The Life Pursuit: San Smith

Things I love Thursday

It is a small list this week + there is a lot of stuff I want to buy at the moment... Enjoy!

Pictured above: Power puff Girls & Dexter's Laboratory DVDs  |  Galaxy Leggings  |  Great Wave Leggings  |  Purple hair dye  |  Bjork Post Shirt  |  Mini cake pan  |  Colorful sneakers by Saucony

 Random notes of goodness 

- Some sad but good news - I found out today I didn't make it into the fashion show I mentioned. It was actually the first email I read this morning which kinda bummed me out for 30 minutes, but then I realized I this was actually not that bad! Now my trip to LA will probably be a lot less stressful, and I can do something different with my hair if I want to! I was wanting to put purple streaks in my hair, but I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to change my appearance in case I was accepted. Worries are gone! :D 

- The Scott Pilgrim video game! Holy crap this is hard. But I'm getting better at it... I love all the little animated sprites that are on the internet right now:

 

 

- Speaking of Scott Pilgrim - I was on Edgar Wright's flickr with my friend Jaclyn and Tony!! I had a super fan girl moment of squeeling in my office when I saw it online. 

- Hula hooping and fun exercises - Yesterday I was watching a tiny bit of TV while working and a really interesting fitness instructor came on and recommended some great exercises! I took notes and tried them out yesterday and today, and I really like how they make me feel stronger. I think maybe its using muscles that my light yoga and hula hooping doesn't use! That and its always fun to amp up the hooping - I really want to get a smaller hoop soon and try to learn tricks. Hooray for fun exercising.

- Hair bow buns - my friend Krysti posted pictures of her trying this out today, and I realized I don't think I ever shared pictures of my hair bow bun last month! I really like it and want to try to do it more when it cools down outside - right now its a little too humid and it looks funny after a few hours. It is a nice alternative to a sloppy bun like I normally wear around the house. Here is where I learned how to do it!

- Working on the post I hope to share tomorrow! I can't wait to post my ideas on making your own Ramona Flower's costume, plus links to buy subspace purses I've made and other Ramona goodies! I hope everyone enjoyes it as much as I do :D

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Things I love Thursday

 Random things I'm into at the moment 

• Loose tea! My mother picked up this tea cup for me on a trip and I finally got some proper loose tea from local tea maker, "Just add honey" to drink with it... and its fantastic! I'm so glad my friend Emma recommended this tea company to me - it makes the perfect chai lattes. 
• Artist Shintaro Ohata in Giant Robot - I thumbed through this issue a bit... I really want to go back and pick it up the issue so I can actually read the articles. Shintaro Ohata's artwork is beautiful!
• Cartoon Network Groovies - does anyone remember these? They were so cool back in the day and would come on in between commercials on CN... here are some of my favs: Josie & The Pussycats in several different musical styles, "Signal in the Sky" (for Powerpuff Girls) by The Apples in Stereo, and Devo's song, "Go monkey go!" for Powerpuff girls:

• Kevin Tong's Sex Bob-Omb poster - I picked up a $20 metallic version right before they sold out! I can't wait for it to arrive in the mail. I want to put it next to my mini signed Scott Pilgrim movie poster!
• Giant hair flowers, 1920's hair styles, messy curls and what not. I'm making a ton of hair clips right now inspired by all of this and I can't wait to share it!
• Beeswax Aromatherapy Tins - specifically the "Enlightenmint" scent! I swear it does something to my brain and helps me focus while working.
• Planning trips to LA and getting ready for my friend Kelly to visit from Minneapolis - exciting!! I finally used my skymiles today and my ticket to LA only cost $5.00 - how awesome is that?! And Kelly will be staying with me during some great events - so I'm sure we will have all kinds of fun adventures. I can't wait! More on that later.
• All these room photos. Gorgeous - please come decorate a room in my house!
• OPI's nail polish, "Catch me in your net" - my friend Emma gave this to me the other day and its SO gorgeous!! Teals, blues, and greens with a little bit of glitter... and best part is it will change color slowly from my hair dying it - so it starts to take a on a purpley navy shade! Adore it.
• Going on Tasty restaurant adventures with Chris! We have been using a lot of coupons from ScoutMob recently which has led to us eating outside of our regular spots. I've had a lot of fun trying new places!! Also trying a new beer with Chris last weekend - it was so cute! 
• My wonderful Scott Pilgrim friends. They have made all these parties a blast to work on!
• BJÖRK! I have been on a major Björk kick all week long. Listening to her music, checking up on her work with the upcoming Moomin movie (adorable video of her with Moomin and her kids), and watching old interviews. I looove this interview of her with Chris Evans in 1996. (I'd embed it, but it is disabled!) She sings a great live version of "I miss you" at the end of it too <3
• Annnnd this video on wearing what you want and being yourself. This lady is inspiring:

Music

• "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry 
• "Oh No!", "Hollywood" and "Are you satisfied?" - Marina & The Diamonds
• "Ramona" and "Threshold"- Beck (the Threshold link is kinda not great, so go buy the song and have a listen!)
• "Honey" - Hole
• "Boyfriend" - Best Coast
• This song:

Heypenny - "CopCar" from Paper Beats Rock on Vimeo.

