I heart hearts

I have started to prepare for Valentine's day in my etsy shop.
I recently listed these two heart photos as prints and as cards.

They are photos I had taken of vintage heart ornaments I had on my Christmas tree. When I processed the photos later I wanted to keep with that vintage look, hence the blue tint to them, and I found a easy way to do that through the Coffeeshop blog, check out the tutorial here.

Hope you like how they turned out!!

Check out my etsy shop Valentine's section for more ideas for your sweetheart!

Babies don't need sneakers!!!

So I was out shopping the other day and of course wandered into the baby section. I'm about 7 weeks away from having my first child so those little baby clothes and toys are totally irresistible!! And then I came across these little sneakers, I mean, come on plaid converse without laces, how cool are they! So I rummaged through all the sizes and colors until I found the ones I liked (since we don't know the gender I settled on the yellow, brown and navy plaid ones) and as I'm walking up to the register a funny thought popped into my head - babies don't need sneakers!!! How ridiculous it is that you feel like you HAVE to buy these things for your child and how the stores make you feel like you NEED it so.

But I just laughed to myself and kept on going to the register.

This is, after all, my first child and they are just so cool!!

HOW Magazine Typography Issue

As a graphic designer I am surrounded by type everyday and I LOVE type!! So when I received the latest issue of HOW magazine and it was their Typography issue *swoon* and then there was an article featuring 6 amazing artists who hand draw type *double swoon*, let's just say I was excited!! You have to check out this issue, these artists are just incredible and one of them is a fellow esty shop owner, 29blackstreet.

And while HOW is directed towards Graphic Designers I would recommend this magazine to any artist. It always has features on great art books (I pretty much always end up buying at least one of their suggestions), cool websites, Illustrators, studio spaces (which is always cool to see), and just other cool stuff.

Their website is full of information as well, HOWDESIGN.com, they have sections for business info, creativity, forums you can jump into, competitions and even job listings.

And I get nothing for saying all this great stuff about this magazine, I just truely love it!!

Thank You Steel Grey Art!!!

I want to thank Steel Grey Art for including me on their blog!!

Such a great write up - I totally appreciate it!!

Check it out here!!!

I'm Published!!

Well kind of...one of my photographs is now appearing in the online magazine nthWORD. They're just starting up but they've got some cool things going on.

That's my fire photo from when my husband set the christmas tree on fire a couple of years ago (outside of course) it's since become an annual tradition!!

Check out their Annual Wrap-Up Issue and my photo!

Check out my flickr site for more of my photos!!

January Sales in my etsy shop!

For the whole month of January I will be having several sales in my etsy shop.

First, all my holiday cards are on sale - stock up for next year!!!

My 2010 Calendar is also on sale - hand printed using my Gocco, it turned out quite nice I must say!! And I am now including January 2011!

And ALL 8x10 photo prints are also on sale - only $15 - time to get something for yourself!!

Happy New Year!!

Welcome 2010!!

Every year people make resolutions in hopes of making the coming year better then the last. But I know this year will be better then the last, my husband and I are expecting our first child in early March. Our life is going to be very unpredictable to say the least! And because of this there will be no typical resolutions this year, no hope for weight loss, making lots of money, etc. My resolution is for the coming year to be full of happiness, health and patience!!!

Cheers to an interesting twenty-ten!!!