Coloring Books!

Maybe you have noticed this about me, if you have read my blog for awhile, but I'm kind of a big kid at heart. A 31-year old kid! Coloring books were one of faaavorite things as a kid, and I can remember spending lots of time neatly coloring in pages and pages of coloring books. Stubs of peeled crayons were piled in my art box (kinda like my current art box actually.)

I've been wanting to make my own coloring book or activity book for awhile now, and I finally invested in a heavy-duty paper-cutter so I could do just that! I'm starting off with these three coloring books, and hope to expand the line to activity books, and journals/sketchbooks soon. And maybe I'll finally start working on that children's book I've always wanted to write and illustrate...

Coloring books are in the shop!

Out and About

Mural on Karate Studio

 I bought a new camera recently (Canon Rebel T3i), and this weekend was the first I was able to properly play around with it. It is my first SLR camera, so I'm pretty psyched! I'm slowly learning how to properly use a lot of the manual settings. I'm really excited to use it when I go home for the holidays, to take lots of photos of my family. I've noticed that photos are lacking from recent years, now that we are all older (my youngest sis is now 19! the baby is not a baby anymore!) Time to remedy that! I'm also really excited to start painting a little larger and having the ability to photograph the paintings, instead of scan in pieces with  my crappy scanner. Hooray for technology not holding me back anymore!  Anyways, I took a walk around the neighborhood last night, right before sunset when the light was super-pretty.

Sunday waffles with dried cranberries and currants in them. (Raised waffle recipe from Vegan Brunch)

Sunset over Williamsburg Bridge

Christmas Trees for sale

More trees for sale

I accidentally photographed a dude (ghost?) peeing! I swear I didn't see him when I took the photograph! It was all black behind the gated door, to my eye.  I just thought the the gated door was pretty.  Maybe my new camera takes x-ray photos?! Either way, SPOOKY.

Goodbye leaves, see you in 6 months.

2011 Holiday Handmade Cavalcade!

Hello! I'm really excited for the Holiday Handmade Cavalcade coming up THIS Saturday.  Put on by The {NewNew} Etsy team that I'm on, it's always a super-fun event.  It will be at Public Assembly, in Williamsburg, from 10-6pm.  Maybe you can tell, but I designed the flyer this year! It was a lot of fun to make and I'm happy with how it came out. Woo!  So if you are in the Brooklyn area this weekend, please do stop by and say hi!

p.s. We are one of TimeOut NY's "critics pick" for the upcoming weekend!

I'll Sleep When I Die

I'll Sleep When I Die, new print in the shop!

I often think of this phrase, during super-busy times (which seems to be all the time lately...) A bit morbid maybe, but when the days go by without enough hours in the day to get all that I want to accomplish done, I can't help but find sleeping just getting in the way! Don't get me wrong, I lovvvve to sleep (and I do it well!), but I also love what I do for a living and sometimes I just have so many ideas on the table and so few hours in the daytime. I'm sure you can relate, right?

I want to thank everyone who bought something from me during my holiday sale this past weekend, or at anytime in the past. I really appreciate it and am super-grateful to be able to do what I love for a living and to make people happy and smiley with my work. Warm fuzzies!

Penguin Ornaments!

I'm super-pysched about new Penguin ornaments this year! This 'lil guy is rocking his hot pink scarf! I printed them through Spoonflower, and they are hand-sewn and the 'lil scarfs are crocheted.

DETAILS:
+Fabric: 100% Cotton fabric. Digitally Printed via Spoonflower
+Stuffing: 100% Cotton
+Yarn: 96% Acrylic, 4% Metallic Polyester
+Dimensions: Approximately 4" x 2.25", plus 2.5" hanging ribbon


Don't forget I have a Holiday Sale going on this weekend!  Enter the coupon code KITTYPARTY at checkout to save 15%.  Sale ends Monday 11/28 at midnight EST. 

Annual Holiday Sale!

It's that time of year again where everyday seems to go at warp-speed, as the holiday season starts and speeds up. Or at least, that's how it always feels to me! I'm having my annual holiday sale to help you jump-start any shopping you were planning for friends, family, loved ones, (and yourself.)

From Fri. 11/25 - Mon. 11/28, save 15% by entering, at checkout, the coupon code: KITTYPARTY

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow to my USA pals; eat lots of yummy food!
xoxo,
Michelle

Holiday Cards!

Available here

Hello!  I'm pretty psyched about my holiday cards this year.  I think my favorite is the fox (also, I want a stripey scarf with those colors), but then maybe the penguins are my favorites too.  I brought back my cutie-cat Hanukkah card also (spin, dreidel, spin!)   

This is always such a busy time of year for me, and I really tried to get a jump on it this year, but here we are, two weeks before Thanksgiving!  I might have something secret cooking up for a day after Thanksgiving sale, so make sure you're signed up for my mailing list if you want to be in the know!

Season's Greetings Fox is available here

Happy Holidays Penguins are available here

Holiday Bears are available here

Season's Greetings Cat is available here

Hanukkah Kitty is available here

Zippered Pouches!

So in the midst of 'MoFo madness last month, I made a bunch of new things but failed to mention them here.  First up, is my latest Spoonflower endeavor!  I created these illustrations (based off this Woodland Jamboree print) to go on these fun zippered pouches.  They are printed on linen-cotton canvas, and hand-sewn up into a mega-cute pouch. I use mine to hold pens/pencils/markers/erasers/etc., but they could totally be used to hold makeup, sewing supplies, etc.  I don't really consider myself much of a seamstress, but I'm totally proud of these and how they look all sewn up. Woo!  Available here, in the shop.