Kathleen of Trowel and Paintbrush has posted her lovely Live What You Love print on her blog today and I just had to share! LOVE the bold black frame with such cute flowers, made me smile, thank you so much, Kathleen, for sharing!

I remember talking to her in the emails and she told me that she is happy to be painting again and her new year’s resolution is to paint a little every day. I asked if I could see her paintings someday and there they are, lots of beautiful paintings on her blog!

It’s always really awesome to know that one of my prints has been loved so much by such a talented artist :) Thank you!!

Anne emailed saying their home tour is featured at apartment therapy today and one of my Live What You Love yellow prints is beautifully displayed in their bedroom!! I love the frame, ceramic collection around the art and the pretty dresser — very well done, Anne & Jake! Makes me so happy to see my art has been loved by such great people… :)

Please see the entire Anne & Jake’s Bright Colorful Midwestern Home tour here!

Happy Friday and Happy July! The summer is full swing, hope you have some fun plans this 4th of July weekend… :)

Live What You Love 11th edition is all printed and available! Some new colors, some familiar colors… but overall, I was inspired by the summer. Here are some photos from the studio while I was printing them… took me few weeks.

and here are the finished products!

Live What You Love Yellow Green:

Live What You Love Hunter Green:

Live What You Love Light Blue:

Live What You Love Blue:

Live What You Love Grape:

And don’t forget the popular colors such as pink, yellow, light grey, black and red… they are all back in stock!

Which one is your favorite? :)

Happy Friday and Happy Weekend :)

Working on Live What You Love 11th (!) edition prints this month… Some new colors, some popular colors… all coming so soon :)

If you’ve been eyeing for any of these prints, please go over to this page and make your purchase from there. Offer is limited in quantities so hurry!

My Live What You Love special edition letterpress print has been featured in Everything Is Going to Be OK from Chronicle Books… not just inside, but also in the back cover!

Page 81:

This book, as you can see from its title, it makes you feel good, confident, believe that everything is going to be OK :) It’s filled with lots of hope and optimism in a great art form from all over the world, just flipping through this book is an inspiration! Here are some sneak peeks… Enjoy!

Thank you so much for including my work, truly honored!!

First up is Live What You Love special edition 2011.

Wood type setting on Vandercook Press without the letter O:

I decided to go with the really light pale pink this time, very sweet combination of colors, I think. The lino heart on the press:

Adjusting the placement — love this happy accident effect!

Placement set, printing away…

and here is the final product, available here.

I hope you like it! xo Hijiri

Please think of me and my shop this Holiday season :) xo Hijiri

Photos from the studio…

and here they are…

All available at my etsy shop!