Entries from August 2009

August 25th, 2009

Small Magazine

So delighted to see the new issue of small magazine in my inbox this morning!  I contributed several paintings to the issue and it was so fun!  All the paintings will be available as prints in my etsy shop later today as well as the original paintings.  Be sure to check out the entire issue.  It is, as [...]

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August 21st, 2009

art in real life

I so love seeing my art in its new home.  I spotted my fabric eared bunny print in this crazy beautiful nursery the other day. Talk about crazy beautiful, follow the jump to see the beautiful little one it was created for.via estate of things 

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August 18th, 2009

indulge me for a moment

If you visit me here regularly you may have noticed I am mildly obsessed with painting our hardwoods white.  I am 99% sure I would love the result (hubby not quite as much).  Talk of this is sacrilege to some and I’ve never seen it done in anyones home here despite our grey winters to which [...]

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August 17th, 2009

what’s for dinner

I have just discovered my favorite cooking blog, eat make read.  The recipes all look really, really good, but also really simple.  I made three things from here this past weekend and can’t wait to make more.  Deciding on dinner ideas in this house is like pulling teeth so I thought I’d share!

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August 15th, 2009

Surprise balls

The easter bunny brought the kids surprise balls a few years ago and I loved the concept but had sorta forgotten about them until I saw this post over at Uppercase this week.  Brilliant.  So while we were at the craft store the other day the kids found the cutest little wind up toys and my first [...]

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August 13th, 2009

i like cookies

but I love Cookie magazine!  My Girl in the Yellow Suit painting is featured in the new Cookie magazine in their desk features.  Yay!  So excited! Oh and I now offer several of my prints in a larger 13″x19″ size.  If you’d like a larger print but don’t see the one you want, just let me know, I am [...]

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August 12th, 2009

lemon

My new favorite afternoon snack is lemon curd on toast.  It’s like instant dessert!  And for dessert tonight, lemon curd blueberry tart, yummm.

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August 12th, 2009

i’ve been eyeing this

nearly convinced…at design public

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August 11th, 2009

school shopping

School feels like it’s coming fast.  I used to love, love buying new school supplies.  I mean LOVE.   I am such a sucker for a good grown-up schoolish product, here are some of my favorite.         book city jackets        lemon tree for pencils and alphabet rolling stamp

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August 10th, 2009

pieces making up the whole

I helped myself to generous quantities of paint chips this weekend and had some fun.  You might remember me mentioning this amazing portrait a while back and I finally sat down to give it a go.  It was SO much fun and I’m really happy with how it turned out.  Now I need to do one of [...]

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August 7th, 2009

coming soon…

I will be adding some new prints (and originals!) to my etsy store next week!  These paintings were created as part of a fun project I have been working on for small magazine.  Can’ wait to share!

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August 3rd, 2009

yes, please…

at social designer

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August 2nd, 2009

day at the beach

We took a quick trip to the beach this weekend,  just long enough to enjoy the cooler temperatures and get sand on and in everything we brought with us.

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