Still out on The Seas

Let me tell you, a new blade on an exacto makes ALL the difference. It was cutting through paper like it was fresh butter you bought just so you can have it on freshly baked bread...mmmmmmmmmmmm.

I wanted to make a better detailed ship on my first project, but it was too small and I thought that my exacto wasn't up to the challenge (but with this new blade, it might be). So I made this guy

The pages are from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and it's about 3 3/4 x 5 in.

There's a book sale at our library today. I'm hoping it will be old books and not newer ones. I'm also making an office appointment with the head of our Art Department so I can talk to him about where my art is going and what I should do to further push myself and if I should get a studio space on campus.
For the pushing myself, this project was a bit of a beginning for that. I've been making my designs and drawings more detailed and intricate, so it takes more skill and precision to cut out.

In other news, it's been rainy and cloudy here!!! (she says as the sun's rays start to break through the clouds.. stupid sun.) I wore a sweater yesterday, and today I'm wearing two! I only hope it will stay cool enough. I still have an entire drawer full of sweaters that have been waiting for cold weather (and the sun just went away again! YAY!).

I've been thinking that I need to start getting more into photography. I will need it to be able to document my work as an artist. The first thing would be to get a good camera. The one I have now is pretty bad, even cheap newer point and shoot digital cameras are better. We'll see, right now I've been getting help from my photographer friends, but I can't rely on them forever....

I think I'll play my ukulele now. It sounds like a wonderful thing to do.
-Brenna Kathleen

Fairy Princess

             
                       I haven't done an outfit post in a while, mostly because over the summer I wasn't with my photographer. And now that I'm back in school, it's hard to coordinate schedules and homework time for photo shoots.
However, today after church we finally had time for pictures! And It's a good thing too, I absolutely love this dress. I picked it up at a thrift store for about $9 this summer, and had it with me as my banquet dress in Germany.
I've been longing for a pretty white dress, and this one is gorgeous. It reminds me of a modern take on a Jane Austen dress.

I also had fun taking silly indie shots. The lamp just happened to be the perfect monochromatic prop.
I also had the perfect outfit to wear my paper crown with. I made it last week out of some pages from my Complete Works of Shakespeare book that I bought for a project I'm making for my illustration class. I took out the entire Midsummer Night's Dream to save for latter so that I can make another one.

excuse the odd expression, this was the only close up I had of it :]

Needless to say, the moment I put on the crown with this dress I felt like a fairy princess who had leaped straight from the pages of a book.  Now I'm going to be flitting around my room, creating a tiny magical land from my fairy world.
I'll take pictures and show you all my little world when I finish it.
-Brenna Kathleen

Outfit Post Brought To You By My Blurry Mac Camera

Since I'm home I've lost my most amazing photographer (and best friend and roommate) Jojo, who is working her little Lois Lane tushy off back home in Minnesota.

Also since I'm home, I've been hitting the thrift stores and been putting together outfits like crazy! It's why I love breaks. I don't have to worry about people staring at me and asking me why I'm so dressed up. And I don't feel like I'm parading around in the classroom or cafe. I'm just chillen' around Coronado or going to get last-minute travel items from Target with my Mom.

This outfit came together after I found an amazing striped top at a thrift store recently. There's been  a stripe bug going round the blogger circuit, and I'm afraid I've caught it.
This look is inspired by two of my favorite blogs  Lulu Letty and A Thought is The Blossom.
The two lovely ladies of these blogs always have the best looks, and they all look so comfy!

I don't have the best of legs to wear the cute high-waisted shorts that would complement the look better, and my modesty wont allow me to feel comfortable in shorts that go above my knee. But enough excuses. The pictures don't even show my whole body...

I was excited to be able to wear this great necklace from DearBeatrice.

One that I actually won in a contest at A Thought is A Blossom!

The bag is a new thrift find as well. It's weird. really weird. And that's why I had to have it. I'm pretty sure someone stitched that creepy cat and flower border by hand. I love the quirk and individuality of it!

Only one weekend separates me from Germany!! I'm driving up with a few of my teammates to Orange County on Monday, and then we'll be leaving Tuesday!!
My flight schedule says that we fly from LAX to Heathrow and spend about 3 hours until we catch our next plane to Berlin.
3 hours in England. The country I've dreamed about and waited to visit my whole life! ... and I can't leave the airport.

But that's alright. I'll be back. You can count on that :]

Besides, I'm going to GERMANY!! I'm not the type of person who gets excited about things. I am excited, but I'm a pretty reserved person. Things don't really make me show excitement unless it's like I'm there with someone I haven't seen in a while and means a lot to me, or Disney's new World of Color show (made me misty eyed that one did, and it wasn't mist from the 40ft. wall of water in front of me).
I'm sure I'll be excited when I get there.

I also don't really like airports. So the dreading of that could possibly be blocking the excitement at the moment.

I'll most likely update again when I get back, if the jet lag and almost instant work schedule doesn't completely overpower me.

-Brenna Kathleen

I Fell Asleep And Missed The Circus...

It's Sunday!  The roommates and I usually get a bit dressed up to go to church, and after we took a bunch of cute pictures around our dorm.

Click the "proceed" to check out the pics!


As you should know by now if you're a follower of this blog, is that I am NOT in any way a model. There are actually very few pictures on here compared to all the ones we took.

I wanted to go for a bit of a circus-y look with this one, it would have worked better if I had my mini top hat and tulle underskirt with me at school.

