The Summit of Awesome

Today I will be attending the Summit of Awesome. 

It has finally come to Baltimore and I am so excited, 

and even a little nervous to be honest. I can't wait to 

report back the happenings of awesome that occurred!

UPDATE: 

The Summit of Awesome was more Awesome that 

expected, I met some really great and talented people 

and learned a tremendous amount. 

Things about Copyright and Trademark {I soaked that in 

like it was the sun and I wanted a BURN!} it was good 

information from an intellectual property lawyer. 

And Social Media. I think I will ReEnter the world of 

Twitter thanks to Willowtoons and Lish and their great 

talk on social media. 

I heard from Biggs & Featherbelle and Figs &

Ginger about wholesaling (wow have 

they grown and they are getting bigger and bigger)

And Danielle from Etsy, if you 'Etsy' I am sure you've seen

 Danielle, well she was there and gave us all some great 

information on how to utilize Etsy to its fullest potential to 

have the greatest success. Contact me if you want some 

tidbits, I am happy to spread the word

And in the moments when there was no class to sit in on 

we crafted (how fun) so there were no moments of awkward 

silence between strangers, just fun crafty moments of creativity 

between artists. I highly recommend hopping on board for 

next years summt!

I'll be there!

A Veil or not a Veil?

Would you ever consider wearing a colored veil?

I wasn't 100% behind the veil idea but I did want something

to spruce up my hair. 

Than I stumbled across that image up top 

of the beautiful bride with the scarf in her hair... amazing. 

Right?! Couldn't you imagine an outdoor wedding with a 

really beautiful handpainted scarf in your hair. {Than you 

can wear it again and again too!} I like the first one listed 

the best. Any thoughts?

PS. You can find more beautifully hand painted scarves 

at Silk Couture by Takuyo have fun!

Kiki and Polly

Just some more reasons that we LOVE Kiki & Polly, and their

 amazing art. I adore those colors. I want our wedding to be the

colors of the bottom painting... {xox}

Sketchbook Scans

I stumbled upon Design Instruct's 50 beautiful Sketchbook Scans

this morning and I had to share some of them. Taking a page out of some 

sketchbooks is like diving into another universe. I love seeing the way 

some artist's minds work... 

 Allen Sutton

 David Fullarton

 Joshua Philippe

 Mattias Adolfsson

 Nacho-Yague

And a couple from my sketchbook, just to throw in the mix. 

And a page from my talented grandmother's sketchbook. {xox}

Heart Umbrella

Adorable. 

Halloween Costume

What are you dressing you as for halloween this year. 

I think having a little baby to dress up is going to be 

the most fun ever! Look how adorable this grouch is!

Persist

Inspired by Steve Jobs and his amazing persistence....

here is a note from Pixar. 

Imagine if Steve Jobs had given up after being fired

from Apple... No Pixar, No iPod, iPad, iTunes, iPhone he 

changed the world. That was persistant. 

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." Steve Jobs

Read more: here

Please don't forget to Persist. Think of the alternative.