I finally managed to take some decent pics for my Etsy shop and have edited a whole bunch of them :) I will have some items to list over the next few days. Which does mean I have to think of new things to create. haha....

These photos are taken when we visited Griffith Observatory. Really beautiful place. Would love to check out the trekking trails in the near future :)

Eve

Venice Beach Park

We travelled to Venice Beach Park last Saturday and I must say, it is very different from Santa Monica Beach :) The two are completely different places even though they are just minutes apart from each other.

One is more 'proper' with it's fashion outlets, upscale food outlets and malls and the other is entirely 'colorful' with street vendors and their handmade wares, tattoo parlors, skateboarding park and even shops selling marijuana (the sign said 'medical' marijuana... hmmmmmm). Both have street performers but they are of different kinds too :) Very interesting..... 

That said, I love both beaches for their own unique, myriad differences :) I would love to spend more time in both places, just soaking up the atmosphere and immersing myself in their culture.

The palms scatter across the beach... so pretty!

Look at the amount of people! 

It was so cooling but the sun warms us up... I doubt I can ever get fairer than I was here... LOL.... maybe darker if I go to beaches more :D

I was trying my best to capture the seagull taking off with my iPhone 4s.... they were really near.. unfortunately the camera still has a little limitation. That said, I still think it takes excellent photos! I don't bring my Nikon out much now :P

 Graffiti art is on many of the buildings here in Venice Beach Park... :) Most of them are really nice.

I love the little 'cove' on the beach.... not sure if there's a proper term or if I got the term right... it's like this little enclave... I love it!

Fly free! Fly high! There's so much to see and experience in life!

Eve

Stars are fun!

When my brother and his gf came to visit, we made a trip to the Griffith Observatory as well. It was a nice, relaxing drive on a Sunday morning and we had to walk quite a distance uphill to the observatory as it is located in the Hollywood Park and there were a lot of people out there trekking, jogging, having picnics and basically just enjoying the park!

We had a good work-out walking up the hill and it was great to be breathing fresh air and enjoying the scenery! We could see most of LA from up there :D

There were shows being, erm, shown at the Samuel Oschin Planetarium and at first we were thinking if we should but we were all glad that we paid and went for it cos it was awesome! The whole dome ceiling is our 'cinema' and the narrator was great. His voice was so pleasing to the ear and the show is very informative. Totally worth every single penny we paid :) 

Learned so many interesting new facts that I utilized during lunch.. haha... to which my brother shook his head and said something like, "this is what happens when we bring her to some place educational...."... LOL. Well, at least I remembered what I learned... duh :P

Anyway, I'm going to share a layout I made featuring my cat, Penny.. she's my absolute precious baby and I think secretly she's a princess... so maybe her 'longer' name should be Penelope instead. More regal, ya? :P

This picture was taken back in April, I think.. when it was still quite chilly and Penny enjoyed being snuggled up in the throw. haha... she actually crawled her way in between the throw on her own... that's how cute she is!!

Quirky

Hollywood!!

My brother and his fiancee, Sue came over during the weekend and needless to say, we had a fun-filled time! We discovered another place to view the Hollywood sign from a friend and she was so kind to text me the exact location so, voila! there we go :D

It was a very winding ride and the road is really narrow but it was totally worth it. There are so many nice houses along the winding stretch uphill too and they are totally gorgeous! Imagine looking out to vast greeneries and hills all day long.... 

The weather was perfect and we took quite a few photos... the sign looked so much nearer with the naked eye... in the photos, it still looked far.. :P

Beware.... mountain lions... 

*roar*

The scenic point also overlook the reservoir :) I so love this spot. If only the drive is not so winding... I would want to go up all the time! :P

That's the 4 of us on the start of their mini vacation :)

Halloooooo.... from LA again! :) What can I say? I love LA!

Quirky

Sakura

Who says you have to be in Japan to see sakuras bloom?


Saw these really love cherry blossoms when I first arrived in LA. I was very fortunate to see them, though. They withered the week after I captured them on film.... 


We were taking a walk behind our new apartment and these lovely sakuras lined the sidewalk. I couldn't resist but stop and take pictures of them and I'm glad I did. 




Quirky

We're in LA now :)

Angelicquirk has moved its' base to Los Angeles, California :) We will be establishing our business here and expanding here from now on. 

We're still on 'break' for now but will be resuming our artwork and production really soon :) I will be concentrating on my illustrations for now and bookbinding in the very, very near future. 

We visited Hollywood... weather was so hot! and the wind too strong and cold!

Went to Warner Bros :)

Visited the set of F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Us at Central Perk

Another pic at Central Perk

Daffy and me

my good pal, Bugs :)

We have settled on where we want to stay and that is a big sigh of relief... so, we can now take a breather and visit sights here before the Hubby starts work. Will be updating on our move here :) It's a big move, a huge challenge but we believe God will bring us through this.

Onward, forward to our Adventure in LA! 

Quirky