Head Quartered

This week Toma and I became what appears to be real business owners! We have officially signed on space in the beautiful historic Academy in Vancouver to house both my Etsy Shop studio and his printing business, Dolara Design Fine Art Printing. I prefer to call him the PrintMacher, I doubt he wants that on the business card though. The space is bright, large, and full of history. We even have our own private balcony, because we are super fancy people obviously.

Toma is still pursuing his art and printmaking of his own work, but when the best print shop in Portland went out of business he was up a creek on printing. So like any logical, non-impulsive person would we bought all of Quick Stop Photo's equipment when they shut their doors. So, we now do all of Toma's art printing, as well as filling the void for the portland metro area when it comes to fine art and photography printing! What an exciting adventure we are about to embark on. We move in this week which means my schedule will be very hectic, but I hope to share new images once we get all set up!

Art Day

Since the birth of my newest offspring I haven't made any real ventures out into the real world. Yesterday we had to meet up with our friend Philip of Paint Hard, at his gallery to exchange art and details on a new project that Toma is working on. This will go down in history as baby Olive's first trip to the big city in which she slept the entire time. Honestly, she has no idea she has ever crossed state lines.
For me, it was delightful to be out of the house. I still don't feel 100%, but with the help of a waist support belt and lots of sitting down breaks, I was able to feel partially normal and even get a few blog pictures.







I can't even explain my excitement about my ability to squeeze into that black dress! I got it at EXPO a few seasons back and have been saving it for postpartum fashion. It turns out its a fancy 50s french designer dress, but it zips up the front making it ideal for feeding a hungry baby! Plus it has bows... you can't lose when you have bows on your dress.
My bakelite Mahjong tile bracelet is from my lovely boss. It came from my work (Old Glory), she sneakily surprised me with it for Christmas!

Opening Night

I know it seems like the only thing I do in life is be pregnant and go to Astoria, but we were back at it again last weekend. Toma had an art opening at the RiverSea Gallery in Astoria so we had a mini getaway over night. We got to meet and greet lots of art lovers and even sold a few pieces! I am hoping that he is able to sell some more pieces as the month goes on.




It was nice to get away and I even took a day off work! But now I am back at it, working hard for the money. . .

Lunar Art

This month marked the opening of Toma's art showing at Lunar Boy Gallery in Astoria, OR. They have a special opening night, which we attended alongside Team Jessup. Amy of the Jessup party suggested we dress up a little spooky, as the show bore the title "Day of the Dead." It was a lovely night on the town, getting strange stares, and spooky compliments.

Fluff Piece

In lieu of posting some more sobbery about how my hormones have made me crazier than an outhouse rat, I thought I would share with you my outfit from the other night.
Friday night was the opening of Toma's art showing at the Brickhouse. It is a very exciting time for him right now, within an hour of hanging he had already sold three original pieces! Anyway, I had originally bought this dress to sell, but it fit me well and makes me appear to have an hourglass figure despite being 18 weeks pregnant so I figure she's a winner.




My son, the 5 year old photog, decided he wanted a go at taking some snaps of Toma and I walking in the front. Honestly, they aren't bad for a kindergartener wielding a DSLR camera...