The Paper Apartment

Mushrooms and Kittens

2010-09-13T16:15:00.010-04:00

New things to share! Two are made of paper, and one is covered in fur.

First off- mushrooms. A few weeks back my husband picked a couple of mushrooms growing in my mom's yard and decided he needed to know whether or not he could eat them. Yup. After some online investigating he found that one method of identifying mushrooms is to create a spore print. Directions, if you're interested, are here. So he went about some fancy business with a cup and some other stuff, and what resulted was actually really, really awesome!

Unfortunately the mushroom in question was not a mushroom you'd want to eat, but I really loved the print it created and besides plans to frame it and hang it on a wall forever, I also thought it could make a supercute pattern. So now we have the Mushroom Print Note Set and Notebook.

Nice collaboratin' Johnny! And while I wish we could take credit for the cuteness of the following item, we cannot, because it's not art, it's a cat.

And his name is Ivan! Full name Ivanhoe Martin, actually. Let's hope he's more well-behaved than his namesake. Have you seen The Harder They Come? If not, do! Immediately.

We adopted the little one Thursday and we're in love. His mom was feral and left him and his siblings under a porch, but a local shelter scooped him up and then I scooped him up and now he's sleeping on my lap as I type this. All 1 1/2 pounds of him. Sigh.

For a Friend

2010-09-07T13:26:00.008-04:00

Hello again. I'm back and it hasn't even been six months since my last post! My my. I'm really growing as a person over here.

Just wanted to share some stationery I made as a gift for a friend's birthday recently:

I had already made a silhouette of her as part of a project for her wedding last year, and it was just so cute, (doesn't she have a lovely profile?) that I decided to change up the color and repurpose it for a personalized note set. I paired the cards with (my favorite!) kraft envelopes...

...and added a little cover design to the box.

And she liked! Thank goodness.

Oh Boy

2010-09-01T17:37:00.008-04:00

Um. Yikes. Just stopped in here for the first time in months and I was shocked, SHOCKED! to see that I haven't posted since last October. That's about a year, folks. Or should I say, "that's about a year, NO ONE," because I'm pretty sure that anyone who visited regularly probably gave up on this blog very, very long ago. My apologies, of course- I was never very good at this in the first place, but I plan on being back in a very casual, inconsistent way. Fingers crossed.

But while I'm here, I may as well show you what exactly I've been up to. It all started with this:

A wedding invitation! Some good friends of mine decided they were getting married and then they decided to ask me to create their invitations. At my previous job I had a lot of experience helping customers design/order their wedding invitations, but I'd never actually designed any myself, so this was a kinda new thing for me and to my great surprise, I liked it.

Sooo, I started making more invitations.

And more...

and more...

And even more than that, but you get the point. (I have everything I've photographed so far on my flickr, if you're curious.) So a proper website is in the works, which will include all the paper-related things that I do, and I'm very excited that The Paper Apartment Invitations will be a part of that. There will be customizable options aplenty, and in probably very limited availability, (because I'm just a person, with two arms) I'll also be offering completely from scratch, custom orders.

I don't have an exact date set yet for the launch of the site but if in the meantime you, or a friend, or someone else entirely, is interested in invitations, please feel free to contact me at hello@thepaperapartment.com.

Happy September!

xo

A

Goings On

2009-10-15T10:51:00.006-04:00

Well, it's pretty cold. Like 40 degrees in October cold. That's one thing. Also, I have a new item to share!

It's yet another note set. I had a hard time naming this one because the design is kind of abstract, and usually I'm dealing with very specific, recognizable objects- buttons, feathers, you know. This time around I was doodling and thinking about parasols and flowers and those paper rosettes you see used as party decorations, and this is what I ended up with. So Floral Burst Note Set it is.

And a funny thing about the color: they're printed in a deep orange color which I would describe as burnt orange. And apparently, according to Wikipedia, this shade "ranks in the bottom 10% of preferred colors according to a Newsweek poll." Yikes. That's pretty bad! Have I made a mistake here? We'll find out, I guess. But for now I'm sticking to my guns.

I should also mention that the trunk show at Topaz in Cambridge that was planned to happen last week on October 9th was postponed and is now set for November 13th, from 6-9pm. I also should have probably mentioned this before October 9th. But I didn't. Sorry! The trunk show is actually part of an event called An Autumn Affair in Harvard Square, which also includes some other boutiques and restaurants in the neighborhood. Here's the flyer:

A classy crawl, of sorts. I will not be crawling, though, as I'll be stationed with my goods at Topaz, along with jewelry designers Amy Casher and Sara Danielle Designs. If you're in the area come on down. There'll be snacks!

And my last piece of business! As we speak there is a box full of goodies on its way down to Young Blood Gallery and Boutique in Atlanta, Georgia. They'll be carrying some of my note sets, notepads, and notebooks. So what that means is that in just a few days you can buy The Paper Apartment goods in Atlanta. Hooray!

More and More

2009-09-30T15:18:00.005-04:00

And more. A few new items to share...

Seashells! Just in time for...fall? Yes, unfortunately. It took me longer than I had hoped to get these guys on the street so here they are in late September. But it's warm and beach-like somewhere, right? These are the same concept as the Ruffles Note Set- 6 folded cards with kraft envelopes, and hand-cut edges that are stupidly time-consuming to produce, but pretty.

And birds! Another note set, this time a set of 6 A6-size folded cards with rounded corners and kraft envelopes.

And an Aflutter greeting card. A single folded card, blank inside, with the Aflutter image printed on the front.

Also, October really snuck up on me so I never got the chance to mention until now that next week, on October 9th, I'll be part of a trunk show at prettypretty shop Topaz in Harvard Square, Cambridge. Fun fun! I'll be there along with a couple of jewelry designers for a few hours in the evening. I'm actually not sure exactly what time it starts, but from what I've been told Topaz's trunk shows are a fun, kinda partytime event with music, etc. So if you're in the area please do stop by because I'll be there selling my wares and I think it should be a good time. When I get more details I will most definitely share them.

Also, if you happen to be in Canada- Hamilton, Ontario, specifically- you can now find The Paper Apartment at White Elephant Vintage. Excitement! A box of goodies is on the way up there right now, so technically it might be a few days before you can really find them. But then! Then, you can totally find them. I'm really excited to be working with the White Elephant ladies, Jane and Hollie, because besides their various online endeavors all being really great, they just seem so sweet and cute! Have a look at their blog- they're just adorable. So thanks to them, and to Canada.

That's all for now.

Hey!

