#mixer magazine cover

[mixer-online]

TROYE SIVAN / JUNE 2024

[a018233]

✮⋆˙. Synopsis: Ino takuma x gyaru/gyaruo relationship headcannons

✮⋆˙. Content warning: non yandere, jealousy mention. maybe ooc ino?? He's kinda,, just a guy.

✮⋆˙. A/N: I wish it was 2020 again I have new ways to ruin my life.

• Ino hasn't dated much, maybe out on a couple of dates and mixers, but it had never led to anywhere serious or long-term due to him being a sorcerer. So he's ecstatic to have a total babe like you into him. Especially if you're the one who's making the moves on his giddy ass. With the way he's head over heels over you, you might think your his first relationship.

• The more time you spend together, the more you kinda rub off of him. If you ever use gyaru slang around him or if he's eavesdropping on you while you chat with your friends, he's quick to pick it up and add it to his own vocabulary.

• You rub off of him so much that he lowkey borrows some of your gyaruo magazine archives. He probably won't dress up in gyaruo unless he feels like matching with you.

• Probably accidentally texted Nanami: "Your little boy toy misses you~~~ (*ゝω･*)" into his dms, thinking he was replying to you while trying to mimic your cute emoticons.

• Nanami did in fact NOT miss him.

• But mostly, it's a cover-up for him to snag a magazine so he can use it as a guide for getting you presents. Even then, he's so into that matching couples thing that it's kinda sick. He knows he bagged a dreamboat like you, and now it's everyone's problem. You seriously got him swinging his feet while he's texting you. (ewwww)

• Would put you in his Instagram bio, and bling up his cellphone to match yours. He's so in love with you that it's sorta overbearing to anyone around you. You guys are the 'IT couple' at that point.

• If you're a gal that likes getting your nails down, he likes tagging along just so he can foot the bill cause one, he loooooves you. Two, it makes him feel manly, and it's an ego boost. (Even if you're a guy yourself)

• If you're a gyaruo, your wardrobe is kinda his now, sorry. He's kinda been biting your style since you've been dating him. New jacket? Mind if he borrows that? Oh, by the way, he took one of your belts this morning. Hope you don't mind!

• I'd argue that Ino is a pretty confident guy who's secure. But whenever you go out to those gyaru & gyaruo hangouts, he feels a little jealousy forming in his stomach.

• Especially if your *super* close with them, his heart literally falls out of his ass. What if you just decide one day to dump him because he doesn't match your style? What if you met your soul mate who matches you completely? Fashion sense and all.

• He always thought of himself as your other half, your cherry on top of your ice cream sundae, your teddy bear, your boo thang.

• PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't dump him, a total babe like you has completely changed his type. Nobody will ever amount to you. Forget whatever his type was before, his literal type is you.

• Ino himself would never admit this or say it out loud, but he lowkey dreams about a stereotypical gyaru/gyaruo wedding with you.

• Even if you mention it as a little joke, or simply just playing around with the idea of it. He seems to be a little *too* interested..

[shardofmoon]

I'll Always Wait For You

Model O! JM x CEO A! JK

Jimin has always known his inner wolf was picky and would let him know when it found the mate it wanted. They had a deal

It agreed for him to follow his dream to be a model by relocating to Paris in his teens provided that when Jimin achieved super model status he moved back to Y-City to go hunting for a suitable mate among the eligible bachelors.

That time had finally come and he was getting ready for his first mixer at Taehyung's house when his bestie casually mentioned Jungkook.

The pretty CEO had graced the cover of a business magazine but made it look like a high fashion shoot.

Despite their own agreements to wait for a fated mate, both Jimin and his Omega were willing to play around just a little bit to see how JK's tattoos looked when he flexed his arms.

On meeting Jungkook's gaze however his inner wolf suddenly was in a tizzy.

O!: Oh fuck.. It’s him. I can't believe it’s him.

JM: “Why are we panicking?”

O!: It’s my husband.

Jimin suddenly had a sinking feeling that his Omega had skipped out on some crucial information ...

[hopefulstarfire]

Hi. So. I'm missing my Grandma. I moved a few months ago and she's not a place she can do really any traveling, and I'm not making it back home this year for various reasons but. Idk I just miss her, even talking on the phone isn't the same as when I lived with her. And I miss her food like crazy. So I thought I could share some of her recipes, if y'all want. Some of these she learned from her mother in law, and a couple of these are just from her family and she always loves getting recipes so she hoards them. I think she has every cook book and cooking magazine to ever exist; we have one from the 1800s that tells you how to cook bear lmfao. But they're all pretty fucking amazing so. Yeah.

