{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama

 
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

featured cuties (oh ya, and new tees!)

i've got some new tees + onesies up in my etsy store. check 'em out. blowfish, seahorses, crabs and lobsters ... in new sizes and colors.

AND ... use the code FREESHIPSUMMER11 to get free shipping!

i think i know my favorite part of making these tees, is seeing real live kids wear them and look happy, excited, colorful.

this is rowan. he's the son of one of jay's bandmates.
his blowfish face is rivaled throughout the world. and that faux-hawk!
can his adorableness be matched?

my goodness, it might be! i'm sure they duke it out for cuteness factor all the time, because this is rowan's cousin, jonah. (another jay bandmate babe.) he's super handsome in this coral color, i must say. and.... a seahorse. on a baby. is there anything left in life?

yes, there's this one! since we're rounding out the cuteness for the day ... merrimack is back! she's been there all long, wearing the only lobster on the site, and i can assure that you'll see her modeling other fashions in time to come. she grows and grows!

furrow-face?

ask yourself: what can you soften?

and go outside. 

what we call in the business ... a weekend.

::ideas a-brewin'::

have you ever tried to paint on yupo paper? it's a synthetic paper, tear-free (and wrinkle/bend free), 100% recyclable... and it basically absorbs the paint's pigment, but not the water. (the water evaporates into the air instead of being absorbed into the paper). you can remove and completely erase areas using water and different techniques. definitely not a replacement for cotton watercolor paper... but very interesting to try.

what do you think?

p.s. noteworthy weekend reviews:

• we had a plan-less beach weekend, i recommend.

• i read the war of art by steven pressfield. full of helpful and interesting psychologies of self, and creativity. great for a new perspective. it's a fast fast read which i like... and good for any "artist, visionary, or entrepreneur" as the back cover says. very true. it's where i got that really good quote...

• cool shade finally happened, and can you fathom... my friend cold-sea-breeze stopped by to say hello!?! it was shocking and awesome.

how was your weekend?

{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama

 
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

 

 

new logo:: seacoast nanny service

i recently made a logo for a brand new and exciting company, seacoast nanny service. based out of seacoast, NH and created by my cousin-in-law Kim, seacoast nanny service is dedicated to pairing nannies and families in the area. whether you are a nanny, or a family, contact Seacoast Nanny Service and get started!

paintings/process

here are some new paintings in different stages from the past week. what do you think?

{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama

 
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

vacation colors

hi! i hope you're still with me. i wanted to write earlier in the week, but i was in survival mode from the heat. i tried very hard not to complain, and to live through the sweat pouring down my face and back as i sat, because i know that in the winter, those 90+ degree and humid days seem so far away and i would do anything for one. but it really is sort of an unhealthy situation. your brain doesn't even function correctly. even for me, usually water-obsessed, my brain didn't even want to tell me to drink. it just said, "uhhhhh....." "go to a store...." "wander aimlessly"... "sit and stare and don't move." "get wicked frustrated at something small and stupid."

love.

are you taking a vacation this summer? or did you already have one? what are you doing on your vacation? i hope some of it, is "nothing".

also.. last week.. we saw donavon frankenreiter.
his music puts me into perspective every time. listen to the encore from our show.

(and while he's setting up... PLEASE enjoy his amazing pants.)

(check out our wedding processional version, it makes me die.)

on july 4th after the storm, the colors of everything outside turned up about 65 knots. yep, i measure color in knots. it's like we were wearing rose-colored glasses except it wasn't a lie.

 sneak peek at some new block print designs for baby tees. most babies i know are not newborns anymore, so some bigger sizes+new designs/colors were necessary. i'm still making painting the priority but these will be coming to my etsy store sometime soon!

brain cakes, chocolate jimmies high + low, and the best brownies of life. all chocolateyness made by my sister and i for vacation/4th/our dad's birthday, with the aid of my bridesmaid-gifted mixer, and jaimie's organized baking (and life) skills. we also took some embarassing photos of ourselves playing cupcake wars with our light-brownish-pink "red velvet" screw-up cupcakes. awesome.