!

little miss update...

2009-03-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

alrighty- so little miss was missing last week- yesterday i saw a little bundle and blue blankets sleeping in the corner- but hte blankets wren't hers- but i still kept hope... and hti smorning- she was back- sitting at her bus stop- i got excited so i grabbed thru my purse to find my camera- i always get red lights at this stop.. but of course today i had a green and as i snalpped a pic of her..well, i only got 1 half of her. she was back and with new clothes!!! well! i'm not sure where she disappeared off to- but where ever it was- it wa sa good place- cos she got new clothes and a new blanket--- glad that she is back.

yesterday i had a pretty marvelous monring... the spectaularness of it all somewhat wore out about mid afternoon, but it was still good. i went to starbucks and met and smiled at a whole lot of strangers. there was jsut good happy energy all around and it jsut made me so giddy- i actually skipped my little old way to the filing room- one co-worker said- "you're skipping- what's the matter with you?"

i'm about to swipe a new pack of post-it notes to quickly sketch out some of the yesterdays events. little moments that are still captured in my memory. :) tmrw or by monday hopefully we should have anew little comic like piccies up to illustrate my happy thursday. :) ..and i msut say soemthign about a co-worker who keeps feedin me-- she's doin' nothin' for mah' figyaw!!!

little miss on alameda...

2009-03-16T12:43:00.000-07:00

this is a little miss that i've been watching on my way to work for close to 2 years now. i don't know her name, adn all i can say- is that i hope she is well. she's not been at her bus stop on alameda for a complete week now. little miss... i do believe has gone missing!

i never see her asking for money- she's usually fixing her makeup, she wears very loud blur eyeshadow and loads of red smeared lipstick. i also see her checking her feet sometimes. she stares off aimlessly while i'm at the red light. i once saw her getting questioned by police, but she was calm- she stayed seated and looke dup like a little lost puppy.

i'm not sure if she may be a prossie when need be- but i have seen some suspicious behaviour between her and some men.

1st suspicious occasion- i saw a man sitting very close to her and was undoing his pants. she stayed looking at him and he smiled and put his hand out kinda like, "so- whatch'ya think" she looked down on her lap and seemed unammused. this man didn't look homeless, but didn't look in teh best shape either- definitely not a type of man i would think solicit sex form a woman on the street...in broad daylight- but, well, one can never know.

2nd suspicious occasion- when i pass early, little miss is still sleeping. she either sleeps sitting up with a blanket over her head or on the floor bundled up in blankets. she was on the floor this time and a black man was sitting on teh bench beside her and he kinda slapped her bum and then shook it with a smile- he left his hand there and remained laughing with an open mouth it seemed like an "ooh yeah!" kind of vistory or something... of course- i have NO clue what was really going on- but that guy made me mad- i thought to myself, "leave her alone! she's only trying to get some sleep!".

3rd suspicious occasion- i had teh red light but ddint' see her at her stop- this time i saw her across the street talking to a business man watiign for the bus. at first he ignored her, buthten he got very close to her and began to talk. it seemed kind of likehe was talking, but not looking at her, as if he was trying to be sneaky. then the light turned green and i had to go. :(

4th suspicious occasion- little miss was sitting with a blanket over her head adn i saw someone elses feet sticking out of the blanket as if he were kneeling... not sure if anythign was really gogin on- but well...

i've taken a few pics of her but have never posted them, cos they make me feel sad for her. i wonder if she has any children or if her school friends ever think about her..."i wonder what little miss is doing now..." i've never seen her ask for money or be a distraction or acting crazy. i wonder somertimes about these peoples lives. i want to go talk to some of them, but am unsure what their reaction would be. little miss- i do hope you are well and that i see you again on alameda sometime soon!

cooking for my cutie...