2009-09-17T20:27:00.006-04:00

You! There are a couple of new notebooks in the shop. As of about 10 minutes ago. And more are on the way, too.

And I'm also very pleased to announce that I'll again be selling my wares at the Bazaar Bizarre in Boston this year! How fun. I've got a lot of new stuff planned and I hope you stop by and say hi. The festivities are back at the Cyclorama this year on December 6th. So you should probably go.

Let's Catch Up

2009-09-13T19:26:00.007-04:00

So again, it's been a long, long time since I've updated so here is some stuff that has happened/is happening/will happen soon. Also, I've been very busy so this time I'm not going to apologize for not stopping in here sooner. Things needed to be done and I did them!

First off, I never got to mention that Daily Candy Boston did a little feature on me about a month ago, and that was pretty sweet. You can read it here, if you please.

Also, I'm way excited to share that The Paper Apartment goods are now available at the newly opened Flock in Boston's South End. Flock is a really lovely little boutique with amazing clothing and accessories and I'm absolutely thrilled for my stuff to be sold there alongside such beautiful things. So thanks again to Danielle and Maegen for the opportunity, and if you're in the area you should definitely pay them a visit at 274 Shawmut Ave. in Boston.

I've also got some new paper goods to share today. I've been building a pretty solid inventory of notebooks for the last couple of weeks (as well as new arm muscles, I'm pretty sure, from hours of cutting, scoring, and folding paper!) and here are a few of the designs:

They are all soft-cover, staple-stitch notebooks with 24 unlined pages. The larger versions are 5.5" x 8.5" and the smaller ones are 4.25" x 5.5" and come in a pack of 3. I have a couple of these already available on Etsy but the rest are on the way just as soon as I can photograph them. Also keep an eye out for a few new prints and note sets in the next couple of weeks. Bye for now!

Back So Soon?

2009-07-14T13:03:00.006-04:00

Why yes, I am. It's only been 5 days since my last visit and look at me- here again. Who would've thunk? I have two important pieces of business to discuss, the first being another new piece:

Once again, I am title-less. I'm having some trouble naming this batch. And these photos are definitely less than stellar, but you get the idea. But as for the stats- more colored pencil on paper, acrylic paint on board, and some cut paper bits. This one measures 11" x 14". Prints coming very soon.

And the second item of the day is my free pdf download now available over at Indiefixx.

It's of an original colored pencil drawing with some cut paper flowers thrown in there for good measure. If you like it you could totally download it and just look at it on your computer or even print it out. Cuz it's a pdf! A free one. I spoke a little bit about Feed Your Soul: The Free Art Project before but I'd just like to reiterate what a great idea this is and how happy I am to have contributed. So thanks again to Jen for doing it and asking me to take part.

I think that's it for now. I could be back in 4 days or 4 weeks. You just never know.

Hello Again

2009-07-09T14:16:00.007-04:00

So I'm pretty sure I'm the worst ever at keeping to a regular schedule around here. But I try, I really do. Like, I think about how I never update on an almost daily basis. And I want to post more, but for some reason I can just never make it happen. That counts for something, doesn't it? Like an A for effort. Right?

But while I am here I might as well show you a little bit of what I've been up to. I'd love to say I've been lying on the beach and lounging around pools drinking cocktails for the past few weeks but the weather here has been shit, so I've been working. I've got a new series of illustrations going on and here's a peek at the first fully completed piece.

I haven't titled it yet but the collection as a whole is called "At Sea". It's a series of water/beach/under-the-sea sort of images and so far, so good. I'm actually really enjoying using some COLOR! Things were getting a little beige for awhile, and while I do love my neutrals this is a nice little change of pace.

So this piece is a colored pencil drawing on paper adhered to a painted acrylic ground with a few cut paper pieces here and there. It measures about 9 1/4" x 12 1/2" on illustration board. The plan is to have prints of this, and at least 3 of the other new illustrations by the end of next week. There, I said it out loud so now it has to happen. Fingers crossed.

And in other news, our TV kicked it a couple months back and we finally got a new one! Isn't it amazing?!

Unfortunately it's not HD, but we're making the best of it.

Thursday Things

2009-06-11T14:30:00.007-04:00

Sooo, I'm working on a new item for the shop and I feel equally excited and frustrated by it. It's a journal, see! I've been wanting to do these for a while now but kind of put it off, because while I have a bit of bookbinding experience, I haven't done any in a while and definitely wouldn't call myself an expert. So I've been practicing and playing around with it and I'm just very, very impatient to get a perfect finished product. My first try was better than I expected, though. Good enough for me to carry around in my bag, or for like, my mom. Who is great! And more about her in a minute.

But for now: the journal. It measures about 4.75" x 6.5" and has 144 soft white, unlined pages. The cover will feature the Nesting illustration and the bookcloth is a yummy chocolate brown. I also designed a pattern of the hairbirds from Nesting to use as the endpapers. I'm pretty into the paper, actually, and am devising more ways to use it. Wrapping paper, perhaps? I dunno. But hopefully there will be one or two perfectly perfect journals in the shop very soon.

On to my cute and nice mom. As a faithful reader of my interviews she noticed I keep mentioning my love of illustrator Maxfield Parrish. And it's true, I love him. And growing up my grandfather had a first-edition copy of Eugene Field's Poems of Childhood, which was illustrated by our friend Maxfield, and that I was pretty obsessed with. Somehow, though, the book mysteriously disappeared(!) and it was sad. So my mom, being cute and all, recently went and found me a copy.

So great! I just love it. And, it features one of my very favoritest images of all time, The Dinky-Bird. My dad actually had a poster of this made for me which I had all through high school and in my first couple of apartments in college until (!) it mysteriously disappeared as well. Something's going on here. Seriously.

But anyway, the best thing about this illustration is that in the poem it accompanies (which you can read here, if you like) the Dinky-Bird is described as a bird, basically; a bird, with feathers, who sings in a tree. But! The illustration is definitely not of a bird. It's instead a eunuch, of sorts, with really frizzy hair. On a swing. In the clouds. Amazing.

Oh, All Sorts of Stuff

2009-06-03T13:22:00.008-04:00

First off, I'm way excited to have one of my illustrations doing some actual good old-fashioned illustrating in the current issue of N.E.E.T. Magazine.

Check out our old friend Lengthening in a feature on natural beauty products:

A perfect fit, I think. I didn't know exactly how my piece was going to be used until the issue came out and I'm quite delighted with it. So thank you and thumbs way up to Stephanie for putting together another great issue. Go read the whole thing here.

