tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92053530395261413652024-03-13T09:52:21.665-04:00Strokes of Serendipity ♥Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222846168888083375noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205353039526141365.post-9164238212082576472013-05-21T12:00:00.000-04:002013-05-21T23:34:16.107-04:00Tea and Tell Tuesday: Darjeeling <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tea and Tell Tuesday is back! I drink enough tea to keep this section of the blog in business for years so let's do this! </div>
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The past few weeks in my tea world have been shared with my very strong friend, Darjeeling, from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India. Also called - "The Champagne of Teas" - Darjeeling is a little full of himself, but being quite a strongly caffeinated black tea, I get it. I tend to hang out with Darjeeling's black counterpart but the tea also comes in green, white and oolong. </div>
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To brew a nice, black Darjeeling tea:</div>
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- make sure you have a nice boiling pot of water - about 185 degrees</div>
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- rinse out your tea cup/mug with hot water</div>
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- add one tablespoon of tea leaves per 8 ounces (or one tea bag)</div>
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- pour heated water over tea into mug</div>
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- steep for 3 to 5 minutes </div>
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- Try it without milk the first few times to taste the fruity and brisk qualities</div>
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Darjeeling and I have become good pals but I am quite interested in his relatives green, white and oolong. Have you ever had green, white or oolong Darjeeling? How does it taste?</div>
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(1. Box of blank t-shirts received in the mail; 2. Dyeing day at the studio; 3. Dip dyed and washed waiting to be printed; 4. Designing the graphics; 5. Thrifted paintings bought for the frames. Used the frames for screens; 6. Screen burning kit; 7. Burning the first image; 8. When the bulb died, I found this to use; 9. Straddling the screen to hold it in place. Attractive, I know; 10. Printed shirts!)</div>
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The studio has been busy this past week! Mostly, I have been I have been working on this project for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Health-Simple-Is/236309376386268?fref=ts">Health Simple Is</a>, my Aunt Sue's nutrition business. We had a show at <a href="http://www.roomfullofsisters.com/">Room Full of Sisters</a> in Auburn, NY and guess who joined us? None other than Miss Kirsten Nunez from <a href="http://www.studs-and-pearls.com/">Studs and Pearls</a>!</div>
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I have missed this girl so much! We had a great time hanging out and of course, she brought a car full of projects so we could both work. Because we're crazy craft ladies.</div>
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A shot of our section of table above.</div>
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Have you ever screen printed before? Or dip-dyed anything? </div>
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p.s. To get immediate studio updates, follow me on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/mackenziegelina">@mackenziegelina</a></div>
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It was a night full of art, knitting, food, a community painting and lots of hugs. A few Fridays ago, we had the opening to my show - Wanderlost. Being my first solo show as a college graduate, I was sooo incredibly nervous and excited but it turned out wonderfully and so many people came out to show support.</div>
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These are just a few images from the night.</div>
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(Credit to Ms. Teska and my mom for the photos!)</div>
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The show will be up at the North Rose-Wolcott High School until May 31st available for viewing during school hours. </div>
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Above is the community painting that we created. How great is it!?</div>
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Thank you thank you for all of you who came out to support! And special thanks to Ms. Teska, Mrs. Allen and my mom who helped me through this entire gallery process! You guys are the best!!!</div>
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♥ K</div>
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This is the finished piece from <a href="http://serendipitouslife-kenzie.blogspot.com/2013/04/progress.html">my last post</a>. </div>
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It might be my favorite painting that I've done so far. </div>
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I will be posting more pictures from the opening of the gallery show later today. It was such a great time! </div>
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♥ Kenzie </div>
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Do you remember this painting in the top left corner? I've made some progress since my last post. Though I've been busy planning my art show, I actually remembered to take progress photos! Yeah, I know - I never remember to do that. If you've been following me on Instagram, you know this. But if not, here's a little update on that painting:</div>
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At this point (above), I still had no idea what was going on...</div>
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I started to see it here.</div>
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And now, I'm refining the details as you can see above.</div>