I'm gonna put these under a read more for you guys ^^.

Frosted Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

1 cup crisco.

1 cup margarine.

1 cup white sugar.

1 cup powdered sugar.

2 eggs.

1 tsp baking soda.

1 tsp vanilla.

1 tsp cream of tartar.

4 cups flour.

Mix and chill for one hour. Roll out and cut with cutters. Roll into balls, roll in sugar, and flat with a glass bottom dipped in sugar. Bake at 375 and babysit the cookies; start them on the bottom rack (do everything on the bottom rack) and then move them to the top shelf just as they start to turn and when they're browning at the bottom, remove them from the oven and let cool.

Powdered Sugar Frosting

1 stick of margarine.

1 tsp vanilla.

1 ½+ cups powdered sugar.

“A little bit” of half n half.

Melt margarine just a little bit. Mix with vanilla and powdered sugar, which you may have to sift. Add half n half (or milk), beat by hand (do not use a mixer), and mix until you reach desired consistency and flavor.

-

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter, softened.

¾ cup sugar.

¾ cup brown sugar.

2 eggs.

1 tsp salt.

1 tsp vanilla.

2 ½ cup flour.

1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in.

1 tbsp hot water.

1 pkg chocolate chips.

Mix ingredients. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375. No timer needed, you have to babysit the cookies until they’re done, just as you do with the sugar cookies.

-

Frosted Brownies

Brownies

1 stick margarine.

2 cups sugar.

5 eggs.

4 tbsp cocoa.

2 tsp vanilla.

1 cup flour.

½ cup chopped nuts (optional).

Cream butter and sugar. Adds eggs and cocoa, then the rest. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes in a 10x15in pan.

Side note: There is also an additional measurements for an 11x18 as follows: 1 ½ stick margarine, 3 cups sugar, 8 eggs, 6 tbsps cocoa, 3 tsps vanilla, 1 ½ cup flour, and ¾ cups chopped nuts.

Frosting

1 stick butter.

2 tbsp cocoa.

⅓ cup milk or cream.

1 cup sugar.

2 cups powdered sugar.

1 tsp vanilla.

Extra milk, if needed.

Melt butter in a saucepan, then add cocoa. Stir in milk & sugar. Bring to a boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat, then beat in sugar and vanilla.

Side note: The aforementioned 11x18in measurements for the frosting are: 1 ½ stick butter, 3 tbsps cocoa, ⅓ cup milk/cream, 1 ½ cup sugar, 3 cups powdered sugar, and 1 ½ tsp vanilla, with extra milk if needed.

-

Chocolate Fudge (from her Mom)

3 cups sugar.

1 envelope unflavored gelatine.

1 cup milk.

½ cup light corn syrup.

3 squares (3oz) unsweetened chocolate.

2 tsp vanilla.

1 ¼ cup butter or margarine.

1 cup coarsely chopped nuts.

Butter an 8x8x2in deep pan. In a 3 ½ qt pan, mix sugar with dry gelatin; add milk, corn syrup, chocolate and butter. Cook over med heat, stirring frequently to 238 degrees on candy thermometer or until a little in cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water. Remove from heat. Pour into a large mixing bowl. Stir in vanilla. Cool 25 minutes. Beat with wooden spoon until candy thickens. Stir in walnuts. Spread in prepared pan. Let cool, then cut into squares.

-

Chicken and Noodles

Cover one whole chicken in a large, heavy bottomed pot with water. Sprinkle in salt, pepper, chicken bouillon powder, onion flakes, a little bit of celery flakes and garlic salt to your hearts content. Bake until chicken is done (stick a fork into and if it slides out clean and easy, it’s done). 

Remove chicken from the pot to a platter and cut up, then pull apart and shred the chicken.

In the meantime, dump in 2-3 cups of elbow noodles [probably more -- I think we use like 2 boxes at least]. Use 1 large can cream of chicken and add the meat. Stir together and enjoy.

-

Cheesy Chicken Rice

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts.

1 (10 ¾ oz) can Campbell’s cream of chicken soup.

1 ⅓ cups water.

