a few fashion thoughts.

inspired by cultural experience, or those which i want to take. the thank you note is to a UD alumni artist who worked for Poke in London for a few years and is now starting his own firm called Breakfast in New York City. He was crazy ambitious and really inspiring.

after colour
before colour
inspired by iceland and boy soldiers
inspired by the volcano i visited in sakurajima, japan

inspired by iceland and boy soldiers

inspired by iceland and boy soldiers

from plastic to galactic.

this lovely existence is sammi bateman, my studio mate! she is wonderful and inspiring, she is the dessert you'd eat for breakfast, and the bird that lives in a treehouse made of glitter! sammi makes magic on a regular basis. inspiration? plastic.

philadelphia designers market.

this past saturday was my first attempt at selling work in a public vending place. grace and i sold our products together - our first collaboration under "space cadet sadie" we sold alongside other girls in the garment district, ud's fashion rso. we learned so much and have so many ideas of what we want to make next and how we can better market and brand ourselves. seeing as we threw this together last minute it turned out quite well and we ended up making a small profit. I left feeling so inspired and ready to push towards making a bulk of work to really market. making big plans for this summer.

gifts.

a few gifts for friends from japan, it's such fun to share little bits of your experiences with others.

my professors have influenced me so much, they always come to mind on my explorations. these are little vintage japanese matchboxes. justin and I matched to to the style of each of our professors.

for sammi, glittery, baking, crafting princess! dessert toy making materials!

for camden, keith, and andrew, my home boys - space invader ice cubes!

becca and her love for ichigo - strawberries! and mochi...

this notebook was so ange...

comfort.

thrift shopping will always have my heart because you can discover amazing home and wardrobe pieces in such an affordable way. I found this great bedspread for my house next year! $5.99 that's right! i am excited when i can capture the feeling of anthropologie/vintage/nature for such a steal.

freeing.

cut straight across bangs on a whim last night...

holga.

got my first one at loft in japan! i have taken one b&w roll, and have started my next. i still have to develop the film, i think i am embarking on a wonderful ongoing adventure here! it's such an experiment and get me combining and thinking better.

we achieved these photos by holding coloured, plastic candy wrappers over the flash.

JAPAN (in a nutshell)

Wow, between the adventure of Japan and flying home then having less than 24 hours to get back into school mode and being jet lagged for a week.... blog updates just haven't been priority. And there's hardly enough time or space to record everything about Japan.... so here are some differences and highlights:

differences: super clean, safe feeling, techonologic, efficient, very professional and trendy in dress, advertising, packaging and graphic design have a more colourful and bold feel. not to mention cute little animals on everything!!! i was so happy about that. they drive on the left side, the walk lights chirp like birds or play little jingles, you take off your shoes before entering dorm rooms, hotel rooms, and some cafes, it is such a homogeneous society and i would have never gotten around without Justin and his Japanese. they use yen and you still bow when you thank someone. It is a much more quiet, reverent, and respectful public environment, i never heard loud obnoxious outbursts from anyone.

highlights: internet cafe (a bunch of cubicles, you pay around $20 for 10 hours or so, you get a personal cubicle with a huge comfy chair, computer, video games, access to manga, anime, magazines, junk food, showers, free icecream and soda!, Hanami (I hit Japan when their adored cherry blossoms were in bloom, this was a flower viewing party at sunset), kagoshima (a beautiful active volcano! palm trees, bats, mini oranges, flowers, ash), nature trails, art museum, wild konekos (kitties!), loft (most glorious cute and trendy 7 floor store ive ever seen - an experience on its own!) daimyo great shopping - going bellbo (an amazing vintage store that was super affordable and the owner is an artist and sells personal works and work of another local artist) rotating sushi (sushi on a conveyor belt - what a party), really classy formal sushi that you have no idea what to expect but everything is displayed so beautifully and minimally, neko cafe! (cats walk around on floors, chairs, tables, ladders and pathways around the ceiling, we ate adorable deserts and lattes and patted the kitties!), fubar (dancing and friends), shiv shenkar (probably spelling this wrong but amazing indian food! non the size of my arm! only cheese all week too!), bow making party (we taught the girls how to make hair bows and the boys bow ties), going to japanese, manga, and calligraphy class, dazaifu (temples an beautiful neighborhoods and gardens) spilling sacred tea eeek!), beautiful countryside, cute creatures, nice fun people, girls saying "kawaii!," sushi, curry, little desserts and cookies and crepes that are oh so cute!, riding on bikes through japanese cities, exploring, how exciting! this is a jumble but i cant bear to explain every detail, not enough time! japan was amazing!