SAPPY JUNK

This is about the time, when one looks back on the accomplishments (and failures) of the year gone by. So now I'm about to have a Rev. Run moment, except for I'm not naked in a tub on my blackberry...I'm naked in a chair on my new iphone (I had to brag about my new gift).
I have learned so much this year! It's been like the equivalent of 6 years of college, including life experience all smashed into one year (mainly 8 months). Many of you know that this year I launched junkprints as a clothing line (and it's become my life and fave, hated step child). I'm not sure if I'm a better person, or worse based off my experience but I'm def riding the wave. This year I've had the privilege of meeting some pretty fantastic people and strengthening some relationships with older pals and comrades. I've also had to sever a few ties but not too many...just the bad eggs and paper weights. I don't think that in my adult life I have EVER relied soo much on instinct but It feels good and if you ever want that 'alive feeling' just throw yer hand up and jump into something you've never done before. I've never made a new years resolutions and I'm not about to start because resolutions should be made daily...not just once a year, but there are somethings I'd like to be better at/do better or not do at all. I'm working on it!

Cheers to tons of fun and love in 2008
P.S. I've always got something in the pot...so here's some previews, Gallery stuff, London, Spring/Summer o8...sorry so vague, I'll keep ya posted

WE'RE THROWING A PARTY! SUN DEC. 30th

This Sunday at Lime, 673 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, NY. Take the Q train to Parkside. Doors open at 10p. 21 and over. Video games, Dope music, Junkprints giveaways! See ya soon!

SKATE DECK SHOW DEC 21st.

Ahh man, I def have a love hate relationship with the Holiday season. I've been working my booty off this season. It's been oodles of fun and now it's time to mingle. What better place to mingle than a Gallery Opening....nit just any galley opening but a skate deck gallery opening including a new deck by your's truely. It's at the Japanese Resturaunt Gallery, 103 Ave. A, New York, NY btwn 6th St. & 7th St. See ya there!

JUNKPRINTS GETS PRESS

From the ThreadBanger crew!

MARC JACOB HOLIDAY PARTY

It was Arabian Nights themed (and that's Marc)! Gosh It looked like fun!
More info

FREE SHIPPING

SKATE FEEN

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Yo! I bet ya didn't know that I'm like Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding and Blades of Glory when it comes to the ice skating thing. Okay, I'm exaggerating a weee bit but I swear I luv it just the same. Yesterday some pals and I went ice skating at Bryant Park (you know, where they have Fashion week) It's so much better than Rockefeller center (it's a gazillion bucks and charged per session) While BryantPark is $10 buck all you can skate and rentals are included...can't beat that with a bat!

CRAFTACULAR RECAP

The BUST Craftacular was off the chain! It was so busy. At one point there was a line up down the block for entry. I think I saw just about everyone in the NY area that i know and a few peeps from denver and Toronto too! Criz-aaaaa-zies. I am now officially pooped and my voice is gone but it was a spectacular event.

I had a chance to meet some of the Etsy team and Bust folks they are all terrific peeps and reminded me that I need to get out into the 'real' world more often.

The following are peeps that I luv, saw and or met yesterday...so get yer holi-doo shop on or drop them a line and remind them how spectacular they are!

MARTINA MARTINA
SNACK MOUNTAIN
31 CORN LANE
BIG SHOUT OUT TO ANDA & DANILLE OF THE ETSY LABS
BUST MAGAZINE

READY FER BUST

Yer gal is soooooo happy cuz I've just finished inventory and packing up for the bust craftacular on Sat...and 2 days early! Take that procrastination.

I'm like the hipster consumer-istic version of santa.

The CHICK'S GUIDE

This site is super fun...not only because the featured my wallet...but because if ya ever wanted to know how...or needed some inspiration they're the gals to go see.
thechicksguide.org

SICK

Oh nooooooooo! I'm getting sick ...this sux

CONEY ISLAND REPRESENT

See I told ya I'd take some pictures! Alright the store is amazing the whole theme is 'invert' so the layout is upside down. These pics don't even do it justice!
Visit Invert Inc. in Coney Island Brooklyn, 2418 Mermaid Ave.

