I’ve been looking for little pick-me-up’s this week for my walls. Something to put in the office that will doll the place up and make me giggle a bit when I see them everyday. I think I may have found it! These adorable prints from Makibas are just plain fun. I love the vector illustration look to them, bright vibrant colors filling in large flat spaces. I can’t stop smiling when I look at them. She also has quite a few other fun illustrations up in her shop, definitely worth checking out.

I’ve had the work of Jennifer Judd-McGee on my watch list for quite a while. Today I happened across this wonderful illustration on the front page of Etsy and it just blew me away. I really wish I had this sort of illustration style. Her sensibilities are exactly how imaginary villages look in my head, but I am never able to get them down on paper. Her work is wonderfully detailed and yet simplistic enough to not feel overwhelmed at first glance. I can’t recommend her shop, Swallowfield, enough. A perfect mix of Whimsy and color.

As I’m sure you all know by now, I’m a big fan of cut paper art. I love the complexity of taking large sheets of paper and turning them into intricate works of art. The cut paper works by Jen Stark, are nothing like that. They are big, bold, and chunky. And I love them. I love that they are intricate without being precious. To me it’s a whole new way at looking at cut paper.