tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88727127339550654372024-03-07T01:53:00.165-05:00With Michelle ArmasHiya, I am Michelle Armas. Painter, dork, goofball and design lover.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.comBlogger1047125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-67602900029973495822017-05-30T11:11:00.002-05:002017-05-30T11:11:33.010-05:00New YORK bitches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was last month, but I still wanna talk about it ok! You guys know my friend <a href="https://www.karinabania.com/">Karina Bania</a> right? If not consider this a virtual face slap, get with it! She is an engaging artist, and a great friend to me as well as a partner in crime of the highest order. In any case, we wanted to go check out the <a href="https://affordableartfair.com/fairs/new-york">Affordable Art Fair </a>so we did. We spent the week shopping, eating (we ate french fries every day) sampling ever single mezcal cocktail we could find, looking at art and planning.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">A particular highlight was meeting </span><a href="https://helendealtry.com/" style="text-align: center;">Helen Dealtry</a><span style="text-align: center;"> and seeing her studio and meeting her studio mates. Ive been a fan of Helen for years and years, you may recall my talking about her scarves here before. I sent her a message on instagram after Karina and I set our dates for the trip and just asked her if she would want to have lunch. She was down, and how I have a little british crumpet of a friend who I think is the sweetest, most lovely and wonderful human. See, the internet is awesome. </span><br />
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I am such a huge fan of her nudes! I want a huge painting to hang in my house, and I think she should take sittings and paint nudes don't you? I would sit for her, we would laugh sooo much I think.<br />
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Look at this beautiful desk! She said that sometimes she looks at her hand and can't believe it can create such art, I love that so much. Her talent is so innate. I was so inspired by her color swatches too, I could create paintings just with those colors forever and ever and never get tired of it.<br />
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Speaking of colors, the ombre shelves at <a href="http://mociun.com/">Mociun</a> were a very fun to go through, I picked out a few things I wish I could buy.<br />
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While Karina and I were in Brooklyn we hit up the amazing, incomparable, so refreshing and inspiring and endlessly interesting show <a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/georgia_okeeffe_living_modern?gclid=CjwKEAjwsLTJBRCvibaW9bGLtUESJAC4wKw1KJon0HCvcl9nf_rkQg3U1sR5fupjcGVKyNriTuh4vBoClRzw_wcB">Georgia O'Keeffe Living Modern</a>. Curated by <a href="https://www.apieceapart.com/apiece-apart-woman-wanda-corn">Wanda Corn </a>who I learned about because she was featured as a muse for <a href="https://www.apieceapart.com/about-brand">Apiece Apart</a>. I have to say that the clothing in the exhibit was my favorite part. I could almost see Georgia wearing them, living her life. I filled me with excitement to just be near them. (you may remember that I tried to convince The High Museum of Art in Atlanta to do a Sonia Delaunay exhibit back in like 2003 and I wanted clothing to be a huge part of the exhibit, but they kinda just thought I was a loony, so the lesson here is that I love looking at old clothes ok).<br />
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This photo, this whole show made think about the legacy Ill leave behind one day. Mostly for Alia and for my family but mostly I am never photographed. Lucky Georgia to have such talented friends who captured her in portrait so many times, looking at them, and looking at her face change and age with time through the photos was very powerful. That unapologetic, direct gaze. I could learn a lot from her.<br />
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You can see better photos <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=brooklyn+museum+okeeffe&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0jZvk_pfUAhVEeCYKHWdaCo4Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=1275">here</a>, my phone began to die like right way, naturally.<br />
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Next we went to visit my friends at One Kings Lane. I have been working with them from almost the beginning, and I had never visited their amazing showroom! Did you know that the office from the movie <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=The+intern+office&tbm=isch&imgil=BvyOT00TCcnNaM%253A%253BoaGWcqdEF66GOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ladolcevitablog.com%25252F2016%25252F01%25252F25%25252F10307%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=BvyOT00TCcnNaM%253A%252CoaGWcqdEF66GOM%252C_&usg=__W7i17zxoleOkWnIu0u4XOT9N1u0%3D&biw=1536&bih=1275&ved=0ahUKEwjY8Pah_5fUAhWCPCYKHcCUCtsQyjcIMw&ei=-pctWdiLDYL5mAHAqarYDQ#imgrc=BvyOT00TCcnNaM:">The Intern</a> was inspired by the OKL offices?<br />
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We saw some beautiful photos taking shape, but really seeing the art rooms, and hanging out with cool people was the best parts.<br />
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Ill do another post on the museums, because I don't really have room to keep laying down photos!!<br />
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Ill leave you with this photos of me peacing out.<br />
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Hey loves, if you haven't done so already, be sure to <a href="https://www.michellearmas.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up">get on the list here</a>, and get first dibs on new pieces coming out this week in smaller sizes. I'll have a few 12x12, 18x18, 24x24 and even a 40x40.<br />
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Many of these pieces are an exploration of oils and inks on canvas. For a long time ive been experimenting to see if I could recreate pool paintings onto different kinds of canvas and linen. I was craving a new line, new marks to mix with the soft pools and I felt like the raw, nubby canvas and linen was perfect for drawing so I figured out a way to make pools onto it!<br />
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I hope that you like them as much as I liked making them, please let me know your thoughts!<br />
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Hey guys! Wanna come visit my studio? Hang out with me and Alia? Buy paintings and prints at deep discounts? Sure you do.<br />
