I’m in the Poppytalk market again this month. The theme is affordable art. I’m offering a bunch of new prints for $25 and two originals for only $90. One is 19X25in, and the other is 22X29in. Have a look. Here’s where you can purchase the prints, my etsy shop.
It’s week two. I just finished my last drawing. If you didn’t see last weeks drawings, here they are. Here are all of my drawings so far. I’m so busy but love doing my daily drawing for bilderklub. I’m honored to be their guest artist. Have an amazing weekend dear readers. Kiss, hug, and tell all of the people you love that you love them.
I’m getting the winter blues. It’s dark when we wake up and I feel bulky in my winter coat. Today we had a little thaw. It was 60 degrees in New York. I went for a walk in Central Park during my lunch break. Joggers had their shirts off and people’s faces were happy. I’m really looking forward to spring.
I love collaborating! Yasmine Surovec, fellow surface pattern designer/blogger and I just designed this mega kit around the theme My Favourite Things. It’s a 2 in one and contains about 60+ things. If you search my archives you will find some amazing guest posts from Yasmine from last summer. The kit’s available in her shop. I did the lady like shoes, dots, lace, flowers etc. and she did kid friendly/bold and happy balloons, buttons, and hearts. I’ve never done a scrapbooking project but I think this kit would be so fun to start with. Check out a sneak peek below and then check out Yasmine’s amazing shop.
My husband and I are not into extravagant gifts. We have nothing to prove to each other or ourselves. Plus we have everything we need. On birthdays and holidays we give each other a little something. Like this winter, for example, he gave me a Claire Nereim print I’d been coveting. I took him out to a special steak dinner. I’m a vegetarian so it was a special treat for him and we had a ball.
Experiential gifts are the best kind. There’s nothing we’d rather do than be together having a romantic dinner at home or out. We’re going to Joshua Tree in Cali during March break. What could be a better gift then a trip?
To kick off our Valentine’s celebrating early, we’re taking a hiatus from TV this week. No TV at all. Not even a minute. We’re not big TV watchers to begin with but sometimes I get home from work and work on my art for hours till he gets home. Then we cuddle up, watch something on our netflix queue and eat dinner. Then we get tired and lethargic.
This week, we’re going to have dinner at the table each night, with candles and wine. After dinner we’ll play a game, read something together, talk about our Joshua Tree trip, and just be together. It was his idea. He told me that I’m always saying that I feel that life is going by faster and faster, that sometimes a day, a week, or a month go by in a flash. I guess that’s what happens when you are in love. So he thought slowing down a little, taking heed of every moment together, would be romantic.
That’s the plan, no TV!
Are you doing anything experiential with your loved one this Valentine’s day?
fabulous vintage ad from elestratografico on flickr
(all that being said, the love book is still available and is a bestseller on blurb!)
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