1-2 cups Minute Maid white rice, uncooked.

2 small cans corn, drained.

2 small cans peas, drained.

2 small cans carrots, drained.

8 oz or more shredded fiesta blend cheese.

½ tsp onion powder

Stir soup, water, rice and veggies together in a 12x8 shallow baking dish. Season chicken as desired, and top the rice mix with the chicken. Cover the dish with aluminum foil. Bake at 375 for 40-45 minutes. Uncover, top with cheese and put back in the oven for about 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

-

Banana Bread

3 ripe bananas, mashed.

1 cup sugar.

½ cup crisco.

2 eggs.

3 tbsp buttermilk.

2 cups flour.

1 tsp salt.

½ tsp baking soda.

½ tsp baking powder.

Nuts (optional).

Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

-

Biscuits (from her great-grandmother)

1 cup crisco.

1 ¼ cup buttermilk.

2 ½ cups self rising flour.

Put Crisco in mixing bowl, then add buttermilk and flour. Take a tablespoon and mix until it is mixed well. Pour out onto floured paper or board, and cut or roll dough over; pinch smaller pieces and roll in hands, put onto greased pans. Bake at 450-500 for 20-45 minutes.

-

Dinner rolls (from her great-aunt)

1 ½ cups boiling water.

½ cup sugar.

1 tsp salt.

¼ cup crisco.

1 egg

1 pkg active dry yeast or compressed yeast.

½ cup lukewarm water.

5-6 cups flour.

Pour boiling water over sugar, salt and crisco; stir until dissolved and cool to lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in ½ cup of lukewarm water. Add yeast to above mixture, add egg, mix well. Add flour to make dough soft. Rub surface with crisco. Place in a bowl, cover tightly and refrigerate until ready to use (will keep for about 1 week). When ready, knead and punch down dough. Roll out on floured board until ½ thick and shape by hand. Brush with butter. Allow to raise double in bulk, about 1 hour. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.

-

Lasagna (from her mother-in-law)

1 ½ lb ground beef, ground and drained.

1 lg can canned tomatoes, blended.

3 8 (oz) cans tomato sauce.

1 lg dry pkg McCormick spaghetti sauce.

½ tsp salt to taste.

2 8oz pkgs shredded mozzarella

Grated canned parmesan.

Mix together ground beef, blended tomatoes, sauces and salt together and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until thickened. Cook 8 lasagna noodles as directed on the package and rinse in cold water.

Put a thin layer of sauce in a glass 9×13in pan; then a layer of noodles, and on top of that, half of the remaining sauce. Sprinkle 1 pkg mozzarella, and a cup of parmesan over it. Add another layer of noodles, then layer the rest of the mozzarella, then parmesan and then finally the rest of the sauce on top of that. Bake at 350° for about an hour, until the cheese is bubbly. Serves best if you let it stand for 15 minutes.

-

Pancake Mix

2 eggs.

2 tbsp margarine, slightly melted.

2 cups buttermilk.

2 cups flour.

½ tsp baking soda.

1 tsp baking powder.

5 tbsp sugar.

½ tsp salt.

Mix until creamy, but batter may stay a little on the lumpy side.

-

Waffles (from my Grandpa!)

2 cups flour.

½ tsp salt.

4 tbsp baking powder.

1 ¾ cups milk.

2 eggs, beaten until light.

½ cups melted shortening.

Mix together.

-

Deviled Eggs

1 tbsp vinegar.

1 ½ tbsp mayonnaise.

1 tbsp sugar.

½ tsp mustard.

12 boiled eggs.

Cut eggs in half length wise. Scoop and mash the yolks, then mix with the vinegar, mayo, sugar and mustard. Put in egg whites. Refrigerate.

-

Stuffing

4 skinless chicken breasts.

1 cup chicken broth.

1 can cream of chicken soup.

1 box chicken stuffing mix.

½ cup water.

Put chicken in a slow cooker, and pour broth over the chicken. Next, place the soup, stuffing and water into a bowl and mix. Put on top of chicken, cook on low for seven hours.

-

Banana Split Salad

1 can eagle brand milk.

18oz carton cool whip.

3 bananas, cut up.

1 can cherry pie filling.

1 can crushed pineapple (drained).

1 pkg nuts.

Mix milk and cool whip together until stiff. Add remaining ingredients by hand. Blend well. Chill.