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Come visit <a href="http://jessicadurrant.com/">Jessica Durrant</a> and me at <a href="https://www.michellearmas.com/">my studio</a> on Sunday December 4th at 11am. Mimosas people. BOOZE. I have prints, and paintings and you can enjoy really deep discounts.<br />
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Some new work you haven't seen yet, and that will for sure be available to check out in person, and up close and take home with you!!<br />
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Digitalism. 48x48 inches mixed media on gallery wrap canvas.<br />
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30x33 raw linen, ink, acrylic and soft pastel.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-6664664977132449352016-08-08T13:42:00.003-05:002016-08-08T13:43:12.948-05:00New Prints in house today, plus get 20% Enter coupon code THANKYOU to get 20% off any print in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MichelleArmas?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Etsy store.</a> This sale will last for a few days only, so get on it!<br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-64751519190154996302016-07-25T21:28:00.001-05:002016-07-25T21:28:18.992-05:00Trust the MagicI <a href="https://www.michellearmas.com/collections/trust-the-magic-series">created a body of work</a> based on the idea to trust yourself even if you or maybe more so if you fail. It sounds like melodrama to me too ok. But there it is. We are all our own penny dreadfuls. Thats just life. Or maybe what I mean is that you can define failure anyway you really want to right? So maybe for me failing is something as innocuous as not paying attention hard enough, or pushing an idea far enough or settling for making basic bitch. Ok, actually what I am saying is that I created a body of work from a place of being vulnerable and tired and confused and saying to myself "I trust you Michelle, we are going to figure this shit out."<br />
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Nerd Corner: Its like when Harry Potter made his giant Dementor defeating patronus in the Prisoner of Azkaban because he had already seen himself do it so he knew he could do it. Siiiiiiiiiick<br />
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I decided last year that I was going to make things happen, get the globe spinning and damn it all to hell. Its happening. I love this going fast, not really knowing how its going to end up, seat of my pants business. I think having Alia has made me an even bigger risk taker than I was before. Its like well here we are, if you have an idea of a life you want you better make it with your own two hands. I have her life to think about now too. I won't be the best mom if I am not the best version of myself now will I.<br />
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You can see pieces in this series <a href="https://www.michellearmas.com/collections/trust-the-magic-series">here</a>. Along with my new website, boy that has been a labor of love let me tell you. I am not good at making technical stuff happen. Let this blog stand in testament to my technical inertia for I am still using blogspot. Surely she is mad they whispered. Yup. Crazy like 2005 baby.</div>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-32948551439768953652016-06-17T11:37:00.003-05:002016-06-17T11:37:55.332-05:00Minimal Silk PaintingsLife has been a little bit hectic lately. And as a result I am craving muted colors, and lots of negative space. This is where my new silk pieces come in. <i>(I will be putting this series of silk and linen pieces online when I launch my new store in a few weeks). </i><br />
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These are the kinds of pieces that I want to hang in my own home, like today. I love the tactile quality of them, even the transparency of the fabric, and the slight bunching on the sides, to highlight the luminous quality that the threads have. There is a touch of gold paint, and smudges and stains and a few deliberate and graphic pencil marks. I would love to see these sold as a pair and live together in a chic home surrounded by calm and love.</div>
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I just can't wait to show you my new website! New logo! New paintings! Also, a new secret project/collaboration I have been working on that is for your west cost peeps. I am simultaneously brimming with excitement, and so in my head + distracted that I slipped on my front stairs this morning and yanked my neck all out of alignment. I was on my way to the gym, and I need to go there regular like to keep the ol back slightly less ol. </div>
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Features that I am excited about: you can sort paintings by medium, substrate. Elegant design and quickly get prices emailed to you right then and there, and coming soon special limited edition prints.<br />
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After I have a fancy pants person make the necessary modifications to make it perfect then it will go live and only people signed up to my <a href="http://www.michellearmas.com/newsletter-sign-up">newsletter</a> will get special treatment.<br />
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I didn't always love art deco, even growing up visiting south beach a lot, I never appreciated what I was looking at. A few months ago in Havana I was arrested by the beauty of the art deco buildings, they seemed to look all the more elegant for being neglected. (Its also about accessorizing well, I mean those palm trees are just the thing right?)<br />
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Switching gears to gaze upon this elegant mansion. I feel like <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/series/poirot-s12/">Poirot</a> is going to waddle out and politely demure to swim with the other guests, using that opportunity to study them and come to miraculous conclusions that we only find out about in the very end. But. Look at those sexy curves.<br />
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I love these rugs, one is like the intro to a scary movie and the other is search beams lights and hypnotized spider rings. Beautiful colors right? I want to put a silver metalic leather something on that, and a sofa in a tight geo pattern in like indigo or something. Super trippy right?<br />
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The only thing missing from the photo down here is a vase with dahlias in it, black ones.<br />
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There are so many of these elements in my paintings. Round, swooping movement, simple repetition, arches in thick and exaggerated scale, geometric elements and bold colors. <a href="http://greggirbygallery.com/art/sage-48x48-on-gallery-wrap/">This piece</a> has a lot of art deco influence, so does <a href="http://stellersgallery.com/art/details/i-stole-the-keys-to-the-sky#.V1TPDJMrJBw">this</a> one.<br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-18231212301398568342016-05-25T07:00:00.000-05:002016-05-25T07:00:15.144-05:00Works currently available at Stellers Gallery Ponte Vedra<a href="http://stellersgallery.com/artists/overview/michelle-armas">Stellers gallery</a> always seems to want my brightest pieces, and some dramatic ones as well. They currently have some very special pool style pieces, or waterscapes.<br />