I'm also pretty excited about a little package I found hanging on my door this morning. I'm working on some Day of the Dead-themed wedding invitations and my very awesome friend and neighbor, Raquel, left me a little goody bag of amazing items to reference for my work. She is the best, and this stuff is sooo great! Look, look:

I'm obviously most enamored with the mariachi band in the little box (that whole small thing again) but it's all exactly what I was looking for in terms of inspiration and I'm gonna start drawing the second I stop typing this. Right now!

Tiny Stuff

2009-05-30T14:00:00.006-04:00

It's Saturday and I'm doing worky/internet stuff, which I normally don't do on the weekend, but I'm trying to catch up on all my businesslike duties that I've been neglecting lately. Soooo, here are a couple things I made recently.

They are small! 2" x 2.75", in fact. I came across these tiny stretched canvases at Pearl in Cambridge, my very favorite art supply store in the universe, and I just couldn't resist them. I think that might be a girl thing- just being really, inexplicably drawn to things that are super small. I don't know what it is, but there is something about tiny-ness that I just find very satisfying.

But anyway, the first is an original drawing done in ink and colored pencil that I then collaged onto acrylic.

The second is cut paper flowers also over acrylic. And both are available for purchase in my Etsy shop! Have a look, won't you?

Party Time

2009-05-20T16:40:00.004-04:00

Now I like a party as much as the next person but I might just like the invitations for the party even more! Is that bad? Or sad? We're in the process of planning a major backyard celebration with our neighbors for next month and the part I've been most excited about so far is the paper part. Here's a peek at the invite:

I hand-drew and partially hand-lettered the original in ink and popped in that block font on ye old computer. It was fun! I wanted the invite to be kind of nostalgic, (a little bit 90's maybe?) and just full of summery things. I haven't drawn a cheeseburger or an ice cream cone since childhood, I'm pretty sure, so I really enjoyed it. I also never draw boobs or scantily clad women so I was kind of pleased with myself for doing both of those on my first try!

And I couldn't resist this stamp for the envelope- I'm hoping that it makes its recipient think, "Hmm... Yum! What-oh-what could be in this magical little envelope?" I dunno. We'll see.

And in news about things that I should be working on because they have the potential to generate actual income and not just entertain me and take up lots of precious time: I am finishing up a piece for Indie Fixx's Feed Your Soul Free Art Project. Jen was kind enough to ask me to participate in this a couple of months ago and as I never fail to procrastinate, I am only finishing it now- just in time for my deadline. I believe my pdf will be available in July sometime. So keep a look out. This project is such a great idea and I'm really psyched to be contributing.

I think that might be it for now. I'm off to address some envelopes!

Hey May

2009-05-06T13:31:00.004-04:00

Hellooo! It's a whole new month around here. So far I'm really into May. Liking it a lot. For one, there's my interview in the new issue of Mankind Mag! Veerryy exciting. I am totally psyched to be a part of "The Pretty Issue" and thanks a bunch to Emily Perry for asking me such nice questions. I was already a big fan of Mankind so when they contacted me for the interview I actually bounced up and down and did a little hand-clappy thing. For real! The issue can be downloaded here for a mere $1.99 and please trust me- it's totally worth it. It's a steal, really. I haven't even had a chance to read through the whole thing yet cuz it is just so chock-full of awesome stuff.

And in other May goodness, Johnny and I celebrated our one year anniversary of being married folks. Here we are a year ago, before everything changed:

Ha. Just kidding- not that much has changed. Although it has been quite a while since we talked on phones and kissed in a fake photobooth! Something to work on. Anyway, our day of celebration involved a Zipcar, a beach, climbing around on some rocks, a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich, and some drinks at a fancypants bar with a piano player. Fun!

Back to work I go. More later.

A Quick Note!

2009-04-26T16:44:00.002-04:00

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having an amazing weekend. It is 86 degrees in Boston at the moment and absolutely beautiful so even though I really don't want to be inside at a computer right now I have just one thing I need to mention. Tina over at Luphia Loves... was sweet enough to ask me to be her giveaway sponsor this week, so that means that anyone who leaves a comment on one of her posts through this coming Saturday has the chance to win a giveaway! From me! Tina will choose the winner at random and that person will have their choice of any of my paper goods items- single cards, note sets or notepads, (there are a few rules and regulations so please see the post right here). I will then send you the item and will probably even write a little note and throw in an extra something something. Because I'm nice. So go, leave a comment! I don't even care if it's not about me.

Hihi

2009-04-22T16:38:00.004-04:00

And hi. Today is a day where I drank too much coffee and am trying to do too many things so I feel scared (from the coffee) and a little stressed (from the things) but I'm trying to make it all work. I'm currently working on a little freelance job, which is fun and kind of different from what I usually do, so that's cool. But that also means I haven't had much time to work on the new illustration I introduced to you a few weeks back. In fact this is as far as I've gotten:

Ha. Pretty sad. But you see where I'm going, right? And what else? I also wanted to thank and mention Lisa for her lovely post about my stuff a couple weeks ago on her newborn blog Olivejuice, dedicated to all things artsy/designy/fashiony here in Boston. I'm not sure we have anything like this here already so I'm very excited to see what Lisa does with it! Please go have a look and if you're an artist/designer/craftsperson in the area I know Lisa would love to hear from you.

Other than that I just finished up an interview that I'm veeerrryy excited about which I will share more details on when it comes out, for fear that the publication in question will think my answers are superboring and decide not to use it! Well, not really, but you never know. So more on that in May.

And last but not least because I feel bad that this post is so lacking in visual aids, here is a small but impressive picture of an amazing kitten.

I will regret that when the caffeine wears off later, I'm sure, but enjoy! Happy Wednesday.

There's a New Print in Town

2009-04-14T17:21:00.008-04:00

Almost! I should say that it's not quite here, but super close- like you just heard it pull into the driveway and right now its keys are jangling at the front door. Both an 8.5 x 11 and a 12x15ish version of We Grew Together will be in the shop tomorrow afternoon. You remember this, right? From way back? The scanning issues, all that? Took me awhile to get it to print but I did it!

I have nothing else of real interest to report. I am, however, hoping to find a good home for a 12x15 print of Lengthening I made a few days ago that has a very small defect. Sometimes even my beloved printer makes a mistake and in this case the image area is perfectly fine but there are some grayish smudges in the white border. If it was matted you would never know the difference, so I'd hate for this to get tossed. I'm hoping someone out there might like to snatch it up for a cool 15 bones, versus the regular 28. If that someone might be you please let me know and I'll totally post it in the shop for you.

