delicious bookmarks

I decided to add a little accessory to our blog. It's a web feed from a site called Del.icio.us that allows me to save my bookmarks to a public server so I can access them from any computer, anytime.

I love researching on the web, and I wanted to share what I'm looking at to get inspired. The feed updates on the left side of the blog every time I add a new bookmark. I think it's a fun tool, so enjoy and get your own Del.icio.us set of bookmarks.

Babies and Chocolate...need I say more?

Nate's sister Abbey and brother-n-law, Aaron, are having a baby boy this May. We were in Iowa this weekend where I helped host her shower with my Mom-in-law, Ruth. It was in a winery, the space was great, and the shower went very well. For the occasion, I designed these chocolate bar wrappers and re-wrapped three kinds of chocolate by Gillham and Grand, Hallmark's own chocolate brand.

The Utimate Battle

Due to the positive feedback we received from our Tarkus Attacks! poster, we decided to submit the artwork as a t-shirt design to Threadless. So what is the ultimate battle; tarantula vs. scorpion or designer vs. threadless??
You can see the results of our entry here. Though the results were less than satisfactory (tough crowd), it was fun.
You won this time Threadless....

Doodles gone wild

It is what it is. Bottom one is a detail.

Versus

Tarkus Attacks again! Nate and I went back on forth on this design quite a bit, and settled on simple type and bright color. BUT We collaborated and I love that! While in New Orleans, Nate got inspired by a taxidermy shadow box in an antique store with this exact scene happening inside. I'm proud to say that Nate drew the insects himself. It reminds me of gummy worms, or cheap plastic toys you buy in attempts to scare someone. In case you can't see it on screen (it reads fine on the printout ) the show is at the Record Bar.

Art for Africa

My best friends, the Bohatyritz's, along with a group of others, are holding a silent art auction in efforts to join the All Nations ministry this May, posted in Cape Town, South Africa. It's being help tomorrow night, March 7th, at the Boiler Room Church at 3829 Main Street, KCMO. I did these three gouache paintings last night to contribute. They are all African birds, the middle one is about 4"x 6", the other two are 8"x 12."