The Sketch Book

Lela Rose Fall 2014

 Yesterday morning was the happiest of mornings. I woke up still reeling from a magical Saturday night with friends and family celebrating our engagement and somehow got my swollen feet back int...

Sisterly Love

With Valentines Day just around the corner, I thought I'd share a loving little commission sketch. How sweet are these sisters? Painting children is simultaneously one of the hardest and one of the...

Ferocious February

 We made it through January, it's time to flip the page to a new month and slip into something a little racier, grab your pet jungle cat and head out to a three martini lunch. Why not? This is the ...

bey

So. I don't know about you, but personally, I don't love all the bey-shaming that's going on on Pinterest these days. At first I laughed when I saw that pin and thought nothing of it. But when my...

from the desk of Events by Reagan

Happy Friday! Here's a fun recent commission for a friend of mine, Reagan of Events by Reagan. Reagan got her start as a wedding planner learning from the fabulous Kristin Newman and now is worki...

botanicals

hello! today I'm honored to share with you some collaborative work that I am oh so proud of.Fist, the botanical prints (which you can shop for here) and gorgeous calligraphy which came together to ...

thoughts on being cryptic

Social media. It generates so much stress. Eating food used to be so much simpler before the issue of photographing and sharing it came into play. Weddings once could be declared legal in the sig...

January Wedding

Cheers to this gorgeous bride, Caroline, who has planned the most beautiful January wedding to take place this weekend! I created this illustration of her for her bridesmaid brunch invitation.Congr...

seam up the back

Inspired by Sea of Shoes and the seam up the sheer tights today... Is it just me or are plain black tights not cutting it any more?

January '14

  Welcome to the first month of the 2014 Calendar! So sporty and confident, just like me when I go skiing...It's true, I'm an amazing skier. I never complain that everyone else is going too fast, o...