I love looking through the free book bin in the public library. It’s just a real barrel of laughs. Especially when I found YA gems from the 90′s like the ones below. Enjoy!    

We made a pretty little lo-fi video! Check it out. Directed/edited by Jeri Rafter and sang/danced/twirled by Kati O’Toole.

Making lots of progress on SeaGlass. I love doing the research for this film, it’s been so interesting to design. This is my favorite part of moviemaking – learning about all these different subjects and going for field trips. I made a little side trip to a glassblowing studio in Dillon, MT to meet with [...]

Right now there is a t-shirt contest going on for Media Arts and our friend Tricia Traci has a couple of designs that are f’n hilarious. Just wanted to share!

I am currently working on my thesis project – doing the production design and costume design! I just wanted to share some of my inspiration for this movie – it’s all about glass, transparencies, layers, the ocean, fog, steam, rain, mirrors and so on. The story, written by Caitlin Hofmeister, revolves around a girl working [...]

A wonderful still frame preview of the latest stopmo project from our friend Tricia Traci!  

I ran across some of these pictures/photos/things while I was cleaning up my folders. They were part inspiration for AIAF’s latest “The Way of the Blood.” Thought I’d share! We pulled some photos from Korean Vogue for costume inspiration, which I love both of these photos!  

I know! Another Winter in the Blood blog, but I really wanted to share the research that I did for the costume department. This was probably my favorite part of the whole process. I loved seeing these photos come to life on-screen thanks to the wonderfully talented Kristen Burke! Authenticity was really important for this [...]

For a good part of my July, all of August and a few weeks in September I was a’working on a lil’ film called Winter in the Blood, of which, Aloneinaforest  had a hand in getting off the ground. I worked in the costume department and delighted in all things western, old and dirty. During [...]

Since we’ve been on the topic of posters of late, I thought I’d  pick out a few classy and beautiful summertime fair posters I’ve run across in recent weeks. I have to create one for a client, wish they would go for something old school and cool. I like these because there isn’t a lot [...]

We get it. You are very witty. You can copy and past and put other words in for the words that are already there! Good for you. Now stop. Here is my small collection of some of the best/worst offenders of this “Keep Calm” trend.

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Dropped it in a lake. Eaten by a pit bull. Smashed during a fight started by a friend saying to some angry youth, “You’re cool times zero.” Stolen along with a purse at a bar where I was distracted whilst dancing in an elevated cage. Yes, me and my cell phones have had a long [...]

Hasalyn and Logan have flown the coop. A boxy U-Haul carried them away and now LA has two more pretty faces. I’ll miss my friends. I’ll miss their cats. I’ll miss their thickly rugged and dark computer den aka Grad Lab Three. We shall see each other shortly. But until then, a few memories.

Swimsuit season is upon us! Though I find tremendous happiness in the bright warming sun, I also have a certain apprehension about the fact that soon I will be shedding my cardigans and sweaters for just two pieces of flimsy spandex-y like material. Egads! I have been doing lots of pushups lately and  eating new vegetables [...]