Good Monday my Pretties! Have you fallen off your seats yet? Over the weekend we added some great contributors, Nicole Balch of Pink Loves Brown and Wendy Owens, Orange Willow. Both are allowing you to choose your favorite from their offerings which is too much really, just try to decide, it's near impossible for me choosing which images from these artists I will be posting each day let alone to choose which pieces to take home--may the force be with you. Artist 23, Alicia Bock is contributing one set of her mini prints (there's FOUR 4.25" x 4.25" prints in a set), it's going to drive you mad in the best way possible because each of Alicia's images are more lovely than the next. I am a HUGE fan yes, HUGE. I am such a fan that I even saved a spot in the project for her BEFORE she committed because I just knew she had to be part of this. For those that are not familiar with Alicia's work I am so pleased I can be the one to introduce you to it and for those of you that are familiar you are probably drooling 'bout now, no?
"My photography is the search of light and shadows, pretty things in pink, the feeling of the ocean, and a blue moon. I strive to create photographs that evoke memories of our favorite days. I am a completely self-taught photographer. I love experimenting at my own pace, and being inspired by my children, as well as my own childhood memories of my grandparents gardens, and boxes of old Polaroids. I grew up in Michigan and Florida, surrounded by water and color, and am still greatly influenced by those two environments", says Bock.
If you have been playing along, you know we usually have an artist pose a question here, truth-be-told, I was so damn excited by the prospect of having Alicia on board for this project that I forgot to ask her and so now I am left with the task at hand to come up with one on the spot, hmm? The question to win the mini set of prints from Alicia is:
What's the best advice you ever received? Something that made you change your life. It can be something simple. An example is my bestie Candace was very nonchalant about me becoming a designer, something along the lines of, 'It's easy, you just have to play around with it I'll show you, just practice, anyone can do anything if they practice'. It's not traditional advice but it changed my life. I wouldn't have The Bella Bella co, or the Blahg (Candace was the genius who asked me to create monkeys swinging from a chandelier, why not?) without this single bit of advice. I now apply it to almost everything. If I want to draw better I sit and practice (Candace is convinced anyone can draw, I am convinced that she knows what she's talking about), if I want to take better photo's I practice. It seems so obvious but I just figured all these things were out of my realm until I tried.
We will choose the winner next Tuesday 03.03.09. An extra special thank you to Nicole at Pink Loves Brown for the mention on her awesome blog! Nicole is amazing in all she does and creates and is a really unique and generous soul. I am so glad I did some 'reno' with the Blahg before she did the mention because those monkeys sure look sa-weet on her blog...Please visit her often, you won't be disappointed...
P.P.S. Please check out the post below this one (I know, two posts in a day?!) I need your help pretty please with sugar on top...
