tea for two

Isn't it funny how little themes pop up in your life? Right after I got a little freelance job to illustrate a postcard for a teatime holiday boutique I watched Tea for Two on Netflix Instant (what would I do without Netflix? Go crazy, probably.) I also love this time of year for drinking some earl gray, which got me to thinking about the perfect day of lounging, tea drinking, and book reading... so I made this ($50 and under!) set.

cardigan: uniqlo // top: dorothy perkins // leggings: brandalley.fr // thunderbird moccasins: tobi // bag: urban outfitters // madame bovary: high valley books // tea tin: kusmi tea

By the by, I love love love the packaging for Kusmi Tea - so regal. I'm sure it's delicious too...

ready, set, go

Inspiration from a local antiques mall. The annual art sale at MCAD is coming up, and I've got a few more years that I'll be allowed to participate as alumni -every year I say it, but I really need to get my butt in gear for this! It's a good reason to make some new paintings and such.



(how about the type on the "in god we trust" poster? I want that as a tattoo, except maybe it will say "i love cheese" or something.

hunt & gather

Some images I've been saving on my tumblr and on flickr. All photos are clickable.

report card

Took Friday off to hang out with my parents, who are in town for the weekend! // Ate a plethora of things, including ham and bean soup // wore my new boots & gave my parents very belated trinkets I got for them in NY.

laced

I have to make sure I don't buy any more short, heeled, lace up boots. Its an illness. SEND ME TO REHAB.

cover girl

Last year I was approached by my friend Wes (I linked to his IMDB page because I think it is amazingly cool that he has an IMDB page), saying he had a young adult fiction novel he was writing, and did I want to do the cover?

"YESYESYESYESYESYESYES"

I'm always admiring the youth fantasy fiction section when at book stores - from the realism (like this cover by Sam Weber) to the more stylized covers, they're always so fantastic and fun, it always looks like the artists have a good time with them.



The characters in this book were so great to draw, too. Mary is a very realistic young lady to me - at home in a bleek Minnesotan tundra until she's placed in the world of magic that she secretly wishes was real. You should probably read the book... if not just for the wicked Muma Padruii (on the right) who has the most insane description I have ever read (I didn't even do half of it justice in my drawing).

dream on

I call this piece "My Perfect Fall Outfit / What I would Buy If I Didn't Have Student Loans But Did Have A Few Hundred Extra Dollars Lying Around"

(Clare Tough cardigan, Elizabeth and James denim shirt, Stella McCartney wool skirt, Jeffery Campbell boots, A.P.C. Madras tights, DANNIJO necklace, Good Hood glasses.)