nicole

me when I feel like me ⚘ヽ(•‿•)ノ [2 of 2] another sweet & simple little collage I made for a pop-up event in early april. this sentiment/phrase has been coming up for me a lot in recent months, which is a lovely place to be. ~~~ however I did make this under time pressure, and I feel like I want to try to reinterpret it in a way that feels more true. that would be fun! may share if I do

dressing up ⊹ ࣪ ˖ [ 1 of 2 ] last tuesday I was lucky enough to sell this tiny 4x6 collage as a print to a few folks at the Dew Drop Inn dive bar pop-up in D.C… what!!! (my first time selling anything!) thank you 4ever and ever to my bestie @restyle4change for having me in your vendor space and for always encouraging me :’’

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for my friends ⋆˚✿°.⚘ scrapbooking a weekend getaway: ju made me a butterfly to keep my place. I found leaf-shaped ribbon in my stash. good soup. beautiful things abound

hi! it’s been a long time! I’m trying something new :^) if you remember nicoleescorner thank u for the support. still going to be collages dw + some other things. follow along, or not! 💌 my love either way - nicole

I’m independent and that makes me HOT! [grown up, @raffaella ] 💋🍊🍭🛒🦋🤸‍♂️ —haven’t been able to get this joy and gem of song about out of my head for months and now it’s officially out,, got me feelin freeee n like a big old kid // in honor here’s a two-pager and one of the most detailed collages I’ve made in SOOO long!! I feel like this nursed my inner child and my 22 year old angst all at the same time; this might be my favorite thing I’ve ever made :’))) also how perfectly ironic is it that I did this to avoid doing Adult Things I Was Supposed to Do // 💌 #artjournaling #artjournal #journalingcommunity #journaling #journalart #journalinspo #analogcollage #collagejournal #collage #collageart #creativejournaling #cutandpasteart

archive from april // playing Cut And Paste and avoiding responsibilities 🫧🍬🧸🌸🍧🌧

I take the long way home [death by a thousand cuts, taylor swift]♥️♥️💔 another quick(er) collage using scraps hehe (a cut-up trader joe’s bag specifically)! I love the color red‼️ also in retrospect I feel like this was a bit influenced by the amazing @heavyheartedwonders ‘s style so I want to give a shoutout where a shoutout is due :))

a final love/hate letter to 2021 // this past year was one of the hardest of my life, but (and I know it’s cliché) it was also the most liberating and transformative. it was important. it brought breakdowns, emotional releases, and reflections that were long overdue. it brought me moments of untainted joy and purer connections. it brought me an emotional closeness to my ‘art’ (I still feel funny crediting myself with that word haha) that I never had before :•) this song is a longtime favorite and I’ve wanted to make a piece to it for so long, but it never felt like the right time. it finally feels like the right time. // 2022 I’m not ready for u at all lol but I’ll allow myself to expect the unexpected and lots more learning and good tears along the way!!!! 💌 thanks if u read this far and thanks for being here heh

‘tis back2skool time and I have been busy busy!!🏃🏻‍♀️ finally getting in the swing of things and looking forward to creating stuff again really soon :’) // for now, here is a sorta relevant collage I got to make as a project for class last semester that I was very proud of! it involved studying practices of care used to empower immigrant girls in their primary school years, and this was the artistic component. it turned into a very personal piece for me, representing two dimensions of myself growing up in the US: a little Brazilian girl pouring color, character, and care (“carinho”) into the blank canvas of a cookie cutter student in the American school system. going into my last year of college, I feel lucky to reflect on how these sides have struggled, collaborated, and slowly melded throughout my life🤍 :)

hellooo ~6 months later! short story: I ghosted this page and my art but I’m back and bring to u today a #boburnhaminside spread :): long story: took some unintentional distance from this account that turned into a very intentional resistance to logging back on because of feeling lost and experiencing loss and pushing away from doing the things I loved bc of that. the thought of coming back on here felt like an icky need to create content rather than a want to create art. but! getting in touch w my creative side just for me recently has brought me the most peace in a long time and I’m finally excited about it again <3 I’m coming back on here simply as a way to get inspired and dump things I make and like to wear, which was the original purpose of this account, and hopefully grow some in the meantime. and no more curated perfect feed bc that made every post a stressor🧍🏻‍♀️ so welcome to what will be a much more casual blog and artsy finsta of sorts lol stay if u like watching me put my creative insides on an instagram page!! thank u if u read this far🖤 (captions will probably never be this long again bc I Do Not Have The Energy)

(I’m posting this so late in the day sry sry) here’s a visual mini bucket list for prompt 6 of @artjournalbybree ‘s challenge 🗺✨ almost done hehe • #journalbybreeartchallenge (5/6) was actually feeling pretty uninspired for this spread at first (which is why this post is two days late🙃)... I’ve never really been one to make bucket lists, but I must admit this was so fun to think up!! :) the biggest bucket list items for me would definitely be related to travel, but I tried to do more specific activities rather than just places (too many to pick from haha). gonna be making more bucket lists for sure from now on!!