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Posted 15 minutes ago
(View 1) Engytatus modestus, commonly known as a Tomato Bug. I found it hopping around on the blooms of my tomato plant. Found in the Southwest, they are the only known species of Engytatus in North America. #macro #entomology #photography #gardening #biology Zoom

(View 1) Engytatus modestus, commonly known as a Tomato Bug. I found it hopping around on the blooms of my tomato plant. Found in the Southwest, they are the only known species of Engytatus in North America. #macro #entomology #photography #gardening #biology

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Posted 22 hours ago
Compass pose. Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana. #yoga #fitness #me Zoom

Compass pose. Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana. #yoga #fitness #me

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Posted 2 days ago
Blaine and my nephew, Isaiah, coincidentally wearing pinstripe shirts. And check it out, Blaine is wearing GREEN! #family #blaine Zoom

Blaine and my nephew, Isaiah, coincidentally wearing pinstripe shirts. And check it out, Blaine is wearing GREEN! #family #blaine

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Posted 2 days ago
Myself and me pops. Even now, he still thinks he can tell me what to do. ;P Happy Father’s Day! Zoom

Myself and me pops. Even now, he still thinks he can tell me what to do. ;P Happy Father’s Day!

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Posted 2 days ago
Piling in to Blaine’s car and are on our way to Long Beach for Father’s Day dinner, with my parents, sister, niece and nephew! #family Zoom

Piling in to Blaine’s car and are on our way to Long Beach for Father’s Day dinner, with my parents, sister, niece and nephew! #family

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Posted 3 days ago
One-legged Wheel. This side has come a long way, but doing this on the other leg is still very difficult for me. Also, the combination of running then yoga is awesome. I think I will start to make this my Friday ritual. #yoga #fitness #me Zoom

One-legged Wheel. This side has come a long way, but doing this on the other leg is still very difficult for me. Also, the combination of running then yoga is awesome. I think I will start to make this my Friday ritual. #yoga #fitness #me

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Posted 4 days ago

Geek Chic: Dragon Ball Dress

I recently started watching a lot of original Dragon Ball, and I thought it would be neat to design a somewhat understated fabric pattern—something not too juvenile—and make a garment out of it. While the idea of a dress donned with Goku faces is cool and all, I was envisioning something that I could wear around adults (who are not into anime), without being ironic, or worse, giving off any kind of creep factor. This way, from a distance, it just looks like an orange polka dot dress, but when you get up close, “BAM!” Seven dragon balls. I think it was a fairly successful outcome. It’s different, nostalgic to those who recognize it, but I wouldn’t be embarrassed wearing it to work or around clients.

This is my first time using a sewing pattern from Colette Patterns, and also my first time downloading and printing the pattern from my house. I was pretty scared about the printing bit and didn’t know what to expect, so I picked their Hazel dress pattern: an easy, simple pattern to help ease me into this newfangled idea. I must say I’m quite pleased with my experience. It takes a bit longer since you have to put together a bunch of 8.5x11” pieces of paper before you can even get to cutting out your sewing pattern, but it was very easy to follow, and it had a lot of tips. Their website is also chock-full of advice and tutorials. Learning all this stuff as I go along, this is very helpful, so I would definitely recommend Colette to beginning sewers.  I also love how they put pockets in a lot of their designs. Score!

You can buy the fabric here:
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1399287

And please feel free to check out my Spoonflower store for geeky prints and other random things:
http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/jaana

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Posted 4 days ago
An ant on a decaying marigold. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe this is an Argentine Ant: scientific name, Linepithema humile. They are native to South America, but were introduced to California and other parts of the world by humans. They are commonly found in urban and suburban parts of California, and are an invasive species, often killing off native ant populations. Just think—while you are going normally about your day, there is possibly a tiny gang war going on in your backyard. #macro #entomology #insects #gardening #nature #photography Zoom

An ant on a decaying marigold. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe this is an Argentine Ant: scientific name, Linepithema humile. They are native to South America, but were introduced to California and other parts of the world by humans. They are commonly found in urban and suburban parts of California, and are an invasive species, often killing off native ant populations. Just think—while you are going normally about your day, there is possibly a tiny gang war going on in your backyard. #macro #entomology #insects #gardening #nature #photography

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Posted 5 days ago
Pigeon pose variation. Not quite a King Pigeon, but maybe a Prince Pigeon? I dunno. #yoga #fitness #me Zoom

Pigeon pose variation. Not quite a King Pigeon, but maybe a Prince Pigeon? I dunno. #yoga #fitness #me

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Posted 5 days ago

jaanabaker:

Recently, I got a chance to shoot for Hellmade Corsets, a corsetiere originally from Germany. Here is their Roboskull corset in pink, modeled by Dani Shock at Johnny’s Saloon in Huntington Beach.

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