12/30/09

INK+WIT 2010 Calendar in TimeOut NY



Cheers! Thank you TimeOut NY!!!!

see the posting here

12/29/09

What's Your Story?






Stockholm is on my list for places to go in 2010. Story Hotel has me already. I love it!!!! Very chic and fun with a lightness and grounded balance of old and new design.

Visit the site.

Refreshing Lemon Granita from Shiitake


Yum! Mango, lemon and orange drink! Recipe on Shiitake here. photography: Omid Jaffari

Coralie Bickford-Smith




Found via Urban Flea Design, Coralie's book jacket designs for Penguin inspire me to stay close to all my vintage illustration loves such as Maxfield Parrish, Sir John Tennial, and Aubrey Beardsley.

12/28/09

5 things that made me happy today






... while feeling under the weather

1. Saipua's new website
2. Anthropologies's Alamanda necklace
3. my husband's soup and love (sorry no image)
4. The Design Files
5. Chandra Om's blessed teachings

thank you to the above!

My New 2010 Wedding Designs for Bella Figura











Bella Figura, located in Syracuse, NY, features some of the most beautiful letterpress stationery. Founders Harold Kyle and Debbie Urbanski are lovely and with their talented team strive to bring you the very best design and artisan quality letterpress.

Featured above are my new designs for 2010.

Bella Figura has a 100% cotton paper that melts in your hand to go with any of these designs.

See my designs here and read more about Bella Figura.

12/26/09

Soft Asleep





I hope you all had a lovely holiday. It has felt so great to rest and relax.

I was recently looking through a photo series I shot a few years back. I walked around my neighborhood for two weeks in the winter photographing flowers that had wrinkled and dried texture and muted colors. We also had this amazing dark wooded room in our old house where I would shoot a lot of still life. The dried white flowers against the dark grainy wood produced some of my favorite images I have ever taken of flowers.

images: Tara Hogan / INK+WIT

12/23/09

Holiday Decor



A great way to reuse newspaper.

Made by mistybliss.

12/22/09

CALENDAR SALE



We have a few calendars left and would like to honor you with a sale. Perhaps, those of you who bought it for a friend can purchase one for yourself. That was the biggest thing I heard three years in a row. "I gave mine away and now I want one."

Well, we have some and you can save. We literally only 20 left in the shop.

All orders will ship December 28th.

And, thank you so very much for your continued support with the calendar the third year in a row. It was a huge success.

Cheers!

bower






top to bottom


from bower

- silver citrus juicer with a nod to the machine age

- 4 paper lantern studies made from cut paper, ink, and colored pencil

- French coffee bags from the 1930s.

- Cramer and Stoll hand-colored life-size engraving of Lepidoptera

rick's picks NYC



yum yum! rick's picks are great!

Marcie McGoldrick



site

Laura Normandin of Wren Handmade




Laura creates beautiful illustrations and artwork. She also has quite the lovely shop, Wren Handmade. Her blog features many of her fabulous pieces too.

12/17/09

INK+WIT featured on Alice G Patterson Photography




at top: Tara Hogan, INK+WIT / photo by Alice G Patterson
middle: groom / photo by Alice G Patterson
bottom: bride / photo by Alice G Patterson

Alice is a delightful wedding photographer and person. We met this past summer when she moved back to the new York area from LA. Alice has been a photographer for many years shooting couples, weddings, children, and animals. She is one of the nicest people I know and has a really great home too full of vintage treasures.

Over the summer Alice came to my house and studio for the day to have lunch and take some pictures of me around my work. She captured a very light feeling which I love.

Also featured above are some of Alice's recent wedding images.

Smock Wrapping Paper



Wrap it up extra special this holiday season. Smock has a great selection.

new INK+WIT designs for babybe organics




Two new INK+WIT designs for babybeorganics. Super soft organics cotton apparel made in the USA.
©INK+WIT 2009

INK+WIT GIFT LIST at THE SHINY SQUIRREL




The Shiny Squirrel has grown into quite the gallery. Quite a lovely blog and place for inspiration, wall art, and gifts. Part of my gift list above. See the full post with links here.

Andrew Bannecker




site

12/16/09

INK+WIT HOLIDAY SHIPPING

Happy Holidays! Friday morning eastern standard time will be the final day to order INK+WIT and receive by Christmas Eve. All orders post Friday will ship 12/27/09.

Warm Wishes.

Blue Lagoon, Iceland




Need I say more? The Blue Lagoon is the most relaxing place ever! At least that I have been to so far. If you have been reading my blog or know me personally you know I LOVE Iceland. Trust me, book a few days here with your girlfriends or partner. You will not be upset or leave unhappy. Rather, you might apply for a position to work there forever.

image source: Blue Lagoon

Raw Organic Truffles by Ulimana



If you are super busy you can pick up these already delicious and ready made truffles from Ulimana. I just bought some at Whole Foods. Thumbs up!!!

flickr faves






Rico*oneday,
al borde llama, lenacorwin, tamtaram