art equals happy.

i like

real photographs.

knitted scarfs.

cold.

handmade badges.

wearing my fringe to the side a little bit.

sleeping in.

waking up in his house.

eating breakfast again.

toast.

bananas.

cereal.

making plans.

surprises.

spontaneous-ness.

being silly.

 

laughing until my ovaries hurt.

studios.

professional lighting vs. a desk lamp.

my desk.

my huge mac screen.

 

these boys.

the weekends.

good wine.

milk and spirits.

nesting.

other people's houses.

collections.

bookshelves.

big things in my hair

 

being photography-queen at school. haha

my report.

doing self portraits.

feeling good about myself.

learning.

lunchtimes (going to miss these the next couple of weeks).

tea and coffee.

mr. scruff.

new music. 

sharing CD's.

making life a little bit more bearable.

small messages for people.

illustrator.

landland.

fresh notebooks.

paint.

old books.

small doodles.

getting my etsy ready.

and more.

something new and something old.

something i am re-visiting and re-loving and making it my own.

it's the project i work on when i feel gross. 

the project that keeps me happy

and i do feel slightly sneaky working on it, because it's not really work.

ok. maybe it is work, but it's more fun to pretend it's sole purpose is just for me.

i did start a sketchbook today that has nothing to do with any projects.

oh. that is nice.

these (up there!) are examples of some artwork i'm making for my etsy shop. 

i need to sort out a few kinks, but :D

also...

seeing Sam play at one of our favourite coffee shops last night was amazing.

real talent, that boy.

mailed my uni application a few days ago. oh my.

also, the dinner went great on sunday, but most of the pictures are rubbish and there aren't any of jon&i!

i need to sort out this problem of mine. 

(laurie took the above one)

a more juicy post later this week.

kxo

making the headlines.

i have some good news for you!

1. Work-Your-Soul has a third go-go-girl. Go look who it is, you'll love her!

2. i wanted to say;

thank you for being my blog readers, thank you for being my friends and my secret love and a very nice distraction. every comment on here and every e-mail and every favourite on flickr really means alot to me. Your support is amazing. so- thank you.

3. i went from this;

to feeling like i could make ALL the headlines this week- and that's mainly because i realized that even if i feel crap, i'm still Kim. yup. I'm Kim Smith, and i'm here to make something beautiful.

in the past week i've had four great friends say how much they appreciate me and my crazy ways and my constant picture taking. i think i needed that. needed to know that maybe i wasn't going completely insane. haha.

i know i still have alot of work to do on 'coping' with my tiredness and feeling right about myself again, but at least i can throw myself into my work and i think the escape is what i need.

4. SCHOOL? what school?

LETS OPEN MY ETSY SHOP INSTEAD, YEAH?

(i learnt illustrator yesterday. oh. it is love.)

so- you remember this distant memory?

well, POW PAPERS is coming back, but i am planning a few other surprises as well!

oh! you have no idea how excited i am!

i would like to know if there is anything you particularly want to see in the shop. [:

5. School is actually alright. i must admit that i am neglecting a few projects (and lunchtimes) to work on my Graphics at the moment. it's based around Guerilla art and Keri Smith and David Shrigley and Art Journaling and Strong Women and Male vs Female street art. oh. oh. oh. i love it. 

 

i've been making posters to put up around school to inspire people, and it's so interesting to see the interaction between them and the students, little notes responding to them and things. it's great!

I will share some more of my Guerilla Art soon. i love this. i feel so secretive and special!

6. in between everything else and to keep me alive, i've been stitching and scraping a bit.

(i'm sorry about the quality of these, the ISO was still set to 1600! oh no! and i look like a major goon in all of them.)

i hope you have a really great weekend, i'm cooking for me&jon and heather&sam and maddy&laurie on sunday. i'm looking forward to it alot! triple date? life couldn't get better... right?

big loves, kxxoo

oh lists and lists.

and lists and lists and lists!

my life is one huge list.

haha. check out my uglybutt planner;

i don't know why i insist on using this gross thing, but anyway. at the moment there are little notes in it like; 'KIM, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS BY TODAY YOU ARE A DEAD WOMAN!' because of the crazy amounts of deadlines i realized i have for jan/feb/march. ah!

here are some examples of a few of the EPIC lists for projects&life that i'm working through. 

 

i thought it would be fun to share these with you, because i'm always curious to see how people organize their life and work and things. haha. 

i will have a real blog for you most probably tomorrow. but basically i'm working non-stop to get all of my school stuff out the way, so i can re-open my etsy shop (i'm hoping for two weeks? am i dreaming? i don't know) soon.

real soon

because i want it open so bad.

oh. and an updated look for this blog. big time.

maybe my website will even be alive soon.

projects=happykim.

but maybe i am setting too much for myself.

we'll see.

i just know if i put it out there, i'll feel better about doing it.

also EXCITING NEWS coming this week.

oh my. i can't wait to tell youuuuu!!!

kxo

your weekend has started already!

what are you waiting for?

