Inspiration: airplane. Here are a couple illustrations I worked on last night and this morning ...




I have blogged about studio mela before - I love her posters!!! Here are a couple of them:

(Don't wait for tomorrow)

(Love is Everything)

See her work ... studio mela blog or here

Here is how she describes herself: i'm an artist. i get paid to draw. i love what i do. i'm also a wine lover, a beer hater. a mommy. a dreamer. a writer. but above all i'm really just a girl who lives a lovely little life. this is a space to keep the good. the deep. the funny. the amazing. the small. the big. the best.

Redbean Design - the portfolio of San Francisco based designer and illustrator - Melissa Crowley. Melissa's work includes identity, print collateral, stationary, website, packaging, event, apparel and surface (wall, textile, decor, paper) design.

(hatch and terrarium pillow cases)

Tamaishi Kayo is a Japanese artist. She studied art with Setsu Nagasawa, one of the preeminent Japanese Fashion illustrators. Kayo's work includes water painting, book cover design, magazine illustration, T-shirt design and more. Here is one of her illustrations:

(What are you thing? 2007)

Just sharing some artists and crafters that I have admired over the past little while...

For starters, Yellow Owl Workshop makes these wonderful postcards, found below, among many other things such as cards, ceramics, stamp sets and paintings.



I love French artist Maissa Toulet's work. She makes these cabinets of curiosities inside of glass boxes. All collected and found objects are matched together to tell a different story in each cabinet. Found below are two of her works: Echographie and Les Végétaux. They remind me of old botany displays, catalogues and encyclopedias.





Studio Mela makes the cutest prints. Found below is So Very Happy V3.




Julie Chen is an artist and book maker. Her books are intricately detailed. Her books unfold or span open in a meaningful manner to reveal layer upon layer of changing imagery and text. Her Ode To A Grand Staircase is pictured below.



I love Amy Victoria Wakefield's photography, especially her portraiture made to look like old fashioned photographed postcards, like the one pictured below.



Finally, I love how Paige Smith repurposes tea cups and saucers into jewelry holders, so elegantly. One of her creations is found below.

Hooked On Studio Mela...

While browsing through my favorite blogs today, I came across a post that showed nothing but the text that you see above.

First, I loved how it looked.

Second, I loved every...single...thing it said!

The print is called

"Lovely You"

and you can find it at...

by dazeychic on Etsy.


She has an adorable shop!

And I want one of just about everything she's made!

Here is a very small sampling of what you will find when you visit Studio Mela...

I am Hooked, for sure!

When you visit her shop, be sure to read her Bio.

She sounds just as adorable as her art!


Off to do more browsing...






P.S. To see what others are Hooked On this week, head over to Hooked On Houses! And if you care to participate, link up and share what you are Hooked On too!