love notes for valentine's day

you're my shelter from the storm

under your skin feels like home

each love note painting comes gift wrapped in hand painted paper with a hand stamped tag

a moleskine, with a favorite lino cut print, for writing your love notes

did i find you or you find me?

i love making these little intimate paintings. the process of layering and texturing is very meditative. then comes the tricky part, for the black ones. while the paint is still wet, i scratch the words into the canvas in, to my eye,  a very imperfectly perfect way. it feels like a secret message to the one you love.

i was asked to make a custom one for a couple who just got engaged. i was so honored and thrilled to be asked. i'm so excited for them!

there's a few more in the shop.


xo

my quirky valentine no. 2

second annual quirky valentine collection.  here's the first from last year.

heart ... man eater ... bite me ... i love to ... eff love ...ok so i love you

don't get me wrong - i love, love but this stuff is just so much fun - and don't they look so pretty together?

happy valentine's day sweethearts!

my quirky valentine

i think i must have a strange sense of humor.  i don't know.  i like valentine's day but i like it with an edge.  or maybe it just brings out my sarcastic side.  anyway, i hope these make you laugh out loud or at least crack a smile.

zombie love, eff necklace, little black book, siren, herpes microbe embroidery, arrow to the heart,

pocket manfriend, black valentine lollipop, voodoo doll, skeleton valentine, cupid magnet, 

cow skull with flowers

what are you doing for valentine's day?  i do love a good romantic story.
however you'll be celebrating, i hope it's a good one!

oh yes, and if you're into zombies, (even if you're not) go see warm bodies. it's a perfect valentine's day movie!

valentines

i've been making these cards for a few years now.  i can remember when i first started, sitting around with my daughter, coming up with ever more ridiculous combinations - you're the lima to my bean, anyone?  one that got rejected for being just a wee bit over the top was - you're the sid to my nancy.  yeah, very bad taste. 

i got the idea from a song that i don't know the name of and i can't remember who sang it.  but this is the line that inspired the cards - you're the chocolate in my pocket (sound familiar to anyone?)  so i love this idea of having this little treasure, this gift of chocolate, savoring it, anticipating it, and you keep it real close to you, in your pocket where it's comfy and warm.  and then you finally take it out and... well, it's soft and melty and now you have to work for it, you have to get a little messy to eat it.  and i feel love is like that, being in love, being married, being with someone for the long haul.

this might be why i'm single now.

but i love the contradiction, which i think is closer to real life. so... you're the itch to my poison ivy is the itch that you love to scratch but it can be a bit annoying too.