Signorina Navarra {Nonsense & Ditties}

PRINT Regional Design Annual

2009-11-21T13:30:00.011-05:00

Hey there frisky people!

Just wanted to share some great news...

The Holiday card I created for Paper Stories is in the 2009 Print Annual! Yipeeee! I'm so

siked and honored. I've been on the PRINT band wagon since my first year of college and

have drooooled and "ahhhhhh'ed" upon the arrival of every issue.

Thanks for listening! :)

Angela

Espresso gives me chills down my spine

2009-11-21T13:05:00.010-05:00

I'm in love with this photo! Coffee in any way, shape or form ;) Unfortunately,

I don't know the artist - DRATS!

Tim Burton at the MOMA

2009-11-21T12:18:00.007-05:00

Hey there!

Tim Burton's exhibit at the MOMA opens tomorrow and goes on till April 26th - so we do have a little time to go check it out. ;) It only takes watching a few seconds of a Burton film to recognize his twisted imagination and this is why I am eager to see some of his less mainstream pieces.

MOMA also has an online exhibit dedicated to his work here.

Enjoy!

Panic Face King

2009-10-20T22:49:00.004-04:00

Terrifying Sniper Prank on Japanese TV - Watch more Funny Videos

A Japanese prank show called Panic Face King set up an unsuspecting guy to believe he

was the only survivor of a shooting. Sheesh! Hysterical and evil all at the same time - gotta

love those Japanese!

GOOD: Diamond 101

2009-06-25T07:17:00.002-04:00

Fantastic video on the making and distribution of diamonds.

Beautiful interactive music video

2009-06-14T17:19:00.012-04:00

Check the video out right here from Labuat (singer from Spain). Just wait till it loads and drag

your good ole mouse across the screen and absorb the yummy eye candy that follows.

ENJOY! ;)

The Goode Family

2009-05-30T11:07:00.002-04:00

A new series from Mike Judge, the creator of Bevis & Butthead. I was the biggest fan of that show so I kinda got a little psycho frisky when I heard of The Goode Family. It's about a family always trying to do the "right" thing (environmentally, socially and/or politically) but always end up making a bigger mess than anyone else. For example - they have a vegan dog that's so desperate for meat that all the pets in the neighborhood end up disappearing! Hahaha - love it! Watch the clip & enjoy!

The Goode Family airs on ABC - Wednesday nights - 9/8c.

Another gangster movie or not?

2009-02-16T07:15:00.005-05:00

Woah - I woke up this morning and told my mom that there was a new mafia movie out and about. I went on to tell her how it took place in Naples and it was in italian subtitled in english. So she replied "No, not mafia - you mean gomorra! We used to watch shows back in Italy about them! We knew about them - they wera so bad - mamma mia!" I told her that was actually the name of the movie and she was siked.

The highly anticipated Italian film "Gomorra" opened in a few spots last week. It has been crowned by critics as “the greatest Mafia movie ever made,” stripping the “romanticism from The Godfather saga” to depict “the everyday reality of organized crime’s foot soldiers.” Reviews here, show times in NYC here.

Decor8 blog post

2009-02-07T22:58:00.005-05:00

I was so siked to find my print on the decor8 blog! I love this site and I sign up for the newsletters which I find to be inspiring and informative. The post is on BIG Cartel shops (online stores that predominantly feature independent artists). Click here for the post via Decor8 and click here for my online store. ;)

Laptop charging SOLAR bag?

2009-02-06T15:56:00.007-05:00

Yes that's right! A laptop bag that can charge up your laptop with the power of the sun! Oh Snap! ;) It can even charge up other electronic devices as well. The solar-powered Generator bag uses a single solar panel to produce up to 14.7 watts of power, compared to about 4 watts on the first generation of backpacks and other bags.

To check out the Generator (doesn't that name just induce images of the next terminator film? haaha ;) and its price tag click here.

Have a swell weekend! :)

Creepily lovely little things

2009-01-29T21:33:00.013-05:00

I stumbled upon Jessica Joslin's website and I have to say I am in loooove! She creates these whimsical little creatures by hand and each one has this morbidly beautiful quality to them. Check out her site there is definitely a lot of slick stuff to go through!

Super Mario lives!

