anatomy of a painting: anna jae’s 4th birthday
if you follow me, you know that as a birthday gift every year, i do a painting for anna jae. it’s a portrait of her, and what is important for her at that age. of course, each year it gets more involved and complicated, but also even more fun. this year, i decided to picture […]
reno stories! on the hunt…
this is continued on from “demo and reno“… throughout all of this major reno work, i have been spending a LOT of time researching what we need in the apartment. give me an idea and a budget and i’m ON IT. actually, i kind of like having to work within a budget more than having […]
reno stories! demo and reno…
this is continued on from “finding the apartment“. as you can see, the apartment was dark, dingy, and sad. the patchwork linoleum on the floors had to come up, the wallpaper had to come down. speaking of coming down, the doc had put up a sheet rock wall between the dining and living rooms, and […]
reno stories! finding the apartment…
yes! my reno posts are here!! i’ve broken this up into a few different posts: finding the apartment, demo and reno, and on the hunt. there’s a lot that i want to share, and i felt like it was way too overwhelming to put into one long post. for all those who don’t know, dave […]
my life for the past few months
hello! yes, i’m still alive and kicking. my life has been rather hectic for the past few months… work has been really busy, i’ve been gestating, i’ve spent practically every weekend cleaning for an open house, and dave and i have been working hard to get our new apartment ready by move-in — which has […]
NSS done, changes for Nic Studio to come!
so, the national stationery show is over. whew! i do have some pics to post, in addition to what i posted via instagram during the show. but i have yet to put them together. yes, it’s been more than a week since NSS ended, but two days after it was over dave and i packed […]
Stationery Show sneak peek!
i’m in the home stretch! the stationery show is a mere week-and-a-half from today, and i’m making my way through my to-do list. ok, so there’s so much more yet to do, but i’m getting there! i wanted to give you a sneak peek of some work i’m really excited about — my new full-color-painted […]
i owe you all an explanation (and an announcement.)
so… i’ve been the absentee designer. i haven’t been posting on my blog. i’ve been intermittent at best with my twitter. if you follow me on twitter or are a friend of mine on facebook, you know i’ve been suffering with terrible migraines as of late (i am a chronic migraine sufferer anyway, but they’ve […]
wow… it’s been so long
happy april all! yes, yes, april. and i haven’t posted since january. gah. well, at least you know i’ve been busy! a lot has happened over the past few months. a lot of work, firstly… which is never a bad thing. i’ve been terribly busy. custom, line work (NSS 2012 show prep time!), etc… you’re […]