delineation & illumination

Winter Coats!

2009-11-11T08:02:00.001-08:00

Which one would you choose?

Cute, Romantic Christmas Card

2009-11-10T07:11:00.000-08:00

Available at Target.

Do It Yourself

2009-11-06T10:46:00.000-08:00

Hooray for home-made wrapping paper :)

Wedding Gift for Johnny D

2009-11-05T06:26:00.000-08:00

Click on the image to see the details.

Halloween Fun

2009-11-02T06:07:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone ate too much candy and enjoyed plenty of scary movies and monster mash dancing!

Poster

2009-10-29T06:33:00.000-07:00

A quick design for an upcoming presentation.

Yes on 5, No on 6!

2009-10-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

Take a peek here for more information!

Calling All Cleveland Artists!

2009-10-23T10:22:00.000-07:00

The Issue 5 campaign is having an art contest featuring the “Yes on 5! No on 6! / Real Reform Done Right” slogan.

Here’s the idea:
You create something — anything — using the Issue 5 campaign slogan and post it on your website or Facebook page with a link to our website:
www.yes5no6.com.

We’ll give you a shout out on our Facebook page.

Monday, November 2, our steering committee will vote on their favorite piece and notify the winner.

There is no limit to your creativity. Draw, paint, stitch, photograph, glue or do whatever kind of art you like as long as it uses the campaign slogan. We want to see what you create! This has a very quick turn-around, so please get started right away, if you're interested in participating! And please forward this info to any other artists you know who may be interested.

All pieces must be submitted and posted online with the link to www.yes5no6.com by Tuesday, October 27 no later than 8 p.m. There will be three winners chosen with a variety of prizes to be announced.

If you have questions about Issue 5, the contest or anything else, please contact Zelda MacGregor by phone at 216.466.4158 or email zelda@save-the-day.net.
http://www.yes5no6.com/

Mintastic

2009-10-22T06:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my dear friend Claire Teschel for sending me this link to Mint (which is a fabulous little blog). Claire submitted some photos that she took during our wedding and Ellie at Mint wrote up a cute little post about our knot-tying adventures. Claire's photos are fantastic, by the way.

Thanks to both!

Halloween Cheer

2009-10-20T08:38:00.000-07:00

A fold-out card with orange flocked details.

A skinny card with fun pop-ups inside.

It glows in the dark!

Another pop-up card.

All these can be found in American Greetings stores.

Vines & Beans & Islands

2009-10-19T06:15:00.000-07:00

Stop by the Vine and Bean Cafe this Thursday the 22nd for a little live music and some Island Artwork by Emily Gross, Julia Kuo and myself! What's more perfect on a cool October night than warm apple cider to warm your tummy and some playful artwork to warm your soul?

Vine and Bean Cafe
12706 Larchmere Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44120

8 - 10PM

Mrs.

2009-10-16T10:38:00.000-07:00

Greetings from the land of the legally wed!

Johnny D and I returned late Wednesday night from our Haunted Honeymoon (The Marshall House in Savannah, The Provencial in New Orleans, and The Myrtle's Plantation in St. Francisville) exhausted from travel, filled to the gills with delicious food and happy as clams.

As for the wedding day itself, there's not a thing I would change about the day! It was wonderfully fun and we had a blast seeing friends from long ago, enjoying some of the best carrot cake I've ever tasted, and dancing the night away. Nothing like shimmying in a full skirt to keep away the chill of an October night in the mountains!

I'll share more photos, soon ;)

This photo courtesy of my dear friend Rebecca Herrera.

Hitched on a Hill

2009-09-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

This will be my last post here for about two weeks. You see, my weekend plans include getting married in North Carolina and then happily venturing off for our haunted honeymoon!

I'm bursting with happiness, and I share it with all of you, my friends.

Cheers! See you on the flip side :)

Daredevils

2009-09-25T09:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks to ArtsyPicks for featuring me in her Acrobatics post!

