Liebster Award

Wow! I am so honored that Ana nominated me for the Liebster award! My blog is still really new, and this just makes me so happy. Thank you so much!

So, for those of you who don’t know, the Liebster award is an award to help smaller blogs get readerships and to help us get to know each other better. The rules are:

• Thank the person who nominated you and link their blog
• Nominate bloggers that have less than 200 followers
• Link these blogs in your post and notify the all of the bloggers that you nominate
• Create 11 new questions for your nominees to answer

So these are the answers to the questions that Ana left for me:

1.       What concerts have you been to? Um…none. Well, unless you count these concerts that the Albuquerque Zoo hosts each Friday night in the summer. I’ve been going to them for as long as I can remember. It’s a nice night of burritos and obscure bands and chasing peacocks around the zoo. Actually, I discovered my first favorite band (when I was in elementary school) from these concerts.

2.       Name five things you like about yourself. My hair, my daring (in fashion), my sarcasm, my ability to listen to others, and my public speaking skills.

3.       What country do you want to visit the most? Everywhere. Can I say that? No? Fine… then I’m going to just have to go with anywhere that my family or friends want to go with me.

4.       What is your favorite album? Right now it’s Jon Bellion’s Translations through Speakers. Listen to it. 

5.       Name your top three favorite movies. I’m going to go with the three movies that I was obsessed with when I was younger since I haven’t seen any movies recently that were Just So Wonderful. So: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Swiss Family Robinson, and Grease.

6.       What is the longest you’ve gone without sleeping? 18 hours? Definitely not over 24 hours. Sorry, I don’t have any cool sleep deprivation stories.

7.       Would you have a DJ or a band at your wedding? If I could get a band that I loved, then I would have a band, but otherwise a DJ. That way they can play pop songs and party songs.

8.       What was the last book you read and liked? Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher.

9.       What is your favorite kind of weather? I’m like Goldilocks: it can’t be too warm or too cold. I like big thunderstorms and grey days, but it has to be warm.

10.   If you could dye your hair, what color would you dye it? Bright purple.

11.   How did you come up with the title of your blog? I was trying to be creative. Huh. The fact that the word “creative” is in the title is kinda the opposite of creative. Whoops.

The blogs that I’m nominating are:

burnt orange peel

Irrationale

Nurinek

Strong Punch

thatcrazygiraffe

melodyfairitale

Thank you guys so much for your wonderful posts and inspiration.

Here are my questions:

1.       What is the creepiest thing that ever happened to you?

2.       What is the best advice that you learned from one of your parents?

3.       What accomplishment are you the most proud of?

4.       What is the weirdest dream that you can remember?

5.       Do you have any nicknames? If so, what are they?

6.       Listen to the sounds around you. What can you hear?

7.       What is the book that you would give the best recommendation for?

8.       What is your favorite thing in the world?

9.       Can you do any cool body tricks (lick your elbow, dislocate your shoulder, etc.)?

10.   What is your favorite animal that has two legs?

11.   What will you be doing tomorrow at 3:34pm?

Anyway, that's it. I can't wait to hear your replies.

I am a contradiction.

I am a contradiction.

By society’s standards, everything about me is a contradiction. The idea that I am a contradiction is a contradiction.

I am a girl who sometimes likes other girls.

I am feminist, but I don’t get offended that words like “pussy” are insults.

I am a nerd, but I don’t like Dungeons and Dragons or video games or math or programming.

For the past three years, I have the best grades in science, but science is my least favorite subject.

I love art but can’t draw without a teacher helping me.

My favorite type of music is country, but I don’t believe in God or beer or trucks.

My Pandora shuffle is a mix of country, rap, and 90s rock, but as I am writing this, I am listening to Call Me Maybe.

I want to be independent, but I need the love of others so much.

I’m over my ex, but I still cry about him at night.

I’ve cried because I don’t have things I need to fit in with a cowboy crowd, but when I spend time with this same cowboy crowd, I purposefully dress like a city girl.

I always act happy, but a lot of the time I am about to cry.

I don’t cry, ever, except when no one can see me.

I am shy, but I love to perform in plays or give speeches. But I hate to give speeches for people I know.

I giggle, but my laugh is harsh.

I love to dance in crowds, but being in a crowd stresses me out.

Seeing people in love makes me so happy, but seeing people in love makes me sad and mad.

I am always cold except when everyone around me is cold.

I want people to ask how I am, but when they do, I lie.

I really want to just go to college already, but I really don’t want to go to college.

