Heisenberg

Well, it must be fall. The air has a certain coolness about it, the planning of beach trips have almost wrapped up and it's time to start thinking about hibernating again. 

Meaning...

BREAKING BAD STARTS (and sadly, beings to end) THIS SUNDAY!!!

Can't wait. 

Here's a little calligraphy from last night. 

-xo-

eb

Boats 'n BDays

In my "spare time," I design invites through my paper goods company, Bowtied Paper. For weddings, parties, birthdays, baby showers, high fives (just kidding, who needs a formal invite for those?!). 

Here's one I just did for an upcoming Palm Beach boat birthday party. Ahoy, matey!

-xo-

eb

Calligraphy Time for Bowtied Paper

On the side (and in all my spare time) I create custom wedding invitations under my side company, Bowtied Paper. While I've worked with a number of calligraphers in the past for invitations, I've always wanted to learn to master the art of calligraphy myself. 

So last week, I headed down to Boston Calligraphy where Liz Roessler teaches her "Lettering by Liz" course. You learn a little bit of history, the basics of how to hold the pen and posture, the tools and then are given two hours of blissful time to create and play. It was such a welcomed time to get away from creating on the computer. 

I'll be working on refining my craft so Bowtied Paper can reap all glories. 

If you're in Boston, you can take wonderful Liz's classes at her charming space in the North End. See her updated schedule here. 

Happy creating!

-xo-

eb

One of my favorite mottos, I saw this on a locket in NYC two years ago.

It's stuck with my ever since. Life is short and if you're not taking chances, you're not living.

I love naughty words in calligraphy. Definitely be prepared to see more :)

My life has been took a few major turns lately. Pretty big, life-changing turns. 

In these tough seas, I'm constantly remembering this...

RAWR! What kind of monster did YOU draw today?

I would say that I try to draw at least one monster each day. I attended a "Get Drawing" talk at the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin last month. The idea was that as designers, art directors and (wow!) everyone else, we don't draw as much as we should.

Draw or doodle, it doesn't matter. As a society, we rely too much on the computer to create our ideas. We should get back to the basics to help loosen up the creative thought process. The speaker, Von Glitschka, challenged everyone to make a habit of bringing drawing back into your life by drawing for 21 days.

So, the next time you're chatting away on the phone or reading the paper, try picking up a pen to draw. Then keep doing it. Such a simple joy.

Happy drawing!

- xo - 

eb

my medium of choice.

mark up those monstas!

we're moving out of our office in a year... so i got permission to draw on the walls. 

so satisfying. nothing better. 

hi little guy.

david bowie monster.

i'd like to do a whole serious of celebrity monsters.

fun, right?

the piece on the left was commissioned for a set of siblings birthdays. 

they were turning four and two.

monsters for all!

rawr 'n xo 'n stuff