 

hop on over to WORK YOUR SOUL for our first challenge of the year!

i wish i had more time to play within this genre/era so i'm REALLY excited to see what you all come up with!

i've been on a TOTAL photobooth binge this week. 

also been doing a bit of headband bingeing too.

i didn't have any lessons on thursday, so instead of doing work, i stayed home and slept in and watched Project Runway & Project Catwalk with my mum, while drinking LOTS of coffee and sewing bows.

i really want a 20's flapper dress to play in.

anyway, this week started out good. i had an awesome shoot with THIS LADY;

(that's Jess. she is living, breathing BEAUTY.)

here are some of the digital images i took;

 

my scanner is still not working, which is sad news, but i've been going through files from summer. here are a few favourites;

and, it was this boy's birthday, my lovely friend, SEAN!

he is so far away-  but we send letters, so it's all good.

this post is super long, so i'm going to finish it there, before i upload my entire summer. haha.

i think i'm going to have a 'omgwork' and 'kim-sortyourlifeout' weekend.

i have a to-do list that is about as tall as me. and no time. so it will be nice to have a completely free sunday. maybe i'll even take a break and show you something nice. 

but until then, love you!

kxo

there is nothing better

to me, than good polaroid images.

okay. maybe good polaroid images with people i love in them.

flickr is my love.

i have re-discovered a few streams recently...

Lou O Bedlam for starts. but he is more of a magician with girls faces, than anything else. he has mastered his style and he sticks to it. and he shoots medium format now. which is a nice change, but nothing like this;

oh. oh oh. yum.

maplesyruponly is a new/old fav as well. 

 

so much film. so little time.

and a new love;

areasontohope (okay, so it's not a polaroid. shhh). her stream is amazing. it's what i hope mine is like. capturing this youthful time. real. 

i hope you all know...

Wendy Bevan. she shoots for vogue. droolllll.

that's just the tip of it all, m'lovlies!

yeah. so the film is expensive. but. i'll be damned if you can show me something more beautiful.

check out my favourites for all kinds of yummy eyecandy.

i have my foot in the door of this photography project, but it won't OPEN! and yesterday, i think i may have figured out why it is being so stubborn. i took some polaroids, but my scanner isn't working!

oooohhhh. jess was the best model. and look at all the film i have to process as well!

(haha, that disposable expired in 2004! i can't waittttttttt to see how 'bad' they come out!)

i've got some digitals but they are on the school computer at the moment, so i will share a few later.

over and out for today!

kxxooo

i'm making this a habit.

blogging.

it feels good. 

maybe i will actually do every-other-day posts?

wow.

i have just done a bit of searching on flickr for some inspiration.

and i stumbled upon THIS LADY.

her photos are so effortless and around the 17th page you get a big block of collages.

i'm so inspired.

i am planning a photoshoot for my photography class. i am so excited about it because i will be using a crazy amount of cameras and it's going to be so FREE and CANDID. i want to jump up and down because i am having some good productive days! also been doing some WYS preparation! oooohhh.

i woke up this morning and the sun was coming in between my curtains and i did this;

i am still unsure about how blank my journal is.

but it sure does make it easy for me.

so today, i have been flooding myself with pictures and old music.

if you've never spent a few hours looking through films and listening to some old acoustic folk music, you are missing out.

haha. i have so many photos of maddy and laurie.

probably because i love them so much.

i am unsure if i should go back to black hair again or stay gingery...

what do you think?

this was my saturday night. stitching with good company. [:

okay. probably the most random post. but that's fine. haha.

have a really great week!

kxo

p.s. if you don't watch my photoblog, check it out, masses of uploads lately!

i'm here.

and i'm doing fine.

this week has been so tough for me.

my journal looks so blank- look at it!

i seem to have stripped my whole style down to a black pen and white paper. 

still, i have been so lucky to be able to just pick up the phone and call heather.

i just feel like nothing is getting done and it frustrates me so much!

because i am the girl that does everything.

and does it well.

i just need to shake it. shake it good.

sleep is not helping.

today i danced it out.

and drank lots of CHAI!

my dad and i are crazy about this sugary stuff!

haha. they are so fascinated with this big mac machine on my desk. 

it's cute- mum's like 'aw! that's cute-what does it do?!'

[:

and i think it's time to share my favourite photo of jon&i so far;

actually- that's a lie. i like too many of them. but still. [:

so. i just wanted to say that you should;

and read a good book.

love you, kimxo

i'm back at school now

which means work and excitement.

and it means seeing this guy everyday;

and getting yummies from the bakery. [:

and having friends to laugh with.

it means late night conversations with this girl

and looking forward to the weekends when i can take more lovely grainy photographs at parties.

but it also means no more ly-ins and no more stress-free sleepy mornings or spending the whole day in pjs.

it means a growing panic in my heart about work and it means having to keep my creativity 'mobile'- which i actually find quite difficult. i miss my desk when i'm at school. i'm so lucky to have everything i need right here.

but i do get to spend my days being challenged by my teachers, and pushed just a little harder to get that 'hey kim! i like that!' from my peers. it's good to have that wall to bounce things off of, and a reputation to live up to. it also means that i get structure back into my life, i get forced to do certain things at certain times.

but still. i will miss sleepovers with my friends and my little 'overnight' bag and hours at the pub and sketches in my notebooks left by cute people.

so i am all sweetness and all sourness over school at the moment.

bye christmas holidays, hello busy 2009.

there is so much

to say. and do. and be.

a year seems so long and so short all at once.

these are some things of 2008 that are warm in my heart.

finding my real love for film;

working and playing in the art block;

 

which included lots of conversations about important things and leaving my mark.

slowing right down;

and growing as kim;

little books;

big projects and publications;

growing friendships;

 

big and small adventures;

boy;

enjoying the vibe;

 

there is too much to say. this is just a small bit. i think my life is beautiful. i am looking forward. it looks good  but who's to say what's out there? i am so excited. i have film for you and a few new photos that i am itching to share. tomorrow maybe.

thank you for being here.

kxo