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To the loveliest mama a girl could have.
Thanks for teaching me the importance of honesty and kindness, being so weird/embarassing/funny, showing me what true selflessness is, making the best macaroni and cheese in the universe, letting me be exactly who I am through all my artistic, vegetarian, opinionated liberal ways, and for being so darn amazing.
I love you and wish I was home to give you that silly thing I made, go out to a birthday lunch, talk you into buying a margarita, and have you tell me stop flirting with the waiter "because he could be married".
Miss you. You're half a century old, so go out and have some fun. ;)
Medium format photos have really been inspiring me lately. Playing around in Photoshop today with an accident from this shoot. I like squares.
It's Friday. Which means it's almost the weekend.
And today is a sponsor giveaway day. Which means your weekend will be even better!
This giveaway is from the lovely Ciera Design.
I am a graphic designer born and raised in New Orleans. This city plays a huge role in my creativity. The passion that people have here really motivates me. My parents have also inspired me to pursue a career in a creative field. They started a sign shop together before I was born, in what turned out to be my first bedroom. Being raised in a creative family is the reason I started to take art classes in 2nd grade. I continued taking art classes and for high school I was excepted to New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). I went to my normal high school for half of each day and NOCCA for the other half. During my time at NOCCA I realized that I could not see myself pursuing a career as a fine artist. I also realized that I was very organized and systematic while working on projects. We had a few computer/design sessions and although I was not exactly sure what it was, I knew that I wanted to be a graphic designer!
I went to college and studied design and photography. When I graduated I got a job at a great advertising agency and gained a lot of experience in my four years there. I recently decided to break away and start my own company - Ciera Design! I also just opened my first etsy shop. Right now I am selling my photography but I will soon be adding some items from my graphic design collection. I have been self employed for a little over a month and I am loving it!
Biggest guilty pleasure?
I would say that my biggest guilty pleasure is cheese. Pizza, cheese and crackers, cheese fries, I can't get enough of it!
Thanks Ciera! You can also find her at her blog, Etsy, and website.
Ciera is giving away two prints from her shop, so you get to take your pick from her awesome iphoneography prints.
To be entered in the giveaway, leave a comment on this post with your email address. To get more entries, visit Ciera's shop and tell me your favorite item. OR, you can tweet about the giveaway. Seperate these entries by different comments. I'll pick a winner on Wednesday night!
I have some "real" posts that are in draft mode right now, but I felt like sharing this pretty song that's been on repeat for most of this afternoon. I took that photo above. It was on the first roll of film I ever developed and printed by myself. I rather like how it turned out. I've been working on a pretty update to my Etsy shop. I'm excited about it. I'm dreaming about Christmastime, Portland, muted oranges, and brown hair with rough blond highlights. I'm realizing that I have nothing tying me down and I can pick up and leave to anywhere I want to. I'm wishing for nothing right this second. I'm pretty content sitting in this chair in my favorite paif of jeans and messy hair. I'm thinking about making tea and beginning midterm projects but, like I said, I'd rather just sit here. Tomorrow is a pretty giveaway post on the blog and I think you should check back for that. Also, listen to Iron & Wine and think romantic thoughts just because you can.
i've been thinking about how i should have listened to my friends. they were right.
i've been thinking about what it means to love somebody beyond their socioeconomic status, their sexual orientation, their egos, their religions, their self-prescribed labels, or their friends. what does it mean for me? what do i need to sacrifice to love them like i should.
i've been thinking about what it means to be an adult.
i've been thinking that i need to work harder. but instead i spent the last three days sleeping and thinking and eating an entire bar of dark chocolate.
i've been thinking about how i can't fix everything in the world. or even in my own heart. and maybe that's God's way of saying i should sleep more or pray more or seek more. who knows.
i've been thinking about what christian community is. what brave steps i need to take to get active in it.
i've been thinking of how completely selfish i am.
october 2010.
I have a three hour art history class every Wednesday morning. We have the cutest professor. She's a Chinese lady with a darling accent and randomly gets excited about cave drawings. But. The class is mindblowingly boring.
Luckily, I have several friends in the class and we make random jokes under our breath or Becca plays videos like this on laptop in the middle of class. Try to not laugh while watching that out of the corner of your eye.
I found myself dreaming about visiting Egypt during the ancient Egyptian art lecture. I want to wander around the country with pounds of film and pretty friends and take millions of pictures. I did a quick search on Flickr for some and fell in love with these toy camera photos.
All photos from this flickr set.
I'm not really the sweating adventuring type, so it surprised me to have this sudden urge. Going on my life list now...
A little autumn lovin' from the Haupt family circa 1996.
I could definitely go for my older brother's sweater right about now. Or my shoes...
Adventure number one was to Tillie's a few blocks from school. A few friends accompanied me this time and we had a lovely morning where we discussed politics and babies.
I got a red velvet cupcake...
And an iced vanilla latte which I apparently forgot to photograph.
Me enjoying my cupcake...
More photos and friends:
Tillie's was so cute and I think it'll be a fast favorite because of the close proximity to school and the perfect coffee shop atmosphere. If you're in the Fort Greene Brooklyn neighborhood, I would definitely check it out.
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