My Tomb Raider Gallery is done!

There are some pretty awesome images so be sure to click through.  I had a blast at this photo shoot.  I had a friend there who was feeding me & the photographer more ideas for images to create, having a collaboration of people really brought out some amazing pictures.  I did more than the photographer expected because as you know I am not afraid to climb (bikini shoot jumping off the top of the waterfall).  I saw the tree and didn’t even hesitate to jump up in the tree and start climbing around posing with the guns.  I did consider posing with the whip, swinging from a branch like Jane, but I wasn’t sure the whip was strong enough.  I was not about to break the whip and land hard in a fall and have to explain breaking someone else’s whip - funny part about that though, the person that lent me the whip decided she didn’t want it back.  So I now have this awesome bullwhip and I will have to use again in coming shoots.  If you have some ideas for themes I can use it for comment about it and I will set something up.  I had fun playing with it and got really good at cracking it.  I will admit I did whip myself once or twice when I first started messing with it, but I didn’t get face so no harm done.  I can take it, it was a little different feeling than taking a softball to the shin, but I can take pain I did lots of action shots with the whip and spinning my guns so I put together a slide show to show them off.  It is a short video but I put some music to it and posted in on a new page with a link named ‘video’ that you can see off to the left in my sidebar.  I plan to post more videos, that’s why I created a new page for them.  I have stage performances of doing Trixie at the Rocky Horror Picture Show that I am working on posting next.  I will also be making more slide shows; hey, maybe I will just make a slide show for each theme I have in my galleries…hmm…that sounds like a fun idea. Tell me your thoughts, comment on what kind of slide show should I do next?

I hope you are all having a great holiday season and I will talk to again before the new year!

Have you ever seen me in curls?

Well now you finally get to see my hair styled in curls. The curls got so overwhelming for me I had to pull them back into a clip to keep them out of my face!

I worked a Hair Show Monday and got my hair styled by the professional and charming Ted Gibson.  He was great to work with and I very much enjoyed having him style my hair.  He had a booth at a cosmetology convention and he was the only one who had live models (like me) to show people how he worked with hair.  Other booths had wigged mannequins and some did work on the patrons attending the convention (nail polish and make up).  There was even a booth dedicated to hair extensions and asked me to stand by them for while, but that would have been false advertising I think.  I was constantly assuring people it was my natural hair and I had no extension and no coloring, I guess they term it ‘virgin hair’ which I guess seems fitting :)  After having my hair styled I got to walk around the convention to explore what others had to offer and got some free samples and met some very cool people.  Some of the vendors near Ted Gibson tried to convince me to let him cut my hair, but I am not ready to let go of my luxurious locks.  As I walked around I acted as a brand ambassador and told people about his products and I was of course a walking advertisement for his styling work.   People loved my hair and I felt like ‘Hollywood Glam’.  A few people said my hair looked bigger than my body - which if you had seen it before it started going flat you would probably definitely agree.  I love my hair in curls, but I now understand how much of a chore and hassle it can be and I was just working in it for few hours.  So needless to say, I love my naturally straight hair and I sympathize for those who fight with naturally curly hair daily.  Check out my curly hair pictures in my Casual Gallery.

I am so thankful for all of you who enjoy reading, Happy Holidays!

 So I was Tomb Raider for Halloween again this year, its a classic!

So I got all dressed up for a costume contest at a club and the line was down the block to get in!  I was so sure I wasn’t going to make it into the bar in time to participate in the costume contest, but we got in with time to spare.  Oh and there was another tomb raider costume in line in front of me so I was worried she’d get in and beat me by default - my costume was better in my opinion :p  She had the backpack but no guns and her shorts were longer, so I was the sexier one hehe.  Anyway, got into the bar and ordered a drink to wait.  This club had 3 rooms and the main room bar was totally packed so I went to another room to get my drink, which was still crowded but not as bad.  I figured I would still be able to hear an announcement about the contest happening because I was right next to the door.  Well, I finally got my drink and started asking people if they knew when the contest was happening and I found out I was minutes too late!  I was so crushed!  They had just finished the costume contest as I was leaving the bar with my drink.  Turns out a fully done up star ship trooper lost to a Lion King giraffe - you know the live theater creature costumes they have? I think that’s cheating, but he claimed he crafted the costume himself.  Anyway, those were the two finalist (both guys), so it makes me wonder if there were no girls competing or what.  Maybe its just me but I would have thought one of those sexy costumes women can get these days would have been the winner. Mine is authentic by the way, sewed and crafted all the pieces of my outfit (of course I bought the guns and coat - but I made those gun holsters).  By the way, I had to crop this image from a group picture so I do apologize for that, but it is posted in my Candid Gallery at regular size.

