Wren the White Trash Princess

Canadian Pooch!

2012-01-14T18:44:00.000-08:00

I bought Dolly a Canadian Pooch Polar Project jacket today! She wasn't taking well to the canadian winter and was refusing to go on walks and even sometimes to stay out long enough to even go pee! She seems like a happy camper now we went on a great walk once she had it on!

I got her the first style but the hooded one is also great!

Click HERE to see the companies website! It is the warmest and best quality dog jacket I have come across well worth what we paid for it! I have been looking since before the holidays but was only coming across flimsy overpriced crap that you could tell was going to fall apart before winters end.

Holiday Wrap Up!

2012-01-13T21:55:00.000-08:00

Alright so I have been insanely busy since the holidays and have slacked on writing you guys an update on how we spent our holidays! So here it goes!

This was the first Christmas with my parents living back East. We have spent holidays together out here but it was never quite the same because we had no central hub that was our own to spend them. So it was so nice to have my parents house to all share the holidays together!

I was up very early on Christmas eve morning hanging out with Dolly in our xmas sweaters!

We spent Christmas eve at my parents best friends house and had an amazing spread of seafood and appatizers! Don't know if I have ever been so full in my life!

They have three dogs of their own, plus Dolly and her daughters bulldog Winston it was like a zoo! The pups were all so pooped out by the end of the night to say the least! SO here aresome pictures from that night.

Dolly and Tilly sniffin out the situation

The Silverii family too full for smiles

Dolly and Tilly at the end of the night ready to go to sleep and wait for Santa!

Once we wrapped up our night there we set out on the hour long drive to my parents place in Perth. Got in around midnight all had a drink or two and got the tree and stockings and last minute wrapping ready for the morning. We started out morning with gifts and mango Belinis ( yes my mom is super cute and made belinis for xmas am).

Then it was on to breakfast!
Poached egg with ham brie and chives and spiced shortbread cookies

We relaxed all afternoon and watched movies while the turkey cooked on the bbq! As always my mom made an epic dinner and set a gorgeous table so here are some pictures of all that.

And lastly here is a picture of where my parents are living, a christmas afternoon walk and Dolly pooped out from all the festivities in her new blanket!

All in all we had an amazing holiday season and it was shared with the people who matter most in our lives. I coulnd't have asked for anything more! We had a skype date with my aunt Leslie and Nates family in California who weren't able to be here so that was really nice too!

I hope everyone had as great a holiday as we did and that 2012 is off to a great start for all of you!

Gypsy and Cooking!

2011-12-21T21:44:00.000-08:00

Christmas is almost here! And I have been busy prepairing for all the holiday fun! Still need a full view of the tree at night with the lights on but here is a little peak at it!

Monday I spent the night at Collection doing hair feathers and ended up doing some pretty cool ones! A bunch of feather braids which are always my favorite! Afterwards I was joined by some great girlfriends for some drinks!

Tuesday me and Nate had a really fun day! The Ottawa Citizen is doing an article on our friends over at Gypsy & Co. and me and Nate were lucky enough to be asked to model their vintage clothes for the article! Can't wait to see it when it comes out! Afterwards we did the last of our holiday shopping, picked up some stocking stuffers and wrapping paper! Finally we went and picked up groceries for all the Christmas baking and got to work!

I made raspberry cheesecake truffles and nanaimo bars to add to the baking I have already done for my Christmas gift tins. Everyones getting fat this year on me! The truffles are a must try so here's the recipe for all my little foodie friends!

Raspberry Cheesecake TrufflesYields about 22 Truffles

Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened slightly
14 graham cracker sheets, finely ground in a food processor (about 1 cup)
3 Tbsp seedless raspberry jam
3 Tbsp powdered sugar
1/4 cup white chocolate chips, melted
1/2 tsp raspberry ( I couldn't find and so I just added more jam)
6-8 drops red food coloring

1 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips or white chocolate chips (you can also use bark)
1 1/2 Tbsp vegetable shortening

2 graham cracker sheets, finely ground in a food processor (for topping)

Directions:
In a mixing bowl, using a fork, mix together cream cheese, 14 ground graham cracker sheets, raspberry jam, and powdered sugar. Stir into well combine. Mix in 1/4 cup melted white chocolate chips, raspberry extract and food coloring. Blend well. Cover mixture with plastic wrap and freeze 1 hour, or until firm enough to form mixture into balls.
Remove mixture from freezer and scoop mixture out by tablespoons and form into balls. Place on a wax or parchment covered baking dish or plate. Cover truffle balls with plastic wrap and freeze 1 hour, or until firm enough to dip in chocolate.
Melt chocolate chips with shortening in microwave on 50% power in 30 second intervals stirring after each interval until melted and smooth (if using white chocolate I would do shorter intervals as white chocolate is more temperamental).
Remove truffles from freezer, using a toothpick or fork, dip truffle balls into melted chocolate. Return chocolate covered truffle to wax paper and sprinkle with ground graham cracker before chocolate hardens. Repeat process with remaining truffle balls. Place truffles in refrigerator and allow chocolate to harden. Store truffles in refrigerator in an airtight container.

2 more days of work left till the Holidays and I can't wait! Magical seafood dinner coming our way on Christmas eve and then off to my parents house in the country for a nice relaxing Christmas and I can't wait! Hope everyone is gearing up for an amazing holiday season!

Back Woods Adventures and Makeovers!

2011-12-14T13:28:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! So my parents moved back from the west coast last week! I spent the weekend at their new house helping my mom unpack and decorate for Christmas. They have amazing high ceilings and we managed to get an 11 foot tree that still looked small compared to the room! After decorating it with lots of new ornaments we looked through all our old ones from when I was younger. It was a pretty fun little trip down memory lane. I managed to sneak a few classics onto the new tree but shhhhhh don't tell!

It was too Big to get it all in one shot lol!

Dolly came out and spent the weekend with us too, she liked snacking on the pine needles and burrowing in my mothers couch! This was pretty much her position all weekend..

I managed to get started on some holiday baking too! Tried out those candy cane bark oreos I posted a while ago! Learned that melting white chocolate is not half as easy as dark chocolate lol. But in the end it turned out well!

Sunday we went out to North Gower to a tree farm to cut down the very frist Christmas tree me and Nate have ever had! We spent our first few Christmas's together at other peoples houses so we never really did much for it at our place. Needless to say I was suupppper excited to get and decorate our first tree! Started collecting ornaments last last winter lol. We picked out the perfect tree and cut it down with a saw all by ourselves lol. It looks perfect now all decorated in our place!

No picture of it all set up yet but one coming soon I promise!

After all the tree cutting fun I went over to one of my moms best friends house to give her a makeover! Her daughter (who I grew up with) is getting married next month and she needed a hot mother of the bride look! I did her hair and make-up trials for the wedding and she looked AMAZING! I feel so luck to get to be a part of making her look great for such a big day in their familys lives! We have Christmas eve dinner with them every year fore as far back as I can remember. I have a feeling this year will be an extra emotional one. We're all cry babies lol. To end off here is a picture of me and Nate from last Christmas eve at their house! Can't wait to add one from this year.

Weekend Round-Up

2011-12-04T20:14:00.000-08:00

Went to a bridal shower for a dear family friend. I grew up next door too her and then our parents bought houses on the same street together! We have been friends with since birth pretty much. Her family are such greeat people and I feel so lucky to have them around. It is so nice to still be able to be a part of the special moments in there lives! Can't wait for the wedding next month!

Then I got in a little xmas shopping with my mom and sister! It is so nice to have my parents back out east. I missed them so much and it will be nice for us all to be settled so close to each other!

We put off Christmas tree cutting till next Sunday and I can barely wait! I'll be spending next weekend out at my parents new house helping unpack and bset up their new place. Should be a fun little girls weekend with my mom, just what I need it's been too long!

Been getting really excited top take full advantage of Ottawa winter this year. Googled some pictures of the canal yesterday that got me all amped up!

Also came across this really cool poster for the 1895 Ottawa winter carnival!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Retail Therapy!

2011-12-03T13:52:00.000-08:00

Every girl loves to shop! I am no exception to this rule lol so here are some of my most recent purchases!

What kind pieces have you guys been drawn to this winter?

D.I.Y. Christmas!

2011-11-26T12:34:00.000-08:00

So I am BIG on the holiday season and am starting to put together a little list of baking and fun DIY holiday projects I want to do!

First off some fun hand painted tree ornaments! This one I came accross on tumblr is the initial inspiration!

Next is a delish looking little holiday treat! Oreos dipped in white chocolate sprinkled in candy cane bits! looks so yummy I can't wait to try em!!