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Leap Day 48x48 a drippy, water logged pool painting.<br />
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This piece is called I Stole the Keys to the Sky, and it lived in my home for a while. I miss it! 36x48 inches acrylic, and soft pastel on canvas.<br />
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Many people have asked me "what happened to your dotty style of painting" the answer is nothing, its right here! I moved away from my dot style because I was seeing it everywhere and it felt strange, so instead I explored other ideas and some very powerful paintings came from that exploration. However, I should never have felt like I couldn't paint in my signature style and stopping was the wrong move on my part. Now I am happily allowing myself to just flow, and these paintings come out of me so naturally and effortlessly. Lets Keep Going is 60x72 inches.<br />
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Lets Stay Friends is 48x72 inches, a totally happy and relaxed pool painting or waterscape.<br />
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Lie to Me is 36x48 inches<br />
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Coba, 48x48 inches<br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-61835298560900267622016-05-24T14:39:00.003-05:002016-05-24T19:39:39.720-05:00Sea Contemporary Art SpaceLets make things nice and easy, and lets just look at all of the work that is available for purchase at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/seacontemporary/">Sea Contemporary Art Space in Rosemary Beach Florida</a> shall we? I have been working with them for two years now, and they have several pieces that I consider to be some of my best work. With the exception of Ionian, shown in situ in the frame down there, none of these pieces were created for the Topography of a Swim show, those are all pool paintings fyi.<br />
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I used to post all of my paintings in my store but I spent today making a sleek new page for my Galleries and stores. <a href="http://www.michellearmas.com/c-galleries">Check it out!</a><br />
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From now on when I participate in a show, or send work to a gallery Ill make a post about it here. Nice and neat right? I hope so.<br />
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Absente, 30x33 inches oil and soft pastel on raw linen.<br />
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Ionian (inspired by Greece) is 36x72 inches, mixed media on canvas. Framed in a stunning white floater frame, wired and ready to go!<br />
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Two pieces, Autumn Moon and Blue Moon both 36x36 inches, offered framed in maple and black. Ask the gallery for more images.<br />
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Sonata, 23x37 inches, also framed in maple (frame not shown)<br />
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Juno 48x48 inches is oil, acrylic, oil pastel and soft pastel on canvas. This piece reminds me of a carnival.<br />
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Valley of the Kings 40x40 inches ink, acrylic and soft pastel on canvas.<br />
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Love to Love You, I can't remember if this piece is still available, but it has been one of my favorites. Its what I call a "stacking shapes" piece, or in my mind a still life but I love mixing acrylic paint and dusky soft pastel together.<br />
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Good Afternoon is a nimble composition on raw linen 30x33 inches.<br />
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Don't Panic, this one is also 30x33 inches on raw linen. Ink, acrylic and soft pastel.<br />
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<i>The movement of the artist’s acrylic washes and its spectrum of saturation to transparency are part of the works’ subject matter. These expanses of pigment are visual evidence of the liquid flow of paint – how it drips, pools, stains and runs to the edge. Even the absorptiveness or resistance of the surface, how the acrylic pools are held by the canvas, becomes a component of the picture. </i></div>
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<i>Armas works from instinct, producing an extraordinary output that is both vital and ever-changing. It is in this new series that the artist’s treatment of color on the two-dimensional picture plane is brought to its most nuanced effect. Palpable but subtle, this definitive new collection places Armas among the most striking of contemporary art’s colorists." </i></div>
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Isn't that dress so pretty? It's from my favorite lady <a href="http://elizabethsuzann.com/collections/dresses/products/inez-midi-hemp-twill?variant=17165854150">Elizabeth Suzann</a>, just in case you wanna copy me. I met <a href="http://www.karinabania.com/">Karina</a> in person for the first time at the roof top bar of the Pearl Hotel in Rosemary Beach. We had just driven in and I was so eager to meet her in person, and of course I knew her the moment I clapped eyeballs on her. We just started chatting and laughing and we never stopped. Her very sweet, outgoing husband and O hung out together and compared notes on having artist wives. I am glad O has someone to commiserate with!<br />
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I know you are going to ask, so let me just tell you that Karina's beautiful earrings are <a href="http://www.anniecostellobrown.com/">Annie Costello Brown</a>, and her jumpsuit is from <a href="http://www.garmentory.com/sale/black-crane/bottoms-jumpsuits/76426-black-crane-v-neck-jumpsuit?gclid=CjwKEAjw1Iq6BRDY_tK-9OjdmBESJABlzoY7t_PCzvQicZh33JclRkFKTx17lcrYX2bMBr_71mXyJhoCNizw_wcB">here</a>. </div>
