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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Make-up and Orphans.

Make-up and Orphans is like peanut butter and jelly, right? Not so much. Let me explain...


I have dabbled in Make-up artistry a bit in the last 6 years and at one time had the notion that I would go big or go home with it....I definately went home....or so I thought...my definition of a successful make-up artist was being with an agency, working on movie set, getting a magazine cover and doing alot of other things than your friends make-up and weddings...dont get me wrong, I LOVED and still Love to do friends make-up...It is such a joy and a gift I can give freely....I am simply trying to define a misconception I had at the time. Fastforward to present.  I was never a " successful" make-up artist according to my defintion at the time, thank goodness!  I instead birthed my children, became a mommy and a friend with a skill that could lend itself from time to time to those in my life. I sense have been able to be apart of some of the most rewarding causes because of this "love of make-up" i have...and been able to develop a bit of a knack for it...I do get rusty from time to time...and that my friends, is what You tube videos are for!

About a month ago, a friend by the name of Jessica Honnegar ,who I had the pleasure of meeting through one of if my most favorite people on the planet, Melissa Navarro, asked me to do the make-up for their Noonday Collection Lookbook for the Fall.  (this is where the orphans come in)   I had had the opportunity to work with Noonday last spring doing make-up for their Spring shoot.  It was pure joy so I of course said YES once again!  Noonday Collection was created by Jessica after a trip to Africa.  It is a fair trade company that provides a way for artisans to sell their goods in the United States and to raise money for adoptions and future adoptions...I mean seriously...who could say no?

 Here are a few pictures from the shoot at Haddington's on 6th street in downtown Austin, Texas.  The model , Katie Turpin, could not have been cuter....she was truly a beauty inside and out!

Photography by Kate Stafford

Photography by Kate Stafford

Haydn: this necklace loves me.

She's alright.

I have since been able to redefine success...thank goodness.  The reward that comes from being able to use , what feels like a very superficial talent, to better a little life out there brings tears to my eyes....(good thing I'm wearing waterproof mascara) ha!  Make-up is such a ridiculously small part of this.  Im simply communicating the joy that comes from being an extremely small part of a very big picture...not THE big picture....I think that just might be success for me.

I love Jessica's inspiration of Noonday Collection....
" ...when you satisfy the needs of the oppressed your night will become like the noonday..." Isaiah 58:10

Check out Noonday Collection's Fall Lookbook ! Fabulous jewelry and accessories for an even more fabulous cause!

More sincere than sarcastic today,
Tiffany

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The angel star jaunt....

There is a first time for everything...should we go down the list? naaaaa. But this is a first for me...Blogging. Why? Just an opportunity for my family and friends, old and new, to share life with me in an age of technology that allows for it...I cant make 100 phone calls a day...but i can blog once and share. Impersonal? can be. Do i want it to be? no. Here's to trying!


The angel.star.jaunt is named after my offspring. I really like that word. offspring. 


My daughter kai is my angel....not always but there are moments that are etheral with her. I cherish those. Ive found life to be about the moments along the way...i TRY to embrace that with my children....she is unbelievably creative. I adore that in her. 


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My son Jet is my star. He truly is radiant and bright. He came out that way. I have nothing to do with it...He is a lover of life. To quote Johnny Depp as Wily Wonka speaking to Charlie at the front gate..." well, you're just happy to be here aren't ya?" That is Jet. Happy to be here.


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I will post much more than just the HILARIOUS things my children say that only myself and my husband, Haydn, find humorous...but you will still get some of it...you can count on it.. I know my mom and mother in law will love it because they will get a better glimpse into the day of the grand-offspring...


The blog is a simple journey or "jaunt" if you will of my life alongside my children, my husband, my friends, family, creative endeavors, and homeschooling. Life can be grand with the right perspective... it is definately worth sharing along the way! 


mostly sincere, sometimes sarcastic,
Tiffany