P r e t t y S k e t c h y

i n s p i r a t i o n

It's 10:00 pm and I'm nannying. The kids are asleep, I've tidied up and now I'm sitting around thinking about all the work I have to do at home. So instead of driving myself crazy with mental list-making I thought I'd blog. Part of my big project I've been working on has been collecting inspirational images. Now normally I just save these in a file on my computer, maybe print a few out for my inspiration board in my studio and that's as far as it goes. That said I don't have any image credits so if you come across this post and find a photo of yours please don't get outraged thinking that I took credit for your photo. Consider this a WILDLY EMPHATIC DISCLAIMER: NONE OF THESE IMAGES ARE MINE UNLESS MARKED AS BEING SO. So yeah, no nasty e-mails please*. If you would like your image credited let me know and I'll happily do so. So yeah, disclaimers aside these are a collection of lovely photos to tide you over for a while until my working madness has ebbed.

* I got a totally nasty e-mail last time I did an inspiration post about how I was unprofessional, etc. It was definitely not inspirational.

Living the lovely life

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   

 

 

Unemployment does have it's advantages...

 

 
 I have had a lot of time to spend outside. Last night was at the beach in Edmonds tonight it will be walking around Green-lake with a friend. I am grateful to be living in such a beautiful place.

I suppose I'm not technically unemployed, just out of work for a month until school picks up again. It feels like a long time until then though. Anyone need any illustration or design work done?

As Requested...

a photo of my jewelry box avec jewelry.

 

  It's true, it is way cuter with jewelry in it, good call Beth.

 

Items of note: the llama earrings from my trip to Bolivia with Kim, my Granny's pearl bracelet, my 'P' necklace from Anthro, owl earrings from Seattle, Enamel bird necklace from Etsy & the tiny pearl earrings from my favorite antique store in lovely Edmonds.

Sometimes...

I love Edmonton. It tends to be in the fall or spring but it is true, sometimes I do love it. I took my bike out this weekend for the first time this spring. The view over the high level bridge was so beautiful I had to stop to admire it and remind myself that yes, sometimes I love Edmonton. It was a good time to remember this as I was, prior to my stop, cursing Edmonton's awful roads. I think I got spoiled biking in Seattle last summer. Anyways, it was beautiful...

 

  
 

In other Edmonton-loving news I finally made it to the Karsh exhibit at the AGA. For those of you non-Edmontonians they just finished the new art gallery building in January. It's kind of a big deal around here as Edmonton is kind of a city with a lot of potential and a lot of construction.

 

It's a pretty cool building. I love all the windows. It was even more amazing inside. The mixture of metal, wood and glass was pretty wild. My friend Sarah went with me and we were such good little art gallery attendees...

   

we read all the information, discussed the artist's lives and influences and took photos with the Karsh camera.

 

We were at the camera for over 20 minutes and ended up with this photo of Sarah. It's in a Karsh-yourself contest so if you feel like it go here and 'like' it. We need to win!

 

We were at the gallery for a few hours taking pictures, reading old typewritten letters by Karsh and his wife, contemplating the spanish war, looking at wax ballet dancers (cast in bronze of course) and freezing our butts off in the air conditioning.
 
 

I loved the Karsh exhibit, his photos were beautiful and I liked the way they had little bios of the people he photographed beside the photos. Of course I loved Audrey...

 

They had this picture all over Edmonton on billboards promoting the AGA when it first opened. It was such a lovely thing to see as I drove down the street. Oh, Audrey...

The Goya exhibit was definitely interesting; his etchings were so beautifully & painstakingly detailed but the subject matter was pretty intense, lots of naked dead guys and war scenes. He was a talented guy who had a pretty tough life.

 

Sarah, checking out the amazing roof.

 

The aforementioned roof.

 

Here I am in my little plaid dress, put at a disadvantage by being shown among photos of Sarah Jackson.

That's all for now folks.

Joining the Team

First of all I need to thank you all for your well wishes concerning Snookie, so thanks. And now the news, you heard it here first peeps; I am the newest staff member of the Antropologie Edmonton!

 
It was almost a three week process. There was a group interview with eight other (beautiful) girls, a ridiculously tricky on-line ethics test (which quite honestly I thought I might have failed. Apparently if you fail this test you can never work at Anthro or Urban Outfitters so I was super nervous) and finally a solo second interview. There were a lot of questions about my inspiration, style, likes and dislikes, what I read and look at, etc. And yesterday I worked my first shift there. All of the girls who work there are beautiful and super stylish, it's kind of ridiculous. I felt a bit out of my league but it was definitely a good time. Everyone was lovely and the store is beautiful, it's not a bad place to spend a few hours. Really I'm there often enough that I might as well be getting paid for it, ha. Sooo if you're in the mall pop by, say hello & check out this beautiful store. I currently have my eye on a few things and with the discount they just might be a little more affordable for me.