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jes

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About Me


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My exciting new website is STILL under construction! At least you can check out its main page!
www.jesswitaj.com
Read my blog! It's awesome, I swear it.
Needle in the Eye
I make STUFF!!!! Namely clothing and purses right now, but also jewelry, artwork and costumes.
It's available in stores online:
jesswitaj.etsy.com
www.hellagoodproducts.com
...where you can find all sorts of fun and unique things.
I also sell locally in Phoenix at:
Bunky Boutique
On Roosevelt between 5th & 6th Street
Store Website
Galina Couture
4151 N Marshall Way
Scottsdale, AZ 85251-3839
480) 247-2912
Store Website
Other stores I sell at include:
Bella Boutique
2601 Spenard Road
Anchorage, AK 99503
Store Website
Persimmons
314 N. 8th Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220
Store Website
An Artful Life
624 Francis Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
816-232-5050
I am also a proud, founding member of the one and only Phoenix Craft Mafia! Check out our awesome website for more info and upcoming events!
Phoenix Craft Mafia Homepage
Phoenix Craft Mafia Myspace
Right now I am taking the last class I need in order to finish my A.A. degree in Fashion Design. I will be moving somewhere this summer. WHERE has not yet been determined, but I would like to continue my fashion education when I get there. Currently I work at home sewing, sewing and sewing some more.
Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade
jesswitaj.etsy.com
jes --
[noun]:
A poltergeist sent back in time to change the course of history forever
'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

My Interests

I love music, good friends, sewing sewing sewing, painting, drawing, photography, food fights, napping, jumping in puddles and running around in the rain (when that actually happens here), daydreaming, late nights, devising ways to be famous, writing, being a smart-ass. And of course my awesome boyfriend!!!

I'd like to meet:

People who make me laugh and appreciate good, old-fashioned fun. Crafty people whose work inspires me. People who can spell.www.jesswitaj.com

Music:

Statuesque is my favorite band forever and ever. And next in line is The Smiths. Sorry Morrissey. I am also rather fond of: Ryan Adams, Adorable, Ambulance Ltd., Apples in Stereo, Arcade Fire, Ash, As Tall As Lions, Auteurs, Autumns, Babybird, Beautiful South, Bedhead, Belle and Sebastian, Beulah, Black Heart Procession, Bluetones, Blur, Boo Radleys, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bright Eyes, B.R.M.C., Jeff Buckley, Built To Spill, Cast, Catatonia, Catherine Wheel, Clinic, Coldplay, Cooper Temple Clause, Cosmic Rough Riders, Cursive, The Darkness, Death Cab, Decemberists, Delays, Devotchka, Divine Comedy, Dodgy, Ed Harcourt, Elbow, Embrace, Erasure, Felt, Field Mice, Flaming Lips, Folk Implosion, The Format, Fountains of Wayne, French Kicks, Fuxa, Gene, Grandaddy, Greentrials, Guided By Voices, Guster, Haven, Hefner, Hot Hot Heat, I Am Kloot, Idlewild, IMA Robot, Interpol, James, Johan, Joseph Arthur, Keane, Kent, Lilys, Long Fin Killie, Longwave, Low, Lucksmiths, Lullaby For the Working Class, Luna, Lusk, Magnetic Fields, Macha, Mansun, Mars Volta, Mercury Rev, Mew, Michael Nyman, Minus 5, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Moonshake, New Pornographers, The New Year, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Olivia Tremor Control, Pavement, Peachcake, Perishers, Pet Shop Boys, Pinback, Pinetop Seven, Placebo, Portastatic, Posies, Postal Service, Primal Scream, Pulp, The Push Kings, Quasi, Radiohead, Remy Zero, Rialto, Ride, Rogue Wave, Russian Futurists, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Slipstream, Slowdive, Soul Coughing, South, Spiritualized, Splitsville, Spoon, Starlight Mints, Starsailor, Stills, Stone Roses, Suede, Superchunk, Supergrass, Super Furry Animals, Matthew Sweet, Swervedriver, Tapes & Tapes, Telescopes, Thirdimension, Trash Can Sinatras, Travis, TV on the Radio, The Verve, Walkmen, Wheat, Wilco, XTC, Youth Group... is that enough for now?

