Say It with a Sequined Heart

I lettered and illustrated this valentine for a special ban.do project. You can buy a pretty sparkly ban.do for all your valentines and ban.do will send it with this card! How freaking cute is that?

Sunday Style Section: The Winged Eye

Practice makes perfect. My favorite liquid liner is this one, and my favorite everyday pencil is this one. What are yours?

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So This Happened

Yesterday, we got engaged.

6 Years

Today marks a happy six years with my best friend & partner-in-crime, Ryan. Since six is literally a perfect number, I just know this is going to be a great one for us. Here's to six more lifetimes. I couldn't do anything without you.

The Saguaro

We are heading out to the Saguaro Palm Springs in a couple weekends to celebrate our anniverary. So excited. Look at all that beautiful COLOR! Sometimes desert air and happy color is all a person needs.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Since I had a crap start to 2012, I'm gonna consider this the official new start of the new year. Join me in ringing in the year of the dragon!

5 Chinese New Year Traditions for luck

1. Wear new clothes. It's especially good to wear red, to color of luck.
2. Sleep with your red envelopes under your pillow on New Year's Eve.
3. Have a fish at dinner, but don't eat all of the fish.
4. Buy fresh flowers for your home.
5. Don't take a shower or bath on New Year's Day, it'll wash away your new fortune.

More superstitions here. Also, check out your Chinese astrology forecast for the year here!

From My Library: The Elements of Style

This week's featured book is The Elements of Style Illustrated. Two awesome notes about this book: 1) Maira Kalman illustrated this gorgeous edition of the classic writing manual. 2) I got it for free through Paperback Swap.


This book is charming as hell. I mean, as soon as you open the book, the end pages say hello.


Just there. Unassuming, all lower case, no punctuation, scripty "hello".


As a huge fan of both E.B. White and Maira Kalman, I can tell you this book is a dream. A visual feast.


I'm so happy it exists.


Have you ever heard of Paperback Swap? A friend introduced it to me several years ago, it's a site where you can upload books you don't want and send 'em to people who do want it - and every book you send gets you a credit. Each credit lets you order one book that other people have put up for adoption. It's totally free, you just pay the shipping (media mail!) when you send a book, but you don't when you receive it. So it's kinda like karma. Sending you presents in the mail. Nice.

SUNDAY STYLE SECTION: MODERN SHOW GIRL

Love love love these shots of Zooey Deschanel from this February issue of Allure. The styling and clothes are right up my alley - a glam modern vintage. Though that phrase feels insanely overused (and often, wrongly used) nowadays, visuals always hammer it right on the head.

More behind the cover shoot shots here.