What are all you guys doing to get into the holiday spirit? Any fun DIY holiday suggestions? I am open to some more fun little projects!

Taking this weekend super slow, spent our friday night with chinese take out and Oceans11 to 13. Today consists of pj's on the couch lol pretty crazy life I lead! Next weekend we're going to cut down our christmas tree! I may be a little too excited lol.

Hope everyones having a rad weekend!

Long Overdue Update!!!

2011-11-24T15:07:00.000-08:00

Alright so I know I have been a major slacker over the past year but I am getting back into the blogging game! Sorry for the neglect I had a way busy year. Sometimes lifes craziness really takes over everything else!

In the past little while my newest DIY fun has been doing feather hair extentions! I do them at my place and at a local bars girls night once every two weeks where they do 10$ manicures and have delish martini deals!

If there are any Ottawa followers on here who wants so be sure to get at me! I have done lots more but been very lazy about getting pictures so thats all you get for now!

Other than that I have just been enjoying life up here in Canada with my husband! Gearing up for an amazing holiday season! My parents move back to Ontario next week so I can`t wait to share in all our old family traditions!

Well since its been so long heres a big photo update opf the past few months!

Summer BBQs and cottage adventures

Enjoying Canadian Thanksgiving with the family! And thats not a cell in my hand its a meat therm lol

A couple cute photos of me and Nate!

And lastly me ready to go out Saturday night and then hungover the next am lol

In other news I just lightened my hair from black but can`t manage to get a good picture of it so we`ll leave that for a future update but I am pretty stoked to have a change in colour. I was black for far too long!

Missed you all so much and can`t wait to get back in touch!

On the town

2011-02-21T12:37:00.000-08:00

Just a qick post to pop up a picture of me and Nate out at the bar last week I am so pale the flash erases my nose lol!

Spring Cleaning!

2011-02-16T12:03:00.000-08:00

I felt like getting a head start on spring cleaning today and cleaned out my closet.

That means I have a bunch of stuff for sale on ebay! Be sure to take a peak!

http://shop.ebay.ca/wrenthewench/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

Hope everyones having a good day!

Attention All Designers

2011-02-16T07:48:00.000-08:00

I am gearing up to do a lot of shoots again.

If you would like me to shoot your clothes, t-shirts, accessories and what not please email me a wrenwtp@gmail.com with links to your stuff and I will get back to you asap!

Back In The Game

2011-02-15T21:43:00.000-08:00

Tonight I had my first photo shoot in over a year. Aka since I got sick, went on insane meds had intense surgery and gained weight.

It was nice to feel pretty again and realize how much weight I have lost. I feel hot again! I worked so hard to take off the weight and it was so worth it!

160 pounds to 133 pounds in 3 and a half months. 27 whole pounds of hard work and sweat! It’s so nice to be almost back to my old self!

Pictures coming soon!!

Paintings!

2011-02-09T17:43:00.000-08:00

Hey lovers! My husband just put up some paintings for sale on Big Cartel! If you want to check them out click the link below!

PAINTINGS

In other news I am finaly back to my old self after being sick abd about to start shoots again! So keep checking in for new picture updates!

Welcome to the dark side!

2011-01-19T15:36:00.000-08:00

I'm all dark now! This is me and the hubby on Christmas morning and eve We had a great xmas with all my family and best friend in town. Miss them now that they are gone. But my liver is much happier lol too much drinking went down!

I have been sooooo busy as of late working my but off and working out a shit ton. Lost 20 pounds! I gained a bit when I was sick so it feels nice to be back to my old self!

Hope all is well with you guys and I promise to update way more often from now on!

2011-01-01T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hi guys! Sorry for being so insanely MIA I promise a big blog update later this week!

xoxo
Wren

Signed Tattoo Life covers!

2010-08-03T08:08:00.000-07:00

You can now order a signed copy of my Tattoo Life cover here:

http://houseofwren.bigcartel.com/product/tatto-life-65

I am only selling a very limited amount of these so get one while you can!

Hope everyone is doing good sorry I have been working so much lately and have been a little lazy to blog but I will get back into is asap!

Birthday Treats!

2010-06-28T16:19:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is my dads birthday and we are having a few friends over tonight to celebrate since the rest of our week is jam packed! I made strawberry cupcakes and chocolate dipped strawberries

Since the chocolate dipped strawberries are pretty self explanatory and I don't think anyone needs a recipe for those here is a picture of them:

Here are the cupcakes all done I will post the recipe after (I added some extra chocolate on top that I had left from the strawberries)

Strawberry Puree

(this goes in the batter and the icing)

Ingredients

5 cups fresh strawberries
2 teasppons lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar

Cut off stems and clean strawberries.
Place in blender or food processor.
Add lemon juice, and puree.
Add in sugar gradually for desired sweetness.

Strawberry Cupcakes

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 egg whites
2 teaspoons strawberry extract
2 cups fresh strawberrt pureed
1/4 cup plain or strawberry yogurt
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake tins with foil or paper liners.
2. In a large bowl beat sugar and butter until fluffy. Add egg whites one at a time, and continue beating until fluffy.
3. Add strawberry puree and yogurt.
4. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
5. Gradually add batter to flour mixture. and beat until well blended.
6. Pour batter into cupcake tins until 2/3rds fulls.
7. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
8. Cool completely.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
(you will not be able to pipe this icing it will not get thick enough)

Ingredients
1/4 cup butter softened to room temperature
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese softened to room temperature
1/2 cup strawberry puree
6 cups confectioners sugar
pink or red food tint or food coloring ( I didn't use any the puree made it a pretty color on its own

Directions

1. Using a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended.

2. Add food coloring to make the tint pink or red.
3. Gradually add confectioners sugar, beating until smooth, and obtaining desired frosting consistency.

They taste AMAZING and if you have any extra of the puree it tastes delish over ice cream. The cake part is a litrle more on the muffin side then cupcake side so if you would prefer more of a cupcake flavour use a plain store bought cupcake mix and substitute the water in it with the strawberry puree. Lemme know if anyone of you make them what you think!

Here is a picture of them all set up and pretty for the table (don't mins the other random shit lol)

Alright time to go clean the kitchen and get the rest of dinner ready hope you guys have a great week ahead of you and to all my Canadian followers happy early Canada day!

Busy Week...

2010-06-26T17:23:00.000-07:00

Alright so I move within the week and I won't be blogging much till after the 4th.

I've got so much packing, paper work and errands to run before I leave the west coast next Friday. Then I will be hanging with my little sis for the weekend and picking the hubby up from the airport. After all that I should have some fun photo updates for you guys <3

Try not to miss me too much!!!

Rhys Makes Magic!

2010-06-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

The amazingly talented comic artist Rhys McDonald has made me feel lucky over the years and has drawn me a few times! His most recent peice of me is pretty awesome and I wanted to share it with you guys!

Here are some pieces he has drawn of me over the years:

The last one is actually a skateboard design which can be purchased HERE. You can find Rhys on this Twitter or on his Website.

Also you guys may have noticed my rad new blog signature! I am super lucky to have a friend who does graphic design and makes all my layouts, banners and such things for me for a very reasonable price! He just made a Twitter account so be sure to add him on there and check out his Facebook by searching Blue Sunset Design!

Hope everyones week is off to a good start and that you're all enjoying the first days of summer!

ATTENTION LURKERS

2010-06-21T18:58:00.000-07:00

Alright so I get about 150 views a day on here and 300 on days when I blog. Yet there are maybe only about 3 or 4 of you who comment on a regular basis!

I figured a lot of this might be due to some of you not having google accounts since I recieve lots of emails in response to my blogs. So I made it so that ANYONE can comment on my blogs. I really love the feed back and love to hear what you guys would like to see more of in my blogs and just like the general love!

So please comment on my blogs you that enjoy!

I am thinking in August I will run a contest for my readers. Every time you comment on a blog over the summer you will get a ballot entered into the draw and come August long weekend I will pull a winner from the ballots!

So keep up the lurking and get to commenting!

My Raw Food Experience

2010-06-21T17:33:00.000-07:00

Alright so any of you who know me, and even those who just follow me are sure to know I love meat, fur, and antlers. So I for sure didn't go to this Raw Food Preparation class with the intentions of going vegan.I just really love cooking and am always open to add new things to my cook book! Now only bummer about this is I fully forgot my camera so I have no pictures to show you what everything looks like. SORRY!! But I know a few of you were super keen to see the recipes so this post is for you!