FIELD TRIP TOMORROW

Now I remember what I was gonna tell you! Tomorrow I'm gonna visit INVERT INC., It's this new store in Brooklyn that is pretty much carrying my whole line. I'll be sure to take pictures.

SLEEPY HEAD

I'm the sleepiest person that could ever exist! I'm just ending my day...all orders are shipped and I'm on schedule for the Bust Craftacular and today I received a goodie in the mail! I've been working on this book, cuz books are amazing. At 9am a test print of 'Vol.38' was delivered! Here are some pics. If all goes well it will be available at the Craftacular (cross yer fingers that it gets shipped on time ;)

YO HO HO MO FO

HIGHSNOBIETY HEARTS JUNK

Check me out!

IT'S ALMOST THAT TIME OF YEAR

You know, consume, consume, consume...this stuff is pretty classic you must admit

PINKYTOAST

This Pinky Toast illustrator chica makes cute stuff

DON'T LIKE THANKSGIVING

Well, I use to like if but now i feel like it's a holiday in which my non veggie peeps try to feed me meat.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I'm not a prostitute. I'm a busy body"
-Tris Graham

YUMMY FOOD Senegal Style

I love food! Many folks think that us veggie heads don't like food and by eliminating the meat in our diet we have chosen a life of bland foods and eating purely for substance. Well that's a crock pot of bull. Some friends of mine introduced me to this fantastic Senegalese Restaurant...they serve meat too. It's in Brooklyn and it's called Joloff Restaurant. Try it or be a loser.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE BOO BOO? WATCH THIS

HAPPY NOVEMBER

I'm gonna bitch a bit cuz I missed Halloween! Boo Hoo, oh well.

Now the good news, JUNKPRINTS (a.k.a. me) has been M.I.A. cuz I've been fulfilling my first large wholesale order!!!! Yay, that means I won't be sending out resumes anytime soon and I may even eat on Christmas. Speaking of Christmas...yours truly is super duper proud to announce that I will vending at the BUST Craftacular Fair on Dec. 8th...mark yer calendars. The following is the info...don't worry I'll be reminding you! Saturday, December 8, 2007 from 10 am to 8 pm. The Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, 125 West 18th Street.

Did ya'll know that I have a mailing list?...Well ya do now, so sign up for it fer special offers like free shipping etc.

GOOD GOLLY GLASSES

These glasses make me wish I had three eyes so that I could look out each piece of glass!

WORDS ARE POWERFUL...even COLORED

Well boys and girls, I'm done with threadless. They are an amazing company and their whole story is really inspiring, but I don't think my designs mesh with their ideals. From the tone of this entry ya'll can correctly assume that my Colored Fountain Tee was rejected. The email they sent me stated 'design contains material deemed inappropriate', from 'the Jake' (WTF). Well I know it's a bit edgy but I figured I give it a try because it's well designed simple in execution and complex in meaning...pretty good components for a tee ;) The only concept that I ever had accepted by threadless had been dumbed down, so what's the point. It's time to concentrate on more productive outlets instead of pondering ways to fit into a box. This tee will be part of the spring junkprints collection and available for sale soon.

I HATE ART...the fancy kind

Hey Doodies

I just got back from Surface Magazine's Avant Guardian party..whoo haaa fantsy pantsy...whatever! After being bounced around at the door, they had to determine what list we were on...go figure...the annoyed intern at the door was kind enough to let us in. thx dude, I'm not being sarcastic. Now comes the sarcasm, first off the line up looked like the line to view a deceased person. Everyone was in black, these design/photo junkies seen to have a repugnance for color. No one was smiling but us...I rolled 6 deep, just incase the party was lame we could make our own. The photo work was alright, some better than others but over all nothing new. The whole event got me thinking about snobbery and elitism. I couldn't help but picture these people stepping over homeless people and what nots while discussing on thier iPhones how horrible the African Aids epidemic is and it's great that the new Frank Gehry building was inspired by Rwanda Genocide. Weird huh....man I hope this junkprints thing works out cuz I really don't want to do menial creative work in these types of environments ever again. I hate feeling like what I make is irrelevant to my surroundings. I can stomach it not being imperative for survival...but irrelevant is like donating Prada bags to Katrina victims.

