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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Broken
OH dear it has been a while since I updated my blog. I have such big plans for this little blog and one day I will get it done! I will give you a brief update to my life.
1) I'm engaged!!! On New's Year Eve while in Winter Park my boyfriend of 3 years got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I kinda blacked out from excitement but got out the "yes" sound and then proceeded to dance!!! We set a date for July 21, 2012 which means I have been in wedding planning crazy mode for the last 2 months.
2) Its paper fashion show season. I have been working on the Paper Fashion show managing the design teams. It is an amazing event even though at times I want to pull my hair out it is all worth it. Check it out here www.adcd.com.
Then it all came crashing down... and I was forced to slow my ass down, literally. I broke my collar bone. Not just broke it but separated it and had to get a plate and 5 screws placed in my arm to put it back together.
This is the picture before the screws. Things that use to take me seconds now takes me minutes. I have been told the that "Universe always gives you what you need." I believe that Universe is God so I have been thinking why did I need this? Its not "oh why me, poor me" kinda question but rather what is the purpose of this annoyance? Here are some conclusions I've reached:
1) I needed to slow down. With all the wedding maddness and work and everything I really wasn't taking the time to enjoy being engaged! This is suppose to be fun right? Not stressful and a mad dash to get everything done. Designing my wedding invites and save the dates became another stress on my to do list instead of a soul searching experience to find a visual representation of Cody and I. Before I actually became engaged I looked at wedding blogs religiously dreaming of the invites that I would come up with for my wedding. Now that the time was here and I didn't want to even think about my wedding invites. The last two weeks since I moved at the pace of a turtle I really have had time to sit back and dig deep for my wedding invites.
2) I realized how poorly I used my time before. There was always tomorrow. I'll do it tomorrow, I'll start this project tomorrow. However tomorrow could leave you with only one working arm for a period of time. My goal/dream is life is become a successful surface/graphic designer. One of these projects included to start a line of tea towels and textiles. I have done nothing to start these, they just remain in my head. So since I've been on the couch for almost a week I realized why the "blank" didn't I start that before? I have the time but I wasn't making it. It's the same with this blog. I have such big dreams with this blog yet I haven't updated it in months!!!!!!! Taking a moment to sit back and think about things has really been eye opening.
3) Lastly, I need to start living in the moment and stop taking for granted the life I have. Its amazing how something as little as a broken arm can make you realize what you have.
Who knew being broken would put me back together?
Amanda
1) I'm engaged!!! On New's Year Eve while in Winter Park my boyfriend of 3 years got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I kinda blacked out from excitement but got out the "yes" sound and then proceeded to dance!!! We set a date for July 21, 2012 which means I have been in wedding planning crazy mode for the last 2 months.
2) Its paper fashion show season. I have been working on the Paper Fashion show managing the design teams. It is an amazing event even though at times I want to pull my hair out it is all worth it. Check it out here www.adcd.com.
Then it all came crashing down... and I was forced to slow my ass down, literally. I broke my collar bone. Not just broke it but separated it and had to get a plate and 5 screws placed in my arm to put it back together.
1) I needed to slow down. With all the wedding maddness and work and everything I really wasn't taking the time to enjoy being engaged! This is suppose to be fun right? Not stressful and a mad dash to get everything done. Designing my wedding invites and save the dates became another stress on my to do list instead of a soul searching experience to find a visual representation of Cody and I. Before I actually became engaged I looked at wedding blogs religiously dreaming of the invites that I would come up with for my wedding. Now that the time was here and I didn't want to even think about my wedding invites. The last two weeks since I moved at the pace of a turtle I really have had time to sit back and dig deep for my wedding invites.
2) I realized how poorly I used my time before. There was always tomorrow. I'll do it tomorrow, I'll start this project tomorrow. However tomorrow could leave you with only one working arm for a period of time. My goal/dream is life is become a successful surface/graphic designer. One of these projects included to start a line of tea towels and textiles. I have done nothing to start these, they just remain in my head. So since I've been on the couch for almost a week I realized why the "blank" didn't I start that before? I have the time but I wasn't making it. It's the same with this blog. I have such big dreams with this blog yet I haven't updated it in months!!!!!!! Taking a moment to sit back and think about things has really been eye opening.
3) Lastly, I need to start living in the moment and stop taking for granted the life I have. Its amazing how something as little as a broken arm can make you realize what you have.
