Getting ready for wedding events means lots of things to be concerned about. Wedding stationery, beautiful wedding invitations, reply cards, and even wedding

The Bather by Etienne Adolphe Piot

Martha von Hembarg, Heinrich Vogeler

When I turned 8 years old, I had a large birthday party with everyone from my grade and even my teacher in attendance. (I lived in a small ...

Amedeo BOCCHI (1883-1976) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Rome. He was born in Parma to a father who worked in painting wall decorations.

The last week has been eventful, well kind of. Last Sunday I cooked Easter dinner for 18. Monday I rested. Tuesday I quit smoking. Wednesday I got sick. Since then I've been sleeping and laying around, turning into a blob. I'm starting to get bored, which I'll take as a sign of getting better. And for once getting sick was a blessing, it helped with the first few difficult days of nicotine withdrawl. In The Quitting Deal written by Tobi Tobias and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, mother and daughter both have habits to quit. They make a deal to quit together and to help each other. Holy Cow! How many vintage children's books do you see with a mother smoking while nursing, not to mention with other children and pets?! This book is from 1975, but even so... Trina Schart Hyman was influenced by the Brandywine era of artists such as Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac. You can see this influence in her work, but she was also very contemporary and didn't shy away from illustrations that other's might not find acceptable. Mother and daughter test several ideas: the holding hands cure, the talking cure, the candy cure, the comforting cure, the penny cure, the food cure and the next to last cure. What I like about this book (besides the fact that Trina Schart Hyman illustrated it) is how the family lovingly supports each other. No blame, no guilt, no anger. They understand for a person to truly quit an addiction, they need to do it on their own. We don't get the requisite happy ending in this book either. Just a strong message of hope and support. The Quitting Deal By Tobi Tobias Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman The Viking Press, 1975 To read about Trina Schart Hyman: Harper Collins Publishers Trina Schart Hyman

I illustrated my work New Years Resolution for It’s Nice That, you can read the feature here :D

Artist Heide E. Presse Heidelberg, Germany Heide E. Presse --- Website Heide grew up in north Louisiana and earned her BFA in Texas. She and her husband currently live in central Florida with their son. After moving from Texas, where Heide worked in commercial art, she found herself at a crossroad and decided to pursue painting as a career. Her watercolors and oils have been included in many juried and invitational shows including Western Visions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, American Art in Miniature at the Gilcrease Museum, Oil Painters of America's National Exhibition, History Meets the Arts in Gettysburg, Pa, the American and National Watercolor Societies, and many years and awards in the Arts for the Parks Top 100. Private collections include the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and the Silver Cos. Heide works from a studio in her home in Tampa, Florida. And though she paints various subjects, she has been enjoying researching the 19th century, and producing paintings that are as true to the era as possible.

Euclide's work is featured on the 2012 Grammy Award winning album covers of the musical group Bon Iver and the cover of McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #43.