Creative Conundrums

Geek Chic Cosmetics and the Epic Battle of Convention

2011-05-24T00:26:00.000-07:00

The wonderful ladies at Geek Chic Cosmetics have contributed 2 sets of their eye shadows for prizes to offer the plethora of lady gamers going to be heading to Guise Knights gaming tables this weekend for Phoenix Comicon. In doing so they sent me a metric butt load of samples from their various shadow lines. Because of their generosity and because I am a sucker for make up. I am going to be

Look a blog I haz one!

2011-05-20T16:40:00.000-07:00

So uh... look I have a blog still. It has been quite sometime since I updated this site mainly due to those personal things that seem to keep us from finding that creative spark that is hanging out someplace. Rather than let this die, because honestly almost all of us need to have something to keep us on track (just admit it, self discipline is a refined art that a good portion of us unlucky

Dream a little Dream..

2010-10-22T05:07:00.000-07:00

With the life of a friend in limbo, and my own life in a different sort of limbo, I have an idea of the mental space he was coming from. I did not get the bullies from work or people leaving me, instead I have scorched zone of bare earth around me. Someone I respect very much refuses to speak to me, friend whom I love would rather not be near me. No one is to blame in a situation like this.

.....aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnndddd I'm back.

2010-07-22T16:14:00.000-07:00

It is amazing how life has the ability to completely and totally suck you out of what you thought you were living, smack you upside the head and point you back in the correct direction. The good news is I have been working on a dress design. There are a couple of pictures of it over there. The design is based over a vintage 1953 design. Only I like my way better. When you alter, or gase or

Etsy and product build up.

2010-06-22T02:03:00.000-07:00

So I have an Etsy store that I created to see about bringing in some extra money from stuff I am already doing. If I am creating something I offer it to my friends first at a discount, so they get to see what is going on and as family get first dibs. This has lead to me not having anything to put in my store because everything I have offered up so far has been jumped on. I am getting payments

Well....bugger.

2010-06-16T15:34:00.000-07:00

So I have suddenly lost 30 some odd pounds in the last month and change, for reasons unknown and my body is not talking, it seems this trend will continue. Most of my costuming is made with draw strings so that if I gain or lose a few pounds I will still fit and there will be no difference in the costuming. So the SteamPunk I made is quite safe and will continue to fit and I will continue to

Steaming the Punk.

2010-06-07T14:59:00.001-07:00

As promised yesterday, I bring you today the something awesome I promised. A little bird tweeted you had all been good(bird, twitter... come on it is mostly funny), although I am quite cross no presents were on my door step this morning. So here it is, the long talked about start of my new new steampunk outfit. Basic run down; the bottom layer is a full circle skirt in a 45 inch shimmery black

Phototgraphy and Photoshop tango.

2010-05-24T00:31:00.000-07:00

So this space as been blank for a small while, perhaps some are aware that the hubbins and I are preparing for a rather large and fun convention coming up that you should totally go to as there are many people who are simply awesome who are going to be there but also because my hubbins will be having a table to show off his stupidly amazing art, and you should come by and purchase one of his

Creative Ideas and Feedback requested

2010-05-10T17:51:00.000-07:00

So as I have too much time on my hands currently and that leaves me bad places usually I have decided to open and Esty store. Primarily because everything that I plan to put in the story I do for free for friends and it is about time I got something back for it :), so I putting up a few of the things I plan for the store. I have lots more things that I just need to work on or get the fabric for

Steampunk chatter, project of the month excitement

2010-05-03T23:32:00.000-07:00

I am working on my steam punk skirt, the one that I am hoping to have finished before Phoenix comicon ( You all should totally come out see me in my fantastic outfit, and drop by my hubbins booth 70B, it is on the way the to the bathroom and will have one very sexy comic artist as well as on attractive and stupidly talented artist. Buy a sketch, trust me they will be worth bunches in a few

Officially official from the office official stuff.

2010-05-02T02:32:00.000-07:00

I may have already shown you my new website, where I am not keeping stuff that is photo related and updating and making more of my official place of business, where this is the place I get to be a bit sillier and more open. But in case you have not seen it yet....CLICK HERE, RIGHT HERE! THIS SPOT, A PRETTY GIRL AWAITS YOU I PROMISE.I have also mentioned that the loving hubbins has created my

Cue Dr Who Theme.

