Rainbow Black
Creativity and Encouragements
Another one bites the…
Okay, so I finally got another day off. Yay!
Somehow it seems the time isn’t worth the amount of money I’m getting paid, but what’s new.
Anyway, I don’t have anything to show. Well, I do, but I haven’t uploaded the picture to my computer yet, cause I’m lazy.
I’ve been on a cooking spree lately. Day before yesterday: made french bread. Yesterday: made cinnamon rolls with cream-cheese + orange frosting. Today: Orange Dream Pie.
I was actually very impressed with the Orange Dream pie today, it went pretty fast, too!
I just took an old recipe for Vanilla cream pie, halved the amount of vanilla and replaced it with orange extract. It was sooo tastey.
I love love love Orange Dream milk shakes, and since I don’t have enough money to drive all the way to the store to buy orange soda and vanilla ice cream I decided to make this. And it was perfect. Absolutely perfect.
I’m also trying to get back into studying Japanese… but frankly I can’t get my mind focused on it. It just seems so boring because I don’t know where to start, so I’m literally repeating what I already know, over and over. And, every book begins with different words. The basic is “konnichiwa” but everything else is different, so it’s difficult to tell where to start when using a different course to try to further what you already know. :/
I think that’s all for now.
Seeya.
Since #5 is supposed to be boobs (or more precisely: a naked female upper torso) and I think this is supposed to be for guys (meaning that if they can’t see the boobs they’re gay) does that mean all the lesbians who keep re-posting this are unknowingly straight?
And that I myself am actually a lesbian?
Hmmmm……
(Source: opheliasg, via paperlaced)
And So…
To make good on my “promise” I’ve fulfilled my 80’s day… I even used a banana clip and leg warmers! But, it pretty much looks like today’s “scene” fashion.
Also I got somewhat creative this morning and made Hot Cross buns with different flavored icings. These things get eaten so fast in my house, which is pretty impressive because my family tends to act like everything I make is poisoned if it isn’t stereotypical “American” food.
and also.. I took a picture of my husband’s handmade hard-bound book!
Since Forever Ago
Yeah, I haven’t updated this for a few weeks and for a few reasons:
1- I’ve been really busy with work… and a court case
2- I’m not allowed to talk about said court case just yet
and
3- I don’t really have anything to post.
I want this to be an artistic blog. With art, textiles, creations, DIY, cooking and even makeup. But I have a really bad habit of making things… and then never taking pictures. And then giving those items to somebody. For instance, I made an amazing neck-wrap for my extremely fashionable sister.. and forgot to take a picture before giving it to her. Yeah… I suck.
BUT!… I have finally gotten some time off from work over the weekend and will be taking some photos of the (very first) hardbound book I’ve (ever) made for my husband on Valentines day with a hand embroidered faux-leather cover and all! It’s amazing I love it and kinda wanted to keep it for myself… :(
And also, I’ve been on an 80’s trip for the last half-week. So tomorrow I’ll be trying to some kind of modern-stylized 80s-esque fashion tomorrow. If it goes well and I like it… I’ll post images. Especially since I got my nasty skin to clear up quite a bit (yay!).
On a side note for things I hope to do in the near future… since making the hardbound book, which I’ve wanted to make since I was in middle school but always thought it took specialized tools and knowledge, and discovering how easy it was.. it’s encouraged me to rekindle my want to create other things:
1- A hand drawn animation
and
2- writing, singing and recording a song (and using the animation as a the MV)
to name a few.
That’s right, I plan on throwing some more wanna-be singer crap into the large pool of wanna-bes that populate this world wide web. I won’t deny it…. I just hope it isn’t as bad as some of the shite I hear here and there.
So.. for those imaginary people who actually read this (because i know you only exist in my head), look forward to some more stuff! Yaaaayyyyyy…..
Work and Creativity
It’s been a few days.. been working.
Some photos of my latest TEXTILE work!
I feel like such a granny. I’ve been making tea cozies for my tea set collection. That’s right, I got a collection o’ tea sets. I also made a neck cozy for my brother in law. I have two more to do and then I want to make two scarf-shrugs, one for my sister and the other for myself. AND THEENNN… I have to make a hat for my brother. Fun Fun… lots of knitting to do. I’m their personal sweatshop apparently…
Neon orange pumpkin with black cat and spider. I want to put a leaf and curly-cues on the other side…
My lily-pad cozy with a crocheted flower on top.
And my husband modeling the first neck warmer I made for my brother in law!
the same people who say racism doesn’t exist anymore..
just happen to be the same people that say “I don’t find blacks attractive.”
or ”how come black people are so loud?” and when you call them out on it they come up with a bullcrap response like “I’m not racist. You should see (insert person they know here) now THEY are really racist.”
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Did anyone every think that it’s because the people who don’t notice your race don’t stand out as much as the ones who scream about it?
