Have I mentioned that Instagram is kinda fun?

Cause it is.

Octo-monster in-progress sculpture!

So I started sculpting a little octo-monster today out of Sculpy... its got a little ways to go before I'll say its good to go though.  Also, I've just discovered that Instagram is kinda cool.

Birthdays!

I really like making my friends things for their birthdays (well... also, just in general...), instead of just buying them something, because I feel like its more personal and hopefully it means something a little more to them (did I mention hopefully?).  Anyway, here are some of my more recent birthday creations...

A TigerKittyMonster (that's right, its a plushie!) for my dear roomie, Jess:

And a FancyMonster for Terran (who recently had a very fancy wine, cheese, and chocolate party in celebration!):

While I'm at it...

Here's the monster card I made for my dad this past Father's Day.  Uninteresting fact: this photo was taken with my iPhone waiting outside an airplane terminal.

Stage designs and things.

So, the past few weeks of my life have been absolutely non-stop... things are finally slowing down though and I can actually pause to breath and catch up on things.

The play was a few weeks ago, and it was really well put together.  My feelings on how the set turned out, though, can more or less be summed up with one word... "meh".  I would like to defend my dignity though by whining that I only had a small amount of time and very limited materials to work with...

...And yes, that is the Tokyo clock on the floor there.  Whoops.

Yay!!

So my dear friend and roommate, whose name also happens to be Jess (her parents named her well, I must say), recently ran a 5K and was the first girl to cross the finish line (I am so proud of my roomie!).  Annnd because of this... I made her a monster :)

 

 

Set Designs!

So I was recently asked to help design the set for an upcoming performance at our local theatre (I like spelling it "theatre" as opposed to "theater" so much better because it makes more sense in my head... also, it just feels so much more proper). The set is a Greek hotel and the show will showcase all the local dance classes/groups with a storyline to thread all the dance performances together.  Here are my sketches!

 

The last sketch (the one on the bottom) is the design that was chosen.  It's certainly going to take some work but I'm excited to see how this whole things turns out.  I've never taken on a project of this sort which means that I'm excited to be working on it.  The show opens up in two-ish weeks, so it's going to be go-go-go...  Anyway!  The stage so far:

 

As you can see, it still has quite a ways to go :)  (The photo was taken with my phone, so its not the best...).