Merry Christmas Eve :)

 

Hello all! Just wanted to say Merry Christmas eve! I think I am finally ready for Christmas. Did my last minute shopping yesterday as well as a little photoshoot with Andre and his sister for a super awesome photo gift for their parents. Also got to snap a couple of us together while we were at it which is excellent since we haven't really taken any photos together lately other than snap shots ;) Any who hope you are having an excellent day and really get to enjoy tomorrow. I know I'm excited to have a couple days off to hang out with family, give some fun gifts, drink peppermint mochas and eat lots of tasty food :)

Goodbye NYC hello Phoenix.....

Just a little post to say that I'm finally home. I'm so happy I could hug a cactus!!! Well not really....ouch! I've had an incredible summer in one of the most exciting, creative and diverse places in the world. Although there are many things I will miss and even mourn about being in New York, I really really enjoy being home in Phoenix. I think mainly the fact that it's home and it's where my friends and family are really makes me content in being here. Also after a year of 3 months overseas 6 months in AZ and then a couple in NY I'm just really happy to be in one place for an extended period of time and have some stability in my life (yay!) Alrighty that's all for now.... :)

Outfit of the Day :)

Hey all! Hope everyone is having an incredible week. Things are pretty hectic here but it's a fun exciting sort of chaos that somehow energizes you (but also makes you a little loopy/dillusional at the same time lol!)

I don't do outfit of the day posts enough but I wanted to break it up a little so here we go!

Headband- F21
Dress - Buffalo Exchange
Necklace - Urban Outfitters
Belt - Vintage
Boots - Vintage Dingos Buffalo Exchange
Purse - Vintage Chanel

I've been featured by the Phoenix New Times :D

 

 

Hey all! I've been featured by the Phoenix New Times as one of Phoenix's top creatives! How cool is that! Check out the interview here. In other big news  I am leaving for NYC for the summer tonight! Yayyyy!! After lots of support letters, art show fundraisers, custom portraits, generous people and God's grace I am 100% fully funded and super excited! I will be away for 6 weeks and hope to document my adventures on this blog. KittenPawsVintage will still be up and running but I most likely won't  be adding anything new while I'm away. I'm also hoping to redesign the blog soon since it's more than just about vintage. It'll still have the same URL but the header is going say something like KittenPaws the blog so it isn't confusing when I'm blogging about all of the other fun stuff I am doing ;) Thats all the news for now next time I write I will be on the East side! Yayyyy!

Outfit of the Day

Photos by Shane Hubbard

Outfit post! Just wanted to share some of my favorite things from my own closet. I probably wear this dress the most out of all of the vintage dresses I own because it's classic, it's a one of my favorite colors and it's so extremely comfortable. It's from the era of the 1980s and by the maker Timely Trends. The triangle necklace has also become quite a staple in my wardrobe cause you gots to have your bling. And the little brown vintage pumps by Mootsies Tootsies are a pair of shoes I can't live without. The briefcase is the only thing that will eventually be for sale up in the etsy shop, hopefully today if I can stand to part with it.

In other life news my boyfriend Andre who has been overseas for the past year will be home tomorrow night!!! I'm so extremely out of control excited! Yayyyyyy! Now what to wear to the airport.....??

Photoshoot by Shane Hubbard :D

Just wanted to share a few pictures my friend Shane Hubbard took of me. I'm wearing some of my favorite vintage pieces from my own personal collection complete with a super fab vintage buis time brief case that should be up in the shop soon :) In other news I have about one more week until I leave for NYC for the summer! SO much to do before then including a big art show at Fractal gallery tomorrow! I'm going to try to take pictures at the show to share. I'm usually bad about taking out and about type photos because I generally want to be part of the party and if I have a camera I kind of get locked to that and go into my own special world. Sooooo I'll be good take some sweet documentary type photos and be social at the same time. Multi tasking I can do it (!)

Custom Portrait Illustrations, by Me!