What are you into lately?

Things I love Thursday

 Random things I'm into at the moment 

- Sewing!! I hadn't sewed in a about 4-5 years, and there were things I want to make for my etsy... so I decided to break out the old machine and practice! It took me an hour to remember how to use everything correctly, but I was able to hem two dresses to look cuter plus make a super cute mini vest with ruffle sleeves and a bow purse! Annnd I'm going to try to make some stuff to wear to the Scott Pilgrim party! Hooray for getting back into old hobbies.

- Soy "Chicken" - I ate the most amazing General Tso's vegetarian chicken the other night - I've never had anything like it! If I hadn't asked what it was made out of, I probably would have freaked thinking they gave me real chicken. So cool - it really upped my experience of being a vegetarian... I think I may have found a new favorite Chinese food restaurant! (If you are in Atlanta: I went to Golden Buddha in Midtown!)

"Cinderella Castle Dream Lights" - Photo by Joe Penniston

- Disneyworld over the winter holidays... I am so in love with this photo right now! It is currently on my inspiration board because I've decided I want to save up to go to Disney World for Christmas. I always feel so stressed out at that time of the year, and this past holiday I told Chris I want to go away and relax somewhere and celebrate with family over New Years... and I think I found where I want that to be! I haven't been to Disney World in 12 years, and I think it would be dreamlike all lit up for the holidays. 

 Bloggers I'm enjoying 

- Ms. Dee's blog, "Ghost Waltz" 

- Jessica Mullen and her positive "lifestreaming" 

- Janaí-Chanelle's adventure-filled livejournal - I actually met her yesterday for coffee and had so much fun! More on that later :)

 Movies, Youtube, and Video games... 

-Toy Story 3 - I saw this the other weekend and oh man - everyone told me I'd laugh, cry and love it... they were really right! It was such a cute movie - and I adored the opening cartoon, "Day & Night". I highly recommend seeing Toy Story 3 and taking a few tissues if you do ;)

- This video - so cute!

- Robot Unicorn Attack game - omg - words... I do not have them. I can't stop laughing at how weird this is!

- Hula Hooping classes on Hooplovers' youtube! Do you have any where you live? I really wish we had some here, this looks SO fun:

- A new Miyazaki film coming out called "The Borrowers"... (Thanks to Krysti Pryde for posting on this! I would have never known :B )

- Plus a Miyazaki video game for Ps3! I don't play a lot of video games, but I'm really interested in this! 

 Music I'm really liking right now 

- "Animal" by Neon Trees 

Internetty things

- Color Me Katie's Star Wars subway car improv - I wish I had seen this in person!

- Betsey Johnson clothing is going to be discounted on Ideeli starting tomorrow and lasting for 3 days! I got two really great deals on Tarina Tarantino jewelry there before, so if you like Betsey's clothes you should probably check it out! Even though I can't go shopping right now, I'm super curious to see whats available at discount :)

That's it for now! Don't forget to enter my giveaway to get 3 free prints of my work!

Things I love Thursday + Katy Perry and wallpapers!

I feel like I should put a disclaimer that I'm not a super huge Katy Perry fan... I like her aesthetics and a few of hers songs - I'm not very serious business about any singers really! However, I'd love to raid her costume closet. I'm really digging the look she had for her last cd with all the vintage outfits and fruit accessories - which is what inspired this! ;) 

With that said, here is July's desktop with the above image. There is even one for the iphone this time :) I'll probably be posting one more desktop tomorrow - it is halfway done but I just don't have time to share it today. Booooo.

    

As usual, this is for personal desktop/iPhone use only and not to be edited for any other purposes!

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Now onto the rest of the post!

New Futurama episodes - I finally watched the two new episodes with Chris the other night... I adore Futurama! I couldn't stop giggling. Unfortunately I don't have cable, so I'm having to buy them on itunes right now - but it was worth it to watch them! 

