and onward we go

(from script and seal)


let go of something today. onward we go!

the animal print shop

Today I have fallen in love with the prints over at The Animal Print Shop.

Okay, I'll admit, my first thought was, "Why does this woman have a shop full of prints of baboons, bunnies and giraffes?" I thought she was a bit crazy to have a store dedicated to these animals, however adorable. But with a couple more looks I have fallen in love. And then I found out that the photographer was none other than Sharon Montrose, who is one of the top commercial photographers specializing in animals (think Target's red-circle-eyed dog).






Aren't they charming and darling!? I want all the bird prints!


Plus the website is designed by the brilliant folks over at ALSO, so how could I resist?

card giveaway!

You might have noticed the word "giveaway" in my blog title. Yes, there is indeed a giveaway! So, I'm making some save-the-dates for a friend and taking out my dusty gocco printer and trying to make it work. I was pretty discouraged because my screens kept getting printed poorly! I've printed with it before and it turned out alright, but I guess I've never tried printing out large areas and the carbon never seems to get spread out evenly enough (even with the use of the filter). I'm still in the process of trying to figure out what to do. After reading some tutorials, I figure I'm going to go trek to the nearest library and make some photocopies and try one more time.

Anyways, in my discouragement, I decided to burn a different design using riso pens instead of printouts. It turned out alright, not really to my liking, but still nice enough that I didn't want to throw them away. So here, they are! A card set of 3 "you make me feel like i'm home" cards. They're not perfect, each with more imperfections that I can take (even being a gocco print), so here they are to be given away!


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Giveaway requirements

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by Sunday (July 11th) at 4pm about a person that makes you feel like you're home and why they do. I will choose a winner though a random number generator after that and you get to take these babies home! I don't have many blog readers, so you probably have a really good chance at getting this card set. I'm also going to include other little goodies that I want to give away, so be sure to enter!

Have a blessed day!

drawing..

I've been doing some late-night drawing and realizing how relaxing/soothing it is and how horrible I am at it. The above is a work in progress sketch I'm doing to brainstorm for a new card set in my brain. Hopefully it turns out well, and then I'll put it in the shop!