Ellen George

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-31T14:23:00.001-08:00

Some of my favorite Christmas pics

I finally made stockings for our family. Daniel, me and Cosmo. Only took me 5 years.

Family together time. I think our bathtub shrunk because I remember there being a lot more room.

Double FaceTime with Daniels family.

I broke out my favorite footwear! My trusty boots. I obviously don't get to use them much in Savannah so I loved being able to tromp around in the snow with them.

Scarf explosion

2011-12-19T21:12:00.000-08:00

I was coloring with London the other day and drew her this snowman. Then I asked her draw him a scarf. She started around his neck and then scarf quickly became unraveled. I thought it was so cute.

Christmas Tradition

2011-12-16T10:39:00.001-08:00

When I was growing up, every year for Christmas my aunts would make all their nieces and nephews Christmas ornaments. I love my collection of one of a kind, hand made ornaments and look forward to getting them out each year. One of my favorites is this tiny felt mouse that is sleeping in half a walnut shell. I decided that I wanted to continue the tradition with my nieces and nephews. I just can't believe I'm up to 10 all ready! I love it!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-25T16:32:00.000-08:00

The other day I was feeling really depressed so i made a list of things I am grateful for on my phone. I still continue to add things to the list. So here it is.
Grateful for:
Daniel. Cosmo. London. Mom and dad. Brothers and sisters. George's. Paula and taras. my job workin with London. My apartment that feels like a home. Healthy body. My friends. Gospel. Temple. Scriptures. YW calling an opportunity to serve. Cool weather with sunshine. Yummy food. When Cosmo falls asleep on me. Faith. Books. iPhone. Car. Daniels jobs. Chapstick. Road trips with Daniel. Education. Sleeping in. Creating. Being able to talk to my mom on the phone and feeling better about life. For parents that care and love me. When London wraps her arms around my neck and goes ooowwww.

Garden Gates Part 1

2011-11-12T13:17:00.000-08:00

When I first moved down to Savannah two years ago, I remember walking around downtown and being so intrigued by all the private gardens. I told Daniel I would love to photograph the gates/doors that conceal these gardens, and he says so why don't you? So the other day he finally pushed me to do something with the idea. Here are my first photos. They consists of gates in historic downtown on Harris Street and York Street.

To be continued...

Bubblegum Bubble!

2011-10-02T13:21:00.000-07:00

Three pieces of Double Bubble and a twenty minute walk. Just the right combination for the biggest bubble blowout of your life!

Jacob & Kayla Rogers

2011-09-18T18:18:00.001-07:00

This weekend my baby brother got married!! It was so beautiful. I'm so excited for him and his bride. After eight years of dating it is so nice to see them happily married. This was my third wedding of the year. Two brother and a brother in law. Each one was beautiful and unique. Congratulations you two and I love you both very much!

I heart cosmo

2011-08-24T20:26:00.001-07:00

Birthday Surprise!

2011-08-10T17:45:00.000-07:00

For my birthday this year, which isn't until the end of the month, my boss decorated my apartment! I was away in Omaha for a week and came back to a newly furnished apartment. I knew about it before I left but I had no idea she was going to do this much. I was speechless. I couldn't take it all in. Then while I was laying in bed I just started crying. It was one of the nicest things anyone has done for me. I'm extremely grateful for the wonderful gift I received. I'm thankful for the opportunity I have to work with my nanny family and for their friendship.

Ben & Kelsey

2011-08-06T18:57:00.000-07:00

Today my brother-in-law Ben, his wife Kelsey and their baby Emery were sealed in the temple. It was a beautiful and simple ceremony that I felt honored to be a part of. Congratulations! Love you.

Safety First

2011-07-18T10:47:00.000-07:00

Daniel and Cosmo came to visit me in Atlanta this weekend. We have had a crazy last month. It started off with me spending a week at girls camp then Daniel spent the next week at scout camp then the next week I spent working in Atlanta (which was really fun). So we have only seen each other on the weekends. While we were in Atlanta we went to the temple. It was nice to feel the spirit there. I love him and my baby Cosmo too!