Krysti Pryde's X-Ray Vision - my friend Krysti finally started up her blog, and it is really fun so far! She talks about all aspects of neat geek culture - go check it out!

ZambiCandy's Shrinkle dress up doll - Cuuuuute! Zambi made this as a birthday gift to Shrinkle. :) 

Pop art/Comic themed nail art by SupaNails

"Pardon Me (Rocky Business Remix)" by He Is We 
This song is SO good. Love love love it. If you click the link there is a free download of it!

Also thanks to SoundlyAwake's "Car singing is Sexy" video on Youtube, I can't stop listening to Love Automatic this morning - but its kinda more clubby goofy to me... I keep picturing his Frankie character while I listen to it hahaha. Eeek!

Things I <3 that do not have links: Passing along kindness, Cool breezy weather in the evenings, replacement parts for your coffee maker (which I melted last week - eeek!), discovering better brushes in photoshop, homemade cheesecake and supportive wonderful people that I love.

Tumblr pictures I love right now:

By the way... if you ever recognize a tumlbr photo I share on my Things I love Thursday posts, let me know! Often credit isn't attached on tumblr, but I'd love to link to the original creator when possible. :)

 

And don't forget: 
 I will be doing live drawing demos and answering illustration questions every
 Friday at 1pm-2:30 pm ET on my Ustream channel!
See you there tomorrow :)
  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sanland/ 

 

Things I love Thursday / Friday Favorites

Alright - it's not Thursday anymore, but I still want to share this... So lets just call it "Things I love Thursday but more like Friday favorites" or something. Ha! I have so much stuff I'm excited about right now - I typed it up kinda quick and wont be able to review until after my live drawing demo... so I apologize if anything is typed wonky ;) Hope you enjoy this:

Random things I'm into at the moment

- Harry Potter
- Rooibos tea
- Bath Bombs! I haven't used any since last summer, and I think I'm feeling nostagic... Lush has some really great ones that have confetti and glitter in them! They are my favorite.
- Birthday celebrations
- Reading on the porch while it rains
- This Hippo skirt! 
- Colorful Sweaters - I have one in purple and one in green, and they really brighten up my outfits!
- Glittery resin jewelry
- Titanium Rainbow Quartz - gorgeous! I want to get a tiny piece and make a ring out of it or something.
- Colorful doughnuts
- Researching Children's books for an upcoming idea I have - and picking up one for myself! Whee, I love looking at picture books...they make me smile.
- Film cameras
- Glitter eyeliner and brightly colored nail polish. I don't have any glitter eyeliner sadly, but I hope to get some soon - I was admiring some the other day and I think it would look really pretty!
- Cowboy boots
- The idea of a "Pink-nic" from the book children's book, "Pink me up!"
- Nail Art - Here are my two attempts at it so far - yellow with pink bows and strawberries
- Swarovski Crystals... I just ordered an assortment from etsy to decorate my hair flowers. I can't wait for them to arrive! I hope I don't glue my fingers together...

Bloggers I'm enjoying

- Chubby Bunny - An old friend with a super fun blog! Check her out - Michelle is the cutest! She makes amazing plush hairbows, has magical rainbow hair and loves to have fun! Her posts are aways colorful and interesting.

- Betty Felon - Super cool gal who mixes her loves for comics and fashion into amazing outfits. She also makes some pretty sweet costumes... I can't wait to see what she puts together for San Diego Comic Con!

- Jetta Vegas - Another cute hair one... ;) Jetta is a pink-haired gal who has some excellent writing and great positive vibes! I'm really digging her posts.

- Stuff no one told me - Title says it all... little life lessons paired with illustrations. Hilarious.

Music I'm really liking right now

- California Beach Boy - The Dollyrots
- Bourgeois Sangri-La - Miss Li
- Saw Red - Gwen Stefani with Sublime
- Tightrope - Janelle Monae
- Nothin' on you - B.o.B. and Bruno Mars
- Love is all around - Joan Jett

Internetty things

- Sue Kreitzman and her studio on Advanced Style - yet another little old lady inspires me with her creativity. I seriously love the Advance Style blog for showing us all these fun people! 

- Make your own Scott Pilgrim avatar - This is mine!

- Flash Mob Opera! I love stuff like that.

- Discovering Normal Bridwell's spooky children's books: The Witch's catalog, How to care for your Monster, Monster Holidays. I have a book by him called "The witch next door", and it was one of my favorites growing up. 

Last but not least, Looove these photos from tumblr

Hope you guys have an amazing weekend! <3 Don't forget to check out the live drawing sessions today at 1pm ET ! You can read more about that here.