-

Zucchini Bread

3 eggs.

2 cups sugar.

1 cup oil.

2 cups zucchini, ground.

3 cups flour.

1 tsp salt.

1 tsp baking soda.

¼ tsp baking powder.

3 tsps vanilla.

3 tsps cinnamon.

½ cup nuts.

Mix together first 4 ingredients, then add remaining. This will make about 2 pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

-

Raw Apple Cake

Cake

½ cup oil.

2 cups sugar.

2 eggs.

1 tsp vanilla.

3 cups apples, sliced.

1 cup raisins (optional)

1 cup chopped nuts.

1 tsp baking soda.

3 cups flour.

½ tsp salt.

1 tsp cinnamon.

In a large bowl, beat oil, sugar, and eggs until well beaten. Add remaining ingredients, and mix with spoon. Pour into a greased 9x13in pan, and bake at 350 for 50 minutes.

Butter Sauce

1 cup sugar.

2 tbsp corn starch.

½ cup butter.

1 cup milk.

1 tsp vanilla.

Cook over low heat until thickened. Add a few drops yellow food coloring. Serve on cake while warm.

-

Hamburger Spaghetti Casserole (from her mother in law)

Small pkg hamburger meat.

1 lb box of Great Value spaghetti.

Small can whole kernel corn.

Large can cream of chicken soup.

Pack of Kraft cheese slices (I personally use shredded fiesta blend cheese instead, I think it tastes so much better but that's what the recipe calls for)

Cook noodles, brown hamburger and drain corn, then add it to the meat. Drain noodles. Mix noodles, meat and corn in the pan and add the soup. Mix. Spread mixture into a casserole dish. Cover and bake at 350° for an hour, or 45 minutes if it's a glass dish. 10 minutes before the timer goes off, layer the top with cheese and place back into the oven without covering it again.

-

Potato Salad

1 dozen boiled eggs.

1 stick margarine, softened.

1 tbsp mustard.

6 tbsps dill pickle juice.

1 tbsp sugar.

10 medium potatoes, boiled, peeled and chopped finely.

½ dill pickle, chopped fine (use grater).

¼ cup cream or milk.

1 cup mayonnaise.

Salt & pepper to taste.

Onion flakes (optional).

Boil eggs, cutting in half lengthwise. Put the egg whites in a large bowl and the yolks in a medium bowl. Mash the egg yolks with a fork. Add margarine, mustard, pickle juice and sugar to the yolks, stir well. Add mayo to the egg yolk mixture, then stir in the cream/milk and the dill pickle. Set mixture aside. Prepare potatoes, add to egg whites bowl. Pour mixture over potatoes and egg whites and stir together. Salt and pepper to taste.

-

Lefse (from her mother-in-law)

8 cups potatoes, mashed.

1 tbsp salt.

¼ cup margarine or butter.

½ cup rich cream (or half-n-half).

2 tbsps sugar.

1 ½ cups flour.

Cook 5 lbs potatoes (8 cups), keeping skins on and running through a potato ricer before mashing. You can clean the skin out of the ricer with a fork. Add in the salt, margarine, sugar and rich cream. Set aside to cool. Once cooled, work flour well into potato mix. Take a small mound of the mixture and roll it out on a pastry cloth until thin. Only take so much out or it will get sticky. Bake it on a lefse iron/griddle; brown lightly on both sides (not brown completely; it’ll be brown spots). 

[annwynisland]

Furniture Catalogue

Item names spelled in US English. Ctrl+F (find keyword) recommended. I can customize with Cyrus if specific color variant(s) desired.

