Star Crafty

Some of the artists that I fell in love with:
01) minzer by Megan O Wold. I must have stayed a good 20 minutes staring at all the mixed-media collage work and pretty, funky jewelry she had.
02) Megan and Mary Beth share an etsy store called iadornu, I bought a cute "tie tack" with a wee tiny original illustration of an owl with gold-fill chain dangling from the wooden chip. Need to take a picture, it's so dainty and cute. Mary Beth also has her own online portfolio, and I love it. These two ladies were the highlight of my day!
03) Adam Michaels was a really cool, pleasant dude. He had this small watercolor and ink (I think) canvas of a key, a lock, brush strokes and pencil markings that I was enamoured with. Maybe sometime down the line I might purchase it, so loved it (he also said my accent was sexy hehe)
04) Christopher Reitmaier - musician and artist, another cool dude. He creates intriguing mixed-media artwork with salvaged scrap materials that he often finds in the outskirts of the city where casinos and industries dump their crap in. The pendants are awesome, I'll be sure to snatch one for meself next time I see him!
05) Helton Photography - I am terrible, I forgot this nice lady's first name. I admire her talent to capture the beauty of children, something I am not particularly talented in my photography (I like me some inanimate objects lol). She was really sweet and I liked her table decor. She had a huuuge green apple (wooden, perhaps), a little wooden train, a bouquet of ranunculus, and her three impressive photo books.

It all filled me with such great delight. Thursday was one of my days off (remember how I mentioned I had 4 days off this week? Well, I actually ended up working two of those days, oh well) and to tell you the truth I did not want to leave my bed. I just sat there, laptop turned on, stressing about all the the ideas and things I roaming my head. Thankfully, somewhere in between the bed and the shower, I lightened up and guess what...I crafted!! Yes, I did. Pretty little things that I didn't even have sketched out from months ago, they just popped into my head... well, more like my hands.

Enjoy! As always, please click below the picture to view remaining sets.

7:00 am
Hello Holga!

8:00 am
Yay garage sale!

9:00 am

10:00 am
Hiking is hard.

11:00 am

12:00 pm

1:00 pm
Mmm beer

2:00 pm
At this point, I was having a meltdown at the Gap. I couldn't find a damn dress for my birthday.

3:00 pm
I am a disciplined wildflower.

4:00 pm
Interesting pattern

5:00 pm
Pretty colors at J. Crew.

6:00 pm

7:00 pm
Having yet another breakdown.

8:00 pm
Done with my crying, heading towards Red Rock casino

This day was just awful. Ugh.

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April 22, 2008

It's back! The 12 Hour Project.

I doubt any of you read my blog two years ago, but I used to do this little photo project on my days off wherein I would snap a picture of my environment at the top of the hour, every hour for half a day. I called it the 12 Hour Project and it was pretty fun to do. It helped a bit with my creativity as I would have to often look at my surroundings differently than I normally did.

I abandoned it for nearly two years, so the day I got my Canon point-and-shoot I immediately returned to my project. If you'd like to experience the (not so) awesomeness that was Spring 2006, you may click here... and here... also here ... guess what, even here. (Wow, reading back through these entries from Spring 2006 I remember my plans to move to NYC after graduation. *sigh*)

Anyhoo, here is my 12 Hour Project for Friday, April 4th, 2008, two days before my AWESOME birthday!! Oh before I forget, you must click below the picture to view the rest. I figured not to waste your precious bandwidth like that. ^_^

7:00 am
What? I have to wake up when? I HATE Y'ALL!

8:00 am
Still in bed...

9:00 am
On my way to the car dealership. Cute little birdie my darling Sarah gave me.

10:00 am
Brother.

11:00 am
Passed out. Brother was driving this time.

3:00 pm
So seeing as I had had only a handful of hours of sleep that night I said Screw Y'all and took a short nap. And by short nap I mean 5 hours. Yeah.

5:00 pm
4:00 went away apparently...

6:00 pm
Look at me room! Organized!

7:00 pm

8:00 pm
Trying out dresses for my birthday with Kimberly

Okay, so this first entry wasn't exactly 12 hours, but it's MY friggin' project and I can do whatever I want with it!

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April 19, 2008

Fortune Care Cards

Well, hello there! For reasons unknown (but I believe it may have to do with Feist's music), my mood today was a sharp contrast to what has dominated me the past week or so. I waltzed into work hummin' and singin' made-up lyrics to songs I can't understand. Why I was this hyper? I have no idea. Luckily, I actually like my job. Sure, it's a serving job and this is not quite my dream in life, but my co-workers are really cool down-to-earth people and I have some of the sweetest regulars ever. Darling people, for sure.

