A day in the life....

Mornings

I've been tired this week. I'm not one of those people that needs coffee in the morning to function, but it has definitely helped the last couple mornings. Plus, I really like this coffee mug that my friend Angie made. It has this great slip action on the top that looks like a decorated cookie on the lip and the form is paddled into a square shape. Also, I really enjoy the glaze combination of pale blue with earthy contrasts. There is definitely something to be said about beautiful functional art. P.S. Can I please become more of a morning person.

Winners and Losers

This is a taste of Johnny's new Winners and Losers print series. Most of the time we're losers and cool with that. Nonetheless, the wheels are definitely turning for new additions to this series and there should be some pretty exciting prints to come. If you read or have read this blog, be a winner and let us know what you think about the new work. Happy Thursday!!

Oh how I'll miss thee.....

I really love how this painting turned out and I'm sad to ship it off tomorrow! It just seems to have this playfulness about it that I'm really attached to. Anyway, I'm hoping that Jeff in New Jersey loves it as well and will find just the right place for it. Farewell to "Herd #1".

We've Been Blogged!

One of our favorite design blogs gave us a shout out and featured Johnny's "Beef Its What's Ballooning" print. Thanks Erin at www.designformankind.com. Also, it's a four day weekend for us, I sold a couple paintings on Etsy this morning, and we get to travel back to good old South Dakota for a few days to see our family that we miss dearly. Whaahoooo!

ART CRAWL!

The Saint Paul Art Crawl is this weekend and we took a couple shots of our place. We have both been working on some new things and we'll post some pics of the new art soon. Johnny has a few new prints in a awesome series that he just started called "Winners and Losers", and I have been working on a series of small paintings of animal herds. Also, the above picture is a shot of our new business card that we just screen printing on oak and fir wood pieces. Our website is on the back! We're pretty excited about getting some new things in the works....so stay tuned if you're interested.

so professional

yeah, i finally figured out how to get our domain name and blog to work right. So change your bookmarks people--this is johnnyandstacie.com
johnny

Simple and Smart

Although this message was originally fly posted around London during WW2, it is definitely applicable 60+ years later to everyday life. I've wanted this print for quite some time now and I see it on about every design blog in pretty much any color you can imagine. I would prefer one in a nice calming color like pale blue instead of the intense red above. Anyway, keep calm and carry on my friends. Also, we are making art for the St. Paul art crawl that is coming up and we will post some of it soon!!