Modern chick in the kitchen

This very modern chick was going to be on the cover of a cookbook,
but got axed at the last moment.
I might use it one day for a book I dream of making with my grandma's recipes.

Preliminary sketches.

Birdies on my mind

The work of these three talented ladies make my heart sing:
Fabric birdie by Ann Wood, watercolor sparrow by Diana Sudyka and albino jay photo by Diana Brennan.

And the winner of the giveaway is:

Nina Crittenden from Deephaven, MN.
Congratulations!!! Please email me your info so I can send you the cards!
Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments and for participating.
I wish I could send each and every one of you a boxed set :(
You guys make my day!

Daniel's paper models & a giveaway!

Since the other day when I posted a shot of my desk with the paper Turbo
Daniel has been wanting me to clarify that he didn't design that paper model himself, he downloaded this Lassie paper model and modified it to look like Turbo.
He also wanted me to tell you that he's got a website where he shares his own paper model designs with links to download, print and build them.
Click here to go check it out. He'll be thrilled that you visited him!

I just received a box full of samples of all the products that Galison is offering with my birdies. There's the Note Cards I had told you about before. The Christmas Parcel Notes that the very sweet & talented Tarsila Krüse spotted at the shop of the National Gallery in Dublin, Ireland. Thank you so much for letting me know Tarsila! And the new Tin Coaster Set. I was thrilled to see that Galison also contacted my Flickr friend Tiel Seivl-Keevers to make some products with her lovely designs! Congratulations Tiel!

Now the fun part: Please leave a comment with your full name, city & country
I will randomly select one of you tomorrow morning at at 10 am CST (which is Greenwich Mean Time -6) and send you a box of the Avian Friends Note Cards that includes 20 3-1/2 x 5" note cards & 21 envelopes, with 4 of my birdie designs. Comments will be closed at that time. Thank you so much for participating!

***Comments are now closed. I'll announce the winner later today :)

The Corner

I'll be back Monday with a giveaway and a special post about Daniel's paper models.

Have a great Weekend!

Pages and stuff...

New Year...New Journal!

I treated myself to a new 3.5 x 5.5 inches Hand Book Artist Journal in cadmium green & painted a little birdie on the cover with Pebeo Setacolor fabric paints.
I'll show you the inside tomorrow!
*Linen 2010 calendar from Linea Carta & linen wallet from Bookhou

First drawing of the year

A sketch of our cutie pie Turbo for an upcoming watercolor.
Daniel made me that Turbo paper-model for Christmas...I love it!