Hello friends! So as some of you know over the past couple of months I've been fundraising to go to NYC this summer. I've sent out letters I'm selling some arts and now I'm offering custom vector portrait illustrations drawn by yours truly! For anyone who doesn't know I'll be interning in NYC for 6 weeks this summer to work for a non profit organization Transform Creative Ministries, a branch of Campus Crusade for Christ, on a summer project that teaches college art students how to incorporate their faith with their art. It's an incredible program, I did it two summers ago and had an amazing time of spiritual and creative growth. I'm super excited but anxious as I still have quite a bit of fundraising to do to actually get there. So thus I'm getting a little bit creative in my methods of fundraising and have decided to offer my illustration skills in exchange for donations for the trip. Above are some examples of portrait type illustrations I've made. You can also find more on my portfolio website here. If you are interested please email me at tiffany.egbert@gmail.com. Suggested rates are $75 for an individual $100 for a couple. You will get an 8.5x11 print plus the digital file to do with whatever you please :)  I will be taking orders for the next two weeks to completed within two weeks of order. Could make the perfect gift, wedding invite graphic, personal avatar, facebook pic, etc ;) 

The Bears Doing Things Project

Last night I went to a little reunion with some of my classmates from ASU and boy did we have a silly time. Started out with a mild happy hour and then off to the the ASU graphic design senior exhibit and then out to dinner to eat large bowls of tortilla soup. While we were at dinner for whatever reason we got this genius idea to start a collaborative series of drawings called "bears doing things". It was really funny at the time just trust me. Any who this is my first contribution to the bears doing things project. It's the belligerent dancing bear. He just wants to dance guys. Why won't you dance with him??? Maybe cause he's a big scary bear. Oh and I hope all of you designers enjoy the Papyrus like font. I thought it screamed bear handwriting :)

Bon Voyage to the Watsons

So as of yesterday two of my best friends and most favorite people of all time moved away. I'm super bummed but extremely excited for them as they pursue all the magic that is LA and Hollywood. Adam is an incredibly talented film maker and photographer and jess is a supermodel-superbrain that has been one of my faithful Kittenpaws cover girls this past year. They are two of the greatest people ever and I am so happy for all of the fun times we've had over the past 7 years.  California is our next door neighbor state so I just need to get a lil road trip savy and everything will be okay :) I made this drawing of them on a tandem bike as a tribute to how awesome they are. I love you guys :D

Self Portraits

When I started this blog I had planned to occasionally include outfit pics and other images from my day to day life but PROBLEM I'm generally way too critical of pictures of myself and I really like being on the other side of the camera. This weekend I was supposed to do a shoot with one of my regular models but school is ending and finals are crazy so it didn't work out which is totally fine. Not wanting to waste a beautiful 70 degree day and really needing to get some photos for this weeks shop update, I got the crazy idea of modeling the clothing myself (!)  I know a lot of sellers do it and are completely fabulous but I didn't really think it was for me. So I was a bit freaked out, but it was a challenge I was really curious to tackle. All that to introduce the photos above, which I think turned out surprisingly delightful. Lots of super cute stuff to add to the shop in the next couple of days I may have to keep a couple of the pieces for just a bit longer now that I've bonded with it all. Anyways have a great Saturday and enjoy :)

My New Portfolio Site!

So I redid my portfolio site (again) this is version 3.0 ha and I think it turned out pretty rad. It has a new look, a better system of organization, I used some drop downs and flash elements and theres new creative work! So many good things! Check it out: tiffanyegbert.com and tell me how much you love or hate it...!

Photoshoot with the Rock and Roll Dance Patrol

Just wanted to share a few of my favorite images from this weekends photo shoot with the Rock and Roll Dance Patrol- a zany DJ Dance Party performance group based out of Phoenix, Arizona. These are probably 5 of the silliest dudes full of the most BFF man love ever and so we had a pretty fun time. If you happen to be from Phoenix be sure to come out to their show on Friday April 30th at Rips in Phoenix. They will be performing at the Sticky Fingers Launch party the valleys only all rock & roll dance party hosted by DJ William Reed!