Weekend Inspiration

{my badger collage, new work!}

{By: Lauren Manoogian}

{by: Amy Borrell}

{source:? let me know if you know}

{by: Erin Hanson}

Happy Weekend!

Too Excellent

this is just too excellent not to share. Found here

Framing for a Show

Framing and prepping for a show opening Oct 7 at ANKA Gallery here in Portland. Mark your calendars!

MySpace Theme Launch (!!!)

{my myspace}

Ok, so a while back MySpace commissioned me to design a background for their new platform, and it's finally launched! I've been dying to tell everyone about this, but today is the day I can for real! Above is the link to my myspace profile where you can check out the theme in action, and if you have a MySpace page, upgrade to the new platform and try it out! I'm really excited with how everything came together so nicely, thanks MySpace team!

{Here's the theme link}

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hello all, it was a busy weekend at the zine fair, many thanks to all who came out.
A busy week approaches, here's a new piece!

the PDX Zine Symposium is this weekend

10AM-5PM Sat and 10AM-4PM Sun!
I'll have all my mini books + zines, plus some limited edition screen prints, 1" buttons and some screen printed zine sized totes to carry all your goodies home. Come by and say hello!

Polyvore is....wow

Polyvore is....super confusing. Being that I am a trained graphic designer, it's probably super sad that I cannot figure out how to work this site! I registered for an account, and then spent about 2 hours trying to "clip to polyvore" and failed miserably. I could end up spending all day making one silly collage, and so instead, I pilfered this one from the web :)
I had trouble sleeping last night and rewatched a bunch of episodes from the first season of Skins, so here's a silly collage about Cassie, who I think is my favorite character along with Sid. And also, how cute is that horse tank? Very cute.

Lavender-Grey Spotted Bunny Screen Prints

Lavender-Grey Spotted Bunny screen prints in the shop. Edition of 7, printed by me on 100% cotton cream printmaking paper. Each print is signed and numbered. A5 size.
{in my etsy}
hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I Wonder,

a new piece, "I wonder," // I'm busy getting new pieces ready for an exhibition in October, which is surprisingly close!
{print on s6}

Rhino Pillows in a Movie!

I just posted a new batch of Rhinos Smell Roses Pillows in the shop. Did you know they're going to be in a movie?! A set decorator bought a few for Henry's Crime (starring Keanu Reeves!). I believe it's premiering in a few weeks at the Toronto Film Festival.

An Interview with the HAND Drawing Collective

I did an interview over at the HAND drawing collective blog,
this is an excerpt from the lovely writeup they did for my work:

"Her dreamy small-scale works are marked by a vibrant pastel palette and whimsical hand-drawn characters making their way around cosmic found-image landscapes. Children scale magic mountains, gather wood, flaunt tribal masks, ride rhinos, and feed their animal friends amidst teepee villages which cast patterned shadows in the sun. We'd love to live vicariously through any of her charming, free-spirited creations."

read the interview here

Sneak Peek // The Beginning

Here's a little sneak peek of a fully hand printing textile project I'm working on. I did some test prints over the weekend and turned my apartment into a giant drying rack. Watch out for the real deal in the fall!

Hang in there with me

I'm trying to update the blog layout. I thought I was going to be all sneaky and do it overnight but it turns out it's a bit more difficult than I originally anticipated. That being said, there are still a few changes on the way, so hang in there with me while it's a bit of a mess!

Red Spotted Bunny Screen Print

A new print!
A red spotted bunny screen print!
Hand pulled (by me!) // edition of 5
100% cotton 250gsm natural white paper // A5 size
{in my etsy}

A Summertime Giveaway (closed)

In the spirit of summer, a giveaway!
A perfect pack of summer goodies perfect for hitting up the
farmers market or lounging in the park.

