when people work hard and follow their dreams...

it happens.

oh yea.

jump back up

i moved into the new place this weekend! talk about tiring. i gotta get back into the saddle of creativity. at the moment i feel like a blob of jello...

come on energy...

come on!!

here's to getting back on the horse, this evening.

robots of new york city

so, i understand trends. i can't say i don't ever fall into the "trendy" trap...but its interesting how i will buy something at the thrift store and see it in urban outfitters two years later. this happens to me A LOT, and then makes me want to put the item to rest for a while.

when there is so much individual beauty in the world, why do we choose to look like clones? i work in the garment district and this is what i have to see every single day....



now ladies, do you all have to wear the exact same dress, shoes, purse and have the SAMe haircut?? in the fashion capital of the world.. its hard watching folks walking down the street.




oh and ps.

urban outfitters, this dress can not seriously be priced at $78. in mexico, its like $15.

damn pirates!

jou like?

just posted these on my etsy page...

like em?
http://www.woundedheartdesigns.etsy.com/

i heart mati klarwein

one of my absolute favorite artists. i LOVE his work. check out this site to see more. i need a book with his work. BAD. http://www.matiklarweinart.com/







this one i wouldn't mind as a tattoo....



i got this album this weekend at a stoop sale...

T-I-M-E

last night when i got home from a long day i sat and thought about all of the work i wanted to get done on my new collection. i sat on my bed and leaned back and just sat there. my mind was racing but my muscles were trying to go to sleep. i was bothered bc i knew it should just rest, but i wanted to work work work.

so to satisfy my urge, i wrote all the ideas i had in my head; on paper. i felt so much better. i felt like i could rest and it was okay.


then i remembered this conversation i was having with a record producer... he said he was always in the studio day and night. he said that if he stopped working, he would be loosing all of these great ideas that had been clouding his head.

now i feel like that. its weird how ideas can just be flooding in or you are searching and searching and nothing seems to appear. i feel like im on fire right now...and i won't let it go out. =)


soooo...

all of this contemplating this morning got me thinking about the things i love. what i love to do and what i make time for. there are just so many things that i would absolutely LOVE to do and learn right now. here's my dream schedule for a week day:

8:00 rise/meditate
8:30 running/swimming
10:00 breakfast/planning
10:30 wounded heart designs work (or other art projects)
1:00 lunch
1:45 guitar lesson/practice
2:45 wounded heart designs (art)
7:00 dinner/time w friends & family
9:30 relaxation/whatever time

can i borrow some milk?

ok so this discusion probably comes up in the art world a lot...


borrow
A
verb
1
borrow

get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
Category Tree:
get; acquire
╚borrow
2
adopt, borrow, take over, take up

take up and practice as one's own
Category Tree:
get; acquire
╚accept; take; have
╚adopt, borrow, take over, take up


what is the difference between copying and being inspired by someone's work?

i recently had a friend who said she was so inspired by something that i did, that she "borrowed" my design idea of mine. i was not happy about it.

so in a nutshell, i gave a friend of mine some earrings that i created. she said they were too heavy for her ears so she decided to make them in a lighter gauge wire. she loved them so much that she borrowed the design and made some of her own (my design with a few changes) she then continued with it and starting selling the earrings in boutiques...

i really didn't know what to say when she told me. i was thinking, well maybe its not exactly the same. but then, i kept thinking about what she said about "borrowing" the idea and selling the item. i couldn't get past that.

now we are all inspired by something else. not much is original these days because there are brilliant people everywhere through out the universe. we as human keep re-creating the same things in different ways. but i couldn't help to be bothered that my "friend" would take an idea of mine and call it "borrowing."

this friend showed absolutely no remorse for my feelings in the situation. that's what upset me the most. maybe my definition of a friend is different then hers. maybe it just doesn't mean that much and its okay in her world to be inconsiderate.

all i know is, i wouldn't copy her work. no matter what. that is not why i choose to create things. creating comes from a deep down place somewhere inside me where i cant even see. things just happen, and at the strangest times. i will be trying so hard for an idea and nothing will come...or i will just be messing around and a brilliant idea appears...and brilliant is in the eye of the beholder.

i love to do art and i treat what i do with respect. ive heard discussions about how doing art is extremely selfish. i believe that is somewhat true. sometimes people take their work too seriously and some don't. i cant say i take myself completely seriously, bc there would be no fun in that... however, i do know that i still respect and care about the things that come out of me. they are a part of me.

i would expect the next person of the street to rip me off, but a friend, no. and maybe that's me being naive...