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I was so inspired seeing our paintings together, I knew that it was going to be so beautiful and magnetic to have my pool paintings and Karina's amazing, spare works hanging together but I couldn't have imagined just how arresting it was to fill the gallery with these pieces and then sit back and experience it all. For the last year, or more I have been craving something more with my work, and am making plans to move away from my standard order of business and try something different for me. I was floundering so much and waiting for a sign, waiting for that aha moment when I thought hey why don't I just create what I want? So I contacted <a href="https://www.facebook.com/seacontemporary/?fref=photo">Jennifer at Sea Contemporary Art Space</a> and I proposed the idea for this show. Jennifer curated our pieces, and pulled out our best work, as she always does, and then perfectly placed each piece to draw the viewers eye around and around. I almost cried from joy when I waked into the space, and then on top of all of that I got to spend the evening with Karina, a woman I knew deep down in my soul that I would connect with in a meaningful way. We spent the weekend, we two couples, enjoying each other's company and I had that feeling like I was living a moment I would remember; a moment I would talk about in my future and it would fill me with fondness and warmth. The older I get, the more people I meet, the greater demands on my time, I see how rare that feeling truly is and how special it is as well.<br />
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The rest of the time in Rosemary with O was just soothing, and calm and peaceful. We had lingering breakfasts and swam in the sun-soaked placid green waters of the gulf. We saw stingrays and beautiful bits of coral and algae and dug our toes in the sand (so cozy). We sat on the shore as the sun went down and talked about our plans for this year and beyond (we have a lot going on, and its very exciting and also scary). My mom and dad took care of our sweet Aliboo while we were away and we missed her so much, but I knew that I wanted to have time to spend with Karina and her husband and we made the right choice. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom sent me this photo of Aliboo eating watermelon "sandia" in the tub and it just stayed with me the whole time, in my heart. Her sweet face. Heart Eyes!</td></tr>
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Drinking, and swimming and shopping and looking at art and eating nice seafood and chatting with people and sleeping in. Not too shabby.</div>
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-30941185029279071972016-03-16T15:00:00.003-05:002016-03-16T15:00:37.345-05:00Interview with Wild HummHey lovers. Wanna hear what I have to say about art? <a href="http://blog.wildhumm.com/blog/2016/3/16/makers-to-know-mic">Check this out</a>. Thanks Bianca for interviewing me! <br />
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There is a <a href="http://www.michellearmas.com/product/chenin-24-x24">tryptic in this style of 24x24</a> sized pieces. They would look so cool all framed together in a row as one piece, or you could break up this family. Thats not terrible.<br />
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There are also three new linen pieces in 30"x33" size. Nice and small enough to be able to fit in almost any room, but large enough to make a statement!<br />
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<a href="http://www.michellearmas.com/product/turn-30-x33">These two are soul mates. Just saying. </a><br />
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Also we have <a href="http://www.michellearmas.com/product/mrs-bluesky-36-x48">Mrs. Bluesky.</a> A dotty, sea glass colored explosion of subtle love. Right? I think of a spa when I see this guy, ahem I mean lady.<br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-5776813335888192622016-02-29T11:53:00.001-05:002016-02-29T11:53:19.248-05:00High School MeI was the editor of my yearbook in High School, and I was recently asked to do an interview for this year's edition. You know, in case you are dying to see another interview with me :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Being on yearbook at Harrison was probably the biggest influence on me because I am still working in the arts. I have a masters degree in branding and graphic design and I learned about graphic design at Harrison. Overall though going through High school, no matter what specific influences it has on your future career can be a transformative experience, as it was for me. I learned a lot about who I was by making a lot of mistakes and forcing myself to be someone I didn't even know I didn't want to be. I didn't trust my intuition and it got me into trouble, I didn't believe that I was worthy of true friendship and I suffered through many frenemies and icky boyfriends. In general I think the high school years are for experimenting with who you want to be, and my memories of feeling out of place at that time remind me of the importance of being true to myself. I feel like that lesson is more important than any skill I learned because I learned to have the confidence to trust myself and I know that is the real key to happiness and success. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">No. When I was in high school I thought I was going to have some high powered job where I get wear nice suits, and say things like "Becky get me last nights stats and send Leonardo some flowers". I can see now how silly that was because I overworked myself at that age, and I think I was pretty unhappy about it but I fed into that culture of overachieving. I didn't believe that if I just made art, and focused on honing my creative muscle that I would make a living in art (which is what I always really wanted, but seemed like an impossible dream). I would tell everyone in High school now to think about who you really are, and let that lead you toward your future. I am much happier working in my sunny studio with my friends or alone all day than I would have been in a job that requires punctuality or conforming to long hours or having a boss. I am my own boss and always will have been. </span></div>
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There were so many insightful, inspiring and thoughtful adults and teachers who guided me at that time of my life. My yearbook editors gave me leadership responsibilities and creative license. They trusted my ideas and then held me accountable for them, what a gift. My orchestra teacher believed in me and encouraged me to try out for programs that would help me hone my cello playing, and then when I set aside playing in the orchestra to devote myself to the year book, she was happy for me. My math teacher would take me to school very early with her in the mornings so she could explain the complex ideas to me in a way that I could grasp. My Spanish teacher allowed us to be creative and humorous and didn't punish me for having disruptive laughing fits in class (I was sleep deprived from working on yearbook after all). She was like our den mother and I always felt happy to be around her. I still remember my Social Studies lessons, and the history I learned in those classes mostly because I love History (you get to use your imagination! Awesome!) but also because she was really passionate about us learning and so happy when we succeeded. Harrison was, and I am sure still is, a laboratory of great inspiration and I was a lucky girl to get to go there.</div>
