Georgetown Cupcakes, The Knotty Bride Blog, and Artist Friday!

Hello!

This is going to be a long one people so get ready!

I have to tell you first, that Meridyth and I celebrated Valentine's Day 4 days early and I took her to Georgetown Cupcakes in Bethesda for a treat.

For a background, my girl LOVES cupcakes.  She loves cupcakes so much I actually proposed to her using cupcakes and writing Will You Marry Me on them!

I now understand why Georgetown Cupcakes have a line down the block.  THEY ARE A PIECE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH!  Georgetown Cupcakes is not paying me for this, I swear!  They are literally ahmazing.

I ate the  Chocolate Birthday cupcake (not pictured).  It tasted like birthday cake and a chocolate milkshake with crunchy sprinkles.  Can I rave anymore?  These ladies who run this deserve all the success that they have had!

Now, onto the topic of the blog The Knotty Bride.  

I love this blog!  Alison who runs the blog is hilarious and does a post called The Bachelor Recap every week.  I do not watch the Bachelor, but every week I go to her blog to read her recap of the show which includes pictures and hilarious commentary.  I couldn't sleep last night and I laughed out loud when I read her recap.  Definitely something funny to read each week!

Now, for the artist.

This week I am featuring Jacek Yerka.

In an article on Visual News it say's:  "Along with some magnificent dreams, Jacek Yerka Find inspiration for his masterful paintings from his childhood memories:  the places, remembered feelings and smells of 1950's Poland".

I hope you find his work as interesting as I do!

The last image is my favorite.  The textures of the fabric make me want to crawl into that bed and never come out!

I can see some Salvador Dali influences in his work.  Very intricate and I feel like each painting takes you to another world.  A scary and beautiful dream world.

What do you guys think?

Have a great weekend and don't forget to visit LoveUPaperly if you haven't been in awhile!

Love,

Jess

More Valentine's Day cards and Friday artist showcase

Hello, hello!

How is everyone doing today?  It is about 60 degrees here in Maryland which is a nice change from the very cold weather, but weird for January.

I wanted to share a set of new cards I put up on LoveUPaperly.

Four cards with envelopes to match are $8!  Each card is letter-pressed and stamped with a hand-cut linoleum stamp.  I think they are super cute!

Sort of on the same note, since I have been busy making art lately, I was thinking today about all the wonderful and very talented artists I have had the opportunity to live and work with and I wanted to talk about a two of them today.

I went to graduate school in Venice, Italy at the Scuola Internazionale Di Grafica.  This means that not only did I have the opportunity to live in Venice for a year, but I was exposed to AMAZING artists!

Greg Murr:  Not only is Greg an interesting guy and a great cook but his attention to detail and the nuances of his art are really beautiful.  In Italy he would spend hours mixing different shades of the same color, he also loves coffee, a lot!

Claire Rau:  Claire was my graduate thesis adviser, but also an amazing artist, strong woman, and confidant.  Without her, school would not have been nearly as focused or challenging.  On top of it all she is an amazing artist making strong social statements while working with a variety of material in sculpture and prints.

I recommend clicking on their links and looking at their websites which have their artist statements, portfolios, and contact.

So, I am thinking that Sunday I have been trying to do a lovely photograph (I forgot this last Sunday! Oops!), and Friday will be Artist Showcase Friday highlighting a new artist or two every week.  What do you guys think?  I would love suggestions or e-mail or comment about a new artist to highlight!

I hope everyone has a splendid weekend!  I am going to make some new cards tomorrow that are perculating in my head.  Can't wait to show you!

love,

Jess