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hey, i won something!

my logo won a design contest for the Adobe 2008 Creative Transitions Conference. milwaukee never looked so badass.

little shoes series

5.25x5.25 ink and collage on found wood

big blue sky, little red shoes

5.5x3.25 acrylic, ink and collage on found wood

*this piece reminds me of my beautiful friend nikki

sketchbook

i call this little sketchbook experiment "ms. bowles on faux bois."
it's acrylic and collage on what is usually the atrocity known as wood patterned contact paper.

I create best when I stay in my pj's all day and mess up my whole house

today's blog title is a quote i found on poppytalk this morning by little black rabbit, and it couldn't describe my life any better.
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as you might know by my mass email yesterday, --which in turn several of you little love birds gave props to by replying all on:)-- it's official, i have finally opened shop on etsy. now i have a little extra motivation to continue doing what i love to do; living design and art.

last summer, a beautiful family friend named kate (who will marry ben and i in november) did my numbers for the first time. what i came to understand was the following....

2007 was the year for planting seeds and 2008 would be the year these seeds would grow--and i kill plant life like nobody's business, so you can easily translate this metaphor as a tremendous life success for me.

so here we are, 2008. freelance is building, the paint is flowing, relations are grounded and the past is behind me. this is a year of plenty and i am blessed.

girl

12x12 collage on found wood