Little Thank yous

Thank you Amy for arranging the flowers like this + the delicious waffles sunday morning.

Thank you 4 PTO days and the ability to work on my illustration work more.

Happy Birthday Ed!

He's away in Alabama taking a several-week, intensive, Army class for his job.
Big hug sent to you Ed!

Taken summer of 2008 when my family came in for my graduation from Parsons.
At Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn enjoying some tasty beers.

Something to think about

Have you seen the American Apparel/Sesame Street limited edition tees commemorating SS's 40th anniversary?

Oscar the Grouch undies here $11.50

Cookie Monster undies here $11.50

I am a little conflicted about this.
First off, I love Sesame Street and fell in love with these tees. And I do like American Apparel clothing in itself (not so much the advertising and the company's attitude).
But the more I thought about it, the more I felt uneasy.

Is AA earning the money with SS's images? They say the images are from the SS archive. Copyright rules makes certain images fair game after x amount of years (I should look into that), so I wonder if SS even consented to this. . .

And something about the whole sex-driven, soft porn persona in AA's photos contrasting against the innocent and docile images of sweet Sesame Street characters seems so blasphemous to me.

Ernie #1 tee here $15
Elmo #2 tee here $15
Cookie Monster #4 tee here $15
Bert Fine #5 tee here $15
The Count #6 tee here $15

Okay, I will get off my soap box. What do you think?

Still cute tees...

DreamCatcher

Something I am working on now for Nobrow competition. More to follow.




Thank you to stephmodo for the tutorial on how to make blogspot pictures bigger w/o sacrificing the quality! Such a lifesaver!

New Site

Please go check out the new LindseyBalbierz.com!

Ms Tug Boat

remember this:
thank you view for letting me see little tug boats go by all pushin HUGE massive barges. makes me think i can accomplish just about anything.

I snapped a few pictures quickly as it rode by on Sunday. :)







Ain't she the cutest little red thing?

Changes

I tweaked some of the coding for the blog. What do you think of the new layout?
I am still working on a few more things, but let me know if it's a yay or a nay.

Illustrator Crush

Woa, this guy's work makes my heart flutter.

robert hunter, found through WTLTA.

He reminds me a little bit of Marcel Dzama, but Robert's work is more uplifting and whimsical.


Please, please go check out his work. ;)

My Cleveland BFFS

My Best Friends, Adge + Maria, [who go back to my highschool days and live in Cleveland,] sent Amy + I this sunny, beautiful bouquet last week in memory of our grandma .

[here they are looking at the FDR]

Thank you guys for being so sweet!

The three of us in a row boat on the lake in Central Park in the summer of 2008.

Thanks guys, miss you!

Heart Day

A 24-year old, short-haired, blond girl
who likes to bake, to draw, to take photobooth pictures,
and to cheer tugboats on
has her eye on these.
[Hint Hint.]

and so might you!

[a. Cake Stand Thistle Rose $49.95 via FishsEddy b. Cake Stand Crown Tuscan $49.95-99.95 via FishsEddy c. Cupcake Cutie Candle Holder $16 via The Small Object d. Hotglow Fabric Necklace via Thief and Bandit e. Mini Mini Minature Cupcake Liners $2 via Cupcake Social on etsy f. Silver Foil Pillow $24 via UO g. Effie Sandal $138.00 via Free People h. Dulce Pink corazon cards $6 via essimar on etsy as featured on WTLTA i. Anything and everything from Emersonmade !!!! j. Paper Airplane Necklace $68 via FredFlare]

LLBean got none of my Beans

I went to LLBean to get on the ball with my raingear shopping.
(I remember last year I was ill equipped for the weeks of rain in NYC and made a mental note of buying fun wellies and a rain jacket come this spring).

Sad to say LLBean, was disappointing, but Lands' End sure made up for it.

Lands' End has some uber cute items. Simple, classic and great, bold, fun colors.

Some of my picks that I compiled into outfits:

A Blustery February Day

umbrella $24
Faux fur hat $19.99*on sale now
Stripe Scarf $19.99* on sale now
Regular SunShower Rain Parka $39.99 *on sale now
Route 63 Snap Tote $138
Lined Wellie Rain Boots $39.99*on sale now

A Spring Shower Morning

SunShower Trench Coat $89.50 on sale now [didn't have my size :( ]
MicroFiber rain hat 12.99*on sale now I could so see my sister Kate pulling off one of these cute bucket hats, def not a look I could do)
Stick Umbrella $29* on sale

And check out their offshoot brand Lands' End Canvas.
It's kinda like JCrew in the silhouettes and styling, a little less expensive and not as bejeweled/shiny. But still great-looking pieces none-the-less.


RagtopCanvas Stripe Tote $34


Leather Sandals $69.50


Leather & Canvas Heel $125


Heritage Trench Coat $199.50


MacPea Coat $79.50

Cruz Time

Amy + I were pseudo-parents for the weekend for Katie's dog, Cruz, a few weeks back.





Quite a little guy.



Lesson learned: dogs are still a lot of work.



But I love being an aunt.

Spring Satchel

I've been thinking more about investment pieces as I get older (ha, older, I'm still 24) but I am trying to be more conscious of what I buy and that it will be a favorite & lasting piece.

So I have been thinking about this sunshine beauty for spring by Sondra Roberts.

What do you think?

77Kids Spring

Spring stuff was up the week before Christmas! Can you believe that? Plus all these seem so long ago now!

Check out 77Kids for all SPRING 2010 line :)

otter time

some fresh pencil markings

"I need my huggins'"

I got the sad news that my grandma passed away this morning.

I was going through old pictures and I quickly made this.
I loved how she called me 'Lindsey Love,' she would always address my birthday cards that way too. It was the little things that made her a great grandma to all of us.

Sketchbook
F pencil
Ipod
Cup of coffee

All is right in the world tonight.
:)

Happy New Years

After a wonderful New Year's party at Mathilde's house (Mathilde's party had a theme: feathers & glitter, so simple, but made everyone look so chic to welcome in the New Year), Tom and I closed the night at Auction House on the UES.



Quite a gem. We're gunna try going back on a weeknight when it is a little bit emptier.


Love this snap of us :)

Mouth Ache

A little baby needle took out half of my mouth for half of my day....so I am looking for things that make me feel happy.

Such as anything by illustrator Julia Pott on Envelop.

Aaaaah.
Knitted Bear bag for 19 euros. See above. what is that? $30 bucks?

All the Boys placemats 15.99 euros for 2





And what she does best


Previously blogged about here.

A lesson in Cake Decorating with Mom

One of my best times home this break was when my mom gave me a step-by-step demonstration on how to decorate a 2 layer cake.

She + Kate took a cake decorating class this past fall/winter and came out Class-A cake decorators.

















Thanks Mom! I will try this out for my 2nd red velvet cake!