May 2008

one strange morning blog + irina troitskaya’s artwork

I just discovered a really nice art blog called one strange morning. The author/artist Kyu friended me on Flickr. He found this amazing Russian artist Irina Troitskaya. I’m totally in love with her work. Here’s Kyu’s post about her incredible stacking dolls. Here’s her blog. There are not enough hours in the day to enjoy all of Irina’s art.

I’ve been working on some new art since last weekend. I’ll do a post early next week with some pictures of it for you to look at. I hope you have a gorgeous weekend and that you get a chance to feel the grass under your toes. That’s something I really want to do this weekend.

xo.

Some Etsy Shops I’m loving. + a cool Flickr craft project.

Etsy projects:

A couple of new Etsy sellers I’m loving:

1. MayLuk Ceramics
2. Pikaland (Read about this cool E-zine and project here)
   
3. Chikabird

Here’s Kate O’Connor’s embroidery set on flickr. + her fabulous illustration too.

Flickr craft project:

Also, don’t forget to check out the newest Inspiration E-Zine over at Design For Mankind. Erin is genius!

Bird Dresses: Easy + Breezy round-up. + My memorial day dress + economic stimulus contribution.

I’m always on the hunt for that perfect “comfortable” dress. You know, not a sack trapeze and not a slinky McSlinkerson. I just want a breezy, yet flattering silhouette, interesting but not busy print, or bold solid everyday dress, is that a lot to ask? Joanna Goddard’s little post about a nice Bird dress, got me perusing. Bird really has a number of dresses that fit my bill. Here’s a sample:

1. Sunshine & Shadow t-shirt dress (I’d belt it)
   
2. Acne (the one Jo mentioned, nice shape)
3. Maciun (out of stock…erggggg! I love love love this pattern, the cut is almost irrelevant to me. I usually prefer fitted at the waist but of course, as I’ve mentioned I’m a big belter. I mean I wear belts a lot, I don’t punch people). If anyone sees this elsewhere please let me know. I really love her designs.
4. Helmut Lang (this might be the perfect everyday dress. The color is to die for, the cut is interesting but not fancy. I could wear it with my gladiators or heels. Only problem is the price.

I really like these dresses posted by Betsy of Fashion is Spinach too.

Here’s the dress I wore on Memorial day. I don’t like the top half of the photo. I’m kind of awkward in photos. I need to take lessons from Jennine and Susie. I like having pictures taken but then I don’t like seeing them. Plus, I don’t like my haircut. So I chopped this photo in half. You get the picture.

Here’s a Marc Jacobs T-shirt I bought at Filene’s this afternoon to help the economy. That’s the only reason.

Life and little treasures. Patterns everywhere.

Pita and I were all alone last weekend. So I just worked a lot and snapped these photos of some treasures I found on the sidewalk outside the house. I’m obsessed with the maple helicopters and mean to do a pattern with them. I also found lovely ginkgo leaves. What beautiful shapes. I’m becoming obsessed with patterns and shapes in my everyday life. I wish I could document everything I see. I am going to start saving up for a better camera. All of my photos are really grainy, but not in a cool way. I also took a picture of my little drawing table and view of the garden behind my landlord’s apartment. I get to share the view. I love it. I’m kind of messy though huh?

The Elements Illustration for Lovely Magazine: Fire, Earth, Wind, Water

Sneak peek- July issue.

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. My husband is away so I’m trying to get a lot of art projects done so that when he gets back we can spend a nice holiday together strolling about in the park with the pooch and enjoying the nice weather. I just finished this little illustration. Ok, well…enjoy your picnic if you are American. If not, just enjoy your monday!
XO.
-S