 

  

A detail shot.  Joj always loves to borrow this necklace, so it's not surprising that she wanted a shot of it :]

  

We took pics in the elevator. What you can't see is Kenny around the corner pressing the button to make the door stay open

This is probably my favorite picture from the whole shoot!! We're the perfect trio for Charlie's Angels

Have a great rest of the weekend! I'm off to do some homework, drawing, and don't forget the weekly Sunday Starbucks run!

-Brenna Kathleen.

P.S. The title is a true story. The one and only time I ever went to the circus as a child, I fell asleep during the intro, and missed the whole thing. I was really sad when I found out. Maybe I'll have a chance to go again someday...

Outfits!! Yay for fashion!

As you know, I've made a change to my style recently. I've posted lots of pictures of inspiration, but I have yet to post what has come of my amazing trips to thrift stores and online purchases....


Last semester seems like ages ago! I hadn't even figured out my look yet, but I did wear this little number. A snazy vest from Macy's, Harry Potter glasses, a velvet bow clip from my childhood, and my Kingdom Keyblade necklace from the Kingdom Hearts video game.

 

 

This was the first real super cute outfit I wore this semester. The skirt was a recent purchase from H&M, the shoes are from a thrift store, and the bag was some awesome random thing my grandma had in her closet!

 

( I know, the skirt looks awkwardly hiked up in the back. bleh)

 

Next was my super cute Valentines outfit! I was super excited to wear this dress. I got it at Ross, and the shoes are my dream shoes I found online on QVC!!!

 

Keep in mind that I'm a horrible model, so all my pictures look super awkward.

I'm super proud of my bow! I was always a stickler for "princess bows" when I was little. My Dad was the only person who I trusted to tie one for me.

Me and one of my lovely roommates, Kendall. I love that she's all "yeah, I'm sexy..." and I'm like "Look! I have a gun!"     oh... and *** follow the stars to the bottom!!

Yesterday I was a nerd's dream! I wore my Super Mario tee, a blue cardi with ruffles, Lego hair clip and ring (made by moi), my usual purple high-top Cons ( not to mention the yoda socks I wore under them), and smelled like a wonderful library full of books.

 

And I couldn't resist taking the pic wiht my beloved Darth Mug, and my trusty Mac.

 

And today I finally wore the most beautiful sweater I have ever had the gift of wearing! It was given to my by a wonderful friend of mine in a huge present made up of clothes/shoes she no longer wore. Now, she is a very tiny woman, and I'm a not so tiny woman. So it was a bit snug around the uhm... *ahem* upper rib-cage area.... So I thought I would never be able to wear it. Well, today I pulled it out and my roommates then informed me that I could wear it with the top buttons un-done and with a tee under!!!

 

  

(This is pretty much how all my pictures turn out... again, I'm a very awkward model)

(detail of the beautiful applique and my unicorn necklace from modcloth that Jojo gave me for my birthday!) 

  

I'm always trying to find an outfit I can wear my awesome fur collar-thing with. The roommies say it's a total no-go. But I like it!

Then we just had fun with Jojie's photo skills and my bowler hat :]

                                              again.. **** follow to the bottom! :D ( or just remember this and read      when you finish...)

  

Next, we had fun with color-select on the camera

 I like to call this one "Failed Attempt at Camouflage"

That's it from me today! Sorry for the overload of pictures!! I hope y'all enjoyed them!!

-Brenna Kathleen

P.S. As I've been taking these pictures and putting a post together. My wonderful roommate, Jojo, has been my patient photographer, and is also posting her own fabulous fashion escapades! Go check her out here. She's a very talented writer and is a kick butt Lois-Lane-snappy-dresser

**** I couldn't help but add that these two pictures make me feel like Mrs. Peel and John Steed from The Avengers!! I've been trying to explain the show to Kenny and Jojo, but they just don't understand awesome British television the same way I do :]

Sometimes Inspiration Is Just A Turn Of The Head Away...

I can't wait for when I move out of a dorm and get to decorate my very own home. But for now, I know that this is where I'm meant to be, and college isn't going to last forever.

But that doesn't stop me from thinking about my future home. And sometimes I stumble upon inspiration right here in my cramped little dorm room...

 

as I was studying the other day I saw these colored pencils all together and I thought, that's it. These are the colors I want in my home. Along with buttercup yellow in my kitchen :]

I know this is a weird picture. And it shows off my super messy bed (that I'm usually sitting on as I post, like right now), but today I looked at it with three of my obscene amount of cardigans and the color of it with the bright sunshine coming through just gave me such a fresh release. Even with the little space, and no ability to change it up as much as my artistic soul longs to do, it's still  my room and my bed. And I love it. 

Besides, who wouldn't love having a beautiful roommate like this to cheer you up everyday?

Happy Valentines tomorrow! I have a new song I'll be posting in honor of the holiday.

-Brenna Kathleen

My Own Home

I always find inspiring images of places online, but I also find lots of inspiration in my very own home. My mom is one of my favorite interior designers. She and I have the same tastes for vintage things.
So I thought I'd share some pictures I took of my home. Keep in mind I'm not a photographer.


These images are from the general house area...






These are taken in my older brother's room...




And these are from my room...





The gnomes shown are Sunday, Michael, and Eiffel with Arthur in the background :]
I've written about my gnomes, right? I collect them....and name them...... I have 36 now! People always look at me differently when I tell them about my collection. They think I'm going to use them as an army and kill them in their sleep.

But I only do that if they've done something to upset me.

-Brenna Kathleen