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it’s not quite 2009 yet, but I’ve made up my mind about something – I feel is – important. I will no longer seek recognition. in any way, any form.

as a first step, I grabbed my brushes and paint tubes, and decided to paint again. no matter how ugly or random the outcome might be.

I had a life-size portrait of sébastien tellier in mind, and well, I do think the finished canvas captures the very essence of the singer. plus, this is going to make a great gift for christmas (are you as excited as I am?).

a perfect rainy sunday afternoon.

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eggnog reminescence. Christmas tree adoration. hypnotic poison.

I’m not quite sure why I love fairy-lights so much, but all that matters is that they make me feel relaxed and happy.
you should most defnitely try. to me, they’re the second best way to calm down; closely following a gentle neck massage/tickling.

this past night was the most perfect night ever. first, I feel asleep with a ceiling of blinking fairy-lights over my head. then, I woke up only to find out I still had three hours of sleep ahead. at which point, I started hearing rain drops hitting my window.

I don’t want to sound cheesy, but I can feel Christmas in the air; and this gets me super*thrilled. just as the polaroids I’m currently printing with my new favourite toy – or more acuurately: printer.

sad news. as you might have guess I’ve been busy*busy lately. hopefully, I’ll have a little more time this week, plus many exciting news to share.

and since I’m talking excitement, I must admit I’m thrilled to be featured in the guardian. yeah!

oh and I’m also super in love with bloc party’s latest album. the more I listen to it, the more smitten I get. do check it out.

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apparently almost a week went by since I last talked to you. but I have extremely good reasons. the pâtisserie has been busy. I have to take care of a five-month old cat, which is oh-so-sweet but also dam good at hide-and seek. I bought a terrific semi-pro printer to finally make some of my pictures available through my shop. I’ve restlessy scanned and printed some pretty polaroids. me and my bestfriend set up a new etsy shop, la moustache.

can’t wait to show you all the beautiful prints I’ve made today. xxx

ps. don’t you just love the new shop banner? I do. kites are the thing. I would normally put a picture, but it would mean that I need to open illustrator, and I have a hot bowl of homemade mushroom soup waiting for me.

tags: animals, autumn, canon 400D, christmas, triptych.

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the card pretty much says it all. no pictures tomorrow since I’ll be in Nice all day. as a side note, I promise to comit more to PoIC. it’s such a useful system, I need to truly act upon it.

see you on friday my friends xx

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I’ve always loved kate’s illustrations. to me, she’s the greatest. her style is unique and fun and so very delicate. so it seemed obvious I would pick her shop as the place where I’d buy my very first piece of art.

I’m so happy I did. the print looks gorgeous; and now I can’t wait to have finished re-decorating my bedroom so I can proudly hang it to my wall.

perfect. thank you kate!

tags: autumn, canon 400D, triptych.

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after I found out about shanna and betsy’s new paperie, I couldn’t help but wish I could produce delicate calligraphy.

however, my writing skills aren’t anything like betsy’s, so I thought I’d share my favourite digital fonts. definitely not as good as the real thing, but well, they can turn out to be cheap, and easy and quick to use.

just click on the images above to download the fonts via dafont.

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today is a special day for many reasons. some of them being pretty obvious. happy voting us people.

on my side of the world, I enjoyed catching up with my favourite blogs and putting this image collection together. sweet.
I also spent a lot of time knitting myself a new scarf. can’t wait for it to be finished.

and I bought three linen canvases. hopefully I’ll have more time to paint when my room make-over will be done. fingers crossed.

tags: autumn, canon 400D, triptych.