Team Kathy

I went and saw Kathy Griffin in Milwaukee two weeks ago. I love Kathy and was thrilled to see her live! The show was at the Riverside Theater which just happened to be So. Cool. I was especially intrigued by the red curtain. They were filming for her special that will air on Bravo the night I was there, so there were cameras everywhere and we were all lit up in the audience. It was so much fun!

Watch for me on "Kathy Griffin: 50 and Not Pregnant." HA!

Oh, and of course I had to have fancy nails for Kathy!

Bieber Fever Doesn't Discrimate

My Introduction to Television lecturer has total Justin Bieber hair. It is long with the swooshy bangs and everything. Seriously, it's Justin Bieber hair.

BUT! JUSTIN BIEBER GOT HIS HAIR CUT YESTERDAY! This was huge news on all of the celebrity gossip sites. I found out through a text message from my mom though that read, "OMG The Biebs got a haircut!" I kid you not.

So, when I went to lecture this morning, I was planning on laughing to myself about my teacher's outdated Bieber 'do, only to find that he too had gotten a haircut. AND IT IS EXACTLY LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER'S NEW HAIRCUT. Minus all this hair product happening below.

(people.com)

Here's my theory: When I was a little girl, I was seriously obsessed with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and whenever they got their hair cut, I would get my hair cut exactly the same way. I'm pretty sure my Introduction to Television lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is doing the same thing but with Justin Bieber. How could this not be the case? IT IS WAY TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE, AND I AM ECSTATIC.

Valentine Package

I came back to my apartment last Thursday to find this glorious package waiting for me in front of my door. I was thrilled to say the least, because A. it was a package FOR ME! and B. it was for Valentine's Day! I ripped it open immediately even though it explicitly says to not open it until the 14th. Puh-lease, Mother. Yeah right. Here's the package opening experience:

(I Clone Stamped both addresses off this package in case any of you are creepers)

This card is me. Heart purse AND heart sunglasses?! This. Is. Me.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day is my favorite. Any holiday that revolves around hearts, red, pink, sparkles, candy, and love is a-ok in my book. Actually it's more than that; it's more like an obsession.

Let's just say that my dishes are sparkly and heart-shaped, a giant red heart pillow resides on my bed at home, I have been carrying a red heart purse for approximately four years, and lots of my jewelry is heart shaped. Also, I gasp every time the Macy's Valentine's Day commercial comes on. I'm probably missing things too. You, my reader, are probably thinking about how terribly tacky this all sounds, but I promise you, I do my hearts, and love of hearts, with taste.

This morning I took a little time to decorate my apartment for this glorious day. It turned out so cute, and I have no plans on taking these decorations down anytime soon.

P.S.- I thought of something else I own that's heart-shaped: sunglasses! I wore them today. Once again received looks, once again don't care.

Let Them Eat Cake!

Remember when Marie Antoinette, directed by Sofia Coppola, came out five years ago, and everybody, especially in the fashion world, went crazy? I do, because I still am going crazy. I cannot get over this movie. I talk about it all the time, think about it all the time, and even wrote a College Fashionista article that was Marie Antoinette themed.

The night I found out I was having a snow day the next day (which was a week ago already! It would be super helpful if I could have another snow day this week, please.), I not only stopped everything I was doing to paint my nails, but I popped in this movie and watched it late into the night. The end was a real downer, but the rest of the film still has me dreaming of pastels, sparkles, feathers, and decadent desserts.

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I must be off now- need to install a ship into my bouffant!

P.S.- Did you know Marie Antoinette actually never said, "Let them eat cake!" ? I think I'll still eat cake anyway though.

My Nails at the Moment

I love doing my nails. When they're not done, I feel boring and plain, and when they're chipped, I am convinced I look like a hillbilly.

Last night when I found out there was going to be a snow day today, I dropped everything I was doing and did my nails. They are fab.

On the majority of my fingers is Sally Hansen "Virtual Violet" and on the specially chosen fingers (?) is OPI "La Paz-Itively Hot" and Covergirl "Disco Dazzle."

Best Friends and the Aftermath of the Best Concert

Curly-Q

I made this fun project for an introductory fabric embellishment class at UW-Madison. The assignment was to take a piece of fabric that is as long as I am tall and completely cover it with one element of embellishment as densely as possible.

My fabric is pink tulle that I scrunched together to add more texture and thickness, and my embellishment is pink pipecleaners that I pierced through the fabric, then curled around my finger.

This is probably one of my favorite projects I have ever made, but it was a beast to complete. It took a lot more pipecleaners and time than I could have ever anticipated.

These curly-q's now reside on the teeny wall in my tiny Madison room between the closet and the door to the kitchen (don't be too jealous of my groovy, mustard yellow refrigerator).

Walking in a Winter Wasteland...I Mean, Wonderland

When I woke up at 6:30 this morning and was greeted by 1 1/2 inches of unexpected snow with plenty more coming, I wanted nothing more than to be directly on top of the equator at that exact moment.

I am not a winter-hater, but there is only so much a person can take when her only means of transportation are her legs and the unreliable buses of Madison.

Later in the afternoon when I was walking back to my apartment and receiving many confused looks (I think it was my purple sequined beret. Get over it, people, because chances are I like that hat more than I like you. Sorry.), I came upon this frozen skeleton of a bush. At that moment, I hated winter a little bit less.

