Winter Cat

Ruby cat knows how to approach winter fashion. By sitting on top of it.

Dip-dyed Wedding Paper

2012: photo paper, dip dyed.

Mike Gilligan at the Fake Chapter Records Party

How I got my start in the music industry and other stories.

arms & sleepers: photos + video clips

Boston-based Arms & Sleepers plays the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in NYC.

The Wonder Stuff: Miles + Erica at Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Miles Hunt played the Fake Chapter Records Anniversary party 11-11-11 in Tribeca, NYC.

Dryer at Tribeca Performing Arts Center 11-11-11

If you didn’t listen to cool music in the 90′s, check out Fake Chapter’s favorite indie kids “Dryer”.

Halloween 2011

Highlights from our Halloween Weekend with friends.

home decor: sharpie mural magic

Check out the mural I drew for my sister Sarah a few years ago. I just found this photo and I’m astonished at how cool this looks. I drew the whole thing freehand with a Sharpie Marker!

technology + media innovation: video games!

In my creative approach, I am often interested in the way video games and a new breed of mobile web applications have affected the way we now process information at an alarming speed.

shooting and sharing: Canon 5D video

I shot some footage for my dad’s band the other …

Rory and the Solar Panels

Portraits of Rory Nugent, Summer 2011. New Hope, PA.

wedding tulle

I never thought I would be the kind of girl to really enjoy planning a wedding, but it turns out that I’ve caught the wedding dress bug.

social conventions: valentine’s day

Enjoy a fantastic video by a New Jersey friend on the Oregon Coast.

Jersey City Art School

I’m taking a class at Jersey City Art School this weekend and got some great shots in the space after class.

furniture

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Jersey City living room recordings.

I just recorded a new song, this one a straight up gospel tune covered many times by more talented folks than I. More about the music I occassionally record and play.

I had a dream at one point of putting together a choir of friends who want to …

Fashion Presets: Social Media Marketing for the Self Obsessed Pt. 2

Fashion Forward: Lightning Fast trend sourcing in the age of Social Media Marketing. In this series I take a look at the ways that my generation has grown up in front of their own cameras, and how this affects social media marketing.

Thank you David Ziser, Dane Sanders, and Sarah Petty

Thank you David Ziser, Dane Sanders, and Sarah Petty; from a new photographer with a bright outlook for the future.

In 2006 I had this little studio space set up in my parent’s basement.
I’ve definitely progressed since then…

Last night I attended…

down at the boardwalk

Photo retouching: my sister’s cell phone pictures from this weekend down in Seaside Heights, NJ.

Updated info for the show Sunday!

I’m playing a local show with Jana Hunter and fellow Girls Rock Camp counselor Amy Klein. Fellow Jersey City event promoter Steph has more details.

playing a show with jana hunter

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Social Networking: A Brief History 3

Part three in a series on my life in social technology and social media marketing.

I am breaking up with the Earth. Its Over.

My drawing in Rory’s office, as seen by Mike Dory.

Jersey City Art Attack Alternacraft Festival

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personal branding for craft scene kids 4

Last Thoughts

Brand yourself. You are your own brand. Even …

personal branding for craft scene kids 4

Last ThoughtsBrand yourself. You are your own brand. Even if you hate the idea of it, you are presenting an image that others are responding to on first glance. Work it to your advantage and to the entertainment of your new audience.There are millio…

woodgrain heart pillow

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found: sweet card catalog

my cat. let me show you her.

At long last it’s crashed, its colossal mass

two shops i love

inspired by: the sultan’s elephant

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felt faux bois

I believe that my sewing machine is magic and that …

thank you note from brown recluse

Just wanted to share this image of the note we were left by Tim and Herbie after having them play in our apartment last month.

Note the well-captured lack of mouth on Rubes.

inspired by: clive & sunshine

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the view from our window

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Fashion Presets: Social Media Marketing for the Self Obsessed Pt. 1

Fashion Photography, Makeup Ads, and a generation of like-minded Self Obsessed Narcissists otherwise known as Gen Y. In this series I take a look at the ways that my generation has grown up in front of their own cameras, and how this affects social media marketing.

inspired by: lisa kokin

The work of artist Lisa Kokin is beautiful, intricate, and …

handmade holidays: meme embroiders me in to the family

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some holiday gifts for you

inspired by: katogi mari

Feminine, fairy-tale inspired, fantastic illustrations

tiny apartment show

Brown Recluse Sings (Philadelphia) played a show in our living room last night.

tiny apartment show tonight

ceramic monsters

Thoughts on a Dritz Eyelet Grommet tool.

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We miss Allison.

Pre-Wedding NYC Girls Day

Dear self: You are a target market.

Postwar Polish Poetry

Finished another anthology of Polish Poetry, this one edited by Czeslaw Milosz (1965). Here are my four-most favorite poems from the book.