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If you read my last post, it might give you more of a wordy description into what my process is. But I hoped you enjoyed a visual look at my start to almost finish of a painting. I will post the final piece when it's complete! </div>
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Other than this, I have been working on two other paintings, as I said in my last post, and preparing the final details for my show. Food, getting work together, getting supplies together, handing out postcards and flyers... It's so exciting!</div>
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Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222846168888083375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205353039526141365.post-30068250462082629802013-04-18T21:22:00.002-04:002013-04-18T21:22:51.802-04:00Painting / Making a Mess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you've seen my instagram lately, you know that I've been hermiting away in my studio painting. It's a mess in here people. But that's how I work - with bits of tissue paper, pieces of photos and bottles of matte medium spread out around me as I stare at a canvas on the floor and music blasts through my huge headphones. </div>
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I'm still figuring out my process, honestly, but I try not to analyze it too much. After I took a painting and collage class at RISD, it all just started happening. It was a nice discovery to have it just come out of your hands with no struggle. I know they say that the best things are those we have to work hard for but this was a really great thing that came easy. Maybe I *had* worked hard before and I just wasn't using the right medium? </div>
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Anyhoo, I'm so glad to be back into the process and just enjoying it with no pressure. I just got totally lost in my own world the other day. So much that I worked from about 10 am to 8 pm. (I did take breaks.) That's why I wear my headphones - to drown everything out and be in my own head and in the moment. That way, I dont think about every little thing too much. I just do it. (Like Nike right?) </div>
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When I would work like this in school, it was the same way. I would get lost. Once, I was painting in my apartment - I started at about 9 pm - and I got so lost in the process and the joy of it, that the next time I looked at the clock, it was 5 am. Whoops. </div>
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Because of the drying time on each piece, I usually work on 3 - 4 pieces at a time. I use a lot of paint mediums and layers of materials. Sometimes a layer can take an hour to dry depending on what I'm using. I don't want to sit and literally watch paint dry! I move onto the next painting and just keep going.</div>
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Usually, I'm not looking at any specific landscape or image when I'm working either. I tend to start layering material until I see something and then go from there. This stuff can start out really ugly people. I'm talking bad ugly - a few random shapes or images on a page that have nothing to do with each other and probably a 1st grader could have painted them. (see: painting in top left corner) But the best thing about layers is that you can layer over them! The ugly turns pretty with more shiz on top! </div>
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I will delve into some techniques that I use a little later, but I thought you might like a peek into my process. </div>
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Do you paint? Is your process similar or way different? Would this giant mess drive you nuts??</div>
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Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222846168888083375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205353039526141365.post-57598601078210036892013-04-16T12:57:00.003-04:002013-04-16T12:58:34.285-04:00And the winner is....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey folks - We have a winner from the giveaway! </div>
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Dawn - please contact me via email (strokesofserendipity@yahoo.com) or facebook to receive your prize! </div>
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If you are not Dawn and are still yearning for a print, please visit my etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/StrokesofSerendipity">here</a>. Again - Thank you all!</div>
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Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222846168888083375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205353039526141365.post-25598019588093320532013-04-08T14:58:00.002-04:002013-04-08T14:59:18.154-04:00***Drumroll Please***<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And we're open! </div>
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I wish I had a real grand opening ribbon that I could cut, but a virtual one is going to have to do for now! Check out the new Etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/StrokesofSerendipity">here</a>.</div>
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In honor of Grand Opening Day (which is what today will be officially known as), I propose that we have a ***giveaway*** Woot woot! </div>
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The giveaway will last for one week, ending midnight on April 15th (EST). The winner will be announced on my blog on April 16th. He/she should contact me for which print they'd like and shipping information. </div>
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In your comment, please write what you have done. If you have previously liked my facebook page or followed me on twitter, it counts too - just make sure you write it in your comment! </div>
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<br />Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222846168888083375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205353039526141365.post-2531435971419065292013-04-03T20:31:00.002-04:002013-04-03T20:36:30.805-04:00The Real World:: This ain't no reality show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Post grad life is a funny thing.</div>