The theme of the class was a Raw-B-Q so typical things you would imagine at a B-B-Q but all uncooked and vegan. We had Sunburgers, with Sweet Potato "fries", corn on the cobb, with home made Raw-B-Q Sauce as well as Better Than Mayo to go on the burger. You will need a food processor for all but one of the recipes.

SUN BURGERS

Ingredients:
-1cup of soaked sunflower seeds
-1 tsp sea salt
-1/8 tsp cayenne
-1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
-2 tbsp soya sauce
-3 cups carrots
-1/2 cup celery
-1/2 cup onion
-1/4 cup rep pepper
-1 tsp fresh pasley
-1/4 ground flax seeds

Soak sunflower seeds for 6 hours then drain. In a food processor, mix sunflower seed, sea salt, cayenne, poultry seasoning and soya sauce until well processed. Put in a large bowl. Now process carrots a bit, then add celery, onion, red pepper and parsley until finely chopped. Add to bowl containing other mixture. Grind flax seeds, add to mixture and combine well.

This should make about 12 patties. They can be eaten this way or if you have a dehydrator set at 105 degrees for 4 to 6 hours. This will make them a little easier to handle but does not effect the taste. They can be eaten on their own with sauces to follow or you can take large romain lettuce leaves and wrap them in those with all your fixings like tomatoes cucumbers and onions and the sauces.

BETTER THAN MAYO

Ingredients:
-1 1/2 cups raw cashews
-3/4 cup water
-3 tbsp ovlive oil or hemp oil
-2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
-1 tsp italian spice mix or oregano if you can't find mix
-1/2 tsp sea salt
-Dash of cayenne

Blend all ingredients in processor until smooth. The mixtrue must sit for a few minutes to thicken. Store in fridge for upto a week. This can be used as a raw salad dressing, veggie dip, or as a sauce for the burgers we are making today.

RAW-B-Q SAUCE

Ingredients:
-1 green onion
-4 pitted datesor 1/2 cup raisins
-1 tbsp olive oil
-1 garlic clove
-1 tsp sea salt
-1 tsp chili powder
-1 tsp italian spice mix or oregano
-1 1/2 cup tomatoes

Process everything except tomatoes. Add tomatoes and process slightly leaving small lumps depending on the texture you would like. This also can we used as a dip.

LIVE SWEET POTATO FRIES

Ingredients:
-2 large sweet potatoes peeled and sliced to desired thickness
-2 tbsp onion powder
-6 tbsp olive oil
-1 1/2 tbsp paprika
-2 tsp cumin
-Sea salt to taste

Mix onion powder, olive oil, paprika, cumin and salt together. Put chopped sweet potattooes in a flat shallow dish, drizzle mixture over them and toss. Marinate for a couple hours tossing every hour then they are ready to serve!

Lastly we had corn on the cob. Just husk the corn, soak, dry off break into 3 and serve!

I really like the Raw-B-Q sauce, Fries(they tastes amazing), and oddly enough the corn tasted pretty amazing uncooked! The sunburgers weren't bad but being a meat eater I would much rather have had a real burger along with everything we made. But if you are a veggie or a vegan I think you will really like them.

Onto other cooking news. I used to store all my recipes on my computer. Along with bookmarking all my fave recipes I had found online. Then my computer crashed and along with losing lots of other shit I lost ALL of my recipes and pretty much wanted to curl up and DIE!

This week at walmart I found this awesome cook book:

It has tabs for everything under the sun from seafood to poulty to appatizers to desserts to baked goods to drinks. It also has awesome pre templated two sided cards and plastic divider sheets to store it all. yes I am a complete house wife and cooking nerd but I am WAY stoked on this. I am about halfway through writing out all my recipes in here!

Alright I'm off to light the BBQ for some delishous ribs I have been marinating since yesterday along with cucumber salad and raw corn on the cob! YUMM! Have a rad night guys!

Oh you know...

2010-06-20T20:50:00.000-07:00

Just the most epic wedding portraits EVER thanks to Jesses Bodas aka Destroy Inc.

And then I was a Cover Girl!

2010-06-18T21:23:00.000-07:00

Pretty stoked the cover I shot for Tattoo Life came out this week in Europe! It will be in North America by the end of the month. I have a two page feature with more pictures and an interview inside if you guys want to check it out. I will also be selling a limited amount of signed copies through my Big Cartel shop once I get my hands on some. Here's the cover image...

Shot by Dale May

I also found out this week I got a really great job back East in my home town so I can finally make plans for my move and I start the job towards the end of next month! 2010 finally looks like it's turning my way!

As far as my crafting side goes, I made a rosary by hand this week using pearls off two old necklaces my great grandmother had left me when she passed away.

A few of you had asked how to make one so HERE is a video on how to turn eye pins and beads into chain links to create the necklace. And HERE is diagram on traditional rosary spacing aka where to put the beads and how many.

I also took a raw foods cooking class earlier this week, the theme was RawBQ so raw foods resembling typical summer BBQ foods! I will have a blog up by the end of the weekend with recipes for everything since a few of you had asked for them!

Hope everyone has a great fathers day weekend!

Weaves and Mustache Rides

2010-06-08T09:57:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Alright so I ordered me some hair online so that I could do my extentions for the summer. Pretty stoked about the results!

A lot of you email me about what I use for extensions so here is what goes into fusion extentions:

Basically it's a heat gun and keratin bonded extentions. Though unless you are a stylist or have a friend who is a hairdresser who will do them for you I would not recommed trying them on your own. They will run you anywhere from $500 to $1000 in a salon and last about 3-4 months if you take care of them and have maintenance sessions halfway through.

If you are going to have a stylist friend do them at home you can get the gun on Ebay for $15 to $45 depending on the brand. And you can buy the hair on Ebay as well but don't buy the cheap stuff aka if there is a listing for 200 bonds for $45 I can pretty much garuntee the hair quality will be shit. You can expect to spend about $100 - $200 on the hair online for decent quality. I use about 200 bonds on my head and have medium thickness hair.

Hope that helped answer some of your questions! If you have anymore feel free to ask.

If you guys read my blog a lot you know I LOVE Etsy! So I thought I would share my latest fave find on there with you guys! I bought this for my husband last week cause hes on a mustache kick at the moment.

After I posted this on twitter the seller sold out of them. But she was super sweet and emailed me this morning to tell me she had mad a new batch (yes she makes them all by hand) and they are now listed for you guys to go buy!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/41131256/geek-chic-mr-mint-mustache-all-natural

Today I am starting day one of my new work out plan to get my body back after 3 months of bed rest from before and after surgery. Wish me luck!

I'm cooking dinner tonight too, fruit and seafood! Expect a food blog about it at some point this week!

Hope everyones week is off to a rad start

Sometimes I Cook

2010-05-31T23:20:00.000-07:00

Actually I cook alot, but since I've been on bed rest I took a lil break from the kitchen. I was missing it a lot so this past weekend I decided to get back in the game and made a delish greek inspired Mac and Cheese the recipe was pulled from my all time favorite cooking blog Annie's Eats .

Here are some pictures I took while cooking:

It was BEYOND delish! Though super filling, next time I'll for sure serve it with a veggie dish or a salad as well.

It was a pretty dreary and rainy weekend, so I got down to business and finaly put in my new fusion extensions! Pictures and blog about it in the next few days! I'm pretty stoked they look awesome!

Hope all you Americans had a rad long weekend!

Getting Crafty Again

2010-05-22T15:10:00.000-07:00

Since I have had to be away from my husband to come back to Canada and have surgery and get treatment I have been missing him alot. It's clearly a really tough spot to be in so I thought It would be really cute to make him a littel suprise to make him smile. I came across this idea online where you take a deck of cards and put a reason why you love someone on all the 52 cards and then use the jokers as the top and bottom to kind of create a book.

