my love for you is a stampede of horses.

happy halloween!

i hope you all have a spooky halloween, safe, fun and don't over do it with the chocolate! i wanted to post these julia pott tattoos. after watching julia's video everyday since last week, i figured i NEED these! right? we all NEED these. be safe, have a blast and don't dress up as palin! ha! see you on monday, if not sooner!

kate broughton.

my good friend helene (who's band you should give a good long listen to, for sure.) sent me a link to kate broughton's etsy site, squealing that she had bought a meerkat and gold crest bird felted brooch while she was on her latest tour. ummm, meerkat? brooch? click! it's true, meerkat brooches are available along with kate's other handmade animals like a hedgehog, chicken, and a ring tailed lemur (a lemur!). those are just a few brooch offerings on her etsy shop, she's also got totes and more. but don't just stop at kate's etsy shop, check out her site where you'll see her illustrations as well. girl has got a talent bone for sure.

martha rich.

martha rich's work always makes me feel normal. she's like the miranda july of the art world. she just paints it as she sees it. doesn't dress it up, and certainly doesn't dress it down ( a lot of her recent paintings have glitter on them, and we all know how we like glitter.). martha's continual commentary on beauty culture, again, makes me feel moderately normal about my inadequacies as my brain opts to see it sometimes. sometimes. what i wouldn't do to own a piece of martha's. if i got paid like a normal person, i would so take her up on her current buy two get one free offer on freedom wig right now. because i can't, you should. come on! ok, that's unhealthy and codependent. but i'll be your bff if you do it. i promise. ok. FINE. well, will you at least give me your free painting?

julia pott for casiotone for the painfully alone.

amy over at pikaland posted this animated video by julia pott last week. i LOVE casiotone for the painfully alone.  this video is so cute i might just kill myself, i can't even stand it. ummmm, the kitty's and dog's legs in the beginning?! what. are. you. even. talking. about!?!? don't even get me started on the end with the kitty on the unicorn...or the dance scene?! seriously, i've watched it at least 17x today and laughed out loud each time. cereal. ok, enough with the screaming.

marcela restrepo.

marcela restrepo, an illustrator living in sydney by way of colombia, just sent me a sweet little email announcing her brand new big cartel shop, leftyhand. i love lefties! here is the client list she sent me: "my clients have included american express, peugeot, energizer, bon appetit magazine, australian financial review, sunday telegraph magazine and my mother." awww, our biggest fan's, our moms! that just warms my heart on an absolutely fuh-reeeezing day here in boston. marcela is offering a 10% discount to celebrate her new shop, enter 'open7' at checkout...hurry up though the offer only stands til tomorrow.