They are so beautiful, and I just felt like drawing one today.

I did a random drawing, and the winner is Phoebe! No joke! Thanks to everyone who left a comment, and I think I will start doing more give-aways! I had a great birthday, I am now 32!! I took these photos with my new camera! Yeah!!!

I’m taking a vacation, heading to Portland Oregon to see friends, family and relax so I’ll see you guys back here around July 7th. Happy 4th of July!

We have started to BBQ these past few weeks and it is so great to be outside more! We found these buoys washed up on the beach. Stay tuned for a shop update!

I told myself a while back, that this blog was supposed to be about art and stuff. But for so long it was just about my life, so it’s hard to edit these personal posts even though there is plenty of work and art to talk about.

We have been searching constantly (but in a fun way) for any idea of what our beloved little Beppo might be… What kind of dog is this stray we have adopted? So cute, but also obviously wierd, so that people we meet at the park actually laugh and say “what happened to that?” Anyway, we now think we know what he is. We think he is a Chiweenie! A Chihuahua Wiener dog mix! Laugh at this baby doggie photo because I think it was how Beppo must have looked as a pup. The first photo I found on the internet. The second is of our 12 month old random adopted mutt rescue dog. Hahahahahha.

Ok. More art coming soon. I promise.

I worked on some more shadow boxes, using my illustrations and some other random things I have been collecting.

And just because, Beppo in a nautical tee shirt. Hahahahahha.

You might need to watch this too.

It’s been awhile since I have made much effort in being girly. We went and saw Sizzla on Friday night with some friends from work, a perfect excuse to layer on the jewelry, make-up, curl the hair and wear some heels. Just because I hardly ever do, but definitely have fun when I do. Funny night! Not so funny hangover.

Instead of working on my taxes this weekend, I worked on some shadow boxes using my illustrations and a few other little things.

read this recently…
“It has been said that elephants, women and anyone with the moon in cancer NEVER FORGETS.”
That’s me. A woman, an elephant, and with the moon in cancer. hah.

Um. I carved these little elephants and printed them on this paper. I like it.

The beach was full of so much beautiful white fluffy snow, we had a blast running around. The waves were crashing and the tide was high!

Well. Doesn’t this look violent? This is how they play. Funny. Looks so violent. Really, you do hear teeth clanking, entire dog jaws clanking and clicking. But the rest of the time they are curled up into a ball and sweet as pie. Well this is actually how they USED to play before they started going to doggie daycare (while the boyfriend is away for a few weeks in Italy, working on stuff for his company.) Now, they are so worn out they just collapse in a pile of fur and snore, truly wiped out from 12 hours of running in a big dog pack and chasing balls, etc. They love it, and as puppies, how wonderful to just be a puppy all day long. Thank goodness the vet is our neighbor, she had to make a house call as both of them have ear infections. She remembered to bring over the leather muzzle so that Beppo looks like hannibal lector while she administers ear medication. He is a fussy patient, true that.

So the art show was really fun, really motivating and I really felt the love and support from my friends who made it out. The work is up all month so if you’re local, check it out. I showed up and started to take photos and my camera battery died. I am so mad, because I am usually so hyper-prepared with stuff like charged batteries, etc. Well I wasn’t this time, so no photos until the Curator emails me her photos, and/or when I go back and take some photos myself. It looks great framed, really classy. I can’t wait to show you. I will be screen-printing some new tee’s with some new designs, and working on some new products. I know (well I hope) that Spring is coming soon (despite the fresh 6 - 9 inches of snow we just got today) and I have plenty of reality to know that since the Winter was spent hibernating, the Spring and Summer will be spent outdoors. Not chained to a drawing table. So. Trying to be productive now, while the governor of Massachusetts declares a snow emergency and sends every non-government employee home early today. Crazy, huh? Snowy Winter for sure.

Some things I’m really into right now (cuz all cool bloggers are making lists full of links they love):
*Signing onto Itunes and having it ask me if I would like to complete an album by downloading the rest of it for a fraction of the album price (cuz it noticed I have one or two songs from an album.) I downloaded this, this and this and they are all really nice listens. This too. I love madlib and this is a great album. This too. I hate to believe the hype, but had to download the recent Radiohead too. It’s good. It only gets better the more you listen to it. Hypnotic. Oh yeah. This too. I needed it. Pretty fantastic. Just needed it. Did I mention that I drive a lot and listen to my ipod constantly? New music is pretty much like filling up the gas tank to drive, it’s vital.

*A slumber party Saturday night with my dear friend Sarah, who is coming over to make art, play with dogs, drink wine, listen to music, walk the beach, and eat raviolis with me. Yay!

*Drawing cute decorative footwear treatments for shoes that light up for little girls. Taking a break from my mostly fashion-inspired line for kids, and doing cutesy stuff.

*Loving this new handbag, I finally have my grown-up lady leather handbag, thanks Ebay. Why do I have to vacillate so drastically between little girl and old lady style?

*These wellies are really coming in handy for all those doggie pee breaks in all of this snow. Had to throw out the pair I bought at Ricky’s in NYC. Typical NYC story, you’re wearing darling shoes and then comes a torrential downpour, I mean like flash-flooding style and you pop into the closest store and hope they sell something rubber for your feet, to save your cute shoes. The cheap wellies I bought were total crap, really, but somehow they got me through 2 winters in NYC as my only winter boots. I hate spending money on ugly things, but sometimes, outerwear just isn’t cute but totally necessary. I like these.

*Being included in the Schmap Boston for a photo I took while just visiting one summer, now I live here. Funny. But the happy part being, if really you could just do what you like, and self-publish, and people would find you and support you for it… nice. Flickr is really nice. One of my favorite web places. I just looked at my stats, and it’s interesting. I’ve been a member for 3 years, and have 2673 photos, with 12,642 views. I have met people from all over the world who have similar interests; whether it’s taking photos of the pavement, or art or whatever. We’re all connected. Yay!

Things I’m a bit sad about:
I miss my boyfriend a lot. And so do the dogs. We are moping. They don’t understand why the kitchen isn’t filled with the potent smell of garlic every night and why they don’t go to the park and the beach every day.
The hockey ice skates I’ve had since I was 15 years old, broke, and I was really sad. I loved them. So I bought a new pair and am excited to try them out. Hope I don’t sound like an old man and say “they don’t make ‘em like they used too.”
Not having vacation time until Summer. This winter is long and I could really use a trip to some sun.
Realizing it has been a year and a half since I’ve been to Portland. I really miss my family and friends. Had a vivid dream last night and I could feel a Portland summer breeze on my arm. I could feel the grizzly beards of my Dad and Stepdad on my cheek when I hugged them. It was a vivid, visceral dream and I am doing everything I can to get out there the very next 3-day weekend I have off. Miss you guys!
not necessarily a bad thing, but did the math and realized I’ve had 25 addresses in my 31 years of life. Why, oh why, do I move so often? I have also counted that I’ve had 17 different jobs since I was 18 years old.

Well friends, that’s all for now. Thanks for hanging out with me on this long post, more good stuff later. xo

Rabbits, as promised. I love 140lb hot-pressed watercolor paper. Smooth so the pen can just glide right over. But the cold-pressed watercolor paper does more justice to the paint washes…