I got started by typing out this list on my computer :

1. Best Smile On Earth
2. You Cry During Sappy Movies With Me
3. You’re Not Afraid To Tell Me When I’m Wrong
4. You’re The Most Handsome Man On Earth
5. You Like My Cooking, Even When I Mess It Up
6. When You Look Me Right In the Eyes I Melt
7. From Day One I Never Had A Doubt That I Loved You As Much as You Loved Me
8. You Play Rummy With Me For Hours On End Even When You’re Over It
9. You’ll Watch Twilight With Me lol
10. You Give The Best Hugs On Earth
11. You’ve Made Big Sacrifices Just So That We Could Have A Better Life
12. You Always Carry The Heavy Bags
13. When I Walked Down The Isle It Felt Like A Fairy Tale
14. You Make My Heart Flutter Every Time I Hear Your Voice
15. You Might Look Tough But You’re Really Just My Big Teddy Bear!
16. You Love Me Like No One Else Ever Could
17. You’re The Best Care Taker When I’m Sick
18. Cause You’re Tougher Then The Rest <3
19. Cause You’re Totally Willing To Move Here And Be My Lumber Jack!
20. Because No One Else Compares To My Old Man
21. You Like To Help Me Out In The Kitchen If I Ever Allow it lol
22. You Don’t Hate Me When I Blare The Worst Music Known To Man Kind
23. You Have the Biggest Heart I’ve Ever Known
24. When You’re Not Sure About An Outfit And Ask For My Input <3
25. Because You Need Lists Just Like Me We’re Old Already lol
26. Cause You Think I’m pretty Even In My PJ’s
27. You Go On Journeys For Blow Up Toys With Me And Have Just As Much Fun With It As Me
28. You Let Me Eat All The Ice Cream
29. You’d Rather Talk It Out Then Walk Around Mad All Day
30. You Always Know How To Make Me Smile
31. Even From All The Way Down In California You Know How to Make Me Feel Special Every Day
32. Cause I Always Know You’ll Have My Back
33. Because Nothing And No One Has Ever Suited Me So Well In My Whole Life
34. Because You’ll Watch P.S. I Love You With Me So Many Times We’re Almost Sick Of It
35. You Can Hang Up All The Odd Decorations I Buy For The House
36. Because You Work So Hard To Support Us And It Means The World To Me
37. Because You Let Me Steal All The Blankets (most nights lol)
38. You Buy Me Gorgeous Gerber Daisies Instead Of Roses
39. Cause Not Only Are You My Husband But You’re My Best Friend
40. You Let Me Get Pink Pots And Pans For Our Kitchen
41. Cause You Wear Short Shorts And Knee Socks To Go Bowling
42. Because You’ll Go To Nude Beaches With Me And My Parents
43. Cause You’re Such A Goof
44. We’ve Been Through So Much In Our Time Together And It’s Always Just Made Us Stronger
45. Because You Hope For The Same Things For Our Future
46. You Snuggle Me Even With Hairy Legs :p
47. Because When You Sleep You Look So Precious It Kills Me
48. Because Being Away From You Even For A Few Hours Feels Like An Eternity
49. Because Even When You Fall Asleep Without Texting Me I Can’t Be Mad At You
50. Because Even When You Smell Like A French Fry I Can’t Help But Think Your Handsome
51. Because You Wore A Hoodie In The Dead Heat Of Summer To Hide My Ring So You Could Propose
52. You’re The Perfect Big Spoon to This Little Spoon

Then I printed it all out and cut out each saying along with come words for the top cover and some words for the last card in the deck. I was ready to put it all together here were my supplies:

Then I used the whole punch to punch out two holes on each card that lined all the way through the deck so that they could eventually be tied together to create a little book.

I pasted all the reasons on card by card and added cute little stickers and sayings to go along with each one:

Then i just cut some ribbon, laced it through the holes tied it in a bow and I was all done:

I'm pretty stoked on how cute it turned out. Can't wait to see how much he likes it!

I went out this afternoon to go pick up my super cute new shoes to go along with that floral dress I just bought for the wedding in July. I took a picture but they don't look half as cute as they really are lol. The white part is patent leather and the bottom part is actual wood! Just need to find an awesome little hand bag to go with it and I'm set

Next on my DIY list is to stud out something on hopefully a baby denim jacket if I can find one as a present for the most awesome soon to be rock and roll mom on earth!

What awesome DIY projects have you guys been working on as of late?

Hope everyones weekend is off to a rad start!

Romper, Florals, White Trash & Summer fun!

2010-05-20T17:31:00.000-07:00

I have fallen in love with Rompers and Florals...Soo clearly a mix of the two is pure magic to me. Last week I got all cute to go out on my first outing since my surgery I wore my magical new floral romper here is picture evicence(though it more clearly shows I have huge tits rather then the fact that I am wearing a romper but wtv)

I have dark hair now incase you kids are like who the fuck is that imposter lol. It was super dead from so much bleaching so I went dark and hacked a bunch off to let it get back to nice soft magical hair. It will soon be lucious and magical long extentions, pictures clearly to follow in the near future...

I also finaly found a dress for a wedding I have to go to in July, one guess what the pattern is....

I'm clearly addicted...

For years I have been dubbed The White Trash Princess sooooo I thought it was only fitting I get this rad patch for my new denim vest...

So stoked for it to get here!!

I'm going back east in July for two weeks on vacation and I can barely wait to see all my awesome friends and family! Then in August I am going to Seattle with almost all my best GF's!! So stoked for the summer!!! What are you guys excited for this summer?? Vacations, road trips, concerts???

Hope all is well!
xoxo
Wren

Crafty

2010-05-15T09:50:00.000-07:00

So in attempts to entertain my bed ridden self I have done a few little crafting projects lol. Please excuse the very house wife post to follow....

First off I did thank you cards for my wedding

Inside they had cute little printed out notes along with a picture of me and Nate for the wedding day. It was way more fun to make them then to have them made and just stuff them in envelopes. I kinda wish I had a reason to make more lol.

Next I ordered some adorable little mini 9mm studs from Ebay. They are like half the size of a typical stud you would imagine. And I studded out my denim vest pretty stoked on it atm.

I did some details on the front of it too but I'm far to lazy to go take more pictures of it right now. I'm semi considering studding out WTP across the top of the back but I can't decide if it will A) be to hard to do and make look nice or B) be really tacky and ugly lol so well see how that goes.

My next plan with the studs is to do something like this:

Just gotta go vintage hunting for the perfect shorts to do it with first.

What are you guys upto this weekend? My plans for today include sitting out on my parents gorgeous back patio with a few pitchers of Sangria and some girl friends.

xoxo
Wren

Come Tumble With Me

2010-04-26T00:28:00.001-07:00

Sooo I gave in and made a Tumblr, if you're on there come follow me!!

http://wrenthewhitetrashprincess.tumblr.com/
xoxo
Wren

The Magic of Josh Cole

2010-04-24T20:24:00.000-07:00

I had the awesome pleasure of being flown out to Nashville and spending 5 days in town shooting with Josh Cole. We shot quite a few things and I am now lucky enough to have a few of the photos in my port from our shoot days. First is the most recent I recieved followed by the other two

Every prop and item you see in those images were real not photoshoped in from stock photos. He crafted AMAZING sets and we went from there. From the pistol to the stuffed cougar to the bird skulls to the bird cage every item was there on set and shot on set with me! He really is amazing at what he does!

The corsests in the first image were provided by the sweet as honey ETCorsets. And the pieces in the second photo were made by the awesome Victoria Velvet. Take a minute to click their names and checkout their rad stuff!

I had a nasty cold when I was in Nashville so I didn't get to venture out as much as I had planned and work schedual was a little cramped. But I did ave the joy of eating at 5 Guys YUMMMYYY burgers! And got to stay with Josh's friend Angela who I adore and am so glad I got to get to know.

Hope everyone is having an awesome weekend. So far I have spent most of mine in the hospital due to some complications from surgery :( NOT FUN lol but I'm still hangin in there. Now it's time to get back to catching up on The Vampire Diaries for the rest of the night and back to the hospital in the am for more tests. Wish me luck!

xoxo
Wren

LOLZ

2010-04-20T21:05:00.000-07:00

Bahahah this was too good to not repost, stole it from my magical gay friend Marc's blog which you can visit HERE

xoxo
Wren

EPIC SHIRT!!!

2010-04-19T22:20:00.000-07:00

So one of my first modeling gigs was for a great friend of mine Adam's clothing company called Machete Premium Cuts. They distribute alot of clothing lines in Canada and come out with their own designs every once in a while. Here is their newest one which I am more stoked on then I can put into words!

You can buy it HERE

Here is the original artwork

lol and for some LOL's here is me 5 years ago modeling for them! My second photoshoot ever!

And incase you guys missed it you can buy the shirt at:
http://machetepremiumcuts.bigcartel.com/product/hopeless-tank-pre-order
xoxo
Wren

Franken belly

2010-04-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

Figured I would write you guys a quick little post bout how I'm doing. It's been a week and a half since I had to had surgery.

I was checked into the hospital two days before that because they found a giant growth in my stomach. 14cm at it's largest point to be exact which is scary to even think about. They removed the parts of it that hadn't attached its self to my organs. The rest was too risky to try and remove as it could have led to cutting into my organs due to the way it was attached to them. Soooo I am now left with half of this scary thing inside me.

