hello, this is me.

i don’t have much to say, other than thank you. thank you all for everything you’ve done for me, taught me, put up with (ok, we all know you’ve put up with a lot!), and for being there through all the crazy. i am so blessed and so terribly grateful. i love and miss each of you!

hey remember that one time in third grade i didn’t want to be your friend anymore? i’m glad i forgot about that about a week later.

the nights when you would come over and we would lay in my floor and talk for hours were some of my favorites. i’ll never be too old for them.

i’m glad you still come over unannounced anytime you see my car in the driveway. and ok fine, i admit you’re not a side dish anymore.

remember that day in sophomore studio when i was upset and you tried to cheer me up and i still stormed out angrily? you’ve gotten way better at handling those situations now!

remember those days when we lived in europe together and i cried everyday and begged mom to let me come home? i’m so glad i got to spend them with you. i wouldn’t trade them for the world.

you were such an amazing roomz! i’m glad we finally built our blanket fort. maybe we can be roommates in london one day. i’m praying for you!

my ridiculous, crazy, want-to-be-hipster boyfriend you are amazing. sorry about being that girl that wouldn’t stop screaming when we swam with stingrays.

you have been my saving grace the past few months. but really, next time you cook eggs i will obliterate the yolks.

wow. it really seems like it was just last fall that i skipped my fish camp (a camp a&m hosts for incoming freshman and kind of a big deal), begged my mom to let me stay home a few more days, and bought myself a fish to keep me company in my dorm room.

and now? now i’m practically an old geezer (just kidding). i don’t want to leave my friends, and i still have a fish.

it’s been a weird few days! it’s hard to transition from having classes everyday, all day, to some classes, more homework, and tests you actually have to study for, to no obligations at all. no one prepares you for that. (well, ok they might, but i’m really hardheaded, so give me a break!)

as i was cleaning out some stuff in my room, i rediscovered a bracelet anthropology sent me for my birthday, a watch that always points to “me o’clock.” i have been wearing it almost every day since.

(random interruption: so i was listening to neon trees’ new album and my favorite line of all the songs is “i feel like everyone is trying to be a dj. i can also pick my favorite songs & press play.”)

i’ll be posting graduation pictures soon, so keep an eye out!

hello, hello!

for my latest project i decided to do some experimenting (again). i’ve been branding “chomp bin,” a company that makes snack bins out of milk cartons, and decided to use monsters “chompin” down (get it?).

you’ll have to wait to see the rest when i post them in my portfolio, but here are some of my original sketches.

i have less than a month of college left.

ahhhhhhhh! that’s crazy!

jarrod got to play photographer today, and we took a few graduation pics. here’s a sneak peek!

lovely, right? nah just kidding. you don’t get to see the real ones yet!

i. went. on. a cruise.

AHHH!

it’s certainly something that i’ve always been intrigued by, but was also too terrified to actually consider. and then there comes jarrod, inviting me to go on a caribbean cruise with his family. how could i pass that up? (also, he was very aware of my fear of cruises, so he knew what was coming.) needless to say, i went, i survived, and i LOVED it.

we started in new orleans and went to falmouth, jamaica, then to george town, grand cayman, and finally cozumel, mexico. the waters were breathtaking. i grew up near crystal beach, and if you know anything about crystal beach you know that it is anything but crystal clear. you can only see your feet in water up to about your ankles. i took way to many pictures of the water and probably said “look how blue it is!” about a million times.

so here are some of my favorite shots from the trip. thanks simpson family!

the beaches were absolutely beautiful. especially compared to what i’m used to (crystal beach).

my freckles started showing again.

don’t we look snazzy?

and we kissed stingrays. i don’t think i ever opened my eyes.

they even gave us back massages.

so there’s a sneak peek for you! all of my pictures from the trip are on my facebook if you’d like to hop over and take a look.

so this has consumed the last few weeks of my life, but fortunately i have finished! for now anyways…

so here’s my screen printed poster.

this was my first attempt at screen printing, and i had quite a few flops. on the upside, i did learn how to properly set up my transparencies for the next time!

here are some shots of my quilling and the final digital poster.

and here’s the title sequence.

i meant to post this sooner… oh well!

last week jill and i had a mini european experience. but it wasn’t really european at all. i say european because it was just us, planning a trip, packing our tiny bags, hopping on a flight, and going on an adventure. just like every weekend we spent in europe. anywho, we went to phoenix, arizona for the national aiga conference, a.k.a. “pivot.” (aiga conference = artsy people + lots of black frame glasses + moleskines.)

also, did i mention that it was basically free? we got funding from a&m for our flights and hotel and signed up to be associates (or volunteers) for the conference so we didn’t have to pay. we paid for food. and not really much of it because the conference supplied a few meals and we got a stipend for most of the rest.

and that’s how we roll. BAM.

so we got to meet some cool fellow designers, do some schmoozing with the big dogs, and make connections. and we may or may not have gone shopping a time or two… overall, an excellent week.

super excited for our sweet fleece vests and name tags.

i got hungry.

i got some awesome swag just from day one. and that doesn’t even include my FIVE POSTERS.

this is probably one of the coolest parts. debbie millman signed my sketch book. backwards. in cursive. super lightning fast.

i mirrored this photo so you can fully appreciate how beautiful it is.