Catching Up

2011-07-12T07:21:00.000-07:00

Here is a little recap of what we've been up to the last couple months. I'm a visual person so I'll just give you some pics.

Brother Grant and his bride Amber

a couple of goof balls

Daniel's graduation. Wheres Waldo?

A sock creature I made London (the girl I nanny for).

A quadruple layer chocolate raspberry cake I made Paula (London's mom) for her b-day.

Girls Camp in Georgia in July! Hot doesn't begin to explain what it felt like. But I love my girls!

My brother Jacob and his fiance Kayla!!!

Daniels Thesis Show

2011-05-27T11:46:00.000-07:00

Last week Daniel had a gallery opening for his thesis project called Natural Selection! I am super proud of him. It has been amazing seeing the transformation of his work. I've seen these images for awhile now but they took life once he printed them, framed them, and hung them in a gallery. You can view all his images on his website. Here are a couple shots I took that night.

I was put in charge of the refreshments and had Paula (my boss lady) help me decorate. She is amazing. It would have been cheese cubes on plastic trays if I would have done it.

Marjorie

2011-03-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

This winter I created an apron line called Marjorie, after my Grandma. She was my inspiration for the aprons. She is such a talented women. She can sew anything! I still have Barbie doll dresses that she made for me. I look at them and go, "how did she sew that little sleeve on!?" I've been meaning to post pictures of my aprons to show my Grandma but as you can tell I'm a little behind. Then recently my Grandma, who is 88 years old, got really sick and had major surgery. Miraculously she is doing well. I was really upset when I heard she was sick because I hadn't shown her my aprons yet. So I can't delay any longer. I'm glad she is doing well and hope that I can master just some of the skills that she has mastered over the years. Love you Grandma!!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T20:09:00.001-08:00

Daniel and I made the trek to the midwest to spend Christmas with his family this year. It was a long 18 hour road trip. A highlight of the trip was when we accidently stumbled across one of our favorite BBQ places, Two Dudes BBQ in Missouri. We come across it 2 1/2 years ago on our way from Idaho to Atlanta. It was a Festivus Miracle! Here are some highlights of Christmas Day.

Daniel putting on his new man-apron. I had to be really sneaky when I was making him this since he was out of school and I worked all day.

Here he is outfitted with the man-apron, kitchen utensils, hat and work gloves.

This was a 'sweet' surprise from Mike & London, an amazing box full of treats!

My niece Emery with her new Christmas ornament. My Aunts made us kids ornaments each year until we graduated high school so I'm trying to continue the tradition with my nieces and nephews.

This is becoming a George family tradition to go to King Kong on Christmas while they are giving away free meals.

Daniel with his free Gyro, fries, and orange drink (but you can't see the drink, its in the cup holder)

I had a really great Christmas. This year I tried not to focus on presents and getting my hopes up for things I would like but instead more on service and the true meaning of Christmas. Another thing that has helped is Daniel and I have been reading The New Testament and have almost finished reading the first four gospels. I have really enjoyed reading more about the life of Christ, and give him credit for all the many blessings in my life.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T17:53:00.001-07:00

Daniel and I got dressed up last night and went trick-or-treating. We didn't get a lot of loot but it was really fun. We went up to one house and there was a little girl helping her mom pass out candy and she said to her mom that there were a lot of adults trick-or-treating and I told her that we weren't adults that we were still kids. I dressed up as a 1950's house wife with apron and all and Daniel was my bread winner husband. My friend invited us back to where she lives and the community had a haunted trail. Daniel got a kick out of this Zombie.

