all strung up.

today wasn't the best monday of 2010, in fact, it may be one of the worst of the year, and most possibly, one of the worst in the history of me. how ironic that i posted such a colorful picture of beads that were so torturous to string... it took me a couple days to string up four or five, five-foot length strings. i have no clue what to do with them, but i'm afraid they're going to have to just hang against my windows for now, or forever. as for the rest of the beads, i am giving them to my bracelet-making cousins who might have something better to do with them.

for the people trying to catch a ride on the momentum train.

"What’s important is to find some movement. But maybe that depends. Because sometimes it’s good to stop as well. Well… Yeah…"
-Garance Dore, from her "first times" series post




 
and, other stuff in my week, crafts progress, goodwill finds, and brooke fraser show, to come soon!

giddy.

i didn't get to do much today, but i did dabble here and there with my inDesign (after ages of using the program!!). was playing around with possible etceteras for the blog design. since i've got nothing better to share today, here's something i kinda just played around with before deciding to call it a night--

*not the best image quality, i know--sorry!

offbeat tuesday.

here's a little upbeat song for those who are experiencing a slightly offbeat tuesday--

(too bad the full length vid of her new single off her FLAGS album isn't on youtube yet!)

gonna be watching this lovely lady thursday night! see you at the el rey, miss brooke!
hope we get pic-op again, will post my adventures if we do :)

thought you might want to know...

... a little bit of how we put "under construction" together....

(1) we did a little scouting, and voila, found the perfect location for our anticipated shoot! my little bro was my stand-in model for "testing" the area.

(2) i thought this little window was so beautiful, unfortunately we didn't use this section because a man was sleeping on a bench close by that day. (hehe!)

(3) same goes with this little section here, ... we couldn't possibly bother the exhausted man taking his afternoon nap on the lone bench in the area. but this was one of the sections i absolutely loved! felt a little european right smack dab in los angeles!

 (4) we were able to take a couple shots here-- beauty!

(5) and another fave, the electrical post... if you noticed on this picture -here-, on the top right corner, there was a little signage that actually said don't climb on the post, and we technically didn't, we just held onto it, which wasn't that safe either, such rebels! hahaha!

(6) our make-up stylist's treasure box! check her work out on makeupbycarmella.com, expect to see our fashion shoot on the website soon! 

 

(7) all-in-one studio!

 (8) one of our models having coffee while getting styled-- such a diva! haha!

(9) bringing on the fierce before the shoot!

(10) all-in-one make-up, hair, and fashion stylist, and flash lady-- our very own, carmella pacana, helping out our photographer, glenn espina

(11) our girls in action!

 (12) our models backstage!

(13) much love from all of us! xxoo!

hope you guys stay tuned for the launch of our very own style studio in january 2011!
also-- we hit our new fave store goodwill about a week ago, and scored some major deals! so for style steals, deals, and other fun stuff and tips, do drop by again soon!