preparing for twenty eight.

second week in and most of my boxes are unpacked. scribbles in sketchbooks are accumulating,  sewing machine plugged in, and studio set. we've befriended the locals on our strip and have become regulars at the cafe next door. the inner west has that sense of aspiration in the air that was lacking in the west. but don't get me wrong, i've been missing home like crazy. i am so far from my safety net and i feel people are already awaiting failure. it's this misconception of happiness and succes that baffles me with some people. i've been having alot of impromptu catch ups with friends, and their perceptions of my life and expectations of where i should be in life have been a little more than disheartening. here's the thing about me, i am a simple creature. the images i post don't portray a fancy life, they're my everyday objects in my everyday life. and you should already know that i see things differently. to me, the ugliest things in life have the most potential of being a work of art. take this as a metaphor or take it as it is. people need to analyse their own lives before they let me know how to live mine. i had an old man who i say hello to everyday at work ask me, "how do you keep a smile on your face everyday? you're always so happy."i actually don't know the answer to that question, it seems to be my only facial expression. even i don't know how i feel sometimes. but right now i'm happy daydreaming and getting back into the swing of things with my art and designing. so the moral of the story is, i've got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one. think about it.

the terror held in wedding bells.

our David Jones bridal and Mother's Day windows have launched. come take a peek at our display work. you literally have to look through peep holes. and fyi to those bride-to-be's, there's some sort of bridal expo happening soon, i don't care too much about it but perhaps you do. enjoy.

all the cards begin to stack up.

the truth is, i'm finally ready to move on. in every sense of the statement. life is traveling a hundred miles an hour right now and i'm overwhelmed and abit nervous. but more so excited. i've decided that i will have to pick up the bridal projects again if i want to live comfortably in the new chapter i'm beginning. but in saying that, i'm not going to say yes to clients with 'budgets'. bridal wear is strictly business and that's exactly how i'm going to treat it. 

these are exciting times ahead. wait for it to unfold.

the happiness machine.

i think i saw this written somewhere and archived it,

i'm pretty sure i didn't come up with it myself.

"i want to fall through the cracks of the earth so i can see it in all it's beauty, fall right in and be a witness to the truth."