Art & Design of Kelli Murray

STUDIO VIOLET is back at it again and just in time for Christmas!

They have just published their MR MUSTACHE BOOK and it is available on their SHOP now in english!  I just love anything that Camilla and Elizabeth put their hands on!

Winter/Christmas offer:
If you buy our Mr Mustache book November 3 – December 26 you can get a Circus Violet
and The Gang 2-pack print or a Mr Mustache and The Headhunters 2-pack print for $9.
That means - The Mr Mustache book + optinal 2-pack prints for $40!

POSTCARD COLLECTION – pack of 6.

Camilla Engman’s 2011 CALENDAR !  swoon!

Today, I am inspired by SANDRA JUTO.  She is an artist, illustrator and graphic designer living in Gothenburg, Sweden.  How I wish to visit there!  These are her creations.

I want a wrist worm in every color!

Hop over to her lovely SHOP to pick up one of her 2011 pocket calendars!

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Yesssss…the day has come!!  I have been waiting in anticipation to release this limited edition print:

PROTECT THE ONES YOU LOVE

…and here she is!  It is available through my friends at WE LOVE CREATIVITY, an emerging artistic movement dedicated to exposing individuals to the creative works of today’s artist.  Head on over to their blog to read the Q + A with yours truly! haha! There are only 50 prints available so snag one of these goodies for yourself, or for “one you love”!  (christmas is coming……..)

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I wouldn’t consider my blog a “fashion blog” per say….I would call it more of an art blog…or maybe I shouldn’t even try to categorize it at all!  haha.  Just my life, work,  inspirations, and other odds and ends along the way.  But I would definitely say fashion IS art. So I suppose it fits right in.  Fashion is something I have always loved.  Perhaps not quite as much as art, but it follows right on its tail!   Still, one of my favorite things to do is to put together an outfit.  Usually I end up with a room piled high with clothes, but sometimes that’s what it takes to find just the right look isn’t it!? ? I admit I have gotten a little “fashion lazy” with my long work days and crazy non-stop schedule.  Sometimes it’s easiest to roll out of bed and throw on the first thing I see.  I mean, really!  BUT, when I do have time to think about what I want to wear…I have all too much fun.  I have been keeping up as much as I can with Fashion Week updates as they come in  (usually via STYLE.COM email blasts)…but I was finally able to really dive into a good majority of the Spring 2011 collections the other day from Paris, Milan, London and New York.  I was inspired (to say the least).  Here are just a few of my highlights.  Hope you are inspired too!

PHILLIP LIM

Clean sportswear and a neutral color palette never goes out of style!  Phillip Lim takes the cake with his Spring 2011 collection!  I love the way he mixed up fabrics with this collection (lots of sheers) and created unpredictable shapes and layers. And ohhhh…the detachable collars!!  (DIY!?)

NINA RICCI

So pretty it hurts.  Ultra-feminine looks in a pastel palette.

ISABEL MARANT

A little bit sporty, a little bit urban chic!  I love this collection because it is so wearable! Props to Isabel for creating something we all can wear!

I recently finished designing the bridal shower invitation for one of my best friends Dana Hamaan.  We’ve known eachother since high school and she is one of those friends who I know will be a part of my life forever.  No matter where life might lead us.  I admire her in so many ways.  She is getting married this October to an amazing man and I am so incredibly happy for her! Her wedding ceremony and reception will be held outdoors at her parents ranch and the style of her wedding is soft, vintage, and organic.  Lots of burlap, muslin and lace, mason jars and twinkle lights….and a very neutral, muted color palate made up of shades of grey, ivory and tan (we have a very similar style!) Here is the inspiration board I put together for her a few months back…photos pulled from a number of other wedding websites I often visit.

One of my favorite things to do is design invitations, so it was a blast to be able to put together Dana’s bridal shower invitation.  I wanted to go for a very delicate, hand-stitched look for the invite.   Something that fit in with the theme and style of the wedding but was a bit more “girly” and sweet.   I went to PAPER SOURCE (the greatest store on earth!) and bought a few different card stocks for the main invite and small registry card.  I had the idea of getting an extra round scalloped note card to include in the invitation in which all the girls invited could write their favorite recipe and bring it back to the shower.  That way we could present to Dana somewhat of a recipe book that she can keep for her new home.  I also loaded up on a few LACE EDGE PUNCHERS from Martha Stewart…AMAAAZING….a small heart hole puncher, decorative handmade paper, and a bit of ivory paint to detail the front of each note card with a simple flower.  HERE THEY ARE!! What do you think!?

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Thanks to Sean and Brianne Walker for photographing these invites for me.  They are also the pair responsible for Dana and Joel’s gorgeous engagement photos…see them all HERE.