Don’t fret if you think this isn’t good enough view, I did a photo shoot too and will be posting those images in the coming week, so stayed tuned for my Tomb Raider Gallery coming soon…

I have posted new images!  Go check out my new Sailor Gallery to see the fun I had on vacation this summer.  I went to visit my dad and had lots of fun on the lake.  In addition to the Bayliner you see in my pictures, we also got to ride around on his two Seadoos.  Racing wasn’t really fair because one of his Seadoos is larger than the other and cannot go as fast.  The larger one is used to pull skiers and the smaller one is made for sporting like racing and zipping around on the water.  It was a blast and I cannot wait to go back to visit again next year.  I will work on a new sailor outfit as well for my next trip so I can add some new images to that gallery for you.  In addition to roaming around on the water crafts, I also went skiing on the water, swimming near the shore, and rode over to visit the dam.  It was sunny most of the time and when it did rain it never lasted very long.  There was one day when it started raining when we were out on the Seadoos and my dad told me to hurry to try to out run the rain - I didn’t understand why until the rain was upon us and the pelting was not pleasant on top of all the extra water spray making it hard to see.  It was definately a new experience for a desert dweller lol.  The weather was so cool and refreshing I greatly enjoyed escaping the horrible summer heat.  The humidity wasn’t even that bad either, I hardly noticed it.  In the evenings we usually went out for dinner or ate with friends.  A nice couple brewed their own wine and I must proclaim, that was the best wine I have ever had in my life!  Perfectly sweet, not too tart, and tasted like juice so I ended up having a little more than I should have but I wasn’t driving

SO what to watch for coming soon…Halloween is just about here and I will definitely be dressing up!  I haven’t decided on Wonder Woman, Princess Leia, or Tomb Raider.  Be sure that whichever I chose I will get images to post for you all to see.  So far I am leaning toward Tomb Raider because I already have that outfit together from past Halloweens, but I want to do something new and am trying to get Wonder Woman put together in time.  If it is a very cold Halloween though, I will be tempted to do Princess Leia in the white dress to keep warmer (I know you all were hoping for the brass bra, but not this time).

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Since I can post blogs, I wanted to at least talk to you even though I cannot upload photos.  I have a bunch of new work I’ve been doing and as soon as the technical issues are resolved I’ll be posting new images like crazy.  Remember, patience is a virtue and I’m sure the wait will be worth it, your going to love what I’ve been creating!  I am at a point in my career that I no longer have time to work for print.  I have my photographer favorites that I work with regularly so any other work I do will be paid work.  With exception to runway, I am still trying to get onto a runway so I will give my time for that opportunity.  If you are in need of runway models or know any designers that could benefit from having a long haired model, please let me know!

I am in the process of creating my own fashion line and will be providing items for sale soon.  I don’t want to claim designer status until I actually complete a collection to show on a runway, but I am making my way there.  I love fashion and have been sewing since I was a kid so it was a natural transition for me to make and I am confident I will have success.  I also need to study design and style before I will feel comfortable claiming to be a designer - I don’t want someone discrediting my work just because I did not have the industry knowledge that other designers have.  Fashion is definately a source of creativity for me and I have come to love color!  If you can believe it, I used to wear only grey, blue and black tshirts and jeans all the time - yup I was the tomboy type growing up.  Then somewhere along the way something changed in me and I blossomed into a fashion victim woman, yup I’m obsessed with shoes.  I think I have surpassed 50 pairs now and on my way to 100 pairs of shoes, I definately need more room lol.  Actually I want, well really I need my next house to have a room turned into a closet with multiple aisles that I can fill.  Currently I have filled 2 doublewide closets and that still doesn’t even hold all my shoes, which I have stacked in a corner trying to keep them out of the way!  I know what your thinking, I cannot possibly be using all those clothes and shoes, well actually I do.  I told you fashion is my creative outlet, I have so much stuff I can make so many combinations I could probably wear something different every day of the year.  I will admit laundry gets to be a nightmare, but I could get away with only doing laundry once or twice a year and not run out of things to wear!  Pretty crazy huh.  I blame modeling, lol.  Modeling was what drove me to have something new and different to shoot in, can’t look the same at every shoot or people will get bored.  I began to take on different looks and now I have photographers that rave about how I can become a totally different person in each shoot.  I like to be versatile, I was boring for too long and now I’ve broken out of my shell.  Just wait til you see my designs, I am envisioning some crazy

concoctions, just you wait…

En Vogue

by -PumpkinSeeds-

Catwalk predictions.
Style convictions.

Real fur,
causing a stir.

Put Agyness Deyn,
on a plane;
and make sure she’s on time for the house of holland campaign.

Go natural?
Stay Bare?
Or opt for fake hair?

Fasten clasp.
Tie up basque.
Hand to hip.
Gloss to lip.

Pluck,
brush,
Make a fuss.

Models in line;
stay alert & on time.

First Kate, then Ella;
Cue Donatella,

walk,
strut,
Show over.

CUT.

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Fashion, the industry that sees no rest.