2009-02-23T13:22:00.000-08:00

ok- i havne't even colored this one in- ubt i've had ti drawn for about week and have not foudn the time to color it. bah! it isof me cooking maduros for my cutie. :) (fried plantains) it was my first time cooking them, as i'd usually hover around my mama as she is #1 maduro cooker in my book. :) robby had picekd soem up for me at he super market, upon request and figured it was time to cook it up- i have one more left that i'm thinking of making tonight- they go perfect with anythign- even if for a tasty snack. :)

last week was our first offical week of "wedding planning"- dear lord, it just absolutely made our heads spin! we have an appt with the officiant this thursday and he si meeting us in urbank (thank goodness) -his usual office is down by bev hills i think (the drive = puke!).

i was going to scan in seom sketches for my future mama to see possile dress ideas, but i brought hte wrong sketch book- sometimes i thikn i should keep all sketches in teh same book, but hten they might get all jumbled and confused when i'm tryign to look for a certain sketch / idea... i'll bring it tmrw and scan them in. (if you're reading this sherry, i will also try to ge tthe swatches out to you by this week).

i REALLY must get a move on with my sewing machine! i did make a skirt that i had cut ages ago, i wore it to the andrew bird concert. :) it is a highwaist circle skirt- nothign too special, but i feel relieved knowing that i would no longer see it folded up with pins in the corner and it will now have a happy home hung up in my closet so it can make some friends with my other skirts. :)

cfiao for now all...(the few who ever read this....) :)

xoxo

eaaaaaaaasy going....

2009-02-05T12:51:00.000-08:00

ok- so i've fallen back into my old ways again and i haven't written, cos i haven't drawn- then i thought to myself- am i not going to write until i have a new drawing up everytime??? although a picture would be nice to have every post- sometimes, i don't find the time to draw. i should've taken a pciture of the annoying gas lady from whom i bought gas for my car yesterday!

my job has a new poilcy that everyone MUST be in by 9am and they fax over the catering menu requests at 9 sharp every morning. so here i am running (fairly on time) but i look at my little gas gauge and i notice i need some-- in a mjor way! so i stop at the gas station that was on the way to the freeway. i think i'm doing good on time if i get in and out smoothly- this is how "smoothly" tends to go in my world:

me: hi, can i have $15 on 10 please?
agl: 10 dollars?
me: no, $15 on ten please.
agl: ok, swipe your card
(swipe, enter pin register opens)
agl: here you go (passes me $15)
me: (a bit confused) hmmm... what's this for?
agl: you asked for $15.
me: no i didn't- i asked for 15 on ten.
agl: you didn't ask for cash back?
me: no- i never asked for cash back. (mind you, this is starting to take some time and i'm trying to go "in and out").
me: you know, that's alright- here, just take this 15 and put it on 10.
agl: i have to see what i did, gimme teh reciept.
me: no, really, that's alright, just put it on 10 and we'll be good.
agl: well, are you good with your bank?
me: WHAT?
agl: are you ok with your bank that i took out $25?
me: why did you take out 25? i said 15 on ten.
agl: i thought you said 15 cash back and i put $10 on 11. so, is it ok with your bank that i took so much out? do you have enough in your account?
me: what? i never even asked for cash back. you know what- just give me back the 15 and i'll drive to pump # 11 and just put 10 dollars in.
agl: are you sure- i can change if you need me to.
me: no, really, that's fine.
agl: ok, thank you. sorry.
me: that's fine, no worries. (as i grab my cash and run in my car, pull over to the next pump and i get $10 worth of gas... and lets not forget my $15 cash back.)

why? argh! this is actually the 3rd time the same lady has messed up. the last time i asked for a fuel injection cleaner and $15 on 3. she said "ok" and passed me the fuel injector cleaner and i went on my way. i pumped a little less than $13. i went in and told her, the gas stopped at 13- i asked for 15. she said, "yeah, but the fuel injection cleaner..." LADY! argh! why must she work this shift??? i guess i have to go to the next gas station across the street. (unless i want more sienfeld scenarios to fill my days).

a picture will soon follow - 2/10, picture has followed! :)

my little uke and i

2009-01-26T20:10:00.000-08:00

i had originally wanted to post this on saturday- but our compuy went a bit crazy for 2 days ans now it' sback up- yahoo! :) i'll admit, i ahven't been as dedicated to my littel uke as when i first opened it up. i practiced my little fingers sore and until i was able to play "mary had a little lamb" with aaaaalmost not having to look... i then had a lessson with a great teacher! he gave me tips and ideas that would help me.. then, all of a sudden, as soon as he left, my little uke (which i ahve yet to name) hadn't been played until last wednesday. i picked it up and dusted her (or him) off and began to play...

