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Here's  sneak peek at an upcoming design just fresh off the glow box.  (available summer) Cracks me up.  Once in a while a design just makes me so happy and this little guy makes my whole day!  Always hoping the rest of the world enjoys a little humor too.  Happy Friday!

Leelah by PAPAYA!

It's been busy busy in all the PAPAYA! studios.  But especially in our new screen print studios!  Behind the scenes we've been working on our new clothing line, LEELAH.
 Our beautiful, modern tops are made in Los Angeles and hand screened in our very own screen print workshop at PAPAYA.
 It's an exciting undertaking.  For years so many have asked for apparel and now we can deliver.  Our shirts will be available online within the next few weeks and even sooner in our brick and morter, PAPAYA! LIVING. A lot more to come on this topic.

New Magnets are here!

Just a little sneak peek of PAPAYA'S latest magnet collection that arrived this week--18 awesome new designs!!! Make your fridge happy. xo

"Love Who You Are" Giveaway Winner!

We have randomly selected the Valentine's Day "Love Who You Are" giveaway and the winner is MICHELLE REMY. Congratulations! And a heartfelt thank you to everyone who left such inspiring messages. Happy Valentine's Day! xo

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!

All of us at PAPAYA! wish you a day filled with love & laughter on this Valentine's Day! Muah!!!! xoxoxo

Art Crush: Anne Siems

Oh, I just love it when I re-discover an art crush! I have seen various pieces of Anne Siem's work through the blogging and art world for years but really looked at it as a collection recently and I'm utterly smitten with it right now.

She says this about her work: 

“All that I see, hear, touch, experience and dream moves into me and finds its way into my artwork. I love faces, bodies, gardens, wide open stretches of land with small forests and fields, old things that have had a life of their own, stories and all the realms in between. What I paint comes from an intuitive, visceral place. Elements found in my work through the years are there because they feel right; they have no specific symbolism. What you see is an open ended narrative, one that I invite you to enter into and complete or continue.”

German born, now a Seattle resident, read more about Anne and her process here.

I'm fairly certain I'm headed over to Blurb to buy this. Yummy!!!!!

"Love Who You Are" Valentine's Giveaway

It's time to celebrate the month of love! No matter what love looks like to you (partnership, friendship, kinship, compassion, passion, or appreciation) this is the month to focus our attention on LOVE. (Also, everyone gets to cut,freeze, visit Home Depot, wrap, and print like crazy and no one thinks anything about it).

Above all, this is a great time to turn our attention to self-love. The more we honor our own passions and desires, the more fulfilling all our relationships will be. That love will spill over into everything we do.

In honor of one of our favorite sentiments, "Love Who You Are", we're giving away everything you see  on our homepage: one of each of our Valentine cards, "Hong Kong Beauty" Luggage Tag, "Love Foral" Luxe Tote, Love Magnet, "Heart" Love Letter Gift Tag, and a pink Tassel Key Chain (a $136.00 value) To enter, just leave a comment sharing one way you love who you are. 

Contest ends next Friday, February 10 at 12:00 PST (so we can send you your presents by Valentine's Day).

 

Creative Photography

Here are some fun, creative books & cards to explore while everyone is on the Instragram, Polaroid and iphone app craze. These capture the sweet simple moments--without the expertise of professional photography and will surely inspire the next journal entry or creative endeavour. Above, Instant Love, a collaboration from Susannah Conway, Amanda Gilligan and Jenifer Altman.

This i know by Susannah Conway, Shoegazing Notecards by Janine Vangool, The Polaroid Book by Barbara Hitchcock and Polaroid Notes by Jenifer Altman.  

And this one, Expressive Photography, is a great all=purpose technique-meets-inspiration guidebook. I love this book!

We Love Metallic Poufs!

I love it when we have synchronistic style crushes around here. Turns out Sarah, Ana, Gina and I are all dreaming of silver and gold Moroccan poufs! Out of nowhere, we all started talking about them, where we had seen them, how we would use use, what room we would decorate....it got me going on a little search, and really, they are heavenly. 

Photo from UrbanWalls

Photos courtesy of DecorPad...so many lovely decorating options! Silver or gold....?

Jessica Hische is Awesome

I was so excited to see the trailer for Moonrise Kingdom featured the work of Jessica Hische. Not only is  her extensive catalog of lettering, design, and illustration work inspiring, her blog is always insightful, humorous, and interesting.


Her outside creative projects are equally as cool (i.e. the "Should I work for Free?" infographic) and now that I've seen her fonts section I'm noticing them everywhere.

I absolutely love [hoard] beautiful book covers so this set speaks to my heart. You can buy them here.