little BIG pants

artist, jennifer collier (again)

 
this is the 2nd time i'm lauding the work of jennifer collier. she is just amazing!
 
cameras, typewriters, dresses, shoes, phones...is there anything this girl can't do with paper?
 
make sure you visit her site for closeups of these amazing pieces...
 
a sewing machine???? ...this one is truly stunning!

artist, elly mackay

 
paper artist, elly mackay has a really unique style
 
her use of light is so interesting. on her blog you can see images that transform instantly with a change of light
 
 
prints available here.

artist, nina lindgren

 
artist, nina lindgren's beautiful houses sculpture made out of corrugated cardboard.
 
i love seeing the work in progress...
 
the artist, with her work, via lemmemakeit.

artist, liat yaniv

 
oh. these make me grin ear to ear! self described "paper worker", liat yaniv, creates wonderful papier mache dolls and illustrations.
 
oh, so sweet!
 
her illustration are all cut from colored images from the daily newspaper!
 
via bloesem

paper sweetness

airmail letters
 
 
  dreamsuitcase 

 
stamp houses
 
"the doorway to writing is through reading" ...all found via cartolleria
 
 

dogs and bunnies

 
my heart melts at anything dog related since losing sunka. this past weekend was the st. paul art crawl and i picked up this lovely print from johnny and stacie. not to mention that baby o. and myself visited pet smart adoption day, it was just fun to look.
 
and look what came to visit us on our front steps....a baby bunny! j. was mowing the lawn and the little fur ball got scared and ran up our front steps. then j. helped him down and he ran to our porch steps...i think he would like to be adopted...
 
 

artist, jennifer collier

 
what is it about paper dresses that i love so? uk artist, jennifer collier fashions and frames them so sweetly.
 
tea bag dress
 
via heart handmade.

every girl needs a pair of red shoes

so i'm sewing red baby shoes today. finished pics will come tomorrow-promise! i went on etsy yesterday to check out the competition and of the 57 pages of baby shoes there were probably 10 pairs that were really cute. what are people thinking spending time knitting baby booties and then selling them for $5 ! YIKES. mine will not be that cheap. i also have an idea of selling these booties so you can display them in a shadow box because they are just so damn sweet (at least i think so) and look like little pieces of art. i just have to get my hubby to show me how to make frames. i leave you with a another link via camilla engman. the artist is asako masunouchi check out the 3D work, little matchbooks (the above pic) and mini people- good stuff!

princess & the pea

 
no posts lately, blame it on the dull, misty weather, spring yukky, mukky thaw, chemistry in the brain what have you but so in a rut as of late. today this perked me up. found this little jem at my local book store looking for a b-day gift for a 4 year old girl and bought it for myself instead!


written and "illustrated" by Lauren Child the above is my favorite spread of the book.


its interesting how she uses her 2d illustration in her diorama scenes. its a very cute story and lovely little scenes. my one critique is the pics are a bit dark for my taste and thus gives it a sort of weird 1960's ish book feel...


here is the king and queen's bedroom, doesn't that bed just look cozy!