One of my best friends from school [Robert Fitzsimmons] received the Womens Wear Designer of the Year award last night at Parsons Benefit Fashion Show, which was held at Cipriani down on Wall street! The event was sooo much fun, pictures and video soon to be posted, but for now, Roberts Collection. Also, a photo of he and I back in our Sophomore year together! Congratulations again Robert! Love you!!! :)

A good friend of mine requested some cake toppers last week for her adorable little boy who just turned 3! :) THIS was a project I could do...along side thesis work... Did someone say cake toppers??? mmmmmhmmmmm OH YEAH!!! I went with a "Wild Indian Boy" theme, which Lindsay played off of that and created a spectacular party for her son! If YOU or anyone you know would like some custom made cake toppers, give me a holler! $30 for 6 toppers and a boarder or $40 for the same but laminated. >>> shipping included <<<







I can't remember if I posted about this already, but these are the cake toppers I did for Fred Flare this past summer, which was a project they did for Design Sponge with the "In the kitchen" series.... these were put on a Devil's Food Cake!!! HELLO! YUMMY!

Today feels like Christmas Eve! Tomorrow is when our thesis collections are due!!! And I CANNOT WAIT! ahhh!!! :[) I am soooooooooo excited to hand my collection in and present next week during Thesis week, and talk to the judges about my inspiration and design aesthetic! I looooove designing and making clothes, especially jeans and outerwear! I swear... hands are the most amazing tools ever created!!! I have learned sooo much this past year and have literally worn myself out to the max, but I have weirdly enjoyed every minute of it.. [excluding the sick days of course!] Below is a shot of me and my model Hannah, which was taken the other day by my good friend and AMAZINGLY TALENTED photographer Kah Leong The photo shoot went sooo well and was such a fun and amazing experience...that I would highly consider being a photographer's assistant as a profession!!! :[) So my loved ones, please do wish me luck for when I present next week! Hopefully I won't fumble upon my words and will be able to speak eloquently to the panel of judges about my Thesis Collection. Stay tuned for more pictures of my full collection, those will be up next week!!!

My neighbor Berton, just emailed this photo to me! How pretty and inspiring is this!!??? And, I actually just picked up an old book at the Strand on making crepe paper flowers. One of my "I'm free from school and can do whatever I want" summer craft projects! ;)

Today and tomorrow I have some MAJOR scanning & shrinking of school work to do, so it can all fit in my portfolio. Came across some earlier work this morning that I forgot about and wanted to share. This is a little snipet of my children's wear collection I did backin 2007. My inspiration being vintage Halloween... obviously the season is off for now, but this is one of my favorites!! :)

beautiful dresses that I can't stop looking at... ;^p
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Painted this tiny little portrait of Bruce Springsteen this morning for a friend.... I think I could get into this!!!

pretty vintage wrapping paper

old vintage wrapping paper, via Jenny from cutxpaste
Jenny gave this to me years ago, along with other pretty papers...I only use them for special occasions, and never use tape. NEVER! :)

great bags from WARSAW

something sweet! Doing a trade of artwork with my good friend ANNIE I am making her a piece based on my paint chip series that I started a couple months ago..and what I get from her are adorable cartoon drawings of my old dogs Stella and Sebastian. When creating a file of images to send her for inspiration, I came upon these two photos that I totally forgot about. It was about this same time 3 years ago and I was doing homework and then suddenly realized it was really quite..... both Stella and Sebastian were sleeping soundly, but how Sebastian was sleeping was too precious. A lover of heat like I, I caught him totally PASSED OUT on the heater...or face on the heater I should say... Even taking these two photos of him didn't wake him up! Hilarious! Hope this lil post stirred a smile. :)

One of my favorite shows from last week's fashion week was TSE. If I had to redesign a fall/winter collection all over again, I think I would follow TSE's lead and just design looks that have multi layers of thin wools, cashmeres, blends etc. PLUS the other favorite thing about their collection was how they interpreted the 18th century fichu! Truly, one of my favorite accessories that is not utilized enough! :)

When Beaux was out last week visiting, he was able to come to my illustrative printing class with me..He helped me print my fabric which was a HUGE help...then yesterday I sewed it onto batting. This will be the lining of my jacket for my third look...sooo excited about this piece!! :[) click picture to enlarge!

My classmate Hazel [isn't that thee cutest name!!!] loaned me this article, said it reminded her of my Thesis collection! :) How cool is this guy!! :) click on image to enlarge.