ACNH Nintendo Switch

Alto saxophone

Analog kitchen scale

Anthurium plant

Antique bureau

Antique chair

Antique clock

Antique console table

Antique mini table

Antique wardrobe

Arcade seat

Artsy table

Baby panda

Ball

Baobab

Basic teacher's desk

Beach ball

Beach chairs with parasol

Beach towel

Bidet

Board game

Book

Book stands

Bottled beverage

Box corner sofa

Box sofa

Broom and dustpan

Bunk bed

Campfire cookware

Camping cot

Candle

Candle chandelier

Cans

Cardboard box

Carnations

Casablanca lilies

Cassette player

Cat grass

Chainsaw

Chalkboard

Champion's pennant

Changing room

Checkout counter

Chessboard

Clipboard

Clothes closet

Clothesline pole

Coffee beans

Coffee cup

Coffee grinder

Coffee plant

Colorful juice

Cone

Cooking tools

Cool sofa

Corner clothing rack

Counter table

Covered wagon

Crane game

Creepy skeleton

Cruiser bike

Cuckoo clock

Cup with saucer

Cushion

Cute chair

Cute DIY table

Cute sofa

Cute wall-mounted clock

Cute wardrobe

Cypress bathtub

Cypress plant

Decorative bottles

Deep fryer

Desk mirror

Dessert carrier

Diner counter chair

Diner counter table

Diner dining table

Diner neon clock

Dinnerware

Dinosaur toy

Director's chair

Dish-drying rack

Display stand

Document stack

Double-door refrigerator

Double-edged sword

Double Gloucester cheese

Double sofa

Drapery

Dreamy bed

Dreamy rabbit toy

Dreamy wall rack

Dual hanging monitors

Elephant slide

Enamel lamp

Evergreen ash

Exam table

Exercise bike

Exit sign

Fan

Fancy violin

Fax machine

Festival zongzi

Fireplace

Floating-biotope planter

Floor light

Floor seat

Fluorescent light

Folding floor lamp

Fortune-telling set

Freezer

Froggy chair

Garden faucet

Garden gnome

Garden lantern

Gas range

Gears

Glass jar

Globe

Handcart

Hanging cube light

Hearty ramen

High-end stereo

Homework set

Hourglass

Iced coffee

Imperial bed

Imperial chest

Imperial decorative shelves

Imperial dining chair

Imperial dining lantern

Imperial low table

Imperial partition

Ironing board

Ironing set

Judge's bell

Karaoke machine

Kids' tent

Kimono stand

Kitchen counter

Knife block

Lab-experiments set

Lantern

Large covered round table

Large magazine rack

Lily-pad table

Long bathtub

Magazine

Magnetic knife rack

Marimba

Metal can

Metal pot

Meter and pipes

Microwave

Mini circuit

Mining car

Mixer

Mobile

Modern cash register

Modern office chair

Monstera

Mop

Moroccan lights

Moss ball

Mounted blue marlin

Mr. Flamingo

Mrs. Flamingo

Mug

Oil barrel

Oil lamp

Outdoor air conditioner

Outdoor bench

Outdoor folding chair

Owl clock

Painting set

Papa panda

Paper-chain ceiling garland

Paper lantern

Paper tiger

Patchwork bed

Patchwork sofa chair

Pendulum clock

Pennant

Pet food bowl

Pinball machine

Pine tree

Plasma ball

Plastic canister

Pop-up book

Pop-up toaster

Popcorn machine

Porcelain vase

Portable radio

Pot rack

Potted starter plants

Premium nigirizushi

Pro coffee grinder

Puppy plushie

Rattan armchair

Rattan end table

Rattan low table

Rattan stool

Rattan table lamp

Rattan vanity

Rattan wardrobe

Retro fan

Retro stereo

Rice cooker

Rock guitar

Rocket lamp

Rotary phone

Round light fixture

Round pillow

Round space heater

Salad bar

Sandwich plate meal

Schefflera

School chair

School desk

Scooter

Scrapbook

Screen

Serving cart

Set of stockings

Sewing machine

Sewing project

Shaded floor lamp

Shaded pendant lamp

Ship-wheel door decoration

Shopping bag

Short file cabinet

Shoyu ramen

Silver confetti blower

Silver mic

Simple kettle

Simple panel

Simple shaded lamp

Simple table

Simple wall shelf

Siphon

Skateboard

SLR camera

Small mannequin

Small vase

Soft-serve lamp

Spaceship control panel

Spinning wheel

Square bathtub

Standing toilet

Strapped books

Studio spotlight

Study carrel

Study chair

Study desk

Study sewing box

Super-premium nigirizushi

Surfboard

Surichwi tteok

Table lamp

Table with cloth

Tabletop record player

Tangled cords

Tape deck

Tapestry

Tea set

Thank-you Mom mug

Throwback container

Throwback dino screen

Throwback gothic mirror

Throwback hat table

Throwback rocket

Throwback skull radio

Tin bucket

Tin robot

Tissue box

Titan arum

Tool shelf

Toolbox

Torii

Toy box

Traditional tea set

Train set

Transit seat

Tricycle

Typewriter

Upright speaker

Utility sink

Vacuum cleaner

Velvet stool

Vertical banner

Wall-mounted candle

Wall-mounted LED display

Wall-mounted phone

Wall-mounted TV (50 in.)

