the tops

I am so thrilled for Ronda of "All the Best blog" ~Please join me in congratulating Ronda on making the Top 10 list for Fox News. Well deserved to "All the Best blog." I illustrated Ronda's blog header long before I had a blog and she convinced me to begin a blog. Thank-you Ronda and wish you continued success and many more top awards.

sunday shelf - collecting

Friday morning, I had the great pleasure of attending a special event announcing the partnership of two very special people, "Ronda from All the Best blog" and "Vicente Wolf."

Vicente is a World Class Interior Designer as well as photographer.  The "Trees of Namibia", a photography collection by Vicente Wolf is offered for sale, a "limited edition" of prints per image are available for purchase via All the Best.  In person, the images are bold and beautiful.

Ronda has a way for inspiring many to join the blog arena, as Vicente recently began a blog. Meeting Vicente was fabulous, he is gracious, earthy and full of life.  I immediately can see his love of journey and crossing boundaries to collect items for design, learning to see the world in new ways are evident in his books as well as his spirit.  I was delighted to purchase the book, "Crossing Boundaries" and have Vicente sign this for me.  He has a humble, down to earth personality  - he signed, "Patricia, I hope you like the book!"  As an artist, we are fortunate to love what we do, but it is an added bonus when others like what you do.  Needless to say, I love the book.

Who have you met recently that inspires you to cross boundaries?  Ronda inspired me to begin a blog and to "love" my illustration.  I give thanks this Sunday to those of you who are on a journey to create, design and inspire others to live an artful life.  It is amazing how we can all learn to see new things every day.  Are you learning to see anything in a new way?  I learned to spell "Vicente" as well.  To learn to see and to spell are all part of a journey for me.

All the Best

"Cheers" to Ronda for inspiring me to illustrate her header and motivating me to join the blogging world. I am quite honored to be included today in "All The Best" tastemakers profile.

Thanks for you encouragement. I do however feel the need to illustrate an "ostrich with a head in the sand" as I am rather shy when it comes to praise.  I guess I better work on that.

Back to the drawing board I go!

bibliophilia

bibliophile-
one who loves books.

"All the best blog" book shop illustrated by pve design

When asked to illustrate a small little work for a blogger with an avid case of "bibliophilia", I immediately visualized a charming shop which one would ride their bike to, and spend hours perusing the shelves and the stacks of artful companions not only for content but for layout.

Wenlock Books, an old book shop in the UK.- Wikipedia

I love losing myself in old fashioned bookstores, the ones where the shopkeeper greets you by your first name and fetches the latest hard to find vintage out- of -print publication that you have been on the prowl for. "The Bookworm", painted by Carl Spitzweg, Wikipedia

How many of you have a little shop on your blog and need a store-front? I think I will stay inside and peruse some on-line shoppes, after all, bloggers really do have all the best books and chic finds. Feeling bookish today?