Seeing this made my day ten times better. I love this guy.

In a few weeks i will be moving out of the apartment i have lived in for over seven years in West Hollywood, to my favorite place in LA Downtown. And even better 1/2 block from my office this move will make my life very different and i am positive even more productive and motivated.

There is the whole redecorating thing with i expect will take months but that’s the fun part of moving.

And change is generally good.

Anyway in my search of wall paper for the new living room i found so many cool wallpapers.

ONe artist i though was really cool is Aimee Wilder. I love the Analog and robot wallpapers.

http://aimeewilder.com/

I think ill be going with the flocked silver & black, i have always loved velvet wallpaper.

One of my friend growing up lived in an old Victorian and every room had velvet wallpaper.

Some of my favorite 80’s movies. Im i the only one who loves these movies?

Terror Vision

Ruben & Ed (this one is early 90s ,i know)

Liquid Sky

Cat From Outer Space (1978)

Why is everyone obsessed with Jersey Shore? From what ive seen those people look like a bunch of idiots. But maybe im missing something, well i am, ever watching that show.

While in Miami for this past Art Basel we stopped in to visit our friends ,Friends with you and check out their new store. Not only is this Miami based design team incredibly talented designers they are the nicest guys ever.

Thank you for your hospitality Sam & Tury and for being super awesome in general.

I loved their store and not only did i leave with a bag of treats i bought myself a beautiful print. I saw it and had to have it instantly.

If you dont know friends with you maybe you should.

http://www.friendswithyou.com/

My Print!!!

Tury & Gary

Today started out as a rain storm. Which i actually love because it never rains for long in Los Angeles. After a good strong rain the streets are clean and the sky looks clear(which also does not happen often).

Gary Baseman hosted his weekly artist breakfast at his house this time which was tasty. I always love going over there because of the visual stimulation, and also i love Gary and its always really nice to see him.

Then i picked up more screens for new prints which youll be seeing here and on my site this and next week.

I made a few new samples today.

I loved printing these big skulls.

I will be shooting a tutorial how to silkscreen next week for anyone who cares. I have a little four color press but will show you on a flat board too so you can do it at home for relatively cheap.

Let me know if you want to learn anything else. I can show you how to sew a garment together , i dont know if that is interesting or not.

BUt let me know.

xo

Im just working on my repeat for my new pinup textile. It will be black on solid fabric. What colors do you think i should print it one?

Im thinking red & baby pink.

The girls will be about 6″ big…

Im having fun working on my new line. Ill have samples done by next week and then will be adding new items to the store a few days after that 🙂

I live in Los Angeles driving culture at its worst, well worst i have known anyway i suppose Bombay would be worse. Daily I feel like i am going to be creamed by some other driver because people just do not pay attention to what the hell they are doing here. I need to start taking the train to work again.

This past month i have seen, a man eating an entire pie over his steering wheel with flatware,women doing their makeup, people not even looking at the road while driving, women on the phone driving 25 miles below the speed limit and then cutting across four lanes of traffic while on the phone with their opposite arm across their bodies holding the phone, and then there are the multiple weekly mattress trucks.

I am waiting for the tragic mattress truck disaster on the 101 news report. This one actually has metal siding which doesn’t make it much safer but safer than most of the other ones who do not and have even less tie downs.

What are some of the stupidest things you have seen people doing while driving?

I was in whole Foods the other day and browsing the frozen treats i came across the grossest ice cream name i have seen yet.

Turtle Trails? No i dont think so.

I guess having a migraine for three days will make one very productive when it finally goes away. Tonight i was able to sketch the remains of my spring and decide on my next two textiles.

I even started working on ideas for my next few shoots.

Anything anyone is dying to see from me this year?

I should have some new creations for you in the next two- three weeks.

And maybe some actually amazing adventures to report.

xo

Jessica

I have been reading a bunch of paranormal romance lately thanks to my friend Christine who recommends me books , my kindle, and being a little bit of an escapist lately.

I prefer reading trashy books to watching trashy television.

Black Dagger Brotherhood

I just finished the Black dagger Brotherhood series by J.R Ward which was a new take on vampires and their advassaries although the adversaries smelled like baby powder hm mm pretty scary and they cant get boners but the vampires can.

The lingo is at times painful,(I’m not a fan of abbreviations) & there are probably some of the worst similes I have ever read, the women wear allot of scrunchies and turtlenecks and there are allot of sex scenes which is OK but REALLY too drawn out for my taste at one point a character refers to a mans testicles as his potent sac which made me laugh out loud in embarrassment , oh and the Brotherhood standard uniforms are a little leather man matrix for me but besides that i read all seven books in a few weeks so i was definitely entertained enough to read them all , but only because i could download them instantly i don’t think i would have walked into a book store and bought them.

Night Huntress

This week i am reading The Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost I am book three and started reading them three days ago.

Its totally campy and entertaining full of drama,action,sexual tension and silliness.

Cat is a half vampire half human who hunts vampires in search of finding her father the vampire who raped her mother .She is an amateur until she meets Bones a 200+ year old  bounty hunting  vampire who she forms an unlikely arrangement with .

Of course it turn into a romance and that’s the first book.

I recommend these for an entertaining quick read.

I am liking them as much as The Twilight books.

Southern Vampire Mysteries

Third i finished The southern vampire mysteries series by Charlaine Harris a while ago but since they fit into this category. They are the books the True Blood HBO show is based on.

These about the waitress Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire boyfriend Bill Compton. Vampires have recently been allowed to come out in the open, living on synthesized blood; the party line is that vampirism is a severe allergy to garlic and sunlight, but as some people find out, they are really supernatural and there are many more supernatural beings around. Sookie herself is telepathic, which she mostly considers a nuisance: her attraction to Bill is partly that she can not read his thoughts, and therefore can have a “normal” relationship with him.

I loved this series i liked all the different supernatural characters, shape shifters,werewolves,vampires and all the back stories and their cultures and hierarchy.

PS Anyone thinking about getting a Kindle I LOVE mine!! Its one of my favorite things pretty much ever. You can have a book downloaded in 20 seconds.

Native Foods I love you

I was raised in Santa Cruz mainly on whole and organic foods.  And so my early eating habits have rolled over into my adult life. Probably a main  reason i am 37 and do not look my age.

One of my favorite restaurants in Los Angeles is Native Foods in Westwood.

Super yummy vegan food.

http://www.nativefoods.com/

Audrey Morgan and i like to go on Dates. Tonight we went to native foods.

And they brought me belated birthday cupcakes from Crumbs. 

Audrey was going to a party i was going back home to clean my art desk.