Happy Friday! Thank you for all the kind comments about both the advent calendar and holiday tags! I am happiest making things, and wish more hours could be added to each day. Which reminds me, I just read this book and I have to tell you, I zipped through it. It's a coming-of age story about a girl growing up in a future in which each day starts to grow longer and longer as the earth's rotation slows. So good. In other news, my cough is still relentless. I'm prone to bronchial infections and ... Read more
Holiday Tags Downloads
I'm trying something new today...a download! Or, downloads, to be exact. I was doodling with my favorite gouache paints, and thought these illustrations might make some usable holiday tags -- what do you think? If you do end up downloading, let me know if anything goes wonky, yes? I printed them up on thicker inkjet paper, and I love them! Here are close-ups of the animal tags: The ones you see above are more Xmas-y and I am especially fond of the deer and the scarf-clad fox. ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! Whew, this week was a bust: my total creative output was one pair of mittens. That painting above is from eons ago - I just shamelessly dig through my old stuff whenever I don't have anything fresh. Oh well, there have been a few pleasantly surprising turn of events because of my flu/bronchitis/whatever-this-is. - I've been using this contraption with menthol inserts, and the price of indignity rewarded me with amazing skin. It's like getting a steam facial every day, so I'm ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! These weeks are passing by relentlessly fast, and I'm starting to feel the holiday momentum starting to take over. I'd like to do a few easy holiday DIY crafts here on the blog, but I'll have to see if I'm being way too ambitious. You know how I tend to do that. On an unrelated note, I had this conversation with a friend the other day: Friend: "I have your color!" Me: "What? What does that mean?" Friend: "I do this thing, this thing I've always done...I associate my ... Read more
Style
If you've been around here for some time, you know that I like to hang out in coffee shops, whiling away the hours contemplating first world problems in my journal. That luxury is less frequent these days, but a few weeks ago, I was indulging in my latte + croissant respite and overheard a conversation that perked my ears right up. Two women were sitting at the table next to me, intently discussing style. More specifically, one of the women had hired the other one to become her personal ... Read more