Workin' 'n Movin'

Things in my arts and crafts world have been put on a bit of a hold for the last couple of week. Matt and I have been slowly preparing to move back to Santa Barbara and I've trying to get as much work as possible done on a client's site before we go. Matt got an internship with a great company in SB and we'll be staying with Matt's parents and sister. It'll be a bit of an adjustment, but it should be fun nonetheless.

So anyways, for the next couple weeks I'll be posting some older stuff, like this print made by my friend, Jenny Day (who, btw, is getting hitched this August. Congratulations, Jenny!!).

Little prints.

My parents bought me a Print Gocco set for Christmas (Thanks again, Mom and Dad!!) and I used it for the first time to make these little thank you cards. The bird is from a John James Audubon painting. I just love old biological and botanical drawings.



Anyways, the Gocco set was really easy to use and so wonderfully self contained. It was a lot of fun! I can't wait to try multiple colors and screens.

I also got some Mastercarve rubber stamp blocks for Christmas. I played around with them a bit and made these fun little stamps. The girl is from a 1941 book titled Cartooning and Commercial Art.



I really love carving these blocks. They are soooo soft and smooth - very unlike linoleum. And you can also print them just like store bought rubber stamps.