HOT OFF THE PRESS!!!

Here it is Kids!!! We are official... We made it to COAST magazine... HAHAHA Thanks to Jessica at Coast for interviewing us and their lovely photographer. I probably made his job a living hell since I was making myself laugh the whole time... Check out our interview HERE Page 36 !!! Please read it and tell me what you guys think!! Isn't it great that indie crafting is finally coming to Orange County???

Friday Nights and Road Trips!!!

So a few Fridays ago me and the rest of the Handmade Brigade went out to celebrate the end of our insane indie intensive month...

We started out at SHOW- The Supper CLub I thought it was going to be the 40's show but instead it was "Arabian Nights" .... It was okay... but not my style. There was one INSANE Belly dancer who pretty much stole the show... There was snakes and fire and white people with brown faces.... CRAZY!



This is the belly dancer who was AMAZING!



Then we got one of our very own belly dancers!!! Melissa!!!

They tried to drag Jackie up there first then me... I was the evil bitch that pointed to Melissa and rooted her on!!! She was super good though it was sooo funny to watch!

I want to go back to the Supper club for the Speakeasy show which is more my style... I think this time I will just sit at the bar for $10... $75 for a meal and a cocktail is not in my budget!!!



After we walked to some weird bar called Goat Hill or something like that.. It was super light inside... Which is weird... I like dark bars... It smelled like puke too but we stayed anyways and played pool (or tried too) and took stupid pictures...

I was drinking so much shit... Lord only knows how I didn't puke.... I am not used to drinking and lord only knows I thought i was a fucking sailor that night!

Long Beach Ice Tea... knock your freaking socks off!


Lauren, Nina, & Jackie


Me putting a pool stick up Laurens butt


The Pool Shark...




SISTA, SISTA!!!


Who is the HAM in this group????
NOT ME hahahahah!

Melissas Bar boyfriend.... LOBSTER MAN! He was so gross....


TOLD YOU!!! EEEWWWWWW I couldn't stop laughing because he was so gross...


Then the night ended like this





It was super fun! Especially for a group of girls who never drink and would rather craft all night... BUT this sort of kicked off another event we have planned...

Speakeasy: Indie Crafting, Music and Booze!
September 20, 2009
5-10PM
Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa

Fliers and more info coming soon....

So maybe we are not those granny crafters after all!!! I better see everyone from Orange County there!! Its going to be so fun! We just had our photo shoot there and the bar is super cool! I am excited because I will be bringing a few new items... COCKTAIL HATS!!! I've had the forms for awhile and just started making them! The one I wore on this night is my first one...


ALSO!!! I am going to fly to SEATTLE tomorrow and then rent a car and drive all the way down the coast back to ORANGE COUNTY!! So anyone have any good places to go, eat, see, stay PLEASE COMMENT!!! I've already had some WONDERFUL Ideas from Sherezada, Pam, & Lily. I also will hopefully be meeting them all!!! YAY!!! Crafty internet friends connect!

Sprinkles Cupcakes

So everyone is MAD about Cupcakes!!! Cupcake places have been popping up everywhere but I've never visited one! Well they opened one in Newport Beach. Called Sprinkles It was sort of random because we were actually is Newport because Our craft group Handmade Brigade was getting interviewed for COAST magazine!!! Can you believe it??? We are going to be in the September Issue.... So random. I hardly said anything... I get weird about interviews... I did manage to answer one question and in my sentence I said "fuck" .... BROOK come on!!! you are quiet the whole time and FUCK is the word that comes out of your mouth to a person who writes about rich people and their snoody lifestyles.... hahahah She was recording the whole thing and i was like " OOppss dont add that! "



They are even having their photographer take professional pictures of us HAHAHAHA !! I feel like such an idiot.... The last time I got a professional picture it was my senior picture.... SO I feel like a total weirdo going to this shoot.... EEEEEPPPP! I can ham it up for my camera or a friends camera... but a strangers.... my social anxiety kicks in! We will see how it goes... Wednesday is the day... Wish me luck!!!

So back to Sprinkles... The cupcakes were sooo cute... the store was sssooo Cute:


the cupcakes... Not that great.... I hate to say it... Almost tasted stale... Still good especially since I cheated on my low carb diet just to eat one... but to be honest... They were cuter to eat then they tasted....



The best cupcakes I've had are made from a box... with a snack pack jell-o mixed in the batter... yes kickin' it hillybilly style!!! DONT JUDGE ME PEOPLE!!! Sooooo Sprinkles... CUTE CUTE posh little cupcakerie... good on the eyes... okay on the tongue...



This was the beginning of our day.... next blog will be our crazy ass night... The pictures are so funny!! So funny to go party with your craft friends.... Things got ugly!

Glittered Jesus

SSSOOOO pretty much my favorite thing EVER! My grandma gave me this statue because its hand broke off and asked if I wanted it because if not she was going to throw it away or something horrible like that... Well then she found the hand and gave it to me... Well I lost the hand never to be found for over 2 years. SO when I did find it again I got some E6000 and made him whole again. Then he just stared down at my from my shelf... Looking all... WHITE ....and actually sort of boring.