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I am an artist. I create works large and small for designers and also for private collectors. I work with galleries and stores and I also sell work on my own website. I create work specific for each space or partner I work with and also create work that is a response to current trends and styles. I designed my brand, and my website, control all social media and public relations and I also work with companies around the world to license my work for household items, clothing and mass produced artwork. I decide what partners I want to work with and pursue them and create opportunities for myself. I also run my business to make a large profit so that I can maintain a roomy, bright studio and host events, donate money to charity and experiment as much as I want with new ideas, mediums or tools. Currently I am designing some brass sculptures that will interact with my paintings, and designing rugs and a new series of almost all white paintings. </div>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-84179881813866031992016-02-18T08:30:00.000-05:002016-02-18T08:30:00.939-05:00Tulum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Is it too much to go from bitching about how hard I am struggling to be awesome to show you pictures of my awesome vacay? Hope not! Anyway here we go.<br />
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We have been to Tulum, Mexico twice now. Both times with basically no planning and we stayed for a few days. This means that we didn't do a ton of exploring like we normally like to do, but the next time we go (in April) there will be much exploring! You just fly to Cancun ( sidebar: to let you know that I had written this whole sidebar about the airport in Cancun. Twice. Actually three times. Just deleted the forth attempt.... You'll see. Then you rent a car (don't let those guys waylay you into the talk about time shares or whatever. Just firmly say NO!) and then drive about 1 to 1.5 hours to Tulum! Also, the rental price when you rent a car online for Mexico is a lie, straight up lie. You will pay between 150-400 usd for the "insurance." But I haven't found another way to get a car there, I wish they has zipcar or something. Tulum is a small downtown, and a long jungle road with properties on either side. Thats it. At some point the road ends and becomes a dirt road and legally you are supposed to be allowed to just access the deserted beach anywhere you like, but that is getting harder and harder to do. We still did it though! Probably in a few years Tulum will be a different place. Also, no. We didn't go to Hartwood. You can't make a resi so you start standing in line around 3pm to get a resi, then you come back and stand in line again to get your table. No thanks. I am sure the food is amazing, but its really hyped up and thats not my thang. We like this hippy beach bar called <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150813-d6536767-Reviews-Taqueria_La_Eufemia-Tulum_Yucatan_Peninsula.html">Eufemia</a> (or as we call it "fucking tacos"). Also really loved <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150813-d6029225-Reviews-La_Coqueta-Tulum_Yucatan_Peninsula.html">this </a>place.<br />
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This trip was my Christmas gift to O. He has had a very busy year, and has been working day and night. I could tell that he needed some time away, in a place with slow internet, and no kid or gutters, or dishes or making dinner....<br />
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We stayed in our favorite spot, this is our second visit to <a href="http://www.encantadatulum.com/">Encantada Tulum</a> and just one of many more we hope. Its a no-kids-allowed total relaxation, quiet, romantic, amazing place. We booked at the last minute so we were lucky to even have a room available since this property only has eight rooms. It was heaven. We love the staff there too, they are all so sweet. When we were leaving we just couldn't get out the door, it was just teasing and laughing and joking and we had to hug everyone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We always choose the same beach chairs and we think of them as "ours" now. Nice view huh. At night we sit here too and the stars above are amazing! You can see soooo much. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos kept bringing me different drinks. My favorite though is the Mezcal Margarita on the rocks. </td></tr>
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I am so grateful to my wonderful parents who take Alia when we need to get away. We facetime as much as we can and my mom sends me status reports (you know, what poops she had and how she slept and what cute new things she is doing like giving all the dogs a hug. Yes... hugs for dogs it is indeed heartbreakingly cute.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean, how am I not there right now. I love love love all the palm trees. O does too. Natch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did get to zip along in this little pretty. We were supposed to snorkel and see a nature preserve but I got seasick. Boo. It was so much fun just being on the water though. </td></tr>
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Tulum is also know for the amazing <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=cenotes&espv=2&biw=1571&bih=1025&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvsIyXl__KAhVGPD4KHdDgDHkQsAQINg">Cenotes</a> around. Actually all of <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/quintana-roo">Quintana-Roo</a> is (the region in Mexico where Tulum is located). There are amazing ruins of archeological sites that we saw plenty of last year (and inspired so many stacking shapes paintings!) Incredible jungles to visit, off-roading in jeeps (yaaassssss) and basically anything you want if laying around on the beach and swimming in the big waves is not fun for you (um, its ok, nobodies perfect.) Its not like Tulum needs a shoutout or anything. This trip has solidified my desire to visit even more of Mexico, there are so.many.places I want to visit that I am scheming a huge all over Mexico trip. Doesn't that sounds like crazy fun!! Honestly I really love Mexican people, and getting to chat with them is one of my favorite parts. I do speak Spanish, remember. <a href="http://www.newsinslowspanish.com/?gclid=CjwKEAiA0ZC2BRDpo_Pym8m-4n4SJAB5Bn4xFBD9wwgNH9ks6Z_ea61NTiPyw5cNQgbn_s4slMqBVxoCFRjw_wcB">So learn some,</a> its soo easy!! Much much easier than English anyway.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-91157703786609170632016-02-17T07:30:00.000-05:002016-02-17T09:07:47.640-05:00On the Other SideWarning: This post is full of my bitching, but also full of pictures of an adorable toddler named Alia so its misleading mkay?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite pics of her and her sweet smile. She is like a disney cartoon of a baby most days, until she isn't.</td></tr>