I go to the doctors at the end of the month to see what the labs have come back to show it was. Depending on what it is I will most likely be on a course of treatments and pills to try and shrink what remains of it in the hopes that it will help to distance it's self from my organs at which point they will have to go back in and clean up what is left. That is if all goes as planned lol so wish me luck, it's gonna be a tough year for me.

I will start blogging at m usual rate once I feel a little more like myself again but for now here is Franken Belly in all it's current glory lol

(obviously it had to go right through my fucking tattoo lol)

xoxo
Wren

QUESTIONS

2010-04-18T14:15:00.000-07:00

Email me any questions at all you would like to know about me and I will answer them all in a big post next week!!

Wrenrobi@gmail.com

xoxo
Wren

New Banner!!

2010-04-11T21:10:00.000-07:00

Soooo I had a tough week and a half but got to come home from the hospital to a magical new banner for my blog!!! It's pretty much perfect for me and I'm sooooo in love with it!

I tend to rely on my rad friend Mike to make all my layouts and graphics for things. Hes got really great prices if you guys ever need anything done you can contact him here on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Sunset-Design-and-Photography/173052358442
Hope all is well and I will update you guys soon when I'm not so loopy on all the pain killers

xoxo
Wren

Sick Little Bird

2010-03-29T18:03:00.000-07:00

Alright since everyone on twitter has been asking I figured I'd explain whats up here. So in January 2009 I was in alot of pain daily. It took a few months the diagnosed me, I had some procedures done and this all a few weeks before leaving for the states. We figured it wasall taken care of.

Well as it turns out what I had diagnosed was just an underlying problem of something much worse. As I have been getting sicker and in more pain with each passing week. Since I clearly have pre existing conditions, I cannot be covered under my husbands retarded American health care plan. And the specialists and procedures I need to have done are all far to expensive to be paying out of pocket when I can just fly home to Canada and have it all done for free.

Sadly though this pushes our plans to move to Canada ahead way to fast. We have not saved as much as we would like to and I clearly won't be able to work in Canada and Nathan's paperwork is just in it's beginning stages for him to be able to work in Canada. So as heartbreaking as it is I am going to have to be apart form him for a few months. While he finishes out our lease here and ties up loose ends.

So no I am not getting divorced or deported. And yes I love my husband very much, but I won't be doing him much good 6 feet under. Health comes above all else. SO I'll be heading back to Canada withing the next month. Looks like I'm in for another lonely summer in the Okanagan. BLAH

The End

xoxo
Wren

Peeektuuressss

2010-03-25T11:46:00.000-07:00

Yep more new ones! Not much of a story behind these. They were taken in the Bay Area by Amedeus. We shot a bunch of looks that day but here are my top 3 faves!

All the Skull accesories were provided by my fave jewelry company from Canada, Moon Raven Designs
Click the link and go lurk out all there AMAZING new pieces! Can't wait to get my new stuff from them in the mail this week! Silver bat skull!!!!
xoxo
Wren

Shameless Pimping of myself and a new picture!

2010-03-22T14:06:00.000-07:00

Alright so first off I marked down all my prints to clear em out and make room for new ones. Two already sold out and there are very few left of the two that remain.

You can visit my store here:
http://houseofwren.bigcartel.com/

Secondly if any of you have gauged ears, I posted 13 of my husbands unused plugs on Ebay for way cheaper then you could ever get them.

Click here to visit my Ebay:
http://shop.ebay.com/wrenthewench/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

Lastly for those you who emailed to ask about my Amazon Wishlist, it has been updated as of last night with loads of new magical things for cupcake making, and shoe loving!

Click here to view my Amazon Wishlist:
http://amzn.com/w/3PTESDOVAWB0N

Anyone who buys me something off my wishlist gets a free print of me when I make the new ones <3

In other news, me and the hubby had quite the lazy weekend. I ended up sick and not being able to breath out my nose the same day he ended up having to have two teeth pulled! We made a bed in the living room and watched movies, ate soup and had popsicles all weekend lol. I'm feeling much better though so all the rest and relaxation paid off!!

I'll leave you all with a new picture of me (that I will tell you all about in a future post) so that you won't leave invisioning a snot river running from my nose lol

xoxo
Wren

p.s. I'm SOOOOOOOO excited for my new blog header that should be done by the end of the week! I have moved on from Gods Girls to bigger and better things and so must my blog!

Trauma Is Art

2010-03-21T16:53:00.000-07:00

I shot with the ever awesome Bryan Barnes of Trauma Is Art early in the year with some lovely latex from Hello Dolly! That day me and Brian decided no latex shoots should go without a lube tech, it's messy business! While changing back in to normal clothes I was almost discovered naked by a homless man. Bahahaha was pretty amusing to say the least. Here are some images from our shoot

xoxo
Wren

Gauged Ears? Plugs on sale on my Ebay!

2010-03-21T16:00:00.000-07:00

My husband had an overload of plugs he will never again use so I took it upon myself to post em all up on Ebay!

Heres the link:

http://shop.ebay.ca/wrenthewench/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
xoxo
Wren

Prints on SALE!!

2010-03-19T10:57:00.000-07:00

I just marked down all my prints in my big cartel store to clear em out and get some new ones made! Very limited amounts left so get em while you can!

http://houseofwren.bigcartel.com/

Illicit Clothing

2010-03-17T16:43:00.000-07:00

Back in June I had the pleasure of being tattooed by Erin Chance at the NIX convention in Toronto hosted by tattoos.com . She was there with a friend who I got to know over the course of being tattooed who works for Illicit Clothing. He decided to send me and Nathan out a box of stuff from their line to shoot in! It was lots of fun we just goofed around and got to shoot with our rad friend Jesse of Dest roy Inc. here are some of my favorites from the shoot.

I am trying to see what you guys wanna read on here so feel free to email me suggestions to wrenrobi@gmail.com or comment on this blog with what you would like to see me blog about!

xoxo
Wren

The big 2-5!

2010-03-16T21:37:00.000-07:00

Soooo This old bird just celebrated a brithday this month! I turned 25, and possibly had a mid life crisis lol.

But I was lucky enough to have some amazing friends around to help me celebrate! Mary and Tayte came down from LA for the weekend. Plus Drew, Nikki and Swindle were heading over to celebrate! I of course made some cupcakes for the party. We all had a few drinks at our place then headed off to Beauty Bar where Drew had an awesome lil suprise for me set up! VIP section and bottles of champagne on ice!!!!

Drew is so wonderful she also tattooed me for me birthday the week prior. SOOOOO in love with both of them, here is what I got...

Annnnd once every one was gone and the weekend had died down, me and Nathan headed to the movies to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D. It was all I asked for for my birthday and it was perfect!

Alright so for tomorrow I'm planning some updates with modeling pictures I haven't posted yet on here and some stories behind them. With the usual links to all the magical people behind em!

xoxo
Wren

Alright so first things first!

2010-03-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

Me and Nathan were married on October 31st 2009, the wedding day was the most perfect gorgeous weather I ever could have hoped for! I was lucky enough to have our good friend Jesse of Des troy Inc. shoot our wedding!

I promised a post with wedding pictures SOOOOOO long ago and never came through cause of my lifeless laptop! So this post is all about love and wedding magic! I still only have a few images (as have yet to sort through the 2000 images to choose the ones I want edited) but heres what I got!

It was the most amazing day of my life. The reception was small and magical. My dad played our first dance song acoustin on the guitar. I cried like a baby. It was The Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric and probly the most romantic moment of my life.

Well thats it for today folks! Tomorrows post will be one full of pictures from my birthday party! And then onto all the modeling pictures I havent posted in months!

Hope all is well in internet land today!

xoxo
Wren

I'm Back!!!

2010-03-15T01:54:00.000-07:00

Alright so after three months with no laptop, I'M BACK!!!!! tomorrow I plan on getting back on the blog train!. I've missed you guys and hope all is well!

xoxo
Wren

My Fall Closet!

2009-10-01T14:28:00.000-07:00

Alright if you guys hadn't caught on already , I LOVEEEEE to shop! So I felt it only fitting that I post a blog of all the things I feel I would die without for this fall season. ( Note that I was to lazy to bust out my camera so the ones I could not find in google images I just stole some similar pictures)

And to begin!

Tops

I'm all about beaters and v necks in white grey and black. As well as DIY halters from band shirts and other such fun things (yes i own both those halters be jealous :p) and PLAIDDDD

Bottoms

Leggings and stockings of any sort, the tackier the better lol

Dresses

FLORALLLLL

Boots / Shoes

Thigh highs, buckles, moccasins and as always a classic semi rounded toe black pump

I'm still looking for the perfect flat brown boot, strongly considering a pair or minnetonka boots.

