April

Artsy craftsy handy-girl who eats her vegetables.Prefers one-on-one conversation in a cozy place drinking hot tea (early) or hoppy beer (late.) Then again, I can't think of a better way to spend an evening than getting together on the back patio of Casino El Camino/Cucaracha/Club DeVille with a barely navigatable crowd of friends, old and new, making asses of ourselves.Speaking of old friends, I keep up with ALL of them. There's about 50 of us from the same hometown that regularly make contact. As a new friend of mine, this can be pretty intimidating, but the people that really rock my world are the ones that fit right in with my old crue.Hello. I am April, and I AM a workaholic. (Hello, April.) At any given time I have at least 2 jobs, and if I don't believe in it, I don't do it.My constant is a retail job at a fabric store, spending the last 3-1/2 years of my life with a bunch of ladies who are like surrogate sisters/mothers/aunts. If they don't like you, I don't like you, but there's hardly anyone I (we) don't like.The other constant (4 years) is Art From The Streets. I'm their publicist and graphic designer, so if you haven't heard about it, I'm not doing my job. It's an organization based out of the Austin homeless shelter (ARCH) that gives homeless people art supplies and holds a big gallery show every November in which the homeless artists get to keep 95% of what their art sells for (the other 5% you ask? goes towards mounting and shrinkwrapping for display.) You should check it out.I've also been known to work in set wardrobe for TV/film, illustrate educational textbooks, design brochures for high-end real estate, coordinate product placement for a major apparel label and promote local bands. All in a day's work, people.