I've got plans...

Friday, I love you. Saturday, you kill my soul. Sunday, I'm sleeping in, dammit!





That should be my weekend in 9 letters. Hopefully I will return with new shoes, a paycheck and another blog post on the U of Sunday. Only 1 hour to go!

Oh, joy! (Truth vs. Sarcasm)

I went shopping the other day, and bought something really, really, really cool.



I think one of my favorite things to spend money on (other than shoes) is books. Specifically, ART books. This one is Art Now, Volume 2, Published by Taschen. I would write more about it, but it would be boring without being able to see the pages. It's one of those books you buy for the glory of the slightly strange, yet attractively glossy pictures within. So I'll write about something else instead.

At course today, I was working on a typography design brief, and it's really, really, really cool.



Sike! It's ridiculously tedious, and highly confusing. This is what I was doing today instead of working on it. But that's okay, we should be finishing tomorrow. In the meantime, I think I'm going to go home, and read my book.

Fingers crossed, it will balance things out.

September Monster Slacker

I realised I forgot to post up my photo of my final fibre arts display, like I said I would. *slaps self on hand* How much more irresponsible can you get? Not posting what I said I was gonna post. I can't be taking this seriously enough. I mean, it's the internet, for goodness sakes!



I just got my marks back today, and I got 90%... ^-^ So that's all good! I'm currently working on my Photography brief, which is due on thursday, so here's hoping I can bluff my way through that one. I really know nothing about photography, trying to learn how to use a D-SLR in 3 weeks is pushing it, I think.

Posted with much love (and need for sleep)

Custom Kicks! With bonus Vans Tutorial

I have been wanting to do this for AGES. Absolutely ages. And I finally had an excuse, thanks to MAKI, who ran a contest to win their new book.

Do you want to know how I made them? Really? You sure? It's top secret stuff... Ok then, here's a little tutorial for you!

Step 1. Draw monsters on paper to see how they look.

Step 2. Draw monsters on shoes with pencil. Begin painting with fabric paint.

Step 3. Paint more.

Step 4. And more. Don't give up.

Step 5. Outline monsters with fabric marker.

Step 6. Set paint with hairdryer.
Step 7. Wear.

I have a bit of a thing with monsters at the moment. I'm going to wear these lots in the future. Vans are so comfy, too! :)

I also have pictures from my final Fibre Art display, and my latest life drawing class, which I'll put up soon. Yay for shoes!

Killer heels part 1!

Okay, so my fibre art project is due this thursday, but I thought I'd put my working photos up anyway.





Here's where it starts getting messy...







Hopefully I'll get it finished in time. In the meantime, I'll be sitting watching paint dry. Woohoo!

Shoes, glorious shoes!

Yesterday, I bought 8 pairs of shoes. Yes, that's right. EIGHT pairs.

3 pairs were from various opportunity shops or thrift stores. They'll be used for my fibre art project.


2 pairs were brand new shoes I'm intending on customising. They're just for practice really, so I got one rubbishy canvas pair, and one leather old lady pair. Pure shexyness.


3 pairs of brand spanking newness were for me. Because I like shoes. And they were cheap. Number One Shoe Warehouse has awesome two for one clearance sales.


The best part of this is that I spent under $50. And that's NZD.
Plus, there's a cookie in it for you if you can guess both the cheapest and most expensive pairs!