2010-05-01T01:20:00.000-07:00

As you all know I got the job. Short announcement. To make sure I am a good photographer and to shorten my time needed with peer counciling my manager would like for me to invite family and friends to come have their pictures taken at the studio. Those of you with kidletts are really welcome, as we do mainly kids in the studio so they want me to do lots of them. They are offering no sitting fees

It takes a village.

2010-04-26T13:06:00.000-07:00

So after my rather shameless begging for things I have been pining over for a while I have news, this news does pertain to this blog and I promise this blog will be continuing. So all 5 of you who read this on a regular basis know I am a photographer, and that I regularly do conventions and now even a wedding. Explaining the desire to take pictures, and more so of complete strangers, people on

Birthday wishes, or where I beg shamelessly, in hopes of the birthday fairy.

2010-04-22T03:57:00.000-07:00

This year has been harder than most on me and my very understand husband. The ups and downs that normally stay off this blog and after this will have become a daily thing, between hospital visits and doctors visits there has not been a lot of joy to be had in our home. In an attempt to counteract this we will be celebrating my birthday with an open house to all of our friends and loved ones, yes

When last we met our intrepid adventurers....

2010-04-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

This is more of a place holder, A blog of nothing, and everything at once. Now that the extensional crisis is over, I would like to talk to you about a recent movie viewing. You will notice now and again, I will review books or movies that I think are either Way Awesome, or So Terrible they need to be partaken of. Recently the hubbins and I watched "Moon" A movie based on a book by and

The Wait Is OVER!

2010-04-12T08:47:00.000-07:00

So as I promised last night, I would be posting pictures from the wedding today. And due diligence with the trashing of far fewer pictures than I thought they are now uploaded and can be seen ....RIGHT HEREGo ahead... push the button from awesomeness. My studly and quite attractive assistant (hubbins) has one or two other photos that I would like to get from him, for now this is the bulk of the

Quandries, and moments of Zen

2010-04-11T23:07:00.001-07:00

Quick blog here something to whet your appetite as it where for the upcoming barrage of wedding photography that will be coming your way on the morrow. Today with trusty alpha in hand, battling wind and sun that were at odds with each other and decent photo making (stupid elements) I was honored to get to do the wedding of two of some of my favorite people. Chris and Krista were married on Tempe

Creative Catastrophes

2010-04-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

About now I would be telling you of the new and nifty thing I came up for this weeks Project of the Week and have pictures and witty and funny stories for which to entertain you with. It seams I do not have writers/creators block, I have writers/creators Monolith. I have hit face first into apathy. I am working on the project that faced the wrath of my oh so adorable cats. So that is something

I call a Mulligan

2010-04-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

As of now March was a practice month. I went back to my knitting project that the cats every so joyfully tangled to find that they had somehow dropped stitches on the hat. Dropped stitches on a capped circular needle. I have no clue how they did it and I only found out because the runs ran the full length of the piece. (Imagine stockings, how one little hole can create a run down the entire

Project of the Month recap.

2010-04-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

This should be short. I FAILED. Seriously, utter failure in the most epic of forms. I learned the stitches and could make some extremely simple granny squares, but something actually useful has eluded my grasp. I am not allowing this failure to keep me from banging my head up against the wall of crocheting, I am stupidly stubborn and will master the art of the Single hook. March was a month

Rolling with the Rennies..

2010-03-28T21:40:00.000-07:00

So, the last day of the local renn faire was today, while they didn't want me taking pictures of it, and I respected their wishes, it seems they had some...excitement today. If you qualify excitement as one of the large kitchens burning down. An impressive display of raw elemental power, a grease fire sent the kitchen up in a large fire ball.(Does anybody else feel like humming the James Bond

Hoist ye, the plague flag high.