Thanks kids.

Bits of Things

2009-04-01T10:35:00.006-04:00

Not too much to report this morning, but thought I would share a couple of things I've been working on.

A very new illustration. So far just a drawing in colored pencil. I'm into drawing lots and lots of lines lately, so this could take some time and a lot of my patience, but I'm trying really hard this week not to get distracted by other projects and just work on this until it's done. And speaking of projects to get distracted by...

...there's this, the in-progress product of all that cutting I was doing last week. Unfortunately a lot of it ended up being in vain, as I changed my mind a couple of times about the type of paper I wanted to use after having already cut maybe a hundred flowers. I was really loving the natural looking, fibrous quality and creamy color of some handmade paper I'd bought awhile back, but it ended up being a little too thin to hold any kind of shape, and when mounted on the wall the flowers just didn't read as clearly as I would've hoped. Also, I decided it would be really cool if the flowers looked like they were made from the same material as the wall- like they were part of the wall and actually growing out of it. Sooo, back to basics! A simple, smooth stock in soft white that matches the paint in our bedroom. I've got about 5-6 more feet of space to cover before this is done, but I'm trying to ignore it until that new piece is absolutely finished. It's tough having to make these crazy bargains with myself in order to get anything done.

More later. Happy Wednesday!

I Demand Spring

2009-03-24T13:26:00.011-04:00

This is it- I've had it. It's March 24th and it's 30 degrees. I feel like even the people working at the post office are sick and tired of seeing me in the same coat, same hat, same never-ending winter uniform that I've been trudging around the city in for the last four months. Enough already, people. If there's anyone in charge of this, I am demanding, not asking, for the warm weather and birds and leaves to be released immediately. My window-side arrangement of green things is no longer cutting it. I'm ready for the real deal. Please.

But on a more positive note, I'd like to direct your attention to Discover Interior Design, a blog authored by the lovely Kristin Edenfield, which today happens to feature an interview with me! What a coincidence. Besides getting the pleasure of reading my ramblings, I would highly recommend Kristin's site for its unique approach to tackling all things design-based. She focuses on a wide variety of areas like furniture, art, photography and architecture- and does so in a really intelligent and well-informed way. There seem to be so, so many design blogs out there all doing very nice, but very similar things these days, so Kristin's comes as a truly refreshing read. If not for me go for the Design Jargon index! So great. Thanks again, Kristin!

(image via decor8)

I also need to mention that Holly from decor8 did a post yesterday about Antler and used a few of my images from the magazine, including one of the Magic Mantle, (see above). I found this very exciting. That is all.

What is Happening

2009-03-22T14:27:00.006-04:00

It's Sunday and it's 3pm and I'm still in pajamas and it's pretty great. But I'm not just sitting around- I'm cutting while I sit around. A LOT of cutting. I'll share the results of this new project when it's complete, but I won't lie- it could be a while.

In other news, I'd like to say hey! and thanks! to the lovely Liana for featuring my Nesting print over on her blog Mixed Plate. There's a whole bunch of other cool and pretty things featured there as well, so I'm very happy to be among them. Aanndd, I always like discovering a new spot on the internet to distract me from the work I should really be doing. So Aloha, Liana!

And thank you also to Jan from Poppytalk for giving the Lucky Feather some love this week. It was featured in a post titled "Beautiful Things" which also included two of my personal favorites- Paloma's Nest and Fox and Clover, so that's pretty cool. Real cool!

Last but not least, the latest addition to the Magic Mantle: It's a limited edition letterpress print by Julia Rothman that I was lucky enough to snag from Little Paper Planes a couple months back, but hadn't framed until last week. It involves deer and birds and a whole bunch of folkloric charm so how could I not give it a spot on the mantle? That means The Beatles, unfortunately, were kicked out of the forest but don't worry, there's a good home for them elsewhere in the apartment.

Now back to my scissors.

Some Things

2009-03-17T17:43:00.005-04:00

I really should've made that title "Some Things!!!" because I'm actually pretty excited about what I'm writing about today.

We Grew Together

First thing! This painting. Remember this? I think the last time I talked about it it was still just a drawing, but it's been a drawing collaged onto a painting for awhile now. And I'm only showing it to you in crappy picture form because I have already had it professionally (and I use that word loosely) scanned TWICE and still don't have a decent digital image of this thing. If there were large-format scanners available for less than $900 I would be all over that, because leaving this stuff up to the folks at my local copy shop is just not cutting it. So I guess this first thing is not that exciting, but I wanted to start things with a visual aid. Keep you interested, you know.

So onto the second thing! I am so, so psyched about this one. The debut issue of Antler, a new online magazine came out today, and I'm very very excited to be featured in it, (I'm on p. 36-42). Andi Strand, both the Editor In Chief and Art Director, put together a really amazing collection of fashion, art, design and photography for this first issue and I'm SO impressed with her work. Everything in it is just gorgeous and really cool, and I'm truly flattered she asked me to be a part of it. I'm also super-excited to have something new to read every month! It's really right up my alley. PLEASE have a look, and spread the word! I can't wait to see more. So a big thanks and a big congratulations to Andi for her great work. And by the by, Andi is also a handbag designer, using repurposed leather to create her very cute bags. You should probably visit her website and Etsy shop.

Alright, third thing. Poppytalk! I'm participating in Poppytalk's Handmade Market again for this month's Green Pop! market, an "Eco, Spring and Easter-themed Marketplace featuring recycled, upcycled, spring stuff and things that hop!" Well, then. I'm not sure any of my work "hops" but I still made it in, so go have a look, will you?

And I think that might be it. The exclamation points were just flying back there. In the next few days I plan on having a more than decent digital file of We Grew Together and hopefully by week's end a print for the ole shop. Also, there has been an exciting addition made to the Magic Mantle which I will be sharing after I take a proper photo. Bye for now.

xo

The Dream is Real!

2009-03-08T20:51:00.012-04:00

So I've finally created and collected all of the items necessary to complete the little story I've slowly been developing on my fireplace mantle. It wasn't intentional at first, but just recently I noticed that the objects I had placed there over the last few years were really lending themselves toward a narrative of sorts. A walk through a magical forest, anyone?

So I've had this glass head that my dad gave to me since I was like, 14, I think. I believe it's actually from Pier 1 Imports, weirdly enough- not sure what my dad was doing there. Anyway, it's been a mantle fixture in almost every apartment I've lived in over the years and has donned everything from sunglasses to sweatbands. It's been naked for the last year or so and has now been cast as "The Woodsman". And what does any proper woodsman have? An amazing beard, obviously. This is the work of Erin from I Made You a Beard and I could not be more thrilled with it. Beardy perfection!

