30 December 2010

creative endeavors: have yourself a merry little christmas edition

one of my favorite parts of christmas in the last few years has been packaging my gifts to everyone. this year I kept finding fantastic inspiration everywhere so I was psyched. two things to note. one, brown craft paper is rather hard to wrap with, and two, the toast christmas issue is one of the biggest reasons this worked. =) I'm in love with their catalogues. pure gold.

anyways, here are some pictures of the final products. the inspiration was "brown paper packages tied up with string".
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oh toast, thank you for being a part of my life.

year in review: may
year in review: may

28 December 2010

things that made my day

28 november. going to the messiah, dressing up, these people.
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29 november. thanksgiving flowers.
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twinkling lights above my window.
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1 december. plaid shoes. (taking photos of plaid shoes while ignoring homework)
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christmas lights.
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year in review: march and april.
year in review: march and april

20 December 2010

"snowflakes in the air"

. . .or at least on the windows.
last weekend we all decided to make snowflakes. some used patterns, and some did freestyle. some used normal paper, some used newspaper, and some even used candy wrappers haha. they all turned out pretty well though.

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a little christmas baking.
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the finished snowflakes.
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my snowflake.
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oh and year in review: february
year in review: february

16 December 2010

year in review: january

I've been inspired by all the other fantastic bloggers out there doing this. it really is fun to look back at all the things you've worn, so here is mine.

year in review: january

11 December 2010

creative endeavors

here a couple pictures of the last two big projects for my drawing class. I'm actually terribly sad it's over.

here is the last homework project. it is a self portrait in chalk pastels.
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and the here are some pictures of the process and the completed individual theme/symbolism project.
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I'll sort of miss having pastels all over me. (and everything else)
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finished!

I did most of this one to a background of christmas music and the movie "you've got mail." it seemed fitting. =)

28 November 2010

things that made my weekend (13 november)

here are more pictures from the nelson etc. too many to choose from. =)
egyption collage
greek/near eastern/roman collage
the subject of my arth term paper.
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knight collage
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starbucks collage

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tea collage
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such a fantastic time.

26 November 2010

creative endeavors

putting together cards for the art sale.
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working on drawing homework.
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finished product. homework number three.
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the beginning stages of my aerial/atmospheric perspective drawing. (now in the student gallery show!)
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