I GOT IN!!!!! Art Institute of Pittsburgh here I come!!!!! I’ll be attending the Online division and going for Graphic Design, transferring & starting Jan 11th!! 
I’m very excited but for those of you who are wondering why the change from Interior Design, just know this. I’m not happy at MCC, and Its’ not for me. I love interior decorating, and decor and history of furniture, I’m still obsessed. But when it comes to a career, I don’t want Interior DESIGN, which is different, much more engineering, architecture and math. Not me, I’m not left brained enough. It’s boring and not creative. I want to be surrounded by art and by the product, more with selling. Which is where Graphic Design allows me to study Typography and learn programs like InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, which I can use for my blog, and learn advertising and art skills. I want to work for a magazine someday, whether I’m writing, styling or in marketing and sales, and the graphic design program will give me the skills I need to do that, and I just can’t see myself being someone who designs kitchen cabinets and flow of architecture. I’d rather style spaces for magazine shoots, or for a customer, doing decorating and writing about handmade goods, learning about letterpress, etc. I need to be surrounded by art and all things creative, and I’m not getting that through the interior design program, it’s not design at all in the way I want it. So this should make me more happy.
As for the blog, I will continue to write about furniture, decor and decorating and all things handmade, like I always have. Nothing on the blog will change, but I will show more of what I learn, no matter which courses they are! I’m very happy to finally be reaching one of my dreams, I have always wanted to go to this school:)
“Color is the greatest luxury of all…don’t be afraid of colors. Experiment with them.”
I don’t know about you, but this morning, I’ll be reading Lonny Magazine online, and reporting back with all of my great finds, and of course, pictures and highlights. Tell me what YOU thought:)
Here’s the link!
Check it out HERE!
So excited and proud to share with all of you!
{Image via Discoverinteriordesign.com}
Check out what I made today for class~! Graphic Design, Blooming Onions.
I’m loving the gray and purple combination lately, mixed in with slate blues, taupe purples, and deep aubergine. So wintery and lovely. What do you think?
I’m so productive.. just kidding. Here’s what I did in Graphic Design tonight. Like?
It says “I will love you” in French, I saw the quote on the movie The Proposal and I thought it was cute and romantic, and I love the grays and the muted tones… Romantic. I took two photographs from my collection, one I took in 06 of a ride at an amusement park and one of the eiffel tower that i took in Paris, and juxtaposed the eiffel tower so that it was the base of the amusement park. I like what happened with the image, but I’m not sure how well it’s going to translate for my project. We have to make t-shirts for Threadless.com, and submit them if we are happy with our finished products. So far the transition from photoshop document to t-shirt is not going quite well….Good thing we have time to work on this! Any feedback?
Today I went to the Second Storie Indie Market to check out all the goods, and first are pictures of the market and all of the great vendors, who I will be posted many interviews with soon, and then picks of all my lovely loot:) I got some fab letterpress cards, some prints and a pin, pillow and a cute bunny. It was amazing, totally inspiring and I great for networking with all of our local artists and etsy shop owners here in Rochester and Buffalo. I’m so happy to be surrounded by such cool people here, and of course, promote CreateH. Thank you to everyone I was able to meet and chat with today, you guys were great:)
And the festival:
And my loot:
Awesome, eh? What do you think?! go rochester!
Happy Thanksgiving, From my house to yours! Hope your holiday is safe and happy. I’m thankful for all of you for reading every day and constantly inspiring me:) Here’s some lovely photos from Country Living that I just had to share with you, showing some scenes from table tops of thanksgiving and floral arrangements. Enjoy, and tell me what you think!
This weekend, I’m psyched for Thanksgiving. Don’t get me wrong, turkey, stuffing….yum. But I’m even MORE excited for the Second Storie Indie Market, and the fact that we even have one like it in Rochester. One of my art professors invited me to it, she’s going to be showing her watercolor paintings and I’ve even taken Sunday off so I can spend the entire day frolicking around the market, picking up gifts for Christmas, and of course taking many, many photos to share with all of you. This place is like a live etsy, a market full of crafters, and printmakers, artists, photographers and fellow designers. If you are in Rochester, or in the area and have free time saturday or sunday, this is THE place to be! Check out the details below:
Details: Second Storie Indie Market
Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St., Rochester, NY 14607
Saturday, November 28, 2009 thru Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday November 28, 11 – 6 and Sunday November 29, 11 – 4.
