the lost holga pix...

When I got my first roll of Holga pix developed, they were a little screwed up. Since mine is the super manual wind version, somehow I got messed up on the numbering. When the store printed them, some pix didn't come out at all, and some had halves of two different pictures on them. Today I got a new scanner that scanes negatives! So, of course I rescued the pictures that were messed up. (somehow the negatives were right...just the prints were wrong.)

This was the original that I came home with:

And here are the /actual/ pix:

...and a few more that didn't get developed at all.

Currently I'm giving "Crap Cam" another try.

This time I'm using color film...and I think I did a better job at feeding the roll in. We'll see!

Cedar Point...

Best amusement park EVER! If you love roller coasters...seriously, you need to get there asap. HA! This year, we had full intentions to follow the recommended plans for getting the most out of your day. This means, as soon as you get there, go to the very back and work your way back. This also means not necessarily riding in the order that you'd want. As soon as we got there our plans were foiled, because the Maverick's line was out of this world! Also, the Dragster was closed and we didn't know if it would even open.  Somehow we ended up riding every ride we wanted to...in the best order possible: from least thrilling to greatest. (like any of them aren't awesome in the first place.) The Dragster ended up opening sometime while we were in line for the Millennium Force. So we hopped on over for the last ride of the day, which was perfect. Milennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster...best rides ever ever ever.

Crystal as we went up the first hill of The Millennium Force. 310 feet high. 80 degree drop.  93mph. YEA! 

Dustin and Holly suffering from extreme boredom in line.

Ah. Top Thrill Dragster. Best. Ride. Ever. 420 feet high. 120 mph. 17 seconds. 

Double rainbow all the way!!! 

Super pretty ferris wheel!!!

I was just thinking how happy I am that we live driving distance to this park.
What would we do if we lived out west or something?  ^_^

Nifty Thrifty...

There are three major thrift stores within a few miles of my house. . . but there is one that just feels like home to me. Is that weird? I dunno. It's just the one that is the most familiar to me and almost always has awesome stuff. Love!

The Salvation Army Thrift Store - Butler, PA

Today I got this really cute vintage glass. I wish there were more of them! I also got this great royal blue polyester dress. It needs a few alterations, but it was only $1.50! That's a post for another day.

Where is your favorite thrift store?

current music obsessions

Hands. I can't get enough.

My Epic. This new album is acoustic. Just brilliant. 

Death Cab. My favorite song from the new album.

Don't Wake Aislin. Ok, I promise I'm not pluggin this just because I did the art work from it

 Ever since I got the album, I can't stop listening to it. Love every song on this EP. 

John & Amanda!

John & Amanda - 16x20 Acrylic on canvas

The cutest couple EVER. 

All the best John & Amanda!

You have been a true blessing to me and my family. 

Hottest week EVER...n stuff.

Fisheye fun for ya...even though I did not take these pictures this week, it totally looks as hot as it felt.



This week was seriously unbearable for me. We don't have central air in our house quite yet (we're working on it). So all week I was confined to my little one room studio that has window AC. This was probably a good thing, because I had lots of work to accomplish. Stepping out of the room was so painful...it took my breath away! Blaaa. I hear that this week is going to be muuuuch better. I'm so excited! If you didn't know, I'm a fall/winter person all the way. I thrive in it!

Update...

For the first time in over two years, I am commission free!! What a great feeling! I am SO VERY thankful for all the requests I've had recently. I appreciate you all so much, and treasure these opportunities in my heart. In saying that, I am very excited to take the next few months work on some new...completely random paintings! I'm also gearing up for fall craft fairs and Christmas. I'm having a blast ordering tons of supplies. I'm going to be a busy girl in August, and I can't wait. 

On a completely separate note, here is a video I found yesterday of my band playing at Cornerstone!

Video courtsey of One21Music.

Bare Branches Cornerstone 2011 from The ONE21 Music on Vimeo.

Action Sampler!

A while back I won this Action Sampler Camera in a blog giveaway from oh my deer!
I finally got a roll developed and...

I think this might be my favorite toy camera yet! 

Here's just a few from my first roll. 

I LOVE how the top right picture is always a little over exposed!

This camera not only takes super fun pictures, but it's the smallest of my toy cameras.

I love it because I can just throw it in my purse and it doesn't weigh me down.

Favorite.

Puppy yawns!!

By asdfjesskl

By amnesic_kid

By gregheo

By What's Your Meme

By blinkofaneye photography

By Kpop

By eileen_ocon1

*dies of cuteness*

Tour Memorabilia.

Don't Wake Aislin - Album Art!

Well kids, it's finally here. After working on this project for over a year...it's here! It was so hard not to post progress pictures through the months!! It's so gratifying to see my paintings printed and complete. Gosh, not to mention the Don't Wake Aislin's new EP totally rules. It's an honor to be a part of it!

To get a hold of your very own copy, visit Don't Wake Aislin's shop HERE! 

Cornerstone 2011!

I don't have a super huge amount of Cornerstone pictures like usual, because my memory card filled up. I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with it. It didn't hold even half of the amount that it normally does. Oh well. Here's a few memories. . .

One of the highlights of the week for me, was delivering the paintings to Don't Wake Aislin. I almost cried! 

Dan Smith of Listener.

We got to perform on Gallery Stage again. The power was out and we almost didn't get to play! Thankfully it came back on, minutes before we were to go on. 

We sang a little back up for Sean Michel's old time gospel sing.
Amazingly fun time. This dude was on American Idol! :D

and... one of the most amazing moments ever at cornerstone. Listener's 1000th show celebration!