Pill Prints

Here you go! I have some new work to post up here! I have become obsessed with drawing pills over the last few weeks and took all drawings to make some prints out of them.

New Pill Prints

I am putting the finishing touches on some new prints. They are all about pills and more pills. Here's a sneak peak!

Wedding Favors

I had the great pleasure of designing the wedding invitation suite for my sister and her fiance. Their wedding was last weekend, so I am finally back to New York and assembling pictures of all the little details we worked on together.

One of those details, was the wedding favor. My sister and my mom made 160+ homemade apple pies as the wedding favors (Yes, really, they made 160 pies over 2 days of baking. And yes, they were delicous!). So, I designed a sticker for their jars that had their wedding logo incorporated.

Here are some snap shots of the cute little favors!

[All product shots by Tom Takigayama]

And here is a picture of my beautiful sister on our drive to the ceremony.

[Photo by Lindsey Balbierz]

Stay tuned for pictures of their invitation suite later this week!

See my other wedding work here, here and here.

Hot Pots & Pies

I did this piece as a submission for The Wrap Paper issue No.3 competition.
The Wrap Paper is a really great publication that showcases illustratrators + designers.

I hope that my submission will be picked for this 3rd issue. Fingers crossed.
Read more about The Wrap Paper here.

New Site!

I have switched over to word press for my portfolio site!
Check it out here:

lindsey balbierz illustration

I will eventually be migrating my blog over to wordpress, but that will come at a later date.

Thanks for all my blog followers. I hope you can check out the new site!

Postcard Design

I'm sending out another round of postcards this month.
If anyone would like me to mail one to them, please email me at lindseybalbierz [at] gmail [dot] com.

I'll post a picture of the actual postcards when I receive them in the mail.

And soon, I have some exciting updates to share! Stay tuned!

Wedding Table Placards

The lovely Sarah sent me a picture of how the table placards (previously posted here) were used in their wedding. You can see the New York City one right in front and the Atlanta one in the top left.

So lovely! I really like the flower arrangements too, so fresh and clean.

Thanks Sarah for sharing!

Year of the Tired Rabbit

Is it just me or is everyone having babies lately? This illustration is for all the new parents out there that are in need of a nap.

Sarah + Joe's Wedding Poster

I made a poster of all the wedding table placards from Sarah + Joe's wedding. Click on the image to look at it bigger.

Sarah + Joe's Wedding Table Placards

January through March of this year, I was working on a project for a lovely couple Sarah and Joe. I found the couple through the site where I am also a vendor, 100 Layer Cake.

Sarah + Joe were looking for an illustrator to make table placards illustrating the numerous locations that they have visited when they were dating. Sarah + Joe were dream clients, so fun and so open to what I had to suggest. The couple gave me a list of places, foods & items that meant something to them for each city. To personalize it a bit more, I asked for a short 1-liner to add into the banner for each city. In the end, I illustrated 19 cities that would be used on their 19 tables at their wedding. Each city will be for one table and be posted for their guests to find.

Thanks again Sarah + Joe. I hope you had a wonderful wedding yesterday!

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Please email me if I can help bring your wedding dreams to life.
I would love to chat!

Art for Japan LIVE AUCTION NOW

The pillow cases that I sent to illustrator, Meg Hunt, for the ART FOR JAPAN fundraiser are now posted on eBay.

Woohoo! There is some strong bidding going on already, which makes me really happy! Only 5 more days of bidding!

Please check it out here and here as well as all the other great things other artists/illustrators/designers have donated here.

Let's raise some MONEY! :)

Art for Japan logo illustrated by Meg Hunt.
All pillow product shots by Lindsey Balbierz.

Summer Art Sale

I am selling some of my old paintings....

Roosters

I Love Cake

Just for You

Cows

Portrait #1

Portrait #2

Thesis #6

Smog & Smokestacks #1

Smog & Smokestacks #2

Please contact me at lindseybalbierz (at) gmail (dot) com for any inquiries to buy.
Payment through PayPal. Shipping to areas outside of NYC is available.
Thank you!

Happy Memorial Day!

Thank you for those who have served in years past, currently and for future military personnel.

And thank you to all military families.

Here's an illustration I did a few years ago of my grandfather in his uniform.

And my past post honoring the vets in my life. :)

Conservatory Gardens

Last Friday, I had the chance to leave work early and do something 'inspirational.'
I went to the Conservatory Gardens up on E 105th Street in Central Park. It's really gorgeous there right now.

Unfortunately, my trip was shortened when of my drawings got pooped on. Lucky me, or rather, lucky drawing.

Go magazine

A few weeks ago I was asked by AD Shane at Go Magazine, AirTran's inflight magazine, to do their feature article's type treatment + 4 spot illos....and here they are in the May issue. Luckily, I flew back to New York on May 2nd on AirTran (I went home to Cleveland for the weekend), so I helped myself to an issue or two. :)

See the illustrated title here on their main page and the article.

Thanks Shane!

85th and Lex

Last weekend I sat at the Little Brown on 85th and Lex and drew.

This is what I saw.

PS. did you know that Little Brown Co. is by Oded Brenner, the same man behind Max Brenner?! I just found that out.

100 LAYER CAKE vendor

I am very excited to say that I am a vendor on 100 Layer Cake, a wedding site!
They showcase different vendors, supplies, venues, you name it.
It's a go to place for brides and planners.
You can see my page here.

I am now taking on wedding commissions for:

invitation suites
pamphlets
illustrations of newly engaged couples
envelop liners
banners

Please be in touch if you need any help with the above or any other ideas that you may dream up.

Aerial Traffic pillows

I received my aerial traffic pillows in the mail this weekend all the way from Belgium.
The great people from Envelop have my design in their shop, which can be bought right here. See my introductory post about my pillows here.

I'm forwarding the pillow covers on to the Art for Japan art fundraiser. I will be sure to post a link to it here when it goes live.

T.T.M.T.

A new series here on my blog...

So, here it goes.

Things That Mean Things #1
My Grandma's 'Left-Over' Earrings

It was a year this past Jan 12th since my grandma's passing and it was also the same day as the horrible Haitian earthquake that took so many lives. So when the news covered the year mark of Haiti, I had these memories come back....

After my grandma's funeral, my extended family gathered and we were able to pick the items from my grandparents that we each would really enjoy inheriting. We were able to pick 1 at a time. Round and round we went, each picking. My cousin picked a ring of my grandma's that he hoped to give to one of his future girlfriends. My sister picked a pearl bracelet that she will be wearing on her wedding day this September. And after everyone had picked what they really wanted, there were a few things that were left over. And these earrings were the things that were left over. I really didn't think I would wear them, but my sister told me that I could totally pull them off, and nobody else could.

So, I took the earrings + necklace set in their velvet case and added them to my small set of the items I picked from my late grandparents. Fast forward to coming back to New York, and as time went on, I grew to wear the earrings more and more. And now, when I am looking for a really nice piece to wear, I throw on these 'left over' pair of earrings andfeel like I am channeling my glam grandmother.

Night on the town w/ Katie wearing my grandma's earrings.

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Photographer Jessica Peterson's photos of sentimental items inspired me to take on this project by illustrating my own.

Moi as Illustrator

Tom took pictures of me a few weeks ago with one of my little illustrated characters.
I have been looking at this awkward, clawed guy hanging on my wall since I painted him my senior year of college. And now he is not a wallflower anymore.

And really, he's quite the conversationalist.

Photo Credit: all taken by Tom Takigayama
(and no, we didn't purposely plan matching outfits! ha)