THIS JUST IN BITCHES!!!!!!!

guess whose gonna be vending....more info to come soon.

OH CANADA

I think I'm the only US person that admits to having Canada envy, but with sites like this how could you not! Canadian design is awesome because...they work for grants not for commerce...so everyone may be broke, but they are fed and can go to the hospital for shits and giggles and not worry about if their insurance will cover the ban-aid. What a laid back life, so they are hyper creative and insecure because the are butt up against the U.S....funny thing is that, now there dollar is more than ours so, I wonder how long the insecurity will last? Enough about all that...check this out!

YER GONNA BE IN BK FOR HALLOWEEN?

...then I'll see ya here!

COLORED FOUNTAIN TEE

You know how I have a love hate relationship with Threadless, well, I'm back at it. I designed this Colored Fountain shirt take a look. Whether or not it wins the whole threadless thing it will get produced...just like the Brain Fugglers did. So take a sneak peek and I'll let ya'll know if they end up approving it.

ODE TO CAT'S CRADLE

Yesterday was one of those weird days that 'non-artists' think that 'artists' have all the time. First off, I didn't go to sleep until around 6am yesterday. UPS buzzed at 8a and I couldn't go back to sleep. Why was I up so late/early? well that's cuz I was working on some pretty amazing sh!t That I'll tell ya about in a few days...back to the story, so as you can imagine I was simply a sac of idle cells for the majority of the day. My friend who's the most fantastical flight attendant/yarn guru ya ever did meet called and told me that she was in town for the day. So had her come over. We pretty much drank green tea all day and bitched about our ovaries while boiling patches of yarn so that she could experiment with felting. Yep, you heard me right, felting. Generally I'm not a yarn boiler, so I balled up and knotted a piece of yarn...my interpretive flower, and dropped it in the pot. Those felting experts that are reading this already know that I ended up with a fuzzy piece of yarn (aka interpretive flower). Bare with me, my story has a point. My yarn flower, unravelled had shrunk to the perfect length of a cat's cradle string. This was discovered on the subway while I accompanied my pal to her hotel. She wrapped the yarn around both wrists slipped her index fingers through both sides. At that moment the whole day made sense! She was setting up for cat's cradle! The whole freaking day had been a set up for this one of the oldest games that exits! We played the whole subway trip which is normally around a 45 min but felt like 10. I guess my day wasn't an exact waste and I learned that felting's not so bad but Cat's Cradle is better.

Since I'm all about books, Cat's Cradle and Kurt Vonnegut, I couldn't end this with out mentioning that Kurt Vonnegut...one of my top five fave authors for forever and ever amen wrote a book called Cat's Cradle...so for those that need validation for Cat's Cradle, there you have it.

FONT JUNKY

Well a wise fellow once said, "Spread love it's the Brooklyn way." This post is keeping it close to home. There's not much that I love more than a good ol' well designed font. When I can across STEREO TYPE HAUS' Sirena, I sighed a long sigh of relief and was instantly inspired. You may recognize their fonts from my favorite marketing mag THE FADER. This Brooklyn based foundry really has it going on! What's pretty amazing is their freakin' prices....only $33 for the Sirena gem.

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH

I know ya'll can read cuz yer reading this. This quote is from elequently stated musicians such a D'Mite, "Read a book n!%$a, not a magazine" If you'd like suggestion I have one. It's called the Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. It's one of my fave books, not only does it have clever illustrations...oh I forgot to tell ya it's a kid's book, but if you didn't read it as a kid you should hurry up and get to reading because you could not possible live up to yer potention without reading this. Everytime I pass by restless folks in the neighborhood,you know, the uninspired 27 year old dudes that hang out at the laundomat, on the corner, McDonalds etc., I always wanna give them this book and a shot of wheatgrass.

