A Beautiful Mess

inspiration day

well, i am knee deep in projects and work that i am not quite ready to share (shhhhh! secrets!) so, i thought  it would be fun to share with you some other people's work that inspires me!
here it comes...

these colors steal my heart.

this girl is such a sweetheart... i love this photo! 

beautiful!

i love collections...

this doll is soooo cute to me! 

and this one.... *sigh*

super adorable!

this just makes me happy!

and i am SUPER into this. soooo cute!

a few photos from my weekend...

(before a storm)

and one more special person who inspires me every day....

i hope your weekend was wonderful!! we are headed over to my parent's house for sushi. :D
loves... elsie

baby shower photos.... :)

hello monday!

this is why i so love flickr....

1. bringing in the storm, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. pretty in pink, 5. Pink bike, 6. Untitled, 7. .reach for the stars., 8. ashley, 9. My new canvas, 10. Pre Grad Fun, 11. ice, 12. summer intimacy, 13. 365 - Day 105 080207, 14. 365 - Day 106 080307, 15. pink and redness, 16. our girl is five, 17. four, 18. more thursday love, 19. anniversary flowers, 20. come to mama, 21. 034: 3.6.2007, 22. 151: 6.30.07, 23. 172: 7.21.07, 24. 175: 7.24.07, 25. 177: 7.26.07, 26. 095: 5.5.07, 27. Sisters Forever, 28. Into The Night, 29. Fabric Corsage - side view, 30. Untitled, 31. OneLight Workshop - Denver, 32. Kisses!, 33. My Cousin Wedding, 34. Day 157, 35. fun magnets, 36. wassamaddawittapuppy?????

so much beauty and inspiration. love love love seeing what other artists are doing creatively and sharing. it's good.

so, it's monday.... big to-do-list??
yep.. me too. :)

i decided to join artsymama and have a fun BLOG PARTY on wednesday of this week... i got my copy of artful blogging over the weekend... it is such a beautiful and inspiring magazine! :) Such an honor to be featured with so many other cool artists.
So... wednesday.. it's a party.... gonna just post fun stuff ALL DAY... have some prizes and tons and tons of inspiration and links to other great blogs! :) Sound fun?

ok... i just got a huge box of *Love, Elsie* in the mail... so it's time to play! :) Hope your monday is wonderful!

it's a monday.

first of all, just want to say thank you for all your kind words. i do read every single comment and they mean a lot to me. :) thank you.

well, it's monday! just wanted to share some random inspiration from my life today....

these candles now live in my home. love them!

this painting... my friend, zack, was over a few weeks ago and i gave him a canvas and some paint (half joking) and he made me this freaking ADORABLE monster painting. who knew?? i love it.

aqua green is officially ruling my world...

i finished a new painting over the weekend...

and i had some new photos taken by emergent photography (a.k.a. my friend, willard)....

you can see more here or here or here.

hope everyone has had a wonderful monday.... I am going to do *Love, Elsie* giveaways here this week... so stay "tuned".

oh, and speaking of goodies.... attn. Amy Marner! I need your addy again! Emma and I realized today that we sent you the wrong goodies... so guess what? you get 2! :) e-mail me!

:) elsie  

*busy*busy*busy*

hey! so this weekend i am doing almost nothing but scrapbooking! working around the clock getting ready for CHA next week! just wanted to share this new cute apron i got for the show. so excited!

i am also quite excited about jason schwartzman's new side project.

i always get really inspired by stuff like this. people who always have a lot of art going on in their world.... LOVE it!

what is your current music/art/fashion crush?

inspiration is everywhere!

today I just wanted to share some things that are inspiring me and just making me smile... life is so full of good things.

some fun pillows I purchased from the blue thimble on Etsy.

some cool coasters from littleoddforest.

Ingrid. I know I have mentioned her before, but her stuff is amazing. I am SO in the mood for her songs today.

this page by rachel.

yuuuum.

i want one of these so bad.

oh and these are adorable!

and a few new photos that I have done.... been doing some photography just for fun... super excited to scrapbook some of these photos with my new CHA product coming up......