Sharon Montrose video

 I recently saw this on The Storque, and loved 

seeing some of Sharon Montrose's personality!

Nikon D5000

This is my new baby! It's a Nikon D5000,

and it is purely bad... you get the point.  

 

It's so nice to finally have the product of all

that hard work in my hands!

So, this little gem has been helping me start my thesis project:

 I've been working on grabbing shots at old broken down buildings.

This one was taken at a very abandoned house right near school.

 

This picture was taken at the old Marshall Estate here on campus

property. I'm looking for some serious grit and grime to shoot

in black and white. There's something about black and white photos

that just feel so simple and textured. If done right, they're just so

quiet and simple... and I love them.

* fall *

Oh, I love fall... it's so pretty.

We visited the old covered bridge in Windham on Sunday.
What a beautiful day for a fall photo-jaunt!

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
its loveliness increases;
it will never pass into nothingness."
- John Keats

(The only reason I added a Keats quote is because
this movie looks really interesting).

via A Cup of Jo

Mad Monday, Anyone?

Today, October 19, 2009, is a true Monday.
This Monday morning kicks off the mother of all weeks for me, so here are some nonsense things that I love.

We went to see Where the Wild Things Are on Friday night.

FYI: totally not a kid's movie.
If I had gone to see this when I was 6 I would have been climbing up my mom screaming... especially when the Wild Things decide that they don't like Max and want to eat him... totally not cool (if I were 6). I, however, am no longer a six year old (shocking), and loved the movie. Spike Jonze did a fantastic job interpreting the book in a heart felt emotional journey of a young boy who's single-parent home has created some serious anxiety in him. It seemed to me that each of the Wild Things represented someone or an emotion that Max experiences regularly, creating a pretty heavy and somewhat sad plot line. It was sad enough that I cried when Max decided to go home to his house and mother! The music? Awesome... I can't wait to get the soundtrack. Would I watch it again? In a heart beat... just not with anyone under the age of 10.

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This little stinker is one of the many reason why this is going to be the mother of all weeks! This is one of my sculpture projects that's due this week... and I'm not even close to being done.
It's kind of sea-urchin-esque. It is so random... but I'm fond of it.

This is definitely going to be the worst thing.
I have to sculpt a human head. Boo. End of story.
(that's not my work... if it was, I'd be bragging right now.)

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Grace Kelly is gorgeous. . .

. . . and this dress is fabulous.
(both via K.I.D. Collective)

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Happy Monday!

Happy Friday! (kind of)

This is the busiest weekend of the year for IT!
All of the students will be arriving and needing help getting onto
our network... so I get work allllll Labor Day Weekend.
I just keep thinking about my 60hour paycheck!

love these!

(Old Soul New Heart)

(via A Cup of Jo)

So, I really liked these when I saw them on A Cup of Jo, and decided to share them. I love classy little vintage feeling things. They're quirky, cool (at least in my little mind), and feature bows! For some reason I love bows... just ask Mom about my Scotty Dog bow, and she'll undoubtedly smile.
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Mykonos from Grandchildren on Vimeo.

Found this video on Black Eiffel and thought it was really cool!

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Have a happy Labor Day weekend, and remember, just because it's September, doesn't mean we can't keep wearing white!

Texting While Driving

Finally Friday

These parents-to-be made a video about naming their baby...

and I love it! (via A Cup of Jo)

The New York Times has a huge collection of their readers' dogs!

These two guys (above) are my favorites on the site.

However, these two are my all time favorites! I took this the evening the family spent at Grammy and Grampy's house a few weekends ago. Even the dogs look serious! Yikes!

I've been trying to keep it organized here in IT the last few days, and I just can't seem to get ahead! It looks like a cardboard graveyard after getting several new printers and PCs. I can't wait for allocations to be over so I can get all this junk away from my front desk. (I say my and really mean IT's). Ever feel frustrated because no matter how much you clean and organize you feel like you haven't even made a dent?? I do! This office (above) has the right idea. It's simple, clean, and there's good looking vertical storage! Who's jealous? Yup. This gal...
(image via This is Glamorous)

Erin Jang is a very talented designer who's work really inspires me.

