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June 21, 2008  image by alicia It's been since November 29th since I have not visited Alicia Paulson's blog, Posie gets Cozy, and it hadn't dawned on me, till an hour ago, that Miss Alicia currently lives in Portland!! She is a wonderful artist who creates the most beautiful, daintiest things, from romantic crochet cardigans to dream-like birdcages to the darling clothespin ladies featured above. Every post is full of words of wonderment, delight, nostalgia and a sense that every day is rosey and unique even when some convince us otherwise. I have been so inspired by her artwork and outlook on life. Without realizing, I was falling in love with Portland, Oregon for the longest time through her eyes. Even if I never meet Miss Alicia (though I would love love love to) once I relocate, it is such a comforting feeling knowing that people like her inhabit this grand City of Roses.  image by alyson
Y'all have no idea how excited and happy I am to be moving to Portland. Smiles and giggles escape me whenever I think about it. Posted by starmagn at 12:34 AM | Comments (1)  June 20, 2008  If I only had the nerves to send out a postcard like this to him. If I only had a real reason. If only he understood. *le sigh* You can still buy this ultra adorable postcard from rarrarpress. Too cute for words. Posted by starmagn at 10:27 PM | Comments (0) June 18, 2008
oh my oh my, I am smitten. Today I finally watched all other videos from Facto Delafe y Las Flores Azules. Such happiness and beautiful lyrics. Ahh I want to live in Barcelona! Posted by starmagn at 04:00 PM | Comments (1) June 17, 2008  I share with y'all the fabric goodies I purchased back home in Puerto Rico. I resist the urge to photograph each fabric, I don't have quite the time. But they are all so fantastically beautiful.  I still often dream of owning my little boutique where a little corner will be dedicated to beautiful fabrics. I would pair Japanese cottons with silks with Lara Cameron's amazing silkscreened linens and canvas. Next to the fabrics, you'd find dainty vintage buttons, ribbons and lace. ooo lace. I hope this dream comes true within the next ten years. How awesome! ^_^  Over the past few months I have been collecting wine corks from work. To be perfectly honest with y'all, I have absolutely no idea why I am doing so, but so far I have 318. My bartender jokes I am perhaps building a raft to go back home. har har. Anybody have a cool suggestion? I guess I collect them because I just love collecting things that might otherwise fill up space in a landfill. Maybe I'm just a pack rat (not to be confused with a rat pack. lol). Today I stumbled upon muxtape, clicked one of the profiles in the main page and discovered a most beautiful, dreamy song, Mar el poder del mar by Facto Delafe from Spain. Had never heard of this singer, but I am so glad I did. The video is just... delightful. ...adoro sentirte... Posted by starmagn at 06:33 PM | Comments (5) June 16, 2008  Oh.My.Raptor.Jesus.
Posted by starmagn at 10:49 PM | Comments (2) June 14, 2008  Sometimes (okay, often, as of late) I ponder if I'll ever be happy and giddy enough to photograph my own heart shadows on the road. Been editing wedding pictures, and reading wedding blogs all day long, to be followed by a rather elaborate wedding tomorrow at our restaurant . The fiercely independent woman in me longs to abandon all pride and let go. Le sigh. Here's to Mr. Awesome in Portland. Image from the wonderful Ariel, writer for the fun and informative Offbeat Bride blog. Posted by starmagn at 02:18 AM | Comments (0) June 13, 2008 
Rain boots. Posted by starmagn at 11:09 PM | Comments (0)  I couldn't help but post another preview of Laura's wedding. Not to toot any horn, but I am so darn proud of all these photographs. Like, why have I doubted myself all this time? Silly me. I have been wanting to do this for a while now. I'd like to somehow regularly post videos of songs that I love, that have inspired me, that make me cry, make me sing, make me do a little dance at work. Today's turn is, of course, who else, my Feist. My darling, darling Feist. This is such a cute live version of the opening track of her most recent album, The Reminder, it's called "I'm Sorry" and she sounds beautiful.
Posted by starmagn at 12:24 AM | Comments (3) June 09, 2008 Am leaving in less than a day, back to my normal life. Before I leave, I share some quickies with you.  I came to Puerto Rico to photograph my friend Laurie's wedding on Saturday. Laurie married Andy, who also went to high school with us, but they didn't hook up til 3-4 years after graduation. Nobody quite saw that one coming, so I gotta give it to them for the surprise factor. Good job, guys. The wedding was fantabulous, everybody had fun, I met up with old classmates, cried towards the end, ate empanadillitas and just... I dunno, it was just all so wonderful. They are both so happy, it's ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is how GOOOOOORGEOUS Laurie looked. Like.. for reals, it must be illegal to be that beautiful.
 These are Laura O(x), Laurie, Me (with sexy disheveled hair) and Mariela. We all live at least 500 miles apart from each other, Boston, Philly, Puerto Rico and Vegas (soon to be Portland). These girls own little parts of my heart and it hurts that I can't see them every day, that we are so far away, walking through paths that we just don't know when or where they might converge again. But I am glad they are in my life, as all the rest of my friends who I've known since kindergarten, since middle school, since our pointless biology class in 10th grade, since SCAD, since Vegas. Such is life, though.
