At the end of the day, I am scared to death of my future. I am destined to be a poor, starving artist. I am scared of people hating my work and failing to bring myself joy from it. Hopefully that won't happen and I will produce a portfolio half as wonderful as Cynthia Warren, one of my largest sources of inspiration.




view the rest of her portfolio here:
http://www.cwarrendesign.com/

watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyXmp-FiPJo
amaaaaazing. i want to make a pop-up book now! it's actually something i've been toying with since i babysat sweet sophia(6) and chloe(3) a little over a week ago. i read them a pop-up book about a fairy garden before bedtime full of little pockets and surprises and so love the idea and the nostalgia of it.

so, i never really elaborated on lake tahoe and here i am posting about my next trip! i am in lillian, al, population...100? haha, no, definitely more than that, but still, very lower alabama. let's jkust say i had to drive over 45 minutes to go to barnes and noble. gasp. but in any case, there was a point tonight where i was sitting on the pier(for those of you who don't know i am at my grandparents house and they live on the bay) watching the younger kids shooting of fireworks and i turned and *gasp* more foreworks. i kept turing, all the way around, more and more fireworks. i was surrounded 360degrees by fireworks and it was so magical. fireworks make me so happy. they give me little morsels of hope and inspiration. that is so effing cheesy, but even more so true. i want fireworks at every big event in my life. anyway, just thought i'd share. :)

so today i was drawing a cake on an envelope that contained a friends birthday present and then that inspired me to create an invitation to my 21st GOLDEN birthday, and then that inspired me to make a general invitation postcard and then i thought to myself...if i got these printed maybe i could sell them at shop columbia (my school's student store) and then that got me thinking that maybe even local boutiques could sell them. i mean, they are fun, they're cute, they're local. maybe that's a long shot, i don't know. what do you think (all 2 people that read this thing)? here are the rough (rough, rough) backwards(b/c i took the pics just now on my mac) copies. i would do other series too, like one for a tea party perhaps. i'm just looking for a way to have an excuse to do this kind of stuff i guess. if you are having a party let me know and i'll come up with some concepts! anyway, let me know what you think.

AHHHHH!!!!!! I AM SOOOOO EXCITED! beyond words.
they FINALLY released the trailer!!!!!!!!
ahhhhhh!!!!!!
One of the best books in the world, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. (a professor at my college)
the movie is so well cast!
ahhhh.
based in chicago and new haven, mi.
ahhhhh. enjoyyyyyyyy.
READ THE BOOK!!!!

i visited my dear, dear friend emily today in austin! we went to barton springs (so beautiful) and saw Away We Go (SOOOO GOOD!!!!!!) and the promotional artwork for it is amazzzing. before i left we were sitting on her porch and someone drove up and parked in front of house. when they got out to walk up the street i asked them what song had just been playing in their car because i really liked it. this is what they said and they told me to check out the video. oh. my. god. it is amazingggggggggggg. please check it out:

March 5, 2010.

I am having a mad, mad tea party. everyone's invited.