HANNAH HOCH DA DA DAAAA

Euro fever has taken over here at junkprints. While I was street vending last weekend. A fine gentleman told me that my work reminded him of Hannah Hoch! Usually it sucks for anyone to tell ya that yer work reminds them of someone elses, except for in this case. Hannah Hoch is one one of my favorite artists. She's a German artist who helped shape the Dada movement and one of the foremothers of photomontage as a form of art. That's not all folks, during the whole Nazi reign she was one of the few major artists of her time and locale that didn't particite in all the government commissioned propaganda.

DOUBLE TIME BEHIND takes on PARIS

When I was teenager I had this nickname, Double Time Behind. It's a double entendre (I've always wanted to use that phrase on my blog). I was always late and had 2 times the behind of a normal person. I'd like to think that I've outgrown both of those attributes....but me posting this about the new (well new to me) Paris issue of XLR8R proves that I can still be a bit late on things. Any hoot, Something about France is calling me...pls see the signs

1.Use to wear my hair in French Twist when I was 12
2. Luv CocoRosie.
3. New Parisian MySpace friend who looks like the dude from Gym Class heroes...ooh laa lah
4. Really love The GO! Team I know they aren't french but they were in the XLR8R French issue
5. My bestie is obsessed w/ all things french...she's east African...so it's pretty strange that she pretends to be Parisian
6. Been following the career of illustrator extraordinaire Fafi before Le Sport Sac and addidas had even been born!
7. Am the president of Mathieu "Ndeur" Missianen's fan club
8. Stopped shaving my arm pits...tried to ditch deodorant, but that's too French for me...everyone has their limits
9. Nina Simone got back on her feet on the streets of Paris is 1978
10. To the point...XLR8R just did an ode to Paris...I luv it!

Well, Tu che, Escargot, Bonjour, Merde, Merci and all things French
Signing off-The dooky

ROCKERS NYC ROCKS MY SOCKS

So I was out and about the other night and I met some very talented dudes who are the creative minds behind RockersNYC. I'm usually a bit selfish with the whole 'linking to creative people', Which is mostly because I'm a bit insecure and scared that you'll like them more than me, but these guys are super nice, I luv their clothing and their site is fine times had by all.

I'VE BEEN SNEAKING AROUND

It's not that I don't love you. I know that I usually keep you posted on all the happening and you may be feeling a bit neglected lately, I just need to experience more. So I did a sneak attack street vending session on Lincoln Rd...in my hood, as part of ArtMart 11225. It was great and it made me realize how much i luv my neighbors. Thanks Jeff, Andy and all the rest of the coordinators for the event. See ya around Soon.

FREAKIN....ER...I NEED MORE ADJECTIVES

okay...this is coming soon...its a necklace in the beta stages...pretty amazing huh!

Jena...reminds me of Little Rock

I've been pretty bugged out about the whole Jena situation. While a good chunk of students are a few weeks into there first college semester, these students are dukeing it out in the courts. One of the most disturbing parts is when it it become this whole 'the white people hate black people' thing. I know that racial discrimination exists but the second Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson get involved the situation kind of turns into a joke. They mean well, but honestly Al Sharpton have way too much in common for me to take either one of them seriously and its really hard for me to imagine Rev. Jesse Jackson and MLK kicking it together.

So I had an idea, besides all the media hoopla and the general disruption of peaceful life, what could be one of the most challenging parts of going through this whole situation be? Well I decided that it is the cost of whole trial, lawyers, fees etc. So I made this shirt. It's for sale at my site and $10 from every shirt sold will be donated to the Jena 6 Defense Committee

NIKE LOVES NATIVE AMERICANS?

Wow! Nike should be embarrassed...what's next? Holocust Boots and 40 Acre Runners? Check this out

SUPER CUTE!

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I was in the future...

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Well I was in Seattle and this pic makes it look like the future huh? Anyhoot, That city is frickin amazing!

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Yesterday a man was shot in the face near the intersection i live at. The most disturbing part was that he was shot around 5p and they did not remove the body until around 9p. Pretty crazy

UNO!!!

