Spend the weekend in R.I and went to a Newport mansion for the first time. It was the National Museum of American Illustration. It was open to the public for the first time this year. It is a very unique place. C. and I saw lots of very old enormously beautiful trees outside in the garden area, and a fairly elbaorate mansion on the inside, with many paintings meant for commercial art, like advertisements and magazine covers. Lots of Maxfield Parrish works- such fabulous stuff with amazing forms and colors.
I am huge Charles Dana Gibson fan, and was happy to see some representation there- not the best stuff, but a couple of pen and ink and a couple of paintings....
http://www.americanillustration.org
Above is the invitation that I designed and made for my sister's wedding- it is an October wedding, and it will be in Sedona, AZ, in the desert! It is in a booklet form with a vellum overlay and trimmed with marble paper, ribbon rose, and raffia ties. Note the customized "Zazzle.com" stamps! They will be arriving in her invitee's mailboxes this week, how exciting!
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