A favorite artist.

When I was pregnant with Maddie my sister gave us the full collection of Mr Lunch books. Little did we know we were contributing to our daughter's obsession with dogs. (Christmas List this year: Dog or iPod)

Still, we've been in love with J Otto's illustrations since.

This week I came across J. Otto's work for sale at Thumbtack Press.

We also pulled out our Olive snowglobe this week which got me thinking about where this artist has been and he's on Flickr and he's not just drawing dogs. Of course he is. 

Still, not on Twitter.

Also Maggie and I have a great collection of travel plates up at our Etsy store. You should look at them because they will tug at your heart and you'll want to put them on your bookshelves right next to a very simple ceramic vase.

Comments

[Darla]

Nice Etsy store. Thanks for the tips.

[AmyinMotown]

Do not get a dog. They are enormous sheddy smelly whiny butt-licking pains in the ass. Unless you want mine, in which case I can have her on your doorstep in 20 minutes. I used to think I loved dogs--turns out I loved the dog I grew up with. Dogs in general? No thanks, I'll take a cat. Okay, dogs are also sweet and loyal and snuggly, but so are my cats and they smell worlds better, never need to be walked, and we can leave the house overnight without spending $$ to have them boarded or prevail on friends to feed and walk them.

(annoyingly for me, my daughter loves our dog with all her heart, so I have a feeling this will not be, as I have often declared, Our Last Dog).

[Katie]

Aw man, I missed out on the Ohio state trivet. That would have been a good gift for my FIL (he's impossible to buy for).

[a different kate]

The jealousy. Do you feel my dagger eyes pointed in your direction? The snow globes are fantastic, you've got quite a treasure there!

[TeriLynn]

I sold my first piece at an art show last night. I'm super excited. Of course, I priced it really REALLY low, and it was for charity, so that could be why it sold.
Also, my office's cafeteria is decorated with those collectible travel plates. So if you need me to steal more, I'm game. Opus One caters our cafeteria, and yet the food sucks and is insanely overpriced. fuckem.

[Victoria]

Delurking here after checking out the fab travel plates. I bet you would sell this a LOT faster if you mentioned that one of the "people" decorating the edge of the Niagara Falls plate looks just a little bit like Jesus. See him up there in the upper right? You might get thousands. Just a thought. It's better than the Virgin Mary on the cheese sandwich. Keep up the great work!