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Instagram is my go-to social media—not only for the stories and updates but as a source to find new and exciting illustrators.

The term “flair” can get a bad rap.

It’s been a while since I’ve shared the cut paper pieces by Kanako Abe.

If you’re a cat parent, I don’t need to tell you just how strange kitties can be.

How often do you check your phone during the day?

If you don’t know how much I love sweets, you might think that cakes are an odd choice to share on Brown Paper Bag.

I’ve been a busy stitcher this summer and am having fun embroidering Cat Collars: one of a kind kitties stitched on chambray shirts.

Instagram is my favorite social network.

November 2005

When you were younger, did you ever read teen magazines?

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a walking artwork, just put on the illustrated clothes of Doops Design.

The Bloody Gardener (murder ballad) 

Have you ever heard a murder ballad?

Illustrator Carine Arnakis crafts painted portraits of women that showcase their own sort of camouflage.

Combining the playful with the bizarre, Penny Min Ferguson of the label Min Pin crafts ceramics that are both useful and decorative.

“0:00”

Last week, I had the pleasure of previewing Betsy Walton’s solo show, Psychic Landscapes, at the ZINC Contemporary in Seattle’s Pioneer Square.

Few things are prettier than a vase of fresh-cut blooms… unless those flowers are in a handcrafted ceramic vase!

If you’ve read Brown Paper Bag for any length of time, you probably know that I love daily art projects.

Last month, I shared something new in my studio: Cat Collars!

What brings you joy?

Elizabeth Wood

Yes, it’s true!

Inspired by tattoos, artist Natalie Sedgewick translates this influence into her embroidered hoop art.

I look back to last month’s studio check-in and can hardly believe that we were in the process of moving across the country.

Lisa Congdon

I’m taking a blog vacation this week.

I know, I know—I missed the boat on sharing Dinara Mirtalipova’s painted eggs closer to the Easter holiday.

There are few things cozier than wrapping yourself up in a blanket.

Miriam is a UX designer by day who has found a love of stitching hoop art at night.

I want to live in a world made by Cat Rabbit.

Illustrator Malin Koort crafts tiny three-dimensional worlds from cut paper and documents them with clever lighting and photography.

Alphabet illustration is nothing new, but through great images, creatives can give us a whole new appreciation of letters.

Using the scissors as her paintbrush, Rocío Fernández Fuks engages in paper collage making of storybook scenes. 

I began the monthly studio check-in as a way to hold myself accountable for the projects I take on.

David Sierra Listón creates colorful character illustrations that are fantastically fun.

Take a walk with Claudia González Guevara.

It’s said that we can infer the personality of others simply by what they own and how tidy (or untidy) their space is.

February 26, 2019

In early February, I initiated a new way to keep me honest about my studio work; a studio check-in that happens at the beginning of the new month and shares what I’m working on in my art and in my Etsy shop.