i ahd a doctors appt so i was able to spend a bit more time after i woke up to fiddle with ukey. this coming sunday i have another lesson. it's a friend of my borthers and he teaches guitar. he also does ukelele. considering i pay him in juice from the convenient store accross the street, imust admit-he's the best deal that i've found all year! :)

doodling my posts is a bit time consuming, but i have grown quite fond of it. :) it gets me drawing, which was somethign i hadn't been doing in quite soem time- so it's waking my eyes and hands up, this, i like. and i know i'm still ntohte best at posting, but i think i have been a bit more consistant than before.

cutie and i went to a bridal faire this past sunday- the mc said he needed some grooms-to-be to participate. my sister an i were absolutley terrible and as i was waving my arm and pointing to my little cutie, i took it a step further and i began to scream, hoot and hollar. the mc had no choice to notcie us and my cutie was chosen to "perform"!!! - more to come after i draw... how i love my little cutie- what a good sport he is!!! xoxoxo!

oh that goes in there... in where???

2009-01-19T20:11:00.000-08:00

friday night i went to the Eygptian Theater in Hollywood. Cutie and i went to go see a Richard Dreyfuss movie called, "Inserts". the film was rather interesting. half nakey and full nakey ladies pretty much thru out the whole film with a few nakey boy bits tossed into the mix every now and then. there was also a very young Bob Hoskins (it ws his first film role). if you're into 20's porn- this is definitely a fetish cult classic... or if your into light strangulation... yum! (just kidding)...

the director and two of the supporting actors were there at the screening and did a q&a after the film. you can see some of the vids on the Dear Old Hollywood blog.

we took some pics outside of the theater. i went ahead and doodled me against the wall. one of my favorite terms that were taught to me in elementary school was the term "artistic license" -- heheh. :) so, if you've ever been to the eygptian theater, you might notice the wall isn't exactly accurate- but it think it's good enough to get the picture across. :)

outfit details- handpainted silk scarf- aLou original, red 3/4 sleeve turtleneck-express, black hoodie- express, dull charmeuse mushroom pleated dress with beaded lace bodice- vintage, electric blue tights, nordstrom

i closed one eye and put my pencil up for measurement...

2009-01-15T20:14:00.000-08:00

today i decided to put a drawing up instead of a picture. we don't have a scanner, so it leaves me to have to download pics of pics off my camera sometimes- eh. i'll live. this was drawn about 2 or 3 days ago when i was waiting for my cutie to get off the darn compy! ( all i wanted was some snuggles...) but he was busy doing his own blog, which i highly encourage. but still, i was bored and left with nothign to do as he did some research for his dear old hollywood.

i like to draw, but rarely do. i sometimes ask cutie to pose, but i'm not sure if he's all that keen on the idea of him sitting in one position for too long. i'm almost tempted to pay on some weekend workshops to draw. then i stop myself and think, i have a perfectly able boy who lives with me, why spend 10 dollars? so i took this as an op to play it sneaky and i sat behind him while he typed away and began doodling. it's pen and color pencil. i prefer chalk. but since i spent a load on this huge box of prismacolor pencils- i thought it worthwhile to make some use of the poor neglected pencils. sharpening i went! i thikn i'll start drawing more random, everyday things.

i showed cutie the next day and he said he was impressed and started laughing and said, "see honey- now that's real life!" bah, i think it was his way of trying to make it ok that i was cuddle-deprived in that time of doodling. ;) but i msut admit, i am an absolute cuddle brat. i want cuddles all the time. but jsut because i admit to it, doesn't mean i thikn it's wrong and that i'll stop. i have not had to join cuddlers annonymous or go to "snuggle" parties - so i think, for his sake, i'm still ok.

yes, drawing i will be this weekend... now if only i can get my little cutie to sit for me... oh please! (this blog should serve as a hint to him!) ;)

new year = new posts!

