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Peter Pan FREEBIE

kirstenkizerian@gmail.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:34:14 +0000

I watched Hook last night and it reminded me of being little. I think about all the dreams and ideas I had when I was little and how I wanted to change the world and be a princess…haha it actually made my heart a little sad to think how pure my intentions were. There is so much more to it now, online so much life experience had and innocence lost. I hope as I have children and can let them be children and hopefully they will have as big as an imagination as I did. I am really excited for the new Pan movie to come out and I wanted to practice my watercolor lettering. This was my first one with my Pentel pen so its a bit sloppy but I thought I would share it anyway. Enjoy!

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Fly ~ Meadowlark

PETER PAN PRINT

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Bohemian Styled Shoot

kirstenkizerian@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:06:13 +0000

I loooved this shoot, it was so different and the colors were so fun to work with. The idea of having a VW bus in the worlds cutest color makes for an awesome shoot. For the invitation suite, I wanted to do something a little more free and less formal. I did a fun watercolor wash and then some messy calligraphy to add to the organic feel. I wanted to add a bit of texture and detail by using a papercut made from a stencil by American Crafts in the Dear Lizzy Serendipity collection I helped design. Since I don’t scrapbook I thought I would use it in a different way by tracing it onto paper and using an exacto knife to cut out the shapes, it was really easy just very time consuming, I am planning on doing a tutorial soon.

I was so blessed to work with amazing people and it all came together perfectly, I couldn’t be happier with everything.

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Together ~ Brandon & Leah

Photography: Kristina Curtis Photography

Bus: Photo Booth Bus

Flowers: Calie Rose

Dress: Avenia Bridal

Invitation: West End Girl

HMUA: KL Artisty

Cake: Cupcake Chic

Models: Avi & Justin Stoddard

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Je Suis Me!

kirstenkizerian@gmail.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:12:30 +0000

Hey eveybody! Today is a big day for me only because I am living my dream and doing West End Girl full time! I really can’t believe I made it to this point so soon in my career thanks to such a supportive husband. The gratitude and excitement I feel today makes me giggle like a school girl. I have been thinking a lot about the direction I want to go and what I want to do with my business and after hours of convo’s with my experienced friends and taking a ton of advice I think it just comes down to me. I AM ME and thats all I can be and so my blog is going to consist of all the things I love. I don’t want to change much about what I am doing but I am excited to be able to blog more regularly and add more fun fashion posts. As an artist I am interested in anything and everything even the slightest bit creative and therefore my range of hobbies is enormous! I plan to post about everything from my designs, styling, fashion and beauty to my love of interiors, diy, music, creative writing and of course me and my hub. I want this to be a platform where people can just enjoy what they are looking at and get great ideas for their own home or businesses. West End Girl is your one stop shop for creativity. I made this fun little print to start out the new me! enjoy

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Human ~ Aquilo

Download freebie

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Everyday I’m Hustlin

kirstenkizerian@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 03:54:48 +0000

It’s true, I am! It has been one year since I started this blog and I honestly have learned so much. Trial and error has been the way its done but I have seen so many blessings through it. I have met amazing people, learned how to be a better business woman, and ultimately become a much more talented designer. I am now confident in some of my weaknesses and know it is only the beginning for West End Girl. My husband has been so supportive and understanding when I am working and not spending time with him and through it, we have learned to better enjoy are time together. We finally moved into our new house and I am so excited to begin decorating. I am going to do a series of posts on my diy journey. I admit I am not much of a crafter believe it or not but Tyler and I are loving the process of decorating under a budget. We even went to an estate sale and bought some goodies so I am excited to use them.

SHOP THIS PRINT

Ciao!

MUSIC INSPIRATION: L.A. Love (remix)~ Fergie, YG

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Lizy Bowden Branding

kirstenkizerian@gmail.com — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:46:54 +0000

This was probably the hardest branding job I have ever done. It was not because of the client, because she was amazing to work with and very creative. I think I just couldn’t quite hit the perfect mix of wedding and edge to make the right logo. We went through a ton of good ones but when we finally got to the last one, I knew it was finally what she wanted. Lizy is a florist who does very elegant and high end weddings. However, her personal style is a bit more edgy and mixing the two really pushed my design skills. I love when this happens because it makes me learn something new. I had to get off the computer and sketch and learn calligraphy as well as perfect my lettering skills. It was so much fun and I am grateful for this project. The color palette is beautiful and moody and brings in a modern element with the copper details. She is just a classy girl, what can say!

Bride & bouquet photography: Whitney Hunt Photography

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Through the dark ~ The Mowgli’s

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I found what I’ve been looking for

kirstenkizerian@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 04:08:20 +0000

I am always so inspired by music and lyrics and this song really stood out to me this week. I am working on my lettering and calligraphy, see and practicing with some cool lyrics always makes it so much more fun. This particular sentence hits home for me in a lot of ways. I have so much baggage from my past, I would have to pay the 50 dollars plus to get on the plane if you know what I mean. I feel like I have lived 2 lives before the age of thirty and therefore throughout those experiences I have lost much of my confidence, always waiting for the perfect person to come into my life and give me my happily ever after. Being a hopeless romantic and dreamer really made me think that was possible and that was all I needed to be happy. Luckily it was possible, but not until I realized what I had been looking for the whole time was a creative, confident Kirsten. I finally saw that I was worth so much more than I could ever know and therefore I deserved someone who would love and treat me well. The change in my life was all within myself and that is why I feel like I connect with this song. Hope you like it as much as I do.

MUSIC INSPIRATION: Happy~ Marina & The Diamonds

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