 I went to the beach today with my little (16 years old) cousin and mami. Combate is like Ghetto Capital of the World. I came to Puerto Rico for the cute surfer guys I grew up drooling for. Yeah, didn't see them. Highly disappointed. Did find this funky old school bus slash greasy food eatery on the way to Combate. Crazy little joint. Allrighty then, off to Vegas, I go and edit ALL 1200 WEDDING PICTURES! Oh lord, this will take forever. Posted by starmagn at 01:36 AM | Comments (2) June 07, 2008  I hadn't mentioned it yet, but I am in my home, Puerto I haven't done much, mostly because my body is still in Pacific Standard Time and thus could not wake up early today. But I did manage to buy a whopping $125ish dollars on fantastic fabrics, mostly silk of several kinds. I love silk and linen, my two favorite fabrics. Both represent darling memories of my past; as a little girl my mother would take me fabric window shopping, we couldn't afford all these gorgeous fabrics, so I would just touch them. Silk dupioni has always possessed the most fantastic texture in any textile I've ever come across. My great grandmother Ge~na, bless her soul, used to make her Sunday suits out linen, all so meticulously tailored. She looked so grand in them. That is why I have chosen these fabrics to make my long-awaited (mostly by me) collection. It's my little sentimental shindig :P ******************************* Puerto Rico has been rainy, rainy, rainy....what's new. It always rains like crazy in the Summer. Slightly unbearable, but livable. The economic situation plaguing the island is just... crushing. It gets worse as you inch farther away from the capital. And even there, things are just depressing. I don't belong here anymore. Sad thought, but then again, I knew that was so about twenty years ago. I was always the more americanized of my friends. **************************** My flight made a stop in Atlanta, the happiest place on Earth... NOT. Hate that airport. Once out of the plane, I darted towards the Delta information desk and asked... How much it would cost to change my Puerto Rico flight tomorrow and rent a car to... Savannah. It hadn't dawned on me that I was back in my Georgia. I could already taste Cheryl's cupcakes, imagined myself buying pretty ribbons from Liz and checking out the new stores on Broughton. Seeing my friends again before they move on to their new adventures, far away from the Hostess City of the South. The lady did not give me good news, it would take $231 just to change the flight. Let's not even ask about car rental. Oh well. Savannah will just happen some other time. ****************************** As I made my way to Concourse A, slightly disappointed that my little flight of fancy could not be, I experienced something slightly creepy. An average looking young man comes in, we exchange a brief smile, after a few minutes asks my destination. Awesome, a psycho. I heart me some psychos. I tell him Puerto Rico, he said he's been there and loved it. My turn to ask his destination, because I just can't stop talking to questionable-looking strangers. Why, look at that, he lives in Portland! I tell him I am moving there in a few months and he continues to talk about how great Portland is. Concourse A is here and I need to get out of this train-thingy. As I walk out, he says, "I'll see you in Portland". Um. That's cool, just you better not be from Dharma Initiative, because God knows that's what he felt like. Like he was going to impregnate me with some demon child in the hopes that the baby will be the next frakin Jacob. ********************************* What's up with all the mother-frakin in Battlestar Galactica? For reals. *********************************  This is my grandma Lydia. She is awesome. She's not real blood grandma but she has always treated us as if we were. I love her very much. ********************************* Um. The wedding is tomorrow. I hope I do a good job out of it. Also, MMMM Meson. My Rican friends away from the Island know how good these motherfrakers are. mmmmmmmm  ********************************* I miss my language. I often forget how beautiful it is. Watched Julieta Venegas sing at Unplugged on MTV Espanol. God, I love her. I just watched this video by Francisca Valenzuela. Had never heard of her till now. Pretty voice, nice piano, great video. **************************** Is it selfish and stupid to feel lonely? Not lonely as in oh I don't have friends. Lonely as in... I'd like a boyfriend. I am the Eternal Single Girl, having been in relationships for only 20 months out of my 26 years in this world. I am fiercely independent and have never been the kind of girl to go out of my comfortable way to snatch me a guy. I don't do the bar dating scene, random hookups, one-night stands (stop looking at me like that, I'd like to forget that one incident years ago, okay???) or anything like that. Being single just never bothered me...but now... man, I'd like somebody. I feel so selfish praying at night for an encounter with a dashing young man who will sweep me away. That happened once at a park... but it was clearly not meant to be. To be honest, I'm just so used to being single that I don't know how to behave otherwise. Not to mention I'd have to give up my precious free time for a man. What? Are you kidding me?? *le sigh* Do I like someone right now? Yes, I do. Why haven't I made a move? Well, let's just say his pretty little ass walks around with a hovering, blinking neon sign that reads DO.NOT.GO.THERE. And trust me, if I told you the reasons, you'd agree with me. Plus I'm leaving in two months, what does it matter. **************************** I don't care if there are grammar errors. It's one of those nights. Posted by starmagn at 01:08 AM | Comments (1) June 03, 2008  I have finally edited all the photographs I took in New York City early May. Had a funtastic time with my brother, auntie and dear cousin, who was performing her thesis play that week. Awesome times. Miss her already! Please go to my Flickr page to view all pictures!!