People on the equator never get to see beauties like this one.

I am Twelve.

I bought a sparkly, purple gel pen last week.

From the chaos of starting a new semester, discovering half of my class schedule needs to change, and finding out working at 6am is much harder than I thought it would be, to catching a horrible cold that knocked me out all weekend and made me incapable of doing any homework, I can easily say that gel pen was the best part of my week.

I've been too embarrassed to use it though to write on the sign-ups that go around classrooms for one reason to another. Seriously, what I am? Twelve?!

And then I though about it. I have not changed much from twelve. First it was the gel pen, then I noticed my closet (which happens to just be racks in my living room. What?). Almost every item in it is studded, sequined, bejeweled, furry, or fluorescent. Huh.

Then I thought about my recent taste in TV and movies. Kourtney and Kim Take New York was everything I hoped it would be last night. I seriously considered wearing my Dash t-shirt and holding my autographed copy of Kardashian Konfidential while watching the show. I refrained, but mainly because I had already put my pajamas on and couldn't possibly think of moving unless it was to go to bed. Also, I spent all weekend upset because The Princess Diaries is not on Instant Play on Netflix. Really, Netflix? Next time I get to Target, I really think I'm going to purchase the DVD myself so I never have to experience that withdrawal ever again.

So what I've come to realize is that I am twelve. But I am like, the ultimate twelve year old. So, I'm just going to go with it.

And I am totally going to use my purple, sparkly gel pen on sign-ups in class from now on.

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A Merry Christmas

For every holiday, I make an effort to decorate my little apartment a bit, but it's just never as good as being home.

Little Madison Apartment:

Home:

See what I mean?

I hope your Christmas tree looked as glorious as the Luterbach tree did on Christmas morning!

EXPECTO PATRONUM!

If I didn't try very hard, I don't think it would ever feel like Christmas during finals. Finals have a tendency to suck every bit of joy out of your soul- in fact, finals and dementors (HARRY POTTER REFERENCE) are equals.

Studying for my nutritional science exam could have never been bearable without Archway cashew nougat cookies, a sparkly sugar cookie candle, or warm vanilla chai tea in a fancy "S" mug that was a Christmas gift from the one and only Emily Mitchell.

Hearts & Bows- A Collaboration by Ariel Arnson and Sammy Luterbach

All My Badgers Love Me

Inspired by Take Ivy, I recreated a look from one of the images in the book.

How's that for teaching you how to Bucky?

Original image:

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....aaaaand this post is pretty much the most school spirit I have ever shown, ever. I guess it's in there, deep down somewhere.

Oh, Dear Blog World,

How I've missed you.

I promise to never leave you this long again.

Love,

Sammy

Sweet Lorraine

I did this drawing my junior year of high school. We were assigned to combine three famous works of art into one, picking and choosing elements from each and creating our own composition. My work, entitled "Sweet Lorraine" after the Nat King Cole song and my great-grandmother, is a compilation of Edward Hopper's "Automat," Wayne Thiebaud's "Cakes," and Andy Warhol's "Cat Named Sam."

It hangs in our kitchen at home, and I generally pick out a different cake featured that I would like to eat daily.

Andy Warhol and Me = Practically the Same Person

Jk, guys. Jk especially if you've seen Factory Girl. What a creeper.

Anyways, when I was at Mount Mary, we had to take a class called 2D Design where we learned many important things, one being how to silk screen (that's where the Andy joke comes in, see?). We silk screened all of our own designs in color schemes of our choice.

These are my three favorite projects I did!

This is my very first attempt at silk screening. I just used a single screen with the one asterisk symbol cut out of it over and over again.

This one is done in an Art Nouveau style. I designed the image that is repeated! Vincent is such a smarty, even if he did chop off his ear.

This is my final project for the class, and it is a beast. It's probably 10 feet by 5 feet, and it was really complicated to make. I dedicated my life to this monstrosity for a while, and looking at it still stresses me out, but I love how it turned out so much and can't wait to use it for something cool someday!

Pillow Talk

I love to make pillows. If I could, I would make pillows all day, everyday.

I made these first two pillows for my boyfriend, Steve, about a year ago for what was his brand new apartment. I knitted each square for this first pillow and attached them with a whip stitch. The back of the pillow is an old leopard print sweater of mine.

This pillow is my favorite! I cut Steve's initials out of felt and stitched them onto this rockin' geometric fabric. What pillow is complete without orange ball fringe?!

This is the first pillow I ever made. In high school, I took a class where we learned how to cross stitch, and I made this owl. I decided to make it into a pillow, because I loved it so much!

Pop Art Pop

I did this painting my junior year of high school. Everyone in the class was assigned to paint a portrait in a different style. I was given Cubism to work with- my favorite! This is my dad, and it's entitled "G.L."

I still like to paint in my interpretation of Cubism. Here's another one of my paintings in this style. It's called "Midge's Apartment." I don't know who Midge is, and I certainly have never seen her apartment, but her apartment would totally look like this.

I'm calling it...

...the Clueless look is going to be the next big thing. I'm stocking up on plaid mini-skirts, sheer knee high socks, cropped tops, and chunky mary-janes as you read this.

I just moved the movie up to the #1 position on my queue on Netflix, and I recommend you do the same to gain some rockin' fashion inspiration for fall, people.