Today we have a special guest post from my financial planner, Julie Ford, the founder of Ford Financial Solutions, LLC. Julie will take us step-by-step through some of the financial issues related to starting your own Etsy shop. Next week, I'll build on Julie's advice and walk you through exactly what it cost to start Paper by JLee.
WINTER WEDDING INVITATIONS
Watercolor, Design, WeddingSTYLE SHOOT: A MODERN, GEOMETRIC INSPIRED WEDDING
Entrepreneur, Design, WeddingThe wonderfully talented Elvira Kalviste contacted me last year and asked if I wanted to be part of a styled shoot she was putting together. I created the menus, table numbers and place cards for this modern, geometric inspired wedding shoot. Take a look at the final photos from the event and the products I contributed!
WATERCOLOR TUTORIAL: NIGHT SKY
Tutorial, Watercolor, SuppliesSometimes I get custom watercolor requests (which I love) and recently an old friend asked me to create a custom painting based on a John Donne poem, "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." After reading the poem I was inspired to paint a night sky and the goal was a dark and beautiful sky (think evening a storm is rolling in) overlaid with the image you get when you take a long shutter-speed photo of the stars. I've published a post dedicated to the creative process behind the painting but, for now, I'll just share a few tips about how to paint the sky I created for this painting.
NIGHT SKY DESIGN PROCESS
Design, WatercolorAn old friend recently asked me to create a custom painting based on a John Donne poem, "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." In this post I'll walk you through the inspiration I drew from the poem to create the final image I painted and I'll show you how, through many draft paintings, I moved from an idea in my head to a final painting.