Spats!

I stumbled upon these gorgeous spats, handmade by a German artist named Maide. She uses thick, patterned fabrics, lots of buttons, embroidery, little bobbles, and prints (likely on fabric) of master's like Mucha & Klimpt's work - for a very art nouveau/victorian feel. I would love to own a pair of spats myself!





Make sure to check out her other work (click on her name above).

Finally, a sunny day!

It was sunny today. Perfect excuse to take the camera out :3 There's nothing like a blue sky and warm sunlight when all you've seen is gray for months.

The trees, roof tops, and street lamp silhouette the beautiful sunset

An airplane zipped by. I really like how the electrical power lines and the plane's smoke lines cross. Nifty.

Nice silhouette of a tree against the beautiful blue sky.

I found this abandoned little milk keychain. So cute! (he's now washed and adopted).


First Blossoms of the New Year

All the plants are starting to blossom!

Moleskin

I just got my very first moleskin sketchbook! [:
The purchase was inspired by Iphigen, who creates lovely traditional illustrations. Here's an example of her work:



She has a really neat video where she's flipping through her moleskin sketch book. I find it hypnotic! Her 'sketches' are so beautiful that I hate to call them just that. They really look like finished pieces. I hope to make a video of my own moleskin when I finish filling all of the pages. Check out her vid here:

Moleskine Nr2 from Angie Hoffmeister on Vimeo.

Lost things

Gah... I seem to have misplaced two important character drawings! I've been searching high and low, and they're no where to be found. This is where a prayer to Saint Anthony to recover lost or stolen things comes in:

O blessed St. Anthony,
the grace of God has made you a powerful advocate
in all our needs and the patron
for the restoring of things lost or stolen.
I turn to you today with childlike love and deep confidence.
You have helped countless children of God
to find the things they have lost,
material things, and, more importantly,
the things of the spirit: faith, hope, and love.
I come to you with confidence;
help me in my present need.
I recommend what I have lost to your care,
in the hope that God will restore it to me,
if it is His holy Will.

Amen.

I feel it's a little contradictory to pray to God to help me recover a drawing that would be considered tres naughty by the church. Hmm...