Who knew being broken would put me back together?
Amanda
Friday, November 18, 2011
DENVER!
Ya hi Thanksgiving! I can't believe I haven't blogged in so long. To say my life has been a bit crazy is an understatement. First things first ,I finally moved to Denver!!!!! Cody applied for a job on a Monday got hired by Thursday and within 2 weekends boom here we are! I have wanted to move to Denver for seriously as long as I can remember.... here is a pattern I made in college titled what else "Denver Dreamin."
A big chunk of my time has been to devoted to my new love Moxley. The BF and I have been talking about getting a dog for a long time but it was always a huge debate when we wanted one. We didn't want to get one and have it end up alone all the time. Well Cody came across these pictures of these adorable puppies for adoption and for some reason Cody had to go see them. Of course I agreed, I'm a girl I'm not going to turn down seeing puppies! And then I found him! The puppy we had come to see was being adopted by a family and this other little white yetti creature was running around by himself. When I held him I knew I had to have this dog. He also really needed a bath.
I also have been working on a lot of random side projects. Such as a lot of stuff trying to get my mom's etsy account going pictures, logo, the works! I also finally finished log book 2.0 which will get its very own post dedicated to it.
Gosh I have to much random ish to talk about! I really want to write a full on critique about how terrible Kristen Stewart is in the twlight movies or about this amazing pie I baked, but I'll spare you for now... until the Log Book Post... tootles
-Al
A big chunk of my time has been to devoted to my new love Moxley. The BF and I have been talking about getting a dog for a long time but it was always a huge debate when we wanted one. We didn't want to get one and have it end up alone all the time. Well Cody came across these pictures of these adorable puppies for adoption and for some reason Cody had to go see them. Of course I agreed, I'm a girl I'm not going to turn down seeing puppies! And then I found him! The puppy we had come to see was being adopted by a family and this other little white yetti creature was running around by himself. When I held him I knew I had to have this dog. He also really needed a bath.
I also have been working on a lot of random side projects. Such as a lot of stuff trying to get my mom's etsy account going pictures, logo, the works! I also finally finished log book 2.0 which will get its very own post dedicated to it.
Gosh I have to much random ish to talk about! I really want to write a full on critique about how terrible Kristen Stewart is in the twlight movies or about this amazing pie I baked, but I'll spare you for now... until the Log Book Post... tootles
-Al
Monday, October 3, 2011
Some like it hot!!!
Bordobello was Friday night and it was a blasty blast!! I went with some of my girlfriends for a fun night on the town and was pleasantly surprised to find my board had made it on the high bid wall! Last year mine was by the kids wall.... seriously no joke. I was soooo happy! Who knew something as simple as a sriracha bottle (which I still can't spell) would be such a hit. Thanks to Basic Kneads in Denver for buying my board... Next time I'm in the area I'm tracking down your delicious smelling pizza truck.
My blog is soon going to get a make over! Both the guts and the decoration. It might take a month or two but it will get there! After I finish helping Rho Rho (You will know who she is soon enough because of her amaze balls (literally balls) creations!!! I've also been working on a set of new patterns.... SO many things!!
-AL
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| Titled "I go good on everything" |
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| One of the guys who purchased my board! Thank you again! |
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| Me by my board ... with bangs... still have mixed feelings about those. |
-AL
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Oh Hi!
Oh hi long lost blog! For some reason August/September are always the busiest two months out of the year for me. I have no idea why things just get crazy. So with out anymore excuses of why I haven't updated you to my life I will give a "Amanda's Life Update" because I know you all are dying to know.
1) I have been busy re-doing my website and have spent more time on the phone with go-daddy then I have some of my own relatives and friends. Ugh! I am so thankful those people are patient with me because the convo usually starts out with "So I went to upload a thing on a thing and lost the thing somewhere on another thing can you help?" And somehow they always know what I mean. Thanks Go Daddy. However it is coming along and is live as I work on it which can be a good and bad thing. It is very much a work in progress right now. Feel free to check it out and give me feed back :) www.amandalesh.com
2) Work has been super SUPER busy!
3) I turned 24! On labor day I celebrated my 24th birthday. For my 24th birthday Cody and my parents got me a whole new office setup! I love it! I have a drawing desk a sweet new chair and a lot more storage space. My office is starting to become inspiring. (See before and after).
