This is how I bring a little bit of my hometown, Brooklyn, to my new home in Austin. I've partnered with PHOTOWALL and picked out a beautiful 40x60 Canvas Print of the Brooklyn Bridge. I picked out my design and 3 days later my print arrived! The box contained everything I needed to assemble the canvas print: canvas cloth, frame sections, corner plates with screws and instructions. After I laid the images face down on the floor, all I needed to do was press the pre-taped wooden frame sections onto the  sides of the canvas. Once the frame sections are in place, you have to fold the wooden pieces in towards one another, place the metal corner plates in corners and inster all the screws and tighten them. The whole process took about an hour and a half from start to finish. and this is the finished product What do you think?  Photowall's website is amazing! Seriously, the longest part of this was making my decision of which print to get because I  wanted it all! They have ev...

Okay, okay, okay.....i promise to blog more, and not get so caught up in work and getting work. So instead of big long winded ( ehem, that's my middle name ) posts, from now on you're getting more stream of consciousness blurbs and random thoughts. Like this one- I was on one of my Facebook group pages and responded to this post when halfway thru I realized, "this is such a common question I should do a blog post about it" So thanks to Misty Deupree for the inspiration Misty Deupree What is a good makeup (traveling) case that has a lot of compartments and space? And affordable Unlike  ·   ·  Unfollow Post  ·  3 hours ago You like this. Dyana Aives   Okay I'm kind of a makeup case hoarder, they're like shoes to me, I can never get enough and love all of them in my own way! Having said that,   Here'e my NUMBER ONE, NUMBERO UNO MAKEUP CASE  Kett makes an EXCELLENT one, this is actually my number on...

sometimes you just gotta find that perfect card that says exactly what you want to say..... i designed this with that in mind. Funny Confession Ecard: Yes of course I'll do your Makeup for FREE! Who needs to pay rent when I can get IMDB credit & free lunch! Yipppeeee!

It makes my job so rewarding when I can reach my clients in such a way that they will take the time to write me a letter of recommendation.  It makes me positively giddy to know that I have 34 of these letters (22 for makeup & 11 for makeup and hair and 5 more for makeup instructor!)  So a big Achievement for me and a big Thank You !-  To all the Producers, Directors, Agents, Photographers, Models, Actors, (MY AMAZING STUDENTS!)  and fellow creatives for all your wonderful feedback, it's nice to know that I've touched your life as much as you've touched mine. Thank You see these gorgeous recommendations here! Recommendations 

There's this photographer that's got me all riled up, and I just want to shout it from the rooftops...... Andrea Lucero of "Thru Andi's Lens" What can I say about Andi? The enthusiasm, the respect, and the admiration I have for her is beyond compare. I've watched Andi grow as a person and then find her voice as an artist. This is no ordinary photographer ! In the 22 years that I have been working with the best photographers in the industry, it's rare that I see one that can capture , I mean REALLY "capture" someones soul the way that Andi can. I'm reminded of one of my favorites, Paolo Roversi, by the way that I feel that I can look into a picture of one of Andi's subjects and feel the empathy, the compassion, the love that they are feeling. I don't know too many photographers that can do that. Many culture's believe that a photographs "steal your soul", In Andi's case I like to think that you are hiring he...