A little bit of this and a little bit of ________

Kicking off the big week by going to see Blake Mycoski, founder and chief shoe giver for TOMS Shoes! I'm a little intimidated in the fact that I am going to Vanderbilt Langford Auditorium to see him. There are over 1,000 people who have RSVP'ed attending and a majority of them is their Campus Club.

I have just started our Campus Club this semester at O'More and we will be lucky to have 15 people. . .granted, we are a small school comprising of no more than 200 students, but still you can see how I could be intrigued at the large group.

This will be a great experience, nonetheless. I will meet more people filled with the same passion that grows every day for me.

OHHHH I have some great news too!!! I haven't heard anything about the internship, BUT . . . . . check out this picture AHHHHHHHH Does that map look familiar???? I can't believe they tweeted about me!!!!! Well, about my promotional piece!!! I was soooo excited! I am trying not to get too ahead of myself, but I am happy I made an impression and that I am doing my best and working my hardest to be apart of something that I truly have a passion for.

I will let you know how it goes tonight :)

Thursday and Friday I will be attending the AIGA DISH Conference at Lipscomb University.

I decided to enter the Show Off competition in hopes to win the MacBook Pro that they are giving to the Best in Show. Even if I don't win, this will also be a great opportunity to see and meet some great people and studios here in the Nashville area. Not to mention, I will be given a portfolio review by people other than my department head at school. Not that his input isn't duly noted, it's just that it is only one opinion.

I do want to give a big shout out to some of my fellow classmates and congratulate them on the Addy awards they have won! 7 students, 20 awards!!! AMAZING!

This weekend I will be traveling back to Cookeville, I guess you could call it home but I'm not going to, to celebrate the engagement of two friends. I cannot wait to see my dad, I haven't seen him since Christmas . . . and I miss him so much! I will also get to see my best friend from High School! She's a pretty amazing lady and it's been even longer since I have seen her :(

So, yeah, it's going to be a busy week. I will survive. . .I always do and it makes me stronger in the process!

I will give everyone an update as I go along and I hope you stick around.

DON'T FORGET!!!

STYLE YOUR SOLE PARTY IS 3/27 AND YOUR LAST DAY TO ORDER YOUR SHOES WILL BE 3/8!! ORDER HERE


Thanks so much to Chick-Fil-A of Franklin for coming on as one of our sponsors for the event!

WOW Whatta Show The Features Bloggini

I have claimed to be very very busy, and I have. But there has been a little me/fun time thrown in there every now and again.

I really enjoy listening to and taking in good music. The fact that I know and/or have connections to the bands make it even better. I absolutely LOVE The Features! You can ask anyone who knows me. I am an uber fan! Not to the point that I am a crazy stalker or anything . . . that's just weird, but if i have the opportunity to go to a show, involve them with charitable events, or to share their music with friends, I do! Not to mention, I may have a slight crush on the drummer, but no worries. . .the husband knows, and is ok with it ;)

Their last show in the US was on February 5th at Exit/In. I knew this several weeks prior and decided to wait to buy tickets, I figured it wasn't a big deal and I would get some.

Well, a few weeks before, I go and talk to my friend (who happens to be a wife of a member) who said that there was a ridiculous rumor going around that Kings of Leon were going to play at that particular show. I was like "REEEAAALLLYYY" only because it was kind of a surprise. Don't get me wrong, I like KOL, but I am a much bigger The Features fan. I mean comm'on they are two different sounds and everything about The Features says "I'm going to put you in a good mood, I'm going to make your day ten million times better than it was before you turned me on". KOL on the other hand kind of puts me down a little or if I really just have to be in the mood for it.

Back to the story, I go online to buy tickets, and they are SOLD OUT! I was nearly to tears. I even got in a fight with a guy on Craigslist because he thought he knew what he was talking about and that KOL was going to be there and trying to sell two tickets for $250 each when face value was $10! Out of his f'n mind!!!

I posted a want ad on Craigslist and luckily was contacted and purchased two tickets for the show from a guy in Michigan. Sucks that he had to sell them and missed a great show, but ROCKED for me because I made it!!

I have seen The Features about 5 or 6 times now and the shows just get better and better!! I suggest you see them when they come to a town near you. I swear you won't be let down. All the energy the great music I mean DAMN, what more could you ask for.

