Doctors and Derrieres

What are you doing on Friday night? If you live in or around Edmonton, you should check out the 6th annual Doctors and Derrieres exhibition, from 7-11pm at Enterprise Square.

My sister-in-law, Crystal Driedger, will once again be participating and will have her work, along with several other local artists, up for auction.  Her nude sketches are some of my favorite pieces. (if I could show them on here without exposing certain areas, I would! But see here and here for a quick sample of what you can expect, and come to the show to see more!)

"The idea behind this fundraiser is to have medical students pose nude for talented local artists and sculptors. Art pieces in diverse mediums celebrating the human body are then donated by each artist to be sold at the main event each year to raise funds for an emergency health Project in El Salvador .All proceeds support Change for Children's Emergency Social Health Fund. A community-led grassroots initiative in rural El Salvador that provides health care in underserved areas." ~ via doctorsandderrieres.blogspot.com

New Logo

I have a new logo (courtesy of my brother, whose wife is the wonderful Illustrator, Crystal Driedger -- check out her work here!!).  I'm just waiting on the background image (blue damask!!!) to be resized (as I couldn't compress it for some reason, and blogger said the file was too large....and I don't know much about computers in general...) by my brother before I can upload it. What do you think of the new logo? It's simple, but with the blue damask it looks AMAZING!! (trust me, he did up some sample boards for me as a Christmas gift). 

OLD:

The old one was one I made with a free image from The Background Fairy (and I added my own font).

NEW:

Damask...and me!

Does anyone else love damask as much as me? I hope so! It's gorgeous!! I especially love black and white damask patterns, but I will not rule out color as well.  Lets see...in my house, I have damask dinnerware, a giant damask serving bowl, a damask throw, damask throw pillows, damask-ish china (in white-on-white), a damask area rug, and a painting from my sister-in-law, Crystal Driedger Illustrations of "Damask Lady" (that she painted specially for us as a wedding gift)...just to name a few...oh!! And I just picked up a new damask lamp for $10!! (also black....)

This canvas painting hangs in my home office -- purple is also one of my favorite colors, so she incorporated that as well (isn't she amazing??)

{image via Crystal Driedger Illustrations}

My favorite throw from Homesense (I also saw this recently in a pale aqua-green and white combination....it was so hard for me NOT to pick it up!!)

I've wanted a damask wallpaper feature wall in my master bedroom for some time now, but I was always too afraid that the pattern would be too overpowering. After coming across P and T Interiors from Mady By Girl's blog, I may think differently now... I mean, check out the wallpaper, curtains, stools...they're GORGEOUS! Is there anywhere I CAN'T put damask??? I don't think so!!

{images via P&T Interiors}