2010-03-23T18:43:00.001-07:00

I love my family, and their family and all the extended wonderfulness that makes them who they are. The wedding was beautiful, I have a much longer story to write about it, but not yet. I am fairly certain I am hallucinating and while entertaining, I am unsure of the factual integrity of the story. It is because I love my family I find myself, and the hubbins down with the plague. A quite

Radio Silence

2010-03-17T22:53:00.001-07:00

Ok, as today was a day of celebrating every thing that makes one Irish, or Irish for the day(Red hair, green eyes, pasty white skin Irish from a long line), there may be a bit of radio silence on the creative blog. I will attempt to update when I can, most likely with pictures if time allows. I will be a maid of the Bride (she actually does have a katana, so I think I am just there for

Habeas Hiatus

2010-03-14T23:06:00.000-07:00

So I write this today, after several days of my body purging in new and creative ways. Meaning I have fallen dreadfully behind on all my projects. This is unacceptable and means I need to catch up. I also have a wedding I am supposed go to this week, well not just ANY wedding, I mean it is the wedding of two of my favorite people in the entire world and I get to be there with some of the

Sink the Pink

2010-03-09T14:07:00.000-08:00

So here it is, the new project this week. I love Vintage patterns and this one happens to be one of my favorites. There is something about the pinafore apron that screams home made apple pie, freshly ironed shirts and lunches in brown paper bags. None of these aprons have any real practical purpose other than to display the homemaking prowess of the the woman wearing it. I seriously doubt any

Project of the Week, Vs the Cats.

2010-03-08T08:20:00.000-08:00

I have cats (far be it for me to say I own then), I really should know better. After writing an upbeat post on the nearly finished project and gathering the materials for my next, I got to sleep much earlier than anticipated and had left my knitting on the side table of the sofa. Only one of our cats is attracted to string, and he will watch enraptured as I knit, completely focused on the

Apron AGo-Go

2010-03-07T16:02:00.000-08:00

So I am just about finished with my project from last week. A particular knitted had of truly heinous colors, for a particularly beloved friend. Having had to frog back the damn thing 7 times has not helped my speed, but it is now a matter of just finishing it properly. And time to announce and move onto my next project of the week. Another certain beloved friend recently celebrated her

F#@%ing Profanity.

2010-03-05T13:03:00.000-08:00

Admission time. I swear like a sailor. A habit made worse by the extremely creative nature of my significant others cursing. In professional settings I maintain dignity and keep from offending any ones delicate sensitivities, or teaching my 4 year old niece new words to future embarrass her parents with. That said, I hold strong to the idea that there is a time and a place for cursing. The

Bringing the Analog back to the Digital.

2010-03-05T02:23:00.000-08:00

I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 or 60 rolls of black and white film. Most were taken for school project and some just because. What I don't have is access to a dark room. I love my digital camera, and hopefully will be updating it soon. That said there is a deep visceral joy in processing your own film, and making your own prints. It takes the technical and puts the art back into it

Monthly Challenge: Episode 1

2010-03-04T17:38:00.000-08:00

As I stated previously, my challenge this month is to learn to crochet. I have been led to believe that using a single hook, while consumes more yarn is much easier and less time consuming. I call shenanigans. No matter the difficulty of the knitting you are doing (I love lace work because I am masochistic that way) knitting is based off of two stitches. That is IT. TWO if you can learn to

In the Edge no one can hear you scream...

2010-03-02T18:03:00.001-08:00

Well a few people can, but not the sort you would want hanging around if you feel the need to belt one out. On the EdgeIlona Andrews first in The Edge series, takes a well worn and almost over concept and makes it shiny and new. Most any one who has read Science Fiction or Fantasy is familiar with the idea of alternate realities, ones that touch ours, but are just a half a second away. Andrews

Sunday, in the afternoon.

2010-03-02T00:26:00.000-08:00

So yes this a day late, and for that I am sorry, but my lovely little lap top died today. I am wearing my widow's weeds and using the spare one to write this on. And as today is the first of the month.. wait.. second.. I also have my "Something New for this Month" (tm). First my weekly activity is knitting, and as I have knit many of them on these same needles it feels like coming back to an

Writhing Eyebrows

2010-02-26T03:32:00.000-08:00

As I have had some time off recently, I have taken upon myself to read as much as I possibly could. First to stave off cabin fever and because there have been several books waiting with patience to be read. So over the course of a few days I read the entirety of Laurel K Hamilton's Merry Gentry series. It is an 8 book series and reads similar to her Anita Blake series. I enjoy reading an entire

Train

2010-02-25T07:06:00.000-08:00

A preface to this story, I wrote this about 2 years ago, it is an odd bizarre story and the concept actually came to me in a dream. I really need to stop watching weird movies before bed.