Christmas 2010

 

Homemade Portuguese bread, a Christmas eve tradition

Thumbprint cookies for Santa

The photos!

 

They have arrived! Check out my Flickr for the whole lot. 

Shout out to our amazing wedding vendors!

Now that the wedding is over (woo-hoo!) I wanted to make sure I spread the word about all of the wonderful people we were lucky enough to work with in putting our wedding together. Soon after we got engaged, a few people told me if you find vendors who really get you and know what you're looking for, you shouldn't have to worry about a thing once the day arrives. They were totally right! Everyone we hired took the time to get to know Matt and I and as a result helped us put together a big, fun celebration rather than an "event". Here's the list of everyone who pitched in. Photos soon!

• Venue- Salvage One
• Catering- City Provisions
• DJ- the lovely Dena from Toast & Jam DJs
• Photographer- Barry Phipps
• Flowers- Pollen Floral Design
• Officiant- Toni Maddi
• Invitations- designed by my awesome friend Kelly and printed at Steracle Press
• Dress- Jenny Yoo
• Hair + makeup- my awesome friend Tania
• Hair clip- my awesome friend Sarah from Cursive Design
• Matt's suit- Hugo Boss

New Camera

I broke down and bought a digital SLR, so far I absolutely love it! Here are some photos I took on a walk around my neighborhood a few months ago.

An Awesome Book of Thanks

An Awesome Book of Thanks! from Dallas Clayton on Vimeo.

Dallas Clayton released An Awesome Book 2 years ago and is following it up now with An Awesome Book of Thanks. The illustrations and overall message behind this book are so heartwarming! Highly recommended.

Hayward, WI

Here are some of the photos from our trip up to northern Wisconsin. Fall was a perfect time to go, the plant life and colors were amazing!

You can see more photos from this trip on my Flickr page!

Maira Kalman/What's In Your Toolbox

I love the 'what's in your toolbox' feature on design*sponge, it's so fun to get a glimpse of the creative process of other artists/designers. This week they featured Maira Kalman.

Another Quimby's find

On my last trip to Quimby's, I also picked up Audrey Niffenegger's new book:

Trip to Quimby's

Last week I walked over to Quimby's, one of my favorite bookstores in the city. Here's what I picked up during this trip:

I'm not sure how I haven't heard of Tove Jansson's work- it is right up my ally! These are the first two in a series and I already can't wait to buy the others. They are wonderfully imaginative and have great little illustrations throughout. I also can't wait to get my hands on this hardcover book:

Fall Produce Share

I was inspired by my friend Sarah who blogged about her produce box subscription from Green Grocer so we signed up a few weeks ago. Below is a photo of our first week's box! Every Tuesday I pick up our produce and get to experiment with fruits and vegetables that I might not ordinarily buy.

100th Post!!

It only took me 2.5 years- sheesh. I'm looking forward to continuing to add to this active archive of my artwork and things that inspire me, hopefully way more frequently then I've been able to up until now.

For now, I'm really excited to finally dig in to this book that I got for Christmas:

I'm hoping it will give me some inspiration for some new projects I'm working on... or prepare me for my new career as a spy:)

A Journey Round My Skull

Similar to Bibliodyssey, this blog has tons of great posts for anyone who is interested in art, illustration, design, history, and books.

 A Journey Round My Skull

Cecilia Pettersson

I love her style of patterns, see more here!

Non-images

via of paper and things
by miles sprietsma

abstract images created with
chemicals on photo paper

Lorna Simpson drawings

Via Design Sponge
I love the abstraction potential of ink as a material, I think I need to play around with the many many many bottles of ink I have in my studio!

Salvaged wood lights

These are pretty cool- Anzfer Farms

Summer Walks

I love walking around the neighborhood in the summer, this is on the way to Pitchfork

Via Tania- Fever Ray cover (or, my friends are really awesome)

  Via Tania - Fever Ray Cover from The Hours Entertainment on Vimeo.

I really love this video, performed by my friend Tania and shot my my friend Joe earlier this year.

Spudnik Press Fundraiser and Celebration!

If you're around this Saturday, come check out the 3rd Anniversary party for Spudnik Press. I have taken classes at Spudnik and donated a piece for the silent auction. Check it out!

Fundraiser and Celebration
Saturday, July 24th
at Happy Dog Gallery, 1542 N Milwaukee, 2^nd Floor
6 pm -- Midnight
Silent Auction ends at 10pm
 
Live Jazz by New Now Know How followed by DJ Tomeeo

SpudnikPress invites you to attend our Open House and Fundraiser. Spudnik Press Cooperative is hosting a full day of festivities in recognition of three far out years of community print making.
During the Open House, Spudnik members will be providing free demonstrations. Visitors will be able to make their own greeting card or a patch with materials provided by the studio, and are encouraged to bring any addition materials to print on. Anyone interested in learning more about the studio is encouraged to come by, see our collection of prints, ask questions,and basque in the energy of community art making.

In the evening, festivities will move to Happy Dog Gallery. Jazz ensemble New Now Know How will perform. Complimentary beer will accompany a silent auction. The event is free, but all guests who contribute $10 will receive a complimentary print. $25 donations will receive a block printed T-shirt made on site. All contributions will support Spudnik's artist residency program, open studio sessions, free workshops, and new equipment. In addition to the auction, we will be releasing LilliCarré newest artist book created through our residency program.

Artists Include:
SanyaGlisic, Rachel Niffenegger, Paul Nudd, Jeremy Tinder, Sonnenzimmer, Ellen Gradman, Michael Miller, Andrew Blair, Cynthia King, JeremyLundquist, Wrik Repasky, Dutes Miller, Alex Chitty, Kathryn Rodrigues, Kim Heiney, Minna Sora, Angee Lennard, Jessica Taylor, Laura Szumowski, Liz Born, Brian Hoffmeister, Stano Grezdo, Pablo Phillipps, Erick Jurado, Dan Falco, Stacey Colangelo, Julia Hendrickson, Mischa Kegan, Daniel Mellis, Justin Santora, Jay Ryan(The Bird Machine), Tom Wilder, Sue Coe,  and Fred Stone & Chris Flynn (donated by Anchor Graphics, a program of the Art & Design Department at Columbia College Chicago).

Vice Versa installation view

Here's an installation view of a series of mine entitled Verso that I showed at Marwen in June, it's the grid on the left.

Looking up!

           

Changes are in the works- looks like I'll have more time to dedicate to the creative things in my life, including this blog! Stay tuned.

salvage one

coming soon...

love love love

my new diana sudyka print!

Detail of 1st lithograph

happy plants