I’d love for my wedding card to look as fun as this.
{Illustration by Wim Bruyninckx discovered via his Flickr stream}
I’d love for my wedding card to look as fun as this.
{Illustration by Wim Bruyninckx discovered via his Flickr stream}




Amsterdam-based artist Lies Goemans has been painting these tiny works of art that measures 2” x 2” (or 5cm x 5cm) for awhile now, and what’s beautiful about them is not only are they small, but the project started out as one that is rooted in friendship. Lies initially drew them for a sick friend as a daily pick-me-up for her as she battled with her illness. Since her friend passed on, she decided that perhaps others might need these daily happy mail as well.
If you know anyone who might need a little bit of love delivered to their inbox, do head over to Lies’ website
to send a little bit of happy mail their way.




I’m really amazed by the wonderful talent that’s graduating from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel – I’ve profiled quite a few of them already here on the blog, and here’s another – Yael Albert.
I see that she’s still feeling her way around character styles and is experimenting (which is great), but she’s already off to a great start!
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