Weekend Wrap-up

An amazing Kimono Pattern my mom just gave me - from the year I was born!!

I've been collecting all the selvages from every fabric I use - I'd like to think of a cool project to use them for.

A vintage wooden pear belt buckle!

Well, this weekend sure flew by.

-Phil and I had a lovely Friday night at our favorite Curry House, then relaxing back at the loft.

-Saturday, we went to Olvera Street to do some research for a project Phil is working on.

-I found out that The Kids Are Alright sold about 10 more of my pieces - various purses and pencil pouches!

-Today I REALLY cleaned up my workspace - made a lot more space and made it a lot more efficient.

-We're gearing up for our trip to Port Angeles this week. We're actually flying up to Seattle and then taking the puddle jumper to Port Angeles. I booked our puddle jumper tix tonight and found out you can only have 24lbs of luggage per person - so that's like, only one pair of shoes? Yikes!!

-I made some more soy birdie candles.

-Today I also went way overboard in the Japanese candy department at Nijiya. They make Caramel Pocky now!!

-Anxiously awaiting Fall to REALLY arrive here in Los Angeles. It"s been a little gloomy and cloudy, but still very muggy - no need for a sweater yet. I just want one real blustery, chilly, grey day!

I'm looking forward to my short but busy week ahead! More soon.........

Lets See, Today I....................

-Painted my toenails

-Untangled a necklace that's been sitting here for months

gosh, my productivity as of late leaves a little to be desired.

I also made some more soy birdie candles. I really like the way they've been coming out - they're about the size of a real sparrow! I'm experimenting with more colors and I'm waiting for a few more molds to come in the mail - very exciting.

I'm also getting over the Benadryl Allergy I took this Saturday (those lovely Santa Anas) it felt like my head weighed 50 lbs., it was so weird. Anyways, it stayed in my system for like two days. I think that had something to do with my lack of "doing stuff".

Other news, Phil and I are finally going on a little vacation in a couple of weeks! We're going up to Seattle to stay with his Aunt and Uncle in Port Angeles. We've never been up to the Pacific Northwest and are very excited! More soon...

AHHHH...........

Chelsea Piers at Sunset

Wow. It's good to be home. I got back Wed. nite but needed a couple of days to recoup.

New York was hectic work-wise, but I got to hang out with a good friend who I only see about twice a year. The fashion industry is both exhausting and exciting at the same time. So many ideas and so much inspiriation, but sometimes, I question whether I have the strength to keep up.

Anyways, I hate being away from home. I realize that I have a very specific comfort zone and I don't really like to be taken out of it. I was never one who wanted to backpack thru Europe or go camping in the woods alone.

Well, I am having a very lovely Sunday watching The Royal Tenenbaums and making soy candles. Getting myself ready for the work week ahead...............

Start Spreadin' the News...

What a busy/tiring couple of weeks. Lets see if I can sum up :

- Extremely busy with my day job (designing for a clothing company) trying to get samples ready for the New York D & A Show. We leave this Friday for 5 days.

-Trying to figure out which path to take with my personal work - my mind has been swirling with many scattered, disorganized ideas. Hopefully they will come into focus soon.

-Trying to deal with the fact that on the weekdays, I'm just too drained from work to do much of my own thing. It's a frustrating thing to try to come to terms with.

-Trying to pack and prepare for NY - I hate packing and preparing. There just are'nt enough
hours in the day.

-Finally really using my IPOD. I know it sounds dumb, but I've been downloading TV shows, photos, videos - it's awesome. I downloaded Season 1 of Weeds to watch on the plane.

-Looking at some more lofts and other options to buy in our area. Very exciting and daunting at the same time.

-Cleaning up and out - getting rid of a lot of junk.

-Trying to eat a lot healthier than we have in the past - no more burritos - lots of grilled chicken, salmon, and salads. But I might have to try those Reeses Peanut Butter Cups with the Marshmallow in it!!

-Hanging out with our 10 yr old family friend Eisaku. My bro brought him to Phil's studio so he could meet all the artists who draw his favorite cartoon!! Eisaku is a boy genius - he painted that still life of the pears - each pear is supposed to be from a different season, brilliant!!

-Trying to get some sleep - it's hard being tired when your mind is still racing with the things you want and need to do.

I'll be on a bit of a blogging break till I get back - hopefully life will resume to a somewhat normal pace after this NY show is over. Take care veryone!

Updates All Around

Whenever I don't have any pics to post, I like to show a fabric that I am dying for. And this one is my latest obsession. It's a bit pricey from here, a Japanese import of course. If I can think of a perfect project for it, then I would get it, otherwise, no dice.

Let's see, what else is going on:

- I'm continuing my Christmas gift giving list. Now that my Mom and I have found a good dog biscuit recipe, there are some dogs on the list too! I'll post the recipe in the next week or so.

-I finally purchased some paperclay because of this great post - but have yet to touch it for fear of failure and frustration. Actually, I just have'nt had time to think of a cool project for it, and I need to study her awesome tutorial again.

-Phil has been going crazy on his Cintiq - having a ball and, periodically, laughing like a madman.

-Trying to finish some more Birdie Totes and give my Etsy shop a good updating. I'm not linking to it because, as Ali G would say, right now, "It's a bit crap."

-Gearing up for Fall. I'm finally going to buy a pair of rubber rainboots this year! I cannot wait for gloomy, grey, and COLD. I can't take this heat any longer, 106 in the valley today!

-Phil and I are looking into maybe buying a loft soon!

Very exciting changes ahead! I realized today, my Mom and I have such great ideas and we're really gonna try to get something going soon. I know that once we start, it'll really push us to keep going.

Happy short week everyone!

More Than Meets the Eye!!

My first shrinky dinks pins. Thanks to Hillary for a great tutorial!

4th and Spring - filming Transformers the Movie. My guess is, a mighty Autobot and Decepticon battle took place here - probably tachyon.

Fake car wreck and all the concrete and pavement was fake styrofoam

Styrofoam gothic statue.

So, here's a list of the "going's on" this holiday weekend:

-Tried my hand at some shrinky dink pins - quails abounded

-Really bummed about Steve Irwin

-Got to see the Transformers movie set a block away from our building and had an

Optimus Prime sighting, but did'nt have my camera for that.

-Nicely folded all my fabric into neat stacks.

-Did'nt want to disturb the neatly folded stacks, therefor I have no sewing projects to show

for myself.

-Started my Christmas gift giving list!!! It's never too early.

-Lots of "thinking about" and "writing down" ideas, but not really doing much. But Phil was

very inspired this weekend and got lots of amazing personal work done with his new Cintiq!

-Watched the end of one of our favorite Anime series "Full Metal Alchemist". So beautiful and

sad.

-Went to Jungle Anime 4 days in a row.

Hope eveyone had a lovely weekend!

Van-tastic

So I bought these Vans a while ago, and Phil took them to work to have all the guys in the studio draw on them. Here's the progress so far. I went to visit him at work the other day and I had completely forgotten that they were even there - they are so cool. Phil has yet to do his piece on them. I don't know if I'll want to wear them when they're done, for fear of messing them up - maybe I'll just have to keep them as an art piece.

Equivalent Exchange

Another busy week with lots of cleaning - but it feels great! We also made these healthy dog biscuits for Zero on Wednesday. She loved them.

This week was filled with lots of Full Metal Alchemist watching - and it's Phil's birthday today!! We both got home early today and had dinner at Curry House, and went to Jungle Anime to get what else - more Full Metal DVD's That was Phil's present.

So glad it's a long weekend. I want to try to get some sewing in and possibly an embroidery project I've been thinking about. Happy Back to School shopping everyone!