the helm: restoration

I haven't been very good at blogging 3 times a week, but at least I'm still clocking in at once a week! I really don't have an excuse except for the fact that I've been feeling a little fat and blah lately, and so I don't feel like have my picture taken. And honestly, I haven't had much going on to blog about! Except for my first ever art show this past Friday! So that's kind of a big deal.






(In case you're wondering, that's me! So not only did I have work in the show, I was also a model of sorts!)



(That's my friend/coworker, Jerika, and some of her friends, all modeling more of her gorgeous hats!)


(Doing our "serious artist" face)



(Posing in front of my photos! They were all taken & edited with my iPhone!)


(Me with my fellow-photog-friend, Alan)


(Me and my BFF-artist-in-crime, Riley. He was the one who put the WHOLE thing together! And he also did the portrait of me from above. There were portraits of each artist in the show that lined the walls, all connected with quotes of inspiration and yarn! So creative)


(My friend, Cynthia. She was a huge help to Riley putting The Helm together. She's also an awesome photographer!)


(Christopher! ♥ he was such a good holder-of-things-that-wouldn't-fit-in-my-pockets-b/c-I-refused-to-carry-my-purse and a good photo-taker and all-around good sport for the night!)



(the beautiful, Michelle, another BFF)





(We then went to the Alabama Music Box after we ate dinner @ Hopjack's, and watched Givers play!)





All-in-all, it was a really great night. I hung out with a lot of people that I don't get to see very often, and it felt really good to see everyone come and support me and the other artists in the show. I get really lonely over here where my only friends are coworkers and Chris. And even then, Jerika is really the only one I feel like I can really count on for friendship at the moment. None of my other coworkers came to my show! Even though they told me they would... I feel let down because it seems like something that meant so much to me didn't mean anything to them, but I know I shouldn't put that much thought into it. It hurts but it just goes to show that your true friends show up for you when you need them most, and the others can't be called more that close acquaintances. It's so frustrating sometimes to think that you're making head-way with new friends only to be let down. I just want to make some more friends that I can count on! But I still can't forget the friends that DID show up, and for that, I couldn't be more grateful.

Anyway, I wish I'd taken some more outfit shots, but really, you're only missing the shoes. Wait, the shoes are almost always the most important part! So for that, I'm sorry you're missing the shoes, because trust, they are FINE. And quite possibly my new favs. I'll make it up to you this week I swear!

♥


top: urban outfitters
skirt/shoes: target
necklace: gift from Chris
tights: tj maxx
coat/ring: forever 21

halloween weekend in new orleans

Chris, his sister Holly and I spent last Saturday in New Orleans to get a little more Halloween in before it was all over. Truth be told, Chris and I had a hidden agenda: to get tattoos!



So that is my very first tattoo! It didn't really hurt as much as I thought it would, and I LOVE the way it turned out. I'm definitely down for more in the future, I already have a little collection of inspiration! Chris got a little skull on his knee, but he's had star tattoos on his shoulder since he was 18, so he wasn't as nervous/excited as I was. Afterwards, we went to Juan's Flying Burrito for dinner, then headed to the French Quarter for a Haunted History Tour. I took my Pentax Super ME along for the ride and took one roll of color film, which is what you see above (tattoo photo is from my iPhone), and also one roll of black and white when we actually went on the tour. I have to send the black and white off to be developed, since it's true black and white film and we have nowhere near here that still develops the stuff. Hopefully I'll be able to get them back soon and share them! I was using a flash, which I've never used on a film camera before, so I hope they turned out! Maybe I even caught some ghosts on film!

the weekend in review

hello all.

I had a fabulous weekend but could have definitely used another day at least! I have an outfit to post but just haven't gotten around to getting the photos off my camera yet, so I thought I'd recap my weekend and maybe get to that outfit tomorrow.

All photos taken with my iPhone 4 using the Instagram app.




what I wore //
dress: urban outfitters via thrifted
cardi: target
shoes: blowfish






Chris and I drove to Mobile for Art Walk and to see a friend of mine's show, but first we met up with another friend who has the cutest apartment that he's about to move out of (boo!) and Chris bought one of his guitars. We then met up with some more friends, got some sangria and delicious cupcakes from different art galleries and enjoyed each other's company as we sweated our asses off.





We then met up with more friends and went to Samurai J, a neat little sushi joint and Chris and I had out first Sake Bomb. They were more fun and entertaining than tasty, but basically you place a shot of sake on top of chopsticks placed over half a glass a beer, say "1-2-3 Sake BOMB" and pound the table, consequently shaking the chopsticks, knocking the shot glass into the beer, at which time you CHUG. Ha, like I said, it was fun!

How was your weekend?

hot hot hot... & flowers

dress: marshalls
cardigan/ring: target
oxfords: urban outfitters
necklace: forever 21

OH MY GOD. IT IS HOT DOWN HERE. It's sad when you sweat just standing outside. Anyway, my good friend, Riley and his 2nd in command, Ash, came to visit me on Sunday! Whenever Riley and I get together, we always end up taking photos. Before he had an iPhone or digital camera of any kind, he used to come over to my house just to take pictures for Myspace, haha. Anyone remember MySpace? Burn... That's almost like bringing up the Macarena. Anyone remember the Macarena? Of course y'all do. You're not proud of it, I know, but none of us are.

We actually came to this area of downtown Biloxi take pictures in front of the graffiti/painted wall... and we ended up in these random abandoned warehouse-like areas behind the actual wall. Talk about getting distracted. I did get to finish off my first pack of film for my Instax Mini though! I love it! It's the cutest camera, I just want to take pictures of everything!

We also made a stop at the casino where I work to show off some of the design I've been producing. And of course, no weekend is complete without snowcones! I seriously love snowcones. My fav flavor of all time has got to be Tiger's Blood, but recently I've branched out and tried cheesecake, strawberry, spearmint (also, a top fav) and orange. Ugh. Now I want one!

What's your favorite snowcone flavor?