I've been having some fun with watercolors yesterday. An unplanned fun. My eyes were hurting from too much warm computery glow... and I had to 'step away' from the screen. All for good though.... 'cause otherwise, the vegetable friends would never see the light of day:)
Well... it finally feels like summer. In fact - it's hot. The AC is on (otherwise I'd have to take the skin off). I'm looking out my window at the poor plants... well, at least they aren't sweating.
Don't you just love it when things you love come together :) Chocolate and Pattern... mmmm. Delicious and Smart. Couldn't resist showing you this wrapped darkness from the Mast Brothers (Brooklyn based artisan chocolate brand). The Brothers adopted existing wrapping paper and added their label to it. Clever:)
I'm back. The trip went incredibly well. No tantrums, no 'are we there yet', no unnecessary tears or disappointments on kids front. Eight hours in the car - and nothing major. 
I'm running... against the clock... with my tongue on my shoulder... trying to finish all the work before I leave to St. Catherines for my husbands family reunion. Goodbye sweet procrastination... I'll see you and Mr. Blog next week:)
The weekend was pretty tightly packed with work. It's harder to work on the weekends. Especially when the weather is good:) The window is open... fresh air carries the sound of kids playing outside... warm... everybody and their grandma is gardening.... hard to keep your eyes and mind on the screen.
Let's have a 'my blog readers appreciation day' and celebrate it with a set of 'free for you' bookplates! Why not?:)
There are so many things you could do with these. Give them to your kid's teachers, add them to loot-bags, use them as a bookmark....etc.,
I use them in my ever-growing collection of unique and interesting vintage books.
To copy: click on the image - it will open up in its own window at a high resolution (300dpi-true size). Copy that to your desktop and feel free to use:) You could make them smaller if you'd like.
Today I'm celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary! 
This is a cool party for the eccentric. Were you invited? Was one of them your roommate in college? Are you going to stay for another drink with professor Red Nose, or is 3:00 am you q to call a taxi? 
Nate Williams is one of my favorite illustrators that never fails to inspire me. So, naturally, I was very happy to find out that he has designed a couple of bags for BlueQ and they are coming out soon:)
This little dude came in the mail today. Doesn't he take the cake in the cuteness department. I don't normally care for his kind... but Anaïs requested a teddy for her 3rd birthday (coming up in a couple of weeks) and I went to town looking for the best... Etsy town that is:) Found him here (krakracraft). So well made and nice to touch. Mr. Magorium would have totally loved him:)
I'm starting to have more fun with gouache. She's not so bad once you get to know her.
Thanks for your gentle push! I did it. I opened an Etsy store and I called it 'ORaNge StUDio'. I'll be making original work available to you via that store:)
A new painting to show you. Apples. Like a pattern on a canvas. I think it will make some kitchen very happy one day:)
Can you see this one on linen... or an upholstery grade cotton? Off white please. Berry nice:)
My copy of Naïve has finally found me yesterday... Yeah!!!
The weekend , as always, was too short. Blink... gone... I've managed to squeeze in trip to my favorite sushi restaurant with my parents (I penciled them in... ha ha:) ... a major clean up of my 'mansion' ... and some fun picture taking that I'd like to start this monday with:) A show and tell of a sort.
