ARTIST JOURNAL | Notes from the studio
Inspiration, new work, and stories about life and travel.
You’re My Obsession: Equals
Photos by Missy PhotographyI was really bummed out that I didn’t get a chance to meet Elisabeth Thurston Fraser when I was at Alt Summit this year. She’s the editor in chief of one of my favorite online (and soon to be offline) publications,...
An Italian Honeymoon: Capri
Welcome to the second installment of An Italian Honeymoon! For the next five Fridays we’ll be visiting Amalfi, Positano, Florence, Siena, and Rome. We started with Sorrento, which was our home base for the Amalfi Coast part of our trip, and today...
Will You Be Part of My Social Experiment Today?
Today I had planned to share some photos I’ve taken on recent adventures with Nathaniel and Drew, like the time Nathaniel “drove” the monorail. My office is also my bedroom, so I was just waiting for Drew to get up so I could finish editing the...
The Blog with Purpose Ebook Is Here!
And…here it is.I’ve been working really hard to create something special to share with you. Blog with Purpose is the first ebook in a series I’m developing to help people like us reach our goals.Are you interested in blogging professionally? Would...
Kinfolk Magazine Volume 7: Ice Cream + Spring
Woah. Right?!Not too long ago I took a reader survey for Kinfolk. I described the magazine as a place that you want to crawl inside of and live forever. Or something like that.And Volume 7 is the ice cream issue? How beautiful and delicious is that...
You’re My Obsession: Andy Warhol Street Art Meets Gray Fashion
One of the things I want to do with my blog this year is to spend more time using Photoshop and Illustrator to create fun layouts. I’ve been seeing some gray pop up in spring fashion trends, then I remembered the cool Andy Warhol street art prints...
An Italian Honeymoon: Sorrento
Sorrento, Italy - Where We Said Our Vows Last week I mentioned that I’m working on an ebook called Blog with Purpose. It’s full of advice, opinions, and exercises to help bloggers figure stuff out. Obviously, I haven’t written the description of...
Art I Heart: Emily McDowell
Many of you are probably familiar with the Alt Summit business cards reputation. I didn’t collect as many this year as I did last year, but when I saw the ones above that illustrator, designer, and writer Emily McDowell handed out, I was sad that I...
You Are My Wild Photography Project
by Shelby Brakken for You Are My WildI almost pulled today’s post since one of my favorite bloggers posted about the same project yesterday, but You Are My Wild is too beautiful not to share here.I learned about the project from participant Ryan...