Paint Night No. 2

These nights are just so so awesome. Food, drinks, and meeting new people while creating an awesome piece of art for your home!

We feasted on 3 homemade pizzas with the help of my friend Sally

Cardamom sweet potato with olives and curry roasted cauliflower
Pesto with roasted cherry tomatoes, red onion, and rosemary
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White pizza with garlic-parsley oil, shaved parmesan, prociutto, and arugula

It was an intimate group of 4 ladies I just love.  Such different and yet so very spectacular human beings.  We had a lovely time and created stunning pieces that are now all up in their homes!

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Beautiful work ladies!

Paint Night No.1

After a million revisions, Paint Night was relocated and whittled down to a tight group of 4 ladies.  This was not the original plan, but it ended up working perfectly for a simple test run.  If we are defining success by delicious food, wet whistles, and attendees who had a great time and left happy with their final product, then in spite of a sudden downpour, Paint Night was a definitely success!

Downpour?  Yes, we had a very unexpected 20 minutes downpour midway through the event (as well as all day Saturday...), so these photos are actually a compilation of 3 different days of documentation.  We all had to scramble to bring everything inside: the table full of paints, the food table, the rug for chilling, and of course all the easels with their canvasses.  The rain failed to dampen our spirits and we continued on drinking + painting in the middle of my living room!  Snacks and dessert was served just before Kevin arrived home.  He was probably expecting/hoping to return to a quiet home, however, he was instead accosted by a room of roaring ladies forcing him to play "guess whose painting is whose" followed by a critique of each piece.  Best.

Alright, enough chatting, onto the photos...

RECIPES
Crostini Platter via The Artful Desperado
Chocolate Cake inspired by ILĀ


Mega thanks to Kevin for the insane amount of work he did throughout the week helping to prepare everything from designing + building easels to slaving in the kitchen making all the delicious food and sangria for our lovely guests.  Big hugs to my buddy Dave for helping me to streamline my ideas and keep my mind focus while accompanying me on the grocery run!

Stay Tuned for PAINT NIGHT No.2 coming this July!  Date to be announced!

 

fête carnival | south park's spring fair

Had one last shoot to check off my list the evening before my Cali weekend getaway, the photobooth for the kids' Spring Fair!  I can't take too much credit for the backdrop, I put it together, but all the elements were created and ordered and delivered thanks to the two organizers, Colleen + Lee-Ann!  Enjoy a few select images from our successful fair!

good times

xo
 

dress stands for joanna delaney

Let's take a break from me to share a little bit of the creative work by my husband.  This is the latest commission he has taken on for yet another very talented creative, Joanna Delaney of Joanna Delaney Design + Dressmaking.  This woman has been a reckoning force, creating some of the most heart-stopping lace wedding dresses out of her tiny South Granville apartment for the past couple of years.  She has just recently moved studios which required some clean modern dress stands to display her work.

Very excited to see these in action!