She has clean lines, great color schemes, funky and quirky ideas, and tons of beautiful print jobs. She's got everything from stationary, to invitations, to books, to her work in Esquire Magazine. Her blog shows all.

This is the kind of work I want to do in the future! Maybe throw in some photography and web design, and I pretty much want this lady's career... minus the Seattle part. Washington State + me = not so much.

This look is sultry and sweet. Love the hair, love the dress, and I love the marina. Somehow I don't think I could go to the store or hair dresser and obtain that little jobby...
(image via This is Glamorous)
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Have a happy weekend!

stuff from my muggy day:

It's hot out today... so hot I might melt into a puddle!

I always forget how all-over-the-place Maine's weather can be.
One day I feel like an ice cube and the next I'm dreaming of swimming in Sebago!

This looks nice and cool... and I want to go now.
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Here are some things I've been browsing this
muggy-humid-sweltering day:

Camilla Akrans has awesome photography.
I really like the rosy processing too!

I also love Bersa photography.
What would it be like to be a glam photographer who travels all over to take pictures of pretty girls in pretty places? If you didn't have a travel companion you loved, it might get awful lonely. However, if you did... it sounds like it'd be fabulous. (Akrans and Bersa via LundLund)

I found these pictures of Twiggy today, aren't they fun? I love photos like this, they're super fun. I'd hang these in simple black frames somewhere in my pretend studio-office. The place where all of my ideas float around and where I crank out awesome photos and prints and stationary and fabrics. Someday... I bet it'll happen. Oh, and my favorite quote by Twiggy? When asked why she was retiring: "You can't be a clothes hanger your entire life!" (hehe)


I've also been working today on some graphics. Since the office has been slow (knock on wood) I've been puttering with an idea that I cooked up while laying in bed last night. I really need to learn to resist the urge to drink delicious coffee past 8pm. At least my java-induced states of midnight delirium helped me come up with these goodies...

I like patterns a lot. This one was pretty simple. I just made a grid in Illustrator and got to work. I have at least six color variations that I have saved on my trusty external hard drive, but this one is a favorite.

This one is truly my favorite product from my morning spent in Illustrator. I want to print it on everything! I want to make a reversible duvet cover that's soft and smooth and cool and crisp feeling. I want to make a cotton skirt out of it to make my older sister model for me. I want to make a purse out of it (in several colors and fabrics). I want to change the colors, blow it up, shrink it down... etc.
You catch my drift.

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A couple of sites that were cool:

The Minimalist from the NYTimes has 101 Simple Salads.
Pioneer Woman gave me a refresher course in photography.

today is humpday: thank goodness

Today is Wednesday, and thank goodness for that. After working all weekend, my week is shaping up to be the longest I've had in a long time! Here are some things I'm finding interesting to start my mid-week morning:

Last night was the All-Star Game between the American and National Leagues, and the American League won as always. It was the first time me and the boy got to cheer for the same baseball team! (He's a Yankees fan, I've chosen the correct team--Boston).
(photo via NY Times)

Tonight is the final for my EMT-B class... eek!

Every day on my lunch break I watch TLC's What Not to Wear.
Should you be on the show? This quiz may enlighten you.

I love this necklace from Free People.
(They also have tons of fun clothes)

on the way to Meadowbrook

on Sebago Lake

laying in the grass at school

after a thunderstorm last summer

I've been looking through my old photos from classes and just random on-the-sly shots, and I'm realizing that I am obsessed with clouds. They're puffy, there's tons of texture, tones, and a lot of contrast to be captured... maybe it all stems from cloud watching when we were little. Regardless, I am obsessed with taking pictures of clouds!
(all pictures via my flickr)

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Cupcakes and Cashmere is a great little blog I found today.

The Polaroid Photography of Grant Hamilton is odd/cool.

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