JOHN MAYER IN CONCERT TONIGHT

I am pumped that brian bought us tickets to john mayer and colbie caillat!! here is a funny video. hahha

STARFIELD OCTOBER 18

Hey Today i have been working on these starfield tickets. wooohoo. the band has a pretty solid design, I just layed it out in ticket form and added some info. mark your calendars for OCTOBER 18th at 7pm. BRAYLINE AND MICHAEL WATSON are opening. check them out. what do you think?? are they cool enough to buy?? hahaaa. jk loves

SEATTLE THRIFT SHOPS ARE THE BEST

thrift store shopping is for sure a hobbie of mine. One of my favorite things to do when I go back home is to go to my favorite Value village in Bremerton. it’s run by the same good ole SAVERS poeple. I have tried other states and cities and Bremerton is definately one of the best. its organized really well.. and not picked over, because the only people around are the people that brought the clothes there. hahaa. that means fresh pickin. There is a WHOLE section for Vintage clothes. YES!! I have to be really careful though. Here are some of my..

THRIFT STORE POINTERS:

1. Only buy when you absolutely love it. 

2. visualize clothes out of their context.. would you like it if it was from urban outfitters??

3. if you cant decide what you think about a peice, say how much you would pay for it (before looking at the price), then look at the price. If its over what you said… then skip it. 

4. look out for fakers: Just because the piece looks better then the REST of the clothes THERE… doesnt mean you need to take it home. you will never wear it. 

5. never forget to stop by the shoes, jewelry, glasses, ties, scarves, belts. you might find a gem.

what are your thrift store guidelines??? tips? to-dos? don’ts?
here is a peak at my new finds:

SEATTLE FOR THE WEEKEND

hey guys. me and Brian flew into seattle last night….after missing our flight that morning at 6 am … we thought we were coming on thursday. YIKES. looks like we got our flight days confused with another trip. Brian went to sign us in and WhOOPS!! luckily he brought our tickets with a rapid rewards so he just moved the flight to later that evening. Thanks Brian… you are a hero!! we got a little bored on the plane. we were paid millions for this photoshoot.

ABOVE THE GOLDEN STATE T-SHIRT DESIGNS

Hey guys. i finished up some merch T-shirts for a band called Above the Golden State… and they just got printed. here are a couple photos from them on how they turned out. I think they look pretty good. they wanted a slight vintage style. -and they are from Oregon so they wanted trees, bears, plaid, you know… oregon stuff. haha. you should also check out the band they are really good and Michael Watson is a cool guy.

here are a couple designs i did for them. you can get them at: merch

these are some button designs

check out their myspace: abovethegoldenstate

STAFF MEETING ON TUESDAYS!!!

hey guys. here is some photos of what happens on Tuesdays. hahaa. Next to me is my good friend jan who is the receptionist at the church. We have a good time together. She is the RADDEST lady EVER!! in staff meetings.. we talk about stuff.. pray about stuff… and worship. here is a little inside scoop at all the fun.

THREAD: CREATIVE GROUP TALK

Cornerstone (the church I do design at) is in a series called THREAD!! i actually hand sewed the logo. hahaha. fun times. anyway, today we had a guest speaker named Mark Connelly. He talked about how the church needs to come together with their gifts to complete the body of christ. IF we are disconnected from the Body of Christ then we are a limb that is disconnected from the body, and what good is just an arm or a leg, or a body part? it can’t function to it’s full potential. That really challenged me today to think about what i am doing. I feel like I am USING my God given gifts, but what more can I be doing?? I mean just because I am already using my gifts for my job doesnt mean I cant use them in my serving time as well. I always think that “serving” means that I have to go outside of what I like or what I am good at. hahaha. that is soo silly.
I have this reoccuring idea. -and I believe maybe God has been speaking to me about this. I have tried to put it off and put it off thinking that it wouldnt work. BUt I still have a heart for art, creativity and people that would love to serve with their gifts and abilities. I would love to put together some kind of creative group (for the church perhaps) The group could meet from time to time and discuss what we could do with our talents. Maybe having an auction, selling art and donating it to a missions group or something. Or maybe taking photos of a family that cant afford family photos.
I am not sure what this would be like or where God would lead it to go. But i would like to start the dialog about what a group would look like. Maybe a website with a logo, and a store to buy art/prints at. The group would be for all visual Media arts! I even like the idea of building artists up in the community, maybe we hold classes and teach eachother and share techniques and ideas.
I am up for all kinds of feedback on this. and OR links to churches that may have done something like this before. shoot me a comment with your feedback. i am in the beginning stages with this thought and would LOVE helpful advice, ideas, feedback. thanks a ton. I would love to see this group be an energetic group that the church looks to for creativity and artistic expression.
-loves

ALL DAY FRIDAY!!

Hey. All day Friday Brian and I cleaned his house because his parents were coming to town for his Brother’s Graduation on saturday.. It was a mess. It wasnt only a mess but it was D-I-R-T-Y. We did a great job working together (although we were cranky) then brian Got SICK and was throwing up and I finished the house off. here are a couple photos of our day. hahaa. the first one is BEFORE. I think we did pretty good.

it looks soo much better. woohoo.

AMAZING inspiration: design & art

this guy is amazing. DAMIEN CORRELL. he has done some designs for Urban Outfitters, layouts and stuff. Great work. I stop by his website from time to time because he always has new stuff up. i love his childlike feel in his work, mixed with very artistic urban scribbles and color choices. this guy is worth the book mark. here is his link:damiencorrell.com

IPHOTO PRINT PRODUCTS ROCK

THE NEW SCRAPBOOKING ROCKS!!! The apple photo books are amazing. They are so simple yet so sleek. Apple seriously knows whats up. I was extreamly impressed to receive this in the mail, as a little gift i made for brian. You can design your own look and feel by just dropping your photos into a template. You get to design the template though. ITS SOO easy. and the sleek clear bag just puts the cherry on top. I am really into clear bags right now. I want everything to have a clear bag. haha. here are a few clips from the photobook. i made the 6×8 soft cover. you should make one. $12 bucks.