Elspeth McLean

Today I discovered a Canadian artist on the previously featured website Adme, and boy, does she make beautiful art! Apparently her newest project, colorful mandala stones, has gone viral, so her etsy shop is completely sold out, but she does a lot of neat things with her art.

Like leggings! Find these here.

Elspeth McLean does a lot of dot-based painting (an art style called Pointillism), and has some truly gorgeous pieces in her gallery. Check out her website for the huge variety of things she sells - from kids' building blocks to shower curtains, with clocks and laptop cases along the way.

You can check out the Adme article here! There are a lot of gorgeous photos of her stones if you follow that link. Am I the only one who's reminded of aboriginal Australian art when I see her work?

Adme

The past week or so has been busy, and there's a lot to write about, so look forward to several new posts today and tomorrow! (Today I did a Lyrical Jazz (dance) workshop for the first time, and it was awesome! I ache all over! More on that later.)

Recently I featured a website called Animi Causa, which carries a large variety of fun designs (particularly for kitchen or office use). Today I wanted to share a website that features such neat designs regularly: adme.ru.

The only problem with this website is that it's all in Russian. But hey, images speak louder than words! Like in this post, where the featured objects are all self-explanatory. (They even included the Nessie Ladle I featured in my previous post!)

Particularly neat is that they feature things from all over the world, such as this incredibly adorable toast cutter from Japan:

Seriously, how cute is that?

So yes - though I don't understand almost anything on the website, it's definitely a fun one to check out!

Threadless

Yesterday I signed up to a website called Threadless. There, artists can submit designs and, if they're approved by the website's staff, get 20% of the proceeds from the sale of items (mainly t-shirts) with their prints on them. I submitted several designs and am waiting to see if any of them get approved; should they be, each print will have 10 days during which people can vote on the print, and depending on the number of votes the design will be sold - or not. Should be interesting!

To give you an idea of the kind of prints Threadless sells, here are a few of my favorites:

Cleaning Up Town

The Milky Way

Dino Hug

Sushi

I Want My Blue Sky

It's Dangerous To Go Alone

There's a pretty wide variety of awesome designs, ranging from melancholy art to juvenile humor, with a lot of video game and tv show references thrown in (such as the "It's Dangerous To Go Alone" print, which pictures Link from the Legend of Zelda games). Have a look around the website, and I'll let you know if any of my designs get approved!

Edit: Unfortunately, all of my submissions were declined. I'll work harder!

Animi Causa - for reasons of spirit

An online shop I really enjoy looking through is Animi Causa. Full of quirky items with imaginative designs, it's a store worth checking out!

Nessie Ladle

Hankie Poketbook set

Jumbo Cutlery Drainer

Lid Sid

Arthur Egg Cup

Images from animicausa.com