On the Wall

Tony Katai takes very fun, unusual and beautiful portraits. His work is definitely worth checking out.

While browsing online today I stumbled upon Cass Bird, who takes incredible portraits. I can't believe I haven't been introduced to her before now. Check out more of her work!

Lately I've been trying to spice up my apartment, but like most 22-year-olds I don't have much money. What I do have is time and energy, so after doing some online research I found lots of cool ways to decorate for little money. My favorite idea was DIY's suggestion of curtain rods out of tree branches. After seeing the photo I immediately ran to my local park, found fallen tree branches of the proper size, brought them home and sanded them.

The only problem were my curtains. I only had bright red curtains (my bedding is cream/ mocha) and didn't want/ couldn't afford to spend money on new ones, so I decided to improvise here as well. I used Rit color remover to soften the color, and dyed them with Rit fabric dye in dark brown. I used four boxes of dye for four curtains (3 lbs. of fabric).

I decided to spray paint the branches for a more finished look, and it pops more against the dark curtains.

To save on over-priced curtain tie-backs, I decided to just use old bracelets that match my bedding.

I dyed my bedroom curtains and living room curtains the same color, so to avoid boring repetition I wove a scarf purchased from Goodwill through the top of the living room curtains.

The curtain-rod-branch idea got my brain in motion, and I came up with this idea to hang some of my polaroids.


You don't need lots of money to spruce up your apartment- just some creativity.

Lately I've been evaluating my passion for photography, hence the break in my posts. I haven't taken personal photos in quite a while, but I'm sure this is all just a passing phase. These are the last photos I took, during a summer storm the other day.

Chris and I finished our paintings of each other last night. It was actually a lot of fun, and I found out I can paint better than a small child. This project gave me the inspiration to try to paint some of my photos for a change of pace.





One thing's for sure, I know I can at least paint better than I can draw:

I've been really digging ffffound! recently and have come across some pretty cool images. Like with all image-sharing (and etcetera-sharing) sites, there's a lot of crap. But once you sift through the junk- which can sometimes be fun to look at anyways- there's some really great stuff mixed in. These are a few photos that caught my eye when browsing. I tried to give credit where appropriate, but since the site has so much activity I couldn't find some of the images again.

Saw this cute little guy on ffffound! and saw an uncanny resemblence between the two of us. See more of these cute little characters at Everyday Cute.