Here is something I did a long time ago and just found recently. I love it so much, it reminds me a bit of Tsumori Chisato prints I've been looking at recently.

internet girls

I don't think I ever got around to posting photos from Internet Girls at Habitat House last summer. Here is one!

Chiffon

These two scarves are now restocked in the shop, this time in beautiful, semi-sheer chiffon. Pretty much my favorite fabric of the moment, even the polyester version they have at American Apparel. I picked up this full length skirt, black with tiny creme polka dots, in Miami last week and I've been wearing it ever since.

Dylan and I are headed to Miami in the morning for the South Beach Food and Wine Festival. I can't wait to jump in the chlorine-colored ocean tomorrow morning, after I recover from the 7 am flight. I'm going to be doing live illustration of my South Beach adventure for Evian who is a sponsor of the event, and Dylan will be tweeting the drawings @evianwater. It's pretty much the coolest job to get to draw and eat a bunch of food on the beach for a long weekend. So follow us on twitter if you'd like, should be fun!

pet portrait!

My friend Kaitie recently commissioned me to do a couple pet portraits, and here is one of her beautiful cat Jolene. My mom used to run her own pet portrait business, Blue Dog Pink Kitty, before I was born, so I tried to channel a little bit of that. Her's was, like, really serious though: she would drive great distances to meet and photograph the pets and their owners before doing large, detailed watercolors.

dandelion sunburst

Working on some new things, FINALLY! Dylan and I had a lovely creative Friday yesterday with our friends Tuesday, Pete, and Kaye, and I had the first chance in so long to just sit and paint whatever I wanted. Kitty cuddles, lots of snacks, and homemade ginger syrup drinks were also highlights. I have lots of new fun stuff to edit now, so I will be trying to update the blog more, yay!

valentines

Valentine's day is my favorite holiday because I love making the cards. This means hours of painting and paper cutting, using mainly my favorite color (pink)! Every year I send my mom a gouache painting of hearts and fun shapes, and she sends me some elaborately layered, paper cut heart she made. This year I decided to design a set of printed cards using some of my favorite Valentine's colors and patterns. The shape and size is reminiscent of the little cardboard cards we used to exchange in elementary school, but without the Looney Tunes or Rugrats (I'm guessing these days it's more like Justin Bieber and Miley).

The card set is for sale here.

for a pretty girl

I haven't made anything new in so long. I've spent the past few months plodding through my senior thesis, making and mailing dozens and dozens of Etsy orders, spending well-deserved time with Netflix, slowly assembling life in this apartment, sending frantic emails to the scarf manufacturers, stressing and crying and finally shipping off an important order to an important store. . . any anyway, I forgot to draw and make new nice things along the way. I drew these vintage dresses a while ago and colored them dresses last night with my new Bamboo Wacom tablet I got for Christmas. I didn't think I'd ever say this, but the tablet, like, *gets me*. I love it. Dylan and I are now staying up late working on concepts for our first real job together, so I'm drawing again and it's fun. Plus, the client's brand color is this amazing PINK, so I'm feelin it. xx

A Future Present is a new project that Dylan and I just embarked on. For now, it's a blog that chronicles what goes on in our apartment and workspace. We moved in just under 2 months ago with a lot of space and few possessions, so right now it seems like a never-ending work in progress. In the future we hope to expand AFP into a brand, shop, and possibly studio, with products and projects we design together. For now, I hope you enjoy looking at all our stuff and the things we make!

a painting, a scarf

This is my favorite scarf because it was made from an exact painting. Square-shaped, in color, and all I did was scan it. A lot of the other scarves came from paintings that I assembled or colored digitally, but I love this one the most because it feels so real.

Cards!

I made this floral greeting card set a few weeks ago. They're postcard-style, without a fold, so they can also be hung as prints!

Buy a set here.