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<b>Alia is one and a half years old!!!</b> This is totally blowing my mind right now because I still don't feel like I have both feet under me, and I think its because I became a mother overnight basically <a href="http://armasdesign.blogspot.com/2014/09/adoption-update-operation-stork-is.html">(three weeks if you will recall) </a>and I realize now that I really haven't, like you know, settled into it or something. And how has it been a year and a freaking half and I am just now thinking to myself "ok, this is permanent and I need to figure out how to make my life work better." When you have a newborn its like all hands on deck for a while, but then it gets easier. I just went right back to work when she was around five months and have been trying to get my shiz together ever since.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My girl loves cheese! Also, O dresses her most days so he tends to choose the least pretty clothes she has. natch.</td></tr>
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Truthfully O and I have been doing a really great job. Our girl is healthy and so happy and loved and we are sharing responsibilities like real modern parents. Exactly as I hoped for when I was a youngster day dreaming about having a husband and a family. <b>I just can't shake the feeling that since Alia has come into our lives I have been coasting. </b>I didn't realize how tired I was, how chronically sleep deprived, how distracted and listless until my friend pointed it out to me. Thank goodness for friends who can see you for how you really are right? I mean, at the end of the day I am wiped out, like just throw myself down on my bed...more like I need a glass of wine, or two <i>every single night</i> to deal with a cranky, crying or screaming toddler, making dinner, dogs all over the place, a messy house and hey, I still have work to do after this little one goes to sleep finally. Add my autoimmune issues into the bargain and well, it isn't a pretty picture. Not to mention we have been ordering dinner, and groceries in way too much, I wasn't eating my healthy diet, did I mention drinking too much, avoiding really doing any self reflection or growth because it has just been easier to try to distract myself from how miserable I have been feeling. I have even struggled this year with my workouts! I mean, I have to cancel going to the gym every other time it feels like due to some malarky or another. Wha Wha<br />
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Mothers: when does the constantly getting sick from your kids end? I am at my wits end guys. I have been sick FIVE MOTHER EFFING TIMES! since Christmas, which was hard for me to enjoy b/c, you guessed, I was sick. I honestly think that Alia will be an only child because the thought of going through this again with a baby and toddler is just too much to even imagine. Its like a bad nightmare.<br />
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So what? Is this a bitch fest Michelle? Yes and No. I am making positive changes, being proactive about eating Paleo and reading some great stuff. I love <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BBXJH2C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1">When Things Fall Apart.</a> I am trying not to beat myself up about gaining weight even though I feel old and nasty every day. That is until I give myself my usual pep talk/ mantra and I feel better. Honestly. Other great things: I have a few shows that I am excited about scheduled so far this spring. Most importantly, I know that when I reach this low place I always push through and feel better for it in the end. <b>I just wish I could fast forward and get to the part where I am spinning around like one of those girls in a diet yogurt commercial. Sigh. </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alia and her "Abuelo" my daddy. He is teaching her how to fist bump. I am so grateful for my folks who take Alia not just when we are sick but anytime we need (read want to) take a trip, visit friends or need a break. </td></tr>
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Now comes the worst part. You know when you feel miserable, and ugly and stupid? You know that feeling? Then you start to doubt yourself in your work and you look around you and see how perfect and happy and brilliant and beautiful everyone else is and then...major sad face. <b>This comparing myself, feeling inadequate and having no confidence business sucks. SUCKS I TELL YOU. </b>I am finally starting to feel better, thats why I am able to write about it and joke about it. But you know what? I bet someone is looking at my instagram <i>right now</i> thinking "this bitch has it all, and my life sucks." Hopefully they will find this post and feel better knowing that this bitch feels like a crusty ol bottle that someone left behind the sofa for a month sometimes too.<br />
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How do you pull yourself up when you fall down the comparison rabbit hole? ... <i>and land in a pile of rabbit dung?</i>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-90292252767044294312016-02-16T21:04:00.001-05:002016-02-16T21:21:49.500-05:00Blog 2.0 (also my new studio)<br />
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I have been writing this blog for ten years.... Lets just let that sink in for a mo shall we? I sort of dropped off writing here because it feels like instagram is easier. It is easier. But its not the same. And you know what? I miss blogging, like the old fashioned blogging. Not the sports car with a naked model on it version of blogging that it seems like blogs have to be today. My version of blogging. A regular like suv nice car type thing with a normal lady driving it zoned out a little and talking to herself. ok? <i>Lane change with no blinker: </i><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Can I call it my new studio if I moved in the summer time and now its almost spring time? Lets not overthink it. Yes I can. Despite the fact that I have finally (I am almost positive) decided what the future of my studio is going to look like and it isn't in this building, I am very happy here for now.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what my studio actually looks like, no fluffing it up to look all pretty. I guess its pretty neat, but thats how I need it to be in order to work. I should have fixed the blinds though. Ouch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">I have so much more room for large paintings than I did at my old place. I like to be organized.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">My trusty ol easel. I should name her I think. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know you are wondering about my white furniture. Yes, it has paint on it, but only a tiny bit. You would expect more. Also those huge shelves are amazing, I bought them form a warehouse supply place and have three scars, major ones, on my hands from hurting myself on them through the years. </td></tr>
