Just Natoya

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  • Pink Balloons!! Harmony Festival, West Vancouver. 

    Helium balloons at last week’s Harmony Festival, West Vancouver    

  • Horseshoe Canyon, Lillooet BC, Canada.

    On a family trip to the interior of British Columbia. It’s amazing how much the landscape changes as you drive further north. -Natoyaista    

  • Ambleside, West Vancouver

    A perfect sunset at Ambleside beach in West Vancouver, Canada.     -Natoyaista

  • Jelly Fish

    Recently, I visited the Vancouver Aquarium and got lost in the wonder which was the Jelly Fishes. I feel as though I could sit for hours and just watch them move about delicately. -Natoyaista

  • Subscription Box Issues – Ipsy

    I decided to try the new craze of subscription boxes. Ipsy and Birchbox seem to be the two that people go for so I subscribed to both. I was excited eagerly awaiting my subscription boxes. Ipsy came first In a bright metallic pinkish/purple bubble envelope. my excitement was short lived…

  • Ethical Body Butter

    A few weeks ago I made an amazing batch of body butter using a few new ingredients after much research. I was hesitant to talk about the new body butter as I use myself as a Guiney pig to test out all my products. I feel that if I cant use it on…

  • “Lately, I’ve been loosing sleep!”

    For the past couple of weeks I can’t seem to get into the right head space creatively. I’ve even tried meditation, but nothing.. I don’t understand what’s causing this blockage. But I’ve started exercises, like forcing myself to draw, read, brainstorm ideas for projects. The result of which is I’m…

  • Untitled

    I’m feeling empty, feeling used. I’m feeling as if I’ve been had. As if my cards got played. Feeling as though this whole time… You could see my hand. I’m cheated.

  • From my Sketchbook

    In my last post I commented that I had found this old sketchbook in my storage and I’ve been going through it. I think It’s pretty amazing to go through the old sketchbooks and see what  was going on. For me my sketchbooks serve as a kind of visual diary…

  • Use what ‘cha got.

    To get into my creative process I have to do a series of random experiments. Which always involves me finding something and working with that. I found this old sketchbook I had in my storage and on it It said “NEVER HIDE” I suspect I ripped that out of a…