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While I was in college, I was so freaking excited that I was almost done with school. I was there for 5.5 years, ya'll. And RISD ain't no cake walk. </div>
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I thought of all these cool projects that I could do without the opinions of the professors getting in my way. I thought of the freedom to do whatever I want, whenever I wanted to. I thought of the hours and hours of sleep that I would be getting in my comfy bed at home.</div>
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Then I had my final critique and they kicked me to the real world. To be like, a real person 'n stuff.</div>
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I said goodbyes and had final drinks with friends.</div>
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I packed up my life in two days.</div>
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I drove 6 hours back to my hometown. </div>
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I slept for... a few days. </div>
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I moved my studio into my parent's basement. (and realized that I had just fulfilled the typical college grad stereotype)</div>
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I had a few omg-I'm-a-real-person-now breakdowns which my wonderful mother calmed.</div>
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I did yoga and meditated on my post grad life.</div>
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And then I started a freaking business. WHAT!?</div>
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That might have been the scariest thing I've ever done. I didn't even want to announce that I got my DBA because I was scared shitless. Super excited but let's be real - who isn't scared when they start a business? I hope at least some people are scared like me!</div>
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It's a whole work in progress. There are TONS of questions that I have been asking friends and family who have small businesses. I have been scouring the internet for tax and marketing advice as well as finding print shops that meet my (very small) budget. </div>
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Basically, right now, I have a DBA and the rest is... coming along. </div>
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While all this real life crap is happening, I am also planning a gallery show of my work and working on products that I will be selling in another show. Both of these shows are happening in the first week of May. Right. </div>
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To say I'm not busy is a huge understatement. But it's better to be busy than bored, right? </div>
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If anyone has a small business and would like to offer any advice to a girl just starting out, it would be extremely appreciated!</div>
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The Finale of the semester was a little crazy and really weird. I had to deal with the fact that this part was going to whoooosh by and in no time, I would no longer be at RISD, my home for the last 5.5 years. That was (and still is) a hard reality to face. </div>
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Though all those memories don't seem wonderful, they were. I miss all my textiles girls and guys and the late night bonding that could only happen in the midst of exhaustion. It was an amazing experience that I couldn't imagine being complete without each one of them.</div>
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This edition of Semester Updates includes embroidery projects, dyeing fabric, road trips back home, knitting, yarn shopping and beer (to keep us sane). It didn't get too tiring at this point in the game but it was the beginning of the real stressful stuff that makes Thesis Project so wonderful. This was the point when projects started forming and the finishing began. </div>
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See Semester Update #1 <a href="http://serendipitouslife-kenzie.blogspot.com/2013/03/and-im-back.html">here</a> and look for two more updates to come! </div>
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This incredible ceiling belongs to La Sagrada Familia, a large, beautiful Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. </div>
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What have you been listening to?</div>
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Send me anything. I love new music!</div>
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♥ K</div>
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Though my blog has been on hiatus for the past... has it been a year?, I am finally back! There has been a lot of changing in this past year or so, but I am ready to jump back in with ya'll.</div>
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The biggest change? I am officially a college graduate. Damn.</div>
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Still adjusting to that one. I'll elaborate on that later.</div>
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I'm going to try to update you on my last months of college through photos.</div>
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Part 1:</div>
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This will happen in sections as there are a lot of photos and I like to keep the suspense. But, along with more life photos, expect some changes around here! All good ones, I promise.</div>
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Glad to be back!</div>
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I miss you all! I know I have been away a long time but please bear with me a little while longer until I'm done with my degree project. (I'll be back in March!)</div>
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Until then, I have created a kind of inspiration board on my tumblr account <a href="http://strokesofserendipity.tumblr.com/">here</a> that I wanted to share with you all. Also, check out my Pinterest and Facebook page. You can access them from the buttons in the right column >>></div>
