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Sunday, November 22, 2009

All Wrapped Up In Bows

Bows, birds, and masked beauties (masks are really starting to be a trend on the old blog)? The drawings and paintings of Charmaine Olivia are sweetly detailed; a wonderful mix of realism and whimsy. The colors in many of her illustrations remind me of a dish of sherbet, which is always a good thing...
all Charmaine Olivia
P.S. A bit more BlogMeetBlog coolness:
VisualNoise made an awesome little video of the event and interviewed Kam and me. So, if you want to see me awkwardly jerk my head all over the place while talking, check it out.
Anna Marie took some great pictures of the event, so visit her blog: Last Days of Light.

48 comments:

fashionforwriters said...

Your blogmeetblog event sounds and looks so cool! Congratulations on organizing such a successful and neat event. The drawings are really lovely, I'm really liking the simplicity and weirdness of the first one--a bird with a bow on her head! And you sound and look so cute in the video--actually everything looked cute in the video!

xo
Jenny

Taylor Kitto said...

what a pretty little bird!
i love your blog.

Saorise said...

Wow! These illustrations are gorgeous!!

Chelsea said...

You're so cute in the video! It sounds like the meet-up was a great time!

katthroatworld said...

looks like fun!!

katthroatworld.blogspot.com

SO. said...

yeah masks are making a big comeback. and the third drawing reminds me of miano chow's art work. you should check it out its quite stunning and haunting. i love the artwork you post up. esp that last one, i forget the name of it but it was mesmerizing. thanks!

Mel said...

I really like the first two pictures! Great video and pictures, sounds like the blogger meetup was super fun!

Clara said...

ooooooooh my gosh!!
amazing pics!
xx

Giovanna ♥ said...

Beautiful art! I love masks and bows :)
xxx
Giovanna
www.bohomarket.blogspot.com

mlle.amandine said...

I really love the bird with the bow, so cute!

Miri said...

That mask is to die for!

Maria Confer said...

Her work is so beautiful!! I adore that sweet little bird with the bow.

lululetty.blogspot.com

samboy said...

aww you are just so adorable! I thought the head jerking was cute!

nice to see someone moving and talking whose blog you read, instead of just seeing still pictures of them! (if that makes sense?)
x

KD said...

WOW. Those are some stunning drawings! I love them! And BTW, I mean Lolita the blogger (lolita.se) not the style. I should clear that up.

Eve said...

I love the drawing of the little birdy! Its so darling! I love the others drawings as well!

VestedBeeVintage said...

ooh sweet little bird!!!
great drawings indeed!!

Mamushka Marie said...

i love these...so inspiring! :)

JadeRose said...

wow what an artist. I really hope you are displaying your artwork somewhere. These are great. I love how you have incorporate the fashion of the moment (bows and masks) with the play on animals. Love it :))

bianca said...

your blog meet - up looks really fun with all those sponsors and the dj and the foods you got there.

lovely drawings.

LML said...

i love when you post about artists - it always introduced me to someone new :)

S.Elisabeth said...

These are so pretty. And yay for masques coming back, though I wish I had a ball to wear them to!

And I just read your last post, it looks like so much fun!

Heather of Heat Storm said...

Glad you had a great time at the blog meet up- so jealous! The little bird is just so sweet, if only you could actually get one to wear a bow!

hannah said...

oh how sweet!

Alba said...

Cool illustrations.
xo

Q's Daydream said...

i'm not the first to say this but, wow! ;o)

Lara said...

I thought the video was cute. Its nice to see videos of some of the bloggers...I think it makes more sense when you read their blog to see how they react and speak. Especially since we are all in different parts of the country and even the world. Its awesome to realize despite all the culture changes and locations we all love the same things.

bryna said...

i love that second picture.

Giovanna ♥ said...

Thank you so much Rebecca for letting me know about the photo sources! You're awesome!
xxx
Giovanna
❉ ✿ ✿ ❉
www.bohomarket.blogspot.com

Valencia Lia said...

Beautiful art and its so gorgeous,the 2nd one looks so real! And I loved her wolf mask:)

Thanks for sharing!

Taylor Sterling said...

Love this artwork!

indigotangerine said...

wow, i especially like the last one, it seems so much more...thoughtful...than my sketches. Blogmeetsblog sounds wonderful, you didn't seem akward at all in the video, and your voice is really sweet.
-indigo

Miss Head Over Heels said...

so talented!

http://missheadoverheels.blogspot.com/

MELISSA Z. said...

I love your blog!

Visit my new blog www.abitoffashion.com and, if you want, leave some comments! Thanks a lot.

miriam said...

lovely drawings!
enjoyed the video too.

xx.

janettaylor said...

Soooo coool!

Hope U had a lovely weekend, my dear!

X♥X♥

Melissa Kay said...

Rebecca, I love your blog SO much! I check it from my cell just to look at your beautiful photos whenever I have some downtime. So gorgeous. I just started my own blog recently to keep track of my own fashion musings and promote my line of hair accessories on etsy. Any tips/suggestions for a new blogger? My city is completely devoid of fashion and culture, so I'd love to stay in touch!

Melissa~ said...

that is gorgeous, I'll save them in my insppiration folder.
Thanks for your comment!

Anna Marie said...

omg that bird is sooo cute... would make an awesome tattoo it think!
thanks too for the mention, it was so much fun to take photos!
xo

amyyyyy. said...

These are so cute! I love looking at pretty pictures when I'm not feeling too grand :)

xxxx

Emily said...

Oh my, that first illustration is precious!

Your blog meet-up event looked like great fun! I'm glad it was a success.

jennine said...

such pretty illustrations!

Rosie Unknown said...

Wow, mega gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

Manja said...

That video was great, it really is different actually 'hearing' the people that you 'read' almost every day. You seem like a really nice person, I wish I could go to a cool blogger meet up but I don't think there will be any in my area soon ;)

The drawings are wonderful. They remind me of delicious food, like pastries and cupcakes!

Sistinas said...

The artwork is so beautiful!! ♥

Maeko @ thereafterish. said...

This makes me want to see The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson...

And don a few bows somewhere during the holidays.

charmaine olivia said...

oh gosh, thank you for the feature! <3 <3

Katie said...

ohh! love the girl in the fox mask! she makes me want to have a masquerade party!

lexih said...

Your blogger meetup looked like so much fun! I watched the Youtube video and I'm impressed! I wish I could meet more local bloggers face-to-face, but the only one I know of is my boyfriend!

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