Shop Update!

Hey guys! It's time for another shop update from The Floral Prince!

Of course the cat shorts are still available, and I'm open for plenty of blog header commissions and custom portraits! I love painting things for you guys, and I'll be back to discuss them/ship orders on the 12th!

 floral party dress

 polka dot grunge dress

 lady bug shirt

 pastel nightgown dress

recycled fashion tote bag

The Grand Tour

Now that I'm home and unpacked, I thought I'd show you guys around my room! It's my favorite place in the world and for the past week I've just grinned every time I've walked in. It's nice to be back!

As far as decorating goes, I'm not really the minimalist type.

I've got so much art, I've started sticking it up all over my walls. I'm also starting to collect prints from my favorite artists!

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 Oh and I have a huge mural of fish in my room.

I painted this a couple summers ago when I thought my room needed a change from it's orange and pink color scheme (of which the chair is a remnant)! The piles of clothes are for my etsy shop and things that need to be altered.

A nice panorama of my closet.

My favorite kitty is pretty glad I'm home, too!

Ugly Pretty

Hey hey guys! It's kindof chilly round here, and I've been enjoying my summer vacation so far by sleeping a lot and watching a lot of TV. It'll get old real quick.

Today's drawing took way longer than I thought it would... I'm just not used to using Illustrator! Pandora even timed out while I was working and I didn't even notice.

 I've been watching a lot of America's Next Top Model on hulu. Tyra taught me this face is considered "ugly pretty".
And check out this pretty new ring! I got it on etsy for Easter.

 This dress is one of the best ones I've made! There are a lot of construction flaws if you look closely, but ain't nobody care! It slipped on easier than it usually does, so I'm inclined to think my boobies got smaller? My bras still fit normally, though, so maybe I lost back fat? I don't even know.

 dress: made by me
cardigan: boyfriend's, from ae
hat, shoes: thrifted
tights: romwe
necklaces: modcloth and f21
ring: etsy

 Remember to enter the Flock Together giveaway! You can win a big old modcloth gift card, so get on that!
I've noticed I've got a few new followers as a result. I hope you guys stick around! It is really important to me though that everyone who reads this blog wants to, so I won't be pissed if you leave.

Sweet as Can Be

 This is probably one of the best dresses I have. I got it in high school at a Dillards Clearance Center for like $30. It's pretty tight in the chest since I was smaller then, but it was definitely worth the money since this sash that came with it is like a staple in just about ever outfit I wear!

 It makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland!

 I've had these tights in a drawer since high school as well! And for some reason, I never wear them. But look, they're sweet as can be!

 dress: Dillards

tights: Target

shoes: BAIT

cardigan: thrifted

black collared shirt (under dress): forever 21

Coolwork

Well, I'm finally home! And while I'm organizing my room and sleeping in til 12:30, I thought I'd show you the final projects from Spring semester! 

The following are from my printmaking class, which used traditional block and screenprinting techniques, and my prepress class, which taught us how to prepare things for printing and was entirely digital. I also had a portrait class, but let's be real, I suck at oil painting real hard, so I decided to keep those gems to myself.

Let's start with printmaking!

 Look familiar? I made a reduction print using my favorite self-portrait as a model!

These next ones are on ethical fashion. You've already seen this screen-printed tote in outfit photos, and it will be for sale in the shop soon!

This was a simple block print on recycled fashion. I added the pattern in digitally.

This is another block print on blood diamonds!

Now here's my stuff from prepress. We did so much in this class, so so much.

 Our assignment was to make two business cards, one for the teacher's husband (a photographer) and one for ourselves. Mr. Soto chose one of our designs to actually use. Mine got second place! He didn't choose it because it was "too girly" haha. Story of my liiiiife!

 This is actually just a cute drawing. We were supposed to get them printed on little keychain tags, but the printer never got back to us! Un. Pro. Fessional.

I may have shown this before, but I'm not sure! It's the pop up card assignment that I ended up giving to Travis for Valentine's Day!

You remember my unicorn shirt, right? We had our designs screenprinted.

We had a packaging design project, and I made a bottle, baggie and box for a fictional bath and body company. That bottle is actually my acne medication that I just stuck a sticker on haha!

 This is page 1 of a 8 page self-promotional booklet that we would theoretically send out to companies. Those little cats and pinecones are stickers!

 Last but not least, we spent the last month of school doing a campaign rebranding project. My friend Hannah let me make a huge set of ads, posters, stickers, banners, and packaging based on her (already well designed) etsy store! I made a 98 on it and an A- in the class.

Thanks for reading, guys!

I Got the Blues

 Hiya guys.

Right now I am really freaking ready to be home. I thought I'd be out of here tonight, but it turns out I have to stay until Tuesday because my last "critique" aka unnecessary meeting with my studio class is going to last until 9 at least. I've moved almost everything into my tiny Toyota and I'm really hoping I don't get charged for the chipped paint on my walls or the spray paint (!) on the living room carpet. The latter is not even my fault, I know better than to spray paint something indoors and not lay down some newspaper or something.

You'll have to forgive my whining. It's been rainy and cold and I want to go home and hug my cat.

I am super excited to finally have a Dear Creatures dress in my wardrobe, though! All their stuff is so cute and out of my little cheapo price-range, but I found this on Piperlime for $45, and since I've been wanting something by them for so long, I went for it! It's hardly springy (which is probs why it was on sale) but I love it and I've worn it like 5 times already.

 I took these photos in the rain on the side of the road and edited them using Lauren's tutorial. I'm no photoshop pro like she is, but I liked how they turned out! Specially the backlighting, that shit's cool.

dress: dear creatures

vest: thrifted

cardigan: american eagle

necklace: f21

shoes: restricted

BY THE WAY. I've reduced the prices on my SALE items in my shop way way down. The listings expire soon and I don't know if I'll be relisting all of them, so check them out!

NASA Shirt

 Oh my gosh guys

I am wearing a NASA shirt

I went to Target the other day for the express purpose of buying this shirt. I've been looking around for cool screen tees when I go to Goodwill but all they have there is church camp shirts and things that say "I'm out of bed and dressed, what more do you want?"
Yeah no thank you. I think I wore those for a hot minute in 8th grade. Do I look like a 13 year old to you, Goodwill??

 I moved a lot of my stuff out of my dorm today. You'd think I'd know what not to bring to college with me after doing this for 3 years, but I had a bookcase, a plastic chest of drawers and a big fat analog TV that I tried to load into my tiny toyota without help. I had to enlist my sweetheart of a roomate because I am a stupid packer.

 Checkout how long my hair is! I always forget until I straighten it!

 I've also got a special behind-the-scenes gif for you guys.

Watch as I sit on a windowsill, realize the postman is staring at me posing for a damn tripod, and quietly slink away to hide. #bloggerproblems I know you feel me.

You can even see the front of the mail truck in the window reflection!

 shirt, shoes: target (shoes diy here)

skirt, necklace: f21

Also, you remember those inchworms I was talking about the other day? I was just sittin in bed, minding my own business with the covers pulled up to my face when I see something inching along out of the corner of my eye. That's right. They've actually invaded my personal space. I'll have nightmares about those stupid bugs.