2009-01-15T12:58:00.000-05:00

Old school twist on the ipod

2009-01-11T12:37:00.007-05:00

How can you not love this?! A gramophone and ipod unite - who woulda thought? This piece is the size of a table lamp and made of ceramic. Hmm, I would actually prefer not seeing the ipod. Maybe it could slip into the bottom part of the faux gramophone? Well I still desperately want one - how could I not? Oh yeah - maybe cause it's $500 bucks! sheesh! I will just stare at the photo to satisfy my mock gramophone craving.

You can purchase it here.

Skullastic.com

2009-01-02T13:56:00.019-05:00

Hey there!

Hope everyone had a swell New Year's celebration. I spent mine in DC and it was fun! I got to hang in China Town, see the Washington Monument, ride the metro and see alotta Obama paraphernalia. I had a nice dinner at this spot called Sonoma and it was all spent in great company. I also stopped by this vegan bakery called Sticky Fingers and ohhhhh my it was deeeeeelicious! I had a chocolate brownie and this bagel with tempeh bacon for breakfast yesterday. Droooolable material! I brought back a cupcake for my friend Tanya and I swear she was making sweet lovin to it! It probably would have been a good idea if her and the cupcake had their own room! hahahah ;)

Well now onto the business side of things...

Good news alert: Skullastic.com is up and running! Now you may ask "What in the turds is Skullastic.com?" This spot provides school supplies with attitude. From t-shirts, rulers and journals - any F student would be excited about these school supplies! Skullastic is based in Hollywood and I had the pleasure of working with them when I was living in LA. I designed the "Decomposition" notebook and it was a ton of fun to work on.

Don Rich - founder of Skullastic approached me with this slick project. His concept was to put a twist on that old school composition notebook and to use the title, "Decomposition" notebook. He went on elaborating his intentions with this notebook; objects decomposing into the cover and many other gross and smelly things. I was instantly smitten! I had the opportunity to use my hand lettering skills & I definitely went to town on this one. Below is the final outcome.

front cover

I presented the idea to have the bugs ingesting the old marble pattern to go along with the decomposing idea and Don dug it. Phew! ;) I then went ahead and created a bunch of bug illustrations to complete the cover.

front interior

What I was really excited about was that the lined paper didn't have to be that generic lined notebook paper. I got to explore that avenue and tie the concept into every part of this journal.

back cover

Yes, I hand lettered all that info in there which caused me to be cross-eyed for 3 days. ;)

Later gators! :D

Gift Card Rescue?

2008-12-26T11:37:00.004-05:00

Is that $100.00 gift certificate you got to the Elder Depot have you stumped? Ok maybe it's just me - special thanks to my Aunt Donna ;)

Now there is hope for those unwanted gift certificates! Check out giftcardrescue.com to exchange your unwanted gift cards for something you actually want! OR you can even sell it (at a small loss) for some much needed mulahhhh!

Swell idea, no?

Happy Holidays to all!

2008-12-26T11:11:00.000-05:00

PoppyTalkHandmade.com

2008-12-14T10:24:00.006-05:00

Hey ya'll!

Well the holidays are approaching at ninja lightning speed and I still have not dented my gift list. Oh well - I really am the queen of procrastination :D

It has been a crazy month so far but I have still managed to get a few things done here and there. An example is being apart of the poppytalkhandmade.com market. I am definitely siked about this one! It's kinda like the etsy.com of Canada. It is really great & inspiring being amongst so many talented artists. Sooo if you have a moment please check it out and take a peak at my table. I have 5 items for sale this month and hopefully I will have a few more in the market place next month.

Enjoy!

Angela

Paper Stories Letterpress cards for sale

2008-11-26T09:46:00.008-05:00

Hey there!

I have been working with this slick letterpress shop right outside of Chicago called Paper Stories. They do great work and create customized calling cards, invitations & greeting cards - I am a big fan of the Nerd Love Series.

SO now up for sale are 2 cards that Kelly Maron of Paper Stories and I have collaborated on. I must say I am so siked over the outcome! :) Please check them out below!

For the Holiday card click here & for the Birthday card click right over here.

Later gators! ;)

Can you afford to love NY?

2008-11-24T10:40:00.007-05:00

Hey there!

I stumbled onto this site last week - ifeelnyc.com

It's sorted into 9 categories such as naughty, chill, girly and my favorite, broke. So after you click on how you feel it displays a map with some cool spots according to your mood.

Check it out! You might discover a new spot that you didn't know about before!

