California State Summer School of the Arts!

I hope everyone's having a lovely Tuesday :)
A few months ago, I applied to two programs of CSSSA (California State Summer School of the Arts).
I applied for Creative Writing as my first choice, but also applied for Visual Arts just in case.

A few weeks ago I got my acceptance packet back!! To both programs!! I was and still am extremely excited and have high hopes for the writing program. Hopefully, over four weeks of intensive writing training, I will become a much better writer.

I decided to post my application pieces for the Visual Art program.
The prompts this year were:

• Choose any issue that interests you (something personal, political or social). Use whatever materials, techniques and processes work best to express your views on the chosen issue. Provide an explanation of the work on a separate sheet of paper.

In this assignment we are looking for your ability to communicate a personal view on a particular issue through a work of art.

• Create an original art piece that reflects who you are. Use appropriate materials and techniques to interpret your idea.

In this assignment, we will look at how you creatively interpret the problem, and how you make artistic choices. 
Choose a piece of your artwork that you feel best demonstrates your technical skill and understanding of your favorite medium.

• In this assignment, we want to see that you have developed the skills needed to succeed in this advanced program.

So yea, those were the three pieces I sent in! I'm more self conscious of my writing, so I'm not going to post the pieces I sent in for that....but if you really want to read some, feel free to contact me personally about them!!

I know I'm gonna meet some hella sick people at camp, excited for that!!!

Yay. CSSSA 2013 we out? ;)

-A

Happy Mothers Day!!

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there!
Both my parents provide me and my sister with so much, and we're so grateful for our mom (AND dad!). A day of appreciation is not enough for our amazing mom! 

Without them, I couldn't have achieved such happiness in my daily life. What the hell, I wouldn't even be here right now haha.  

Today is a really busy day for my family, so Bridgette and I did most of our mother's day work yesterday. We decided to serve her breakfast in bed and cook dinner as well! (This is harder than it sounds, at least for us haha)

For breakfast, we made a really simple French Toast, with a berry yogurt parfait. 

Here's a picture!

  
   
For dinner, we made two salads and a baked spaghetti!

We used lean turkey breast in the spaghetti, and lots of tomatoes and herbs! It was my first time making a baked pasta dish, and was much simpler than I expected! Bridgette and I cut up all the ingredients, cooked them into a sauce, and then layered sauce, spaghetti, and cheese into a casserole plate and just let it bake!

      

   One of the salad sides that we made was a simple pea and salmon fry. The ingredients we used were very simple, (shallots, salmon, and peas) but the flavor of these turned out great!

Hope everyone's making their mother's feel special today!!
Feel free to leave me comments or questions, and look forward to more posts. 

-A

Mary Kay Makeover with the lovely Brenda :)

Hey guys! This post is quite late, but a few months ago, my friend was back from college. She's an intern for MaryKay, and was helping many girls do makeovers! I was one of the lucky ones :)

She introduced me to some of MaryKay's bestsellers, and also helped recommend some serums for nighttime use, which I was looking for. I really like the smell and softness of the products she used for my makeover. The colors are also very vibrant and a little goes a long way! Another thing I really liked about these products was their adorable packaging.

It was a lot of fun, and I was very pleased with the outcome.
Brenda definitely knows what looks good on me, and it was fun to catch up while getting my makeup done!

Visit Brenda's link here: www.marykay.com/bcai

If anyone has questions about products or regarding the brand, feel free to leave comments and I will refer them to Brenda, who can answer them.

Visit Marykay's homepage here: 
www.marykay.com

Love you all!

-A

Bento for the Boyfrann !

Yum yum yum

Who says I can't cook? :)
I'm very behind on posting due to an immense amount of schoolwork, but I'll be back, I promise!

Hope everyone's been having a great week!

-A