Lucy, I've Got Some Esplaining to doo. . .

Lucy, I've Got Some Esplaining to doo. . .

I know folks, you come here to read my knowledgeable take on high fashion, my exquisite execution of DIY projects, & my deliciously exotic home cooked meals. Yet sometimes you visit, and you find yourself asking, my dear, wtf has happened to her page?

Well I apologize. For me, half the fun of my blog is changing the look. One person tells me they miss Sandra Suy's illustration header and I say, gosh darn it your right what was I thinking!

So consider yourself at a wtf party when you visit my blog.

For those of you who don't know what this is, a What the Freak? party is a party where you don whatever random conglomeration of things you managed to dig out of your closet.

It is by far the most fun theme party of them all.

Apparently this is what my blog is to me lol.

So I hope you don't mind that you've been invited to this party against your will. :)

Below is a picture of me from a real wtf party.

I hope it leaves you with that entertained yet confused feeling of What the Freak?

Starstruck

Starstruck

You remember back before MySpace was the aging starlet it is today, before it was just one step away from being featured on To Catch a Predator?  They had those little cartoon emoticons so you could show everyone your mood.  They were always extremely lacking, like how can a little animated face describe the way I feel after working 40hrs and getting in a fight with my mom? The answer is it can't. I'm way too complex for your emoticons MySpace.

Anywhoo today I received a reply from my favorite new illustrator Sandra Suy and I wish I could post a big smiley emoticon everywhere!  I emailed her about a month ago to request a certain print and to ask permission to use her image on my blog. After the first week I was sad at the silence, but not surprised.  I mean this woman is great and my requests were basically pittance. Um, please pretty lady, may I use your fancy image on my little blogey-thing?

Well my frown has been turned upside down by her response today. She was so nice. She said the illustration I had seen elsewhere but not at her Etsy store for sale could be printed for me.  She also gave me permission to use the image on my blog, which you now see above. Woohoo! So again everyone head over to Etsy and buy her stuff. She is great. Maybe there's hope for Tuesdays after all.

O.M.G. Love, Art.

O.M.G. Love, Art.

In my imagination I am a lot of things. Some of these are true to reality and some are well, imaginary. For example, I often find myself shocked when I hear that I'm short.  I mean of course I face this obstacle daily.  Like when I can't find something and it's because my boyfriend placed it in a cabinet above my head that I can't see into. But in my head that doesn't happen. In my head I swear I'm a towering Amazonian. I'm the Chihuahua who barks at the Great Dane. Sometimes it's just embarrassing.

In my imagination I'm also an art connoisseur.  There I attend many swanky art shows, schmooze with the in crowd, and inhabit a great metropolitan apartment where I entertain nightly. In reality I go online trying to find something that isn't cheesy in my price range. Don't feel bad for me though, I do alright.  And when I don't I drown my sorrows in a nice vodka tonic. Life is good.

Lately I've been making some really great discoveries. Below is one of them. Fashion illustrator Sandra Suy combines two of my passions, art & design.  Her illustrations make me want to wear the clothes & hang them on the wall.

Her art makes me wish I could be any one of these women. Playing dress up, imagining myself taller. 

While I have seen Sandra Suy on quite a few sites, my introduction is courtesy of A Life More Fabulous