So after hours of working on the layout it's finally complete! Yay! *does the happy dance* How's that for some random inspiration??? *winks* Okay so I'm gonna get going, my butt is totally numb from working on this and I gotta get things ready for work tomorrow and the long awaited weekend. Enjoy some good ol' Elvis!

Posted by Erin @ 09:57 PM PST

Yesturday morning I got a call from my cousin letting me know that my uncle Pete had passed away. I didn't know what to think or how I was gonna tell my mom that her brother is gone. It's probably one of the hardest things I have had to do. So I walked over to my mom and woke her up and started crying, I was trying to be strong but it was hard to control the tears. Now the family is getting together to meet up and start the funeral services and ect. though it's gonna take awhile because he was living in Missouri. It's been hard trying to be strong for my mom, but I can do it. She was there for me when my best friend passed so I have to be strong for her in her time of need.

I had today off from work and to keep my mind off of things I've been listening to music (to me it heals the soul). and while listening to some Elvis Presley music to continue to keep my mind occupied I stumbled upon some photos of Elvis Presley and have had some inspiration for a new layout *yay* so I'm creating it right now and hope to have it set up by tonight, so hopefully that will happen. *winks* Thanks to the kind comments from friends via Myspace for their condolences, I greatly appreciate it. I shall blog later.

Posted by Erin @ 04:36 PM PST[No Comments]

I'm off work, about to go for a run in a few. Hopefully I don't bump into weirdos, oddly when I go running I tend to. Only once a super cute guy said hi to me... awwww. lol Heck maybe I'll see him again, after all we both had baseball caps on rooting for the same team Yay!

Any who so Michael Jackson is gonna have a public viewing this Friday and I'm tempted to go, but we'll see I'm not that far from where everything is taking place. I still can't believe he's gone, that's crazy.

The weather has cooled down alot here, well it was warm today but not in the 100's like it was the other day. Eeek!

Okay I better get going before it gets dark outside, I don't wanna run at night it's too scarey and dangerous. Plus I gotta wash clothes and get ready in the AM for another run. Bleh I swear I'm still non stop with everything and my computer sucks! I can't visit half the sites anymore because of how crappy it is. Plus I'm sick of this layout and wanna make a new one, maybe I'll have time next week? We'll see *crosses fingers*.

Posted by Erin @ 06:47 PM PST

Hey! I'm alive, just busy working as usual and alot has happend. In fact so much I'm not even gonna get into it. But anyway all is well, I haven't been online much just haven't felt like blogging or anything lately plus my computer sucks. But yeah so I was going to L.A. next month but plans have changed and so now it's cancelled. Bummer, I was looking forward to vintage shopping and seeing James Deans Star. I guess I'll have to go another time. Then again it's only 6 hours away, it's not like it's beyond my reach. I'm so lacking in any inspiration for a new layout which is why I haven't changed it, hopefully soon though. Alright I better get going, I'll blog again.

Posted by Erin @ 07:30 PM PST

I'm telling you the time is just flying by these days, we are already in April. I'm just a month and a half away from my Birthday... eeks! My friends and I decided we would head on out to Santa Maria for the weekend before the week of my actual birthday and have some celebration at the Car Show out there. The event used to take place out in Paso Robles but was changed to Santa Maria last year and being it was switched I passed on it and didn't go and kind of broke my routine of going there yearly. I mean my friends and I talked about going this year but I'm always the one all for it and in the end they usually come up with some random lame excuse for going some place and that's just annoying so I'm not fully counting on it happening. How ever I may still go with or without them, like I usually do to events I really wanna go to lol.

I went to Goodguys car show last weekend out in Pleasanton and had an awesome time I'm telling ya. I swear I have never seen so many damn 69 Chevelles it was driving me nuts being I want one...haha. Heck I'll get one some day I'm telling ya! Anyway I bought another lovely Trophy Queen purse and I'm planning on having this baby pinstriped in a special way to represent my James Dean. *smiles* Oh and I also bought a wallet too so yeah I spent a nice $250 not including the $60 for entering the car show for both damn days. Ugh that's a long story with that one and I won't even go there...lol.