Who's ready for the championship? Get yer skill up cuz The UNO Master (me! silly) is organizing a championship. Get yer skill up suckas!!!

ha ha!!!

MY TEE ON THREADLESS

Hey dudes! I'm super duper excited to anounce that threadless doesn't hate me :) I have a tee in the running, so do yo thang and vote for it!

MULATTO MULES

Some one put up this strange note in a bus shelter not far from where I live.

EMO EDITION

I'm surrounded by millions and no one understands me...I'm such a disfunctional freak and then Brad Neely makes this baby cakes episode and I know I'm not alone- insert tears and bottled whine sounds here...




Super Deluxe videos fit alot better into my blog than ifilm ones...just an observation

NIGGER VS NIGGAH

This dude is pretty funny...sux that he's an educator but you gotta luv his teacher cards, just to make things clearer

the walls...

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are amazing in this city

WORK SPACE

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STEP 2: Where I live space is at a premium thus, more organized confusion

WORK SPACE

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Step 1: Organized confusion and input overload!

RAINED OUT!

Sorry Dudes and Dudettes...I've been
RAINED OUT!
Not to worry I'll be out there tomorrow...
same time same place. SEE YA SOON!

COME SAY HI

FREAKING OUT IS FOR PUSSIES

Famous or just out there

Fame is a strange thing. The other night I went out and was handed a card...see picture. So this dude's claim to fame was that he was on 'I love New York'? I'm not bashing him but all I could think was what is his intention for handing out these cards? Maybe getting a new show...a record deal ...a bag of cash...a strange rep? I don't know, but I um hope this posting helps.That's the trouble with fame for the sake of fame. Personally I think that fame is more trouble than it's worth. I really do enjoy peeing with anonymity. On the topic of fame, with all these public forums, facebook, myspace, flickr, blogger, etc. is everyone famous now? Well not exactly, everyone is public but not famous. Just for the record, I don't want to be famous. If you see my myspace page and then see me in person don't say hi. It'll freak me out and I might spit on your camera.

THESE SHOES ARE ...

Frickin amazing...You know I have mad love for Canada and the stuff they make! Tell me this....why haven't I seen these sooner? I'm gonna hire these peeps and make them my shoe slaves! These are hand painted...and what are you doing with your life?

I'm melting....melting
Yes my friends. There is no relief even the air conditioner said hell no. It spat out the hugest roach I've even seen in my life and then commenced to blow hot air around...as if to say 'fuck you...it's summer...deal!'

YOU HAVE TO SEE TRANSFORMERS!

Me being the skepticle I am, though for sure that it was gonna suck. It didn't in fact I wanna see it again. I was pretty amazed. In world of poorly revampt comics and cartoons it's easy to expect shit.

You know what did suck? Well after the movie I went to use the bathroom, was washing my hands and this girl ran in and threw up all over the back of my leg. Boy did I wish that she had had a heart attack and died instead. At least that would not have involved me, my jeans and my vintage bag. It may sound shallow but the point is that I'm not her mother I don't love her... in fact I don't even respect her cuz she decided to get soo out of control that she was no longer taking responsibilities for her actions. If she would have died or passed out then someone who gets paid would have had to deal with her case, Instead of me who had to ride the subway home at 2a smelling like her guts. It's not like I could beat her up or even yell at her, I mean she was sick and had chunks hanging from her, the last thing I wanted to do was have a Dr. Phil moment with her. So I know I may get a bit of slack for wishing death on a puke face chick but you must understand that I don't drink, I don't throw up on random people. O'well I guess the moral of this story is don't use the bathroom after you see Transformers cuz you'll get puked on

Ewwww!

So I just stopped by my local bodega and am so not proud to announce that Homel, the makers of Spam, make canned Tameles. They look like lil winky guts. That's not all...I found a myspace profile dedicated to them,

If all that's not enough, you can visit the Spam Musuem in Minnesota. Yo! if I'm ever in the area, I'm so there...maybe they'll let me try samples and I'll die of instant high blood pressure and overall grossness.

