On my radar - around the web
I've been thinking about making a buche de noel this year until I saw this PieLogen. Yes, you read that correctly, PieLogen. This amazing sounding dessert has a layer of toffee pecan pie, eggnog cheesecake and chocolate caramel yule log. You can find more about it here. They also sell the PieCaken. Sorry, you have to be in NYC to order either for your holiday celebrations.
I love the simplicity of this room. The gold, the white, the black, and the pop of color equal perfection. You can find more photos of this London flat here.
Stripes, plaid and white jeans equal a cozy, yet stylish winter outfit. Find it here.
Beautiful paper birds.
And finally this dining room from this Park Avenue apartment. I love just about every room in this apartment.
Creative Monday - new watercolor landscapes
As soon as I declare the painting above finito, I am going to paint a landscape inspired by today's sunrise. Whoa. Am I right? Not a great quality photo, but you get the idea.
But first I need to finish up my outstanding orders. Even with my late start, I am very happy with my holiday sales. You can see below two stacks of calendar pages waiting to be assembled! Wonder if Santa has a spare elf. Kidding, I don't have that many orders...
I know I said I was moving on from Christmas products, but I just had to make these little tags. I've been itching to do more foiling. These tags are my own design and come in a set of six with gold and silver foil. You can find them here.
Speaking of orders and new items, December 15th will be my last day to guarantee Christmas orders.
Inspiration Friday - Interiors on my mind
Today's interiors include my latest interior designer crush (Roman & Williams). If I ever had the guts to finish my degree and put myself out there this would be the kind of design I would aspire to do.
The cutest built-in bunk beds (I would so do this at our cabin if I could).
An old interior designer crush (Michelle Smith).
And a bar cart I'm seriously close to purchasing.
Happy Friday!
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The cutest built-in bunk beds (I would so do this at our cabin if I could).
An old interior designer crush (Michelle Smith).
And a bar cart I'm seriously close to purchasing.
Happy Friday!
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On my radar - Christmas Stockings
1. K & K Interiors
This stocking is so unique. I love the handmade vibe.
2. North Star Creations
A chalkboard stocking? Might come in handy if someone is nice this year, but next year not so much.
3. Jonathan Adler
Mr. Adler can do no wrong in my book. Love these.
4. Good Wishes Quilts
This etsy shop has BEAUTIFUL stockings. If I was going to buy new stockings I'm pretty sure this where I would order. Please check out this amazing shop.
5. Pottery Barn
These PB babies are on sale right now for under $15. Definitely in second place. And free monogram or name? Get outta here.
Creative Monday - SALE!
A laser printer has been on my wishlist for awhile now. I needed one in order to make my own custom gold foil cards, tags, and prints. The gold foil only adheres to toner, hence the need for a laser printer. Needs not wants here people! Ha! And this past weekend my dream came true! I am so excited to play around with this new machine and my minc machine (what I use to apply the gold foil). I also need a toner-based copy to burn the screens for my gocco screen printer. I am pretty excited to get that out again too. In the past I just had my husband make copies at work, which worked fine with the gocco because I was just using the copy to burn the screen, but with gold foiling that wouldn't work so well. Pretty sure he doesn't have time to take a stack of cardstock to work and make prints! :)
This quote is one of the first things I made with my new printer. It is an old quote print of mine that I designed several years ago. All of the type was designed by be. Not sure if I'm going to sell this or not. Just playing around so far.
In other creative news, I painted these little cards last week and added them to my shop today. They are each original watercolor paintings mounted to folded white note cards. You can find them here.
Speaking of my shop, I am offering 25% off everything in my etsy shop today only. The discount code is: MONDAYMONDAY.
Mentally and creatively I am about done with making any additional new Christmas related items to my shop. I am close to moving on to Valentine's Day, more general themed paper goods and getting back to my landscape painting project. And I'm also plenty busy with orders, so my time for new items is limited. But as soon as I say this I'll come up with another holiday themed item!
Hope your week is off to a good start. Mine is off to a snowy one, but it is so beautiful and I have no where to go so I don't mind.
Inspiration Friday (on Wednesday) - random finds
I am signing off for the week, so I moved up my inspiration Friday post to today. Without further ado, here are a few things that caught my eye this past week or so!
Chocolate Cabbage leaves and vanilla ice cream? Yes please. Pretty sure my mom and I are doing this at Christmas this year. Thanks Martha.
I adore this gallery wall. I was kind of over this whole trend until I saw this one. This wall has pulled me back in. I need to get more art on our walls and this is a great way to do it! This interior is from BHG.
I cannot stop thinking about The Lark in Santa Barbara. I was lucky enough to eat there with my family a couple of weeks ago. One word: amazing. Not only was the food incredibly delicious, many of the dishes came out looking like works of art. I am attempting to recreate the beet salad for my Thanksgiving dinner. I know it won't come close, but I'm excited to try.
The beet salad:
I bought these boots a couple weeks ago and wore them for the first time this week. Love them and they were super comfortable. Anthro has lots of cute clog boots this season. Like these (also in black), and these.
I spent a lot of time in my studio this week. These are watercolor gift tags I designed. I know I sound like a broken record, but I am really loving watercolor right now. You can find these tags in my shop.
