A Hat

Do you know how hard it is to find a baseball hat with nothing on it?

The semester is coming to an end pretty quickly here. I essentially only have a week and a half left! While that means good things like Christmas and relaxation, it also means scrambling to get work done. I normally handle my workload like a pro all semester and then when it comes to finals I freak out and convince myself that I have too much too much too much to do, when really, it's not that bad.

I am really frustrated that I said yes to working Black Friday, though. If you don't know, I quit my job. Yeah I don't even work there anymore, but I walked into American Eagle while shopping for my sister's birthday, and got wrangled into it! My shift is 11:30 Thanksgiving night to 7:30 AM the next morning. Here's hopin it'll go by quickly.

Oh and hey, I need more peeps to follow on Instagram! I'm floralprintz so follow me if you want!

Pinafore, Shirt, Belt: Thrifted

Necklace: Etsy

Hat: Walmart

Shoes: Urban Outfitters

Plugged In

Hey guys, happy weekend!

I'm home for the first time in weeks, and it's really nice. I get to hug my cat and hang out with my family and cook myself things (like I've been doing that). It's also my sister's birthday (she's 20!) and we somehow ended up with 3 cakes in the house? We went shopping for her today, and you'll be proud of my for restraining myself. I didn't buy a thing! I did get roped into working Black Friday at American Eagle though. Ugh, I should have just said no.

Rockin this dwarf lookin hat today... my beanies aren't quite slouchy enough.

Dress: ASOS

Tights: AE

Hat: Walmart

Belt, Shoes: Thrifted

Necklace: Handmade by Me

Also, big news! I got a smart phone today! ((Finally joining the first world)) I swear I was like the only person I know who didn't have one. So I'm real excited to 1. Not get lost using printed directions, 2. Be able to iChat my boyfriend while he's in Italy, and 3. Use Instagram. Finally. My username is floralprintz if you want to follow me!

Chop

Hey!

I cut my hair off in literally 5 cuts last night... and I really like this sort of awkward long bob length! I definitely want to go shorter, like off the shoulder, but I also don't want to say goodbye to my orange just yet. I miss my long hair, but those split ends were turning into split middles if ya know what I'm sayin.

This outfit is pretty unusual for me, kinda casual and tomboy. I like it though, it's comfy! The jeans are Calvin Klein circa 1980... before skinnies were in style obvi. I might take them in, I don't know what to do with all this extra space around my calves!

The yellow thing you see behind me is the beginnings of a patterned skirt for my thesis! Which I don't even know about anymore, I feel like I've gotten a lot of negative critique on it, and I'm just feeling kindof dull about it. And really school, period. I'm not even looking forward to break! Travis is going to be in Italy with his family and I'm going to be home with no friends and no job. When you don't have anything to look forward to it's easy to get depressed. I'm trying to maintain a positive attitude though, because I get annoyed with myself when I'm sad!

Jeans, sweater, cardigan, scarf, belt, bag: Thrifted

NASA Shirt: Target

Shoes: Modcloth

Necklace, earrings: Handmade by me

In the Studio

Taking pictures in the studio is my new thing. And I'm in this sweater labelled "The Studio" too! HOHOHO.

I found the sweater at Goodwill and was like "omg cool!" Upon later research, I learned that The Studio was a magazine we actually went over in my History of Graphic Design and Illustration class! It was published in the early 1900s and was a big part of the Art Noveau and Arts and Crafts movements. However, I think this actual sweater is more circa 1980s than 1910s.

It's starting to get cold out, and I had to change out of my heels just because my toes were getting chilly by nightfall! Most of my tights are at home, though, and it's making life hard for me.

Sweater, collared shirt: Thrifted

Pants: Gap

Shoes: Target

Also, hair talk: I know I say this all the time, but I'm thinking of going for a bob. Not only for cuteness, but for damage control. My bleached ends haven't been cut in at least 6 months, and I twirl my hair all the time. The other day in class I looked down and there were little shards of broken hair all over the table! But I really like my firey hair and I know it'll take forever to grow back out. This is essentially 3 years of growth you're looking at since my last bob.

I was also thinking of maybe going purple next.

Working Lunch Pants

A set for a modcloth contest styling the Working Lunch Pants! This was quite a challenge, since I usually find pants hard to style, especially slacks. I love the color combo gray and gold, though.

Real Life

I wish my life was a movie. Like an indie drama with beautifully lit frames. I'd always look perf and tracks by Ben Gibbard would play all the time and I'd learn lessons and make friends. 

Here are some pictures of me posing in a dress:

Dress: Some boutique in VA

Jacket: Thrifted

Tights: Gift, possibly from Target

Shoes: UO

Necklace: F21

This Week I...

Okay this is a couple week's worth of pictures sry.

I drew a ton of portraits for this project on historical women I'm doin!

I went to a party with a campfire.

Dried out last week's bouquet.

Photographed an excited-looking boyfriend. 

We're finally getting some color around here!

Sup wit you?

Art Lately

Hey guys.

Here's some art I've done lately:

A commenter mentioned that there's a lack of racial diversity in my work (ironically, hours after I finished this piece, haha) which is something I really have noticed and been trying to rectify over the past months. Really most of my final paintings are predominately white chicks, so I definitely need to work harder at it. A lot of my work focuses on female empowerment, and it's really important to me to include all types of ladies in that. So here's me making a commitment to make a real effort for diversity.

This is the second book I've illustrated from the Odyssey for class. I traded with someone for it... no way was I not gonna do the Sirens! I wanted them to be a little bit punk.

And here's book 17, where Odysseus wakes up in Ithaca.

A sketch I liked.

And here's some Halloween themed illustrations! The first is a sad sad ghostie girl.

And I also did a real fashionable teenage witch.

As always, if you want a commission, I love doin' them! You can purchase one in my shop.

And if you guys could, will you take another survey for me? This one is for marketing and it's on online vs in-store shopping.