oversized Valentine

A very fun how-to on the Crafts Dept Blog on making the most out of control Valentine heart!

Doesn't your love deserve it!!!

explosions of life

Incredible. i love this.

via ZooBorns

snow blind

Couldn't help but post these photos by Matthias Heiderich. He captures snow looking completely clean and sterile, opposite to what it looked like in Manhattan today. I wish it would never get dirty—its so beautiful solid white.

knobby knees

I went into the studio on Sunday to do some work and my best friend Nicki and sister Melissa stopped by to keep me company for a while. They must of had an ulterior motive though, because they asked me to direct them to certain craft supplies and became really quiet working on the other side of the room.

In under 2 hours, together they whipped up a quirky giraffe and surprised me with it! He is made simply from 2 different size styrofoam eggs (head & body), mini styrofoam balls (knees & feet), googly eyes, yellow paint, tiny felted balls, crepe paper decoupage spots and crepe paper rolled around wire for the appendages. They brillantly crafted what I call Knobby Knees! 

All my crafter coworkers were just as pleasantly surprised when they came into work this morning and caught him waddling across my desk. Who doesn't love a clumsy baby giraffe!?!

skull

Three skull charm necklaces I've somewhat recently made. Each skull is unique—carved out of wax and cast in sterling silver. 

Currently mourning my Yiayia (grandmother), who passed away on Monday evening. 

I loved her very much.

oxox

Psittacus

parrot earrings

parrot & monkey friend

parrot painting by Sarah McNeil

 unhappy parrot :(

parrot preening- my funny little Pico

parrots as specimens

I have been dreaming of parrot friends.

Boathemian

Meli met Ty at a trade show recently. She showed me his website & I am digging his delineation. He doodles in Brooklyn, an island off New York—I forget I live on an island too.

all work by Ty Williams

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LOVE stumbling on brilliant young artists.

Becca Stadtlander's work makes me smile.

purchase prints at her etsy shop.

awaiting the wonderful white

Forecast says SNOW. 

paintings by Agnes Tait.

painting by Allison Schulnik

and if the weatherman is wrong, we can always ask Heidi Neilson to sprinkle the city—she's an expert in fake snow.

I like it when it snows in Manhattan.

some nights

I just don't feel like blogging.