Photos from Spain Part 3: San Sebastian

San Sebastian/ Donostia by day.

Stunning!

San Sebastian/ Donostia at Night

Tres Glam!

 Hotel Maria Cristina

 Lion mailbox at Hotel Maria Christina

Bar at Hotel Maria Christina

Fantastic interiors and cocktails.

The Beach

Pintxos! (Tapas)

:-)

Leaving for home
Space age looking Bilbao Airport designed by Calatrava
Very groovy!

Photos from Spain Part 2: Barcelona

Our Hotel: The Hotel Praktik Rambla

Housed in a stunning 19 Century apartment building with modern furnishings.

Perfect combo of old and new.

Can't say enough about it. LOVED IT.

 The floors at Hotel Praktik. Love. #Tiles

The bathroom. Loved the green tiles.

 A fantastic bookstore in El Ravel.

Fantastic lunch at La Central with Luci Guiterrez' book.

 The ceiling at La Sagrada Familia by Gaudi.

 Visit with Luci Guiterrez. :-)

 Ricardo in his fantastic bookstore Abracadabra.

Gaudi's Park Guell.

Unfortunately over run with tourists and selfie sticks!

Photos from Spain Part 1: Araceli's Wedding in Munilla

 We flew into Bilbao and then drove 2 hours to my friend's ancestral home
in the teeny tiny village of Munilla (population 100!)


Detail from a doorway in Munilla


Incredible tiles in Araceli's house

The groom, bride and guests pitch in to prepare dinner in the 14C piazza.

Dinner in the town square the night before the wedding


The groom's socks and shoes. #styley

The kiss!

Mr and Mrs. Adams.

Araceli and the very fun Louis at the reception

Behomm: Home exchange for Designers and Visual Artists

I joined Behomm last week. It's an invite only home exchange for Designers and Visual Artists and has some stunning homes on offer.
This is my page.  I'm hoping to do exchanges in Spain, Montreal + Morocco - to start!
One can dream!

Highlights from LA and PalmSprings

A few photos from a very fun trip to L.A. and Palm Springs.

 The stunning Venice Canals

Blown away by all the contemporary architecture in Venice

This is along the boardwalk

 The lobby of The Palihouse West Hollywood!

Staying here was a huge highlight of my trip.

#dreamy!

Interior Design by Heather Ashton

Look at this gorgeous space. Full kitchen! Gorgeous mix of materials rugs, marble, velvet etc etc. Loved.

 Gjelina on Abbot Kinney!

Great food and people watching.

 On Sunset Blvd.

Another highight was visiting my friend fellow Illustrator Betsy Everitt in her beautiful home in Brentwood. Here she is in her garden.

Betsy's House on Canyon Road

#wow

 Fantastic cafe!
Joan's on Third in L.A.
Best grilled cheese sandwich ever

The Getty

Architect Richard Meier

My sketch

Incredible midcentury architecture in Palm Springs #Donald Wexler

Je suis en Vacance

 I am off to Cape Cod for 10 days. 

This fantastic illustration by Bernardo Carvalho perfectly encompasses how I feel - 

Can't wait to jump in the ocean!

Essentials packed

 

Sketchbook
J Crew Pineapple tank
John Irving A Widow for One Year
Shelia Bridges The Bald Mermaid
Stack of Elle Decor
Cape Cod Here I come!

Photos from NYC and Surtex

Lotta Jansdotter + her assistant Laura with Illustrators Tracy Walker + Betsy Everitt

Setting up our i2iart booth

Illustrator Ian Philips with the custom made plates + pillows we made for our booth

 

Ian's Truck Pattern

I think this would be perfect for boy's bedding. :-)

 Closeups of my Melamine plates

My brogue shoe illustration which I chose for my pillow

Tracy's banner

I really love this wintery pattern. Subtle and sophisticated.

Some of Katy's Dockrill's adorable work.

(I love this mouse and again i think great for bedding or fabric!)

 

Tina Roth Eisenberg aka Swiss miss checking out our work for some Tattlys!

(Note her Tatted up arm)

Swiss Miss and Illustrator Betsy Everitt looking at Betsy's badger pattern

In background: The fabulous Nate Williams!! and his lovely rep Crystal of Magnet Reps.

To the left you can also see the tip of Frank Sturges' booth.

 

One of Betsy's great illustrations 

 Monica Melnychuk beside her banner

Closeup of Monika's owl pattern - Adorable.

 

 My agent Shelley Brown + Arren Williams, Creative Director of Home at The Bay

Sarah Watts 

I just loved her quirky + layered booth

In a tweet I described it as "Edward Gorey meets Hipster Haunted House"



 Fellow Torontonian Elizabeth Olwen and her sweet booth
Loved her fresh flower bouquets
 

Bekka Palmer + Sarah Anderson at Tattly's great minimal booth 

at the National Stationary show

Love the huge photo of the woman with all the Tatts!

Yoko Ohama of Tattly just after planting my lemon Tattly on my arm

And Beyond the Javit's centre....

 

 My sweet friend Scott working at the fantastic 192 Books in Chelsea.

Bryant Park

A great place to unwind after a long day