Forging Our Own Way

2009-09-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, we spent two days making our own wedding rings in a lovely loft studio in downtown Cleveland. John made mine, and I made his. It was fantastic fun and we came away with two lovely, shiny rings and an experience we'll remember very fondly :)

Tap Studios in the Loftworks Building on East 40th was the space in which we worked, and I couldn't recommend them more - lots of natural light, very professional, yet personal and warm. Plus, they use mainly recycled and conflict-free materials, which is fabulous!

If you're interested, take a peek at the photo album from our workshop!

Safe Journeys

2009-09-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

Spent a lovely afternoon by lake Erie this past weekend, watching the sailboats gliding along the water, a perfect mirror of the clear blue sky. I really miss sailing in the canals and lakes of Florida with my family.

As I looked out over the broad lake, I could imagine perfectly the slap of the waves on the bow as we cut through the water, the fine spray that shone in the sunlight, the loud flapping and drumming of the sails and the ropes, the sleepy feeling of being lulled by the rise and fall and rise of the boat followed by half-panicked excitement of having to abruptly cut the sails and turn the boat into the wake cause by a passing, discourteous speed-boater.

There's something about watching the sails slip along the horizon that makes me feel perfectly at ease, if also a little envious. I'd like to slip along the horizon in my own little ship.

Pretty Enclosures

2009-09-15T08:46:00.000-07:00

I've been way into putting objects into frames, recently.

Gathering, Creating, Preparing

2009-09-14T05:52:00.000-07:00

So sorry for the very few posts recently! My To-Do list for the wedding is full of many, many small tasks and it has kept me very busy. Plus, there has been more than usual to accomplish at work, and I'm also preparing for two group-shows in October. Whew!

Posts might be scattered in the new few weeks, but I'll try to keep up as best I can.

Happy Monday!

Dear Prudence

2009-09-08T07:15:00.000-07:00

A fun sketch I did for a friend's White Album printmaking project, based on the Beatles' song.

Now Available at Target

2009-09-04T07:21:00.000-07:00

In the Blink of an Eye

2009-09-03T06:09:00.000-07:00

One month from now, I'll be at the top of a little hill in North Carolina with this person I have loved for nearly 6 years, surrounded by friends, family and the people who will soon become my family. Time has certainly passed swiftly this year and it's surprising that the big day is nearly here!

I'm celebrating by eating cold spicy pizza for breakfast ;)

Snug as a Bug

2009-09-02T08:07:00.000-07:00

I'm already in love with our house.

Closets, rooms, halls and ceilings still need paint, cracks and loose floorboards must be fixed and everything we own is still packed away in boxes, but despite the bare and echoing walls, I can curl up on the sofa in the middle of our living rooms and feel more cozy and comfortable than I ever did in our tiny apartment.

How Could I Resist?

2009-09-01T11:57:00.001-07:00

Little Things

2009-08-28T06:34:00.000-07:00

Enjoyed drawing a bunch of cute tiny icons for my good friend Claire Teschel's new site. I love little houses!

In fact, we'll be moving the last of our belongings into our very own little house this weekend. Let's cross our fingers for good weather :)
Happy Friday, everyone!

Working Weekend

2009-08-24T07:42:00.000-07:00

Proud of all the great things we accomplished with the invaluable help of my parents during their visit!

Our kitchen went from my least favorite part of the house to something we are really happy with and eager to use. We certainly learned a thing or two about carpentry, painting, plumbing and electrical odds & ends. The house is becoming our home and I'm so grateful for all the help and hard work from my parents. We couldn't have done it without them, for sure!

We didn't have any time for kayaking, picnicking or fancy dinners during their visit, but I discovered that a late night meal of pizza in the middle of an empty living room floor, surrounded by sawdust and paint cans, listening to old blues and laughing exhaustedly after a day of hard work is something that no pricey restaurant can ever top.