yes, it's a lovely way to start my day

Good Morning,

I'm proud to announce that my jewelry and accessories business, wounded.heart.designs was featured in today's Fashion Bomb Blogspot!
The Fashion Bomb is written by Claire Sulmers, a writer, reporter, and researcher for Real Simple magazine. Her editorial work, which focuses on fashion, beauty, and fitness, has appeared in Upscale, Newsweek, Essence, Heart & Soul, NV, and Beauty Addict magazines.
Before joining Real Simple in November 2004, Claire completed editorial internships at Upscale, New York and Newsweek magazines.
She holds a B.A. magna cum laude with highest honors in Romance Languages and Literatures and African-American studies from Harvard University.


read the feature here: http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/
visit my site here: http://woundedheartdesigns.etsy.com


Thanks for all of the love and support!

pam should be a model

im planing on doing a big photo shoot for my styles sometime this summer. but for now, my friend pam helped me out by letting me take some photos of her. she modeled my jewelry and the photos turned out so great!

here are a few of my favorites:










check out pams blog. wildcowgirl on my comments =)

hi, my name is almaz and i'm addicted to fabric

okay. so i have come to realize that i am completely addicted to yummy looking textiles/fabrics.

yesterday i went to spandex world to get some inspiration.

i was like a kid in a candy store.

seriously, it was bad. i felt like i had entered some magical mystical land of loveliness and excitment.

the world is so beautiful.

and i'm ADDICTED.

i got featured

in someone else's blog that is...

check it out.
http://www.baubleandchain.com/

i just googled my company name and a whole bunch of stuff came up... how exxciting ;)




this should be a good weekend. anyone have a yacht they want to invite me to? (wink)

MYspace

happy dance...!

i got my myspace page up and running for the business. Yay!

you can visit it here:
www.myspace.com/woundedheartdesigns

today has been a good day.

the sun is shinning and its 80 degress outside in new york city

. i wish i could have been in the sun all day... but i have the weekend for that. i gota go home tonight and get to work.

<3

this goes along with my theme (below)

dreaming

last night i had a dream a friend of mine was very pregnant...

here's the interpretation:

Pregnant/Pregnancy1. New life; creativity; new enterprises.2. Revelation and inspiration;3. The coming of spring; something new happening at the coming of spring.Astrological parallel: Cancer, Pisces, Aries.Tarot parallel: The Empress.

To see a pregnant women in your dream, symbolizes abundant wealth.

To dream of a pregnant woman predicts an embarrassing amount of riches in your future.


coincidence? considering how yesterday went?

hmm. i think not.

:-)

oooh today...TODAY

ive been having been having a really good past two weeks. i got to go home and see my family... i celebrated my sister and my boyfriends birthday with them. its just been all around positive vibes. im thinking the sunshine and warm weather have had a lot to do with the change in energy.

im dissapointed right now and im trying not to be.

i applied for the nyc teaching fellows and i just found out i wasnt accepted. apparently there are too many applicants to give feedback- so im just left to wonder. or really, try not to wonder...

i knew that this was going to be a time of decision making bc lately ive been doing really well with my jewelry/accesories. i made 6 sales out of 12 items in my shop! so im really trying so hard to take the situation at hand as a sign that maybe teaching isnt right for me at the moment.
this really makes it official - i gotta make this happen.

other then that, im trying to find my own place bad.

i need some space.

i do all of my work in my bedroom, only sometimes in the living room (since most of my supplies are in my room). it gets cramped to say the least. i make it happen, but i'd like to see the day where i stop doing everything on my bed or right next to it.

so on this day, i will NOT be disspointed anymore. i MUST focus on making other areas grow :-)

whew.

ps. im working on a lotta new styles. i'll post them this week, along with birthday pix.


wait.



this makes me happy...!

<3 almaz

here goes nothing...

so this blogging thing is so new to me. i never thought i would EVER be interested in doing this, but here i am.

today was a crazy day. it was nuts at work and i needed such a break from the office. i took a late lunch and when i got back in, i made a sale on ETSY. i was so happy about that! thats my second sale since i started the site in april. (incase there are those of you who dont know what etsy is, its a site where ppl sell their handmade goods).

then, i got messages from ppl saying that my earrings got featured on the hand-picked front page items... that definately made me smile. here's some of my work:



so if you don't know me... i'm an artist. i do a lot and wear many hats. i started making jewelry when i was teaching art for an elementary school. we had an art auction and i came up with some creations. basically, ever since then, ive been creating and creating and creating.

i moved to new york city originally for fashion design but i was swayed by the children. i love em. always have. so, whats not better then doing are and being with kids? right now, im not teaching--- but that's a whole other story that i'll save for another blog.

its the end of the day. time to wind down.
::nite::


ps. here's ME