I’m Getting Worse At This

I just checked, and my last blog post was right before the Virginia Beach Tattoo Festival in August, so we need a quick catch up,

so starting where we left off, the VB Tattoo Festival was a Blast

My booth

I met the Enigma

I got to judge the little kids’ temporary tattoo contest

Then, over the summer, mom and I took a little road trip tour all over VA – One stop at James River Brewing Co where I’ve been hired as the artist / graphic designer of their beer labels

And another stop at Made; By the People, For the People in Staunton – a little shop that bought a wholesale lot of my artwork

Then, in September, I tagged along on one of my husband’s work trips to Glacier National Park in Montana 

I got my birthday present from my husband which was the most kickass present EVER – I got my Jeep all striped up and lettered up by Igor’s Custom. There is now NO mistaking the Hot Mess Express!

The end of summer / early fall, I kinda started a photography business Mallory Hot Mess Photography

And I invented these genius little quick shoots called “Drive-By Shootings” that have really taken off

I’ve gotten to take some really sweet pics so far from weddings to newborns to awkward Christmas photos, and picked up some pretty nifty clients so far – including Harley-Davidson Bayside and I have an agreement to start shooting here soon for FM99

Then was the holidays sprinkled with a ton of photoshoots and the 96X Winter Meltdown where I got to see The Last Bison, Capital Cities, MS MR, and Fall Out Boy while selling my art – one of the funnest shows I got to participate in yet

Now it’s the new year, and I’m gonna try to be better at posting stuff as it’s relevent rather than all this recap business.

NEWNESS: I’m already eat-sleep-breathing Tattoo Festival since the 4th Annual Hampton Show is less than 7 weeks away!!

I’ve made 2 new pieces in the past few days

The Girl with the ‘Chula’ Earring

and Ratchet Aphrodite

both prints are 16″x20″ and will be available for $60 at the Tattoo Festival – Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton, VA March 7-9

Hope to see ya there!

 

 

 

 

 

New Prints for the Virginia Beach Tattoo Festival

The VB Tattoo Fest is quickly approaching, and nothing like the last minute to really start producing new work! That’s how I roll!

INFO: http://www.vbtattoofest.com <- you should come!!

There will be 3 new prints that I’ve made in the past week available for purchase.

Nope 10″x10″

VA, Son 8″x10″

Don’t Get It Twisted 20″x30″

 

Coffee Before Talkie and Home Is are also semi-recent and have not been sold at prior tattoo fests

Morning Motto 8″x10″

Home Is 8″x10

Play Cloths “B-Side” Lookbook For Bullett Magazine

Recently I was asked by my amazing freaky cool photographer friend Richard Perkins to model for a Play Cloths lookbook for Bullett magazine!

The article in Bullett Magazine http://bullettmedia.com/article/photographer-richard-perkins-collaboration-with-playcloths/

Richard’s full shoot http://www.parachutefullofforks.com/2013/07/play-cloths-b-side-lookbook-for-bullett.html

Richard Perkins’s  websites http://www.parachutefullofforks.com/  and  www.whothefuckisrichardperkins.com

Play Cloths http://www.playcloths.com/

Bullett Magazine http://bullettmedia.com/

(and in case the web article doesn’t archive, here’s what it looked like)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Navin!

Meet Navin R. Johnson the betta fish and newest addition to the Jarrell animal crew!

I went to a wedding this weekend (which I will post about later) and on each table at the reception they had a betta fish in a vase with flowers, and at the end of the night guess who was lucky enough to get offered a fish!!

I haven’t had a fish since middle / high school (RIP Gill), and I forgot how fun / relaxing they are to watch!

You can follow me on Instagram @malloryhotmess and all of my animals have their own hashtag

#wheelerdog #sketchbird #ermahbird and now #navinthebetta

Double Bridal Shower

Both of my husband’s little bros are getting married this summer and I offered to throw both brides, if they agreed to it, a joint bridal shower! They were both more than willing to share their day and it was a huge success!

I turned my screened in porch to the refreshment area.

I made the tissue poofs out of dollar store tissue, styrofoam  balls, craft glue and twine and hung them at different lengths from my fan.

and for take-aways I said, “What’s something cheap / tiny /  that everyone loves? …… BOOZE!” 🙂

Desi’s wedding colors are Pink, brown and green, and Jenny’s color is purple, so I did everything in pink and  purple even down to the pink lemonade and grape Kool-Aid and cupcakes in each shade.

The bunting is made out of scrapbook paper craft glue and twine. (I could get 2 12″x6″ diamonds out of each sheet, so I could fold it / glue it in half around the twine)

I wanted it outdoor, so I borrowed 2 friends’ EZ-Up tents for the gift / game times.

Game prizes

A special gift for the mother of the grooms because none of us would be here if she didn’t raise 3 perfect boys 🙂

behind the Sbux gift card is this in the frame.

My present to them: a wedding day basket. A pair of Tom’s for when your fancy wedding shoes start to hurt your feet, a bottle of champagne to sip while you get ready, a frame for your fave pic from your wedding which I promised to take great pics at! Then some smell goods! One bride’s wedding is total “country chic” burlap and lace and the whole nine yards, and the other bride is fluent in French, and I noticed a few Eiffel tower things when I visited their apt last, so she got the Paris scent . That plus their name signs 🙂

My last idea was a “photo area” with a backdrop and tripod, so I got a vintage sheet from Etsy and a few feet of PVC and some velcro and made my own “photo booth”. And the boys crashed the party at the end just in time for pics!

