<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285</id><updated>2012-01-14T08:00:28.314-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Courtesy of the Artist</title><subtitle type='html'>new artwork and random thoughts from David Roos &amp; Ian Challis</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>165</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3199927679133742482</id><published>2012-01-14T07:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T08:00:28.327-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Limitless</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhEODpFzMgk/TxGmPShnQRI/AAAAAAAAAiA/dBmxBgy0rSI/s1600/Challis_Roos_rzChop_F.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhEODpFzMgk/TxGmPShnQRI/AAAAAAAAAiA/dBmxBgy0rSI/s400/Challis_Roos_rzChop_F.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697517785201459474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;There are always flowers for those who want to see them&lt;/span&gt;  --Henri Matisse&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3199927679133742482?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3199927679133742482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3199927679133742482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2012/01/limitless.html' title='Limitless'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhEODpFzMgk/TxGmPShnQRI/AAAAAAAAAiA/dBmxBgy0rSI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_rzChop_F.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1370289660757665007</id><published>2012-01-11T14:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T14:20:43.441-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Running Rhino 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCAwcxXKa5Q/Tw4Ks8_xQ4I/AAAAAAAAAh0/jW3UkqzGD0w/s1600/Challis_Roos_RR2012catcov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCAwcxXKa5Q/Tw4Ks8_xQ4I/AAAAAAAAAh0/jW3UkqzGD0w/s400/Challis_Roos_RR2012catcov.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696502346074375042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Running Rhino offers lots of our new designs!  Check it out &lt;a href="http://madisonparkgroup.com/product-lines/running-rhino"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1370289660757665007?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1370289660757665007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1370289660757665007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2012/01/running-rhino-2012.html' title='Running Rhino 2012'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCAwcxXKa5Q/Tw4Ks8_xQ4I/AAAAAAAAAh0/jW3UkqzGD0w/s72-c/Challis_Roos_RR2012catcov.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1868123833655028703</id><published>2012-01-03T15:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T15:06:51.036-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Whimsical Winter Gratitude</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5CFpXERIlCY/TwOJf_LDBlI/AAAAAAAAAho/0ED3r05ku3w/s1600/Challis_Roos_HSB_C.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5CFpXERIlCY/TwOJf_LDBlI/AAAAAAAAAho/0ED3r05ku3w/s400/Challis_Roos_HSB_C.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693545536553158226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;New, and now available at Smilebox...  Our animated winter thanks!  See a preview &lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/templates/17602/Whimsical-Thanks-Thank-You.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1868123833655028703?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1868123833655028703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1868123833655028703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2012/01/whimsical-winter-gratitude.html' title='Whimsical Winter Gratitude'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5CFpXERIlCY/TwOJf_LDBlI/AAAAAAAAAho/0ED3r05ku3w/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HSB_C.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7346424360570271748</id><published>2011-12-23T11:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T11:52:40.039-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Very Merry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tG7cN7R31Ss/TvTbzszPqlI/AAAAAAAAAhc/XWs7LRmlUaE/s1600/Challis_Roos_HSB_Holidays_E.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tG7cN7R31Ss/TvTbzszPqlI/AAAAAAAAAhc/XWs7LRmlUaE/s400/Challis_Roos_HSB_Holidays_E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689413910521686610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPQudEC_2rE/TvTbt5fvfuI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/sJQE6zLK2Oo/s1600/Challis_Roos_HSB_Holidays_F.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPQudEC_2rE/TvTbt5fvfuI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/sJQE6zLK2Oo/s400/Challis_Roos_HSB_Holidays_F.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689413810850332386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Peace.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7346424360570271748?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7346424360570271748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7346424360570271748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/12/very-merry.html' title='Very Merry'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tG7cN7R31Ss/TvTbzszPqlI/AAAAAAAAAhc/XWs7LRmlUaE/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HSB_Holidays_E.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8860760172634635787</id><published>2011-11-30T13:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T14:04:52.962-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Holiday Dogs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vywVv4Rp3lU/TtanH6oWWyI/AAAAAAAAAhE/buphs1gHKjw/s1600/Challis_Roos_HolidayDogs1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vywVv4Rp3lU/TtanH6oWWyI/AAAAAAAAAhE/buphs1gHKjw/s400/Challis_Roos_HolidayDogs1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680911734413876002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Personalized stationery!  Featuring our Holiday Dogs collection!  Available &lt;a href="http://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/1800464999_personalized-holiday-dog-stationery.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, there is much truth to the rumor that Skipjack Challis-Roos can often be seen wearing a sweater very similar to the green number depicted above-- especially during December's howl-iday festivities!  (Woof!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8860760172634635787?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8860760172634635787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8860760172634635787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-dogs.html' title='Holiday Dogs'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vywVv4Rp3lU/TtanH6oWWyI/AAAAAAAAAhE/buphs1gHKjw/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HolidayDogs1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5350143154900750174</id><published>2011-11-15T08:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T09:06:00.732-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Owls-- Wise &amp; Personalized</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4wzkmXheao/TsKZoJoRi8I/AAAAAAAAAg4/Rj3n4CN4CkM/s1600/Challis_Roos_AwesomeOwlStatG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4wzkmXheao/TsKZoJoRi8I/AAAAAAAAAg4/Rj3n4CN4CkM/s400/Challis_Roos_AwesomeOwlStatG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675267395498904514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our favorite cheerful owls have found their home on a wide range of products-- all of which can be personalized.  