I just found out that Benjamin Bratts brother Peter Bratt will be premiering their movie 'La Mission' this month and I'm looking forward to seeing it at the San Francisco Film Festival. I'm just having a hard time looking up the correct info on buying tickets to the event. Tons of friends and family plan on attending being some were extras in the movie and one of the popular cars I have posed with in my Pinup photo shoots will be in the movie as well. I'm also gonna be talking to the owner of the car that let Benjamin Bratt use his car as his in the movie in hopes of doing a future photo shoot with his car, so that should be fun. I'm gonna start shooting later this year, I'd start now but I wanna get some other things taken care of first.

Hmmm... nothing much is going on with me really, I've been working and when I come home I'm too damn tired to do anything. I can't even stay up to watch my favorite shows! Yeah I missed about 20 minutes of the ending of last nights episode of Supernatural and you have no damn idea how annoying that is being I NEVER miss an episode! Ugh! That shall not happen again I tell ya! lol. Alright I guess I'll cut this somewhat short and blog more later. Ohhhhh yeah! I'll change this layout soon, I'm kind of sick of it and wanna switch it up...hehe. So yeah I'll get to it soon.

P.S. Fast and Furious is out this weekend! OMG Paul Walker on the big screen, oh I'm so seeing this movie on Sunday I tell ya! *smiles*

Posted by Erin @ 02:45 PM PST

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I just had a yummy banana milk shake that was green (thanks to food coloring haha) and I'm cooking Corned Beef and Cabbage. Yummy! I just said yummy twice I think it's because I haven't eaten yet lol Anyway work has kept me busy but I hope to ramble more this week since I have another day off. Ohhhhhh man I thought The Hills last season starts in March but I was wrong it's in April... Ugh I have to wait almost another month? Darn! lol

Posted by Erin @ 05:17 PM PST

So Friday was awesome! I met Kat Von D and she was super sweet! She signed my High Voltage Tattoo book and two magazines I have of her. I told her thanks for being an inspiration to other female artists and she awwww'd and thanked me lol and asked me if I draw and I said yeah since I was little art is a huge part of my life and she told me that's awesome and to keep it up. I was sooooooooo bummed I didn't complete a Kustom Keepsake box I had hand painted of her a few days before because I wanted to take it to her and have her sign it, others told me to give it to her but I think my Art is chicken scratch compared to her skills...lol. But anyway I wasn't able to so maybe when I head out to L.A this summer I'll stop by the shop and if she's in I'll see if she can sign it (it's probably wishful thinking huh? lol). So anyway I took a bunch of pictures and also seen Karoline (Kat's sister) and had her sign the book and I took a picture with her and of her arm that has the coolest portrait tattoo of her and kats brother on her arm in which Kat did. Haha to see it in person was awesome Kat seriously has mad skills and the tv does no justice when you see the Art in person. She's amazing, and I soooooooooo wish I had her skills. haha.

In other randomness I've been working on my make up skills and I've sooo been improving! I get compliments all the time at work, or when I'm shopping or just out so that's a good thing. I've always wanted to get into being a make up artist and with me working at a cosmetics/ salon my manager has been asking me if I'd be interested in doing so with my skills and of course I said sure! So yay that's awesome! So anyway I've been buying some more eyeshadow colors to experiment with more colors then what I usually wear. And of course because I like 's make up line I did go all out on it being it's the best eyeshadow that I personally like that works well next to my other favs... Too Faced, Loreal and Urban Decay. I've never, ever spent crazy money on make up but since I felt like totally splurging I did so! I spent over $260 on make up! I know, I know! I can't believe I did so myself! $50 of it was spent on the Kat Von D brush set though (eek!) I do have like $1-$2 brushes that work amazing so I didn't buy them because of it, I bought them because I said heck with it! I want a nice set of brushes! haha So there ya have it! I still want a few more items that they were out of but I'll get those suckers next time. Ugh I think I should work at Sephora instead of my job being they sell the Kat Von D line and I would get a discount! lol

When I do get a chance and complete my Kustom Keepsake Box on Kat Von D I will post it so you can see the finished outcome of it. If you haven't already check out my other keepsake boxes at myspace.com/BettieKustoms! They are ALL one of a kind and you CAN'T get them anywhere else. All design are hand painted by me, and I will NOT be making any duplicates at this time so if you see it... snatch it up while it exists, otherwise you snooze you loose! lol When I get a free chance from work and all I so need to do another DIY show so I can sell my Keepsake boxes and lovely bows which might I add that my niece wore a set of my bows that I made to the Kat Von D signing and they were a HIT! I got tons of compliments on them, I so regret not bringing some with me to sell. Ughhhhhhhh! lol Alright I'm gonna finish up here I need to finish washing clothes.

