Mai Autumn

as the air turns cooler

it's apparent that it's almost september with the cooler air that keeps waking me up in the morning. i've been busy working on a lot of new work - some of it is up in the shop, others i have yet to post, but here are some things that have been happening in my studio these days.

and if you've been in the etsy shop, you might have noticed a few new peacock feathers popping up! i'm planning to do lots of these. they are so fun to paint with the metallic acrylic i've been adding.

i also did some traveling earlier this month to visit a friend in san diego, and i realized i never shared any pictures! i think these tropical snapshots are just the thing to send off summer.

as you may know, fall is one of my favorite seasons (half of my business name is autumn after all!) so i'm looking forward to crisp nights, the smell of fall leaves, enjoying a nice glass of red wine on the porch, and a quieter little beach town atmosphere. 

i hope the start to your week is lovely! see you in september!

southern charm - savannah, ga

with the humidity and warmer temperatures gracing us with their presence here in nj, my memories drift to a year i spent in savannah, georgia, at the savannah college of art and design (scad). here are some dreamy things that remind me of the way that magical place felt...

wrought iron fences were everywhere (andrea fanton), the old fashioned feeling of this cameo (arreign) completely sums up the graceful age of the city, and the lovely drink decanter up there is from the paris market, which is actually in savannah (i've never been to this particular shop, but it looks like i would love it!) (via pretties and posies)

green and lace represent it very well (starbags)

as do antique wood crates filled with wild plants (the primitive home), the night filled with a beautiful soft glow (racey tay), fresh linen (affaires nomades), and mossy trees (vlad)

and the light was always amazing (treefox)

to end this post, i think it is only appropriate that my pandora player has given me sara bareilles's version of sittin' on the dock of the bay ("i left my home in georgia...") what a wonderful coincidence !

:)

memories - amsterdam

after playing around with the image in the last post, i got inspired to play with some of my older images. in 2008, i took a little journey to amsterdam with my painting class in college. there were some amazing sights to be seen. i think i like these photos in the neat-o ways i've edited them. what do you think?

they're all available over in my shop, too.

i miss europe! ... ok weird note... listening to wqxr (classical radio - yes, i am a snob)... the radio announcer is talking about rotterdam. two of those photos were taken in rotterdam! creeepyyy