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NEW Framed Prints!

By on January 12, 2012 in Art & Design, Etsy

NEW Framed Prints in our Etsy Shop
Whoops, I completely lost track of time yesterday, working, arting, etc. Fun stuff over in our shop: ready-to-hang framed prints!

We’ve been collecting vintage and antique frames for a few months. We pick out our favorites, clean ‘em up, possible paint them, and match them up with a print. The results, I think, are fantastic! It really completes the print, and every one is unique!

Above are:

More coming soon!

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Shop Update

By on January 2, 2012 in Art & Design, Etsy

One-of-a-Kind - AIFOL - Metalic Zig-Zag Matted Print in the Etsy Shop

Just to let you all know, the shop is back and open!

What’s even more exciting is the new matted prints! We’ve had a real blast picking out beautifully textured paper that really makes the prints pop! We currently have 3 large (AIFOL, Follow Your Bliss & Explore, Dream, Discover) and 1 small (Watercolor Owl) that wil be posted throughout the week, but hope to be doing loads more in the near future!

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A Cup O’ Kindness

By on January 2, 2012 in Art & Design

Auld Lang Syne Wallpaper
A small new year’s gift from us to you: enjoy an Auld Lang Syne desktop wallpaper (1024×900). :D

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Gift Sale Reminder

By on December 2, 2011 in Weekend Adventures

Handmade Gift Sale Reminder
Still have a couple more things to do tonight to prep, but I’m so looking forward to the Handmade Gift Sale tomorrow! If you’re in the Santa Cruz area you should come check it out and support our local artists!

1543 Pacific Ave. (Formerly Velvet Underground)
10am – 5pm

Hope to see you there!

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Free Service

By on November 7, 2011 in Art & Design, Humor

Photographer Looking For People To Do Their Jobs For Free
This seems to be a problem in all creative fields; be it design, writing, or in this case, photography. But, we’ve got to make a living out of this too. It’s a hoot to see this Atlanta photographer getting their frustration out on Craigslist. Preach!

Via The Consumerist

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Recap

By on November 4, 2011 in Moose Message

Halloween in Santa Cruz
Well, this week was a busy one for nomBat, hence the much-later-in-the-day, one-picture-and-one-line posts. I’m not complaining; I like it when the graphic design stuff is going strong, even if it keeps me from working on prints, painting, what-not. It’s all art to me!

I did manage to post a new, original piece to the shop, though: Ladies in Type: Lover.

Halloween was entertaining, if a little slow. We got our partying out of the way on Saturday it seemed. Jack (who went as Shaun Riley) and I (Lisbeth Salander) just ended up checking out the downtown strip, which was pretty awesome. They close it off to traffic and Pacific Ave becomes a meandering parade for the whole town! Above is a pretty crappy picture, but it’s all I took that night… bummer.

Jack and I hope to check out First Friday tonight. We keep hearing great things about but kept missing it. Should be fun!

Enjoy your weekend, and don’t forget to “fall back” this Sunday. <3

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Without Cabinet

By on November 3, 2011 in Home, Interior Design & Architecture

Without Cabinet Helmut Smits
This is how you take clutter and making something interesting out of it.

Via ModCloth on Tumblr

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New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down

By on October 19, 2011 in Art & Design, Etsy

New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down 11x17 Poster

But you’re still the one pool where I’d happily drown.

A companion piece to one of our first ever prints: New York’s the Greatest…

Available in Gold/Blue, Green/Pink, Navy/Green & Turquoise/Orange.

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Live Out Loud – Orignial

By on October 17, 2011 in Art & Design, Etsy

ORIGINAL Live Out Loud Ink Drawing - FRAMED
There’s a few fun things coming to the shop this week! Posted this to Etsy Friday evening and forgot to mention it here.

A fun peek into the original drawing that is the base for one of our most popular prints.

While some of our prints are created entirely in the computer, a lot of them start out as drawings or sketches. This is an example of an ink drawing that was pieced together with other elements (in this case watercolor splotches) to create something else.

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Quiet Weekend

By on October 17, 2011 in Weekend Adventures

Santa Cruz Pop-Up Art Party, Oct 15
Saturday’s Art Party was fun, but a bit on the slow side. This is only the beginning, though, and I’m actually having a great time figuring out what’s going to work and what’s not.

And, Sunday, no yard sale. Was really just an art-ing and family-time day. Mmmmmm, pot roast!

We’ve already got next weekend nearly panned out. More info on that soon!

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