Afro Punk Block party was off the hook!

Ah man...well I practically sold out of merch! The best part is that I met soo many fun peoples. Thanks fer all the support and I will def be out on the streets next weekend...stay tuned fer the location!

A LETTER...

Dear
Dream Deferred,
Not There Yet,
Instant Success Seekers,
Unmotivated,
Confused,
and Guidance Seeking,

In the short time that I've launched this clothing line I have had the privilege to encounter all of you. Many of you I have met in my own reflection or seen in people and I often battle to keep all of you within site but not at home. I believe that we as individuals, groups and communities have too much potential to let our dreams get deferred. I understand that sometimes life and fear gets in the way of creativity and innovation but at the end of the day you determine what will be the filler of your time in this space. Lately I've gotten asked many questions about the items that I make and I welcome all of them. A reoccurring theme in these questions is process, not so much creative process, but business process. Now I could easily print a nice hefty report of wholesale vendors, pricing, programmers, pattern makers, vintage fabric store, sewing machine repair shops, and general marketing advice etc. but that wouldn't help anyone. In fact it would be an utter waste of my time because this 'formula' works for me...so far. This isn't to say that it wouldn't work for another. What I'm trying to communicate is that there is no template for following your goals because after all they are your goals. Figure out what you want, and figure out how to get it. If you want a cookie from the jar, first you determine you want a cookie, then figure out how to get to the jar, figure out how to open it, reach your lil hand in , grab that cookie, pull your hand out the jar, bring it to your mouth and bite. That's they way I would get the cookie, what would you do?...hope that helps.

Chanel

ROOFTOP PARTY!

Bk in the summer is most amazing...

USPS SUCKS!!!

...for sending international orders. I spend half the day chasing down a frickn mail truck and none of them would take my box. It was going to Canada...and really boys and girls who would want to harm Canada? Any hoot this was the dilemma, once you print a postal label and pay for postage on the package it have to be sent out that day or the postage is void. Then you have to request a refund. Refunds take like a gabizillion yrs (14 biz days to be exact) to go through. Yadda yadda yadda. So I scheduled a pick up for today. Guess what? No pick up, the mail man delivers all this rubbish in my box and neglects to read the part in the request that says 'pls buzz..international order to go out to day' Frickn tardo! So I have to do the refund thing again...great another gabizillion yr refund. So I said screw USPS (for international packages, domestic is fantastic) and shipped it UPS and for cheaper! Hows that for shipping manager lesson #2. Lesson #1 was don't order boxes cuz USPS gives 'em to ya free. Wish someone had told me be for I ordered boxes from uline and spent almost $40 to get them shipped here.

You live, You Learn, You Laaaa-a-a-augh-Alanis Morsette

I'M SELLING MY BOOTY-FUL STUFF

SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU LAUGH PRT 1

SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU LAUGH PRT 2

NEW FOUND LOVE FOR WILLIAMSBURG

I must admit that I have (in the recent past) spent too much time hating Williamsburg...with all it's hipster scum. After yesterday, I discovered that I don't hate Williamsburg. I actually like it. Guess I'm getting reacquainted. I had a fantastic experience selling my items there. It was the very first time that I was in the 'real world' selling stuff. I met some of the nicest coolest people ever! It was a blast. What better way way to spend a summer day. I'll def be back!

AHH sell 2morrow in Willy B,BK

Okay so I'm a bit crazy....I'm gonna camp out 2morrow in williamsburg and sell my goods...kinda crashing the renagade craft fair...from the outside...so I'm scambling like a crazy person now...ahhhhhhh

No factory style laces allowed

Hey boo boo heads,
I was surfing the internets and came across this site in which this dude, Ian (he looks like the spawn David Hasselhof, Opi and Santa) and has diagrams of 31 different ways to lace yer shoes. Ian knows what's up! Peep game!

POOOOPY #4,5,6,

So I haven't keep up w/ my pooping but this is gonna be a medly of the last 3 days. It's a bit of a build up. As you can see I've been a bit uncomfortable til just a few minutes ago (hee hee)