4.08.2014

bits & pieces of March

This year is rushing by so fast! March was barely a blip on the calendar and I'm sure April will be gone before we can admire all the spring flowers. This is both good and bad...bad because I have some pretty big commissions still lingering that are taking longer than I anticipated. I'm trying to save up a good chunk before the summer so I have taken on more art classes and I was able to knock a big thing off my 2014 list this weekend! We held a yard sale! And made a pretty good chunk of change, but more importantly got rid of a LOT of stuff. 

 The year passing by quickly is also good because I'll be taking off back to Italy in June! As always, I have a funky itinerary (not through Russia this time!) that will take me from JFK to Dublin then Rome! IRELAND! I don't think my layover will be that long but I'll be content with a handful of postcards and a Guinness at the airport. 



1. I can't be a crazy cat lady so my next logical option is to be a crazy succulent lady. My little collection is getting bigger and bigger...as is the variety of their containers...
2. This is one of the beastly beauties I'm working on right now! It's a giant wedding album for some dear friends and I can't wait to show it off once it is all done! Any day now...
3. I had an EPIC day of yard sale hunting! 13 records for $20! Including the single of Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk," one of my favorite songs! Oh it was a good day...
4. This is the latest and sweetest Giant Collage Card I have made...he asked for a vintage ballerina card to give his wife for her birthday (her first birthday since they got married). How sweet is that?! It seems like Etsy is the mecca for all the sweet guy shopping...definitely makes my job all the more fun. 


5. March was definitely the month of Indigo, and little Indigo books. I'm sad that my fingers are no longer tinted a pretty shade of blue...guess it's time to order up another batch! 
6. I'm getting so antsy to get back to Lucca! I'm already plotting the construction of Quarto, the next sketchbook to follow Terzo. I'm also thinking of making some extra giant handmade sketchbooks for the Etsy shop too...thoughts?
7. Just some pretty blossoms at a friend's house.

 Is your April off to a good start? Any adventures that you're counting down to for summer? I have 68 days til I leave! 
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8 comments:

  1. AmyApril 8, 2014 at 10:15 AM

    i can not wait to hear all of this trip - seriously that is going to be fantastic! and you're not missing THAT much in dublin. while it is nice - the rest of ireland is way more beautiful! :)

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    1. chelseaApril 16, 2014 at 8:28 AM

      Ideally one day I'll make a real Ireland trip and explore the whole country! I'd love to sketch the countryside and the cliffs and well pretty much everything! One day!

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  2. dontpanicdeannaApril 9, 2014 at 7:06 AM

    I am absolutely obsessed with that collage greeting card! It's so beautiful. Definitely adding to my Etsy favorites.

    http://dontpanicdeanna.blogspot.com/

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    1. chelseaApril 16, 2014 at 8:26 AM

      Aww you're so sweet! I really love making them, they're so different from most projects I have to work on. Let me know if you ever need one! :)

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  3. Reva MadrygaApril 10, 2014 at 11:21 AM

    love that card!!
    where to do you get your indigo? i'm thinking I'd like to dye some fabric this summer and make something.. maybe a large beach blanket?

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    1. chelseaApril 16, 2014 at 8:25 AM

      Thank you! I get mine off Amazon, the Jacquard kit. It had everything and the color was gorgeous! I'd love to do a whole bedding set. A beach blanket would be perfect! :)

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  4. chantillyApril 11, 2014 at 6:45 AM

    All that travel sounds amazing!! Wow. Also, getting rid of all that stuff via yardsale sounds refreshing. Happy spring & hope you're having a good day, Chelsea!

    xxo
    ~Chantilly

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    1. chelseaApril 16, 2014 at 8:24 AM

      Thanks Chantilly! Oh man, at the end of the day when we looked around and saw nothing, it felt SO good! I know we still have a ton of stuff left but we at least made a dent in it :)

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