Introducing....

Black Bean Paper Co!

I am in the process of developing work for a stationery line that I will be selling on etsy. I plan on working with screen printing in the future, which is what I had planned for this line.

Which is your favorite?

Coming up roses

Something I really dislike about my apartment is the tiny, dark kitchen. It's tucked in the back of my place, with no windows to lighten things up.
Plus, the countertops are salmon colored formica. Salmon, guys. It's just not okay.

Anyway, I was getting tired of feeling so gross about my kitchen, so I dedided to liven things up!
I went downtown and picked up some super cute cheerful paper by Caroline Gardner at Hollander's and got down to business!




I wasn't very technical with my application... I only had white masking tape lying around so I just rolled up litle bits of that and stuck it around
the edges of my cabinets, then cut the paper to size and smoothed it down.


I personally think it looks so much cuter and cheery now. It's not a permanent fix, but for a total of $11 it's not bad!

Life is a Daring Adventure

Hellen Keller was a smart lady.

Sometimes I have a hard time living by this quote.
It's too easy to get sucked into every-day boring routines,
and it's important to break out of that.

This illustration is actually from when I was still in college,
but I liked it so much I wanted to bring it back into the daylight,
so I hand-lettered this quote and added it in.

What adventure did you live today?

Puppy love

There's a new project I'm working on that I'm quite excited about.
It involves some of my favorite things, including this guy.

You'll have to stay tuned to find out where this little man ends up!