Well, its time to get the heck outta here

Well, It's a four day work week for me {hooray, YIPPEE, hot dog, damn right, yee-haw} I am heading to the eastern shore in the morning for some fun in the sun and some good family time...and...

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While I am away I hope you all find yourselves away somewhere lovely too. Be good to yourselves, remember what this holiday was created for and...

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Cheers and love to you my readers... 

true story

So much office space so little time...

Work Space Envy: 

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In my imaginary closet today

Another day, day-dreaming that I will actually be leaving the house...{but alas, its pajamas, coffee and my computer screen for me} but in that imaginary closet of mine lies infinite possibilities, today we find:

Patkas is a new favorite place to browse what an adorable polka dot bag {love}

and this dress of corse... I wish that background color would follow me everywhere 

while I wore it

and why not top it off with these beauties

Peace and love for two please

Found on Etsy!

If you know me and some of you do... you know that I love utensil art. I where spoons around my fingers and my wrists, I have utensil door hooks and wall hooks and silly magnets for my fridge. 

So far I had only found one place to buy these cutie little items and it was at the annual ChestertownTea Party... UNTIL NOW! I found an Etsy Shop based out of Wisconson called, JJEvensonart, that designs the most fabulous art out of utensils... 

I am telling you folks... 

These treats are adorable + affordable = hooray! 

and there it is...

A place of her own

Have you Checked out the NY Times lately?

Sandra Foster, at age 42, turned a broken down Catskills hunting cabin into the romantic Victorian cottage she had always wanted. It includes chandeliers dripping with crystals, lace and sheer fabric draped over the wavy glass of the old vintage windows and white, white, white, everywhere. Its got everything except, a bathroom and a kitchen, but really folks when you are talking romance, do we really need to include the cooking and excrement part? 

"This is all the more impressive because she renovated the 9-by-14-foot cottage, an old hunting cabin, herself. The cost of renovating and furnishing it: $3,000."

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Friday day dream

Happy Friday Lovlies...

Here's hoping it is cream filled and genuine. 

I have a lot of work ahead of me for the weekend but I may be able to squeeze some time in for a day dream about this strange apparatus above... humm a sail bike... I think I'm in L-O-V-E

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Pantone Plus Launch Party

Last Night Ken Rochon and I attended a Pantone Plus Launch in DC...

More Pictures to Follow. 

I met some really fabulous, colorful people... spoke with a sales rep for pantone and learned more about pantone {is that possible...yes} (did you know they work with gucci to design their fabrics colors?) Didn't win a the raffle to the pantone hotel in belgium (Allan I told you "Yellow U") And eventually made it back to Baltimore in one piece. 

Thanks Pantone for a great night! 

More pictures to come!

Aren't snails cute? (?)

Somefield did use some creepier looking bugs for in some illustrations... for some unknown...er obvious reason I am very drawn to these adoring prints with the oversized harmless creatures involved...

My favorite part = that solid piece of color in the back ground. VG

New Children's book, Illustrated by me, going to print this Summer!

Coming Soon to book shelves near you!

Stay tuned for details!

Darling, I love you

Isn't he Darling?

Gotta love those pink cheeks...

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The BLOB... the name says it all

A saucy belgian architectural firm dmvA designed this 'blob VB3'. Doesn't the name say it all?

It seems to be an over sized eggs that consists of lights, a bed, storage and even a bathroom. Its got everything you need to consider it a super cool bachelor pad or office space... or ever a richy rich club house for the extra lucky wee one... I am thinking guest room? 

I like that it is in a corn field...it gives it the extra terrestrial feel...

twilight zone...doo doo doo do

Look the Nose even Opens up for some evening air, its like a porch...

This is just how it is...

 " I refuse to settle for something less than great. And if it takes a lifetime, then that’s how long 

I’ll wait. " 

Dolly Parton

and I shall wait as long as it takes...

Lessons From a Tree

Shel Silverstein and his Giving Tree has taught us so much...

Don't forget how the story ends ladies...

Love Yourself, be complete. It is the most important lesson we can learn.

Have faith in yourself and your capabilities once you can do that, finding love will be that much sweeter...

this I know

{cheers} 

An amazing life through a view finder

Hey Readers, I came across something really cool yesterday that pulled on my heart strings {mega}. I had to share... This Man:

started a blog called "Photo of the day" in March 31, 1979 and took a polaroid a day through October 25, 1997. The evidence below:

His name is Jamie Livingston... the viewer follows him through his life, catching a glimpse through the view finder once a day everyday for almost 20 years... than our photographer gets sick, it is clear that it is cancer:

On October 5, 1997 we see this:

and two days later:

he is married...

but just a few weeks later Jamie passes away...

His photos were saved and were made into a photographic exhibit... it seems heroic almost to be able to photograph such a vulnerable time of your life and remain committed to such a project in such a hard time... check out the site, you will fall in love with the endearing photographs, of the people you don't know {at first} but trust me... you get to know someone through their view finder...

To small to fail...

This print might be hanging on my wall in a day or two... 

Any one know Im only about 5 feet tall... I also occasionally scoot around on a cute red bike...

I think I found my new anthem.

find it here

New Prints at Meant for a Moment today!

If you dig, Buy Print Here

Paint me in your Sunrise

I found these simple images on, 2 or 3 things...aren't they pretty? 

They have reignited my love affair with color. Isn't it interesting how much difference color makes in a composition? Just take a second and think about the top image... its cold and lonely, serene and quiet and kind of flat but beautiful. While the same image with different color use can be (looking at the second image) Calming, open, inviting, relaxing, and deep... 

Oh color... in a world without you we would all be cold and flat.

"I believe in your Dreams"

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