Thursday, October 21, 2010

Vintage Junkie

My Name Is Jenna Stern, and I'm a Vintage Junkie.

I love, love,love vintage. You just can't put a price on it. This is my lab project , a vintage old actresses dressing room, my lab partner is working on the floor and vanity which is being collaged with some old photos of my great grandmother.
Also, something exciting I was recently contacted by The Nate Berkus Show, I might be in a segment featuring thrift shopping and vintage. Nothings set in stone, still waiting to hear from the producers. Fingers Crossed! You know I would be in head to toe vintage lilly if I actually was going to be on primetime television.
Crazy busy as usual, giveaway to be announced soon!

XOXOXO
Jenna


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Labels Or Love

Hit The Vintage Flea Market, saturday afternoon look at all the treasures!: 


 I was good, I only took home a necklace...no more bags! You would have thought they all robbed a furrier there were fur coats, hats, scarfs left & right!


 Polyhedrons, The Five Platonic Solids.
 Wire Shit
 The $75 Hamster Wheel, well that is what it looks like...wish I knew someone with a hamster to gift to
Will post giveaway details soon- Getting it all together for you, my fabulous fans!

Adventures in the Laundry Room: I hate doing my laundry seriously considering dropping everything off at the wash & fold around the corner..anyway... there was a carbon monoxide scare, detect whatever while my delicates were in the dryer, The whole damn place was covered in caution tape just my luck...I did what I had to do: Broke in the caution tape to get my stuff and run out...and while moving things around there I believe I touched a Hot Pink Guy's Thong. Only at Parsons, Darlings, Only at Parsons.


XOXOXO
Jenna


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Friday, October 15, 2010

Tired, Try Beyond Exhausted.

I'm beyond exhausted. I fell asleep at 4:30 pm and woke up around 11:30 pm...and I'm still tired! I slept through dinner, hey now thats a diet trick sleep through your meals! Foundation hell is wearing me out. Being mentally tired is even more exhausting than being physically tired, in my opinion. Goodnight All! I can barley keep my eyes open...Its raining here again. Nice , like my hair isn't enough of a mess.

Also, this little blog hit 75 Followers! You know what that means- ITS GIVEAWAY TIME. Details to come!

XOXOXO
Jenna

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Monograms, Glue & A Pinch Of Glitter.

After exhausting day , I put aside some "me" time. I've had the itch to collage for a while but didn't have a spare minute. I'm starting a book of collages...kinda like a scrapbook but more along the lines of my ideas and inspirations...I think this would be a cool coffee table book for years to come, and look back on. I'm always thinking and shopping for the future...I plan to pass down my collection of stuff down to future generations. While shopping I think - this isn't just a purse it can be a future heirloom. Each and every day I'm getting better with the computer...I had err little trouble today in 2D class.. funny story, So I'm known for my big loud mouth ( I can't help it I'm Italian & from long island- & if you can believe my family is even louder than me). Well, during class ..i can't exactly remember if i was actually talking, whispering or mouthing, a classmate was telling me what keys to press from across the room...the teacher announces : Jenna,..just...stop. Talking. LOL...well the class was in a fit of hysterical laughter as was I ...hey I can laugh at myself.
3D was woodworking day apparently..I forgot how much I hated technology class until today. I had to cut itty bitty pieces of wood and put them together, I almost took one of my fingers off!

 The Lilly Page.
The cover of the book...had to put my Monogram, becoming more and more obsessed with monograms by the minute!

XOXOXO
Jenna

Monday, October 11, 2010

Good is Good and Bad is Bad.

Somethings not right, somethings off today I can feel it. I had such a creative block today, everything I drew today was just..off. I've had this confused , flustered feeling all day and I don't know why. I received my midterm review for 3D class...i was insulted at least lets say three times by the comments section. And then to top it all off today when I handed in my homework for drawing class my teacher said it looked like a trash can, as in the drawing sucks. yep. one for the books. trash can, well to be fair my teacher said it was a interesting trash can, at least I'm not boring ill take that. I still stand by my trashcan drawing. Gotta laugh, hysterical this is a first! LOL

 The "trashcan" drawing- still life of drapery ( scarfs hanging from my lamp)



some prints that I developed for the Pookie clothing tags....though I'm thinking of running in a different direction now, one word. Collage. I've never seen a collaged clothing tag, have you? maybe a custom Pookie monogram..you all know how the prep in me loves monograms...I'm already known for being the Lilly girl here!

having curly unruly hair , I'm excited to announce that after years of struggling with the blow dryer I finally perfected giving myself a blow-out ...with the same bounce and volume as I get when I get my hair done! So even though I was covered in charcoal from head to toe today , at least my hair looked great! Still working on perfecting the manicure and pedicure...I can never paint my nails well...go figure.

XOXOXO
Jenna





Friday, October 8, 2010

Absolute Pandamonium!

Today has been a crazy- stressful day, I'm so glad its over- well almost I still have a bunch of things to do before going to sleep. My Pandamonium tote is the best it held all my crap today, no seams loose or torn ( like what usually happens to most of my bags that I put too much stuff in). Today I wore my matching shift too! I try to make fridays my Lilly day, though I wear Lilly on other days too, but on fridays I don't have messy studio work so I can dress up. One of my classmates asked me if she could take a picture of me to send to her boyfriend because he looks like a panda, haha so now some kid in Turkey got a picture of me in my Lilly! & you all know how I love winning contests, I won a $25 gift card from Under the palm tree a lilly via shop in Kansas...one of their facebook promotions, " favorite Quotes" I submitted my all time favorite life quote: " Maybe the best any of us can do is not quit, play the hand we've been given & accessorize what we got."....so the question of the day is what am I going to buy!? I'm thinking more stationary , its a real obsession of mine, i just can't help myself.

I swear to god, polyhedrons are going to be the death of me!

XOXOXO
Jenna

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Dashes, Dots & Lines Oh My!

This is the first time in a long time that I have not blogged in a week. I'm crazed. I'm so busy and overwhelmed that its sickening. Which Is why I decided I need to drop one of my classes. I'm being spread in too many directions and its wearing me down, I'm not superwoman. Art history will be waiting for me next semester, or next year when I can give it my full attention. 
So what have I've been up to? PRINT DESIGNING! In 2D & 3D class we are designing prints & patterns, Which I love! I am highly considering being a fabric designer as a career choice...If I don't end up as a fashion designer, hey who knows! I would love, love,love to be a print designer for Lilly Pulitzer. that would be the life. For 2D , we had to create pattern sets, pictured below. 3 of them I did according to the directions, but the last one was "freestyle" . Well I just had to use Lilly prints and collage them. I had so much fun creating my new "Lilly" print! I would love a wrap dress out of it.
I'm very excited to be creating more prints this week! The good news is today I'm having a fabulous hair day & no dark circles under my eyes because I actually went to sleep last night! 


My Lilly Print! this print was inspired by my Missoni Scarf.

Today, Is My BFF GABALLAA's Birthday. She's 19 today!! I LOVE YOU & MISS YOU BEST FRIEND, AKA MY STUNNING BITCH! CHEERS TO MORE BIRTHDAYS & AMAZING TIMES TOGETHER!

XOXOXO
Jenna