Accessories

Cropped leather and denim jackets, Fringe purses, feathers and crosses and bird skulls

Lol wow that took forever, eff blogger for making placing images such an epic task! Oh well there you have it, my fall closet pieces I would urn for if i didn't have lol

Aside from all that I have just been busy wedding planning and getting ready for the big move down south!

Hope all is well with you guys!

xoxo
Wren

LULZ

2009-09-17T00:25:00.001-07:00

Just a few cheap laughs I stumbled across on the interweb this week :

BHAHAHAHAHA Yes I am still full of rofls for all three

xoxo
Wren

Magical New Finds!

2009-09-14T16:59:00.000-07:00

Alright so today I was out buying party favors stuff and table centerpiece decorations for my Halloween wedding. I wont show all that stuff cause it's a surprise.

But I will show you the awesome new stuff I found for me and Nathans house!

You gotta love Halloween time for such epic finds! I got 8 of those skull plates and I would have gotten a second candle holder but there was only one :(

Alright onto other things. I have began to force myself to clear out about 10 things from my closet every two weeks to try and get rid of some extra stuff I never use before the big move down south. I just posted this weeks items on ebay so go take a peak and see if there is anything you like!

http://shop.ebay.ca/wrenthewench/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

I have been making a million cupcakes as of late to try and figure out which icing tip I like best for the cupcakes on my wedding cupcake tower. I got a few more today at the craft store so I am off to test those out!

Hope youre all having a rad start to your week!

xoxo
Wren

Cups Of Cake!

2009-09-11T00:58:00.000-07:00

I'm baking all evening tomorrow after a day of wedding errands to try and relax. Im gonna go to the cake decorating store an hopefully get inspired for some rad cup cakes

Here are some Epic ones I've come across online!

Wish me luck on the miles long list of errands I gotta do tomorrow!

xo
Wren

Magical Things?

2009-09-08T22:01:00.000-07:00

Alright so I am big on folders and saving pictures to my laptop.
I have a folder called magical things where I save petty much random anything that makes me stoked or smile or laugh.

Here's a little sampling from my magical things <3

I think I'll make a magical things post once a week so keep an eye out!

xoxo
Wren

100 Followers!

2009-09-04T06:43:00.000-07:00

Epppp so stoked to have his my first 100 followers!

How bout I take this time to ask you all what you would like to see me blog about more?? My life, modeling, where I shop online, fave vintage finds, my cooking adventures, fave beauty products, fave place to buy panties for my sets lol ??? Lemme know guys!

xoxo
Wren

The Princess has found her Prince!!

2009-09-04T03:19:00.000-07:00

Yep thats right this little lady is engaged!!!

Wedding pictures coming soon teheehe. Sorry I've been MIA just been busy working lots and planning a wedding and being the extra girly girl wedding planning can bring out in a person lol.

I'm pretty stoked on my ring he did a good job! The amethyst is his birthstone, how cute is that. I am having his ring specialy made and it will have my birthstone set into it as well. Were such cheesy fuckers lol.

While Nathan was here we had a pretty rad time eve got our two pale asses out to the beach lol here is proof:

We went with my parents and the other end of the beach was a nudie beach so it was interesting to say the least but a rad day all together! My mom was like the paparazi sneak attacking us with photos. She found it pretty amusing to watch two smokers try and blow up beach toys lol.

We also had an epic movie night. We decided to hit up the Walmart 2 for $10 dvd bin and this is what we came up with:

Encino Man is an obvious choice. But Death Race 2000, lemme tell you if you haven't seen it you have to, total 70's b movie magic lol. Get in on that! Nathan had never even heard of it so it was a must!

Well it's 3:30 am and I just kinda woke up and couldn't fall back to sleep but I think it's that time again for me to head off to dream land. Hope all has been well with you guys and I promise to keep this up better then I have been so check back soon times for a new blog!

xoxo
Wren

LOVE

2009-08-11T02:00:00.000-07:00

Probly the best quote I ever read....

I Got Banged

2009-07-23T19:36:00.000-07:00

Bahahah well not really but I got bangs.

I have been so so bored with my hair lately and STRUGGLING not to color it some crazy color or go dark cause it took SOOOOO long to get it this way. So today instead of being insane and coloring it then regretting it in a month i gave myself bangs ! I'm kinda stoked on them, the look way better then I had imagined!

Alsoooo i had a few of ou guys asking to see a better picture of my new tattoo so here it is:

Erin Chance from NZ did it for me and I LOVE IT! Lurk out more of her work here:

www.badtastearmy.com

She travesl to the states alot so keep your eyes peeled for her travel dates!

Hope you are all having a rad week

xoxo
Wren

Ghosts & Fire

2009-07-21T18:38:00.000-07:00

I'm a ghost! lol this is how I stay so pale... Day on the beach with my parents and some other family.

The day after that picture was taken, the city I live in broke out in wildfires. We live in a valley in the mountains. This is the first one that started and we could see out our kitchen window:

That second image was taken not even 20 mins after the first one so you can imagine how fast the fires spread. It's been three days now and there are two other large fires that have started.

We are now in the middle of a triangle of there very large scale forest fires EPPP! They have been burning for 4 days now. It's kinda scary, we were told to pack bags in case we are evacuated. Luckily Im still at home!

All you can hear is planes flying over 24/7 to drop waters on the fires. Over 15 000 people where I live have been evacuated from their homes :(.

As of now there is no rain in the forcast and the hot dry weather we are having is only fueling the fires that are growing larger in size ever day. Not looking very promising lol

In Other news heres a new picture of me:

I will keep you guys updated on the fires.
Hope your weeks are all off to a better start then mine!

xo
Wren

Toronto NIX

2009-07-16T20:16:00.001-07:00

It was a pretty intense and hectic week for me. I could probly ramble on about it for hours. Instead i will just post pictures.

Art shows, Fashion shows, Booth loving, Jager hospitality suit loveeee, Damian the mac daddy lol, Limos with my gay loves, Bottle service, Epic convention finale party, My two besties, And a wack load of hot ladies!

Hope you enjoyed that tehehe

xo
Wren

Update!

2009-07-04T17:33:00.000-07:00

Hai lovers! I know it's been a long while I have just been so all over the place lately I haven't had the time to sit down and do this! I owe you all a big epic NIX Toronto update and I promise thats coming in the next week!

Heres a lil update on what I have done since I got back aside from work. Maddie came to visit last week!!! It was rad! We relaxed and spent some time in the nasty pool at her motel lol. Went to I-Hop and spent a day at the beach! I miss her guts already :(

Here's us at the beach: (casper and her black friend)

Yesterday morning I was running around doing a bunch of errands. I got to stop in at a dollar store aka heaven on earth to me. I picked up some new stuff to match all my kitchen wear (it's all blue and lime green)

I found these bad boys for 2.50 each and pick up like 6 of em lol. They are like wider mason jars with twist off lids

Great for storing nuts and candy and just all around magical teheheh. YES I have house wife in the blood lol and YES I am a giant nerd!!

I got the first of my photos back from Toronto! I shot with Swindle and a great photog Andre Kaufman. Keep your eyes peeled for me and Swindle images coming soon!!

Here is my first solo shot I really like (bringing out my inner Lisa Loeb)

The cincher was made for me by this rad lady! (more epic photos of this cincher to come)

www.myspace.com/raggareclothingco
I'm having some people over tonight and I made mango cantaloupe salsa to go with the pork tenderloin that is currently slow cooking on the BBQ!

YUMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! And on that note my loves, I am off to prepare the rest of dinner!

Happy 4th of July!!

(lol it was too cute I couldn't resist!!)

xoxo
Wren

p.s. Cooking a big wonderful meal to share with friends somehow still feels empty cause hes not here to share it...

Only three more months till I get to fall asleep beside him forever! xo

Cutsie Couture!

2009-05-31T12:43:00.000-07:00

So I made friends with this darling girl online who makes some pretty awesome jewelry called Cutsie Couture!

She sent me out a few pieces to model for her and here is what came of it.

Be sure to go check out more of her stuff on her myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cutsiecouture

I'll be at the NIX Toronto Tattoo Convention in just over two weeks with over 25 lovely models! Be sure to come see us at our booth on June 20th! I will be selling limited edition Gods Girls prints at the booth!

The convention runs June 19th - 21st and you can find out more information about it here: http://tattoo.com/nix

Hope you're all having a rad weekend!

xoxo
Wren

I haz New Picture!