Quarter Century

2010-08-29T19:32:00.000-07:00

Today I turned 25. I don't feel any different. My mom said that I'm suppose to be mature now. I'll let you know when that happens. Mawahahaha! Daniel made me key lime cup cakes that are amazing. He surprised me earlier this month with a pair of my favorite Teva flip flops to replace that ones that I lost last summer in lake my parents live on. Today we had me play the hot and cold game to find my other birthday present. But he switched hot and cold on me so cold was actually closer. Anyway we got me a new sewing book that I've wanted. He had hid it in the freezer. What a funny kid. Daniel asked me last night what my top 5 moments were in my first quarter century and they were:

1. Getting married to Daniel of course

2. Riding my motorcycle on a track day at the Mid Ohio Race track

3. Our Italy/Switzerland trip last summer

4. Swimming in our favorite swimming spot in Idaho (random I know but it is just what stuck out to me at that moment)

5. Cosmo!

I have had so many more amazing moments in my life. Those were just the first ones that came to my mind. I feel really grateful for the people in my life and the blessing that I've received. Thank you for all your birthday wishes and yes it was a 'Happy' birthday.

New Apartment!

2010-07-27T17:13:00.001-07:00

Daniel and I moved to a new apartment and it is amazing! It consists of the right side of this bungelo. It is just around the corner from our old apartment so it is still in downtown Savannah. In our three years of marriage I feel that we have finally upgraded. Before this ever apartment we moved in to kept getting smaller. The house was built in the late 1800's and was recently renovated. It has two bedrooms, one bath, a big front living area and an amazing kitchen. I feel that being able to live here is a huge blessing in our lives.

Front family/living area before we moved in.

Front family/living area the night we moved in.

Front family/living area a couple days after moving in. We still need to hang up some pictures.

Our awesome bathroom with DOUBLE SINKS!!

Daniel and Cosmo cooking in the kitchen.

This is the second bedroom that Daniel named the Studio.

National Doughnut Day!

2010-06-04T19:45:00.000-07:00

Daniel and I celebrated National Doughnut Day today and each got a free doughnut at Krispy Kreme. I figured they would just give us a plain glazed doughnut, but they let us pick any doughnut in the case! My eyes lit up. We both tried out their new lemon doughnut. This might be my new favorite holiday.

Savannah Fashion Show

2010-05-25T06:11:00.001-07:00

Some of the local boutiques in Savannah, including the one I work for, got together and put on a fashion show. It was an awesome event. Here is a link to some more pictures of the night.

Me & Christine, owner of Terra Cotta

The girls I work with at Terra Cotta. Kristin, Me, Katherine & Heidi, who was one of our store's models.

Three Years Later

2010-04-07T12:58:00.001-07:00

Daniel and I are celebrating our three year anniversary! We went to the beach this morning and had fun laying out since its too cold to get in the water. Then we went to this awesome little french cafe downtown for lunch. We sat next to a group of older couples and we talked a little bit. I mentioned that it was our three year anniversary. They looked at us and asked again how long and I said three years. Then one of the guys asked if we even knew each other yet. I laughed and thought that was really funny. Then I asked how long he and his wife have been married and he said forever, and then told me they have been married for 48 years. I'm excited to celebrate 48 years with Daniel some day plus eternity!

1,000 Day Anniversary!

2010-02-12T11:40:00.000-08:00

Daniel surprised me this morning with Muffin Bunny!!! It is a gift for our 1,000 Day Anniversary plus 42 days because Daniel miscalculated. It is the softest, funniest little stuffed bunny ever. Its from the company jellycat which we carry at the store I work at. I've been wanting him ever since we got him in. Thank you Honey Bunny!

Christmas Pics

2010-01-08T08:16:00.000-08:00

Merry belated Christmas!

We drove up to my parents house in Michigan and took Cosmo with us. For the most part he was a pretty good road trip buddy.

This is a mouse I made Cosmo. It only took him a couple days to completely destroy it. I even bought real wool felt hoping that it would be more durable.

It was been a tradition in my family to make the nieces and nephews Christmas ornaments. My Aunts did it for me growing up so now I have an awesome stash of ornaments that were mostly all hand made. So I'm trying to keep the tradition going. These are the ornaments I made for my nieces and nephews this year. Little Christmas birds.