Then I went to Jackies house for the first time.... My mother always taught me to look with my EYES not my Hands... Well once I was old enough to realize I do whatever the fuck I want I stopped listening to this horrible concept... I went to Jackies house and touched everything. hahahaha She has mounds of handmade goodness. Felted dinosaurs, knitted plushies, Feltadermy rabbit,sugar skulls, succulents, and then God parted the sea Moses said let my people go.... and thats when I saw her...



Glittered Virgin Mary.... In all her pink glory.... Well of course the first thing I thought was... Well Glittered Virgin Marys immaculately conceive a GLITTERED JESUS... RIGHT?? Makes sense to me. So then my LDS White Jesus was corrupted into the most marvelous thing ever...


(And the angels sang)

OC Weekly interview and GIVEAWAY!!!

Hey everyone! Please check out my interview at OC Weekly - Gettin' Made column for a chance to win one of my headbands!!! The wonderful Steph Calvert from Hearts and Laser Beams is now writing for the OC weekly and she chose me as well as the rest of the Handmade Brigade members to interview! Please comment and send it to all your friends! The more views the longer Steph gets to write about crafts!!! YYYAAAAYYYY !!!! hahhahaha the picture she chose to use of me is classic... hahahahaha I guess I have to watch what I put out on the world wide web!!! OKAY go comment!!!


xoxo
Brook

Handmade Brigade

Here we are Jackie, Me, Melissa, Nina



SOOOOO June was Indie Craft Month for us Handmade Brigade Gals!!! It was so fun but I am glad its over. I didn't even go to all of the events because I had to work but let me tell you it was a lot of STRESS and freaking out about it working out since it really was our first time as a group organizing all of these events! It went ssooo well! We even got in the Orange County Register!! That was a shock! I found out why I was eating lunch in Zion! My 15 seconds of fame ahahaha!

The first show was in Cerritos which technically not in Orange County but it was the tall mouse with the biggest parking lot. There was a bunch of cool vendors. I bought a bunch of stuff !! haahhah!


Here are a few of the awesome vendors from the Cerritos show


This is Berndt Offerings she makes the coolest "saint" candles she ever has a michael jackson one...


THen there was the Swap-o-Rama which I didn't go to but they said it was crazy busy and people made such cool things.

Here is Ninas boyfriend, Anthony screen printing shirts.


Here is Nina rocking her t-shirt into skirt and Melissa with her t-shirt necklaces that she was making at the show.


Jackie stenciling shit... look at her face! she said it was sooo overwhelming!


Some of the swappers... Does anyone spy The Craft Pig??? I DO!!!


Then there was Indie Intensive but I am too lazy to write about it... eehhh sorry

Then there was the last show in Laguna Niguel. Which happens to be my stompin' ground.

DO you see the bright pink canopy that looks so gaudy and like a circus tent.... thats MINE!!! Of course!




Here is MandaLanda she makes super cool things. We want to hook Jackies sister up with her brother who is photographed here ... hhhahahah he has no clue though! I think someone said he helps sew on the buttons... what a nice man!! Juan would never help me...






This is Palm Puppy I bought a SUPER cute boston terrier christmas ornament from her... I LOVE IT. It looks just like Gus, crazy eyes and all!!! I collect Christmas Ornaments so I just couldnt resist. She makes a bunch of different breeds...




Here is Jackies booth


and Melissas booth


Me obviously not paying attention!




And pretty much the star of the whole show... My precious little man... He was so well behaved just hung out and peeped his head out from the table to say Hello How dang cute is he?



I left out a bunch of pictures so if you want to see more check it out Here!

SO for now I am done doing any major shows until Christmas or until Juan leaves for Afghanistan. BUT a few days after Juan leaves we (handmade brigade girls) are planning to do a show at Detroit Bar. Which I kept calling Chicago and everyone had no clue what I was talking about. hahahaha I am so stupid!! I knew it was some City name. It should be fun though. Everyone says its a super cool place. I've never been but that should be September 20th I think... SO you guys better come!!!

Lost in Vacation...

Work, road trip, and renegade have taken over my life... here is a more photos less word type blog of my vacation in Zion National Park. Yes I rode a horse, went ATVing and white water rafting...

In the middle of nowhere


literally in the middle of nowhere!


Las Vegas for a few hours. Won $200... fabulous. Hot as shit!


Zion






Giddy up!


photo shoot while riding... 3 hours I got BORED

My horse Doc


pool time


Our wonderful eco friendly room at The Desert Pearl Inn



my favorite part.... the who-ha washer... I need a bidet so hilarious!


View from the balcony


The narrows... It was raining and it was hot... so amazing. not so wonderful pictures of myself...



Juan looks like a nerd HAHAHAAH backpack boy!

Work it papa!!! Momma like momma like!


My pictures don't do that place justice! It was amazing!