So FRESH & so clean

2008-11-17T09:37:00.000-05:00

Well I know it has been awhile since I have posted. I got back to NJ about a month ago and man O man has it flown by! Between working and hitting up some good old buds it has been quite entertaining & it really does feel good to be home - well for now at least ;). I do have a couple good things to post about so here goes...

I'm siked to tell ya'll that I am this weeks featured FRESH artist on the Communication Arts website! Wooohoo! You can view some of my latest work along with some other info that officially declares my lunacy ;). Check it out right over here.

Oh, and if you happen to be hanging around on my website please click on the STORE button to see some of my artwork I have up for sale. Any feedback or comments you might have would be greatly appreciated! Check out my shoppe right here.

Later gators!

Bayer (aspirin) distributed HIV/AIDS to thousands!!!

2008-10-17T07:59:00.000-04:00

There can never be enough "GOOD"ness in my day ;)

2008-10-16T22:08:00.000-04:00

All about Good Magazine right here.

GOOD: Palin vs. Biden

Unbiased and factual. This video displays the importance of making an informed

choice rather than getting caught up in the labels of red vs. blue. Oh and a pretty

cool song to go along with it! :D

GOOD: The Hidden Cost of War

Woahhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............

Back on my good ole stompin ground

2008-10-11T23:10:00.000-04:00

Hey there!

Well I am finally back in NJ and I arrived to insanely great weather! It was a great road trip and craps I am sooooo tired!

In my last post I was going to explore Denver the next day. Well I did and I totally love Denver and all the other towns I embarked upon in Colorado. Downtown Denver was like a more spacious and cleaner Hoboken, NJ. We also got to see the Rocky Mountains and killed a fat beaver on the highway - drats, the guilt still eats away at me. I met so many cool people and saw many adorable cabins - kinda looked like the cheesy holiday cards you get at the 99 cent store. After exploring Colorado, South Dakota was next on the agenda.

Mount Rushmore was cool and great to see but nothing like seeing the natural wonders of this little planet (such as the grand canyon) as opposed to the man made. South Dakota was unreal. We arrived at 2am and saw deer like we see squirrel - well in NJ atleast. They were everywhere - on lawns, by traffic lights, chillin in packs just literally mowing lawns. Bison and elk burgers swarmed every menu - a grrreat spot for a vegan ;) Needless to say potatoes were my best friend in this state. OH and I have never smelled cow farts that intensely as I did driving through SD - I dry heaved and blamed Humberto a few times for the stench.

We then went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was a pleasant experience - kinda like sitting on a swing with your grandma talking about the latest craze in denture wear, pleasant. Adorable little town with a flourishing art community. Pretty falls, coziness, and total cleanliness everywhere. I stumbled upon this great Dutch cafe where my cool ass coffee cup was the hot topic of conversation for atleast 20 minutes. Woooohoo!

From Sioux Falls we drove to Madison, Wisconsin and hung out there for the night. We went bar hopping and ended up at this cool gay bar called the Shamrock. We got hooked up with a few drinks then went to hang at this cigar bar for awhile before we stumbled into the Shamrock again. I met this one guy from Minnesota and he had the coolest accent! I swear - at one point I kinda didn't know what he was saying but that just didn't matter - his accent was fascinating and kept me drooling!! So that night Humberto was getting hooked up with drinks left and right (yes the boys loved him ;) and I had to drive the 2 hours to Chicago. You think "hmmm, 2 hours not so bad" right? But at 3 am after a few drinks it was kinda torturous and harder than the 9 hour drives - sheesh!

So we got to Chicago at 5 am. Lugged our asses out of the car - slept for 4 hours (you know my cheap ass has to take advantage of the free breakfast!) and explored a rainy Chicago. Cute shops and an insane sales tax of 10.25% kept me from purchasing anything!! Ate some great Chicago pizza at this place called Giordiano's. They totally made me a great cheese-less pizza that was scrumptious! Since it was constantly pouring that day it was hard to really do anything - kinda sucked but we still wandered around like wet rats anyway. I also got to meet Kelly Maron (gal I am working on greeting cards with) from Paper Stories. I got to meet her hubby, adorable baby Jackson and see her cool letterpress machine along with her studio. She was great and I was siked to finally meet her in person :D

Our next stop was Cleveland, Ohio to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I was completely smitten! From the gorgeous building designed by I.M Pei (photos here) to the massive amounts of music you can submerge yourself into - we were there for 4 hours! We got to see great installations, costumes, Janis Joplin's car, etc. I also discovered how much music that we hear today are actually covers by old school blues and motown artists! So fascinating! Also I loved viewing all the record and poster designs! Droolable material! :D

After Cleveland - we headed for NJ and arrived at 2 am. My family was thrilled and zombie like at the same time (I don't how they pulled that emotion off but they did). I was delirious as well and stuffed my face with my mom's homemade potato salad (yay more potatoes!) and passed out! ZZZZzzzZZZzz.....

