Hey guys. I am not dead. and i am stilI going to continue to blog. Woohoo. I WILL NOT BE POSTING HERE ANYMORE THOUGH!! YAY YAY YAY!! I will now be posting here: 
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head over to my new blog

I hope you decide to continue to follow my blog and the community happening here. if you could be so kind as to change your links that would be GREAT!! Let me know how you like the new set up.

I am so stoked for this project. Thanks to everyone for entering. I will surely keep you all in the loop when it comes to the process. Out of 120 something entries brian and I picked the winner last night at random. I will be contacting the winner very soon to get all the info of what they would like etc. So exciting. Check back for some more new exciting things really soon.
loves
-Promise

the daylights and katy perry at the marquee

daley, becoming our good friend and our soon to be wedding photographer was in town and on tour with the daylights. He got brian and I and Jon asher in last night at the marquee. They put on a good show, katy perry was a really good performer but pretty crude. Daley took the stage shirtless and jon asher was a great merch salesman. It was good to be with fun great people.

haha. brian and jon running merch for the daylights

brian, will you please sign my daylights album?

this wins

I am getting ready to do a few painting projects and I thought of you guys. I will paint you a little painting. You will get the actual original. woohoo.PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR NAME, STATE, AND EMAIL OR BLOG LINK IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW.

it's blank right now

Here are some EXAMPLE paintings with collage, photos and mixed media.

So about a couple month or so ago Jamie echlier from Big Stuf Camps shot me an email asking for three different design comps for their High School Camps on the East Coast this Summer. This camp has a lot of great stuff going on. I wish I could have been a part of it when I was in High School. It looks like the place to be for youth groups. Daytona Beach Fl. is July 20th-24th with Guest speakers Andy Stanley, Reggie Joiner, Perry noble, Steve furtick, Lanny donoho, Jared herd, and Fee band. And Panama City is happening june through july with guest speakers Lanny Donoho, Jared Herd, Reggie Joiner, and Stuart Hall. check out their promo videos by clicking the image below. Make sure you play the “2009 time” video. Its awesome. I want to go. haha. so We’ll see what they think of the designs. They might pick another designer all together But thats fine, I had a really great time pushing through these concepts. ANY FAVORITES?

click here to see the video promo

COMP 01 POSTER ONE

COMP 01 POSTER TWO

COMP 01 T-SHIRT

COMP#2

COMP 02 POSTER ONE

COMP 02 POSTER TWO

02 COMP T-SHIRT

COMP #3

COMP 03 POSTER ONE

COMP 03 POSTER TWO

COMP 03 T-SHIRT

I got to play around with my new camera on thursday. It was soo much fun. I am flabbergasted at the clearity and crispness in these photos. I am only still learning the ins and outs. Here are a few. you can see more on my flickr. Click the photo to see its true color.

any thoughts?

soo.. now that i am not in the office. I DONT HAVE A PLACE TO WORK. I had my laptop on my lap the whole day working on project and design concepts and Just because i was on the couch i felt SUPER lazy. But i was getting a ton done. A lot of people would say SWEET.. but when i seriously need a place to work. So this is my studio in progress… the very beginning progress of course. But its just perfect size. I have a computer, check, posters and art, check, easles, check, and a room, check. My next order of business is a DESK. haha. anyone giving one away? haha jk. here are a few photos I took messing around the other day. Please dont mind the mess or the grain in the photos.

here are some options that i like from ikea.

SORRY BOYS. This is a pretty girly post this time. So, I found my dress!!! kind of. I looked and looked to find a dress. I was looking for something different than a strapless white white dress with a bunch of beads on it. That look is very lovely of course… but not me. And that type of dress really tends to be the trend right now and it’s hard to find anything else.

I got a recommendation for a lady and then she passed me on to Jennyvi designs. I was impressed by her website and intrigued to email her. So it did, and we ended up meeting for coffee and talking through some details. She is so sweet, easy to talk to, approachable, and really truly cares for the bride and what she would like for the day. The price is perfect, and I felt like she really understood the direction I wanted to go. This girl is only in her late twenties and has been sewing and designing since she was ONLY 5 years old. How crazy is that?!?! Her father was a tailor and taught her when she was very young. I got my measurements taken the other day and i am so excited to see it. i will let you know how things go down. Here are a few photos…some from her catalog.

She even drew up some designs on the spot of what i was thinking and describing to her.

Its so fun, that as an artist, I get the opportunity to custom design my own wedding dress. There are so many endless possibilities.