Medium: Pencil on Computer Paper
Type: Sketch
Time: approx. 45 minutes

A Short Introduction:

Well, it's not the album I mentioned wanting to talk about last time, but this will do for now. I discovered this one while organizing and, while I'm not sure I'd call the design amazing... I still think the idea is fun and a bit retro styled.

The Art of CDs 2:

Artist: Saves the Day

Album: Through Being Cool

Released: 1999

Acquired: late 2002? maybe early 2003?

Reason for buying: A friend of mine highly recommended them and emailed me a few songs to listen to.

Top 5 Tracks (in no particular order): Third Engine (#6), Vast Spoils of America (#8), Banned from the Back Porch (#12), Last Lie I Told (#9), Rocks Tonic Juice Magic (#4)

Packaging:
Like I said, I'm not sure I'd call it a favorite, but the gimmick itself is fun and I still like the idea and retro feel of it. The way the text is laid out with the colored boxes makes me think of something from the 50s. I do love the way the photography tells a whole story, though. (Sorry I couldn't get shots of each page!)

Images:

^The Cover.

^Back Cover and Track Listing.

^The full package. CD art relates to the "story" inside the booklet.

^Inside the booklet. First and last spread.

Overall Opinion: I adored this cd when I bought it. These days? Well, I still like a lot of the songs for nostalgic value, but for the most part... well... let's just say that after a while Chris Conley's voice starts to get on one's nerves. I do wonder if Saves the Day even exists anymore, though... Hmm...

What's Next in Part 3? It'll be coming soon now that I organized my cd collection...

For the past 5 years or so, I've (not-so-diligently) written down some of my dreams. Either for the simple fact that they were interesting, or really bizarre, or really vivid, or whatever. I was going through a journal of these and thought that, maybe, these very visual dreams could be turned into artwork.

So, for one of these, I'm looking for reference pictures of carnations. (It was a fairly important "plot point" of sorts.) These pretty pictures were found via Flickr.

Received this as a belated Christmas (New Years?) gift today. A little solid perfume from Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers line. Now, I'm not much of a perfume person (certain perfumes have a tendency to trigger sneezing and/or headaches), but I actually really love the scent on this ("Baby") since it's very light. But the scent isn't what got me... it was the packaging. I'm such a sucker for cute or interesting packaging, it's not even funny.

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I had thought to bring in the New Year with a nice, new, customized template. Alas, the blogger coding has gotten the better of me.

I should have a new layout up by tomorrow or Saturday. Until then, please excuse the generic blogger layout. :\

I know I, for one, have been eating far too many leaf cookies for my own good (from that lovely patisserie I mentioned a few posts down). They're just like I used to get as a kid from the bakeries in New Jersey. Yum.

Have you guys been enjoying the desserts over the holidays, too?

Photo credit to BizBash

Just wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season! ♥

More Pictures after the jump...

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