Check out photos from my trip below. Some of the photos from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were dark cause photography was actually prohibited so no flash.

Enjoy! :D

Road Trip 10/08

According to Plan

2008-10-04T03:51:00.000-04:00

Hey there ya'll!

Ok well it has definitely been an interesting couple days that's fo sho! :D

I did leave LA on October 1st but I left at 130 am -well I guess I actually left on October 2nd then. It was a day filled with madness - packing and getting my life together is always a fun and simple task ;). Our 1st stop was the Grand Canyon in Arizona. SO we actually drove through the night and arrived at 8am. My pal Humberto and I were deliriously tired but it was ok cause we were exploring new grounds. We then spent the day at the Grand Canyon and got ambitious and headed out to Denver at 2pm. Yeahhhhhh that was an insane trip! Mapquest said that Denver was 12 hours from the Grand Canyon but too bad Mapquest freakin sucks and makes me want to stab myself every time I use it (and yet I always do)!! On our drive we ended up getting lost on this Indian reservation for 3 hours and still in AZ! It was pitch black and were constantly warned about cattle, wild horses and coyotes roaming the narrow 2 lane highway we needed to get on to get outta there! We drove kinda slow and luckily saw most of the animals on the side of the road. Just rabbits were on the freeway and they are soopa fast and made it across.

We realized at 4am we would never make it to Denver. Humberto and I were soo tired we both started seeing imaginary cattle and strange cartoon characters cross the highway. Funny what lack of sleep does to the mind! I kept on falling asleep while driving and started having detailed conversations with no one (says Humberto). Example: Humberto says I said exactly this - "Man, that man was so fucked up. I mean why would someone do something like that - you know shoes are there for a freakin reason!! Man if I had a sock...." Humberto said "Um who are you talking to and about?" AT that point we both knew we needed to look for a hotel and we made it to Blanding Utah. YUP - and let me tell you, the town definitely lives up to the name! It was fine and I saw a cool abandoned tractor that made my day - hahahha.

We left Blanding and continued our drive to Denver and holy turds it was an amazing view. Canyons and the reddest rocks I have ever seen! We hiked up through some spots and the view was so beautiful I just lost my breath. This country is so gorgeous and I'm so siked I got to see what I have seen so far! The photo up top was taken in Utah. We hiked this crazy boulder and boy was it so worth it!!

Right now I am in Denver at a fancy Motel 8 after a night of bar hoping downtown. I have to say I really love Colorado . I stopped at a few spots in CO and the people we so friendly and it has such a great energy. I look forward to exploring Denver in the daylight tomorrow.

Our stop after Denver is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. It's only a 6 hour drive so not as long as the Grand Canyon to Denver. Im really happy we got to Utah though. Hopefully we will have some other unexpected pleasant surprises along the way!

Ok well I will try to post when I am in SD tomorrow night! Ahhh now sleep! :D

"I Am Not A Paper Cup"

2008-09-30T15:00:00.000-04:00

Coffee is my water - I notice my body doing crazy things to me if I don't quench my caffeine thirst every morning. I guess the people that have seen my car would agree. Paper coffee cups everywhere! Yeah people getting in my car always bitch and comment on my multi rotting coffee cup sculpture and I guess that's what made me realize I need to get this "I Am Not A Paper Cup" thing asap!

I have been drooling over this thing for quite some time but I was too cheap to spend 20 bucks on this reusable coffee cup. Well last week I finally caved and I couldn't be happier.

It is ceramic (I know, I know - I will try not to be my spazish self and be careful with this one), has a spill proof silicone lid & keeps my beverage nice and HOT CHA CHA! It is also eco-friendly (I had to say that because I now feel cooler than I did before - hahaha)! An essential item for my cross country adventure and my paper coffee cup sculpture! ;)

Get yours here:

DCI

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