Some of Daniel's goodies he got for Christmas. My Mom didn't have the energy to put together stockings this year so she said I could do them if I wanted. So I got everyone nerf guns and a cheesy $5 DVD and some candy. There were 7 of us and we had an all out war with our nerf guns. It was really fun. I remember growing up and all 5 of my brothers would get nerf guns and there would be darts and nerf balls flying all over the house but I was always left defenseless. So it was fun this year to be part of that.

Thanksgiving

2009-11-30T16:29:00.001-08:00

Daniel and I weren't sure what we were going to do this year for Thanksgiving. Then one of his classmates and his wife didn't have anywhere to go either so they came over to our place. They brought over 5lbs of snow crab legs! I'll take that over dry turkey any day.

The remains of the poor little crab legs.

My beautiful turkey and cheese platter (not really). Daniel made fun of me for getting turkey at the deli for thanksgiving, but it was a lot better and easier than anything I could have made.

It's not Thanksgiving without homemade rolls. This is my first attempt and there is definitely room for improvement.

Daniel's amazing parmesan and garlic potato wedges.

Neither of us really like pumpkin pie so I made an icecream pie instead. It was amazing.

This is a Thanksgiving tree I made in Young Womens. It is a tree branch in a little pot and then you write what you are thankful for on the leaves.

COSMO!

2009-11-15T16:22:00.000-08:00

This is our new member of the family Cosmo! We named him Cosmo which is short for cosmic brownie, since he's brown. He is a tonkinese kitty and I love him so much. We got him from a lady in Michigan and my brother drove him down to us last weekend. So, thanks Grant for driving him down and also thanks to my Mom for babysitting him for a couple days. It is hard to get a good picture of this guy because he is so fast, unless he is napping, which he does a lot. I'm sure there will be more Cosmo pictures to come.

Savannah Part 1

2009-11-02T15:22:00.000-08:00

The moment you have all been waiting for (if there is anyone out there looking at my blog). Savannah! Daniel and I have been in Savannah now for two months and we have been loving it. The city is beautiful and the people have been really friendly. We live right in the historic district of Savannah which is the largest historic district in the US. It is 2.5 square miles. We love the location we can walk and bike almost everywhere. Maybe not to the beach. Our apartment is in part of a carriage house. The carriage house is where the slaves or servants would live. It is separate from the main house. It is really small but we have managed to find a place for everything and now feels like we could live here for awhile. We definitely don't have room for kids, sorry mom. We do have a blow up mattress if anyone wants to come and visit!

The house in front is the main building which is also split up into apartments and the little one in the back is our carriage house. I imagine there was a garden in between the two buildings at one point. The buildings date back to the 1860's.

This is the full view of the carriage house. We live in the end of the house closest to the street. Pretty charming eh?

Kitchen

Other side of the kitchen. We had to cover up a cool fireplace so we could fit all of our food and junk.

Family Room. (sorry the picture isn't that great)

Still the family room. Or you could call this our dinning room.

Another view of the family room. This is my favorite fireplace. They don't work but are charming.

Our stairs. They are a bit scary and steep.

Bedroom. Our bed is squashed between a wall and another fireplace.

Another view of the bedroom

Bathroom. This is by far the nicest bathroom Daniel and I have had in an apartment.

Our laundry room/closest, genius!

Savannah Part 2

2009-11-02T15:03:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of my favorite things down here in Savannah. There is so much more I still need to photograph, but this is a good start.

The live oak trees. They can grow wider than they grow tall.

The Spanish Moss. I think it is so pretty, but you don't want to touch it because it is infested with bugs. I hear of tourist putting the stuff in their suitcases as a souvenir. yikes.

This oak tree that gobbled up a brick. It really is stuck in there.

The Tabby Sidewalks. Tabby is cement with oyster shells in it.

Little Swan Fountain. This is actually part of the huge fountain in Forsyth Park.

The Lafayette Fountain. This is my favorite fountain. I love the sea horses.

The Crab Shack. This is one of my favorite restaurants.

