Cheer Detergent

Who knew cheap could look so appealing! Lowercase letters, drop graphic filled with every rainbow hue, and a dominant ground of black makes me feel Cheer can launder my darks and colors equally. This rebrand is brilliant and caught my

Cheer Detergent

Who knew cheap could look so appealing! Lowercase letters, drop graphic filled with every rainbow hue, and a dominant ground of black makes me feel Cheer can launder my darks and colors equally. This rebrand is brilliant and caught my

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Layers

I’m adding vintage magazine clippings of cats to this piece with Mod Podge decoupage glue, applied with a sponge brush. In my last post, I showed my castle study in acrylic on paper, which I’ve now torn in half and

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Layers

I’m adding vintage magazine clippings of cats to this piece with Mod Podge decoupage glue, applied with a sponge brush. In my last post, I showed my castle study in acrylic on paper, which I’ve now torn in half and

Castles, Cakes, and Canvas

Wilton Cake Decorating Book

My mother-in-law Michelle Downin (rest her awesome soul) was a cake decorating goddess. I flipped when I found this old Wilton cake decorating magazine which featured a castle on its cover. The hilarity is that it’s NOT EVEN A CAKE! The writer clearly made note that the castle you see is cardboard and icing. Yum.

Castles, Cakes, and Canvas

Wilton Cake Decorating Book

My mother-in-law Michelle Downin (rest her awesome soul) was a cake decorating goddess. I flipped when I found this old Wilton cake decorating magazine which featured a castle on its cover. The hilarity is that it’s NOT EVEN A CAKE! The writer clearly made note that the castle you see is cardboard and icing. Yum.

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Rebecca Rose + Corzine Fine Art

Rebecca Rose and I visited Corzine Fine Art tonight in West Hollywood. Her silver masterpiece jutted off of her finger, nearly puncturing the surrounding canvases. Cameron Gray’s many collage works of tiny oil paintings revealed larger compositions of Matisse, each

Rebecca Rose

Rebecca Rose + Corzine Fine Art

Rebecca Rose and I visited Corzine Fine Art tonight in West Hollywood. Her silver masterpiece jutted off of her finger, nearly puncturing the surrounding canvases. Cameron Gray’s many collage works of tiny oil paintings revealed larger compositions of Matisse, each

After icing them, it's time to let these little babies coo on the windowsill.

Cute Little Bundts

Drew turns 38 tomorrow! To celebrate, I baked up a bunch of mini Bundt cakes with a pan Jessie Cho gave me last month (thanks, Jessie!). Did you know that Bundt is actually a registered trademark?! Maybe someone’s last name?

After icing them, it's time to let these little babies coo on the windowsill.

Cute Little Bundts

Drew turns 38 tomorrow! To celebrate, I baked up a bunch of mini Bundt cakes with a pan Jessie Cho gave me last month (thanks, Jessie!). Did you know that Bundt is actually a registered trademark?! Maybe someone’s last name?

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TriTective: Design Process

Once upon a time, my grandmother (a gal with a penchant for all items ragged and rusty) gave her grandson Riley a sign painting book. He kept the book for many years, leafing through its musty pages and laughing at

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TriTective: Design Process

Once upon a time, my grandmother (a gal with a penchant for all items ragged and rusty) gave her grandson Riley a sign painting book. He kept the book for many years, leafing through its musty pages and laughing at

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Broken Fun

Broken Fun, 2010 Paper, glue, paint, coloring book cover, PMS swatch book page, pastel, and acrylic on Arches watercolor paper. Approx 4″ x 6″. My affinity for the print process coupled with my disillusioned and painful childhood inspired this piece.

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Broken Fun

Broken Fun, 2010 Paper, glue, paint, coloring book cover, PMS swatch book page, pastel, and acrylic on Arches watercolor paper. Approx 4″ x 6″. My affinity for the print process coupled with my disillusioned and painful childhood inspired this piece.

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Cotton Candy Sky

This sweet circus fluff is a recurrent theme for me. Tonight’s sky was cotton candy suspended in air. I sat in my office at about 5, working on staying focused, when I witnessed the sky fade to a rosy pink.

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Cotton Candy Sky

This sweet circus fluff is a recurrent theme for me. Tonight’s sky was cotton candy suspended in air. I sat in my office at about 5, working on staying focused, when I witnessed the sky fade to a rosy pink.

The Crayola Caddy, pictured here with Lite Brite in the 1981 Sears Wish Book, was one of my fave childhood gifts.

The Crayola Caddy

She unveiled the orange Binney & Smith box to my stunned 7-year-old face as I sat at the kitchen table with my little sister Sharon. My mother constantly fed my appetite for art supplies and she had REALLY done it

The Crayola Caddy, pictured here with Lite Brite in the 1981 Sears Wish Book, was one of my fave childhood gifts.

The Crayola Caddy

She unveiled the orange Binney & Smith box to my stunned 7-year-old face as I sat at the kitchen table with my little sister Sharon. My mother constantly fed my appetite for art supplies and she had REALLY done it

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Castles on the Brain

One of my faves from the late 1970s. I’m becoming more and more obsessed with this Fisher-Price Play Family Castle. Something is brewing! [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

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Castles on the Brain

One of my faves from the late 1970s. I’m becoming more and more obsessed with this Fisher-Price Play Family Castle. Something is brewing! [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Parenting Magazine Features the GeoSafari® Talking Electron Microscope

Parenting Magazine Features the GeoSafari® Talking Electron Microscope

Parenting Magazine recently chose the GeoSafari® Talking Electron Microscope from Educational Insights as one of their Most Intelligent Toys of 2011. It’s pictured here in the layout. I’m particularly proud of this one because I led the design from my

Parenting Magazine Features the GeoSafari® Talking Electron Microscope

Parenting Magazine Features the GeoSafari® Talking Electron Microscope

Parenting Magazine recently chose the GeoSafari® Talking Electron Microscope from Educational Insights as one of their Most Intelligent Toys of 2011. It’s pictured here in the layout. I’m particularly proud of this one because I led the design from my

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game Tour: Los Angeles

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game Tour: Los Angeles

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game Hits the LA Scene! Dallas signings at Brilliant Sky, Puzzle Zoo, and Learning Express were a BLAST, and now it’s time for The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game to make his appearance in the Los Angeles

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game Tour: Los Angeles

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game Tour: Los Angeles

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game Hits the LA Scene! Dallas signings at Brilliant Sky, Puzzle Zoo, and Learning Express were a BLAST, and now it’s time for The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game to make his appearance in the Los Angeles

Thank you for your hospitality

Thank you for your hospitality

Thank you for your hospitality, 2010 Acrylic, glue, magazine ad, stencil, coloring book page, and paper card printing plate on canvas 16″x 16″ I’ve split up an advertisement from Bell Telephone that depicts a woman sitting at a table on the

Thank you for your hospitality

Thank you for your hospitality

Thank you for your hospitality, 2010 Acrylic, glue, magazine ad, stencil, coloring book page, and paper card printing plate on canvas 16″x 16″ I’ve split up an advertisement from Bell Telephone that depicts a woman sitting at a table on the