One of my drawings, which is pretty much about my love for crowded spaces and public transport.
also finally have a small site up www.vanessaanlim.com
Train In The City
Saturday, January 30, 2010oh ten
Friday, January 1, 2010Happy New Year! Me and W just finished our vision boards, while watching Casablanca and right when it turned 2010 caught the neighborhood fireworks display through our gigantic windows with the rest of the city as its backdrop. Kind of low key compared to last year's New Year where me and W reupholstered our couch. Yea, I think we tried to welcome that New Year in sweat shop conditions.
So a couple of things that makes my heart a flutter.
Dries Van Noten dress , Jasper druzy heart necklace from crumpetcake
A 2006 Valentino! Who cares if it's from 2006, looks every bit as fitting for 2010. Actually, I started poking around his older work after I watched Valentino: The Last Emperor and discovered some gorgeously sequined dresses, and I just had to see more. Next is this gorgeous bracelet by Sirikarn Jirajbhaskornkul and Supot Suwannasing from Thailand from their line Saprang .
A very pulled together Akris coat and a very cool Alexander McQueen scuba python De Manta clutch.
Make a Fool of Yourself, It's Required
Saturday, November 14, 2009Words escape me... sometimes I would be all alone weeks or months later, replaying a strip of conversation, finally figuring what I really intended to say, wait no... a bit more fine tuning here. The gist being that I am hopeless in group social interactions.
So a gal my friend likes finally decided that she isn't into him. After a couple weeks of awesomely planned epic dates on my friend's part, it just doesn't work. Knowing how much heart went into planning the dates, I just tell him that "as long as you give it your all, there's nothing to regret." Another friend chimes in and says, "well isn't that worse? giving your all and then it doesn't work out?" I disagree, but my mind works funny. When someone tells me their opinion, immediately I am drawn to how their argument could be correct, it's my way of connecting. There it goes, words flit away, I live in my head with its multiple possibilities. So I didn't support my argument and in turn probably didn't help my friend much in feeling better.
A bit belatedly, this is what I wanted to say. No love is nothing. When you give it your all and things fall apart, you've still gained something. An understanding of your nature as a person, as a lover to another. With each chance, you learn to push. To push apart from this matchstick house misconceptions of romance that is force fed to you from all sides. And in pushing you'll feel yourself pull together, you'll figure out what suits you, you'll feel your boundaries. And one day it'll just click. You'll find the kind of love you know you deserved all along, just don't give up. It's okay to wear your heart out your sleeve. No shame in connecting with your inner crazy and volatility.
That's it for now, it's 4:08am, time to sleep.
Feeling Like a Bohemian Rockstar
Tuesday, November 10, 2009Sometimes I feel like I can write a Shakespearean sonnet about being broke, specially when I find gorgeous things that just stirs that tragic yearning, complete with outstretched arms and pained expression. Started with Mark Nicdao's photo in Mega Magazine showing Bea Valdes's gemstone-chockful jewelry, clutch, and vest designs. She is by the way another awesome Filipino designer.
Also, one of these days I will own an Antiseptic Fashion's corset which seems to conveys everything bad ass I'd ever want in leather, which is pretty much super model, sci-fi hero. 
Lila + Chimo
Wednesday, November 4, 2009Just re-read "Lila Says" or "Lila Dit Ca" (french version) by Chimo, and I am still in love with his writing. So here's a bit of french music. And just so this isn't quite such a lonely post, a photo of an artwork by one of my favorite artist of all time, Henry Darger. Very soon no more of this miniscule proportioned photos.
Richard Mosse Photography
Tuesday, November 3, 2009Hey hey!! It's been a while ei? I got a month more before this semester is over and let me tell you, it's a lot of work.
Just wanted to share you Richard Mosse's incredible photography, covering landscapes in Iraq. 
Sugar Never Tasted So Good
Thursday, August 27, 2009Do you sometimes have these mini fantasies where you are walking in a woodland or a beautiful open field full of colorful wild flowers while wearing a really fabulous dress? I do all the time, and it always leaves me with a sense of the-world-is-my-catwalk. Which, if you ever need a pick me upper this is a good simple thing to try.
Here is usually the feel of thoughts that I have when in la la land.
Joanna Kustra Photography , White Owl necklace
Jill Bliss invite , Shinzi Katoh tree notebook
It's Coming Together!
Monday, August 3, 2009I took my homemade hearts gift wrapper out for a spin and packaged a present for my little sister. And you know what it feels good. I love Mama's Sauce for helping me find my paper and printing it. Inspired, I made cards going for that old perfume bottle, books, and lovers feel.
Making Pattern Prints
Monday, July 20, 2009I'm really looking forward to printing more designs :) The beautiful people at Mama's Sauce print shop have been so amazing in helping me output my paper goods. Seriously just the best print shop in Orlando!
It is created off my program many moons ago and basically you input a polygon pattern and it will repeat it in different colors, transparency, and position on the paper. It is printed on 12 x 18 80lb. gloss text. It is on all white paper by the way, no black border, that is just the table.
I still have to work on the photography but here are some of them!
Printer Love
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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