Fruits & Veggies

I went crazy in the $1.50 bin at Miachel's today.  

Café Inspired Notebooks

 I just made a new batch of notebooks, all café-inspired for a customer.  

Check out the shop to see all the new goodies!

Graphic Design: Forts & Fondue

My most recent graphic design assignment was to create a poster for a fictional event.

I decided to do "Forts & Fondue."  

I started over multiple times for this project, and final settled on an ink and watercolor look.
There are some things I still wish I could change, but all in all I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 

Coming Soon: Unicorn Notebooks

I finished my first unicorn notebook with graphing paper!

I was inspired by the gentleman of Theta Xi, who sport the unicorn and love to represent their Georgia Tech geeky-studliness.  

You can expect these puppies in the shop any day now.

I had a happy accident with this first guy, I applied modge podge with one of my crappy dried up brushes, and some left-over color mixed in.  

It gave the little guy a nice smoky effect, I'm really pleased. 

Work Day: New Paper Cuts

 This will be a tea bag.

This will be a caffeine molecule.

For my Theta Xis....

Might I have a pigeon?

Pigeon

I know some people find them to be ugly creatures, but I have always been particularly fond of pigeons.

Look at their chubby legs and tiny faces.

I want one! 

Tattoo Envy

This last style is my favorite.  

I love the look of handwritten script.

Big Sis Little Sis

 My little got us a sweet "matching" gift. 

Paper Passion

Lokta Green Quilt

Inspired by "Between the Folds," a documentary about origami and it's relation to art and science, I went on an internet binge and looked at pretty papers.  

Paper.  And Ink.  They are my medium, my comfort, my delight.  

Old book pages, sheet music, shopping bag scraps--I hoard them all--but I've never purchased fine paper.  

I say fine in the dearest sense of the word.  

A phrase leapt out at me from the documentary: "Achingly beautiful."

Yuzen Pool Gold Waves is my favorite and calls for me every time I go into the shop.  I would paper an entire room with it if I could.  

Thank you Paper*Source for fueling my addiction.

1. Yuzen Pool Gold Waves                  

2. Nautical                    

3. Sea Green Mums

4. Brush Stroke Silver

5. Everyday Dogs

6. Gold on Cream Mums

7. Yuzen Pool Lake Waves

8. Gold on Purple Mums

9. Flurry Moss

10. Italy Map

11. Cavallini Red Birds

12. Cavallini Sweet Treats

Finished Frame: Spy Style

 Cam and I didn't get to glue our secret agent "threatening letter" onto our frame until the following afternoon.  

It was one of our favorite tasks, I could barely keep up cutting as Cam arranged silly phrases about "our love."  It was an inventive, sweet way to share how we felt about each other, and a sneaky way for me to give him his "gift."  

Later that evening we took a photo that will go in the frame and in his room.