So maybe this woodsman stumbles upon a magical mushroom. That could definitely happen! Mine happens to be porcelain, and was purchased at the very cool Grand in Somerville, Massachusetts. Johnny's pick, actually. Nice work!

Now I've spoken about my beloved Deerman before, but just to remind you, this beautiful creation is from Melabo. Imagine running into that guy in the forest. Whoa.

The golden geese were my grandmother's. They're really exquisite and quite heavy and I coveted them since childhood when they sat on a side table in my grandparents' den. I always imagined them as a couple in love. Still do.

And my porcelain log vase from the Curiosity Shoppe in San Francisco now holds a feather tree! We stole the stray branch from the banks of the Charles River yesterday and it ended up being just the right size. And perfect for hanging a few of my Lucky Feathers.

Last but not least, a flock of paper birds overhead. I made these when we first moved into this apartment 3 years ago, and they're still going strong. Scotch tape- who knew?

Not sure yet how the Beatles and Frambroise fit into this story, but Johnny is a huge Beatles fan, the Revolver album cover is really cool, and the Lindeman's bottle is from the night we got married. So they're staying. Also, I wouldn't mind coming upon a clearing in the magical forest where the Beatles were playing and there was enough raspberry beer for everyone! That would be a good day.

Be Back Soon...

2009-02-25T22:00:00.001-05:00

Seems I've fallen off the blog-wagon these last couple of weeks but I seriously intend to return in the next few days with all sorts of things to say and show. You'll just have to trust me on this one.

xo!

I Was in the Mountains

2009-02-16T17:35:00.004-05:00

I was! And it was pretty awesome. So sorry for not posting in a bit, but like I said, I was in the mountains.

This past weekend was Johnny's sister's birthday and her wonderful husband planned a super-secret surprise party for her which included the surprise of us!- little old Johnny and Angela. So off we flew to Denver, Colorado, where neither of us had been before, for the big event. Unfortunately our connecting flight from Kansas City was delayed so we actually missed the "Surprise!" part, but our late arrival mid-party was still pretty surprising to Johnny's sister, Maureen.

We spent the next two nights at their amazing home another 1000 feet up in the snowy mountains from the already pretty high "mile-high city". That's up there, folks. I was floating for 2 days. We really felt like we were in a separate universe up there. Their house, for instance, is a 3 mile drive from their mailbox and can only be accessed by 4-wheel drive. Bears and mountain lions are a very legitimate concern. Kind of scary, but awesome! There are no bears in Boston. Rats, yes, but no bears.

So we spent the day Saturday just enjoying the atmosphere with the family, some friends and the 3 happiest dogs I've ever met in my life. I've decided all dogs should live on mountains. Johnny rode an ATV for the first time, which TERRIFIED me, and then I was somehow convinced to ride it with him. Again, scary but fun. I am such a city mouse. And at night after dinner we sat around a fire pit outside, under the stars and sang songs while Johnny played guitar and our cute nephews roasted marshmallows. This really happened!

Wish we could've stayed longer and that we remembered to pack our camera, (the few so-so photos we got were on a phone) because it was truly a superamazing time. It was nice, though, to return to ye ole Boston yesterday afternoon even if when we got home the cats didn't seem to have missed us at all. Those little shits. Not even a bit like mountain dogs.

So today I lounged about and tomorrow it's back to business. It's been crickets for the last week in the shop so I decided I better get some new stuff in there quick! I'll be back to report on my progress. Oh, and before I go many thanks to Kristen from Paper Crave for her very sweet mention the other day. She features some really fantastic paper-related work and I'm quite flattered to be included. Thanks, Kristen!

Just a Few Things

2009-02-03T13:00:00.007-05:00

Afternoon, people! It's Tuesday again. And it's a very snowy Tuesday here in Boston. I'm not psyched about my trek to the post office in a few minutes but it's gotta happen. Besides that I'm just working on churning out more Ruffles Note Sets and getting that new print ready for its Etsy debut.

I also just finally finished up matting and framing some prints I bought a few weeks ago from the very talented Olivia Jeffries of Restless Things.

I'm sure you've seen her work before because she's kind of a big deal. And I am sooo excited to finally have this print set hanging in our bedroom because I'd been envisioning it for months! Pretty nice, eh?

Also! Thanks to both Chiara and Janick for the especially nice mentions here and here. I appreciate it, ladies! And, a big thank you again to Holly from Decor8 for featuring my work for a second time. The golden touch of this powerful blog triumvirate brought a lot of Etsy views and nice emails and sales, of course, in the last few days so again, thanks! THIS is for you. Happy Tuesday.

Hi There

2009-01-30T13:09:00.007-05:00

Just a quick Friday afternoon hello. Hello! My hopes for finishing my new illustration and having prints ready for today were a little too...optimistic, let's say. I'm actually still painting the background as we speak. And badly, too. It's so weird, some days you just don't have it in you. But I'm trying, and I have promised myself to get this thing done by tonight. Tonight! Scanning and proofing and color-correcting are a whole other story. Probably a weekend story.

BUT! I did get one other project done that I'm pretty into. The feathers are finally finished and packaged and actually posted in the shop. The "Lucky Feathers" as I call them these days are available in two styles, one plain white and the other "dipped" in silver. I poked holes and put a piece of twine through them so they are ready to hang, as I did here on my mantle.

And they come in a cute package, too! A sweet little gift, I think. I'm actually sending one as a gift to someone, somewhere, whose name I dare not speak, to avoid ruining the surprise just in case they are reading this.

Back to work I go. Later!

Hi!

2009-01-27T13:59:00.007-05:00

Hi. Hello. Just here to check in, say some things, maybe. It's Tuesday again. Seems like I visit most on Tuesdays. And it's a good Tuesday, even though it started with an unfortunate kitchen accident, which has slowed down a lot of my progress today. Actually, the day started with a very delicious strawberry and banana soy smoothie, but was then interrupted by an unfortunate slicing of one of my fingers while cleaning the blender blade. Nothing too, too bloody, but definitely annoying. But you don't want to hear about all that!

On to the progress. I've been working on the new illustration and it kinda went somewhere I wasn't really planning, but I'm happy so far. It involves a lot of lines! Hours of lines. My hand hurts just looking at it now. So far it's still just colored pencil and the drawing isn't mounted to a background yet, but once I cook something up and attach it all, prints won't be far behind. I'm hoping to have some shop-ready by Friday. Fingers crossed.

