julie morstad

I had to create a new category to properly feature this wonderful artwork: girl crushes. It occurred to me that one of the things I want to do on this little blog is feature some amazing, admirable ladies who deserve to be the recipient of our love, awe and respect--thus Julie Morstad is the charter admiree. I stumbled across her just today via The Clothes Horse and fell in love. I love her aesthetic, her style, her imagination, her creativity--all of it.

All of these make me want to be a better artist. They're just wondrous and beautiful. It looks like she's using come tissue and decorative papers for a collage-type effect which I also love to do and wish I could do it to such beautiful effect! So inspiring...

I looked for some of her books on-line (some here) and had to force myself not to buy them all. I may have to get the ABC cards, though. I'd love to do a set of those one day!!! I've already drawn a few in my mind, though its a project that will just have to get in line for now. I do have vintage bloomers to sew, after all!

The images are from her site, and her shop (where she sells some of her prints) is here. I really might have to treat myself to one of them...

In other news--today is my delightful day off and I am doing deliciously little. Still playing hide-and-seek with the sleep ghosts, so my laziness is guilt-free. I love lazy days off! I did some sewing and mending projects that had been piling up, and now I'm working on some new drawings/paintings, listening to Radio Dismuke, while the breeze from this gorgeous, gorgeous day makes me glad I'm alive. We're making this for dinner--pictures to come! 

Hope you're day is/was lovely!!

Comments

[Lindsay]

OH.MY.GOD.MARY.CATHERINE. How utterly perfect is Julie's work? Thank you so much for introducing me to it! You, her and Cristina Grueso from Spain are now my three favourite artists. I must must must purchase some of her stuff!

[Andrea]

These are so beautiful!

I'm going through your Flickr stream finding some autumn inspiration, and I just had to drop you a line to tell you how much I love your style. You always look gorgeous, and I love the creativity and sense of humour in your outfits.

Hope all is going well - take care! :)

Andrea xx