The Sketch Book

Ombre

So I mentioned last week that I hoped my trip to Miami last weekend would provide colorful inspiration for the blog...Well, it was certainly very colorful, but it has taken me a full five days to r...

Spring Wedding Season at Urban Chic Boutique

Happy First Day of Spring! I am celebrating by wearing a ski coat and earmuffs. Still feels like winter in New York.But enough of reality, let's focus on blogland where it's time to wear a white la...

pass the sangria

 Here's a bridesmaid luncheon invite I recently designed. The hosts told me they planned to serve sangria so I went with that theme. Look closely, we even gave the disembodied hand here a canary di...

Melanie Auld Jewelry

Hello! Here's a bejeweled, feather-skirt-wearing lady for you on this merry Wednesday morning. She's wearing Melanie Auld's new spring Jewelry collection. And if you click through Melanie's site y...

let's go to the bahamas

White and soft minty blues and greens for spring time at Leontine Linens. This would be the perfect sanctuary to curl up in with a good book on a day like today. NYC is experiencing a very strange ...

the LIST collective

If you follow me on instagram then you already know how much I love a good list. List making is in my DNA, I inherited the list gene from my mother. Not only is it the best organizational tactic ar...

Ella Rue's new site

Congratulations to Ella Rue on their new website! I've told you about Ella Rue before, it is a wonderful consignment boutique. Krista, the store's owner and curator, just launched a lovely new web...

paris, anyone?

Happy March calendar day! Between last month's girl and this month's girl I'm beginning to think I subliminally wish I lived in Paris. Then again, who doesn't wish that?

Beach Experiment

 So I was playing around with watercolors yesterday... actually using them as watercolors and not just a vehicle for adding life to ink drawings. It was refreshing to break the mold of my "techniqu...

Mink + Chitchat

If you thought those ankles in my last post were exciting, then this bare legged girl is a total exhibitionist. At least she has her mink to keep her warm.Speaking of, do you all get offended by fu...