The REV It Up List

Rose La Biche: Apparel with a Twist!

Rose La Biche is the creative outlet of a French designer based in San Francisco. The Rose La Biche label came out of her urge for elegant yet edgy basics with a refreshing alternative personality compared to trendy look-alike mass-produced pieces. We think she has done just that, taking comfy and casual hoodies and tees and turning them into ART. Really cool art!!! The tees and dresses are fantastic and we are head-over-heels in LOVE with  the hoodies. Check our our favorites: Collerette, Plumage, and Sparrow. Prices range from $85-$105. Yes, a bit more than you might normally spend on a hoodie but these don't look like your mama's hoodies, thankfully.
Check out the Rose La Biche etsy shop and blog, too.

Artist: Kimberly Reed

Artist Kimberly Reed has taken the plunge! With the nudging of friends and fans, she's finally opened her etsy shop! Her bold and colorful florals will brighten any spot in a dull room. Prices range from $30-$40.

Creating and Celebrating with IAMADIVA.COM

Mother's Day is coming up and moms just love gifts created by hand. But, if you're anything like us, you just really have no time to stop what you are doing and make one more thing this week. Click on over to IAMADIVA.COM and order some fanfreakingtastic art and crafty supplies and have them shipped to your mom! Let her create something for YOU! She'd love to!  There are wonderful rubber stamps to choose from (many under $10. If you have two moms, check out the West Hollywood-Friendly section ). I love the unique selection of stamps at IAMADIVA.COM! If  Mom is into the scrapbooking and altered art craze, check out all the fun embellishments and cool finds.

Queen Diva Suzi Finer has a great idea for making your favorite chocolate bars look as delicious as they taste. Turn them into art, too! Her fancy chocolate bars can be adapted to any occasion. Simply coordinate the papers to go with whatever event you are celebrating. Don't forget to make one for yourself, too!

Etsy Stalking: Artist Linda Solovic (lindasolovic)

Artist Linda Solovic creates masterpieces out of art paper, found paper, found objects, fabric and just about anything she finds interesting or intriguing. And, like most true artists, she excels at multi-tasking! She works on her creations while watching tv and talking to her friends on a cordless headset. We love that (because that is how we work, too.). Lucky for the world, Linda has an etsy shop where you can find prints of her limited edition collages at really good prices.

Roaming the Desert with Photographer Kyle Cassidy

Photographer Kyle Cassidy has been roaming the Mohave Desert with his camera, his ipod, and his thoughts and we are so lucky he did. Kyle created Mojave: A Travel Diary in Words and Images which can be ooohhed and aaaaaahed over and downloaded (for free!) here. The photographs are stunning and full of emotion, as are Kyle's words. Pay attention to both so you don't miss anything!

Kyle Cassidy is an award winning writer, photographer, and graphic designer living in Philadelphia. He is the author of six books, most recently Armed America:
Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes, which was named one of the 100 best books of 2007 by Amazon.com. His Photo-a-Week blog was one of the first photography blogs on the Internet and is viewed by some crazy thousands of people every day.

Blog Stalking: Artist Thereza Rowe

Eclectic, unrestrained, versatile, vivid....artist Thereza Rowe embodies all these and a cool accent to boot!

Karen and I are blog stalking amazing artist Thereza Rowe. We admit that it has turned a bit into real stalking and poor T-Rowe may open her door to find two sisters asking to use her WC one day soon. Judging by her fearless and fun art, she'd just write down her thoughts about it and celebrate the fun of the moment, and that is what we absolutely love about her. That, and she has a cool accent. She captures moments- all moments- the good, the bad, the annoying, and  the funny! And, she does it all with a hint of RED.   Click on  Thereza's flickr page to see her wide variety of art from  collages, drawings, art on trees (YES!), photos, and if you are also a fan of doodling on envelopes (who is not?), she has a flickr group you can join.

Thereza, thanks for sharing your life with the world through your art!

Blog: Andrew Borloz :: Urban Paper Arts

Artist Andrew Borloz has been on an artful journey full of "new ideas, hybrids, discoveries, experiences and pleasant surprises."  Andrew shares his love of design and paper arts through his wonderful finds through the streets of New York, in unusual books he discovers in quaint shops, and in storefront windows. Lucky for us, he's always got his camera with him so we can  share these in these moments! We love the way he delights in the little bursts of art he finds along the way...he even sees art  in the shadows! We love that!

Artist Alexandra (Xan) Underhill

Too cool for school* artist and author Alexandra (Xan) Underhill has opened a new etsy shop where she is selling her unique
fashions, many created with thrift store finds! I love the tie aprons and this very comfy looking t-shirt dress that was featured in the book Alternation (co-authored with the lovely and talented Shannon Okey). I have had the pleasure of seeing Xan's tie aprons in reality and they are fantastic. Her attention to detail is remarkable!

* Xan graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art with honors in 1993. Cool kids stay in school.

Sarah Fishburn, Angela Cartwright and Pasticcio!

Artists and author duo Sarah Fishburn and Angela Cartright have given birth to another fabulous art baby! Their quarterly art zine Pasticcio is full of rich color, amazing art (a variety of mixed media art and photography), bold commentary, reviews, and creative techniques. Even the paper this zine is printed on feels good! Pasticcio looks and feels more like a book than a magazine and would look fantastic displayed on your coffee table~ it is a work of art!

The Pulse: Artist Survey

Artist Seth Apter started a fun adventure interviewing a variety of artists with the same set of seven questions. He posted the answers to the 7 questions over 7 days on his blog, The Altered Page. I love to read what other artists have on their desks, what supplies they like and other odd bits of information about them. I always like to read the answers of the interviewer, too, so here are  Seth's answers to his own fun questions (easiest interview EVER!):
The one technique or tool that I cannot live without is...
As far as technique right now I would say distressing -- with sandpaper, by folding, with paint or ink, by tearing, etc. As for tool I would have to say scissors as I always seem to be slicing through something in nearly everything I make.
One artist that inspires me is...
Antoni Tapies because of his use of color, textures, and abstracted images.
5 things on my studio table right now include...
Piles of paper scraps, Caran d'Ache metallic wax pastels, several pairs of scissors, a spool of rusted wire that I found that is being saved for a future project, and book board. 
My current go-to blog is...
There are so many but these days I chose Le Divan Fumoir Bohemien http://florizel.canalblog.com/ because even though I can't understand most of the text (it's in French), the images are so unique and often breathtaking.
My current go-to website is...
I would have to say Google because of Blogger, the search engine, Picasa2,and Google Earth. Besides, how many websites have become verbs?
Today my favorite color is...
the color of amber shellac.
If I could take a class from one artist from anytime in history, including today, it would be...
The Japanese photographer Masao Yamamoto for his incredible eye, his amazing photographs, and the techniques he uses to paint, alter, and distress them.