Pinterest Pros: Set No.8

Happy Friday friends! As promised I'm back with a new set of Pinterest Pros for you. Since I left off your recommendations last week, I've included two of your favorites and one of mine this time around. Have fun exploring! xo Ez

Montana Wilson: pin | pin | pin / Recommended board to follow: Food

Caitlin (nominated by Kendra): pin | pin | pin / Recommended board to follow: Beautiful

Bri Emry (nominated by Stephanie, Lindsay, and Amelia): pin | pin | pin / Recommended board to follow: You Got Style

P.S. You can find my Pinterest boards here.

Photo Friday: The Charm of Imperfection

Lately I haven't had nearly as much time to wander around photographing the world around me as I would like. A recent plague of migraine headaches (that take my vision with them) have been keeping me indoors and away from too much light. So even though they are not so "perfect" or fancy as those taken with my Nikon, I'm still pretty happy if I can get a shot or two with my phone here and there.

I actually find that there is something reassuring about iPhoneography...that the self-imposed demand of perfection that tends to creep in when shooting with a DSLR (thinking about, focus, exposure, dof, etc.) tends to fall by the wayside when you have less control over the final outcome.

Of course post-editing is available on your phone (which can be fun)...but still the imperfection has its charm. I'm learning to embrace it!

P.S. In case anyone is wondering, these photos were taken and processed with the VSCO CAM app.

A Furry Little Update

Just the other day I received the best thing in the mail...the custom pet portraits that I ordered from artist Hannah Rowlands. If you saw my earlier post then you already know that Hannah is drawing these sweet portraits to help raise funds for a non-profit shelter in her area that helps homeless pets. What's not to love about that!

Anyhow, I promised to share pictures when I received the portraits she drew of our dogs Stella and Orey. They turned out SO cute! I can't wait to frame and hang them in our home. If you ordered a wee sketch of your pet to help Hannah on her mission I hope you'll share a link to it too. I'd love to see!

If you missed my earlier post, no need to fret. There is still time to order a custom portrait of your sweet furry family member or commission one for the dog-lover on your holiday shopping list. Since posting a couple weeks ago, Hannah has already met and exceeded her fundraising goal (I know a lot of you helped to make that possible...I'm so excited)...and I think it's awesome that she's going to keep going until December!

Also if you have a quick second to spread a little extra goodwill around blogland, I'd love for you to join me in popping over to Hannah's blog to send her our 'get well' wishes. She's been in the hospital battling a painful kidney infection but has been bravely sketching on for this cause regardless. She sure deserve a friendly virtual get well hug, don't you agree?! xo Ez 

Color Inspiration Daily: 10. 11. 12

Raspberry Fruit Kitchen Cupcake Print by Laura  Evans

Outfit Inspiration: Audrey Enjoys Her Cup of Tea

Yesterday I decided that it would be fun to get some drawing practice in while pulling together a fashionable look post for today. A sweet little fox ended up emerging from my page with cozy mug of tea in hand, and I'm so glad she did. It seems that Audrey is rather fashion-forward for a fox, so I just might have to ask her back again to share more of her outfit inspirations with us. Perhaps some of her friends will join us too! What do you think?! xo Ez

Audrey wears: Gold Pom Pom Flower | Gold Flower Embellished Tee | Spare Stripe Mug | Pencil Skirl with Frill | Pointed Court Toe Shoes with Straps

P.S. Prints of Audrey Enjoys Her Cup of Tea are available in my shop! If you use the link here to buy any art prints of mine between now and October 14th you'll receive free shipping on your order! Offer excludes framed art prints and stretched canvases.