A smART Recap

 Here are some snap shots from last week's smART show held at UALR.

All of the pieces were donated by students, faculty, or alum of the university.

For every 5 pieces donated, the artist could have one showcase piece.

Awesome, awesome silk screened tees by Erin Lea Lorenzen.

A little birdie told me that they can be found locally at Box Turtle.

Tons of prints, drawings, photographs, and other pieces were up for grabs.

At 20 bucks or less a pop, people were lined up ready to snatch up their finds before we even started!

I left that evening with a few pieces to call my own.

I mean, I need to spruce up the new diggs! 

The future roomie, manning the table where money and art exchanged hands.

Also the perfect place for some shameless self-promotion!

Speaking of shameless self-promotion, I did some of my own...but I'm sure you couldn't notice, right?!

My pieces shared space with cute earrings by Carrie Crocker, a very talented classmate of mine.

All of the proceeds raised went towards Our House, a local shelter for the working homeless.

Opening night raised about $1,000...$200ish raised from Mia Hall's (my hero) donated piece for the prize drawing (which I personally spent 50 bucks in tickets...and no, I didn't win it...sad day).

All in all, the final total was well over $2,000...more than double what we made last year!

SUCCESS! SUCCESS! SUCCESS!

Until next time, ♥.

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Giveaway Winner! + smART

So, I finally got around to drawing a winner for my blogoversary giveaway.

 Lucky #8 happens to be Nicole from Coco Maria! 

Congrats, Nicole! Keep an eye out for an email so I can ship your new bag to you!

Thanks for everyone that entered, I'll try to do more of these in the future.

In other (local) news, tomorrow is our annual smART show put on by UALR Donaghey Scholars and UALR Art Student Association! I'm super-duper excited. I helped put this thing together, donated a few pieces, and even plan on buying a few pieces. Should be an excellent turnout. If you happen to be in the area, I recommend that you check it out! 

All of the pieces have been donated and will be selling for 20 dollars or less. (A steal, I tell you!) 

The proceeds will benefit Our House, a shelter for the working homeless.

More information on the Facebook event page: smART Show and Sale Benefiting Our House

Stay tuned for event coverage!

Until next time, ♥.

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Brain Food! Donaghey Scholars Bake Sale

Mediocre baking skills and minimal artistic talent were implemented for the semester's bake sale.

We have one each semester, the profit used towards upcoming projects, like last year's smARTS Benefit.

 I made a new dinky poster last night and baked up a messy storm.

The mess is fitting, considering there was apparently a mini-earthquake in the vicinity?

 I admit, I ate one of those cupcakes. (And a brownie.)

I was going to wait until I was back in my apartment in case the icing turned my teeth blue...

instead I ended up scarfing it down right at the bake sale table! SO good.

And! It's for a good cause. My teeth weren't even blue! 

Or so I was told...my source does seem to have a vendetta against me.

A playful vendetta, but a vendetta nonetheless.

 Flan! Looking back, I really regret not eating a slice.

It looks so yummy!

 I opted not to photograph my own cookies because they turned out incredibly wonky.

However, despite looking funny...they were still yummy! 

My only guess is the dough wasn't cold enough before baking? 

I will test my hypothesis tonight!

Bake Sales are my absolute favorite. 

I have a major sweet tooth and I love helping out a good cause!

Who says you can't have the best of both worlds?

Until next time, ♥.

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Foodie Fun: CHILE NIGHT

  [Warning: This post is laden with various appetizing photographs!]

I got together last night with a couple of my fellow Scholars for a classic dinner of Chilean goodness.

This entails the staples of Completos and Leche con Platano.

Completos are a jam-packed Chilean version of the average American hot dog. 

Leche con Platano is a typical Chilean dairy beverage fit for your favorite fun-loving primate!

Above you will see just some of the ingredients for a completo: avocados and tomatoes.

  The closest thing to the perfect bun sits atop a stack of wimpy hot dog buns.

 Beef franks! Prepared by my fellow Chilean Scholar.

Three bowls with mashed avocados, diced tomatoes, and sauerkraut.

The avocados have been mashed with some olive oil, salt, and lemon juice.

The diced tomatoes have lemon juice and salt.

Another fellow Scholar adding additional condiments.

"Practice safe eating, always use a condiment."

 A completed Completo! Ready to eat.

YUM! 

After taking this photo, I mentioned putting it on my blog.

Response: "Whoa, I've never been on a blog before."

All gone! In all, I had three. Terrible, yet so good!

However, we did have typical Chilean party music playing...

So I should have managed to burn off at least one of the completos, right?

Until next time, ♥.

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