Today I'm listening to: Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer.

Movies:

Terror Vision!!! only the most hysterical 80's horror movie EVER! The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, City of Lost Children, House & the sequel, Delicatessen, Return of the Living Dead, The Last Unicorn, No Such Thing, Cube, Labyrinth, Tale of Two Sisters, Shaun of the Dead, Suspiria, The Saddest Music in the World, Dead End, Saw, Ravenous, The Stuff, Meet the Feebles, Westworld, Feast, Legend, The Dark Crystal, etc. etc. I think I could enjoy ALMOST any horror movie out there.

Right now we're in the middle of watching Lars and the Real Girl. It's not what I was expecting at all, but I think it's pretty good so far.

Television:

The State, Sifl and Olly, Twin Peaks, Red Dwarf, Pete & Pete, Arrested Development, Stella, Invader Zim, Project Runway, Scrubs

Books:

American Gods, The Last Unicorn and any Peter S. Beagle, Rotten Island, The Neverending Story, Sometimes a Great Notion, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, His Dark Materials trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia and other C.S. Lewis, The Collector, Sandman comics, H.P. Lovecraft, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Nick Bantock, Roald Dahl, Oscar Wilde, Christina Rossetti. Give it to me, I'll read it.

I just started reading How To Be Good by Nick Hornby. I've only read about 10 pages so far so I don't have an opinion yet.

Heroes:

My Mom and Dad because they always back me up no matter what crazy thing I'm doing.
My boyfriend because he is the very very best one ever!!! Putting up with me is a hard job and he never falters. He takes better care of me than anyone ever has and I love him SOOO much!

My Blog

SMoCA Nights June 19th - my last fashion show in town!

Phoenix people!  This is the last chance you'll get to see my fashion at a live event.  This is going to be a fantastic night, so make sure you get your tickets asap, it WILL sell out!....Se...
Posted by jes on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:39:00 PST

Herberger Theater Second Act Fashion Show

Come out and see me and buy some of my designs so I can afford to move to NY!  See my blog for extra details and just for fun.Needle in the Eye...
Posted by jes on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:36:00 PST

My Project Runway Audition

Wanna know how it went?  Check out my real blog for the dirty details:Needle in the EyeI didn’t make it to the next stage, but at least I already know what I’m sewing up to take with ...
Posted by jes on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:10:00 PST

Name this movie

So, about 5 or 6 years ago when I was living alone I used to rent weird foreign movies all the time.  I didn't care what it was, just wanted any that looked interesting.I rented one from Blockbus...
Posted by jes on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:44:00 PST

Frock n Roll April 21st

Here comes another fashion show!  Come out and see me!FROCK N' ROLL  FOR CHARITY AT ALICE COOPERSTOWN       Phoenix, AZ- Susan Di Staulo, Rhonda Zayas, and Dayn...
Posted by jes on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:24:00 PST

help a girl out already!

I have been pulling my hair out for several years trying to find proof of the existence of a band called the Idle Saints.  I heard their cd once, saw it for sale once and haven't been able to fin...
Posted by jes on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:40:00 PST

my new online store

Ok, I finally stopped being lazy and set up my own little store online.  It's rather on the empty side right now, but I'm slowly posting more stuff.  Check it out!jesswitaj.etsy.comOh yeah, ...
Posted by jes on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:14:00 PST

for a beautiful life

been compiling a list for a while of little things to do that help make living so mind-numbingly wonderful. it's an ongoing thing, but thought i might share. smile for no reason be easily amused ...
Posted by jes on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

something everyone should know

just in case you were wondering what the hype was all about, this is the internet headquarters for the most ingenious band in the history of the universe. go there and worship. http://www.statuesq...
Posted by jes on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST