11.12.10 0
I'm in Dujour!
Hello most patient people in the universe!
Check what appeared in Dujour mag!
Here's a preview of Dujour. If you love it, you can subscribe here!
Thanks Brittni for the love!
17.9.10 0
Meet a fabulous lady... Melisser Elliott
Melisser is not only a cruelty free cosmetics blogger (that's a long definition). What's more, she's not only a very generous and fantastic lady (she's replied to my queries so quickly and lovingly). What Melisser really is is a vegan make-up genius that has managed to construct a reliable, ridiculously precise list of what we vegan ladies (and men) can wear on our faces. And I mean, reliable to the point of being more exact than what most companies PRs will send you.
For instance, did you know that M.A.C.'s matte lipsticks are vegan? I definitely didn't. So squeacking of joy, I bought two colors. Then I saw "Carmine" written on their box, I though, oh, dear, missinformation. So I told her I had actually read the box and that sadly they weren't. You know what she did? She informed me that M.A.C. uses a generic box for their products (a bit like when you buy chocolates, the box will have writen down the ingredients for all of them at once, and you'll never kow if the dark chocolate ones are vegan or not). And! She fowarded me a reply to a letter she sent M.A.C. about it with the lab analysis of what's vegan. I mean, she is a super star. Thanks a lot, Melisser!
3.5.10 1
Thanks Einat!
Einat, from Israel has a lovely blog called DesignBreak and has included my Hair portraits in it. Thanks and keep up the hard work!
5.3.10 0
Hand/Eye Magazine: Barbie under the needle
Thanks so much to Keith from Hand/Eye magazine for being so generous with his time.
And thanks again for publishing the article. (I hope you guys like it, I don't use this blog to publish long texts, so I am very excited to see the text in such a great place!)
If you don't know this publication, go check it out! I'm a subscriber since number one and the paper editions are BEAUTIFUL.
9.2.10 1
Elle Decor! Super mega yay! (or bad self-promotion gone good)
Yeah, that's the Lucky Candles in the Elle Decor Blog from South Africa!
Nonetheless, I feel like there's a lesson to be learnt here, so I'll tell you the full story of how this happened.
When I was studying in CSM they were very good at telling us about self-promotion. Basically, the message was "they won't come looking for you (there are thousands of designers being vomited from design schools every year), you need to go and present yourself". That's really true, boys and girls. So I try and make a habit of contacting bloggers I honestly admire and show them my work (you can see some advice on approaching blog editors, from the horses' mouth).
This, as far as I have seen, causes two reactions: polite silence or enthusastic blogging. Now, when I approached Heather Moore (aka Skinny LaMinx) about my work, I did something very stupid: I sent all the blah, blah, blah and forgot the pictures, so I had to go back and send a "i'mreallystupidbutherearethepictures" mail. That's BAD on anyone's book.
Heather was terrifically sweet about it, joking about how I was trying to get her attention by bombarding her email account, and still posted the candles on the Elle Decor blog.
So what have we learnt? If you want to get your work seen, promote yourself. If you want to promote yourself, double check if you send your pictures. If you f*ck up, pray it's Heather who you were emailing. Thanks, Heather, for everything.
21.1.10 1
Busy, busy, busy!
I had to study a chair (Graphical Analysis and Geometrical Reproduction), I had to design, write and make a small book on design (Design I), and now I have to create a free-themed sculpture (Sculpture I). So what did I choose to do? Something easy? No! I have decided to cross-stitch a whole Barbie doll (it's meant to be a comment on what being a female is like, I was thinking of calling it " Man, I feel like a woman!", but we'll see). Bear with me, it's due on Tuesday (legs and arms to go, head about to be finished).
PS: Thanks to the fabulous "The Science of Design" for posting my work!
19.10.09 1
"Moving Graffitti"
A friend at university passed this to me.
Awesome, isn't it?
And SO MUCH WORK!
By Blu and David Ellis.
Thanks, Anna.
2.10.09 2
Mati Rose
Remember I sold my first PaperBling yesterday?
Now, that's awesome by itself, but it so happens that Mati Rose is a bold, energetic, crazy, colorful, fantastic, fabulous artist.
Check it out by yourselves!
1.10.09 0
First Paperbling
My first PaperBling sale just happened. I'm thrilled to bits!
I've done original collage panoramic postcards to go with them...
Oh, happiness is a wet stamp!
7.3.09 1
Yeah! for Etsy
The secret is out...
I've written an article for The Storque!
I'm over the moon!
5.3.09 0
I'm back
Oh, dear internet. I cannot believe I've finally made 10 minutes to log in. It's been pure madness lately.
In the meanwhile, Cloudery has posted Katherina in her super-cool blog, M V S E V M. Thanks so much!
27.2.09 0
Thanks, again
Thanks to The Storque, Cositas Serias, She can't decide , Scoutie Girl and Hey Susy.
You guys blooming rock. :)
31.1.09 2
Thanks, Krista!
Krista from the amusing and cool "Badder Homes and Gardens " Blog has been keen enough to feature my hair portraits. Thanks a ton!
12.11.08 0
Thanks, thanks, thanks!
Uh! I've got soooo much to tell you all today.
Firstly, a massive, heart-felt thanks to both Alyssa from Penguin and Fish and Dylan from DylanS for being such great people.
Alyssa has put this feature in her blog. Not only she's one of my fav bloggers, but she also creates these too-cute-to-be-true kitties.
Dylan, on the other hand, not only creates these Pop culture vynils (and drawings, and t-shirts), but also has curated this absolutely outstanding treasury (including my High maintenance!).
Thanks again, to both. You rock!
15.10.08 0
Thanks for voting!
Thanks to everybody who voted on the name poll.
It's been an overwhelming YES, so it's official:
This blog will from now on be known as Nosideup or No Side Up (does this look like another poll?).
I kind of like Nosideup all together...
Bear with me until I've designed a decent new banner! (unless you adore this one, it's provisional)
And thanks again!
PS: giveaway, facebook, you know... :) (left column)