2009-05-22T19:17:00.000-07:00

YAY! I am starting to get back some pictures from my SF trip! Here is a new one from Joey Cobbs that I am suuuuuuuuuuper stoked on!

We shot two other locations and I can barely wait to get some of the pictures back from it!

I hope every ones weekend is off to a rad start!

xoxo
Wren

Steve Prue!

2009-05-08T21:52:00.000-07:00

Alright so here is a quick little peak at some pictures taken by Steve Prue in NYC

xoxo
Wren

Sneak peak at my SF shoots!

2009-05-06T14:44:00.001-07:00

Hey guys! I got back from California last night, just got finished unpacking and started on the laundry teheheh. While there I was fortunate enough to work with three awesome photographers! I can barely wait to get back all the images!

Here is a little sneak peak at my shoot with Destroy Inc.

The accessories in this shot can be found at this great etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6479107 I love her stuff so so much and have many of her pieces!

Jesse was so rad to shoot with and nice enough to shoot some super cute pictures of me and my boyfriend together at the end of our shoot day... I just stole this one from the proofs cause I thought I was adorable can not wait to see them all worked up and edited!

I will be sure to post up all the new images as they come my way! Hope you guys like them!

Oh and if you have not already would you guys do me a favor and read the two journals below this one as well!

Hope everyone's week is off to a rad start!

xoxo
Wren

Dale May Makes Magic!

2009-04-30T16:05:00.000-07:00

While on one of my NYC adventures i had the pleasure of shooting with the wonderful and magical Dale May. He shot me for the cover of Tattoo Life magazine and then after wards we dicked around a bit and shot some other fun things.

Here is a picture he sent me from that day:

I love it so so much, hope you guys do too!

I am currently in the SF area visiting the boyfriend and working a bit. I have a few rad shoots while in town and I will be sure to post up the pictures for you guys as soon as I get my hands on them!

On a personal note heres me and the boy being love birds xo

Hope you guys all had a rad week
xoxo
Wren

NIX Toronto Tattoo Convention!

2009-04-21T14:27:00.000-07:00

Yay !! It's coming up so so soon now! I can Barely wait!

xoxo
Wren

I have a problem....

2009-04-16T16:31:00.001-07:00

I really like to buy things online, lol as of late its been a little out of control...

Here are a few things I have bought in the bast month online:

Needless to say I get excited to see the mail man every morning! boots really are my guilty pleasure i have like 20 at least...It's probly not healthy..

On another note, here are some pics of me from last week:

Oh and some boobs to keep the men readers amused:

I'm off to SF next week to see the boyfriend and work a bit. Should be a rad little two week adventure! I promise loads of pictures and journal updates while I'm gone. Hope you guys had a great easter and that the week is treating you well

xoxo
Wrennie

NIX Toronto Tattoo Con

2009-04-09T15:03:00.000-07:00

Yep It is pretty much gonna be epic as fuck!

This year there are more girls coming then ever before!

How the fuck could you say no to 30+ Hot Alt Models all in the same place at the same time....

(last year)

The convention runs June 19th - 21st at the Toronto Hilton Hotel

Me and the girls will be there in full force Saturday the 20th working our booth!

For more general info on the con: http://tattoos.com/nix

To buy passes now: https://secure.gettickets.ca/

I hope to see lots of your pretty faces

xoxo
Wren

Sometimes I'm Crafty!

2009-04-05T17:20:00.000-07:00

From time to time my crafty side pops up and I make cute things to sell. Lately I have been making these super cute feather hair clips:

You can by them here on my ebay:

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/wrenthewench

Lemme know what you guys think!

xoxo
Wren

All time faves!

2009-03-23T14:11:00.000-07:00

So I thought it would be fun to do a post of all my fave songs.....Here it goes:

Tehehe I like music a lot so it was pretty hard to edit myself there but I think that sums it all up pretty nice.

What are your faves....

xoxo
Wren

Just Cause...

2009-03-14T06:10:00.000-07:00

It's 6 am , I just woke up and can't get this guy off my mind....

Hes the best part of my whole life. I can't remember ever being this happy and it's all because of him. I'm the luckiest girl on earth.

xoxo
Wrennie

My Fave Places To Shop Online

2009-03-13T14:02:00.000-07:00

So i thought it would be fun to link you guys to some of fave online stores. Here it goes<3 www.bittersweetsny.com

yes that is a a silver heart with a 14k gold dagger going through it...by far the best jewelry you will ever find online! Teheheh in my opinion at least

www.peanutscharms.com

If you love lil pendants and charms you will adore this ebay store...Honestly i have probly bought over 50 lil charms from this person lol I have an addiction to various length chains clutred with all these magical little charms

teheheh I have a few more jewelry sites that I am just to greedy with and think I am gonn have to keep to myself SOWWIE!

www.rockandroyal.com

This site makes the most EPIC custom chandeliers known to ma kind...Like honestly It baffles me how amazing they are...

www.costumedept.com

I have a really redic Legging addiction and this site feeds it

www.betseyjohnson.com

I have the tendancy to think Betsey can do no wrong

www.alumninyc.net

I like cute shirts just as much as the nest girl and I'm just lucky enough to have best friend who makes them!

www.bagborroworsteal.com

I have a purse addiction it's true. Honestly I'm no fool, I cant afford to be buying 5000 dollar purses left right and center but i certainly can afford to rent them for a month or two til I am sicl of them then move onto the next.... teheh def one of my fave sites

Well www.ebay.ca is my main and biggest online shopping addiction...But i'm sure ya'll are already on top of that teheheh

I've been busry feasting on easter candies and working. Is it April yet? Fuck them for bringing out the easter candy so early shits gonna go right to my ass !! bahahhah that might be a good thing...

Hope all is well out in internet land with you guys!

xoxo
Wrennie

Steve Prue is quite the character...

2009-02-28T14:40:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of meeting the awesomely fun to shoot with Steve Prue this fall. He has a really great studio in Bushwick with a store around the corner that makes the most epic sandwiches known to man kind ...I am urning for one right now!!

It's a smoke friendly atmosphere which always makes me stoked on life lol. We shot a REALLLY great set in the alley. That morning I had got my heal stuck in a subway grate and bailleddd! My knee was bleeding and grose so we decided to go with it and do a rock and roll themed set!

Ouuu alright some other fun facts I am currently on the front of www.tattoos.com

One of those drawings I showed you guys the other day has been turned into a skateboard!

Click here to get a better view or buy it

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

Magic!!!

2009-02-24T18:51:00.000-08:00

Some times people draw really magical cartoon versions of me that leave me stoked on life.

A great example of that is The Plastic Age. Hes the raddest dude ever who had taken the GG`s on as of late as his muses

Here are two epic drawing he did of me

Wren minus tattoossss:

Wrennie with here old school hairs:

He pretty much makes me stoked on life every time I come across a new drawing he has done!

This one was done a long time ago as a Christmas present from a dear friend of mine Electrick Pick. Not only is he an amazing artist but an epic tattoo artist. To date this is the most amazing Christmas present I have ever received !

Water color Wren from Beyond:

Well I`m off to pull my shepards pie out of the oven and chow down. Hope you all had a great day!

xoxox
Wrennie

NYC and Vancouver Adventures!

2009-02-23T16:45:00.000-08:00

Alright I figure it's time to give ya the low down on my vacation times as off the end of December!

I flew to NYC on December 29th to meet up with Chelsea and Katie two of my nearest and dearest friends. I was supposed to be in town 4 days and I ended up being there 7 lol

We rented some dirt bag Ho-Jo room in Jersery along with a car for our many adventures...I'm pretty sure we never hit the pillow once before the sun came up or sober for that matter.

We spent NYE at a Burning Angels party where I got to meet the two owners! It was fun and ummmm special to say the least....

We also made it out to New Haven to visit one of Chelsea's friends Tai who was the raddest dude ever! He had a room mate whos name was no joke Micheal Jackson!!! bahahaha he was an adorable giant teady bear not a kid creeper!