2009-01-05T12:49:00.000-08:00

Alrighty- i know i've been a bit crap on wrtiign blogs- what's wrong with me?? i'll tell you what's wrong with me... i'm a bit of a lzy littel bunny when it comes to gettin' on the compy for longer than 10 minutes.

but it's a new year and so all must be forgiven, correct? yes, i thought so. so what have i done in this oh so new year?? well, i have now taught myself how to play "twinkle twinkle", "ode to joy" and "mary had a little lamb" on my ukelele (thank you robby) which i can easily say was one of my fave x-mas gifts...considering that i've been wanting one for about 2 years... my fingers are now being contorted into all sorts of painful little notes and chords. i want to learn to play well and then i can sing with a high pitched voice and dance around at the same time.

i also finally took my overlock machine to ge tfixed, the tstrings were wrong- ehehhe... i never said i was a pro! the guys at MAYHALLS in la cresenta stringed it up for me for free. they're always very helpful there. if you need any help with your machine or are interested in buying a new one, i'd go there. they also offer beginner classes in sewing. so now, i can make soem knits.. will i? i hope so- might as well get soem use out of that little machine! i DID make soem curtains this weekend, forgot to take a picture of them. eh!

oh yes, i almost forgot to write about why i put up the vintage wedding dress pattern from VOGUE. last night i started sketching out some ideas for my dress. it will be heavily influenced by Robby's grandmothers dress. She got married in 1937 and the dress was to die for! i took a load of pics and started sketchin' around. (i'm not using the vogue pattern shown above) it was jsut to mention the wedding.. yes, yes, the better bloggin should be part of my new year rez. hope everyone had a great one! :)

pale young gentlemen? yes please.

2008-11-11T14:42:00.001-08:00

Oooh! alrighty- so i'm not working today for veterans day and so i have some time to load up some pics! :)

sunday, i went with robby to see a band named pale young gentlemen at the knitting factory in hollywood- they were soOOoO good! i really wanted to move up to the front of the stage, but i'm a bit of a shy bunny, so i was a bit firghtened to move up on my own to dance-- so i jsut danced where i was standing. i also didn't want to get in the way of any people trying to take pics.

they were so spectacular though! i was glad that they stopped by in la for a show- the lead singer mike is a good friend of robbys from high school- so it turned out that the whole band camped out in our living room! ahehehhe, our first "official" houseguests! :) other than playing great live tunes, they're all super nice! :)

the next morning, robby woke up bright and early to pick up some portos for breakfast. i helped him in and we set out the food, little by little, one by one... everyone started waking up and all wandered slowly thru the dim living room and stumbled towards the kitchen... the smell of portos is always super spiff in the morning! so- our first houseguests got a tasty little breakfast from our favorite cuban bakery...and they all seemed to really enjoy the tasty treats- yay!

i got a shirt (which are all printed on AA brand soft shirts) and some stickers, the stickers were doodled by the lead singer, they're really cute, of little swan-like birdies... i forgot to take pics of them, some "blogger" i am! well- all in all, i have to say, if you get a chance to see them... DO IT! you should check out their website:

http://www.paleyounggentlemen.com/

if you can't make it to the show, you can also buy their new cd and merch off the site. now everyone should go and get some new tunes by pale young gentlemen! :)

poppy cat studios to the rescue!

2008-11-08T15:23:00.000-08:00

here is my latest little purchase... a cute necklace charm and a MORE than cute pinset on a postcard. the postcard reads, "In a field of many flowers, you're the one i pick" the pendant above was one of my faves on her site as well. it's of two lovers kissing, made form a painting she she herself painted.

i bought this on etsy from a little fairy of a lady who has the cutest drawings / paintings / crafts. i was just reading her blog and i have to admit, there is something very magical about this little fairy. she lives in the mountains and is a mama to a little sprite of her own. it seems (thru her blog at least) that she spends time working at hre sons school with an art program that she has created and she seems to like to take nature piccies. flowers, scenery...she likes yosemite. this is all i know of the little fairy who signs her paintings "saffron".

her paintings are seomwhat child-like and have a unique style to them. it reminds me of illustrations you might see in the la weekly or in womans magazines, there to illustrate a sassy little tart or a weeping heart-broken young miss... (bottom pin to the right). she also has a really cute painting of a froggy seranading a very demure looking lady mouse. :) i want to buy a print of this next. her prices are super reasonable and she sent along a free magnet of a cowboy doggy. :) i forgot to take apic of it, as it's already on my fridge and was away from my other main goodies that i had chosen.

i thikn if you cath this bloggy, you should go check out her shop:

http://poppycat.etsy.com/

i've actually written to her 'cos i want her to make two paintings for me. i want two portraits of my cutie and i in her style of painitng. she said if i sent her shots of us in different face angles that she would be able to do it. i showed my fiance her site and he thought it would be really cute to have those paintings in our new apartment. i can't WAIT! now all iahve to do is get crackin' and take some shots of us to send her.

i'm currently a smitten kitten with everything saffron / poppy cat! check her site out, i doubt you'll regret it! i want more!!! :)

back from wisco...and newly engaged!

