my heart is broken…
pssst…
Just a little heads up that I added some little original paintings to my etsy shop, along with two new limited edition prints!
Have a cozy weekend!
It still doesn’t feel like winter to me yet, maybe I’m in denial? Perhaps we need to get our holiday tree, maybe that would help. Anyhow, have a wonderful weekend! (I want these socks)
tis the season of crazy
It is upon us, the season of crazy. It’s my busiest work season and the kids schedules seem to get busier with age. So maybe that’s why every year, our house gets a little, well, less. If it were up to me, our tree would wear nothing but white lights (every year I try to convince them, isn’t it pretty with just the lights?!!). They’re not having it. So, I try in other ways. Here are a few of my favorites this year…
Loving
this quote from Georgia O’Keeffe this sunny Monday morning…
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
found via
Black Friday Sale!
I hope everyone in the States is enjoying the long weekend. I wanted to let you know I will be updating my shops a little bit later today. In my etsy shop, you can use the code BLACKFRIDAY2012 to get 10% off your order. Here is a little preview of some of the new pieces going in my etsy shop.
A Few More (and a sale!)
Here are a few more pieces that will be available Friday. Also I wanted to let you know that starting Friday through Monday, I will be having a little sale in my etsy shop, 10% off (just enter code BLACKFRIDAY2012 at checkout)!
‘Teamwork’ 20″x20″ original
‘Team Victory’ and ‘Orange Team’ will be available as little prints.
This guy
will be part of my shop update on Friday (if I can bear to part with him ;) He is acrylic on paper and is quite large, 36″x48″.
Happy Friday!
Before I signed off for the weekend I wanted to share an interview I did with Danielle Krysa (aka The Jealous Curator) for Move Lifestyle about balancing motherhood and art. It is right here, if you’d like to take a look. Have a great weekend!
Shop Update November 23rd!
I will be putting a ton of original work in both my shops (etsy and floodline) on November 23rd, along with some new prints and new sizes! Please stop by next Friday and take a look!
Working On. Listenting To.
working on…
Ugh…
I was hit with the horrible cold going around our family this week. Trying to rest up so I can play catch up next week.
That’s all…
Happy Monday!
I have huge to do list this week, which includes finishing up portraits as well as photographing some new work for an update (yes finally!). In the meantime I am having fun with the afterglow app, which is very addicting. Hope you are having a great start to your week!
Loving (on this very dark fall day)
the new Maven Collective shop (currently tops on my must do/visit list)
the ‘patina’ on my painting apron (formerly my grandmother’s cooking apron)
this string of Himmeli lights
Loving obsessively
the idea of this trip. You see, I have a fondness from watching the world pass by through a window. It may have something to do with the long road trips my family used to take every summer across the country when I was a kid (vw camper van and all). I think I’ve seen every state from the midwest westward, through the window of said van. I’d love to give our kids this experience and this seems the perfect way. I’ve had atleast one kiddo home sick everyday this week, so that may have a bit to do with my current state of wanderlust, as well.
image via Hula Seventy
Working On. Listening To.
Working on a nearly there painting, I love the dark inky quality of dusk.
Listening to The Head and the Heart
My Weekend Inspiration
Over the weekend I watched this amazing documentary about one of my favorite artists, Gerhard Richter. I loved it, I could watch him paint for hours and hours. So interesting to watch someone else work, so many of the things he said really resonated with me. I particularly related to his feeling on being watched while painting. He said it was worse than being in the hospital!
On the Island
some pics from our day out on Sauvie Island for some pumpkin picking…
Happy Friday!
By all accounts it looks to be a great fall weekend around here. Maybe some caramel cider, pumpkin picking, a soccer game and some painting (I fully intend to take the quote below to heart).
Also, a HUGE thank you to Babble for naming me one of the top 50 Etsy parents of 2012!
via Lauren Joffe