i'm completely in love with dish towels. they're so pretty. i'll be getting these chick towels the weekend after easter when they're on sale. :)

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in school we are required to submit a portfolio before graduation. i've started to put some polish on some of the pieces i've been working on. i'm creating an ad about the death penalty in the US and using amnesty international as my "client". I wanted to get a feel for some of the other ads they've used in the past. as i was browsing i came across the ad above.

if there is nothing i take out of the program at UB it's to make sure that there is always a concept. wow, does this ad do this. it gets the message across, it's strong and uses it's surroundings to convey even more of a message. bravo to this designer.

i made this for my last class assignment. i really like the way it turned out :)

i was relaxing in starbucks during my lunch. I go there, sometimes just to sit and get away from my dull, lifeless, no color, no windows office. they don't really seem to mind. today, a particularly long day for me and there it was on the back of my latte "the way I see it #26". inspiration on a cup...and it sort of sums up how I'm feeling about my job right now.

"Failures hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever." -Po Bronson

Thank you Starbucks for the reminder, but in the tough economic times I'm thankful and incredibly appreciative of my monotonous job. I know I can do something great that will help the world. If nothing else, I feel like I'm moving in the right the direction.

in an effort to make every piece of my portfolio beautiful i'm using the following guideline:

"you can't shine shit"

I startled myself awake at 330 because i was dreaming about people shooting at each other. I stayed awake because my dog was crying. She hurt her leg somehow last night. It seems to be doing better now. I've been panicking all day about the amount of things i have to do by next Monday. 20 things on my list...all time consuming. I thought my day would be horrible.

When in fact, it wasn't. I'm really tired but was able to conjure up enough energy on the ride home from school tonight to sing and dance in the car. Sometimes that is really all i need to make myself feel better.

Happy 1st Anniversary to my blog! :) I love looking back of all the beautiful things that i've posted. It's a great idea to put lovely things all in one place.

Also- I always sternly put my foot down about how I will not be celebrating valentine's day. I like to believe that the person you are with should show you how much they love you all the time, not just on one "you have to do it" day of the year. I still believe that....but i can't help getting really giddy that Consta and I will be spending our very first valentine's day together this year. We're just spending the day together and nothing could be more perfect than that.

Consta and I had our photos taken at Boordy Vineyards in late November by our friend Leah. She is an amazing photographer. Thanks so much Leah!!

Consta and I have been thinking more seriously about buying a home. We plan on looking sometime mid fall. The exciting thing is finding all the beautiful things I want. First on the list is this utensil holder to match my canisters.