And speaking of the shop, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's been giving so much love to the Ruffles Note Set. It's made appearances in several lovely places, like here, here and here, and I like that. It's nice. These cards are a personal favorite and a true labor of love, as I (ridiculously) cut each of those squiggly little edges by hand. I realize there's technology out there that could spare me from such insanity, but I don't own it. And as you might have guessed from the obsessive line drawing above, I'm inclined towards the tedious. What can I do?

Last but not least, a nod to things I like today.

Smoothie: like
Smoothie aftermath: not so much
New Order: like (always like)
Tulips in winter: like! especially from Trader Joe's for $4.99

All for now. Bye!

P.S. Congratulations to Johnny who has his first class tonight after winning a scholarship to the Harvard Extension School! My little scholar. I'm so proud.

Happy Obama Day

2009-01-20T15:36:00.010-05:00

Hope everyone is enjoying this especially wonderful Tuesday. Besides absorbing almost 5 hours of nonstop political coverage and shedding the occasional happy tear, I've also been trying to work.

I've been fooling around with these feathers for a bit now and I'm still not sure what the end result will be, but I do like them. They're the same design as the feathers used in my Feather Note Set, and are made of recycled chipboard, one of my favorite things ever. They measure about 9 in. long and are about 3 in. at their widest. I made three different versions- one drawn with white ink, one gold, one silver, and a few of them have been "dipped" in gold and silver. They look pretty cute hung with string in a little bunch or in a glass vase and maybe, just maybe they'll show up in my shop.

Also! This is a new illustration I'm working on. All I have done so far is some colored pencil stuff but the finished piece will be a mix of acrylic, cut paper and drawing.

And last but not least, I'll finally be posting a Feather Notepad in the shop, which I've had done for awhile but never had any decent photos of. These are handbound pads with ten perforated sheets of paper. The feathers are printed in peach, chocolate and turquoise ink on recycled paper. And there's chipboard involved, too!

That's all for now. Enjoy the rest of the day.

Two New Things

2009-01-16T16:03:00.004-05:00

Aanndd, it's freezing. Absolutely frigid. In fact, the coldest day Boston has seen in 5 years, says the weatherman. And I, like a fool, just walked for over an hour in it to get some errands done. In the last stretch of my journey I really started to wonder if I would make it. And how sad it would be if I lost all of my fingers to frostbite. I'm sure over time I could probably teach myself to paint with my toes, but cut paper? I dunno.

All is well, though! Errands are run and fingers are intact, typing comfortably as we speak. So on to the two new things.

These are A7 size foldover cards printed with the For Weak Women and Taken the World Over illustrations. They're on recycled soft white cardstock and paired with gray envelopes. Insides are blank, as I prefer cards to be. These guys are available in my shop and as of today at Magpie, in Somerville, MA thanks to a harrowing journey that almost cost me some extremities. If I sell a few it will have all been worth it.

It's Tuesday

2009-01-13T11:14:00.007-05:00

That's all I could muster for a title this morning, sorry. Not that it's not gonna be a totally great day, though! I'm just a little sleepy at the moment.

Anyway, on to the breaking news. I'd like to share a new cut paper piece I recently made. I haven't made one of these guys in a little while but it was for a custom order and I like how it turned out.

It's all cut paper on illustration board, measuring about 5" x 7", I think. Just realized I never gave it a title. Something to think about. I'm still getting used to the solid color background here because I usually try to use something with a pattern or a visible texture as the "wallpaper" in these collages, but my customer was looking for aqua and this color was just so pretty that I had to use it. And I think the fancypants floor ends up striking the right balance anyway.

Also! The Paper Apartment goods are now available at Magpie in Somerville, MA! For those of you in the Boston area who don't already know, but I bet you do, Magpie is a fantastic shop carrying a range of great stuff by indie designers/crafters and local artists. I'm really, really excited to be working with them. My art prints, notesets, notepads and single cards are all for sale, so if you're in Davis Sq. please stop by and take a look. And if you can't do that you should at least check out their cute website. C'mon now.

Back At It

2009-01-07T16:43:00.008-05:00

Making stuff, that is. As you might have heard, the holidays are over and now it is time for everyone to get back to work. It's time to start making stuff that no one will ever buy because according to the experts no one is buying anything ever again! I guess we'll have to wait and see about all that but for now I've got the day off and the weather outside is gross so I'm spending my time doing what I like best. Sweeping is not on that list but I did some of that, too.

As far as new goods go, I just finished up some postcard packs, which should be in the shop tomorrow. Final packaging decisions still need to be made, but as of now the packs consist of 8 postcards inkjet printed on recycled, soft white cardstock with either the Lengthening or Nesting illustration on the front. I like. I also have a few new illustrations that will soon be available as prints and my first notebooks are coming together as well. Busy busy.

I'd also like to share one of my favorite Christmas gifts this year. It's a book, you see, called Illustration Play, and if you're into work that uses paper cutting, embroidery or any other kind of semi-unconventional media, (like blood!) you will drool over this book. I especially enjoy this book as a not-so-superfan of digital illustration, because the work they profile here contains none of the above. No offense to anyone, anywhere. But anyway, good gift! Go, Johnny.

I'd also like to take a minute to mention a few things I enjoyed today. Thank you to Nantucket Nectars, Glasvegas, edamame and a hot pile of clean laundry. Bye for now.

This Year

2008-12-30T14:48:00.007-05:00

Soooo, the new Christmas cards all made it safely to their destinations and people liked them! The guy at the post office had me a little worried because he was highly opposed to the metallic pen I used to address the envelopes and that I had chosen to write the return address on the envelope flap instead of the top left corner of the face. HIGHLY opposed. I actually felt like he hated me a little bit but I stood strong, assuring him that I had no problem last year and that I was going to send them as they were and that I was not afraid of him or his threats! And what-do-you-know all of my cards arrived on time. Many the very next day. Black pens and top left corner addressing be damned!

But anyway, here they are.

I made the case out of chipboard and the pine bough image is a stamp using metallic ink, then embossed, craft-lady style. And the all-important song this year was a cover of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" originally recorded by Darlene Love on the Phil Spector Christmas album. U2 did a pretty nice version as well. Happy Holidays, folks.

Last Christmas...

2008-12-16T15:18:00.003-05:00

...I made Christmas cards! Me, Johnny and our dear friend, Moz, recorded a Christmas song together and decided to send all of our friends and family a CD. The song, which can be heard here, was a cover of George Michael's "Last Christmas" with Johnny on guitar and keyboard and me on kazoo, (Moz covered production duties). If you can carry a tune but are too shy to actually sing in public, the kazoo is for you.