Tybee Island. The beach is only 30 minutes away and so much fun.

Italy/Switzerland Trip 2009

2009-09-13T14:09:00.000-07:00

These past couple weeks have been cramazing (crazy and amazing). Daniel and I moved down to Savannah Georgia August 20th. Cleaned, unpacked, packed and then flew out to Italy on the 25th. We then spent two weeks driving around northern Italy and the southern part of Switzerland. It was amazing to say the least. Then we flew back to Georgia and finished unpacking.

Day 1 Milan, Italy
Our first day in Italy! I was so exhausted. The Milan Duomo is behind us and was so beautiful. We didn't climb to the top, which I regret now, but at that moment I didn't feel stable enough to go running around the top of a really tall building. We had just gotten off an eight hour flight.

Day 2-3 Remini, Italy
A picture Daniel took of the beach. We had fun playing in the water and collecting sea shells.

Day 4.1 To Gorizia, Italy
A rest stop we took while driving from Rimini to Gorizia. You can see our pee streems. (sorry grandma.) When in Rome do as the Romans.

Day 4.2 Birthday Pizza
I celebrated my 24th Birthday while staying in Gorizia, Italy, and yes Daniel ordered pizza with french fries on it.

Day 4.3 Birthday Gelato
I may not have had any birthday cake but I did get a total of five scoops of gelato through the day. It was awesome.

Day 5.1 WW1 Canon
We went to Redipuglia, Italy where there is a lot of WWI equipment and there is also a huge memorial.

Day 5.2 WWI Bunkers
These were really cool. We got to walk around in them. There were a couple other bunkers and it make me think how scared I would have been.

Day 5.3 WWI Memorial
This is a picture Daniel took of a WWI Memorial in Redipuglia, Italy. It is gigantic and is the actual burial for over 100,000 soldiers. It was very sobering.

Day 6.1 Fiat 500
A cute little buddy I wanted to take home. Some of you may recognize him from Cars as Guito.

Day 6.2 Venice, Italy
Behind us is the big canal. We couldn't afford a gondola ride so later in the day, when we were tired, we took a boat bus (like
the one behind Daniel's head) around Venice that made all the stops and took us back were we started. I don't think you are suppose to do that but...we did and it was awesome.

Day 6.3 Venice, Italy
There were canals and bridges like this all through the city. It has to be one of the most interesting places. It like the buildings just grow out from the water.

Day 7.1 Belcony Luch in Verona, Italy
The place we stayed at had a cute balcony and we ate a little picnic lunch on it. Its called stretching your budget. We had blood orange soda, speck (raw, smoked ham) fresh bread and ringos.

Day 7.2 Whale Rib
I am standing under a whale rib handing from the arch. They say if you have never told a lie and walk under the rib it will fall on you. It didn't fall on either Daniel or I. Sorry mom.

Day 7.3 Brick
This was some brick work on an old church in Verona. I saw brick work like this all over the place and thought it was so funny.

Day 8.1 Julliettes Belcony
This is Juliet's Balcony in Verona Italy. But not really because it was a fictional story. People rub her breast for good luck.

Day 8.2 Casetlrotto, Italy
This is the place we stayed at in Castelrotto. It is almost on the border of Austria and it was a lot more German than Italian.

Day 9.1 Horse Attack
We were hiking this huge alpine meadow called Alpi de Suisi. It had a lot of grazing cows and horse. We saw a little pony and tried petting it. The mom horse wasn't happy that we were petty her baby. She bit the camera bag that I had and tried to take it from me. After it let go we walked away slowly and then the little pony came running up after me and fluffed my frizzy hair with its face. It was so funny!

Day 9.2 Pony
This was after the attack. The pony just wouldn't go away.

Day 11.1 Roman Bridge
This was in Lavertezzo, Switzerland

Day 11.2 007 Golden Eye Dam
If you look you can see a little person in the middle of the bridge that had just bunge jumped off.

