Artist Andrew Saftel

This is an artist I found while walking my dog past the Lowe Gallery in Santa Monica. Andrew Saftel makes these huge mixed media paintings. I love the colors he uses, and I love all the stuff that's going on in these paintings.

Stationery Show 2007

Since it's officially 2007, I'm now allowing myself to start planning for the National Stationery Show, coming up in May. Some of you might think it's a bit early to plan, but it takes me quite a while to figure everything out. I'm hoping to have lots of new stuff this year. Above is a sneak peak at some cards I am working on, based on fruit and vegetable labels.

Cooper Hewitt - Design Life Now

While in NYC over the holidays, we went to the Cooper Hewitt to see the Design Life Now exhibit. There was everything from NASA to Blik, and it was fabulous. The show runs until July 29th, and I highly recommend checking it out. The above photos are of the outside of the museum.

Added Links

I've added some resources in the right hand link list. There are wedding resources, blog lists, and a list of places to find Rosebud products. I'm hoping to expand the lists in the future, especially the wedding resources. If you have any suggestions, please send them along.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, everyone! Today is my first official day of working on my own - yippee! Above is a photo of Toby, playing in the Buffalo, NY snow. I made a Toby calendar for my parents for Christmas, and this is the January image. I'm planning some changes for this blog, so stay tuned. I want to organize the links a bit better for all you brides out there looking for resources. I figured since I am an invitation designer, this would be a good place to list helpful links for brides-to-be. Hopefully I will have those up, along with some interesting new posts, in the next week or so.

Sea Creatures are Cool - Part 2

This book, The Octonauts, looks awesome. I first saw it at the aquarium in Vancouver's Stanley Park, but now I found their website. The illustrations are fantastic. Read all about the Octonauts here. I'm taking off for the East Coast tomorrow for some holiday revelry and whatnot. I'll be back again in January. Have a great holiday!

Zebra Bunny

I wanted to post a few more pictures of street art. Above is a zebra bunny - spotted in Santa Monica on Arizona Street, and some R's riding skateboards, also on Arizona. I'm not sure what any of these mean. Below, is a panda sticker, sometimes accompanied by a slug-like unicorn, and the happy cupcake - also a sticker.

Valentine Hearts

I'm skipping ahead a few months to February to feature these Valentine Hearts. I've just recently finished them. The design is foil stamped in hot pink onto light pink printed paper. The paper these are printed on is Crane's letterpress paper, and it is so soft, like fabric. The font that I used is called Balmoral, but I added more flourishes to the letters.

Rosebud Sale

The Rosebud Holiday Sale went really well - thanks to everyone who stopped by. And thanks to Harmony and The Bridal Bar who hosted the event. If you're a bride-to-be in the Los Angeles area, you should definitely check out this place. There are tons of references and ideas for your big day.

My Little Helper

Toby's been helping me tie ribbons for my Holiday Ornaments for the Rosebud Holiday Sale tomorrow. Actually, he prefers hiding his toys in the pile of ribbons. I imagine he'd be better at tying things if he had thumbs.

Sea Creatures are Cool

This is a new book from McSweeney's that my friend Kaz told me about. It's called Animals of the Ocean, in Particular the Giant Squid. A couple of years ago I made up a story about a clam named Fred who gets a job as a gardener at a palace run by a magical underwater sea goat named Ernesto. But I'm sure this book is more interesting. It promises to have squids, too, which is a bonus.

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Recently, I went to the Hammer in Westwood to check out an exhibit by Gert and Uwe Tobias. The exhibit didn't have my favorite pieces of theirs, some of which I've posted above. Gert and Uwe are Romanian twin brothers who do large scale woodcuts in really bright colors. They work folk tales and imagery from their native Transylvania into their art. You can see images of their work here and here.

Rosebud Design Studio Holiday Sale

Rosebud is having a holiday sale at the Bridal Bar in West Hollywood this Saturday, December 9th from 2 - 4pm. The Bridal Bar is located at 624 N. Doheny Drive (just north of Santa Monica Blvd.) in West Hollywood, CA 90069. We're going to have holiday cards, thank you's, stocking stuffers, and even some valentines. You can take a look at the Rosebud website to see what will be available for sale. Stop by if you are in the area, I'm hoping to have some hot chocolate and cookies on hand too!

Never Forget Vancouver

Recently, while in Vancouver, we kept running into this grafitti art dinosaur all over the place. We laughed and laughed when we saw it, especially appreciating the drawing style. I know there are tons of prominent grafitti artists like Banksy and Shepard Fairey, but I sort of like these anonymous and kind of random versions. There's a discussion of the never forget dino here. I'd like to make street art a posting theme, so if anyone has any examples of grafitti art, feel free to send them in.