dedicating chanukah…

san miguel de allende!

Here are a few of my favorite things from San Miguel de Allende… more pictures here!

espressochocaholic

Bittersweet cafe – a feast for all the senses! … including, but not limited to the chocolate and epsresso. The package design is exquisite, and the chocolate it’s packaging is divine.

still life with color

I’ve had lots of inspiration lately for various greeting card lines, and this helps to balance the production-centric work I’ve been doing lately. Design lines include:

• Food
• Judaica
(lots of overlap in the above two!)
• Floral & Herbal
• Coffee & Tea ….

Let’s see how much I can get done in time for the holidaze….

day of the dead in san rafael

Always love working with great material, and this is great material! “Odissi, Oriza and Original Dance in celebration of Day of the Dead” unites different cultures to honor our ancestors and the eternal cycles of birth, death and rebirth. This wonderful event, organized by Nubia Teixeria, takes place November 1, 7 PM at Open Secret Bookstore in San Rafael. I’m looking forward!

georgia on my mind

Would love to see Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction at the Whitney in NYC. In the meantime, since I’ve been creating lots of decorative borders lately anyway, thought I’d have some fun …. Okay, I really must get back to work!

a flourishing new year!

dance & yoga

Designing this new postcard for such an inspirational person is, well, an inspiration. I’d love to try out Nubia’s dance classes!

kol shofar fall program guide

Fresh from the print-house!

One of my favorite parts of being a graphic designer is getting material back from the printer. In this case, it’s the new Fall Program Guide for Congregation Kol Shofar.

Lots of great new programs, with good imagery to work with, and I was able to use some of my own Judaica images to fill in the gaps. Working with the staff at Kol Shofar to get the material for this booklet was a breeze. Next stop: update their website, as new programs are being added, and the high holidays are around the corner.

what really inspires me

Yes, yes, yes, I’m a big fan of espresso….  Diplomatico in Toronto is one of my all time faves…. but there are many cafes than can serve up those delicious velvet, bitter shots and help give a great start to the day.

Above, from left – Toronto’s Diplomatico, San Anselmo’s Roasters, Sydney, Nova Scotia (don’t remember this fabulous cafe’s name), Sausalito’s Divino (they’re grrrrreat!), and espresso with butter tart in Charlottetown, PEI. And here’s a macchiato from this afternoon – the best.

It’s truly the small things in life….