Saturday, October 31

happy halloween!

my best attempt at a costume was as a "rocker chic": black, blue, & silver eyeshadow and teased out hair. my big outing for the night was to Target for candy for all the trick-or-treaters we DIDN'T have this evening. haha :) oh well - at least it was fun to play with my makeup a little. stay safe all you party animals.

Monday, October 19

on the corner of 8th street... (j/k)

so here's what I came up with! I was going for vintage 40s Hollywood glam vixen starlet pin-up girl: wavy hair ala Veronica Lake (which promptly collapsed about an hour into my five hour event, thank you rain), bright red lips (thank you Connie for making sure I didn't get it all over my teeth!), the back in vogue moon manicure (and here2), as well as sparkly jewels & pearls. Tried to win a gorgeous fur caplet off ebay, but failed miserably (the bidding soared way out of my price range). No worries though; I at least had a luxe velvet stole, which actually worked out just fine.



Big thanks to our local fashionista, Mrs. Gay Dorsey, for forcing me out from behind the camera man for a brief kodak moment myself, and for considering me worthy of her fashion blog! (I stole her picture of me for the bottom left of the above collage.) I wish she would have taken a picture of herself: she looked absolutely perfectly 40s herself. (If you are curious to see more photos from the night, be sure to check out her blog - she has a ton of great ones on there!) And thanks to Dad, as well, for again suggesting I should at least smile one last time for his camera before collapsing into my sweats, t-shirt, and bare feet. LOL

It was all terrific fun!
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Sunday, October 18

having a ball...

Last night I attended a black tie, 40s-inspired Gala in support of our newest local school: the Pacific Northwest University. It was actually a really fun work assignment (the company I work for was the Tribute Sponsor for the night), so my role was as the photographer's assistant for the night. Chad (Portraits For A Lifetime) would take pictures of the guests and I made sure we had their addresses to send their complimentary photo to them. This is the second event I've attended for work where I've assisted Chad and it's a really fun time.

(Ok, I just have to put a plug in for Chad, just 'cuz - he's truly a terrific photographer, great to work with, and his work is gorgeous - call him if you need a photographer. You won't be disappointed. And I don't get anything for saying that either.)

Back to the event: it was pretty neat to see everyone's take on the 1940s! I sure didn't know what the heck I was doing being a child from the 80s, but I grabbed some Veronica Lake and Dita Von Teese photos and did my best to channel the decade.



I hope to be able to post more pictures of my whole look and the event soon. Check back within the week!
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Sunday, October 11

"sorry, due to site maintenance your account is unavailable at this time"

withdrawals...... ok, so not really, but I haven't been able to access my facebook account for over a week now! and if you try to find me on there it will probably look like my account has been deleted (which I didn't!)

fb is being pretty cryptic about what the issue is...and what's taking so long to fix it:


I guess it's a small percentage of the fb population that's been affected, but yet enough to create a stir out on cnet, yahoo, and elsewhere. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10372417-36.html)

kinda frustrating, but what can I truly expect from a free service anyway? oh well.

sooooooo...just know that I'm still around (even if I haven't posted on fb or here for eons and a day)... :) I'll try to do better about at least some part of that!

nothin'.... (thank goodness??)