Tennessee Vacation

Just wanted to show ya'll some highlights from my vacation to Tennessee. We stayed in Seveirville and visited Pegion Fordge and Gatlinburg. Wich is all within 15 minutes of each other.

Thursday we went shopping on the strip in Gaitlinburg.

The mountain view from the hotel.

RainForest Adventures Discover Zoo complete with the Aussie Walkabout (which consisted of 2 kangaroos!) It literally would have take 2 minutes to walk through the whole zoo if we weren't taking pics of everything! Atleast it was free with the hotel.

The view from the side of the road on the mountain.

The view from the tram and Ober-Gatlinburg.

And here some of us goofing off in the car.

Can we go back now????

Design Love

I was just blog hopping and hopped right into Tim Clarke and fell in love. First of all he is absolutely gorgeous. Second of all he has some amazing interior designs. It is sooo me. Anyone want to pay him to design my house? Well I would need a house first, but ya get the point. Tim is a surfer turned interior designer to the stars. His goal is to infuse inspiration drawn from the coastal lifestyle and the essence of the "perfect beach house" into any space, regardless of size or location. And let me tell you, he has done that flawlessly. And the third reason I am in love is due to his online portfolio. It's remarkable. I am taking a portfolio class and we have discussed the "perk" of a digital portfolio and well I want mine just like it. Not his actual designs but the design of the website. Hats off to KAA Design Group, Inc. Tim also has a store in Santa Monica, CA called Tower 20. Anyone wanna go to Cali???

At the zoo. The worlds smallest zoo that is.

Tennessee Bound

In about 10 hours Ashley, Shawn and I will be hitting the road to Tennessee for our much awaited vacation. I am so stoked!!!

Sorry I haven't had anything on the blog this week. I have been super busy with starting a new quarter at school and getting ready for vacation. But I have lots to blog about and I will have even more when I get back. I may even do some mobile blogging while I'm enjoying the Smoky Mountains. So stay tuned!

Oh and just because blogs aren't very fun without pictures...

Tat tat tat it up

You might have to excuse my extra energy vibe in this post. Monster Energy has gotten the best of me. lol.

A couple of weeks ago my dearest cousin April, my bestie Ashley and I went and got tattoos. It was April's birthday and her first tat. She got her son's name, Hunter, on her wrist. Ashley got her husband's name, Shawn, on hers and I got a turtle on mine.

I got a turtle, well because I love them. I've had several red ear sliders since I was about 15. And I miss the 3 Jack got when we split up. Mommy loves you Squirt, Squirtle and Yurtle! Anywho, I drew my turtle up and took it to David at Inksmith and Rogers and he made it extra awesome!


Here's my drawing...




And here's what I got (it's still healing a lil)




Sooooo what ya think???

One Cool Spider

I'm not scared of spiders per say but I def don't want them crawling around on or near me. I was recently given the coolest spider ever by my Aunt Sherry. It's a Christmas Spider. Some lady at her work made it. And since I love love love the Florida Gators, this is one rad creepy crawler. Yeah I know what your thinking...Christmas was like 2 months ago. My Aunt has been meaning to give it to me since Christmas Eve. Bless her heart.

Anyways, here it is. I think the lady that made it is super talented. Don't you?





Now if you are like me and were wondering what a Christmas Spider is. Here is the legend.

The Legend of the Christmas Spider

According to Legend, a poor woman had no decorations for her tree. A Spider, which had hidden in her tree to escape the dust mop, watched as the woman prepared for Christmas. As the spider crawled about the tree that night, he left a trail of dusty web. But when the woman awoke on Christmas morning, she found that the dusty web had turned to shimmering garlands of silver.

Back From the Dead

I know, I know. I have fallen off the face of the earth. Well I am here to say that I am planning a comeback of sorts. A comeback as in I'm going to reappear in the blog world. As for An Occasional Design, well that's is still on hold for now. Well, on hold for the most part. I'm not going to put my every waking moment into it but I will still do some work. Freelance, as you will. And I am still working on ideas and such. I just need more space and a fatter wallet to do everything I want.

As for my blog, it will be more about me personally but with a focus on what I love...Design. I will incorporate all types of design in some shape or form. I may even include the design of myself into a new woman that I am becoming as I go through life changes and experiences. I will share my work from school, random finds and projects that I come across. I am mostly excited about sharing my work from school. I am nearing graduation in June and can not wait! March 9Th is the beginning of my last quarter. I have Cap Stone and Portfolio, and of course I will be sharing with you everything that goes into it. Also, I will be keeping the blog name An Occasional Design because that what it will be... an occasional design. hehe. Love that!

I say I am entering my last quarter but it turns out that ITT is adding a new Bachelors program, Project Management. I am seriously thinking about going into that. But that means another 2 years and ALOT more money. I feel silly to just stop where I am but at the same time can I handle more school. I suppose it would be worth it in the long run.

Now as for my audience...I'm a little disappointed I've only acquired 6 followers. Hmmm. We'll have to do something about that. So you 6 get to yapping to your friends about how awesome this blog is. Hehe. Or at least tell them it exist.

And last but not least I will leave you with some pics. Yay.

This is my Course Project for my 3D modeling class. And how appropriate that I put it on the blog since it is my store. lol. Well ok maybe my dream store. This was done in Autodesk VIZ 2008. Let me know what you think. I turn it in tomorrow so wish me luck. Oh and you might be seeing something in this again. Hint hint, logo.