Dear Buddy Valastro.

Dear Buddy Valastro,

Hello! I write this letter here on my blog because the TLC website does not give me a visible 'Contact Us' link. On your current and seemingly most popular show, 'The Next Great Baker', I have a few many bones to pick but one is major.

When the cakes have so many hours spent on them, eight hours, ten hours, even a few days, I do not see the reason to destroying them with chainsaws, sledgehammers, steamrollers... Understandably, many of these cakes are not the best looking. However most of the cakes can be touched up and given to children or families or even charities who I am sure would be ever-grateful to receive them.
I personally feel sickened to watch all these cakes be destroyed. These are no doubt thousands and thousands of dollars worth of fondant, icing, cake powder even fireworks and hardware supplies.

If there is any real logical explanation to destroying what I see mostly to be such beautiful cakes on 'The Next Great Baker', then I would please love to hear what it is. Being not one who can afford such an expensive cake, as mentioned before, it does sicken me to see such skill and so much good material go to waste. The only real and true reason to wasting the cake is no gloves when a baker wears a bandage, no hairnets or sweatbands... A very, in my opinion, disgusting situation.
Please take this into consideration on your next season, if one is given to you, Im sure I and others would appreciate not watching cake wasted and seeing at least hairnets being worn.

Signed,
Haley.

Costumes!!

Have I ever shown you the finished product costumes of Ulquiorra Schifer and my 'Assassin's Creed' Maestro? Well, finally I have them both on mannequins and are proud to present them to you! (Just credit me as 'TheNightAngel' if you ever choose to share them?)
Currently these mannequins are at school, and I am keeping an insanely close eye on them. If these babies get destroyed in any way there's going to be a seventeen year-old having a very major temper tantrum... -.- Anyway, here I present, Ulquiorra and Maestro!


Ulquiorra;








Maestro;

Ezio Auditore on Canvas!

Hello all!
This is a painting I completed of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, from the series 'Assassin's Creed'. He is very important to me as a role model and mentor, so, I felt it was time to pay tribute to him. (As in 'AC Embers' it is well-known he passes on. *sob*)
This painting was done using hand stretched canvas and gesso, along with acrylic paints and the occasional touch of retardant for easy feathering of shades.
Please take a while to look at all of the details, such as fur, scarf, eyes, hair, beard, etc. A lot of love and care went into this piece, and is, I can say with great honesty, the best painting Ive ever done. =D

Welcome to 2012!

Well hey there!
Welcome to Two-thousand and twelve!
Or Twenty-Twelve as Im calling it.

Hah.

Hope all is well so far for you in 2012, and if it isnt, I hope things get better for you!

Have a great new year, dear reader!

Hugs!
The NA.