What's in Your Viewfinder?

Hello everyone!
If we should look through a Viewfinder
to see what you've been up to,
what would we see?
Fabulousness, I bet!

If you looked into my life through a Viewfinder
the last few days ...
you'd see me trying to decide on
paint or wallpaper for my foyer
{the foyer floor will first get its makeover soon ...
the current tile will be smashed up and
new black and white marble will be going down}.
This is the spiral staircase in the foyer ...
I think it's so pretty!


Also, if you peeked through my Viewfinder,
you'd see that I've been sneaking out as often as possible
to soak up these last days of summer by
enjoying an evening boat ride with my husband or
walking Lily the pug through our neighborhood and park ...


A Viewfinder
would ALWAYS show me ...
sitting at my art desk.
Summer days in my studio have been very busy, as usual ...
painting custom illustration commissions
for some wonderful clients.
If you're interested in custom illustration,
 drop me a line here.

I introduced one of these custom illustrations
a few days ago to Ooh La Frou Frou's Facebook friends ...
it was created for the lovely
The Breakfast at Tiffany's Bakery
and now that it's up on her facebook page, I can show you ...
(That's the client's sweet little dog sitting beside Audrey!)
 




In closing,
a peek through the Viewfinder
would show me wearing a fabulous new
nail color brand that that I recently discovered
and LOVE!


You may be familiar with designer
MARY JO MATSUMOTO
through Trust Your Style and her
street-style blog On PCH .
Along with fashion and handbags,
Mary Jo Matsumoto is developing a new
natural make-up line and her 4Free polish
is the first to be released.
The more I hear about the danger of some chemicals
in make-up brands, it makes me so glad I've started to
weed out dangerous items from my make-up bag
and will keep doing so.
I LOVE that the 4Free nail polish is free from
these baddies:
formaldehyde; DBP/dibuty/phtalate; toulene; camphor.

I started out with a pale neutral color called
Naked State of Mind,
one of the colors from the
NAKED AT THE BEACH trio, below,
and it's simply beautiful.


Naked State of Mind
is a lovely pale neutral that goes with everything,
any time of the year.
I was so happy to discover that it hasn't chipped
days later, even with all of the artwork I do ...
and I DO put polish through a beating!

The next 4Free nail color collection I want to try
reminds me of one of my
very favorite things and is so perfect for fall ...
guess what that favorite thing is?


The CAFFEINE ADDICTION TRIO


Following are some of the other gorgeous
4Free Color Collections:
The BEACHCOMBER TRIO

The WAVE RIDER TRIO


and new for fall ...
The LAGUNA LIBERTINE TRIO.


I just love it when I discover something good
and can share the good news!
If you'd like to try 4Free too, you can order here.

Have a wonderful new week, everyone ...
I hope you find lots of wonderfulness
to fill your Viewfinder!

Ooh La Frou Frou
is the blog of
Fashion Illustrator
SANDY M.

Photo Credit;
Cinemagraph #1 via
Photos of Staircase and Park by SANDY M.
Illustration of Breakfast at Tiffany's Bakery
and Audrey at the table by illustrator SANDY M.
Illustration of MARY JO MATSOMOTO 4Free Polish
by SANDY M.
Cappuccino cinemagraph via

Photos of MJM 4Free Trios courtesy of via