Jeeze, Julia!

My buddy over at Jeeze, Julia! Wrote the sweetest things EVER about me and my art this week! My goodness, never in a million years would I expect to have the response I've had from the inter web world.

Btw, not only does Julia have a snazzy blog, she's also on etsy!

click on the picture for the listing!

The day I've been waiting for!

I opened my shop yesterday morning! I'm so excited to share it with you

and I hope you'll stop by and take a peek!

I spent my birthday weekend, parked in front of my computer working working working! Taking pictures, writing listings, working on my website, etc! My back could use a break though. I had to sit on the floor with my computer on the coffee table because my wifi doesn't reach my office! Hopefully we'll rectify that soon :) Here are a couple photos from the weekend!

•I got this really cute metal file box on ebay months ago for this exact purpose and I can't be happier with the color! Best $5.50 ever!

•My man, Lee, took all my product shots with his super duper fancy shmancy camera. I've only just learned a little bit about using it!

•King Tut did most of the work.

ok joking but how DANG cute his he?!

Now that it's all set up, hopefully I'll have more time to work on new products as well. I want to offer greeting cards, other print sizes, recipe cards, and small notebooks in the future.

I have some ideas up my sleeve so I better get cracking!

Please oh please come see the fruits of my labor!

Shop | www.etsy.com/shop/papertaxi

Facebook | www.facebook.com/papertaxi

xoxo!

Happy Birthday to me!

Well hello there friends! Last night I had the pleasure of dining with my co-workers at Henrietta's Table in Harvard Square! It was delightful in all aspects (especially all the horror movie talk moderated by Lauren) and they surprised me with a birthday cake!

Carrot cake, if you couldn't tell by the decoration. Mmmm so good.

But what's even better about my birthday this year? I'm giving myself a present. I'm opening my etsy store. This has been a long time coming and I'm sick of people getting on my back about it! Prints are ordered (they're coming today! I can't wait!) Shipping and packaging supplies ordered. This weekend, I'll spend my time collecting some pretty items to dress up those plain envelopes, take lots of pictures, and park myself in front of my computer until it's done and I can share it with all 20 of you! Then hopefully I can share it with more and more. Tell your friends! That would be the best gift ever.

<3

Fly Me To The Stars!

Another new one for you! I really really really enjoyed making this one! The three night scenes I've done will be offered individually or as a set! I've learned something really important these last few months, and that's the importance of a great sketch. I used to just paint and collage with reckless abandon, which lead to art that was just...a little reckless. My most recent works have started with a good solid drawing first which makes it much easier to envisions colors, and patterns and papers!
Here's the sketch I did for this one:

My shop will open on Monday, August 15th! THERE. I said it. Now I have to do it! I'm really excited (and really nervous)!

Dream Catching

Sketched, painted, collaged, glued over the weekend! Had a lot of fun with this one and just want to make leaves and feathers forever.

Sleeping to Dream

You might have all been wondering where this boat was off to...Well, the captain made camp here!

a little collaged scene for you to enjoy. My etsy shop is just mere weeks from opening and I have a lot of work on my hands!

Save the Date!

Over the weekend, my co-worker booked her wedding, just 3 months away, so naturally she needed a save the date like a month ago, best I could do was pronto. It went out on Wednesday!



I really like how it came out and it's so easy to customize! I will be offering this in my Etsy store! I also would love to design some other save the date's and illustrated wedding invites! Or new home announcements, birth announcements, party invites, anything, everything!