{Ghost Indian Bird Hunt Tote, set of 3 buttons, and an I Heart the Golden Girls Zine.}

To enter just leave a comment below and tell me what you heart {anything! color, tea, book, place, song etc.} I'll pick a winner with a random number generator in a week, on Tuesday Aug 3rd.
<3

{the giveaway is closed: I'll comment with the winner and contact that person directly, thanks to all who entered, I loved reading your responses}

BUST hearts the Golden Girls too

check it out! I Heart the Golden Girls is in the Aug/Sept 2010 issue of BUST. Thanks to the lovely miss Lisa B for putting it in!

IdN Extra 03: The New Twenties

Some fantastic news. IdN and Society6 teamed up a while back to create this book, "Idn Extra 03:The New Twenties" which has just come out! I have a spread in it and am alongside some truly fantastic artists.

Book description (from the IdN site): A scintillating survey of the work of today’s 20-somethings, who were all brought up in the technological boom years of the late 20th Century – and whose concepts of self-promotion and networking are radically different from those of their predecessors. In this third IdN Special Edition, we have collaborated with Society6, one of the largest online platforms for up-and-coming designers, to showcase the talent of 58 brilliant young artists with a contemporary outlook on creativity and communicating.

Campfires, Bunnies + Adventure

{Campfires, Bunnies + Adventure}
see the process below!

{the people}

{add a lake}

{almost there....and then back to top for the final!}

This illustration is available as a print through my Society6 shop

Collage Play

a few of a bunch

Tipis, Magic and Mountain Buttons

New! Buttons in the shop! Fun Fun.

Sheepless.org Illustration // A New Deal for Local Economies

Here's my latest illustration for Sheepless.org. It's for the article A New Deal for Local Economies by Stacy Mitchell. I am a regular contributor to Sheepless whose mission is "to celebrate, connect, and inspire these small business owners through interviews, video profiles, photos, and editorials, in order to build more sustainable, accessible, creative, and community-driven local economies"; if you haven't already, please head over to the site and take a look around!

Browsing the Nasa Archives

Aurora Over Alaska (© Joshua Strang)

Aurora Persei (©Jimmy Westlake)

Starburst Galaxy IC 10 (© Mike Siniscalchi)

I woke up far too early this morning, so I spent the wee hours browsing through the Nasa Archives. Fascinating!

On Paper: A Mix and Match of Bits and Baubbles

a collection of fairly random sketchbook pages and stuck on items

Hot Hot Heat

Sauna, Heat Wave, Delirious, Vat of Iced Tea, Art Concoction.

Giant Lion Invades Couture

this enormous lion statue at the Chanel Couture show in Paris for AW10/11 is pretty badass

A Postcard Collection

These 2 postcards are pulled from my ever growing inspiration wall. I found them in downtown Portland a few days ago, they are photo collections from a girl named Kelty who also lives in Portland. Her site and blog are enchanting, have a look. Who knows, maybe one day we'll meet!
{etsy link}

WORN Buttons for "Pin Up, Party Down"

A while back I designed a button for the lovely publication WORN for their ~Pin Up, Party Down~ event. They made 20 of my design and sold 10 to raise funds for issue 10 (!!) and mailed me the other 10! Tavi, the cutie pie behind Style Rookie recently posted about Worn and her contribution to all this button making excitement, it looks like a good time was had by all.
I have a few left to give away so the next 8 etsy orders (#'s 417-424)will get buttons in their pack as well!

Bunny Stamp ~ I caved

Last week I had talked about making a bunny stamp, and I totally caved. It came in the post right before the long weekend, and I've been bunny stamping everything since then. How much fun is a bunny stamp? Tons.

Since it is technically still a "holiday" here in the US, I'm moving at a nice leisurely pace today, starting everything off with a pot of tea (pear ginger black tea from the Tao of Tea) before diving into a few projects. Tomorrow's agenda...my very first jury duty.

Scuff ~ A mixed media print

one of the prints from this weeks shows
>>happy weekend<<

Chikismiqui Magazine

{cover illustration by Anke Weckmann}

I got my copies of Chikismiqui magazine in the post this week! I illustrated a poem written by Natalia Iscaro for the issue. If you get your hands on a copy it's filled with some awesome photography, illustration, recipes and stories.