Lovelies.

     I just adore beautiful photographs. Which reminds me, I need to look into purchasing a new camera, since mine has decided that it just doesn't want to live anymore. I hope these photo's brought you just as much serenity as they brought me! :)

XOXO

Sweet Little Things.

 

     I was perusing etsy today, looking aimlessly at the beautifully handcrafted art that is available for sale. I stumbled upon a darling little shop called a rose without a thorn and I fell in love. There’s not many things cuter than these prints. I absolutely love the pale pastel colors that these prints are available in. Also, the adorable children in the digital prints are potentially the sweetest, most adorable illustrations of children I have ever seen. I love their bright, enchanted eyes and their charming rose-colored cheeks. I want to enlarge these prints and hang them on my walls. The innocence and loveliness of the images creates a sense of harmony, and who doesn’t love some harmony in their life and on their walls?

 

 

& they even have paper dolls (ahem, not that I still play with them, ahem)

 

Check out the A Rose Without Thorn A Thorn etsy shop!

Banksy Branding

    

 
     As many people already know, Banksy is a face-less graffiti artist from the U.K. He leaves his artistic tags on buildings, street signs, bridges and even animals. His graffiti has an immense political focus and it illustrates his views on society.

     The media likes to portray him as a menace, just another thug running rampant through the streets with a spray paint can and a chip on his shoulder. This is not his true description. Yes, he does wield a can of paint but his M.O. is not necessarily sinister. Despite "vandalizing" property with his art, he's hardly a criminal. His art is not only beautifully created but it delivers a message as well, a message that points out the true criminals among us.

     He is staunchly anti-war and seems to be quite a moral philosopher. He questions our motives as a society, our selfish, egotistical agendas. He paints a real pretty picture of the morbid doctrine's many live by. War, animal cruelty, societal stupidity...it's all been satirized in his work.

     Ever since I learned of Banksy I've been in awe of him. He's like an artist superhero. He fights the bad guy with his paints and his phrases. Though he's not like Batman, beating the Joker's of the world to a bloody pulp, he does his fighting with his art. Isn't that the kind of vigilante we need...someone who doesn't clean up the streets but makes them a little bit prettier while forcing us to be aware that we need to clean up the street's for ourselves.

www.banksy.co.uk