Water cooler

Weight bench

Winnowing machine

Wood-burning stove

Wooden pendant light

World map

Yucca

Yule log

[wolfsbanemanor]

Their childhood home, part 1

You walk up to a two-story house in the Courtyard Lane area of Willow Creek. It looks a lot like other houses in the neighborhood. Not as nice as the ones in the Sage Estates area, or even Pendula View, but nicer than your modest little house in Foundry Cove. The lawn is meticulously groomed, and the heady scent from the Southern magnolia tree fills your nostrils. Many flowers line the walkway to the house, and you step onto a large, wraparound porch with wicker chairs, windchimes, and hanging baskets. You ring the doorbell, and are invited in, though no one is actually home right now. The "Take Your Dang Shoes Off!" sign (a tiny one, hidden behind opulent blue curtains) prompts you to take your shoes off. You take in the view of the living room. The floor is carpeted wall-to-wall, and the windows are covered with decadent blue curtains. There's a large TV, larger than you could hope to afford on your modest salary. On the coffee table, there's a large silk floral arrangement, though there are some real plants in the room as well. Nothing is out of place; all the magazines are in a holder by the couch. The walls are covered in portraits: wedding pictures, family portraits, pictures of two children, a boy and a girl (who seem to be twins), at various stages of development. Paintings, too. You get the feeling they were done by someone who lives here; they lack that "mass-produced" quality. And sculptures of eyes. The Eye of the Watcher. These people are Worshippers of the Watcher. There's a formal dining room with a table (to which more leaves can be added should more people need to be seated), and a large hutch containing high-end china- purely decorative, of course. There's also an area of the living room with a large baby-grand piano. More eyes, too. You walk into the kitchen. The walls are a buttery, cheery yellow color, and the cabinets are oak. The kitchen features nice granite countertops, and it smells like someone has been baking recently. Fake ivy and grape vines line the tops of the cabinets, and there are a few rooster sculptures. Whoever lives here is inspired by Tartosa, wishes they were there, and/or has Tartosan ancestry. The appliances are some of the best Simoleons can buy, and they have some small appliances, too: an espresso machine and a high-end mixer. A large bowl of fruit sits on the kitchen island. The fridge features artwork and A+ schoolwork done by the kids, and magnets with passages from the Watcherian Holy Book, and there's a family bulletin board. More eyes. Off in the corner is a small half-bath, and a laundry room. The kitchen opens up to the backyard. You'll check that out later. You head upstairs, more paintings, portraits, and eye sculptures following you. You enter a landing area/hallway, with a choice of several bedrooms. There's also a hall bath with a sailboat motif, likely used mainly by the children. You pick a bedroom at random. You enter a yellow room, with lots of sports trophies and posters. An eye can be seen over the bed, and there's a soccer ball on the dresser. At first, you assume that this bedroom belongs to the boy from the pictures downstairs, but on closer inspection, this room belongs to his sister. There are paintings done by her, as well as by her mother, and there's a musical jewelry box with a ballerina in it. A Victorian-style dollhouse is in one corner of the room, and in another corner is an antique-style toy box, pink, and decorated with teddy bears. There is a large teddy bear in the corner, too.

[lboogie1906]

Barbara Elaine Smith (August 24, 1949 – February 22, 2020) known as B. Smith, was a restaurateur, model, author, businesswoman, and TV host.

She began her career in modeling; participating in the Ebony Fashion Fair and signing with Wilhelmina Models agency. She was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of Mademoiselle magazine.

She made two appearances on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, once as a model for Queen Sara’s wedding dress and once giving a tour of her restaurant, B. Smith, and making raspberry custard with Fred Rogers and her head chef, Henry. She taught child viewers about the importance of washing hands and shared the excitement of using huge bowls and mixers. She said her dream was to feed people, which began at an early age when she fed her dolls. Her weekly half-hour syndicated television show, B. Smith With Style, debuted in 1997 and aired weekdays on BTN and Bounce TV. It featured home decor and cooking segments.