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I have so much light, plenty of space, I am in the same building as my dear friend <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JessicaIllustration">Jessica </a>, its close to my house and I love being in Decatur. There are downsides to this place but I feel so happy every time I walk in the door! I never did throw a party here like I thought I would. Maybe a sample sale like we did when Alia was born, that was great. </div>
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-70107627232525841712016-02-05T11:07:00.003-05:002016-02-17T11:10:32.615-05:00Looking at Lofts I have been going over and over in my head all of the possibilities for a future space for my studio. Do we build out our attic? Do we build something in our backyard? Do I buy a loft space near my home? You know after I look at how much I spend in rent every year...it adds up. I would rather put that money into a space that I can sell, and I am ready to really be able to mess up a place. Get paint anywhere it damn well wants to fall! Also the building I am in now is run by a bunch of greedy bastards who would care less if you fell off of the rusty, slippery stairs walking up six flights to your unit b/c the elevator is broken for the sixth time this month. Know what I mean? Yeah, you do.<br />
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I think I have finally settled on a loft space, and naturally I just want to look at beautiful listings that are way out of my range. Lets day dream together shall we? This one below is actually in my price range, and in my preferred area (its walking distance from my house! Has a pool! No elevator!)<br />
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I would paint everything white, except for the cement floor.<br />
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Damn. Imagine it all white!<br />
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This one is in a great location (next to an art store!) but I do have to drive like maybe 10 minutes to get there. Its two bedrooms! I would take down some walls, and again, paint it all white. It is a corner unit, and has two balconies! Its in my price range...but gone already.<br />
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OMG. Shit. The downstairs would be for shows and events. Upstairs I would paint and work:<br />
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This place is huge HUGE. and wayyyyyy out of my price range... sad.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-49208107606142005352015-11-11T13:16:00.001-05:002016-02-17T11:10:44.514-05:00Public Service Announcement <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beautiful new work by one of my faves <a href="http://www.karinabania.com/">Karina Bania</a> over at <a href="http://shopprettymommy.myshopify.com/">Mille. </a><br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-2247392791279374462015-11-09T15:49:00.002-05:002016-02-17T11:10:58.260-05:00Silver Bells....Ok, Halloween is over. See you later rotting pumpkins. I have learned from bitter experience that if I don't begin to gather the spirits of Christmas by the first of November I will be surprised by how fast it comes and feel stressed that will make me enjoy the season less. So even though I try to overlook the crazy over commercialization of Christmas, I am already planning for Christmas.<br />
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So maybe order some <a href="http://www.northernevergreen.com/Garlands-Northern-Evergreen.html">garlands</a>? (also <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/252844984/valentines-wreath-love-wreath-red-heart?ref=related-3">super cute</a>, maybe with a toy elf sitting on it with long dangly stripped legs. Or Polka dots made out of pom poms.<br />
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Maybe something for under the tree? I still don't have anything good for that. But how do I keep the toddler away? Putting a child gate around the tree is out of the question, too much clutter and I can assure you that it is no match for Miss Aliboo Magoo. Just scrap the tree altogether? <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/270919733803589871/">Or put it on a table?</a><br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-43918570957271260852015-10-14T13:27:00.002-05:002016-02-17T11:11:13.642-05:00Art School: Ben NicholsonThese lines and shapes have been showing up a lot in my work. One day I was like, hey this totally reminds me of this guy I learned about once.....Oh yeah! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nicholson">Ben Nicholson!</a> I really love these swooping shapes, arches, bubbles and stacking shapes.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/nicholson-1924-first-abstract-painting-chelsea-t04861">1</a>/<a href="http://www.larkhall.com/items.php?id=220&m=ex">2</a>/<a href="http://arttattler.com/archivemadeintheuk.html">3</a>/<a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.larkhall.com/u/pp/StillLifewithCurves-L13-NWL.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.larkhall.com/items.php?id%3D222%26m%3Dex&h=500&w=416&tbnid=7nojk5X6-J6hjM:&docid=WmQq9Dvr_DC2SM&ei=R50eVp2DEMqpNqrZubAF&tbm=isch&ved=0CDkQMyg2MDY4rAJqFQoTCN3CgpvKwsgCFcqUDQodqmwOVg">4</a>/<a href="http://anthonyslayter-ralph.com/archive-name-or-region/ben-nicholson">5</a>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-81263846497705203402015-10-12T12:03:00.003-05:002016-02-17T11:11:27.660-05:00Rome and Greece baby!Home sweet home! Oshy and I just came home from a wonderful two weeks-ish trip to Italy and Greece to hang out with friends and go to our dear friend's wedding in Santorini. It was like one long Sutter Home commercial from the 90's but with expletives, dirty jokes, ouzo shots, boat rides and swimming. I always wanted to have a cool group of friends when I was a kid, like I wanted to live in a Friend's episode. If my kid self could have seen myself yacking it up with my beloved pals on the Agean sea I would have cried with joy.<br />
