Thrifting in NJ

Two weeks ago I spent a beautiful day hanging out in NJ. My friend took me to one of his favorite thrift shops. There were so many goodies and designer names basically for a steal. I ended up leaving with two things. The first was this cute lace bomber jacket from voxx new york which I figured I could dress up and down as I please  although it does lean more toward the casual side.

  

The funniest thing I found was an awesome 3 dollar find. The Darth Vader ring pictured below. Haha I thought it was too funny to leave behind. Anyone seen it before? Do you know where it's from? 

 

Below are some random things I found interesting on our journey.

In total I believe I spent less than 20 dollars :) I'm a happy girl. I have more thrift finds that I'd love to share on the blog. Let me know what you think 

Halloween Art: Life update

It really has been forever. How are you? Let's get a cup of coffee some time :) Haha.

Hello Everyone! I'm back and so much has happened since I last checked in with you I now have 2 jobs! I work at a childrens book store and I'm an art teacher. Neither of these jobs are getting me out of my parents apartment so I'm back to freelancing and hustlin!!! Anyway, recently something happened to me personally that made me very sad. So I decided instead of being depressed about it and doing nothing. I'd be a little upset about it but channel the energy into making art. It's way better to be creating something and be useful to myself than sleep my days away in sorrow. So first thing's first. I will be selling ORIGINAL ART PRINTS, for the Halloween season and I'm really excited about the result so far..They will be up on society6 soon. I have to add some finishing touches and test the colors printed. Let's create happiness together!

PS-Blog could be getting a makeover too! Whaaaaaaat!

I Believe in Fairies!!!

ATTENTION:Tinkerbell Lovers & Sketch Card Collectors. Only one day left to own an original piece of art work by me :) Don't miss this.She's one of a kind and can be yours

Gettin Artsy With It!

 If you read my last post I wrote about my little muse field trip with a camera around my neighborhood I did a little doodle inspired off of one of the pictures I took.

In other artsy news I finally decided to pick up the paint brush again to continue this painting I started like a year ago this is the progress as of now....

I QUIT

SATURDAY APRIL 14, 2012 I quit! I put in my two week notice at my part-time retail job. I had enough...just one short day after...I've been on a roller coaster ride of emotions, of fear, than reassurance, than back to fear again. The purpose of this blog to document my journey, failures and success being unemployed in New York....DON'T QUIT YOUR JOB WITHOUT A SAFETY NET...haha which is exactly what I've done.

This Sunday and Monday I've pretty much set out to find a way to make a source of income and figure out my next steps from here. I have been resume bombing, emailing, applying to temp agencies and whoring my freelance skills out on craigslist(why is it called "Craigs" list....Who's Craig anyway?)
Somewhere during this process...at around 2 in the morning today I started to get that "OMG what did I do feeling" this is where Moooron sets in. So I did like any natural born human being would do and I set out to a Google search. My words were something like "I quit my job with nothing lined up" In this I found my motivators...

Life Without Pants:http://www.lifewithoutpants.com/

which led me too

The Middle Finger Project:http://www.themiddlefingerproject.org
finally here




These sites have motivated me to try. If I try what's the worst that could happen? I fail and have to end up in retail again. At least I got it out of my system...If I really want it, I will try till I win. Though I don't recommend just quitting, I don't and won’t regret my choice. I was barely making anything before so what's it to me now? Luckily I have a supportive family motivating me. I do feel a little bit like a quitter but time was moving way too fast working there. I spent all this time just being comfortable at this place wasting my precious time for pennies...it's time to sink or swim. At least if I make pennies now hopefully it'll be in doing what I love.

Thanks for reading. I hope you continue to come back whoever you are...Maybe you're in the same boat. In that case it's awesome that we could do this together :)

Peace

-Tati


P.S.-This is what I do


Graphic Design/Illustration/Arts and Crafts :D
http://www.coroflot.com/thochrein





The Singing the songwriting and the covers

http://www.youtube.com/user/MyPuppyBaby1234?feature=mhee

http://www.youtube.com/user/TatianaHochrein



Books That Motivate: