Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Just me lately

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wow...i have not wrote in my blog in a LONG time. Why is that? well, my life has actually been pretty busy. I don't see it letting up anytime soon. Thats GOOD...for sure. Since i've written last i've managed to get a few new clients...and do some pretty cool things. Newest endeavor would be taking on 3rd and Lindsley, a music venue in Nashville, TN. I revamped their site and am working on their social networking strategy. Kinda cool. I absolutely LOVE this venue...and the owner.

Latest poster/myspace/website for Shelly is pretty kick ass. You should PROBABLY check it out. www.shellyfairchild.com. We are a creative team...and i'm thrilled she is working with me on things besides just her stuff.

On thursday i'll be heading to KS for a few days. Should be fun. I'm excited to see my daddy. :) and the rest of my fam. Its been a few months.

My puppy Gypsy is getting big!! well...not in size really but..she is getting older. ha. Shes only 3.8 pounds at the moment. Its amazing how much shes grown up since i got her in December. I can't remember what my life was like without her. I hope she feels the same way. HAHAHA

There is so much going on...someday i'll be able to share it all. But...i've learned so much in the past few months. One of them is....its really hard to trust people. I guess i already knew that...but, never really experienced it like i have in the last 3 or 4 months. There are a handful of people in my life that I even want to associate with. I like it that way. Its sad how relationships with certain people completely changed me. BUT...the good news is....i learned something from it all. So...thats me being positive. I've had a moment tonight to just sit and breath from my crazy busy life...and i'm truly thankful for my friends that are truly MY FRIENDS.

I wish i was a good writer. I was reading my friend Shelly's blogs tonight and they are so great! i wish i was random and full of interesting things to say. haha But for some reason...i've always been the kind of person to state facts....and be very "and this happened...and this happened..." haha very sequential. That...is...boring... I'm going to work on that.

I have friendship bracelets on. I forgot how great those are. I used to make them and sell them when I was a kid. Its so cool to think that my friend bought them from someone else. haha mine are purple, red, and green. They are awesome.

Gypsy is whining so I better take her out. Its good to reconnect with the blog world. Heres to hopin' i do it more often.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Updated my portfolio...

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so....

you should check it out. :)

www.s-carterdesign.com

the end.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Follow Shelly On Twitter...

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NOW!! :) puuuhhhllleeeeaaassseeeee....

http://www.twitter.com/shellyfairchild

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

I just saw this quote and had to post it...

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"about all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, & some won't like you at all" - Rita Mae Brown

Saturday, January 16, 2010

You Can't Take Back Everything You Said

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And that would be the song that is stuck in my head. A great song by Shelly Fairchild. I'm sure you'll be hearing it soon. She just got back from L.A....and the newly mixed CD is fabulous. Its crazy how i've heard these songs..from the beginning...was in the studio when they were being recorded...Yet, I can't take the CD out of my car. I tried. Today. I put in something else but after one song...i had to put Shelly back in there. I can't wait for the world to hear it. It will happen soon.

So...my last few days have been a little upsetting. People just amaze me sometimes. To say the least. I was torn up about it for awhile...but, today is a new day and thanks to my friends i've learned that you don't give those people the satisfaction of destroying you. Shes right. I'm a good person. i KNOW i'm a good person. I can't change what people say...but, i can continue to be who I am and the people that REALLY know me will know whats right and wrong. I'm coming to terms with things. Its hard to realize you meant nothing to someone that meant everything to you. Oh well. I can't be worrying about it. I have a lot of work to do these days. Shelly this. Shelly that. Shelly Logo. Shelly packaing. Shelly promo. hahaha Its pretty exciting. I love every minute of it. Its cool how it doesn't seem like work to me too...just being with my friends...and coming up with some cool stuff. Fun.

Today Gypsy and i had lunch with Teresa. It was so fun. Gypsy got to meet Fluffy and Stewy. They didn't like her too much...haha But nevertheless...they were ADORABLE together. Teresa got her A LOT of cute things. One being this lil jacket. Gypsy actually really likes wearing clothes for the most part. Probably because it keeps her lil self warm. haha


Also...I got my Martina Shirts in the mail today. I designed a couple for the tour. Here is a pic of them. Not the greatest...but still you can kinda tell. I'm really excited about it. I hope i get to do some more stuff for Tee-Cee and Martina.


well...Tomorrow is Sunday. Lots to be done. I think i'm going to end this and put the pup to bed...and maybe even go to bed myself. Heres to hoping i'm even happier tomorrow. I'm getting there. Friends and puppies help :)

Sunday, January 10, 2010

GG and ZZ are BFF's

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Its so funny to see these two play together. It makes me so happy. They make me happy. I am so glad they get along...because these few days dog sitting could have been ROUGH. haha



Nothing new really to report. Turns out my design business last year did pretty well. My first year freelance was a mini-success! :) yay! I was talking with a friend the other day and we were chatting about our year. I was going on and on about all the bad things that had happened to me/us...and how i wasn't happy with some things/people. I was being entirely too negative. She said...well, it hasn't been ALL that bad. You have gotten A LOT of clients...and you managed to make it in freelance. Shes right! I've had the chance to design for Little Big town, Martina McBride, and of course SHELLY! Sure, there has been some bad stuff...mostly personal.....but, a lot of really great stuff too. This new year has started off to be amazing. I have a great new lil puppy, i've gotten some work...even with a few new people, and have learned A LOT about myself. Live and learn I guess.

On another note....Its weird to me how you can care so much for someone. Then, it all disappear in a second. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone but me....but, nevertheless i find it crazy. I guess its safe to say it was all a lie huh? ha...thats what i'm telling myself...thats the only way I can make sense of it all. Its sad. Again...live and learn....liiiiive and learn. It doesn't matter now anyways...I'm on my way to happy!! I have my true friends, my family, my work, and my puppy :)

My Goals for 2010:
1. Find a programmer to partner up with that is on the same page as me (creatively).
2. Design SOMETHING for the Lilith Fair tour (can be anything...flyer, t-shirt, ANYTHING!).
3. Do Shelly Fairchild's packaging for the new album (and website).
4. Get office space!!!!
5. Find someone who loves me for me. Then, live happily ever after..haha
6. Double the amount of clients i have.
7. The obvious...make more money. haha
8. Learn more about video...and get better at it!
9. Be a better...friend, daughter, granddaughter, niece, designer, business person, photographer, videographer, client...
10. Teach my puppy to be the best puppy she can be (ha!!..cheezy but i like it).
11. Travel more
12. Pay off my laptop

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Gypsy

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My new puppy...i love her dearly. Today, i take her to the vet for her first check up! Lets hope everything is great :)

She sleeps a lot. Wish i could. She stays up all night crying and then pees all over the carpet. I hope that is overwith by the time i leave KS to go back to TN.

Here she is sleeping with her toy from Aunt Shelly and Stephony. That and her giraffe are her favorite toys. ha

Friday, December 11, 2009

Shellys Splash Page

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Her sites are in transition...

This is whats up in the mean time...check. It. Out.
www.shellyfairchild.com

Meet logo girl.

The CO

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Here is the most recent website i've done....

www.thecomusic.com

I like them. And their logo (I did that too...haha)


I want to help you but I don't know how....to reach you...to reach you...

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that is being sung right now by Carolyn....in the studio...for the new album...

I love that line. For many reasons.

The End.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Make Every Word Hurt....

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Well don't waste your time
Don't allow him distractions
If you have to close your eyes
But dont wait for a reaction

Don't stop to breathe
Unwipe your mouth
You won't be misperceived
I'll figure it out

But whatever you do
For whatever its worth
If you're gonna tear my world apart
Then I'd prefer
Don't leave me confused
Don't let the lines blur
If you're gonna tell me
You don't love me anymore
Make every word hurt....

Don't walk away now
And don't second guess
You felt this way a moment ago
Why should my tears change any of this?

So whatever you do
For whatever it's worth
If you're gonna tear my world apart
Then I'd prefer
Don't leave me confused
Don't let the lines blur
If you're gonna tell me
You don't love me anymore
Make every word hurt....