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Honestly the best part of the trip was seeing my sweet friends get married, but hanging with friends in the mountains of Crete was....beyond anything I could have hoped for in a vacay. So we flew into Rome, O had never been there and I knew he was going to fit right in. He totally looks Italian, according to every Italian and Greek we met on this trip. His honorary new name is Mario. Anyway. Our first night in Rome we are sitting at this cafe and O says "when do we fly out tomorrow morning to Athens?" I say I can't remember, check the phone. Well it turns out that I booked flights for 10pm the next day, not 10am as I was supposed to b/c we were meeting friends in Athens. This is one of the many things I love about O, he just called Amex (I always use them to book trips now b/c when the shit hits the fan you have a professional shit scooper on the other end of the phone just for you). He changed our flights and didn't get upset at all, even though my mistake cost us...wait for it...600 effing bucks. OUCH.<br />
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Our only night in Rome before we moved on to Athens we took a walking food tour of the Trastevere hood. We ate so much food and had yummy wine and before it was even over I had to peace out and go to sleep. The next day we hopped over to Athens and then the next day we took a flight, that we almost missed (running through the airport like at full speed with our bags) and landed in Crete. My favorite place on this whole trip. CRETE!!<br />
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In crete we decided to hop on a huge boat and go see the beaches of (honestly I can't remember but we dubbed it the "SS Tetanus Beach" on account of the rusted out shipwreck right there. See it? Its way bigger in real life. Like right this second. O and I had a scary hour of swimming in this sea after the wind picked up and it got very rough and currenty and we almost got major tetanus but then we got back on the boat where nice music was playing and cold beer was in my mouth!<br />
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The view of Chania harbor in the distance from the balcony of our<a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5336452"> Airbnb</a>. It was so ridiculously wonderful. I highly suggest every single one of you go there. We had breakfast on this breezy balcony and night time sunset ouzo and laughed and took a redic amount of pics of the stunning ocean and buildings around us.</div>
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Balos beach. It was chilly and it smelled like Sulfur. But with this eye candy its not tooo bad.<br />
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The water is so beautifully blue, and there are these crazy goats called KriKri that live on these nothing but rocks islands. They are amazing with these huge horns and have like supernatural powers of climbing.<br />
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Charming Chania (pronounced Hania). Cute shops and strolling around and lots of white wine and swimming.<br />
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Next time I will show you the most beautiful beach in the world, and the mountains of Crete, my favorite. I kinda wanna start planning our next trip asap.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-59839884602041528712015-09-17T11:55:00.001-05:002016-02-17T11:11:35.679-05:00Sophie Buhai <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Damn gurrrl, you are my crush a lush a dingdong. Sophie Buhai is my spirit animal. I am the kind of woman who invests in jewelry that is sculptural and something I will keep and keep. Not even subtle about hinting to my honey that I likey.<br />
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Thank you <a href="http://www.simplelovelyblog.com/2015/09/im-into-old-art-lady-style-and-other.html">Joslyn</a> for reminding me how much I love Sophie. I loved her line <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=vena+cava+clothing&espv=2&biw=1886&bih=1222&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMImtbqmsP-xwIVARseCh3aKwDD&dpr=1">Vena Cava</a>, and I love her home too. <a href="http://cargocollective.com/closetvisit/Sophie-Buhai">Lets take a peek shall we?</a> Also <a href="http://www.vogue.com/12882193/sophie-buhai-jewelry-home-collection/">Vogue</a> likes her, lucky lady.</div>
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I saw this beautiful jumpsuit by <a href="https://no6store.com/">No. 6</a> at <a href="http://totokaelo.com/no-6/isabella-sleeveless-jumpsuit/baby-heart-black/J1C57D">Totokealo</a> and I took a second, and third look. Not only is it pretty much the exact replica of a jumpsuit I had in middle school when I played the cello and I needed something nice to wear to an orchestra thingy but I couldn't wear a dress, but its just cute. Right? Its something an adult woman can wear and not feel like and idiot.<br />
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I believe I prefer the <a href="http://no6store.com/no6-collection/dresses/no-6-colven-dress-in-black-babyheart-silk.html">dress version</a> though:<br />
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Thank goodness its sold out. I have been eyeing this dress for a long time, while simultaneously vowing not to buy any clothes. The close I do buy though must be not made by slaves; not be made of polyester (you would be totally surprised <i>if you pay attention to it </i>how many expensive, beautifully conceived articles of clothing are sadly composed of the dreaded polyester...) and have to be something I know I will wear in the future. I feel like by the time you reach your mid thirties you have a pretty good idea of what you actually will reach for, and what you know will probably sit in your closet. Nothing is allowed to lalygag in my closet. I would rather give away a very expensive item that I ended up never wearing than keep it just because I feel paralyzed.<br />
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Thats all.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022819745626507951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872712733955065437.post-47869282421628837972015-08-25T13:05:00.002-05:002016-02-17T11:11:58.927-05:00Moven on up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey guys! I am moving studios here this week! I can't believe its actually happening, I have been wanting to move for a couple of years and I only finally was ready to harass my land lords the correct amount to get them to pay attention to me. read: I was an pain in their asses and they are glad to be finally rid of me. THATS how you get a new awesome place in a hot market.<br />
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Remember when I moved into my <a href="http://armasdesign.blogspot.com/2011/06/su-su-studio.html">very first studio?</a> Well the trees outside of my window have basically doubled in size, and they block a lot of my light. I needed a very sunny spot with a little more room and I finally found it. I move on Friday and I am just wishing I could beam myself to Friday evening already.<br />
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Anyway! enter "studiosale20" at checkout to get 20% off of anything in my store guys. Valid a few days only.<br />
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