home at best.

i just arrived at home in dallas, texas last night. so pleased and incredibly grateful to be here! i have two homes, and its difficult. this is me and my precious kitty; napoleon. named after napoleon bonaparte because he is small for his species as well =p. today i woke up at 12pm, went swimming with my sister and mom, had a nice summer lunch, and sat around. if summer could get any better...well, i dont know if it can be. i'm throughly looking forward to all the crazy things my family and i will do, including ATV rides, San Antonio vacation, and trips to places i love. today i took my sister's senior pictures (both crazy and weird to do because shes all grown up now...well...sorta =p) and did so at a cool orchard. visit my flickr stream to get the update. all her friends want them now too! cute. :]

since the end of my 365, i've been working on editing past commissions, working on a brand new CD for a client, and starting my blurb book. that will be such a big project. how do you narrow down so many photos?! well, i will!...eventually. i hope to make it and sell it all for a reasonable price! hopefully blurb.com will be good to me :] i've also got some jewelry companies sending me some pieces of their's for me to model. SO FUN!

my boyfriend has been so inspirational to me, about what to do next with my Self Portraits on flickr. And we've come up with the PERFECT thing. Can't wait to start and show you all. It will be very different.

this is good night.
(i left a piece of me back in ca.)

Stephanie Kallos Book Cover!

Stephanie Kallos Book Cover!
Originally uploaded by Katherine Elizabeth

YES! Finally, it has come in the mail. I was contacted in January about being on the cover of an Italian version of an English book here in the US. So, my first debut is now in Italy. So Fun! and so cool to actually see. :D :D

The photo used was Day 3 of my 365, I believe :] "bold." (thanks ana)

I just googled the title and found the image everywhere....AHHH!

FROM AMAZON SYNOPSIS:

"From Publishers Weekly
"The dead, Margaret thought. They can be so loud." So muses the protagonist of this dreamy, powerful tale of familial warring, secrets and redemption. When elderly Margaret Hughes discovers that she has a malignant brain tumor, she refuses treatment and decides to take a nice young tenant into her huge, lonely Seattle mansion for company. What she gets is Wanda Schultz, a tough-as-nails stage manager who is secretly seeking the man who left her and prone to inexplicable weeping breakdowns. Wanda, ignorant of Margaret's illness, is intrigued by the museum-like house and its eccentric owner—so when Margaret unexpectedly invites her to a drink-champagne-and-break-the-priceless-antique-china party for two, she's delighted. But a dark history lurks; the houseful of gorgeous antique porcelain comes from Margaret's father's WWII pilfering of European Jewish homes. Meanwhile, Wanda's father, who deserted her years ago, is on the road trying to heal, and Margaret's mother's ghost is haunting the Seattle mansion, lounging about in expensive peignoirs and criticizing her only daughter. Wrestling to keep the dead and the ghosts of their pasts at bay, the two women slowly build an extraordinary friendship, and when Wanda discovers a talent for mosaics, the past begins to quiet. Though it takes a while to get started, this haunting and memorable debut is reminiscent of early Atwood, peopled by lovably imperfect and eccentric characters."

NEW ITEM ON ETSY! CUSTOM FRAME

Yay! I'm so excited to be selling one of my original display pieces for two past art shows i've done. Here is the listing on Etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24498488

if you'd like to buy it, but don't have paypal, email me at: katie.r@live.com

What I've been up to:

it's been a while for me, and updates. trying to figure out what to excite or entertain you with. if you have any requests that you'd like to see (maybe a tutorial, a before and after, or a video) let me know! i'd love to hear what you all would like to see.

here are some lyrics that i re-dug from the "high school sweet heart song" list. i'm pretty sure all my friends melted and listened to this song one million times when it came out. but i found out that when i listen to one of these songs when i'm older and in a different conext, they take on a completely different meaning and rhythm for my life

"If you find yourself here on my side of town
I'd pray that you'd come to my door
Talk to me like you don't know what we ever fought about
Cause I don't remember anymore
I just know that she warms my heart
And knows what all my imperfections are
And she said that I was the brightest little firefly in her jar"
-Brightest, By Copeland.



-cant wait to be home near this Texas sky. this was taken last year right before a storm :]. i miss home, badly.

(305/365)

(305/365)
Originally uploaded by Katherine Elizabeth

JULIE LAVELLE! you win a free print :]
(i'll be emailing you shortly for shipping details)

PRINT CONTEST

It's EASY! Post a comment with your name and email and I'll enter you into the drawing! Its an 8x8 print! And itssss spcial :] You don't have to be a member to post a comment. Just be a guest.

!!!!!!!

In Morderation...

Well I definitely have been keeping myself busy. Too busy. I'm always looking to overload my schedule, even if it hurts. I just finished figuring out my forms for the Italian book cover! (eee) So those will be sent off tomorrow to the lovely IRS. And my gallery ideas are coming together. Now...where to find them? Hmmm. I'm excited to be done with my 365! It means I get to work on my "best of" book for all you who can't come to the gallery! Yay. And! I found out I'll be home on my final day! Funny because my first day of my 365 was me going back home as well :] Good timing.

I've been putting a lot of time into my school work...and I'll probably have something good to show for it =p but man, its really put a plug into my recent updates. I have ideas, and just have a lack of motivation for completing them successfully. Its like I already expect myself to fail. I get lazy and the time in editing is spent as quickly as possible. And thats not right. Thats not how I progressed from the beginning. I'll be trying to put more work into my fashion "book" as well! Gee there I go overloading myself again :]

Tell me how your week has been!