WELCOME XZander!

My sister and her boyfriend went downtown. He's half Maine Coon and half Rag Doll! I think he'll look more like the Maine Coon-which are the Great Danes of the cat world, and can get up to 30lbs! AHH!

Last week my sister and mom and I went downtown to get our hair done in some cute new little place in Yorkville and to do a bit of shopping. We went by the Aldo outlet and I found these two adorable leather fringed purses in black and brown. Marc Jacobs Party Girl fringe purse is a bit much for me and Balenciaga is a bit out of my price range so this little addition was a real steal! I've already decided to give the brown one to my dearest Chels upon my arrival in BC!


I like the little studding details




Not so much a fan of her, but her bag is fantastic!

So as far as I know, only one person follows me, but that's ok, I'll still write anyhow. I work as a supervisor at a pool and should be proofreading my staffs report cards but honestly, I have better things to do than that-like get exceedingly more and more excited for my trip out west! Yes, me and one of my besties are going for our first vay-cay together and I can't wait.

THE SHOW!

So Myself and a few girls from the studio threw together a really last minute show. To make a long story short, my installation that took 4 hours to install was destroyed thanks to an idiot curator and an old British fart who yelled in my face (that man is seriously heading to HELL)! I had to reinstall 30 minutes before the opening! AH! I made it however, with the help of some good people and a sturdy ladder. Thank you for coming!

Ryan "Amazing" Gerber and Calvin "Fantastic" Lau came all the way to see the show :D That made my day!

These are the back of the fish.

If you look carefully, they're sparkly!

Me and my very first installation...isn't it cute? (it was actually a NIGHTMARE!)

After Party at Areej's!

One of my Print Loves has left to visit her family in her exotic homeland of Dubai but before she left we threw her a little party, complete with bean dip, cake, wine and sheesha!-A typical Areej Affair!

My beautiful friend Jax

Myself

Winters Formal

Yikes it's been a while...
My darling friends from the studio and I attended the Winters Formal a few weeks back. We all had a great time and thanks to the fact that it was an open bar affair, my feet hurt FAR less than they would have.

Dress: DIY via Value Village, Shoes: T-strap, nude leather, Aldo, Clutch: Value Village! I love this dress-shirt. I'm pretty sure it was a mother-of-the-bride top. I had to wear a one piece underneath because it was so short!



Here's Areej, my Dubai princess, looking smug and myself!

Shirts

Poorly photographed, I know, but here are some more things I've been working on for the Artisan Festival this coming Saturday!

Selling!

Here are a few things I made a few months back. Whenever I make tees they usually pile up in my room, however, Tyndale University-College is holding this artisan festival thinger and my friend asked if I'd be interested in selling some stuff. I really hope I can get rid of a bunch of them!

a day out

Daddy and I went out last Saturday to go art supply shopping and gallery hopping. We decided to kill some time before the first opening by stopping for a coffee. We happened upon this adorable little cafe on Queen W. which I unfortunately forget the name of and it was all purple and green! Anyhow, when I was finished my latte, there was a PERFECT little upside down heart on the inside of my cup!

Dressed in similar attire, Stef and I thought it appropriate to document our outfits. I'm in my thrifted, grey leather jacket and a DIY bleached out tank. Stef had this amazing fuchsia muscle shirt with a printed wave on the left that spelled out TROPIX. The best part was that it was originally her dads shirt during his rock star days.

prepping for a print-power-punch-out!

Welcome!

This is a piece that I did for the 24-hour print workshop that was held this fall for the print media department at York University. We were allowed to do whatever we wanted as long as we started and finished whatever we did. This piece is called Welcome.

how cute

I just found this...how hilariously cute are these? It mostly just reminds me of dearest Danielle, my love.

My work in Print Parade

Maxine Wong in Print Parade

Noelle Wharton-Ayer in Print Parade

Areej Kaoud in Print Parade

Here is work by my dear friend Areej Kaoud.

Print Parade!

The Sr. print media students at York were all invited to put up works for a group show that's running March 23 to March 27, 2009 at the Gales Gallery on the York University campus. As a joke, a student (who has now graduated) suggested the name Ink Parade as a title for last years collaborative print show. The mockery suggestion of Ink Parade somehow resurfaced this year and the deviant, Print Parade was selected. The title wouldn't have been my first choice but we all rolled with the punches and printed out invitations and posters for the Print Parade! Here is the poster invitation and a few of my dear artist-friends work!

After finally conquering my irrational lithography fears, I took a litho course and experimented with printing on fabric. The result: A feather stuffed soft sculpture.

I was given this fantastic opportunity to print posters (along with a friend) for Chicago based designer, Rick Valecenti for a talk he was giving March 18, 2009 at the Arts and Letters Club down town. We printed an edition of 60 posters which were sold with the profits benefiting the York University Design Department (http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=12225). For more about Rick Valecenti and his design work check this out! Because Rick lives in Chicago, friend Paul Sych was able to come in to our print studio and connect with myself and my printing partner about the job. Paul is Canadian graphic designer working for his self-created company, Faith. More about Paul and his work can be found here.