{my first} Print Giveaway!

Update: this giveaway is still going on! 9 more days, get in while you can! see yiz soon.

Today there is a little art review + print giveaway over on Heather's Spunky Real Deals blog and facebook page. We're giving away a free print of my watercolor painting "August" on her blog. She also made me her featured artist for the month on her facebook page. Like + friend + enter to win and all that good stuff, because she's always got fun giveaways of products she tests and reviews herself, with her own stylish, sincere, spunky style. 3 cheers for inspiration! (and for August).

her art review sneak peek (featuring strawberry tide first, then the august print + more):

Spunky Real Deals

happy weekend

how amazing is this? the visuals alone get me. and then the music ... gah! enjoy this late summer 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.

  If you're inspired to do the same, leave your link in the comments below. Also visit SouleMama and leave your link there, too.

#-ing

i've been using #palette on instagram to track my messy painting palettes over the past couple weeks. i love seeing how they change within each season, without my permission yet in my own hands. i've been noticing a similar visual interest and seasonal shift in my cutting boards, so i've been tracking those using #cuttingboardart. thinking maybe i should start putting "kiele" at the end of each so i can have the option to see just my own, but keep a generic one so i can scope everyone's #cuttingboardart at once. (how exciting, this instagram #ing!) if you have a #palette or a #pizza or a #cuttingboardart image, i invite you to join. otherwise, what else have you been #ing/instgramming and loving? just a warning, you might see these themes as features, as new art, or who knows what else as i try to keep up with myself.

{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.

  If you're inspired to do the same, leave your link in the comments below. Also visit SouleMama and leave your link there, too.

inspiration dump:: august edition

i'm sure my iphone is just as dirty as my big camera now. i've been using my instagram a lot lately. still not letting go of the crispness and creativity i can get at with my big camera ... so they're all mashed up below- can you tell the difference? i'm now piled under twice as many photos to sort as i was pre-iphone. the convenience of the iphone camera almost makes the mystery and lure of the big camera that much more awesome. do you agree?



p.s.- i should mention that this song makes me cry every time. i don't even care whatever it's really about. that's how i do it with songs.

"there is greater, more complex beauty in the unexplored parts of all things, especially ourselves."

(full pieces from snippets above, available in the shop now.)