  Posted by starmagn at 04:31 AM | Comments (2) May 23, 2008  More pretty little things I have been working on! Today I managed to roll out of bed at 9:15 am. Making progress. Not making progress in the whole actually starting to work on things side of the issue. I showered for too long, had breakfast and didn't begin sewing till almost noon. Woah, where did my time go. But it's okay. I am aware that I'm still dragging time, soon enough I will be super effective on these precious days off. By the way, next week, I have Monday and then... Friday off. For reals. Why can't my days off be consecutive? *sigh* Whatevs. Aren't these little fabric heart ornaments darling? Slowly, I have been letting go of my beloved vintage buttons. It's tough, but all I ever do is stare at them. A few of them I will never give away, they will be stared at till the day I die.    Pretty ribbons I snatched last week before I regretted the state of my empty wallet.
Posted by starmagn at 03:20 AM | Comments (4) May 22, 2008  Um yeah. That's Mount St. Hellen. I suck at this.
So, I'm moving to Portland, Oregon in late August. Before moving to Vegas I said I'd only be here a year. And as my first anniversary looms closer (June 9th), I am engaging in a positive and active state of mind. I have acknowledged that my issues with insecurity do not stem from this awful city, or anywhere for that matter. The issues are in me, I need to solve them. I have secured a room in a lovely guesthouse for three months. Am taking business lessons with my work buddy, Ryan. You have seen all the crafty progress I've been posting the past few weeks, more prototypes have been created awaiting to be properly photographed. I am taking charge of my life. I have far too much potential, I don't want to let it go to waste. As I still have three months left, a job search will be undertaken as well, but I am definitely ready for Star Magnolia to become what I've dreamed about for years now. I know most of y'all have a lot of burning questions, so let's begin with the press junket. *amy searches the crowd of reporters and lands on Timmy, signals him* Amy: Oh don't be silly, Timmy, of course I HAVEN'T. This wouldn't be a crazy adventure if I had, right? :P I will pay a visit sometime in late June/early July (if my manager ever decides to group my days off consecutively instead of giving me Mondays and then Thursdays off. Thanks a bunch.). *amy chooses her next reporter* Amy: Well, aside from two lovely ladies whose blogs I've been reading a while, no I do not know anyone. *Amy searches once again.. agh, dammit, he's here* *damn, I knew he would ask that* That is all the questions I shall be taking at the moment. I appreciate all your support. I really do. Many of you are a little puzzled by my decision, but I just want to you let you know I haven't felt so sure and confident about a place/plan in a long time. This time, I'm going to make things work. Enough sitting around waiting and waiting. In the meantime, I'm going to sleep. And also learn ways to wake up early (like by 8-9 am-ish) on my days off. For reals, this is a problem for me. My sheets are so nice and comfy though, mmmmm. bed.. mmmm.
Posted by starmagn at 02:25 AM | Comments (7) May 15, 2008  I really, really do. Love this picture so much. Still going through all 034978983278923 photographs. Posted by starmagn at 05:08 PM | Comments (0) May 12, 2008  Proudly standing somewhere in the Top 5 Things That Rock My World, paper is a solid gold. I collect it, store it, forget I have it, and later rejoice. Every thinking person must have a paper and pencil handy to write their daily thoughts and ideas. I've gone through numerous versions of these. Hmm, that gave a me an idea for a new photograph. About two years ago, while waiting for platinum/palladium prints to dry/develop at my school's photo department, I found rolls and rolls of a thick white paper in the cutting/finishing room. I'm not sure if it's inkjet roll. Alls I knows is I cut that bastard up in smaller square pieces and took it home with me (don't worry, I noticed the paper lying there for days and days, figured nobody had claimed it). These mini notepads were created with said cardstock, grid paper, news print, fabric, mod-podge and my latest obsession, rub-on transfers. I pick up crafty obsessions like a college girl picks up STDs. For reals. I love it. I can't wait to make more of these, they are so fun to create!   This one just might be my favoritesttestttestttest!  Made a pretty little garland. One of those things that linger forever throughout the endless reincarnations of your often neglected To-Do List. Well, scratch that one out now, yay!  This is how I hold your heart. Posted by starmagn at 05:43 AM | Comments (1) May 10, 2008  YAY New York! You were FANTABULOUSLY AWESOME!! We saw our cousin perform in her thesis play and she was totally awesome, as always, of course. It was lots of fun times and many pictures will be edited sometime in the next 10 years. But in the meantime, a plan must be undertaken. A HUGE PLAN for my future. Like, huge. One that I have faith will work wonderfully because I will make it work (I'll give you a hint, it deals with an imminent relocation at the end of this Summer). Below is me in the 81st station by the Museum of Awesome Natural History. God, I love that place so much.  I feel that this outfit needed something with pattern. Oh well, next time. ALSO, lesson learned: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, open your expensive $15 dollar MAC lipgloss at 35,000 feet up in the air while in your plane. The results will leave you crying... or rather, your already empty wallet will cry a long, long river.
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