Favorite Site Tuesdays: Nancy Adams

Luna Moth Tea

This week's featured site is the shop for the clay artist, Nancy Adams. She manages to combine two of my loves: beautiful pottery and tea;) Her teapots are whimsical and functional, and I'd be inspired to throw a tea party with any one of them! Or two. Or three;)

Bluebird Teapot

Top Hat Lizard Bowl

Spiked Tea

Jade Waterlily Tea

Stop by her shop and take a look at Nancy Adams work. Absolutely beautiful!

Favorite Site Tuesdays: Creatures From El

Green and Cyan Tree Turtle

This week's favorite site was just discovered yesterday, but I was so blown away by her work, I had to feature her: Creatures From El. These small clay creations are the work of canadian artist Ellen, who holds a degree in Biological Anthropology and Art Critique. You can see both in her meticulous, beautiful pieces, which she makes with nothing more sophiticated than her hands.

Moss Feather Dragon

Parrot Headed Sphinx

Barn Owl

Ivory Headed Fin Dog

Her weird and wonderful creatures are delicate and amazing, and they are now a favorite of mine. Check out Creatures From El and see all of her lovely creations.

Favorite Site Tuesdays: Sleepy Robot 13

Free Hugs Robot

I am unabashedly fond of cute things. I know this is rather girly of me, and I tend to try to eschew the typically girly (with the exception of a shoe obsession), but I COULD NOT RESIST THE CUTE HERE. Sleepy Robot 13 is the creation of Lisastarchild, an artist from Cleveland who clearly has the same low resistance to cute. Her tiny polymer clay robots remind me of Dunnys and Munnys; clean lines, simple, and perfect.

Chick Magnet

Camera Robot

Chinese Take Out Robot

Robot and Toaster are Friends

I love these little guys, and I'm sure you will too. Check out Sleepy Robot 13; you will end up taking one of them home, guaranteed.

The Seelie Players

Photo by Thomas Song

The Seelie Players are here!

Seelie Players is the brainchild of one of my dearest friends and fellow Fantickals, Tegan Elliot. She had an idea a few years ago that, due to the fact that people were always trying to hire us at Faire, it might be a fabulous notion to give them a way to do that. We all love what we do, and the thought of doing it for a living is pretty awesome, so I'm proud to be a part of this new venture.

The website and YouTube channel are live; subscribe to the videos to see lots of behind-the-scenes stuff and promos on the appearances we do. Friend us on Facebook too!

Check out the Seelie Players, and book us for your next event;)

Love by Enzoani 2011

2011 Collection C20

I love Love. It's not a pun at all; I love the sophisticated, well-designed pieces in Enzoani's Love line. They consistently turn out Evening and Bridesmaids Collections that would make any wedding look like it cost a million bucks, and would make any bridesmaid look at home on the Red Carpet. take a look at some of their new offerings:

C3

C8

C9

C16

C33

C42

C40

C45

They offer their gowns in multiple colors, like any bridesmaid line, but the styling is impeccable. Trust me, your maids will thank you, and they might even actually wear the dress again!

Favorite Site Tuesdays: Blik

Anise Wall Decal

This week's favorite site is Blik. As any habitual apartment dweller will tell you, it can get pretty frustratingly boring to never be able to paint your walls and bring your personality into a room. Blik solves this in the coolest way possible: removeable wall decals by graphic designers, artists, and interior decorators.

Apollo Wall Decal

From the simple to the elaborate, Blik has something for every taste and every style. Not everyone will want a half-naked tree woman in their front hall (but I know a few people who would!)

Storm

They also collaborate with Threadless and have produced several decals based on their designs. Being a huge Threadless fan, I'm pretty excited by that!

99 Luftballons

Many of their designs also come in multiple color choices too, so you can match them to your decor. Though, I don't kow why you wouldn't want red, in this case;)

Moon Kite

There are darkly goth designs, stark silhouettes, whimsical graphics, and utterly modern pieces. Check out Blik (and their 18 pages of designs!), and I dare you to resist getting something for your walls, apartment or not! I know I have a few earmarked for the new place . . .

Favorite Site Tuesdays: Untamed Menagerie

Curiouser

This week's favorite is a new find: Untamed Menagerie. Featuring the work of mother/daughter Tennessee artists Nikki and Penny, Untamed Menagerie is the most delicate and exquisite steel and acrylic silhouette jewelry. I was instantly in love.

Carpe Diem

Forgotten

Gnarled

Melancholy Lashes

Everything from design to name to presentation of the pieces is starkly beautiful. Visit Untamed Menagerie and I dare you not to walk away with one of their incredible necklaces, earrings, or brooches. I'm certainly eyeing a few myself;)

Bloody Good Art . . .

I'm already a big fan of Ty Mattson of Mattson Creative, after first seeing his work in a series of Lost posters a little while back. Now, he's won me as a lifelong fan. These Dexter inspired posters are cool, savvy, and if you're as big a fan of the show as I am, you'll see that each one is dedicated to a season, and full of little details from those episodes.

Can't wait to see what he'll produce for this season;)

 He's thinking of doing a limited edition of prints of these, so head over to his blog and leave a comment about it, telling him how much you love them!

Alexandra Koukinova Dolls . . .

Denise

Holy cow, do I have a doll artist to show you. I have always had a love of art dolls; from the time I was 9 or 10 years old, I used to save my alowance to buy dolls from Ashton Drake and Franklin Mint, but always adult dolls in historical clothing. Now, I love discovering artists creating dolls head and shoulders above what I used to love as a girl. One such as this is Alexandra Koukinova, a doll artist from Russia.

Nellie

 She obviously has a love for Art Deco, but her dolls encompass much more than just one style. She draws inspiration from ballet, Commedia dell'Arte, Fairy Tales, and numerous eras and historical figures. And each one is executed beautifully.

Ondine

Fairy Godmother

Olga

Rebecca

Tatyana

White Garden

Check out more of Alexandra Koukinova's work; it is truly amazing, and has given me all sorts of costuning ideas . . .