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chocolate soufflé

kathryn — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:53:12 +0000

NOM NOM NOM….

Album Release!

kathryn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:57:10 +0000

Check out my first recording (cello) on an album! “Here Comes the Radiation” on Organical’s new album “We’ve Lost Contact With Monster Island”!

http://listn.to/organical

Darwin D. Martin House Tour

kathryn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:02:50 +0000

After numerous delays crossing the border, we finally made it to the Darwin Martin house tour in Buffalo. I’ve always been interested in architecture so the tour was a great chance to learn more about Frank Lloyd Wright’s attention to detail, his style of architecture as well as indoor decor. It was a blistering 43 degrees, and finally rained once the tour was over (breaking the humidity), but worth the trip for sure!

Overall our tour was very informative, and I would recommend it to anyone!

Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls

kathryn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:34:49 +0000

Last weekend I was surprised with a trip to the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls. There was a little video before you go into the conservatory and see thousands of butterflies that are stunning colours! They are pretty curious and we saw several that landed on people, including this little friend I made:

Wedding Gallery

kathryn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:27:09 +0000

While watching the slideshow at my friend’s wedding, I realized that there are lots of photos we never saw over the years. We always intended to send each other the photos, but it’s easy to forget, and just never ended up happening.

While Lisa and Mike were away on their honeymoon, I collected photos our friends took from the wedding and created a gallery that matched the design theme Lisa created for her wedding.

Keep up your hobbies, pt 2.

kathryn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:23:56 +0000

For my friend’s wedding, I got this amazing black silk tulip dress from Maison Clothing, but I had no accessories that would match it, so I decided to make my own.

This is made from a headband from Dollarama, 3 peacock feathers, a metal leaf and a small light pink bead. Oh, and some fabric covered cardboard from a Cheerios box to stabilize the back… gotta use what works!

Keep up your hobbies.

kathryn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:17:27 +0000

It’s easy to get caught up being a workaholic as a freelancer, and it’s important to have things that are just for YOU.

I’ve enjoyed making clothing and accessories as my hobby, and here is a dress I just finished… it took weeks and weeks because I was so busy – but I’m so glad I took the time to do something for myself!

don’t let the little things become big things.

kathryn — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:38:50 +0000

Sometimes when you’re all caught up in the stresses of running your own business, it can be easy to forget all the clients that are so sweet and awesome to work with. My tribute today goes to a very special client that put a smile on my face!

Thanks Sian, you’re awesome!!

You guys are stars!

kathryn — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:19:49 +0000

I love to bake, and baking is always the most fun when you make stuff for other people. I was lucky enough to meet some very cool people on a contract in-studio, and decided to bake them some cookies to show my appreciation for how awesome they were to work with.

FITC Free Ticket

kathryn — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:40:12 +0000

FITC noticed that there is a huge discrepancy between the number of males and the number of females that attend their conference each year. As a way of encouraging females to attend the conference, they had a contest for the top 50 submissions of video or animation. The rules were simple, tell them why you want to attend and you get bonus points for using Flash to make it.

I had the privilege of going to FITC a couple of years ago and loved how inspiring it was to hear all the new technology that was coming up and seeing the incredible diversity in applications for Flash and other related programmes.

So, without further ado, here is my submission that was chosen to receive a free ticket! Yipee!
Warning: this may not make a ton of sense to those who aren’t as familiar with current web trends and technology.