First Week of Summer

Hi everybody!

In my last post, I announced that for the second summer in a row,

I would be taking the summer months of June, July and August

off, more or less, from my regular blog posts to:

(1) enjoy summer while it's here;

(2) soak in lots of inspiration;

(3) take some summer trips;

(4) illustrate some exciting things for fall!

But, I also mentioned that I'd be stopping in now and then

(not on any regular schedule) to say hello

and to let you know what I've been up to

and see what you all have been doing.

This is one of THOSE short posts!

So ...

since this was the first week of unofficial summer,

I thought I'd drop by!

Well, the first week of my summer has been

rather cool, so there's been no beach time yet.

The month of May had some fab mid-80's days

but this first week of June cooled off and we've had drizzly days

with highs of 70 in the afternoon ...

and that means mornings have been chilly most days.

So ...

during this first week, I've been

very busy in the studio with an EXCITING

new opportunity that's popped up

(more about that later!).

I've also been getting the first floor bedroom of the house

whipped up as a guest room especially for my dad to use when he's over

to enjoy some fishing, boating or swimming in the backyard lake. 

The room is being painted the same beautiful

 pale blue-green of the living room

(Benjamin Moore Icing on the Cake, a color I just love!)

but the backs of the built-in bookshelves are being painted

Benjamin Moore Deep Royal , allowing the

crisp white of the shelves to pop against the deep blue color.

Since my home is actually on some water,

I wanted to give his room the beach house style

that the rest of the house will have.

I've been picking up items for wall decor and bedding ...

(so a lunch and shopping trip with bff was required this week, of course) ...

and plans are in the works for a white upholstered headboard

that I will be making.

I'll be sharing some of  the room details in another post

once it's further along!

Even though I've been extremely busy this week

in the studio, each day of this first week in June,

 I've been breaking in the afternoon for a bit

to walk in the sunshine, sometimes stopping to read for a bit

in the park or take photos of lily pads on the water to frame in the house

or sit with my father when he dropped over one day this week

and wanted to fish for a while from the shore.

Each day is cherished.

But I'm so looking forward to the warmer weather

that is predicted to return next week

so my summer time will look more like like this ... 

   

I'll end this little hello post

with a few of my summer illustrations

that were previously on summer notecards ...

I have had many requests as to whether

previous illustrations of mine

could be sold as prints for dressing rooms, etc.

(one of the latest requests was for several of my prints

to be used to form a glamorous art gallery wall 

for a daughter's room .. chic!) ...

just let me know if you'd like to have a print created

and it can be done!

(...with the exception of custom illustrations created for clients)

Price would depend upon image and size but most prints are from

$20 for 8"x10" to $30 for larger.

If interested, drop me a line here with the illustration

you're interested in!

It's easy to browse past illustrations by looking through

Ooh La Frou Frou posts.

What has your first week in June been like?

I'd love to know!

'Til next time ...

OOH LA FROU FROU

is the blog of illustrator

SANDY M

Above images and sources can be found here