Make every word sting
Make every word bleed
Until I'm not gonna wanna love you anymore
Until you're nothing I need
So when I wake up in the morning
For the next 20 years
I won't be wishing
For someone who just dissapeared

So whatever you do
For whatever it's worth
If you're gonna tear my world apart
Then I'd prefer
Don't leave me confused
Don't let the lines blur
If you're gonna tell me
You don't love me anymore
Make every word hurt....

- Lori McKenna "Make Every Word Hurt"

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The New LBT shirt i did...

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Whatcha Gonna Do...

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Thats whats being recorded by the Fairchild today. Let me just say...we are all in a weird mood. Shelly is waving at me from the vocal room saying...hiiii shawna. Yeah. I've been here all day. Enough said.

We all can't stop thinking about how Michael Jackson died yesterday. Just so sad. Every break results in a conversation about him.

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Whatcha gonna do to get me to want you (whatcha gonna do)
Show me what you got
let me see a menu
tell me what you know
I wanna feel the words
I'm just that kinda of girl
so whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do
to get me to want you

-Shelly Fairchild (2009)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Take me down....

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That is what Shelly is singing in the studio right now. Yep...its pretty cool....that sista can SING!

AND..doing video is fun. AND...Shelly's Salon is pretty cool..hahahhahaha Its funny how the back room in the studio became a salon today.

why is it that I only blog when I can't sleep???

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i got home at 3 a.m. and woke up at 6 a.m. Really?! THIS is going to be a long day.

Lets see...since Natalie reads my blogs i'll write whats going on in my life! haha

well first off...my daddy is coming to visit on Sunday...and will be here for 2 weeks! i'm so excited. I need a break myself...so that will be fun.

As for work...things are going good i suppose on all that. I'm still freelance...which is HARD. i'm not even going to lie. I hate not knowing where money is going to come from. *sigh* hopefully that all ends really soon. I do love freelancing...its just hard on the money side of things. Damn the bills :) haha

I got a chance to design for Little Big Town...which was cool. Here is a picture of a shirt I did for them. Karen posted this on their twitter...so I just took it. Saves me having to take another pic of it. haha .

I have another shirt that went to print last Thursday. Hopefully that one turns out great too. Its a little more artsy and girly. Its pretty impossible to explain so I'm not even gonna try. haha

CMA fest was last week...and I'm THRILLED that beast is over. Seriously. I really don't like it much. The ride for a Cure thing with Little Big Town was cool though. Shelly got to be a part of that since Karen asked her to be....so I gotta hang out with them all day....and well, drink the good alcohol on the bus..HAHAHA jokes jokes...its not all about the booze. I was working....but totally not at the same time. I love my job :)

Shellys show at Mercy Lounge went great. Let me just tell you though....i was excited to see it overwith. We worked our ASSES off for that show. haha

hmmmm....what else in my life? OOOOH everyone who reads this (which I think that means just natalie)...can you PLEASE twitter to Jimmy Fallon that you would like to see Shelly Fairchild as a musical guest on his show? seriously. that would be awesome. Here is the poster I did with instructions. The thing with that is...He said on his show last thursday that he wanted suggestions for musical guests for this show....they could be super famous or just your favorite neighborhood band. SO....of course...we're jumpin on that....haha

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Last night i saw Em West play at the Rutledge (well for about 15 minutes...of course we were late to the show) and she was fantastic! i love her. A lot. She did Mississippis Cryin and its still so cool to me for her to do that song when I'm standing next to Shelly and Stephony. They wrote that all on their own...and that song just amazes me. Still. Even after hearing it 15 million times. I will say though...there is NOTHING like Shelly singing it...

We then proceeded to go see Phillip Lassiter at the Basement. He was great....and umm...different. :) Heres the kicker....after that...we went to Patterson House. I didn't drink at all until this point. Umm...yeah...i had only 3 (which is good) but i was REALLLLY not planning on drinking (or staying out till 3 a.m.) since i have so much work to do. OOOOH well...haha

P.S. I got a haircut. It kicks ass. Its short...and punk like....really blonde...and brace yourselves....i'm getting purple put in it today. hahahaha I'm excited! don't worry its just a LIL bit of purple. just for fun. Wonder if my dad will freak out? nahhhh...

