The Sketch Book — roxy owens

Pop the champagne, it's time to toast the new season!This fall I launch my 2014 calendar, marking almost ten years of Inslee Calendars! And this fall, we have the addition of a new studio mate here at the NYC headquarters... Roxy Owens, the designer and genius behind Society Social. So now, I have the honor of sharing the space with my favorite PR firm, Goodworks PR and Roxy too!In honor of the arrival of both 12 new months of illustrations and one new fabulous co-worker,  my lovely studio mates and I are hosting a little September Social this evening in our space!This is the...

Here's a little excerpt from the newest issue of Matchbook where you will find me, exchanging cookies with Sabrina Soto."What??? Excuse me?" you ask... I know, I can't believe it either.When the Matchbook editors, Katie and Jane asked me to stop by the apartment of renowned Target home stylist, Sabrina Soto, with a cookie recipe one Friday afternoon in November, I could barely believe my good fortune. No, I didn't know Sabrina or why this honor had come to me of all people. But in the words of Dana the conflicted teenage daughter on Homeland to her terrorist father, "sometimes you just have...

 Last night I had a much needed meeting of the minds with fellow independent creatives Roxy Owens of Society Social, Loren Barham of Loren Hope and Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling.Each one of these women is doing something something uniquely beautiful - and lucky for me - they understand the ups and downs of building your own job from scratch. We got to talking about the little things that drive us crazy, our hopes for expanding our brands, our dreams of sun-filled studios and how finding time for blogging regularly is harder than it sounds.For example, I had the bright idea while chatting with these inspiring women...