JuBella.com – Get Your Creative Dose

So lately I have been a bit fascinated with New Mexico and Arizona. I am not quite sure why exactly, but I find the ambiance, the culture, the art, and the landscapes to be phenomenal. Just the other night I ran across a television version of the life of Artist Georgia Okeeffe and must say that I was quite inspired by her life, and it is needless to say that I LOVE her art. I fell in love with the replica of her home shown in the movie, which led me to do some further research. Come to find out that the official museum for Georgia offers tours of her home during set months!

I could only imagine the artistic inspiration that she grasped from such an atmosphere. I could so see myself living in such nature! I think it is beautiful! I love her home, to be set in the 1940’s it seems to carry a timeless look of contemporary/modern/rustic if you will.

As a creative, what part of the world do you feel you would find the most creative inspiration from? Are you already living there? Do you have plans to move there? Share your thoughts!

When the word zakka is mentioned, I immediately fall into a daydream filled with images of a cute and chic home that is filled to the rim with loving touches of care, creativity, and beauty. Creating a zakka filled home for my family is quite a task, but a goal that I find quite worthy of working towards to fulfilled. Lots of money is not needed when it comes to adding character within each and all mundane tasks. Just alittle bit of thought and creativity is all you really need!

I simply fell in love with all the zakka filled goodness of Japan based company Shinzi Katoh. Everything they carry is deliciously sweet in design!

The site is a bit sketchy as far as navigation but there was just too much cuteness not to post it here on JuBella. My absolute favorite of their pieces are these cute little saucer and tea cups, in which the saucer fits more as a lid on top of the cup…how sweet and convenient. Also, as I lover of text meets imagery, I love how most of their pieces have cute and inspiring messages floating upon them! Oh, and the decorative Opp tape (packaging tape) How adorable is this! Who says shipping can’t be pretty!

OMG!!! I have found a new illustrator to add to my list of favorites. Illustrator Kathy R. Jeffords of The Dreamy Giraffe creates some of the most colorful, whimsical, and inspirational pieces! I just love them all. Each one of the portraits carry their own personality. here are a few of my favorites. Don’t you just love the hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil trio of fairies! Lovely! I have always loved art that incorporates inspirational words within it. These are all so fabulous that I don’t know which is my absolute favorite!

These watercolor and ink prints from midcenturyjo of Desire to Inspire over at Etsy are divinely colorful and pretty. I love the chair renderings and I am a sucker for peacocks, so I was quite charmed when I saw this one. These totally inspire me to pull out the watercolors. I am planning on opening an Etsy gift shop with various items in the near future and I hope I can find the motivation to include some watercolor somewhere in the mix. Also, if you are not a fan already, then be sure to check out her blog often over at , Desire to Inspire;…it’s filled with the charm of decor and design. I just love Jo’s desire to inspire!

Mixed Media Collage Artist Jennifer Gordon creates fantastic pieces that fuses vintage elements, vibrant colors, and random imagery of modern women in her work. Out of all the elements that make up her work, it is definitely the bold rich colors that she uses that attracted me to her work the most. This makes me want to go do a vintage inspired collage! She also makes some really cute journals and boxes with the same medium. Check out more of her work at her Etsy Shop.