New Apartment Housewarming Party

At the beginning of August I moved into a new place, got a new room mate and a new mafia-affiliated landlord and, for the first time in 5 years, I have my own bedroom that has an actual door. It's a dream come true.

Not only do I now have my own bedroom, but I also have a real living room, kitchen, office/desk area, annd bathroom--what luxury!! Coming from jank dorm rooms and a small one bedroom though, I essentially had no furniture whatsoever. So my parents, being the angels that they are, agreed to rent a uhaul truck, fill it with furniture and drive it all the way to NYC in order to protect me from the dangers of furniture shopping on craigslist and trying to put together the million-piece items from ikea. And since they had a huge truck, they didn't want any space to go un-utilized! So my dad fired up the smoker before they left home and my mom filled some coolers with dry ice and they were able to bring some good ol' Texas BBQ to New York. It was amazing.

Angy took a few pics of the gathering of some of my favorite people I've met here in the city as we celebrated the new place and enjoyed some home cooking...

housewarming flowers from Angélique

Joanne, SueYeon, Suji, Yaegi, Brittney, Mom, Sujin, Me, Tae, Dad

I think Sujin was taking too many pictures at this point-- Joanne, SueYeon, Suji, Yaegi,Brittney, Mom, Angélique, Tae, Dad, Me

Me and my 가장 친한 친구 (bffl)

SueYeon's dog, Dodo, was the life of the party

Sujin started getting her Beyonce on...

<3

post bbq napping needed

dessert spread--fruit salad, coconut macaroons, chocolate chip cookies, & brownies w/ chocolate gnache topping

xoxo.

Project Development

This semester is my last portfolio class of college. We will essentially be developing and designing 4 collections- Fall/Winter, Holiday, Resort, & Spring/Summer. I am doing all four collections inspired by classic children's novels. Here are some scans of the first couple of pages of my development journal (still really rough- I've collected soooo many images and I don't want it to get too crafty...):

And some initial sketches for the Fall/Winter collection inspired by A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

Click to see a little more clearly- some of the lines are really light since it's pencil.

Of these, I will need to choose 20 or so to fully develop and render! Any suggestions??

Hunting Portfolio Project

Summer went CRAZY fast, but other than the oppressive heat, it was a really great one! Monday was the first day of my last year of school everrrr!!! It's already totally crazy, but I have an amazing new apartment that is insanely close to school, and a wonderful new room mate, and all of my friends in my classes-- so I know it is going to be over before I know it.

This weekend my parents are driving a moving truck up from Texas filled with furniture and bar-b-que and everything I haven't been able to take on an airplane to bring here before. This is my 5th year living in the city already (insane), and I think they are ready for me to start clearing out all my stuff.

Anyways, here is my final portfolio from last semester:

Pictures of Brittney and I's new palace coming soon!