She accepted a role in the Off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

She owned multiple restaurants called B. Smith. The first opened in 1986, on Eighth Avenue at 47th Street in New York City, and moved around the corner to Restaurant Row on 46th Street; followed by another one in Sag Harbor, Long Island. She owned a restaurant in the historic Beaux-Arts Union Station In DC.

She married twice and although she had no biological children, she was stepmother to Dana Gasby. Her first marriage was to former HBO executive Donald “Don” Anderson. She married Dan Gasby, who was the executive producer of the Essence Awards and the senior vice president of marketing at Camelot Entertainment Sales Inc. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[moochilatv]

Julia Logan presents: Mirrors

Dreamy folk-pop

Press:

Sincere and warm, the dreamy folk-pop of Julia Logan finds her beauty in small moments of human longing—to connect, to love, to understand. With a voice at once both comforting and piercing she seems to be calling for simpler, slower, and more forgiving times in a world that seems to be careening out of order. Growing up on a small Swedish island outside of Stockholm, she got her start singing in a local church choir. After spending a few of her teenage years in southern California, where her mother’s from, she learned the guitar from a local hippie and started writing. 

The music heard on Julia Logan’s debut album, Everly Foreverly, was made in close collaboration with First Aid Kit’s producer, Daniel Bengtson. Together with them in the studio, they brought in American drummer Kyle Crane (Kurt Vile, Daniel Lanois, Madison Cunningham), guitarist Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John), Sofia Kristensen (Majvi) on piano and backup vocals, and a featured duet-cover with Nina Persson (The Cardigans). The album received positive reviews by Swedish magazines (Gaffa, Nöjesguiden, Aftonbladet) as well as internationally (Shindig Magazine, Clash Magazine), and was nominated for Singer-Songwriter of the year at 2023 manifestgalan awards. During this time, she also opened for Courtney Marie Andrews, Neko Case, Madison Cunningham, and Sarah Klang. 

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Julia Logan (@juliamlogan)

Teaming up again with her producer and co-writer Daniel Bengtson, Julia’s sophomore album explores themes of personal fears and changes, isolation, loss, getting older, hope, and finding your place in the world. The album will be called “Faraway Nearby,” inspired by the painter Georgia O’keeffe. During the writing and recording process, Julia and Daniel took influences from Fleetwood Mac, Midlake, Joan Didion, Francoise Hardy, Bruce Springsteen, Lucio Battisti, Eve Babitz, and Nick Drake. Many of the songs were written on piano and acoustic guitar — owing to a sonic mood that evokes feelings of yearning melancholy and hope.

Producer and co-writer: @studiorymden Label: @dumontdumont Drums: @hovis Mixer: @simonnord Master: @hansolsson_ Photo and artwork: @olofgrind

"Mirrors came about when I was about to go on a month long trip. Daniel started playing the piano melody on an old synth and the melody and some words came about in a flow of consciousness. It was kind of an aha moment because we don’t have many upbeat songs. I think it opened us up to a sonic landscape we hadn’t explored before. The song deals with life’s frustrations and feeling stuck, but also about finding a beacon of light in the dark", Julia Logan.

[metalcursed]

@whitelace label holiday mixers where the best and worst parties. on the one hand, you had the chance to meet fellow rockers you've admired along side your face in the magazines. corroded coffin opened for a couple of the shared label musicians, so not all attendees caused the members to be starstruck. the worst part was the inevitable business sprinkled in by producers and reps for the upcoming year's line up. it was never enough your band topped at NO. 6 worldwide. you had to land such and such cover to nail a different demo and pump up ticket sales. you had to team up with such and such hot new producer to evolve your sound, keep with the ever changing times.

ed managed to escape the leeches by the skin of his teeth and retreat to the open balcony overlooking the twinkle lights of the city. the only signs of the season's merriment was the awful rock covers of classic tunes at his back meeting the icy chill of a winter's breeze tickling his nose. bringing a whiskey sour to his lips, he gulped it down. a grin curled over his mouth in such a way to remind himself of a familiar green holiday figure. " do you think they know that christmas doesn't come from a store? that christmas perhaps means a little bit more ..." hand to his chest, he mimed the growing of the grinch's heart three sizes.