Day 11.3 Castle
Somewhere in Switzerland

Day 11.4 Draw Bridge

Day 12.1 Real Swiss Cheese
This cheese was so amazing. It was made in the mountains there from grass fed cows. Can't find that kind of quality in the US.

Day 12.2 Lake Lugano
This is where we stayed in Switzerland.

Day 13.1 100 Franks

Day 13.2 20 Franker
I loved the Swiss Franks. They are so much cooler than the dollar.

13.3 Alprose Chocolate
Daniel is feeding Rosy the cow a bar of chocolate from the chocolate factory in Switzerland.

Day 13.4 Cruise on Lake Lugano
We took a nice three hour tour around Lake Lugano.

Day 14.1 Swatches

Day 14.2 Cheese Factory
A three month old cheese from the basement of this cheese factory. We got to actually see them make cheese. Daniel told me its called Gotardo cheese and it was seasoned and aged for three months.

Day 14.3 Gotardpass Switzerland
The road out here really made me miss my motorcycle Suzy.

Day 14.4 Our Swiss Mom
Liliana was our swiss mom for a couple of days. We stayed with her while we were in Switzerland and she fed us some amazing food. She reminded us of Daniel's mom.

Day 15.1 Nimble Ford Fiesta
Daniel took this picture of our little Ford Fiesta. It was a good car and I think Daniel misses it.

Day 15.2 French Alps
This is a picture Daniel took on our flight home. You can see Mount Blanc. The tallest Alp.

Signage
These are some signs I took pictures of on our trip. It must be the graphic designer in me, but I just got a kick out of them.

Mackinac Island Trip

2009-08-02T19:44:00.001-07:00

This was a nice start to our trip up to northern Michigan. Pretty classy. Daniel said if he would have been sitting in the passenger side he would have lifted his shirt.

On the shore of Mackinac Island. One of Daniel's favorite places.

This is an awesome shot Daniel got of this couple that was sitting behind us on the ferry over to the island. I'm not sure I need to describe it any further. I love tourists.

Daniel built a mount for his camera so he could get a time lapse riding around Mackinac Island on his bike. He also decided to get a time lapse of the ferry ride back.

After we went to Mackinac Island we drove to the upper peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan where my brother and his family were camping. We took a trip with them to Whitefish Point which is on Lake Superior. This was my first time going to this lake. It is the largest and definitely coldest of the Great Lakes. Whitefish point is called the graveyard of the Great Lakes. 550 Shipwrecks have occurred in a 80 mile stretch from Whitefish Point. Daniel is holding up what he thinks could be a piece of shipwreck.

Angels Landing at Zions National Park

2009-07-02T17:42:00.001-07:00

Daniel and I just got back from a trip out to Utah for a family reunion on my moms side. We spent several days right outside Zions National Park. We were able to hike Angels Landing. It is 2.5 miles one way that ascends 1,500 ft.

This is the last half mile of the hike. You hike across the ridge with a 1,200 ft drop off on the left and a 800 ft drop off on the right.

This is one of the steeper parts, luckily they have chains that give you a little comfort.

We made it to the top. That is my brother Grant and his girlfriend Amber, my brother Brian and Daniel and I.

The descent. Going down is always harder for me then going up.

Turtles

2009-06-17T19:40:00.000-07:00

This is a sea turtle I caught when we were fishing in the lake. If it doesn't seem right that I actually caught a real sea turtle in a fresh water lake it's because I didn't. It's plastic. I thought it was funny. Daniel and I put him be the edge of the lake and a couple of my family members thought he was real.

This is a real turtle we found. My mom wasn't sure if we were trying to trick her again with a fake turtle until it started to move. It is a blandings turtle and is on the endangered species list as a low threat. I think he is really cute with his little yellow chiny chin.

My recent travels

2009-06-09T17:28:00.000-07:00

Daniel and I took a trip to Cedar Point (a big amusement park right on Lake Erie). This is a nice shot of me after riding the Top Thrill Dragster. It goes 120mph in 3 seconds. It knocks the winds out of you.

