Here is my newest illustration for the Layla Grayce blog “The Back Room”
This month I’m thinking about party dresses because everyone and their brother is having a holiday party. Visit the blog to read about my inspiration behind the post!
Dress It Up Dressing
Hello! Happy Monday! Feeling over-stuffed and over-shopped? I have the perfect remedy…
SALAD
Specifically, salad dressed with glamorous vinaigrette made by Dress It Up Dressing. Not only are these simple yet richly delicious dressing recipes the perfect accessory for arugula but they come packaged in beautiful jars with my illustrations on the labels.
Sophia Maroon, the driving force behind Dress It Up Dressing, launched the company with her mother’s famous dressing recipe. When it came time to find an artist to design the packaging she remembered the little girl she had once babysat had grown up and become an illustrator… me!
We reconnected over a love of New York City, her memories of my mom and dad as young parents and of course our shared interest in healthy, fashionable living.
We both feel that an appreciation of fashion often goes hand in hand with a healthy lifestyle. Women who care about how they adorn themselves also care about how they care for their bodies by choosing fresh, natural foods. Or, in other words, if you want to buy that dress, you’ll want to be able to zip it up! The more we brainstormed about the connection between style and salad the more excited we got about the design for her labels.
Sophia and I worked together to create combined images of my illustrations with food photographs taken by her father, the photographer Fred Maroon. Aren’t they cool?
As Sophia says, “Dress It Up Dressing allows her salads to be beautifully dressed even on the days she isn’t!”
Shop for Dress It Up Dressing on Sophia’s new site or at Whole Foods.
Black Friday Sale
Look at that face.
That’s the face of a woman who has just seriously declared victory over a sale. A very happy holiday it will be at her house this year. You can look this triumphant too, if you take part in my 3rd annual Black Friday Sale!
Shop today (and tomorrow too, small business saturday. woo!) for 20% off my available inventory with the promo code SALE.
You can begin by buying this merry print!
setting the table
Table is set, tomorrow we feast! If you listen closely you can almost hear the silver clinking together in linen closets across the country tonight as everyone prepares.
This is an illustration I created for Leontine Linens, one of my very favorite destinations for admiring monogrammed loveliness. A table set with Leontine would be indeed something to be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow to you and yours!
girl’s best friend
Guess what today is? It’s time to go home for Thanksgiving day! And do you know what I’m thankful for right now?
Dogs. All dogs everywhere.
And specifically, the two little bundles of joy (or as most people who aren’t my family know them, the demons of terror) that will be waiting for me at the train station… my family’s dachshunds, Eloise and Jemima.
Going home is special for so many different reasons for everyone. And for me, my favorite moment of every trip back is letting them attack me with their body-flailing tail wags and unrestrained, ear piercing squeals of happiness to see that I have magically materialized yet again.
Safe travels to everyone who is headed over the river and through the woods this week!
ps. buy a print