my name is veronica but i go by evey. i'm an artist, photographer, small business owner and part time digital art & design student. i wear a lot of hats but never on my head. my head is unusually pointy. i'm also supposed to be taller and i'm not because my mother smoked while i was in the womb. i'm a bit bitter about that. i'm sarcastic, don't understand the point of casual relationships and i have a lot of ideas. a bonafide project whore. nice to meet you. oh and i also am a kid at heart. goofy and sorta floppy as long as it will make someone laugh. i'll use any excuse to make something crafty -- or to throw a party. my favorite pants have proud paint splatters. my feet stink but shut up cause so do yours.

i'm originally from new jersey. yes i like diners. no i don't say words funny. i had a crazy mom in the cynically proven sort of way but don't tell her cause she still doesn't get it. spent time in some foster homes. tear. raised by a village so to speak. authority is lost on me. i was always creative but not in a focused way; not even one art class in school. around 2002 i started trading mail art (altered books, atc's, traveling journals, handmade postcards, etc.) i owe a lot to the old nervousness.org site too bad they turned into a bunch of suckers. i discovered my true center: creativity.

next on the journey of finding myself: florida. i stayed for 6 months with some cool ass people i will love forever. caught up on all the growing up i hadn't done (but some days it feels like i haven't.) breaking away from unhealthy comfort was hard and scared the crap out of me but it gave me room to breathe. it's amazing how you can forget to do that. as the story always goes as soon as i stopped fretting and searching for love it found me. i met a bouncy new york nerd and fell in love. hard.

i moved to queens to be with my nerd. my babybear. my dork fork. i'm her plumpkin and she my bub. listen we are exactly that gross and we can't even hide it. we are happy. my life is on track because i've got the tools to get where i am going and the experience to know what it feels like not to be there. in 2005 lilo ditched her cornball job and sorta together, sort of against each other we bore our business Solaris Solutions (bookkeeping and admin services.) we've recently incorporated and expanded our services to include advertising, web design and desktop publishing. i'm pretty proud to be able to help other small businesses succeed through my own creativity. i get to go to work in my jammies and avoid all the yuckies of conventional jobs like office politics, alarm clocks and public rest rooms. but i pay the price cause i can't call out sick, my wages are double taxed and i've become even more of a homebody than before. still there's hope.

i never give up. :)