Later in the day it rained on us which shut down all the rides and caused a lot of people to leave early. We stuck it out and got to enjoy the rides without any long lines.

I got a little worn out after it rained because I was able to ride so many rides without having to wait in line. And I realized that its not always a bad thing to wait in line because it gives your stomach a chance to recover. So we took a cool down lap on the ferris wheel.

My first trip to Washington DC.

We were walking down the sidewalk and saw a bunch of people skateboarding in this plaza area and Daniel spots out one of his favorite pro skateboarders, Stevie Williams.

check out Daniel's pictures of our trips

All in a days work

2009-05-24T14:41:00.000-07:00

These were a result of Daniel and I sharing office space the first week working for my dad.

Holland!

2009-05-09T16:39:00.000-07:00

Daniel and I are staying at my parents house this summer and working for my Dad. In the fall we are going to Savannah Georgia for Daniel's graduate school at SCAD. It feels nice to finally have some plans figured out. We are both really excited about Savannah. Anyway, we took a little day trip to Holland! (Michigan) The city was celebrating their Tulip Festival. There was thousands of tulips, people dressed in their dutch wear with wooden shoes of course, and clog dancers. My favorite was the windmill. It was exported from the Netherlands and is about 250 years old and is still in working condition.

Graduation!

2009-04-14T09:22:00.001-07:00

Daniel and I graduated from Brigham Young University–Idaho April 10th with a Bachelors in Fine Art. It was really fun graduating together. We were able to sit by each other and share a sweetie bag (a bag with lots of different candy in it). About a hour after commencement Daniel got a phone call from SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) saying the he got accepted and they offered him a sizable scholarship. We are still waiting to hear from Art Center in Pasadena, CA. So, we haven't made a decision yet but at least we have a very nice option of going to Savannah for graduate school for Daniel.

Sewing Insects

2009-04-08T15:43:00.001-07:00

This is my last school assignment ever! I took sewing objects and created fictitious insects out of them. This was for my final in Digital Illustration.

Two Years Ago

2009-04-07T20:58:00.001-07:00

This is one of my favorite wedding pictures. Daniel and I have been married for two years now. Twice as long as last year. Daniel surprised me this morning with a new ipod. He definitely went over budget on that one. But my old one died a couple weeks ago. I got him a ton of candy. At least 10 pounds. He was bouncing off the walls. Overall it has been a great two years.

Pot Head

2009-04-03T19:02:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning with three inches of snow on the ground and decided to make the most of it. I used a pot Daniel threw away for a hat. Hopefully I won't be able to make any more snowmen this year.

Daniel's Birthday

2009-03-20T22:18:00.000-07:00

Daniel is now a quarter of a century old. For his birthday he wanted me to make a rice crispy treat cake in the shape of a sphere. He is very creative. So I tried my best to create his idea. I think I was successful. I used cocoa crispys for my center then capn' crunch and rice crispys for the outer layer. It was a total of 4 batches of rice crispy treats. That is a total of 24 cups of cereal and 16 cups of mini marshmallows. yikes.

BFA Show!

2009-03-20T16:27:00.001-07:00

This is my BFA project. It is all about creating and why we do it. It was highly influenced by a talk given by Dieter F. Uchtdorf called Happiness, Your Heritage. I interviewed nine people that are all different ages and create different things. I designed a book with the talk and interviews in it. For the display I pulled images and quotes from the book and placed them in picture frames I found at thrift stores that I painted. It was a lot of work and lots of fun. More pictures to follow.

Baby Blessing Dress

2009-03-16T16:10:00.001-07:00

I finished my blessing dress in the children's clothing class I'm taking. My big sock creature (made of hiking socks) is the only thing I have that could model my dress.

"Intricate" Illustration Friday

2009-03-11T07:10:00.000-07:00

The word intricate made me think of machinery and gears. Then I thought of the term gear heads meaning-A person who is interested in machines and mechanical objects such as cars and motorcycles. I have five brothers and they are all big gear heads. I created a repeating gear pattern and overlaid it on the drawing of my adorable brothers.