The construction of 50 handmade cards/cases with photos, ribbons, stamps and hand-drawings ended up being much more of an undertaking than I had anticipated, but after a couple of weeks of hard labor and several tears- yes, I cried over these cards- the finished product was pretty nice. And, most importantly, everyone who got one was really delighted. Tears forgotten!

So this year we're at it again, and as soon as the new guys are in the mail I'll share them with you. No spoilers here.

2008-12-12T15:15:00.000-05:00

Sunday

2008-12-09T12:03:00.007-05:00

As I mentioned last week, this past Sunday was Boston's Bazaar Bizarre and I was there! A lot of other people were there, too. A real lot. Sunday also happened to be the first day of snow this season so I was surprised how amazingly busy it was. If I didn't have to be somewhere Sunday I surely would've been on a couch in pajamas watching bad television, but people definitely turned out, some telling us they waited in line for 45 minutes to get in. Whoa. People just love their crafts, it seems. Here are some pics of my table...

So it was a long, but very good day and many thanks to all those who purchased my goods or had kind words for my work. It's really nice to show your work and get positive feedback on stuff you've been privately slaving over for several months. I've been running a one-woman sweatshop in my apartment for the last few weeks trying to produce as much as possible, and it was well worth it, so thanks nice people.

And the biggest thank you is to my husband, who is so helpful and patient, and good at carrying heavy things and finding parking spaces, and for sitting in a chair next to me for 8 hours at a craft fair. What a guy.

P.S. Two new prints are now available in the shop and more stuff is coming very soon. Later!

Still Here!

2008-12-03T22:14:00.011-05:00

Hi there.

It's been QUITE awhile now. Almost four months! Last time I visited it was summer. And since then Halloween costumes have been worn and Tofurkeys have been eaten and now it is cold and almost Christmas! It's just crazy. But I have been busy so I might as well show you some of what I've been up to.

I've spent the last few months working on a whole new line of goods- new illustrations and related paper products- stationery, notesets, notepads, and some other cute papery things. And I will be debuting all of it at this year's Boston Bazaar Bizarre on December 7th! That's this Sunday, folks. Here's a peek...

Lengthening

Nesting

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These are 3 new painting/drawing/cut paper pieces that I'll be selling prints of at the show and then later in my very, very neglected Etsy shop. Oh, Etsy. It's shameful, really. But next week I'll be loading it up with brand new stuff. For real.

While I'm here I'd also like to give a long overdue public thank you to Ariadna Ramley from Design This Design That Magazine for featuring me in the very awesome Illustration issue back in September. I'm pretty sure she puts together this beautiful online magazine all by herself and I'm just really impressed with her work. She did an amazing job and found such a great group of artists and it was just really, really great! And you can still see the whole thing right here, so please do.

I feel like there must be more to say but I'm a little sleepy so maybe I'll just be back in the next couple of days. Or months. We'll see.

Just Checking In

2008-08-15T11:50:00.012-04:00

So it's been awhile since I've visited. I'm the worst, I know. I was pleasantly surprised to come back to some very nice new comments, though. So thank you!

As far as what I've been doing, well...lots of things! Johnny's 30th(!) birthday was last week and we managed to pull off an awesome backyard affair complete with tents, a dancefloor, DJs, lights and a fog machine! And the biggest feat of all- the cops didn't show up until 3am. Apparently our fog had created a serious mist over all of Lower Allston and the neighbors were scared. I was too busy playing hostess to take any pictures during the party but I do have a few from the sad aftermath.

I think the true mark of a successful party has to be finding someone's BRA in your yard the morning after, no?

Alsooo, after being lost somewhere in the Boston area for over a week, my big gift for Johnny finally arrived on Tuesday (thanks, FedEx) and we are now finally fufilling our dream of brewing our own beer! I got him a complete homebrewing system and a recipe kit to make his favorite style of beer so in a couple of weeks we hope to be enjoying a few bottles of Belgian White Ale. Now our real dream is to make both our own beer and our own cheese, but I figure it's best to start slowly.

Talk Talk Poppytalk

2008-07-07T09:41:00.010-04:00

Hi there! So I'm pretty excited that I'm part of Poppytalk Handmade's Home Sweet Home Market this month, which launched this very morning. I have all of my Apothecary prints featured as well as 3 of the original collages, all available for sale in my Etsy shop. Go see!

Home Canary

2008-06-25T15:34:00.002-04:00

I just stumbled upon a nice little mention from Kelly Aiglon on her prettypretty blog Home Canary and I'm here to say thank you! Lots and lots of beautiful stuff being featured over there and I'm delighted to be in such lovely company. Thanks again, Kelly.

Alsoooo, I'm ashamed to say I haven't been very productive the last couple of weeks and I have absolutely no work to share. None! The few times I've tried to sit down and make something happen the results have been less than successful, so I'm taking a little break right now. I'll be back when there's something to be back with. xo!

Fawns!

2008-06-11T11:52:00.005-04:00

I've started a little series of paper fawn collages and these are the first two. They had an outing at the Market last week but today marks their first appearance on the interweb. They measure 5" x 7" and are pretty darn cute, in my opinion. All cut paper on illustration board.

Pink Forest

Green Wood

I won't be selling any originals until the series is done, if ever, (because I'm greedy with my work that way), but prints will be available soon in the shop. And speaking of my shop, there is actually some new stuff in it right now! Unbelievable. New prints, paper dolls, a notepad, gift tags...Do go have a look.

Market Day

2008-06-03T07:33:00.011-04:00

The Paper Apartment was at the South End Open Market in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, June 1st. These are pictures!

It was a lovely day! I was really happy with everything I'd made over the last few weeks and it was nice to get a great response from a lot of people. Great weather, though a little on the windy side. We spent the better part of the day trying to keep the merchandise from flying away, but all in all it was a good time. A lot of friends came out to visit and it was just a really nice day. Thanks everyone! We're back on July 13th.

New Print!

2008-05-21T09:35:00.007-04:00

Thanks to my superfantastic new printer I've made a bunch of new prints for the Market, and decided to put just one in my recently dormant Etsy shop. The print is of an illustration I made a few years ago called Paper Fawn. The original is part drawing, part cut paper and definitely a personal favorite. It was also the first piece I ever did to go into print, as a cover of the North American Review. In fact, a copy of the NAR still inexplicably shows up in my mail several times a year, but I'm not complaining. Johnny likes to read it and having a literary magazine on your coffee table makes you look smart, right?

