Since I travel back to Chicago for the holidays, in the 10 years I’ve lived in Brooklyn, I’ve yet to have a real Christmas tree in my apartment. So this year, I think we may resurrect our studio Christmas tree from a couple of years ago.
Made of dead umbrellas that we found on the street during a rainy night in NYC, it’s hung from the ceiling, weighted down with a rock, topped with part of a hubcap, and decorated with fortune cookie fortunes we collected for the year. It’s pretty ghetto, but it makes me happy anyway. Happy Holidays!
Made in collaboration with our friend, artist/illustrator, Andrew DeGraff.
I was so honored to be contacted by ELLE Girl Korea for a feature in their December issue. I answered a few questions for them, but I’m not quite sure what they ended up using, since I don’t read Korean. :) It still makes my inner teenager squeal with joy though. I have to say, the issue really is beautiful.. the photography is incredible!
Anyone read Korean?
UPDATE: A lovely reader translated this for me in the comments below.. I think the text going from English to Korean back to English, a few things got lost in translation, but I think you can get the gist of it.
And success! Just wanted to say thank you to those who came out to the Reed Krakoff Monogram event, I had so much fun and you all kept me very busy.. I’m happy to report that no bags or wallets were ruined as a result of spilling paint or shaky hands!
Last year I was honored to doodle on bags for COACH, and this year, I’m excited to announce that I will be painting on luggage tags for the amazing REED KRAKOFF at:
-Saks Fifth Ave. Tuesday + Wednesday, November 16-17th
-RK Flagship store Thursday, November 18th
All three events will be from 3-7pm. Come buy a beautiful bag or just stop in to say hello!
I’ve recently been doing small illustrations for a style column (a Geek style column to be exact), over at TheNextWeb. So now that it’s Fall, I thought this might be helpful to all of you style challenged, hat wearers out there. Click to enlarge.
We just got a few of our wedding pictures back and they are so much fun! I’m putting together a larger post, but until then, here’s one of my favorites (we couldn’t stop laughing b/c this dog almost peed on my dress.. and this was before we even got married!), followed by a few detail shots.
photos by our talented and dear friends, Jason & Rebecca Walker
Here are just a few of the new drawings up in my Etsy shop, with more on their way soon!
As I mentioned earlier, I decided to create little portraits for my lovely wedding party as a way of thanking them for all of their amazing help. My sisters (who live in Chicago) finally received their gifts so I’m now free to reveal!
And no, I did not make them all wear the same dress, color, or style. They all got to choose their dress and in the end, they all looked adorable together!
I decided I’d better get posting on this blog before it expires out of boredom.. I have a few small projects in the works, as well as new work (about time, isn’t it?) to post coming soon, but until then I thought I’d post one of our wedding details.
I know every girl probably says this, but I seriously had the BEST wedding party! Made up of my two sisters, best friend from high school, and my best friend from college; they all were amazing, incredibly helpful, and so adorable the day of.
I wanted to give them something sweet & personal, so I decided to draw little portraits of them in the style of our wedding Save-the-Dates and frame them. I can’t put up all of them just yet, since two of them are still en route to Chicago, but here’s my oh-so-cute friend, Courtney.
Well, it’s official.. I’m finally hitched! After a wonderful couple of weeks down on St. Simons Island, GA, our small, sweet, and very DIY southern wedding was a complete success. I’m planning a post with some of the details in the near future, but have quite a few (well, more than a few) photos to sort through. Until then, I’m back in the studio and trying to get back in the swing of that thing called work. Much love.
photo courtesy of Carla Cox
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I’m been sucked into a blackhole of work and wedding planning.. one more month and things will finally be back to normal! Anyway, I thought some of you may enjoy this via my other blog, Thersic:
Things have been pretty chaotic around here recently, made especially so with the endless DIY wedding projects we’ve been working on. I don’t know what crazy frame of mind we were in when we decided to take all of it on, but here we are finding, baking, printing, and constructing everything from our invites, to lighting, to our decorations (w/ the help of dear friends & family, of course!)
Since we’re paying for it ourselves, we are trying to stay on a very tight budget.. So when any possible creative freebies come along, we don’t hesitate. We decided to pass on a professional florist and keep things simple with a mix of Georgia wild flowers and a couple of our personal favorites. Instead of buying 100 + vases, we decided to take what Brooklyn itself was offering.. free glass bottles from the 1900-1950s! Want to find out how? Keep reading..
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I just added a few new prints to the sale I’m having on my Etsy site!
