Jacqueline (Jackie) Kari Bos is a successful freelance designer and illustrator in New York City who combines found imagery with hand drawings to create whimsical illustrative work. From small books created in limited editions to prints and pillows, Jackie has a unique eye and I just love the softness of her work and her color palette in addition to the stories her work tell. Here is a glimpse into Jackie’s world…

I’d love to just sit down with Jackie for an afternoon in her Brooklyn home and watch her create… I love the finished work but find the process so intriguing as an artist builds a piece, layer by layer, thought by thought… to an artist this is so second nature and I don’t always think they realize how others would love the opportunity to watch them. My friend once told me that she would be so embarrassed to have someone watch her work, it would be so boring for them and she thinks it may not inspire anyone but I feel exactly the opposite, to watch the blossoming of a flower is often sweeter than the final bloom or as sweet I should say.

Do you also like to watch an artist at work? Why do you think that is?

You can find her online in a variety of places from her blog to her etsy shop, book shop and website. Can’t you imagine her designs at Urban Outfitters in homewares or as prints on tee shirts and sweatshirts?

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I was visiting my friend Ingrid and her lovely daughter today and she shared with me the A View To blog and something about it felt familiar and then when I arrived home I realized that it’s the blog of Klee in Paris. Klee is a designer I’ve talked about before, but since my last post I’ve now discovered her blog (thanks, Ingrid) and her pretty photographs and postcards from her etsy shop. These go so nicely with my mood lately — white, soft, reflective, fresh, and new.

Speaking of white and the feeling it gives, if you could describe yourself, at least your current self as we’re constantly evolving, what would it be? For me, a clear confident white.

(images: klee)

I’ve talked about Fey Handmade before but oh golly miss molly the shop just keeps getting better + better + better! There is no end to the diverse independent talent and beauty on this expertly curated site where you can find everything from intricately designed gemstone necklaces to fabulous prints that just drip with gorgeousness and femininity. I know I’m embellishing here and really loading up on the adjectives but seriously, I love it so much that I’ll risk sounding like a sap {drool drool}.

a few of my personal favorites: a. calendar, b. necklace, c. pot (the legal kind), d. clock, e. bike, f. deer, g. squirrel clock, h. owl mask, i. tabletop clock (yeah I have a thing for clocks, okay?), j. address box and k. tree towels.

Now allow me to continue with my sappy sap oh-my-gawd write up. Fey Handmade is one of those shops, for me anyway, where I visit and say, “I’ll take that and that and that and oh that too!.” I’m sure you’ll love Fey, too!

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