Janice M. Chau

Congratulations Ted and Eunice! May you continually grow and be deeply rooted in your new home. Before 10 August 2013 Photography:   Caroline Yoon Photography Home Sweet Home

My third of Visual Arts! Spring 2013 with The 24 Foundation zoomed before my eyes.  Just as all of us were really getting to know each other, life took one of its biggest pitches at me.  In a way I was very glad to have shared that moment with the girls I work with.  All of us have dealt with some type of loss, had to come to acceptance, learn to adapt, and face our fears of separation.  Before home week, some shared that they didn't even want to go home to deal with what they desire to separate from:  their old self, or even old ways of family life. I didn't know that this would actually become a way for our small group to bond.  So, week 2, before home week, one of the girls could not help but come to visual arts group with a very long face.  She shared with us that her dog is gone. Every so often the cadets get to call home.  The last thing she thought would happen while she was trying to make this transformation and change in her life ...

I am so grateful that the front window shutters swung wide open.  So grateful that by divine powers, the time frame opened perfectly down to the calendar dates.  Like most mentoring programs a 100% commitment is required.  I debated reapplying as a mentor due to the fact that I would be traveling for out of town in the middle of April.  As I read the application, my eyebrows raised with gladness that "Home Visitation Week" is the same week that a whole grip of us mentors need to go out of town.  (hahaha I"m not the only one).  It so awesome seeing how the inner workings of life merge through divine powers over how much control we all think we have.  Another example was that a week before beginning this spring sesh, 24 still needed 15 mentors.  Some how it all worked out and this is the 1st session EVER  that 24 has a 1 to 5 ratio of mentor mentee relationship.  All of us couldn't help but have grateful hearts giving thank...

GIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!! not only because I LOVE MUSIC, but because she's that awesome LIVE!! Jackie Brubaker @ Room 5 143 North La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Live with the full band! 10 pm - 11 pm Front Cover: Home, Jackie Brubaker, March 2013 (photography for front cover: James Meierotto)  Meet the ever so lovely and sweet Jackie Brubaker.  She is an LA based singer/songwriter. I met Jackie at a gig that was in a cutting edge music lovin' broken in rock modern salon.   There I was just introduced to her as an amazing illustratro/desginer, and she was introduced to me as an amazing singer/songwriter.  Put those two together and you've got two creatives smashed into a energetic duo.  The entire production process of designing together was a cruise, just as the tracklist of this album plays: smooth for a coastal cruise.   Jackie's got that pop country folk twang and the soft sweet duo op reminisce...

Great addition for your desk, and new in the studio, personal stationary. envelopes + envelope liner with flat card.  Coming to my new Etsy store this coming February 2013.  If you'd like customized personal stationary for your home or office, feel free to contact me.  Mango Tree Mulch Personal Stationary, A2 Envelop (5 3/4 in. x 4 3/8) Mango Tree Much Personalized Stationary comes with 3 types of liners in traditional Japanese print origami paper. Close Up, dark purple ink on rounded corner flat card.

HAPPY NEW YEARS everyone!  It's 2013, and I know that it will be an epic year.  Technically 3 years into the business of illustration and graphic design, yet again 2013 will be a HUGE transition year for jayemmsee studios.   World Go Blue Album Art Photography by Garrick Fujii Meet Alfa , I've blogged about her before ( Alfa Music Splash Page ) , but this ones extra special.  SHE IS FINALLY RELEASING  HER 5th album!!! Due out on January 31st, 2012.  available at Upcoming gig: Alfa @ Bar Lubistch and Kawehi LIVE LOOPING!! (Kawehi's awesome too!) Tuesday January 15th, 2013, 9 PM at Bar Lubitsch.  Cover is $8.00 if you guys would like a taste of World Go Blue. RSVP here:  event page THE CONCEPT behind WORLD GO BLUE In the beginning of 2012, it was just a thought and she mentioned "would you create my album cover?" Midway through the year, it became a reality with the Kickstarter Splash Page project and again I  was very humbled tha...

Here is the last blog post of 2012.  It's a tad of a throwback from a previous blog in October. Origami Ornaments for Samodi Wedding .  In addition to the origami ornaments, we cut paper lanterns from STARDREAM Metallics Cardstock Silver 105lbs. paper, Cricut scrapbook cut outs of different random pairs, tissue paper snowflake doileys, and used baby's breath flowers combined together to create a random, picnic like, fresh, and whimsical centerpiece for their wedding.  The idea was to find imagery that would tell the stories of how Samson and Jodi spent their quality time together.  (just a side note, they literally traveled by train and planes to see each other since they taught English in two totally different cities in China).  Her special request to me was that each centerpiece would be random, colorful, but attain the main wedding colors of purple, pink, and grey.  She also requested that each on look individual and different, but have the sa...

MERRYYYY CHRSISTMAS from the studio!!!!!! This past weekend I had a spontaneous DIY project request from dear dear friends of mine.  The request was for a gift for him to propose to her with yours truly included in being part of the plotting.   THE CONCEPT of the PROPOSAL He called me on Saturday night; ironically that phone call woke me up from K.O after a wedding I had just attended. He said I want to propose Monday,Christmas Eve are you free.  She would love it if you would be there.  So naturally, my answer was YES!  I have known her for 6 years now, and she's been through the thick and thin, the negative and positive attributes of each season of my life.  SO YES I want to be there when she says YES! We put our heads together, and the concept went form an empty box to filling a gift box with something that she wants but can't find.  The story behind that is that she gave me a gift in 2010 that I wanted but could not find. (it was a De...

I mentioned a few wseeks ago that many cool things would be happening in and out of the studio. 1.  MUCH LOVE Album Release Concert. THE ALBUM ART is finally done, and the cd's been mastered!!! 4 days left til the event.  You can RSVP here to the free concert:   RSVP! MUCH LOVE. jason chu, album art (front). Concept behind  the  Album Art. This is my first art direction for album art.  It was such a cool experience.  Photoshoot, to typographic layout, problem solving space and maintaining visual composition, to discussing life, to logo design.  Was really fun collaboration with Jason Chu .  Through the process there were many realizations not only creatively, but soulfully, Many thoughts of the message behind the words were coming through photographs and reasons why the typography is so spread out.  Like how MUCH LOVE comes in many forms, the space between us and that love is wide spread and shouts at us at different times. ...