February 2011 – Dabbled

Super Punch Tarot Show

Dot — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:12:45 +0000

The show for the Super Punch Tarot cards is coming up – and I’m excited to have a piece in it!

The Super Punch Tarot
On exhibit: March 5 – April 23, 2011

If you’re in South Florida, be sure to stop by and check it out!

This is the piece that I have in the show

Curated by Super Punch‘s John Struan!

Artwork by an international group of super punchy artists:
Aaron Miller; Adam Koford; Bethalynne Bajema; Brent Engstrom; Brent Nolasco; Brigid Ashwood; Britt Wilson; Casey Weldon; Chris Booker; Daniel Davis; Dave Perillo; Dean Reeves; Eliza Gauger; Eric Orchard; Eric Wirjanata; Franco Brambilla; Geoff Trapp; Heather Hudson; J.Shea; Jason Chalker; Jerrod Maruyama; Joseph Game; Kat Brunnegraff; Katy Hargrove; Ken Turner; M. S. Corley; Mario Graciotti; Meghan Murphy; Melita Curphy; Mindy Lee; Nancy Dorsner; Patricio Oliver; Roman Laney; Rosemary Travale; San Smith; Santiago Caruso; Simon Page; Stephanie Buscema; Sven Ruthner; The Beast Brothers; Thomas Allen; Tyler Landry and MORE!

Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery
inside/upstairs at TATE’S inc.
4566 North University Drive / Lauderhill, Florida 33351
Phone: 954-748-0181 / www.bearandbird.com

Spring Paper Daffodils from Bitter Betty

Dot — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:09:01 +0000

It’s spring.. well, it may be still winter/february technically, but i’m sitting in my front yard in a sundress with a glass of wine typing this, so in my book, that’s spring. So i ran across this lovely tutorial on how to make paper versions of pretty spring flowers at Bitter Betty, and thought ‘how cool!’ … so here it is, my pretties….

Go find out how to make them over at Bitter Betty..

{this post magically disappeared, so I’m reposting it – sorry for the duplication!}

Sketch Day – Knight and Dragon

Dot — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:58:38 +0000

Today’s ‘really, dot still does draw’ sketch… a knight and his foe. I think the tiny dragon is so cute. :)

Recycled Plastic Earrings

Dot — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:38:21 +0000

I spotted these on Thing-a-day and I love these earrings, made from recycled plastic, by Adriana.
Check out her other cute jewelry on her blog..

2 Waiting Robots

Dot — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:36:53 +0000

I love the personalities… almost like one is the reverse of the other!

I decided to do thing-a-day this month, and I’ve already missed a day and it’s only day 4. I’ll do a makeup day for day 2 at some point. So this is my thing-a-day, and also my illustration friday, the first one I’ve managed to do this year.

Oh, and if you missed it, be sure to check out the ‘how to make octopus cookies’ from yesterday! I finally got the tutorial up…

Recent cool website designs

Dot — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:50:48 +0000

Real Life (TM) keeps interfering with all the blogging love I’d normally be sending your way this time of year, but I thought maybe you guys would like to see some of the new websites I’ve done lately… I really love website design – my techie geek side gets to play with my artsy side, so I’m very proud of these recent ones:

1. DabbledStudios.com

I finally got around to doing a little updating of the look and feel for the actual Dabbled Studios website. It was very in need of it! I still need to go in and update the content, but at least it’s prettier now! My favorite part of this is the full page resizing background (thanks, Grieg!). I used one of the methods at CSS-Tricks to get that like I wanted it. I’m also obsessed with @font-face now for embedding lovely fonts — for this one I used Raleway Thin from the most awesome League of Movable Type, and also Latin Modern (found at Font Squirrel which is a great place to find excellent free commercial use fonts)

EDIT: Doh, more work to to, just realized that IE continues to be a pain in my butt and the background doesn’t work right there. So look at it in Firefox or Chrome! EDIT 2: I think I fixed it! Let me know if you see any wonkyness in your browser.

See the site: Dabbled Studios.

2. Epworth at Candler Park

This was a fun challenge — a simple, clean and inviting church website. I really like the fixed footer on this one, and the abundant white space. I can’t take all the credit for the look of this one, my friend Elise is apparently not only good at landscape design, but also a pretty fair hand at website design! This church is in my neighborhood, so it was also really nice to help out part of the community. See the site: Epworth at Candler Park

3. The Hail Mary Sports Pub

This is another fun one. The pub had a website, but it looked a little dated, and it was difficult to keep updated. So this new version is hip and modern, with an integrated blog making it easy for the owners to keep customers informed of events, happenings, and specials. See the site: The Hail Mary Sports Pub