What remains...

I still have papers available if anyone is interested :) Email me at dawbis@gmail.com to find out details.

Weekend Project

I am always working on something... more than likely just rearranging things in my house. It relaxes me and relieves stress.

This weekend Jaime helped me to paint our guest bedroom. Boy do I hate painting. It was extremely stressful, maybe because it was my first time painting an entire room? I have to say though that it was worth it because the room looks a thousand times better than before. I hope my guests will be happy in there... it is the only room that is nearly complete in the house, hence why I photograph it so much :)

Homes that Inspire

I love mixing wood tones and making a space feel 'lived in' as if an old man/woman had occupied the space, filling it with nic nacs and collections found throughout his/her life. I feel as though my taste is a bit masculine, but I'm just very attracted to cluttered spaces filled with old things. My grandfather's house was like that and although my grandmother kept her place a bit more tidy she has an incredible home filled with items she has saved since she was a young girl. I guess I just love a space that tells a story.

Here are a few blog posts that have inspired me and have helped me to create the looks in my home:

++ Tolix Chairs. Voilà!
++ Brook Farm General Store
++ Home Sweet Post Office
++ Exposed Brick
++ Schubladen
++ Enormous Champion
++ Stellan does it Again!
++ Workspaces/Studios
++ Howdy Do It
++ Urban Remains
++ Martha Stewart's Office

Sample Art Tags

Here are a few paper samples of the art tags I created over the weekend. I tried to make them look as vintage as possible, hehe. I know they will never compare to the real thing, but I'm satisfied.

Artist Tag

I couldn't help myself. I just don't know if I will ever come across these beauties in real life, so I made my own version. It needs a little bit of tweeking, but I think it's something I could really use when I give/sell/trade my artwork.

Paper Collection

Just playing around with paper again, what's new? I don't know if I feel like doing anything else today. Actually I KNOW there's nothing else I would rather be doing right now.

OH MY GOD... have you seen this? Somebody please help me to devise a plan to make all of it mine!

Nature is Beautiful

Nature... I absolutely adore it from afar, but when I am surrounded by creepy crawlies, thorns, poison ivy, and dense brush I am not so sure anymore that I am a nature kind of gal. I remember as a kid my brother and I played in the woods ALL the time and I don't remember having a care in the world. We would trek through the woods for hours building forts, climbing trees, catching frogs, you name it. I have this assignment where I have to collect at least 100 specimens of native plants by December and each time we go out in the field I'm always worried that I'm going to be eaten up by something (like a snake!) What is my problem? Why do I worry so much? I have a ton of fun, but I just can't seem to get all the possibilities out of my mind. Gosh, this may pose a problem if I am to do this for a living! I'm such a wimp, haha.