and i’ll take the view, too.  I’m seeing a yellow trend in my life lately…

the saipua blog (via Chelsea)

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through my sons ‘prismatic’ rainbow glasses.  Oh yellow and teal, you are so good together…

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Holly spotted these flowers yesterday apparently trying to make a statement.  Several pink flowers have sprung up on a bush of yellow flowers in our yard, and they are of a completely different variety.  They share the same stem/branch as the yellow ones.  Strange and beautiful, no?

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My daughter’s best friend has been raising money for Haiti by making and selling these heart branches.  So sweet don’t you think?  They are fitting on many levels, not the least of which is how open kids hearts are to help others.

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I’ve been trying to work on some paintings at least a bit each day, all in various states of completion.  I am realizing I usually have been working a good hour or so before I become inspired and ‘ready’ to really go at it.  I’ve never really done a warm up because I only have […]

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I just purchased this great drawing from Lauren Nassef.  I have been slowly buying pieces to fill a wall I have in our dining room.  I can’t wait to see it in person and get it framed and hung up!

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My print ‘Girl in the Yellow Suit’ is part of Art Wall’s January room.  Art Wall is a virtual display space created to exhibit the artwork of independent artists.  It’s approach to showing art is fun and a great inspiration for creating your own art wall.

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We got surprise snow, just enough to turn our world a lovely white.  The kids are still enjoying it this morning but it will likely be gone by afternoon.  That is how I like snow.  Enough to enjoy out the window, to indulge the kids in a snow ball fight, then no more.  Life returns […]

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worth every penny, go to uppercase to get yours!

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We are so doing this Christmas Day!   We will be creating a ‘photo booth’ in the kitchen and I can’t wait to see the results!  We did this years and years ago for my daughter’s third b-day and they are some of my favorite photos of her with all her family.  I got inspired after […]

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I’m really excited to share that I have a print available exclusively over at The Working Proof.  You may remember ‘King of the Mountain’ from earlier posts.  It is now available as a limited edition of 50 prints, 8 1/2″x11″ for $35 here.  Working Proof Gallery, started by the awesome Anna and Sean of Sub […]

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Really loving these images from the new issue of paper mache.

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I noticed these (flowers?) in the backyard yesterday being blown to bits by the wind storm we had and decided to save them.  Aren’t they beautiful?

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this wallpaper

and these maps

and a big thanks to Irene over at Bloesem for the shout out this morning!

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The view through a window, an old sticker Ian put up that I never got around to peeling off and whole lot of rain.

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I love it when my day starts with this…

I live in the city so horseback riding days also mean beautiful view days.  It can’t not be a great day when it starts like this!

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It feels a little early for this (though Target clearly disagrees), but I want this for christmas.

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This image seemed a beautiful way to start the week.

(via charley star)
my to do list for the day:
portraits
emails
paint the bathroom (ya right i already know that’s not going to happen!)
draw
start new painting

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I don’t exactly have a plan for these yet, but they were too beautiful to pass up.  In the meantime, have a lovely weekend!

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everyday.  Brock Davis is doing it!  Take a peek at some of his daily creations.

via welcome home

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