One of the major hits was the signs I had made for the girls by The Freckled Owl. I figured I can use them as shower decor; they can use them as wedding decor, and then hang them in their house. What bride doesn’t love something wedding-y and personalized.

As I was ordering them, I found myself kinda wanting one so I added a third to the cart.

I wanted to share the super cute invites I designed.

and a detail I thought would be cute for pictures

It’s important to me that things match

and the games were a hit.

We played the “No Groom Name Game” – everyone gets 2 clothespins. You csn’t say “Chris” or “Taylor” or someone can take one of your pins, but if you hear someone say their name, you take their pin. Runs throughout the whole shower. Always a classic.

Then we played a word jumble
(answers: groom, reception, chris and desi, kiss, Jarrell, ring, bridesmaid, bouquet, taylor and jenny, cake, gown,aisle, ceremony)

and a purse scavenger hunt

but I think the game that got the most laughs was a game I saw on Pinterest called “Who has the groom?” all it is is an envelope that says “Who Has the Groom?” on the front and 1 will have a pic of the groom – the others are filled with decoys! So I used the 2 grooms and had 2 winners, but also threw in the 3rd Jarrell boy (my husband) and my father in law along with a few of my fave celebrities. I told everyone that their dreamdates were inside.

You can’t twerk with us

So some of you may already know that I’ve been a Zumba instructor for a little over 2 years now, but I just recently started posting some vids of my routines on YouTube.
We breaks it down like dis.

If you want to break it down with me, you can subscribe to my channel here.

OR if you’d like to join one of my classes in REAL LIFE, you can find me at:

• Anytime Fitness Chesapeake Mt. Pleasant – Mondays 6pm
• Anytime Fitness Chesapeake Mt. Pleasant – Tuesdays 6pm
• Anytime Fitness Virginia Beach Kempsville – Wednesdays 6pm
• and soon at the brand new Anytime Fitness Norfolk Ghent – starting Tuesday July 9th time TBD
• I also teach an abs class Anytime Fitness Chesapeake Mt. Pleasant – Thursdays 6pm

White is the new black

The reception at Cure was so much fun!!! Thanks to all who came out!!

Show is up until this Friday, so there are still a few more days to catch it up!

Here’s what I wore

Unfortunately the only pic I have  of the evening is an instgram taken by my best friend in reference to how I’m  n e v e r  taller than her.

I wish I would have taken more, but I was too busy “schmoozing” according to my husband.

Reception at Cure Coffeehouse

This Friday the 28th at I hope you can join me for a little art show at Cure Coffeehouse and Brasserie

503 Botetourt St, Norfolk, VA

It’ll be 7-10ish and I will be there with my print rack selling my wares – even my 2 newest ones
(fingers crossed my print delivery arrives tonight or tomorrow night)

“Sweatpants” 8″X10″

“Morning Motto” 8″X10″

The show will hang until July 4th.
Hope to see you all there!!!

xo

(Even if you can’t make it to the show, definitely check this place out! Their coffee and food is BEYOND DELICIOUS!!)

Pravana Contest

So my hair dresser is entering my head in a hair dye contest, so I was forced to take wicked cool pics of my hair and I just HAD to do a “What I Wore Today” of the shoot!!

Pics by Tori on my fancy new camera – edited by me. Hair by Tori. Makeup and wardrobe by me.

PS if you need some UH-MAZING hair in your life and are local to Hampton Roads. Tori. At Rudy & Kelly. On Mt. Pleasant in Chesapeake. Find her.

Outfit #1

Outfit #2

ANDDDDD the coolest part of all: I was digging on the websites where I got these clothes to steal jpgs to cut up and LO AND BEHOLD! My instagram of my shoot is ON Dollskill.com!!

FOLLOW ME ON IG: MalloryHotMess
Spoiler alert: It’s mostly pictures of my dog

A Post to catch up on, oh, I don’t know, the past SIX months

I’m pretty sure my last blog post was in January, and a LOT has happened since then, and I have more things coming to announce, but I don’t feel right about saying what’s coming up next without a brief catch up sesh!

The first Friday-Sunday of March was the Hampton Roads 3rd Annual Tattoo Festival, and I like last year had a booth AND a BLAST!!

My booth

Vendor Selfie

Mom and I got bff rings from a sweet sterling silver vendor

Awesome redneck engineering by my husband – portable phone / ipad charger!!

Then in April I had a show at Kitsch and there was an event called Better Block in downton Norfolk

Better Block was Sat April 12th and Sunday the 13th

My spot at Alchemy

Alchemy

My peeps

Sunday

Beth’s mural

My show C.R.E.A.M. Crafts Rule Everything Around Me at Kitsch was April 20th

and I made some new sweet pieces like this

and this

And I did my hair like this

and wore a poofy dress like this

and after it was all hung up it looked like this

full house

cute friends

And my most recent event was the Boissevain Bazaar May 18th and 19th put on by With Lavender and Lace. It was right down the street from and coinciding with operating times of Stockley Gardens Art Festival

Welcome to my tent (that I got at 7 that morning bc it was POURING)

camouflaged footwear

Day 2

Prizes from fellow vendors: Modfolk, Glass Gardens, and Roses Ridge Farm

but my most significant purchase from that weekend was a commissioned portrait of Wheeler.  Jonathan Aumen of Dog and Tonic creates the most gorgeous portraits of your canine companions on the inside covers of  antique books using fire and soot as his medium AND for a very reasonable price, and he was an absolute pleasure to work with! I think it turned out amazing and is definitely one of my most treasured pieces in my house!

Well that’s the gist of what I’ve been up to! Now I fee comfortable moving forward and vow to never go that long again!!
More posts coming!