lazy saturday

today is my day off. that one, precious day off that i get during the week. started it out this morning taking one of my fuzzy babies, tj hooker, to the vet. just for his routine check-up/shots, etc. he is good and healthy, aw my sweet little boy. i'm ready to go mommy.

spent a couple of hours arranging my make-up case, yeahhhhh i am a nerd, and yeahhh i have a ton. occupational hazard. i have had the case for a while and was waiting around to get it painted up all custom, but that didn't end up happening, so i said screw it i am goin to get everything set up. i don't think it looked very professional with it all pouring out of a 1980's seafoam green plastic caboodle, and strewn about multiple random makeup bags. i was thinking that this case would be big enough for my collection, and it is for now... but if i get too much more it is going to be a lot harder to organize, i need some overflow room.

and yes, i am a professional make-up artist. but, i hate, hate, hate pallettes. i am super ocd and i don't like it when the fallout from the eyeshadow gets all over the place, and mixes in with each other, ugh. it is kind of like undesireable foods touching each other on a plate, to me. doooooon't like it one bit.

all clean and organized and ready to do the job!!

probably one of the cutest, most adorable things that i have ever done. just sayin. i am probably the cutest girl in the entire world. hahahaha..... they were goooood too. but these ones were special, because i do not like hot fruit inside of my pancakes, yuck.

eat it. eat it good.

well what do you know, look at that.
my sweet sweet birthday gift from my buddy asian john. couple weeks late, but he is a busy busy man. eat this. yeahhh! i know it is ridiculous, yes it really says that. but hey i figure, we only go around once in this life. and as the ever wonderful marilyn monroe once said, "imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring"

ok so you really can't... but hey, it looks good! i'm all nice and shiny and swollen, oh yippee. always a little brighter after they are first healed up, i will share photos when that scabbin process is all done.

p.s. i know my room is a mess, what can i say!

painted mischief

if this looks like trouble to you, then you are absolutely right. hahaha!!!
okay, but really though... a coworker of mine at the salon scored a sweet little metal trunk at the thrift store for like, 4 bucks or something like that. i decided to make it cuter for her. soooo i'm not that great at painting or anything like that, but i love to try anything out, and id love to practice and get better at it so here is a go!!
one of the better color combinations, ever ever ever. love it.

ummmmm cute! simple, but cute. i need some more talent. ha!

ice cream paint job

nothing super new or fun to report, i guess. just the regular lifestyle, keepin busy. gettin older. turned 24 on july 11, yippee.

i did, however, take up a fun project at the salon. while mr bossman was in the dr on vacation, i decided to give a makeover to our soda machine out back. people didn't think that it really worked, because it looked so ugly and run down. plus, i decided it could have just been way cuter. ummm.... well it was tagged up a little bit before, and then covered in.. house paint?? whattt...

after an afternoon, plus one morning of harsh chemicals, elbow grease, and scraping, i was able to reveal this underneath... funny, because we had all thought that it was a coca cola machine! haha. i had to scrape it down because the surface was uneven, and really gloppy in some areas... those who know me know that i do not like to half-ass things like this. also, i didn't want to take the time to spray paint it all and then have it chip because the under layer was too thick!! it was tricky indeed, because the surface was plastic, i couldn't use the traditional and ever so handy turpentine on it, i had to get some graffiti remover crap that was safe on plastic.

ooooooh.... voila... so beautiful, and solid gold!! it is just indoor/outdoor gold flecked paint, by rustoleum.. soooo gorgeous. of course, i sealed over it with an outdoor, glossy sealer, to prevent the weather beating that it will surely get.

black, self adhesive vinyl, and crown die cut thanks to my ever so wonderful cricut machine, and the indie accents cartridge!!!

love love love to doodle... but it is so hard for me to stop!! i had to put my own touch on things, so that the next assistant will know that they have a reputation to live up to!! haha..

productive

finally getting back into being, well semi-productive on my scrapbooking again.
have been working on my beauty school album lately,
it is way way huge... i've only been putting one photo per layout, i like doing that, but i am taking up so so much room! i already know that i will have to have a separate album just for my graduation photos, but now i am thinking i will need to separate out the ones from when i was in the freshman room into a separate album than when i was on the salon floor. eeeeek!!

i do my scrapbooking with my sister these days, at her house. the majority of my stuff is stored here, in my extremely small space, but i have shit spread out all over her house as well. i should take a picture of the mess i made in her spare room hahahahah!!!! and over half of the card table is just a mess of my stuff, and her side is all neat. so funny... she doesn't mind it if i come over regularly and scrap with her, but before this week i probably hadn't been over to scrap with her in like a month, so she called our mom to complain that i needed to come clean up my mess!!

well... sneaky peeky. i do probably have over 3o pages done in this album already, i just need to photograph them sometime when the lighting is right outside... but here are some quick camera phone photos of a couple of today's creations. i think i did 5 pages in total today, which is actually a lot for me, i normally do 1 or 2 then lose interest and run off into the other room to watch tv.
aw, this photo was taken the day before i graduated. lizzy and rissie, sittin at the break table. so much time was wasted just sitting at this table, sometimes sneaking out there allllll day, thus the title... hehe. mostly thanks to monique for the day she spent entirely outside hiding.

my shorties... sandra and rosa. despite some recent differences, i think that in the end these two will always be friends. they hit it off immediately, and then when i started i hit it off with them as well. so cute, little duckies.

well there you have it, some of the products of my mess for the day!!! yayyy!!

it's official

well, i got the job that i really really wanted!!!! yay!! i start on tuesday. i will be assisting at daredevils & queens salon, in historic railroad square.... yessss!!! it's a start... i need to get my foot in the door somewhere, and i really couldn't think of a better place to do it. the salon is very funky and young, and seems like a great fit for me. somewhere that i won't have to compromise who i am and cover my tattoos, just to get a paycheck, or not be judged.

for those who know me, i got my cosmetology license in july of last year, and haven't worked since. i need to learn so much more before i go out and rent a station or try and make commission. i feel like it'll be a great start to a new chapter in my life. here are some pictures that i took from their facebook page to share.. excellent!!

oh hi!

just a quick little pop in to say hello!
it is a beautiful day right now... going to try and enjoy it while it lasts!!
The last two days here have started out sunny and beautiful... Monday, I went inside the main building at work, and when I came back out 30 minutes later it was sunny, but raining. Haha my coworker said, "Theres only 6 clouds in the sky" and I told him "Yeah, but all of them are raining." Yesterday, same type of deal... Beautiful morning/early afternoon. I got dressed in my little sailor dress and leggings, and went off to a job interview... When I left there around 1:30 or so, it was still beautiful.. Came home, did some stuff around the house, looked back outside... cloudy, nasty, freezing... it felt like snow!! Ok, not that it snows here, but it has maybe one time for a minute haha.... it was just sooooooo cold and windy.

Anyways... Chuck and I just wanted to stop in and say hello to everyone. He says he is very excited for Easter, and for Alice in Wonderland. Ha! Funny little guy.... he is my little love!!