You've probably seen this, but I had to share Jimmy Fallon and Adele (Like the rest of the world, I have 25 on repeat). I LOVE when Fallon does these classroom instruments skits or whatever you want to call them. My favorite is still Mariah Carey, but this one does not disappoint.
If you celebrate Thanksgiving I hope you have a good one. I am so thankful for my wonderful family and friends, for the time I have to create, and for this space to share everything going on in my head. Thanks for reading. Gobble, gobble! I'm off to cook.
Chocolate Cabbage leaves and vanilla ice cream? Yes please. Pretty sure my mom and I are doing this at Christmas this year. Thanks Martha.
I adore this gallery wall. I was kind of over this whole trend until I saw this one. This wall has pulled me back in. I need to get more art on our walls and this is a great way to do it! This interior is from BHG.
I cannot stop thinking about The Lark in Santa Barbara. I was lucky enough to eat there with my family a couple of weeks ago. One word: amazing. Not only was the food incredibly delicious, many of the dishes came out looking like works of art. I am attempting to recreate the beet salad for my Thanksgiving dinner. I know it won't come close, but I'm excited to try.
The beet salad:
I bought these boots a couple weeks ago and wore them for the first time this week. Love them and they were super comfortable. Anthro has lots of cute clog boots this season. Like these (also in black), and these.
I spent a lot of time in my studio this week. These are watercolor gift tags I designed. I know I sound like a broken record, but I am really loving watercolor right now. You can find these tags in my shop.
If you celebrate Thanksgiving I hope you have a good one. I am so thankful for my wonderful family and friends, for the time I have to create, and for this space to share everything going on in my head. Thanks for reading. Gobble, gobble! I'm off to cook.
Creative Monday - new in shop!
I haven't made holiday items to sell in my shop for a couple years. I think it is because I was so focused on my abstract painting. As I have already mentioned on my blog, in the last several months I've done more watercolor painting and card making than abstract painting. I guess because I am in that mode I've decided to once again sell some holiday cards, notebooks and gift tags in my shop. I would have even considered a craft fair this year after saying I would never ever do another one, luckily my fall schedule didn't allow for a craft fair, so my little holiday etsy shop will have to do.
I reopened my second etsy shop for my paper goods and portraits, but I am now leaning towards just having everything in one shop. If I drew enough traffic to my shop on my own I would leave etsy so I could have nice and neat categories, but since I don't I will stay on etsy and have my shop look like a jumbled mess! Oh well. Maybe someday I will get there.
I have already added some new items to my shop, some are Christmas specific, while others make great gifts no matter what you celebrate. Keep checking because I will be adding more and more in the next week, gearing up for Cyber Monday. You can find my etsy shop here.
I reopened my second etsy shop for my paper goods and portraits, but I am now leaning towards just having everything in one shop. If I drew enough traffic to my shop on my own I would leave etsy so I could have nice and neat categories, but since I don't I will stay on etsy and have my shop look like a jumbled mess! Oh well. Maybe someday I will get there.
I have already added some new items to my shop, some are Christmas specific, while others make great gifts no matter what you celebrate. Keep checking because I will be adding more and more in the next week, gearing up for Cyber Monday. You can find my etsy shop here.
On my radar - F21 finds
I am fully aware that I am too old to shop at Forever 21, but I don't care. Sometimes you just need to add a few, inexpensive pieces to spruce up your wardrobe. Here are a few things on my current F21 wishlist.
1. Asymmetrical Tunic
2. Sequined Chiffon Maxi Dress
3. Longline Bomber Jacket
4. Chunky Fisherman Sweater
5. Boxy Pocket Sweater
6. Spitfire Post Punk Sunglasses
7. Cat-eye Sunglasses
8. Dual-strap Mini Satchel
1. Asymmetrical Tunic
2. Sequined Chiffon Maxi Dress
3. Longline Bomber Jacket
4. Chunky Fisherman Sweater
5. Boxy Pocket Sweater
6. Spitfire Post Punk Sunglasses
7. Cat-eye Sunglasses
8. Dual-strap Mini Satchel
My calendar is finally for sale!
I keep swaying to opposite ends of the creative spectrum. Swinging to my abstract acrylic paintings, and then going back the other way to my whimsical watercolors. Somewhere in between are my cards and stamping. And I am happy with all of it. It feels good to just create. So here's to that.
Thanks for reading and your support of my art!
On my radar - The Thanksgiving Table
I am actually on an airplane flying to sunny Southern California. I've never blogged on a plane before, but since I didn't blog yesterday and I have three hours on this first flight, I thought why not? So I apologize if the post is a little wonky. I don't normally blog on my iPad either. I spent so much of this week working on my calendar and making a few things for my trip that once again blogging got put on the back burner...
So anyway, thanksgiving is on my mind. One of my favorite things about it, besides the mashed potatoes and gravy, is decorating the table. Here are a few ideas I've noticed on Pinterest and around the World Wide Web. Enjoy!
So anyway, thanksgiving is on my mind. One of my favorite things about it, besides the mashed potatoes and gravy, is decorating the table. Here are a few ideas I've noticed on Pinterest and around the World Wide Web. Enjoy!
All images and sources are on my thanksgiving Pinterest board.
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