Posted by Erin @ 07:13 PM PST

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Guess who gets to meet her inspiration and role model?! I do! I do! *jumps around like a maniac* Yayness!!! I bought Kat Von D's book 'High Voltage Tattoo' yesturday so I get to get it signed by her and meet her next week. I'm soooooo giddy! I think she's one of thee best female tattoo artists out there and she kicks some serious ass and most guys hate to admit it (especially other male tattoo artists) so for that she kicks ass, not to mention she can do a seriously kick ass portrait through tattooing. I haven't started reading the book just yet, but I have skimmed through it and read some tid bits here and there. The book pretty cool, I'm just in aww over the artwork alone. I'll have pictures up of the Meet and Greet so you can look forward to that next week sometime.

So I'm off from work today and randomly got inspired to change the layout to Kat Von D so I hope you all like it. I didn't do anything too fancy or change my layout too much accept for the celebrity featured. I'm lucky I was even able to get this up by tonight. I've been so tired lately with work and all. I should be getting to bed soon anyway I have to get up super early for work again. Ugh.

So within the past couple weeks alot has gone on, I honestly wouldn't know where to start. So instead I'll give you a little info on a few things that went on. Okay here it goes... so my niece invited me to her Birthday Bash out in San Francisco and all was going well till we were leaving the club to go to our cars and head on home when out of no where som ghetto ass dude decides to start hollering at us girls (there were 10 girls, and my brother and cousin the only 2 guys with us) and we ignored his advances and I guess it pissed him off. The next thing I know he says something to my brother in which my brother ignored him so because he did the guy decided to attack my brother. (real bright huh?) My brother is being jumped by 8-10 guys when my cousin jumps in to protect my brother then he gets jumped. All of us girls are freaking out and yelling, one dude punches my niece in the face and another one kicks my brothers lifeless body in the head and I run over to protect him and the guy raises his fist in the air to hit me in the face and my cousin jumps on him (thank goodness for my cousin or I'd have a black eye or worse) It was insane I thought these guys were gonna kill us! Anyway turns out my brother is beat up, and robbed and my cousin is beat up and they stole his phone. Not to mention there were 3 car loads of these guys and at the most 15 of them. Oh their real brave huh? freakin pussys! So that was in insteresting night.

I haven't hung out with my friend Keith in awhile he's being weird on me after telling me he has been crushing on me. Ugh guys I swear! On a lighter note my good friend Berto stopped by my house last week, he was in town for a wedding and wanted to hang out with me. (he moved to L.A about a year ago) We watched movies and talked, good times for sure, I miss him! Oh yeah and I got a call from my ex/ boss / friend who I worked with before for a clothing line based out of L.A. He said a tattoo convention is coming to San Francisco and asked me to work the booth with him and he's pay me so I'm thinking about taking him up on that offer. Then he randomly asked me about moving to L.A to live with him. Okay I'm soooooooo not doing that! We've gone through some drama with work and I still haven't forgiven him for that so him asking me to move out there and live with him has me wondering what the hell is up his sleeve. Oh and that reminds me Berto asked me when am I gonna go out to L.A and hang with him. Okay I'd go out to L.A and hang with Berto before I'd even think about moving to L.A. with my ex boss! Ohhhh man I don't know where all this crap is coming from but boy is it random.

So yeah things are pretty interesting yet busy and stressful lately but what can you do? Oh yeah my niece wants to take her daughter to Disneyland in March so there's a call for going to L.A. yet again...lol. So here's my plan... If I end up going to L.A. for Disneyland with my family then I'll definetly make plans to hang out with my good friend Berto and that's the only plan I have. (Watch something totally different will happen) that's cause something usually always does...lol. Alright I better finish up I'll blog later this week or weekend. Good night!

Posted by Erin @ 06:50 PM PST

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Sooooo how's everyone's New Years going? Mine is going good, still crazy busy with work and all. It's still up and go just about everyday with work. It kind of sucks, but what can you do? I haven't been even going out much either. I mean I went to the mall a few times to spend some money lol but that's about it. Oh and then I've been spending time with a friend of mine (Keith) other then that not too much going on. Sorry this blog sucks lately, I'll try to update more on what's been going on in my world. Alright I'm done here L.A. Ink is about to start. G'Night!

Posted by Erin @ 10:00 PM PST