Here are pictures from some of our drunken antics:

bahahhahahah I am fairly sure I will NEVER live down those last two pictures....I flashed my tits to some poor paki man at a convinient store to distract him whim Chelsea stole those magical sunglasses and then we ran like the wind. The lesson here is i am a cheap drunk lol

If NYC could be summed up in 4 words it would be We <3 Motor City (aka the best bar in NYC) Alright sooooooooooo Now I am living out west and I headed down to Vancouver two weeks ago to shoot some sets for Burning Angel. Kelly Lind was shooting a whole bunch of North West girls for GG on an epic road trip adventure so I convinced him to come up to Van stay with me and Kyle and Shoot some Alt Porn. It all seemed like a great Idea untill the Canadian boarder decided to hate on Kelly so bad TWICE. So we gave up on that dream. And Instead I got insanely intoxicated with a few of my near and dear west coast friends. I hadn't seen Kyle or Mike since our last drunked escapade (that night ended in me decking a bouncer in the face to defend Mike Jakes honour bahahahah). And I had not seen Robyn since about that time either two years ago Me gazing at Robyn in awe of her beauty bahahah:

But f'real I love her fucking guts shes the prettiest little princess this earth ever did see(not to mention her tits are epic)!

As that picture depicts, I was well into my crunk juice (a mickey of vodka on an empty stomach mixed with no name cool-aid mix). By the time 9:30 hit I was well on my way to be the sloppiest drunk VanCity was gonna see that night.

Lol we did however manage to pull it together for a group photo sesh:

That was the last semi pulled together moment of my whole evening... We made it to the Cambie to meet up with leila and some other friends. If you were there, there is a very good chance you saw my tits as I was very flash happy around 5 other girls who get naked on the internet bahahahah.

There were some tragic drunk attempts at me dancing a little later on at the bourbon. Needless to say I was very hung over the next morning and missed my 720 am flight home.... I draged my ass back to kyles and proceeded to be intensely hung over with her, order take out, and try not to die for the rest of the day.

Eventually I made it home safe lol

Hope you all all have a great day

xoxo
Wrennie

My Shoot with Mark Boucher!

2009-02-21T14:56:00.000-08:00

So back in November I shot with a great Quebec based photographer you can find him here.

We shot on a coooooooooolld day outside and I was in a corset lol and not much more for a lot of the time so as you imagine I hated my life. But we got some really great images from that day.

We shot at an abandoned rock quarry in Gatineau just outside of Ottawa. The stone that had been there turned the water in the tiny reserves into this amazing aqua blue colour and all the mud to white. it pretty much looked like an amazing desert oasis!

For the most part a lot of them have not been on the internet so I figured I would share them here with you guys!

After the shoot me and a Mark went and got McDonalds like the fat kids we are and I went home and tried to warm up for HOURSSSS

Here is me hating my life cause it felt like my toes had frost bite!!

I am sitting on my couch right now watching apollo 13 and eating chocolate turtles thanks to magical clearance sales at walmart!lol

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

xoxo
Wrennie

My shoot with Joe Oliveira!

2009-02-19T20:36:00.000-08:00

Back in December I headed to Montreal for a few photo shoots. I had the pleasure of working with the rad Joe Oliveira.

He has a great loft space that almost felt like home! Him and his wife were so inviting and such a pleasure to work with. Annnnnd he was my smoking buddy lol that made my day....Didn`t have to go brave the cold to smoke outside!

I am sure a few of you have seen a few Images from our shoot. Though I have a bundle on my comp that arent myspace friendly lol!

SOOO Get stoked cause I am here to show you the whole series:

YAY!!!!!!! Te he he he just seeing them all again makes me love his magicalness even more!

SOOO today I went to an all day seminar for work. Then a business after hours event. All on 4 hours sleep! This little mama`s is super sleepy!!

Time to make some soup, curl up in a ball on the couch and talk with my man lover!

Hope all is well with you kids out there in internet land!

xoxo
Wren

Skin and Ink January 2009

2009-02-18T19:02:00.000-08:00

Yay!! There was a huge write up in Skin & Ink`s January issue about the Gods Girls and I was lucky enough to be featured in it!

This was the cover:

Here is the picture of me with Chelsea:

There was a whole interview section with me too! STOKED

xoxox
Wrennie

25 random facts about me....

2009-02-18T18:52:00.000-08:00

1. I have a really sick addiction to tetris...like I play for hours and get stoked on life when i beat my own high score lol

2. I often listen to music made for 15 year old scene girls to get
stoked on life and I could care less that your musical elitist self
wants to laugh in my face due to it. DANCE PARTY ANYONEEEEEEEE

3.In the past three years I have lived in 9 different houses / apartments..lol I get bored easily can you tell?

4.My best friends live all over North America. The only time we will probly ever all be together is when I get married.

5.When my blackberry is functioning (unlike right now, cries) it never leaves my side and I am sickly addicted too it.

6.I never thought I'd say these words, but I'm ready to settle down and
stop moving around. Though I still wanna travel the world

7. From now to November this year I will have visited the following
places: Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto, NYC aka my love, Ottawa, UK, LA,
San Fran, and San Diego

8. I would probly die a slow horrid death without my laptop and wireless internet

9.My fave book ever is Franny and Zooey by J.D.Salinger. I lost my copy
of it some point this year and I generally read it like once a month.
It's oddly comforting to me. Like my security blanket and I feel weird
without it.

10. I love yogurt, A LOT! My fave flavor is strawberry banana which for
some reason is super tricky to find these days and it bums me out lol

11. Zack's in Ottawa makes the best strawberry milkshake on earth. It
tastes like strawberry cupcake batter and I would probly sell my soul
for one right about now!!

12. It's sad when the only place that ever felt like home to you no
longer does. Having nowhere you feel at home is a very unsettling sense
to live with.

13.People tend to judge me before they know me and then seem to think I
care what their uncalled for judgements are? I find it mildly amusing
and half sad for them all at the same time.

14. I read perezhilton.com on a daily basis cause i think its nice to
fill my head with fluff for 30 mins a day and escape the shitty reality
of the world we live in.

15.I like to cook and bake a lot and will make a great little wife one day.

16. I'm like the biggest hearted person you could ever know. I always
give you one chance to gain my respect. But if you get on my bad side
you'll proby want to cry yourself to sleep for a very very long
time...I don't take kindly to people fucking with me or my close
friends for no valid reason.

17. My top three movies would be Giant (elizabeth taylor, rock hudson, james dean how could you go wrong?),

Almost Famous ( I have probly watched this about 400 times),

True Romance (no need to explain)

18.I have a really sick obsession with sushi and all that comes with it
aka Edemame, Wakame, and miso souppppppppp...I could totally survive
off just sushi menus for lifeeee

19. A lot of my friends are guys. A lot of them have girlfriends. A lot
of which hate me. I would love to understand the concept of hating your
bf's best girl friend. One would think you could just try to play nice
and give poor little Wrennie a chance? I promise I wont bite! lol

20.I love tattoos, but hate getting tattooed more then anything in the
world. Lol I don't sit well to say the least. If you have ever seen me
get work done then you are probly laughing right now.

21.Belmont King Size

22.I am the worst speller on earth. In fact there are probly 200
grammatical and spelling errors in this note alone....GET OVER IT....
It doesn't ruin your fucking day if you still understand what I wrote!

23. I have the mouth of a pirate and even around small children find it
hard to stop myself from not dropping at least the f-bomb a couple
times.

24.I don't like your kids, I don't want to baby sit them, and I def
don't want my own. It doesn't mean there is anything wrong with me it
just means I have different concepts of cute and fun and life lol

25. I would probly sell my soul to go back in time and see Bruce Springsteen play live in the early 80`s

xoxoxo
Wrennie

Vice Magazine June 2008

2008-05-18T19:10:00.000-07:00

YAY!

An add ran in this months issue of VICE mazagine for the NIX Toronto tattoo convention. I was a full page add picture of MOI!!!

Here is the cover:

NIX Toronto Tattoo Convention 2008

2008-03-18T19:33:00.000-07:00

That`s right my friends, I’m at it again! Me and bout 30 or the models from the site will be taking over Toronto from June 13-15 for the Toronto tattoo convention (www.tattoos.com/nix)

We will have a booth on the 14th (Saturday) So come meet us!!! There will be lots of fun little ladies around to ogle over and hang with!

That night as well we will be modeling pretty undies (http://www.purrfectpineapples.com/store/) at the main convention party in a part of a tribute to women`s contribution to the tattoo community!

So come out, have fun and see a bunch of us half naked in real life!!!

xoxo
Wrennie

What happens When you dont wear your seat belt...

2007-02-10T19:41:00.000-08:00

So last Night I was in Amandas car with some friends, we were driving down KLO...When all the sudden some idiot doesn't stop at a stop sign and attempts to gun it across the road...

He obviously didn't make it and we had no time to stop...We fully t-boned the left side of his car...And being the fool that I am I wasn't wearing a seat belt and went right into the windsheild...

18 stitches later (15 in my forhead and 3 on my eye) this is where i'm at...