I love animals but would never want to be a vet.

I want flawless skin, but I love the stories that my scars tell.

I love my boobs, but I wear clothes that de-emphasize them.

I love my long hair but want to shave half of it off, and I love that my hair is red but want to dye it all bright purple.

I don’t like to draw attention, but my favorite pants are a pair of bright blue high-waisted shorts.

I am a ginger that has a soul.

Do these contradictions make me human? Or do they mean that I have a broader insight? Or are they as crazy-weird as I think they are?

All I really know is that these contradictions added together mean that I don’t really know where I fit in. Does anyone else feel like this? Anyways, sorry for the angsty-ness of this post, hopefully you at least learned something about me.

I Wear Makeup to Rebel

I wear make up to rebel.

Wait, what? Is that even possible? Everybody wears makeup. It’s so mainstream. How is wearing it rebelling? Yes, I did just say that I wear makeup to rebel. And yes, it’s true. I am a redhead, and I have all of the vampire-esque features that go along with it: very pale skin, and, well, very pale skin. I also have blond eyebrows and eyelashes. This combination of features led me to fear makeup for the first 15 years of my existence.

Then, when I was 16 I finally asked my mom if I could get some BB cream. That was terrifying. My mom wears a liquid foundation and fills in her eyebrows and that’s it. My dad has always told me and my sister that makeup is ugly. So I did my research and decided that BB cream was a good first product because it’s so minimal. We went to Target and bought the first BB cream we could find. It’s probably a crap brand, but I didn't (and still don't) know better, and now I had my first makeup.

Fast forward 6 months and I wear dark (considering my pale-ness) eye makeup. Now, I will not sacrifice my sleep to wear makeup, so I usually only wear makeup a few times a week, and I like that. I don’t want people to cringe when they see my real face, and I don’t want to hide behind products. However, I also really like wearing something bold on my eyes. I love to wear my black mascara, and I wear it heavily. I also like filling in my eyebrows so that they are actually visible. I even like playing with eyeliner.

Now, this probably doesn't sound very dramatic, but it feels intense to me since I am still new to this whole slathering stuff on my face and on the hairs on my face. I like how my eyelashes are visible when they are black, and how I can show expressions better when my eyebrows are filled in. But most of all, I like how the darkness feels bold.

The first time I wore mascara, my dad asked if I was wearing “eyelash stuff”. When I said yes, he made a noise of disapproval. Wearing makeup is a way for me to show that I don’t care what my parents think about my style. I probably don’t apply it well since I've never been taught how to put on makeup, but wearing it anyway is a way to rebel against other students’ expectations. I was afraid of makeup for so long because I thought it would look foreign, but now I am so happy that I have finally taken the leap into the world of makeup and the exotic look that comes from wearing it is what I like the best. 

Fashion Blog?

So this wasn't orginally going to be a fashion blog... but here I am... posting pictures of me wearing outfits that (I think) are cute.  This isn't going to be my Main Thing, but it's gonna be a thing. I've been very inspired by other bloggers who post pictures of what they wear, and I've decided to do the same. The thing is, I don't really have one unique style, you know? I just wear what I want when I want to. And I decided that if I like the way something looks I would take a picture of it to show to you at the end of each week. So here goes:


I wore this last Saturday when I was really into the layered look.

Yes, I do know it is winter time. Yes, I do know that that means it's cold outside. So what? I wanted to wear shorts.




















I really like the flash from this one. Also, my unicorn shirt. My sister knows me so well.




















Sorry for the bad quality of the photos, that's what happens when I use my phone to take them. Also, yes there is a flash in front of my face, and yes that is on purpose. Deal. I was sick this week so I just wore comfy clothes a lot so that's why there are only three outfits. Well that, and the fact that I don't have a full length mirror and two of my outfits wouldn't have looked good without seeing the whole thing.

What's your favorite look?

My Work is Going to Be Exhibited!

This year I submitted two digital design pieces to the Schoolastic Art and Writing Awards here in New Mexico. And I did really well!

I submitted two pieces and both will be exhibited at a show that is opening this Friday. My first piece (my favorite because it is meaningful to me since I love chickens) got a gold key, which means that it will also be a part of the national competition. I actually made this piece last year in my photo-digital design class.

My second piece won a silver key. I made this by scanning pepper in the shapes of letters then arranging them in an InDesign document.

Click here if you want to see the other gold key winners. There's some pretty awesome art to look at. And let me know if you have any suggestions for my art.