And Here I Wait

2008-05-14T13:33:00.000-04:00

And wait. Unable to do anything until the UPS guy arrives. I'd like to run a couple of errands, but I can't. I'd also like to take a shower at some point today, but I can't. What if he comes while I'm in there?! Then I won't be able to sign for my package and they'll take it away and who knows when I'll get it! Oh, the agony. For now I will just continue to work in this really inconvenient spot by my front window so that every time I hear a large vehicle driving down my street I can jump up like a paranoid freak to see whether or not its the delivery truck.

UPDATE!

After a long 11 hours in my UPS-created cage the package finally arrived at 7:30pm. The amazing-ness of my new printer almost made me forget what a long, sad day it had been. Almost.

Hello Hello

2008-05-09T12:37:00.000-04:00

Figured I would take a moment to post a little something since a good deal of what I've been working on will be stalled for the next week or so and I've got some time on my hands. Unfortunately my trusty printer has decided in the last few weeks to become not-so-trusty and I decided this morning to do something about it. I am now very excited that this guy should be arriving at my doorstep in about a week!

Here's hoping he's up for the job. I already believe in him.

I guess now would be the perfect time to get back to some drawing as most of what I've been doing lately has been printing up all my goodies for June 1st. I've made a couple of gift tag sets, stationery and notepads that I'm pretty into right now and maybe, if you're lucky, I'll even post pictures of them later today.

And on a very personal note, I'm very happy to share that Johnny and I were married last week in a private ceremony at City Hall in Boston. It was really lovely and exactly what we wanted and we're very very excited.

That's all for now.

I'm a Deadbeat!

2008-04-25T09:13:00.000-04:00

Blogger, that is. Real bad. And I apologize. But while I am here I'd like to give a big thank you to Aprile from notpaper.net for featuring me on her very cool, and well-attended to blog. She's featured some really great collage work and you should really go take a peek. Thanks again, Aprile!

In other news, I am, as I mentioned before, a very busy lady these days. I'm working nonstop to compile inventory for the Sowa Open Market next month and I still have quite a bit more to do. I've got four very cute new note sets with matching lined envelopes, new prints and my paper dolls are FINALLY finished! Man, what a project. I had plans for two more designs but I don't know if I have it in me to produce them right now. We'll see. Next step is getting a few of my larger scale illustrations scanned and printed. Here's a snippet of one of them-

As for Etsy, well, I'm not doing much with the shop lately. I'm letting the few things I had posted just kind of sit while I horde all of my new merchandise for next month. I'll be posting pictures, though! Maybe later today. So farewell for now. I'll try to visit again soon, blog.

Dear Blog,

2008-04-15T07:51:00.000-04:00

I'm sorry I've been neglecting you so.
I'm just a little busy right now.
But I swear, the next time I visit I will have lots of pictures to post and interesting things to say.
Promise.

xo,
A

The New

2008-03-31T19:23:00.000-04:00

A new collage for me, a new print for the shop. He's a little guy- 4x6.

Hi Monday.

2008-03-24T14:40:00.000-04:00

Today I packed up some goodies and went down to the post office to send them on their way. I find letting original pieces go to be a bit painful, but I think this is something that I just need to get over. I'm just being greedy, really. And after all, I am sure they are going to good homes where they will be well cared for. Bon voyage, old friends!

I also added a few new things to the shop today. Prints! Finally! At the moment prints of For Weak Women, Taken the World Over and For the Cure of... are all I have available but I'm working on more as we speak.

Right now it is back to work I go, but on this somewhat cold but still enjoyable spring day I will leave you with this...

I'm pretty happy about whats happening with this little daffodil bunch I got at Trader Joes the other day for a whopping $1.39. Pretty pretty.

Bloggedy Blogged

2008-03-22T23:11:00.000-04:00

So I was pleased as punch to discover that Holly Becker of decor8 had some kind words for my work on her ever so lovely blog this week. I'm quite sure that this had everything to do with the sale of a few more collages in the shop today! See it all here, along with every other amazingly pretty thing that Holly writes about.

Thanks again, Holly!

And speaking of the little shop, which is somewhat depleted these days, cute new things are in the works and should be available very soon. I'm most excited about some paper dolls I've been laboring intensely over, and once I make some packaging decisions they'll be ready to go. I can tell you now that they have amazing haircuts and outfits that I want to wear. Oh, to be 8 inches tall and completely flat! If only.

Johnny, Arted

2008-03-13T09:20:00.000-04:00

I thought it would be cute if we had matching silhouettes in the living room and I think I was right. Mine isn't finished yet but hopefully by tomorrow we'll both be hung on the wall and immortalized for all time.

And there's also this!

My shiny new Deerman, courtesy of Melabo's Etsy shop. I've had my eye on this guy for some time and he's the perfect addition to our mantle.

Welcome. Deerman.

We Heart Tents! And Parking Lots!

2008-03-06T22:35:00.000-05:00

Good evening! I am very excited to share that I will be a part of this year's Sowa Open Market in the South End of old-timey Boston! I think that might even call for a "woot, woot!"

Thats right, my life partner in crime and country farm stand assistant, Johnny, and I will be setting up shop one Sunday every month from June through October. I've got lots of goodies up my sleeve and a lot of work to do on some new projects, and hopefully I'll have the time to pull it all off the way I would like to. Can't wait!

In the meantime, though, I'm delighted to currently be a featured vendor on the market's website blog. You really need to go witness me talking about myself in the 3rd person! Really.

Public Paper

2008-03-02T14:23:00.000-05:00

Many thanks to Amie Needham of APunkinCardCompany, who makes very cute things herself, for featuring my work in the Paper Arts section over at MyGizmo.us!

Please take a peek at the article, and then visit the forums to hear me blabber about myself.

Nothing to See Here

2008-02-28T21:55:00.001-05:00

Snow Day

2008-02-10T00:09:00.000-05:00

A little snippet of a collage/drawing/painting I made a few years ago and have yet to do anything with. "Maybe, next year."

Don't forget...

2008-02-06T18:10:00.000-05:00

...to brush your teeth! A new piece. Image is 4 1/8" x 8 1/2"- paper on illustration board, of course. I'm feeling pretty charmed by this one and not sure yet if I'll put it up for sale. We will see.

This Charming Man

2008-01-24T11:03:00.000-05:00

A new addition to my little collage collection. Paper on illustration board. Image size is 5.25"x7".

Collages for Print

2008-01-20T17:28:00.000-05:00

These paper collages on illustration board will soon be available as giclee prints in my shop.