But that's not the purpose of this post. Do y'all remember a few weeks ago I posted the Fortune Cookie Collection Slideshow? Well, I laser-printed some of those wise slips unto pre-cut business cards. Ta-daaa, I present to you, Amy's Fortune Care Cards.

I have since re-shot the slips with whiter lighting so that the pink background pops more, and I removed the pins. I think they were a bit distracting. Flip the card around and write a little message to someone you care for.

Really like how these turned out. ^_^ What do y'all think? Packed in bundles of six, you get either six messages or perhaps three pairs.

Some of the slips:
01) You will bring sunshine into someone's life
02) You will be unusually successful in an entertainment career
03) Take some time and really listen to your inner wisdom

Once I chose the best slips, I'll reprint them and create the packaging. Yay. Ideally, I'd get these professionally printed but I want to get some "mock-ups" out first to work them all out. Maybe I'll send a little pack to you so you can write silly notes to your friends. ^_^

Also,

:D :D :D

I have so much to blog about, mostly pictures and I want to highlight a few blogs that are worth checking out for the extreme sweetness and talent. But next week, I have 4 days off! WOW! For almost three months now I'd been working almost 40 hours a week (mind you, I was hired as a part-time server) so this will be AWESOME. And exciting! Yay. okay off to sleep. zzZZZzzzZZZZzzZzzzZzzzzZ

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April 18, 2008

Why does Hollywood hate on NY?

My brother and I will be in New York City from May 6-9 to visit my Cousin the Actress who is graduating from New School AND SHE IS AWESOME. And so is New York! IM SO EXCITED! If it weren't for the fact that I am exhausted as heck and this bed is slightly emo-sensitive, I'd be jumping up and down, but I'll save myself the $500 I would have to re-spend on a new mattress and just type REALLY big on my blog because THAT'S WHAT EXCITED PEOPLE DO!! YAY!! I miss you New York. Who knows, maybe I'll ditch Vegas and stay in New York, as I've been wanting to do so for the past 13 years of my life... but that's a topic for another post.

Oh that? That's the giant monster that ravaged New York City in the totally awesome film, Cloverfield in which apparently the monster cannot possibly be killed and not only will it ravage The Big Apple, but the World as well. Oh nothing, I just thought I'd share that with y'all. kthxbai.

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April 06, 2008

26

Okay, I began this entry on Sunday, April 6th. I am slow at everything, apparently.

Emotions have been running rampart these past two days. I had two breakdowns yesterday, I didn't know what to do with myself and worst of all I cannot comprehend it all.

But as my mother told me this morning, it's really just so pointless to stress so much. You realize this when you get older, and we know it is pointless at this age but yet we insist on stressing. I need to de-stress and appreciate what I have been given and enjoy it all.

So in honor of my AWESOME 26th birthday TODAY, here is a list of 26 things which I am thankful for:
01) Mami's pep talk this morning.
02) The first happy birthday call of the year, by the most wonderful man I have ever met in my entire life, at 1 am.
03) A nice chill birthday dinner with Millie and Kimberly last night. Had a good Italian beer.
04) J Crew and their wonderful use of color.
05) Meeting new people during a STRENUOUS hike at Red Rock Canyon.
06) Feist... (funny enough, I first heard of her exactly a year ago)
07) Buying great tshirts over at etsy
08) Reading friend's charming blogs
09) My best friend forever Janice, love that girl
10) Me gaining weight and my ass looking FANTASTIC lol
11) Audrey Hepburn
12) Crashing at a friend's place and listening to great obscure music from the late 80s
13) That starburst shot David made for me
14) Chocolate kisses
15) Playing with the two most fantastic little kids in my life
16) New Canon SD1000 camera!
17) Resurrecting my 12 Hour Project
18) Buying paper and silly things at scrapbook stores, oh obsessions

Allright, it's been a day since I began typing this entry. Am still DRUNK as all heck.

19) Vodka and anything lol
20) Overcast days in Vegas, far in between.
21) She & Him
22) Silly text messages from friends
23) Being reunited with my guitar
24) Yellow wildflowers growing on medians
25) Photography
26) Being able to wake up every morning to a powerful Sun

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April 05, 2008

2 days till zero hour...

I hate being so absent from the blog world. Been working pretty much full time at work (I was hired as part-time), when I get here all I see is a craft/work room in the midst of major renovations that just won't get done. It heightens the anxiety I've been feeling as of late. Quarter-life issues, money issues (I'm doing good now, but that's because I don't pay rent at my brother's), photography issues, design issues, love issues (why do I always have a crush/fall in love with men I just can't have for a bouquet of reasons?), everything issues. All sorts of issues, minus health, thank God. I'm gaining weight and my arms look rather toned and my ass is FANTASTIC. lol

Allright folks, hopefully I'll blog about the debauchery that was this weekend (well, at least the details that I'm allowed to share pubicly) ;)

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