meet art wall artist: jessica marquez of miniature rhino

Today’s artist interview is with Jessica Marquez of Miniature Rhino, where little is the new big. Jessica’s shop is an eclectic collection of textiles, miniatures, papergoods and mounted photographs. She has the eye of a collector and mad photography skills, as you can see. Folks, meet Jessica!

(AW) What’s behind the name Miniature [...]

tuesday’s top 12: drops!

Raindrops, teardrops or just plain ole drip, drip, drip, drops–whatever you want to call them, I want to collect them. Below is my top 12 list for this charming little motif. Please enjoy.

1) Original Painting, Little Teardrop, $70.00, The Little Fox
2) Poppies and Raindrops, Lara Cameron
3) 10 Letterpress Thank You Cards, $35.00, Duet Letterpress
4) Gypsy [...]

art wall’s kitchen is live

The long-awaited kitchen for Art Wall is live. I love it and I love it. You’ll see pieces displayed by Bridget Farmer of Bridbird, Jessica Nichols of Sweet Eventide, Jen Hewett, Heather Moore of Skinny Laminx, Samantha Wedelich of Dwell Deep, Jessica Marquez of Miniature Rhino and Lucy Snowe. Stay tuned [...]

fan favorites: sarah of the hungry bambino

Fan favorites is a new column I will be posting every Friday. It’s a quick peek at a few reader raves and faves. Today’s “fan” is Sarah of The Hungry Bambino, a fellow Madison blogger and lover of all things epicurean. Sarah is a friend of mine in real life and my [...]

Inspired by…blog it forward post

Hi friends! Have you heard of Blog it Forward? The sweetest Victoria from sfgirlbybay put it together as a way to connect blog authors (I dislike the word bloggers) and, well, get inspired. Yesterday, my colleague Darrah of artcetera wrote a lovely post about what inspired her and introduced me as “next” [...]

art wall fix from nestled in

Today’s art wall fix is from Katja of Nestled In who, together with her partner Minna, catalogs the transformations of their home in Oulu, Finland.

As you can imagine, the images from their home are simple, clean and modern. Surfaces such as counters and dresser tops are curated, not cluttered and there is evidence of [...]

my top 12: numerals!

So, I was thinking of doing a top-10 post every Tuesday but when I was making this collage, I realized 12 is a better number–both because it makes a prettier assortment, and because I found exactly 12 things I love with numerals–of which I couldn’t bear to ditch 2, so…top 12 Tuesday it is! [...]

meet art wall artist: amy coldren

“Hope” indeed! Amy Coldren of Amelia Mae first listened to her creative energy winds when helping her sister and brother-in-law adopt a child. Happily, she has continued her artistic devotion and given time to a line of endearing pieces. Today she has offered to share some thoughts on her work and inspirations.

(AW) How did you [...]