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Posts Tagged prints

My sister, the artist - Ashley de Jong-Doucette

As we grew up my sister Ashley and I were both very creative - I would write poetry and stories while she would create artworks in pencil, paint, pretty much marking in whatever she could get her hands on.  We always joked that we would form a dynamic sister team of writing children’s books and [...]


Print shopping withdrawal

I really want to buy this print, but I’m hoping that blogging about it will be enough indulgence to satisfy this desire.  Still have lots of prints that remain unframed in my art box, because framing is expensive while prints are tantalizingly affordable … print collecting is an unfortunate addiction that way.

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Posters by artist Mat Daly

After reading a sneak peak into the home of talented artists Sue and Mat Daly over at Design*Sponge, I became infatuated with their framed Renegade Craft Fair Poster of a patchwork owl. When I followed the link over to Mat Daly’s site, I discovered a treasure trove of fantastically designed posters and prints.  While I [...]


Best of new blog discoveries

(Photo by Sandra Juto. i love owls!)
My blog interests have lately taken a drastic domestic turn, as I dream about my future house (very far away, but a fun distraction) & other design interests such as my new fascination with letterpress printing (a possible future hobby?) &, of course, Etsy.  The dangerous thing about discovering [...]