2008-10-30T12:30:00.000-07:00

Alrighty! so, i came back from Wisconsin, which i've shorted down to wisco. :) it was ABSOLUTELY impossible to take a bad picturte of wisco scenery. you could pretty much close your eyes and snap a picture and it would turn out like it should be in national geographic or something. :)

<-- a cute little bridge in stoughton, wi * my fiance robby * me! doing a really bad job of blending in. (semi showing off my ring, hehehe) :)

i met the rest of robbys family and they were all SUPER nice. :) we had an engagement party the first ngiht that we had arrived...that's right. little juliet is engaged! (when did that happen?!!) little robby-kins asked me to marry him the weekend before we left to wisco. my whole family is excited, as am i! it may seem very old fashioned, but the idea of "belonging" to someone, i think is rather nice. :)

we came back on sunday and moved EVERYHTIGN form his apratment to our new aprtment (jsut down the street) i became afussy baby when my wrist started hurting after carrying seom weird shaped couch down a curvy flight of stairs, but we got thru it- thank goodness!

the apartment is in shambles for the moment, but teh other day i fixed everyhtign in teh kitchen to my liking, since i'll probably be the one cooking most of the time. everytime we say, "let's cook soemthgin together" - it's usually me cooking as he sits and watches me and chit-chats... which is ok with me. he fixed his desk and compy. i think i'll break down my desk today and take it over. i'm eager to start working on some new designs! :) i want to get my stuff in tehre too, 'cos, as of right now- i'm feeling like hte place is his entirely. it has all his stuff from the apartment in there and nothing of mine. i need some juliet things in there! soon enough though. :) i thikn we're going to buy a book case this weekend from ikea. i want to add soem cute colorful stuff- maybe soem kipart and hang up a pinting that my friend petey made for me.

well- there's a mini update as to what i've been up to.. for hte few that even actually read this... hehehe... cheers! :)

new place with a not so new adorable face... :)

2008-10-13T12:58:00.000-07:00

alrighty, so- i've gone ahead and done it! i've moving out with my boyfriend william! eeeeeeeeee! i can't wait! i'[m so excited for the decoratin' bit, i t will be faboo galore! the apt is jsut right for us i think. it has a big open living room with a kitchen and counter separating the kitchen and living room.

it has a small little patio that i plan to decorate with hanging potted vines and little flowers allover! i want to hang up cute kitchen scenes from the 20'40's in teh kitchen. i already have a valentino one in mind where he's holding up some extra long spaghetti. i have a beatles one that william suggested and i want to type up buster keatons recipes that i have on one of my keaton books... i cant write too much at the moment, but will update with actual pics and all that sort maybe by this week. - theres so much to get done this week- it's insane! aaah! :)

ciao for now my lovlies!

inspiration galore!!!!

2008-10-02T13:02:00.000-07:00

this will be a pretty un-inspiring blog, seeing that there are no picky-tures to accompany, but, i'm telling you dear people.. that TODAY, i'm so in love with life and everything in it! :)

...maybe it was the pale young gentleman cd i was listening to, maybe it's teh skirt i'm wearing today... my inspirsation wall at work? myabe it's all the log reading i've een doing on my lunch break... no, it was earlier than my lunch break- it was while i was feeding my two dear pups this morning that i felt so happy. :)

whilse driving to work, i was car dancing and at a red light, i felt the need to tell my boyfriend that i loved him and i sent him little kisses over the phone. cheesy, some might say yes, ut eh! as liam lynch would say, "whateva!" :)

yesterday i also found out soem very exciting news about my sissy.... i hsould spill the beans too soon, so i shall keep quiet.

at work last week, i got a load of free clothes, they were kinda cleaning out and getting rid of a lot of stuff. i grabbed a lot of stuff for my mom and sisters- out of EVERYTHING i grabed, i only found about 6 things for me that i would actually wear and some stuff that i miiiiiiiight wear to one of my motherrs functions, but not exaclty my tatse, but it's "pretty & sensible" something my mother adores.

