I first fea­tured Hillery Rebeka Sproatt’s work less than a month after I launched Brown Paper Bag. At that time, I fea­tured prints by Hillery. While I still really enjoy them (I bought one for my brother a cou­ple of years ago), I am now look­ing more towards her objects and embroi­dered pieces, specif­i­cally, her ...

Perus­ing the MICA Art Mar­ket yes­ter­day (which I would whole­heart­edly rec­om­mend if you are in the area. I’m actu­ally sell­ing at it!), I came across this face, drawn by Paige Vick­ers: A big haunt­ing, yes, but very intrigu­ing. I went to her blog (which is reg­u­larly updated!) and found her illus­tra­tion, book arts, and hand ...

My Lit­tle Drama is the brain­child of prod­uct designer Eva Schildt and illus­tra­tor Maja Sten. Together, they make jew­elry out of 925 ster­ling sil­ver and 18 carat gold. The pieces by My Lit­tle Drama are rather sim­ple, and really focus on the beauty of the metal and the shapes made by neg­a­tive space. They feel extremely ...

More often than not, I am using the inter­webs to look at things for sale. Mostly to dream, but occa­sion­ally to buy. Some­thing I love to look at on the reg­u­lar are necklaces. Kristina Klarin is queen of the baubles for me. I love the var­ied beads, often over­sized with a nod towards nov­elty. The ...

Even though I’ve been in my new place for a few weeks now, I’m still feel­ing like I’m in nest­ing mode. Mostly this includes kitchen things, as I fancy myself some­one who enjoys baking. Kitty McCall, also known as Cather­ine Nice, has a beau­ti­ful line of China plates she calls The Poly­ne­sia series. They are ...

I’m always a fan of the endeav­ors by Lit­tle Paper Planes, a web­site sup­port­ing the art com­mu­nity by way sell­ing prints, apparel, pub­li­ca­tions, online exhi­bi­tions, and more! Yes­ter­day, they launched the first of a new col­lec­tion, The Big Exclu­sives. Curated by Kelly Lynn Jones, the col­lec­tion, aptly titled, The Sum­mer Col­lec­tion, includes large for­mat prints ...

Alex Ebstein and Seth Adels­berger of Nudashank (pre­vi­ously fea­tured here) have really impec­ca­ble taste when it comes to choos­ing artists and select­ing work to be dis­played in their gallery. Dur­ing my visit, Alex and Seth men­tioned that they were in the process of open­ing up an online store, and I am so excited to see ...

Don’t you love it when peo­ple that you like team up to do some­thing super cool? Boooooom, one of my favorite art blogs, has teamed up with a favorite retailer of mine, Poketo, to launch a series of wal­lets (a well-known and pop­u­lar Poketo item) titled After­life. The series fea­tures Cana­dian artists, includ­ing one of ...

Can we talk about how much I hate wrap­ping things? I loathe it. But, I also think gift bags are the easy way out. So, it’s quite the conun­drum. I always go with the wrap­ping option. My dis­dain for the paper is now not so great, espe­cially when I saw that NoBrow had turned seven ...

The lovely folks at Muse­ums Press con­tacted me recently to intro­duce them­selves, and I am so glad they did. Muse­ums Press is a Manchester-based inde­pen­dent pub­lish­ing house that prints zines, books, and also offers indi­vid­ual prints from artists on an inter­na­tional level. Matthew and Jes­sica of Muse­ums Press are excited about what they put forth, ...