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I hope you all are doing wonderfully and are having happy times with family and friends during the holidays! Drink lots of tea and eat lots of candy canes! </div>
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Check in with me on my other pages if you're needing some inspiration. ♥ you all and thanks again for your patience!</div>
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♥ Kenzie</div>
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All that has been on my mind these past few weeks has been painting. I'm starting my degree project this September for Textiles and I have to have a proposal by the beginning of the school year. I just want to paint.</div>
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My idea of "painting" may be a little different than others, I suppose. When I say "painting", I don't mean just using paint. I like using collage and paint and fabric. Layers and layers.</div>
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Maybe I'll be a painter one day. Who knows.</div>
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♥ Kenzie</div>
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It started out small and then continued to grow and grow. I only started with a few plants. Honestly, I did. But soon, garden fever took a hold of me and things got real. The main idea was to stay in Providence this summer, but I had other ideas too that involved moving around, which is how my plants went from balcony garden to "traveling" container garden.</div>
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So, they rode with me. Tomatoes rode shotgun. Everybody else got in the back. The sunflowers (above) had to be tipped like this because they were about as tall as me at that point in time. (about 5' 7") Craziness.</div>
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When it comes down to it, I have learned a lot about gardening this summer. I've had container gardens in the past and they just somehow worked. This was the summer that I had to deal with extreme heat, no bees and making mistakes. It was worth it. Reading this post by the <a href="http://theherbgardener.blogspot.com/2012/06/when-you-kill-your-garden-plants.html">Herb Gardener</a> really helped me come to this conclusion though. I saw the title, "When You Kill Your Plants", and knew I could relate.</div>
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Even though I did kill a few plants this summer, and tortured a couple others who somehow survived, I am so addicted to this that I can't help but keep planting. Just this past week, I planted more seeds. I just couldn't help myself. Besides, if I can keep my balcony/apartment looking like this further into the fall and winter, there's no way I'm going to stop now. </div>
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For those of you that celebrate it, Merry Christmas! I have been enjoying time with my family and friends this holiday as well as recovering from the craziness that is finals week at RISD. It's been a nice break so far. </div>
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I will be back very soon with new DIYs and updates on life. I haven't actually fallen off the face of the earth yet, though it may seem like it! </div>
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p.s. That's my first <a href="http://instagr.am/p/binrQ/">Instagram</a> photo (yay!!!!!) </div>
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I know it may seem funny, but I'm not all about color ALL the time. I do love me some classic black and white and that is exactly what <a href="http://www.stringtheory.ws/">String Theory</a> loves too. </div>
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<a href="http://www.stringtheory.ws/">String Theory</a> is run by two amazing designers from Montreal, Canada. Using their limited color palette and seemingly simple patterns, they create these beautiful scarves and shawls that transform an outfit. Check out their winter collection <a href="http://www.stringtheory.ws/">here</a> or purchase one of your own <a href="http://shop.stringtheory.ws/">here</a>.</div>
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♥ Kenzie</div>Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222846168888083375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205353039526141365.post-36091259761648869012011-11-21T09:23:00.001-05:002011-12-03T15:42:48.421-05:00Annie Larson<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.allknitwear.com/">Annie Larson</a> is a knitwear designer and obviously amazing. I love the super bright colors she uses and how happy her models look in the photoshoot. If I had a clothing line, I would love to have bright, happy products like these! </div>
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I also love that she included her inspiration for these pieces on <a href="http://www.allknitwear.com/">her site</a>. It's so fun and interesting to see where artists get their inspiration from. This time being from a sheet of vintage mix-and-match stickers. Awesome!</div>
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I may or may not be a little obsessed with <a href="http://us.asos.com/countryid/2/River-Island/River-Island-Studded-Platform-Heels/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1788229&MID=35719&affid=2135&siteID=J84DHJLQkR4-jhE_R6_0SyHI.WuB5Ehu2w">these</a>. Studs on heels remind me of spurs on boots. Dangerous but super hot. I saw a pair like this today and almost died, so, of course I had to google it when I got home. I smell a new DIY? </div>
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I have been very busy in studio lately working on projects for class. It's been a little crazy. After Thanksgiving break, finals are in full progress which is even more crazy, so I'm trying to keep my motivation going to get as much work done before break as possible. It gets hard to keep the motivation when break is so close you can smell it. And oh, it smells so good! Like, freedom and sleep.</div>
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