Today was the day i’ve been waiting 8 weeks for! My super awesome. “all-my-own” Vans Customs showed up on my doorstep today, much to my delight, surprise and overall excitement! The Customs were a gift from the always awesome Shawn Gruenhagen, the head Vans rep. for Colorado, and the co-mastermind behind the FRESH 23 Fashion show put on by Studio 23 every year. After weeks of fun slave labor related to the show (yes, I said “fun” followed by “slave labor”, don’t judge me, I am the one to blame for me being involved with the show), the day of the event finally came. Although it was crazy and hectic and insane and full of mayhem and last minute additions, the show went off without a hitch!! As a thank you for all my insane efforts that day in trying to make it happen, Shawn gave me a coupon to order my own customs for free, and I went to town! Yes, I’m a total nerd and photoshopped together a collage of beauty shots of the new shoes, but you know as well as I that shoes never stay looking pretty for long….
If you like what you see, or are curious about the Vans Customs program, click on the link here and check it out for yourself! I LOVE all of the different options and designs available, so go on and make your own sick kicks!
Also, if you’d like to see some photos from this year’s FRESH 23 event, follow this link here to my Flickr page and check em out! If you weren’t there, you missed out on one heck of a show! The DVD of this year’s documentary is nearing completion, so keep your eyes peeled for any posts related to that – hopefully i’ll be able to link the entire thing right to this blog.
xoxo
Currently Listening: “19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)” – Gorillaz
(fun fact: this song was featured in this year’s FRESH 23 Fashion show as the song the “Audible Evolution” group walked to)
P.S. – UPATES! UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES!!! There are tons of updates all over the blog! Check out the “Projects” page for full links to all of this years projects, information on my piece hanging in D.C., and more! Keep your eyes peeled and reading 