anway- maybe it was this also that has got me so inspired, after trying on about 50 dresses (keeping the 6) i was itchin' to jsut seriously throw out all of hte clothes in my closet and jsut start anew! my boyfriend Robby was a sweetheart and saw a little "how to" book on making skirts. it has a few simple designs, but it's a cool ook, cos it tells you exactly how to do it, no patterns required, jsut fabric, fabric shears, a tape measure and a sewing machine. i myself have NEVER made anyhtign withuot draping, making patterns, hten making it once more to check the pattern and THEN making the actual garment. maybe that's a reason i've been so horrible about making anything. it's so much work! :P but i'm excited and i'm feelin' fresh and all jived up about this new clothes thing. :)

for the wisco trip...i leave in 17 days!!!! (yikes! gogin to see teh trees change colors for a week and meetin' the mans fam- double yikes!) Little juliet is determined to make at least 1 dress and 1 skirt for wisco. and i think i can take 2 of the dresses i got from work. i want to wear all dresses when i go. i like dresses and skirts, i def have to build my collection! and i thikn i will surely start up on makin' my own collection. hmmm..that should be an early resoultion.. not to spend so much on clothes- i DO have a ton of fabric at home and i DO have 2 workin' machines now... and we ARE (wether the news admits it officially or not) in a recession... yes. this is gogin to be it for me. little jules will make at the least (maybe more, (yeah right!)) items of clothign evry 2 weeks... i mean, hey, i DO have a job ya' know! ;)

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! (that means, total and utter exciting times.)

:)

she opened my eyes...

2008-09-28T09:59:00.000-07:00

alrighty- look above and you can see the wonderful world of kip! :) i met this magical little fairy girl thru Pulp People when i was about 17. the first letter i ever rcvd, i had to face my fear of glitter to even open the envelope. as a child, my parents never let us have glitter and told us it could get into our eyes and slice our eyes each time we blinked. with this, until i met kip, i was deathly afraid of these brightly colored chips. i considered not ever opening it, but there was something about this letter- perhaps the quickly chopped jarvis head that was pasted by my name and the mysterious script that made me open it.

i went to the bathroom and thought the only safe place to open this letter was over the toilet. i turned the letter over and the tape that was used to seal it was sprinkled with the little rainbow eye killers. when i opened it and unfolded teh letter, i was rigth to open it over the toilet. glitter poured out of the envelope and the letter. i held the letter with my fingertips at each corner.

while reading the letter, i read everything about myself. her favorite pulp song was a b-side, mile end, same as mine. her favorite actors at the time, gary oldman and isabella rossellini were also shared by me. out of nowhere, this complete stanger, miles away scribbled down all of her likes and dislikes, all the same as my own. i slowly put the letter down and saw the pool of pink, blue and purple glitter that sparkled as it lazily swirled around in the toilet. it was meant for us to meet- i was sure of it.

we remained penfriends for years. she would send me letters, littered with glitter, star stickers, jarv cutouts and her glorious pen drawings. in the pulp packages, she send me gifts, mixed tapes of rare jarvis interviews and old import magazines that she had hunted down online. all of her letters, drawings and crafts were perfect mismatch art.

in april of last year, i drove up north to see her. we drove to san fran to watch Jarvis perform at the fillmore. after years of loving this man- we finaly saw him in the flesh! he was the man who had originally brought us together.

around the same time that we had seen jarv, i drove back up with my mother to visit my dearest little kip. we spent the day together and she gave me something that i hold as one of my favorite possesions. she gave me her handmade Pulp /Jarv Scrapbook. page after page, it's perfect creativity. feathers, stickers, drawings, collages. i look thru this book every couple of months or so and am reminded everytime of the Magic of Kip!

i love you vim!
xoxo

beaton branson's intro -aka- juliets intro

2008-08-18T22:45:00.000-07:00

...is now official.

this is my first blog and as i'm a bit of an internet/ blog spazz (as in, i don't know how to to do it), so please bare with me as i attempt to try to make my life seem the least bit interesting by sharing with you my days and my likes and dislikes... i don't like to talk much of things i dislike (there's no point to it, really, is there?) but every now and then venting can help and who else better to vent to than with thousands of loving/ hating strangers... i do hope most of you lovlies are loving though. so much effort goes into hate, lets be lazy and love together, shall we?

-always,
juliet