Count Down!

2009-03-05T18:55:00.000-08:00

I made a paper chain to count down the number of days I have left of school. I have 36 more days until graduation and only 14 more days until my BFA project opening. yikes!

"Instinct" Illustration Friday

2009-03-02T22:00:00.000-08:00

To illustrate the word instinct I used sea turtles. Right after they hatch out of their eggs they V-line it for the water. Then when they mature and go to lay their own eggs, they return to the exact same spot where they were hatched. I was reminiscing about the cute elephant pattern I did earlier this semester and wanted to take another shot at it, but with sea turtles.

Lady Bird!

2009-02-25T14:47:00.000-08:00

It has been over a month since we have seen him. We saw him flying around when we were getting in bed last night. Daniel calmed him down so we could get a picture of him. He has been living in our apartment for at least five months now. (sorry the picture is a little blurry).

Frames

2009-02-23T21:15:00.001-08:00

These are picture frames Daniel and I scavenged for at the local thrift stores. We painted them and I'm going to be using them to display my work (along with my book) in my upcoming BFA show. Daniel and I are going to be presenting our work together March 19th in the Spori Gallery from 7-9pm. The show with then run the rest of the semester.

"Celebrate" Illustration Friday

2009-02-18T20:03:00.000-08:00

The word of the week was celebrate and the technique I used was an oil paint simulation in photoshop.

Lizzy Dish apron

2009-02-17T19:17:00.001-08:00

This is an apron I made using Lizzy Dish fabric. It is also reversible.

"Time" Illustration Friday

2009-02-10T19:43:00.001-08:00

I tried to think of something different than a clock for "time" and I thought of a time period or era. I used the oil lift off technique again.

Big Baby Bib

2009-02-04T21:26:00.000-08:00

This is another project I made for my child clothing class. I was surprised how big it was, but i did make a smaller size that I couldn't fit over my head. I added the elephant applique using Elizabeth House's Lizzy Dish fabric. I thought it worked well for a bib.

"Flawed" Illustration Friday

2009-02-03T16:34:00.000-08:00

I used Philip (one of my sock creatures) as my "flawed" model. I used an oil lift out technique.

Bow Tie Buddies

2009-01-30T15:39:00.000-08:00

My graphic design teacher, Scott Franson, really liked my sock creatures so I customized one for him. The bow tie is real, on both of them.

Attack of the Love Sak

2009-01-29T20:45:00.000-08:00

The next day I found him munching on one of my sock creatures.

Word of the Week: Climbing

2009-01-28T18:05:00.000-08:00

Sloths were the first things that came to my mind when I thought of the word climbing. The technique we had to use for this assignment was the paper-cut look.

pale-ephant

2009-01-21T19:23:00.000-08:00

This is my first assignment in digital illustration. We had to take the word 'pale' from Illustration Friday's word of the week, and draw a picture using that as our concept and create the image using the linoleum block technique.

Our First Pet

2009-01-20T18:28:00.000-08:00

This little lady bug, also called a lady bird, has been living in our apartment since probably October. Every once in awhile we'll find him hanging out in the carpet or chillin' in the window. It's fun having him around. The other day I spent a good 20 minutes watching him crawl around our little pregnant onion plant. Daniel was able to snap me out of it so I could get back to my homework.

Baby Booties & Hat

2009-01-17T11:29:00.000-08:00

I made some baby booties and a baby hat for my child clothing class I'm taking, so if you are wondering, no, I'm not pregnant. I decided to have one of my sock peeps model them.

"Linoleum Block" test

2009-01-15T21:15:00.000-08:00

This is a technique I learned in my digital illustration class. It is meant to imitate the look of a linoleum block print. The design was strongly influenced by a T-shirt Elizabeth House did for Asher in the Rye. This was just a practice piece I did in class.

Sock Peeps

2009-01-14T17:40:00.000-08:00

These are the first three sock things I made. Noid is the red guy, Philip is the handicapped one, and noodle bear is the striped one.