[mixer-online]

SZA / NOVEMBER 2023

[dimagazine2020]

Donna Impresa Magazine Le Copertine #DiMagazine #DonnaImpresa #AwardInternational #Presidente #ValerianaMariani #Fashion #FashionWeek #Glamour #TopWomen #SpecialWomen #DirettoreMarketing #BrunoBaldassarri #JackisBack #BellaVita #CaptainJack #DONAZIONI #Donations #Пожертвования #捐款 #दान #التبرعات #תרומות #寄付 #Sumbangan #Doações #기부금 #Donasjoner #Donaţii #Mgadonasyon #Spenden #Bağış #Donaciones #StoriaDiCopertina #Attualita #Mixer #InPrimoPiano #HannoDetto #NewGeneration #Event Valeriana Mariani (Presidente) & Bruno Baldassarri (Direttore Marketing) Profilo Abbiamo creato

[olliemackk]

Dazed and Confused - Shooting

For this shoot, I had a planned for a ‘Mean Girls’ inspired cover. Taking from the film, I wanted to have as much pink on set as possible, and had asked my model to dress as such. In post I found I had struggled with the exposure for the models, having not been checking the photos while shooting. However, this was quite easily fixed in the edit for the magazine cover.

Example of contact sheets - 

In retouching I of course brightened the image as well as neutralised any pink colour cast from the background. I then used the spot-heal tool to erase bumps in the skin while focusing on avoiding an ‘airbrushing’ effect. I also used the colour mixer on cheeks to bring down any facial redness.

Final cover -

[yours-stevie]

Jade 😍

[oh-perrie]

and then there were three...

[justaz]

percy repeatedly asking annabeth to marry him, even after they’re married

annabeth glaring down at her textbook in college, bags deeper and darker than the mariana trench, hair in a rats nest haphazardly pulled back in a bun that is gonna be infuriating to undo and she will resort to just cutting the tie:

percy, laying in bed next to the desk she’s working at, lovestruck, heart eyes, blushing, giggling, kicking his feet: marry me rn

annabeth covered in flour and sugar bc she set the mixer on too high a setting while making cookies with percy in their kitchen at three am bc they couldn’t sleep, bent over hysterically cackling, tears pooling in her eyes:

percy, covered in flour and sugar, lovestruck, heart eyes, laughing almost louder than her, blushing, mentally flipping through his ideas of rings to find the perfect one to propose to her with: holy shit…marry me

annabeth sat on the couch in percy’s shirt and her own blue shorts, coffee in hand, magazine in lap, flipping through for ideas for their wedding, serene, peaceful even:

percy, attempting to make breakfast but keeps getting distracted by his absolutely stunningly beautiful fiancé (fiancé), definitely burning the pancakes, egg in hand that was ready to be cracked into the pan but instead was squeezed too hard and egg yolk began running down his arm: holy shit you gotta marry me rn if u don’t i’m just gonna stop breathing until you say yes

annabeth sat at a table drinking a glass of champagne, makeup completely ruined from dancing so much she began to sweat and from crying tears of joy, hair still somehow done up in the beautiful style sally had done three hours ago, wedding dress sparkling under the lights, wide smile on her face and hand in percy’s:

percy, breathless, still not completely processing what just happened, heart beating so fast he’s not sure if it’s beating at all anymore, unable to tear his gaze away from his wife’s (WIFE’S) achingly gorgeous profile, rubbing his thumb across the back of her palm, rubbing his ring against hers to feel the clink of the bands: marry me, beth

annabeth sat up in bed reading a book under the light of the lamp of the nightstand, one hand running through percy’s hair, occasionally coming down to rub his neck, hair falling down her shoulders and back in beautiful princess curls, gaze distant as her mind is in a whole other world:

percy, laying down next to her, staring up at her as if she was his god (which technically she is, the way he worships the ground she walks on and would do anything for her, sacrifice anything to ensure her happiness and safety), arms wrapped around her hips, finger drawing invisible images into her thigh, whispers so soft that he can barely hear it yet somehow she does: marry me

annabeth rambling on and on about her new hyperfixation and infodumping on percy over lunch which happened to be a picnic in the park, ring reflecting the sunlight multiple times into percy’s eyes during her rant, hair flying in all directions somehow regardless of the light breeze, a bit of mayo on her chin from her sandwich:

percy, unable to look away or even blink despite being blinded multiple times by her ring, pretty sure a couple of squirrels ran off with his sandwich like ten minutes ago, not retaining anything she’s saying but burning the resonance of her voice and the sparkle in her eyes into his memory: i have a ring, i’m proposing, marry me right fucking now holy shit