So guess what I did last week? I SEWED A BAG! I went to Minneapolis a few weekends ago and got some really great fabric from IKEA. I decided that I was going to sew myself a tote bag for my portfolio book and I am pretty darn proud of it! Here's some pics!!

Today I was cleaning the spare bedroom in my apartment.. We are moving soon and that room was CRAMMED full of junk. Spring-cleaning mode kicked in and it looks great now. I was really excited when I found a box full of old, vintage match books! Check out the pics:

That totally made my day. Here are some pictures of my work space now:





I got the chair for free... curb–side shopping! The posters are from UWSP's nowHERE conference, ImageHaus, and Aesthetic Apparatus' workshop at Design Camp last October. The painting was done by my professor Diane Bywaters. I love cleaning up and arranging my workspace. It always refreshes me!

This last Thursday, I went to another (and my last for the semester) portfolio review. This one took place in Appleton, WI. I've never been there before and I actually really like the city!! It was put on by the Fox River Ad Club and it was great! I got to tour Leibold, SPARK, Coalesce, and Weidert. They were all wonderful! I really enjoyed SPARK because their studio was a 3-story, old Victorian house–very different than any other studio I've been to and it was SO cool. Coalesce had a great studio, also. Lots of windows and lots of bright orange!! It was a very happy place.
Here's their websites–check our their work:
www.leibold.com
www.coalescemarketing.com
www.startaspark.com
www.weidert.com

This next week will be our last week of classes of our senior year... it's very sad! I don't graduate this year but many of my friends do and I will miss them. It's going to be an extremely hectic week. Our senior exhibition is on Friday from 3 to 6--you should definitely come if you can! It's the time when us seniors get to show off all the work (and money) we have put in for the last 4 years. :)

Talk to you soon!