They are on the new Tap Tap Revenge 3 iPhone App. (I have), they are in Fringe Magazine which is a local Nashville magazine, they will be featured in NME magazine, they are helping with a TOMS Style Your Sole event which they will be designing and signing a pair of TOMS to be auctioned the week of March 1st. . .I will be keeping you posted on this. . .we already auctioned off these shoes:

All I'm saying, is don't deprive yourself of a great band because you have never heard of them. You are probably missing out on the next big thing!

The Features Website

The Features Poster I made for an event

A sick giveaway that I am super sad I missed!

I'm not going to apologize

YOOOOOOO!

I know it's been a while since I've last blogged, but I'm not going to apologize. I have been crazy busy trying to make my life mo' betta.

I have so much that I can talk about and I just might do that because who knows the next time I'm going to be able to post? I'm going to try and get better about it but I do have priorities!

Valentine's Day is right around the corner. . . . ehhhh and that's about it on that subject. I don't really get all worked up for this holiday.

To more fun stuff. . . . I have finally completed my promotional piece and handwritten applications/online application to try and get my DREAM internship with TOMS Shoes in Santa Monica California!!! Granted, the promotional piece and handwritten app wasn't necessary, but I felt like it would be a better opportunity for me to show them who I really am!

I don't know how you can really show your personality and creativity with an online application (not saying it's a bad way of doing it) I just wanted to do more :D

Here is my promotional piece:




I love everything about TOMS and that is why I created this piece. I love what they have done, I love what they are doing and I want to be apart of it. This map indicates each country that they have donated shoes.

I bought this map and used stamps and inks to write "As of December 2009, TOMS has given over 400,000 pairs of shoes to children in need. . ." ". . . and I want to be there for 400,000 more!"

I found different little images of tiny TOMS, laminated them (thanks to Dewayne our security officer at O'More) and cut them out. After I bought little double-sided stickies and adhered them to the map in each location. I also printed out my logo and the TOMS logo and put them in their correct location.

I thought it was creative. . . :D

I even decorated the box that I sent it in.

After quite a fiasco with FedEx and their shipping rates, I just took the pyramid box, spray painted it white, sketched a TOMS flag on an edge and spray painted the TOMS name on one side. . . (I used the awesome stencils they sent in our campus club kit).



On the third and final side, I took each style of TOMS i.e. Classics, Cordones, and Botas (I left off the wrap boots, stitchouts, and vegan. . . but there is a reason why) and I put an image of each. . . each image is of a pair that I own or that are being shipped to me as we speak! :D I own the Classic Remarques and Classic Natural Burlap. I have the Cordones Aira
and my Botas Amigas are on their way!!!

So, back to the package . . . .I tend to get a little distracted when I talk about my TOMS collection. The end where you open it, has my logo on it. . . clever . . .I hope.

For some reason, I didn't take any pictures of my application that I made but it was pretty amazing. . .

I hand wrote the online application and answers, used a recycled paper and natural hemp to secure and cover it. I included a dvd that has a movie to answer the question "How would your best friend describe you?" and that included much more than just one friend! This video will introduce you to some of the most amazing, caring, loving friends that anyone could be lucky to have. The director, editor, man with a plan, Eric, did such an amazing job helping me with this! :D



I also created a packet that included all of the information for our upcoming Style Your Sole Event at O'More on March 27th! Here is the online order form I created for the event. The last day to order is March 8th!! So come on out and style your soles!! And finally, I included my resume in a handmade envelope.

All of these items were sent in a handmade white canvas bag (my wonderful sister-in-law sewed it for me and Anastasia from school helped me with the drawstring) On the outside of the bag on one side I did a gel medium transfer of the TOMS logo which I stitched on all by myself haha, and on the other side I had another gel medium transfer of my personal logo!

I will blog about the process of a gel medium transfer if you would like to learn more. They are really awesome and I have to thank Susan DeGarmo for teaching her altered book class and showing us some pretty amazing techniques.

So I have been so busy with all of this, school, SYS, my website, etc. That is where I have been . . . promise I haven't been hiding.

I also would like to say that I have been working on a t-shirt design for the Threadless/TOMS contest and my first idea got denied. . .boooo!! I will work on it some more and hopefully one or more will get submitted.

It's a tad hard to read so I will work on it. . .but keep a look out and vote for me :D

Be kind, rewind.