4) Finally I have been painting my board for bordobello and that needs a lot of attention and love right now. Pictures will be coming.
That is it for now! Hopefully everybody had a great labor day!!!
1) I have been busy re-doing my website and have spent more time on the phone with go-daddy then I have some of my own relatives and friends. Ugh! I am so thankful those people are patient with me because the convo usually starts out with "So I went to upload a thing on a thing and lost the thing somewhere on another thing can you help?" And somehow they always know what I mean. Thanks Go Daddy. However it is coming along and is live as I work on it which can be a good and bad thing. It is very much a work in progress right now. Feel free to check it out and give me feed back :) www.amandalesh.com
2) Work has been super SUPER busy!
3) I turned 24! On labor day I celebrated my 24th birthday. For my 24th birthday Cody and my parents got me a whole new office setup! I love it! I have a drawing desk a sweet new chair and a lot more storage space. My office is starting to become inspiring. (See before and after).
4) Finally I have been painting my board for bordobello and that needs a lot of attention and love right now. Pictures will be coming.
That is it for now! Hopefully everybody had a great labor day!!!
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| After |
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Screen Printing 101
This weekend I finally had set some aside some free time to try out my new screen printing kit. I received this kit as a gift for being Facebook official with my boyfriend for three yup THREE years. I have spent almost 3 weeks thinking and wondering what am I going to print first, setting up and watching educational videos from a guy who seemed to have a slight stutter, maybe he was nervous, either way it was hard to get through. I digress... so this weekend it was time and boy did I run into some challenges and I learned some valuable screen printing lessons.
1. If you buy a 30 dollar printer/scanner except it to be a complete piece of (insert cuss word here)! I bought it mostly because I needed a scanner and didn't have a lot of extra cash. When I printed my transparency it came out all striped and half of it was missing. My abstract truck became even more abstract. I knew this wouldn't work because too much light would come through so I hand painted the rest of it. Another fyi 4 year old paint smells like butt...
A
1. If you buy a 30 dollar printer/scanner except it to be a complete piece of (insert cuss word here)! I bought it mostly because I needed a scanner and didn't have a lot of extra cash. When I printed my transparency it came out all striped and half of it was missing. My abstract truck became even more abstract. I knew this wouldn't work because too much light would come through so I hand painted the rest of it. Another fyi 4 year old paint smells like butt...
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| Checking for light to come through |
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| Hand painted transparency and butt paint |
2. So once I finally got it painted it was time to burn the screen. The actual burning itself went very well however the cleaning out the emulsion didn't go so hot. I did this late last night because it was dark and the garage was cool enough to actually be in. Our hose has great pressure so I thought that this would be perfect to rinse off my screen. I walk to the front of my house and my neighbors are blaring Journey which was awesome yet strange. So I go to rinse off my screen and I'm jamming and singing along and I spray my screen and it makes this loud water on screen noise. And I noticed that my neighbors are sitting outside smoking and watching me. I realize how strange this must have looked so I decided to take my screen into the shower to wash it out. Judging by their confusing whispers they think I'm insane. Well who sits outside smokes in the dark and blares Journey?
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| Burning the screen |
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| My finished abstract truck wife beater |
3. After finally getting all of this washed out and getting my neighbors totally confused I was ready to print a shirt. I go to set up the printing press and after some minor fussing with the wrenches, screws and cuss words I finally got it working! And my first screen printed wife beater shirt was born.
This one shirt took me pretty much all weekend! However now that I know what I'm doing I'm going to start making a lot more projects and I can't wait! So after this long weekend I went to the drugstore and saw a mellow yellow and decided to indulge. Now for those of you not from CO, mello yello is not usually found in the pop section. So this weekend I figured out how to screen print on my own and lost my mello yello virginity which I have to say I've had better.... |
| My First Mello Yello |
A
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Amazeballs!
So I was browsing through some blogs like I normally do and decided this would bring me out of my blogging slump because these are amazeballs. Seriously I want to buy one!
Sorry I have been absent I really haven't had anything to exciting to blog about recently. I am currently in a creative limbo with my blog there are so many directions to take it yet it remains sad, lonely and blank. Until next time home skillets.... enjoy!
Sorry I have been absent I really haven't had anything to exciting to blog about recently. I am currently in a creative limbo with my blog there are so many directions to take it yet it remains sad, lonely and blank. Until next time home skillets.... enjoy!
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