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Shelly & The People!!

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Kinkos and record deals...

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Shelly and I were at Kinkos printing hundreds of posters for her june 12th show...when we looked down at our phones and saw she had 3 minutes to get to her meeting where she was signing her record deal....so we jumped in the car and i drove her to her meeting.

Being a rock star is so glamorous...

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Yet another day with no alcohol...

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Shelly said that just now and it made me laugh.... Because folks...we've been TRYIN' to go get a drink and that aint happenin...too much going on.

So...we shall try again tomorrow...haha

I'm in the studio right now listening to some awesome music being made. Shelly and Stephony are GENIUS!!!

K. I need to be working on some merch designs for LBT. I best be ending this pointless blog.

Tomorrow...another day of fun...I mean work. YESSSSSSS!!

Oh...go to this.

Show June 12th!!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

i can not sleeeeep.....

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Its stressing me out at the moment. I have a lot to do tomorrow and this no sleeping thing is not making me happy. So what do I do...i blog...whatever.

Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone!! What did i do for the occasion? Well i met up with Shelly and Stephony at Lime. LOTS of people were there to celebrate. It was interesting....had a few Skinny B*** margaritas...it was fun. I was beyond thankful that they weren't strong. Somehow I only managed to spend 20 dollars...and i am still confused on how that happened. I think i didn't get charged for a drink or 2. haha

K. Moving on. I am house sitting/dog sitting from Friday to Tuesday. I'm excited to spend some time with MzZippy. I really love that dog. Well...lets be honest..i love all dogs!!! haha I'm realllllllllly thinking about getting a Morkie. Soon. Soon. Soon. Anyone want to buy me one for my birthday?? haha I mean...loooook at this video.....



I know thats the dog i want....i just can't afford to get one RIGHT now. I will get one once i have a more stable job....which leads right into my next thing.

I'm STILL freelance. Most days i'm cool with it...but today I had a doozy. ha I sometimes get all crazy and feel like i'm a loser. I know freelancing is a job...but not having a place to go kinda makes me feel like i don't. I need an office to go to everyday. I need to have a steady income. When i don't...i feel uneasy and my life seems unorganized. ha I'm a Taurus...what can i say :) Steph and i were talking about this exact thing tonight...about how our lives feel unorganized at the moment. I just listened to what she said...but the thing is....i agreed with EVERYTHING she said. Ugh..i hope this all changes sooner than later. Seriously...it has to.

I was talking to a friend tonight...him and i were just talking about everything really. Somehow we got on the topic of being single..etc. He said that he could see me as being a player. Umm...really? haha THAT cracked me up. i'm far from it. Well anyways...i told him that i have only dated a few guys since i've moved here. He then proceeded to ask me why....and i said...well, i'm too busy. I care more about my "career" than really anything else. He didn't buy one smidge of that. All of a sudden i realized i was for real using that as an excuse!!!! I mean..it IS true..i do work hard and love working...but, really...i don't want to be single.....I just am. hmmm...

K. Well i'm actually thinking i may be getting tired...ooooh and its 3:33...make a wish :)

Monday, May 4, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KIMMMMMMM!!!

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So mya got another bed this past weekend. AND...heres the kicker...its a cat bed. hahahahahha Well..shes only 5 lbs so it fits her perfectly. Look. Shes Precious.

Next on the agenda to talk about...umm..i made my first CAKE!!! yay!! my roommate's birthday was today so i made her a cute lil cake.... PLEASE ignore the frosting that is running off the side. i'm upset about it :( i spent so much time making it pretty and it got RUINED!



So this was on my iphone....and i will say...i do NOT remember taking it. Don't you love it when that happens??? Its Shelly and I....umm...yeah....

This next one..yep...its cute. I vaguely remember this one being taken....

hmmm...well i guess thats all. OH...everyone should check out Margaret Durante. Shes a new country artist. look for her single out on radio soon called "put yourself in my blues". Her myspace page is www.myspace.com/margaretdurantemusic. And yep...you got it...i designed it. haha :)

PEACE and YAY for a new week filled with music :)

P.S. EVERYONE...Lilith Fair is coming back. KID. YOU. NOT.