In a room full of 30 people, 5 of them are giving you bad looks and treating you badly, who’re you gonna notice more?
I’m NOT a dark skinned person, I’m quite the opposite, very pale. But I know racism because I went to a school with a certain type of minority (I won’t tell which but it wasn’t “black”) who would throw stuff at my head, call me names in their native language and tell me how minorities are going to gang up and kill all the whites. I’ve even had people yell at me to get a tan and tell me I’d look so much better if I had darker skin.
So maybe it’s very selfish to think that dark skinned people are the only one who get “racist” comments and actions toward them.
Stop being racist and thinking racist and ignore those who are. Or else you are no better than the ones who have put you down.
(Source: dallastar)
Dragons!
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!
Photo comes from: http://www.waterdragoninc.com/Feng%20Shui%202012.html
Year of the Water Dragon, whaaa!? Yeah!
I’m an Earth Dragon and my mom is a Wood Dragon, I’m so excited for this year!
Anybody wearing something special for the new year? Anybody excited?
Dragons are considered lucky, so I’m hopin for some luck this year.
If I was dressed up I’d take a picture. I think I might actually go get prettied up just to take photos for you, but I make no promises.
Unpredictable Weather
Unpredictable weather in Colorado today… but is that anything new? by the photos I took today you would’ve never known that we had a bit of a snow storm for a good two hours or so.
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I’ll post more of these later… so I don’t spam a bunch of photos of the same tree in one post. That’s right… most of them are the same tree.
A lot of girls have sent me similar messages about this fear of being looked down upon for hand made dresses or for not feeling like a “true” lolita because what they have is handmade.
“I’m honestly terrified of meet-ups. I want to go so badly but I think that all the girls there will look down on me because all the lolita I wear is handmade…” -Anon
“I really want to get into lolita more, but I’m broke as hell. So I thought about making my own dresses, but then I got scared about people who might judge me if it doesn’t look as good as store-brand” - nerds-rule-the-world
“I feel awkward calling myself a “Lolita” because all of my lolita clothing is handmade and I haven’t bought ANYTHING but a few socks and accessories.” -Anon
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you that no Lolita will ever look down on you for not buying Brand or even Brand replicas. Because those type of girls are out there and I’m certain you’ll eventually come across some in this hobby. But for every one of those types of girls, there are three times as many girls that will back you up. Not everyone has the money for those types of expensive dresses and there is NOTHING wrong with improvising, buying cheaper, or making your own clothing. Don’t ever let those Elitist girls scare you out of doing something that you’ll love and enjoy!
^This.
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I’ve honestly had this same fear. That something with my homemade dresses would be scrutinized and gossiped about behind my back by other brand-whore lolitas. I’m not the best seamstress, I definitely make mistakes.
But a way that I kinda got over this fear is by knowing that I have more talent than any of those eliteist girls will ever even try to have. They’d rather buy cookie cutter clothes from famous shoppes then ever try and be creative. Back before lolita became such a big fashion, most lolitas DID make their own clothing. A lot of Japanese lolitas still do! So, in a sense, I feel better for making my cheap clothes…. I’d rather look original than wear the same sugary carnival that every other lolita has.
On that similar topic of creating your own clothes. I want to start printing my own fabric and sharing tutorials online for how to make your own cute prints. For all the other DIY lolis. I gotta save up some money before I can do that, though.
(via shadesoflolita)
About Me
This is probably a post I should’ve made on day one, but, most times I feel like people don’t really give a flying squirrel about it.
Well, too bad! I’m going to tell you anyway…
I’m currently a 23 yr old living in Denver, Colorado. (Or at least near enough to say I do). I’ve been married for a little over a year now and although things have been tough I’m enjoying it.
For the past three or so years I have been living below the poverty line, while not only supporting myself but my husband as much as possible. We’ve moved around 5 times or so in the last two years due to our financial state as well as some family issues that have seemed to bloom as of late.
Other than my financial difficulties I enjoy art in every form possible. I’m very critical of artwork… I don’t consider a dot in the middle of a blank canvas or paint being splashed/vomited back up onto paper art. I love fashion, music, drawing, painting, makeup art, sewing, knitting, crocheting, embroidering and all things DIY.
I’m a vegetarian and hope to go vegan again some day. I went vegan once before which cause my anemia to spiral out of control a bit, resulting in angular colitis and a bit of pica. My choice to be vegetarian is not so much about health, it’s more about beliefs. I have no “religion”, I’m just spiritual. I’m fascinated by all organized religions and believe that they all contain some truth - but that it’s been twisted by self-serving humans.
I tend to be a woman hating feminist. I think the world is still very sexist and I hate when women are objectified, but I also hate when women of the modern ages are basically fighting for the right to prostitute themselves out. Neo-feminists need to study history and get their brains straight. They’re fighting to destroy everything their feminist mothers worked to create for them.
So now you know “me”… and “me” is off to bed.