Check out the collection &lt;a href="http://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/1800337999_awesome-owl-stationery.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Resting atop their branches these two owls may appear stationary, but they sure make for some great stationery!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5350143154900750174?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5350143154900750174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5350143154900750174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/11/owls-wise-personalized.html' title='Owls-- Wise &amp; Personalized'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4wzkmXheao/TsKZoJoRi8I/AAAAAAAAAg4/Rj3n4CN4CkM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_AwesomeOwlStatG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-356806057157990288</id><published>2011-10-14T11:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-14T11:22:43.474-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace.  Now.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wonnXYe4zkM/Tph8fgSWxCI/AAAAAAAAAgo/fDwL5LS_gbU/s1600/Challis_Roos_PS_PeaceRepeat_A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wonnXYe4zkM/Tph8fgSWxCI/AAAAAAAAAgo/fDwL5LS_gbU/s400/Challis_Roos_PS_PeaceRepeat_A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663413412103111714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our Peace-themed fabric designs are available now at &lt;a href="http://www.hancockfabrics.com/Multicolored-Peace-Signs-on-Black-Cotton-Fabric-Other-Novelty_stcVVproductId137319878VVcatId539062VVviewprod.htm"&gt;Hancock&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-356806057157990288?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/356806057157990288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/356806057157990288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/10/peace-now.html' title='Peace.  Now.'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wonnXYe4zkM/Tph8fgSWxCI/AAAAAAAAAgo/fDwL5LS_gbU/s72-c/Challis_Roos_PS_PeaceRepeat_A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5102114807438229326</id><published>2011-09-28T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T10:16:29.025-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Road Trip!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Is0V8bNpVk/ToNSyHKQaBI/AAAAAAAAAgg/NACkeuL8-j4/s1600/Challis_Roos_RoadTripDesert.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Is0V8bNpVk/ToNSyHKQaBI/AAAAAAAAAgg/NACkeuL8-j4/s400/Challis_Roos_RoadTripDesert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657456577776478226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our new "Road Trip" Slideshow is up!  &lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/templates/17251/Road-Trip-Slideshow.html?partner=hpcs"&gt;Check it out at Smilebox&lt;/a&gt;.  This is pretty fun-- there are lots of little graphic elements available so you can really customize your slideshow.  Wish "Real Life" was as easily customizable... I'd love to be able to simply click my mouse and change my sensible Subaru Outback into a vintage royal blue station wagon rocking pink hubcaps and kick-ass fins!  Vroooom....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5102114807438229326?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5102114807438229326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5102114807438229326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/09/road-trip.html' title='Road Trip!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Is0V8bNpVk/ToNSyHKQaBI/AAAAAAAAAgg/NACkeuL8-j4/s72-c/Challis_Roos_RoadTripDesert.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7936734568024381737</id><published>2011-09-12T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T10:50:13.831-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Floral Escapes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkk4RsEVqJ0/Tm5Fjn4Q2qI/AAAAAAAAAgY/0itOW_H8wtM/s1600/Challis_Roos_FloralEscape1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkk4RsEVqJ0/Tm5Fjn4Q2qI/AAAAAAAAAgY/0itOW_H8wtM/s400/Challis_Roos_FloralEscape1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651531060699257506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our brand new "Floral Escapes" collection is now available at Bradford.  Check out the set of checks, labels and coordinating checkbook cover &lt;a href="http://www.bradfordexchangechecks.com/bec/product/prdid-1800448001.jsp?Ddown"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7936734568024381737?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7936734568024381737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7936734568024381737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/09/floral-escapes.html' title='Floral Escapes'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkk4RsEVqJ0/Tm5Fjn4Q2qI/AAAAAAAAAgY/0itOW_H8wtM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_FloralEscape1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3981747622086109737</id><published>2011-08-30T13:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T13:17:36.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Skins!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cUcm1qzfAvY/Tl1EKD383qI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/r7qvRs0XUA8/s1600/Challis_Roos_iphoneSkins1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cUcm1qzfAvY/Tl1EKD383qI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/r7qvRs0XUA8/s400/Challis_Roos_iphoneSkins1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646744447421832866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We're so happy that our designs are now available as skins!  (David's phone is on the left, Ian's on the right.)  Skinit has 19 (yes, that's 19!) Challis &amp;amp; Roos designs available in all formats.  Perfect for laptops, iphones, and/or your technology of choice.  Check out all our designs &lt;a href="http://www.skinit.com/landing_page.php?id=challis-roos-skins"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3981747622086109737?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3981747622086109737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3981747622086109737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/08/skins.html' title='Skins!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cUcm1qzfAvY/Tl1EKD383qI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/r7qvRs0XUA8/s72-c/Challis_Roos_iphoneSkins1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1572866579433643092</id><published>2011-08-03T15:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T15:11:00.947-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Energetic!  Geometric!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MTE6AFeCbwM/TjnGdZYctCI/AAAAAAAAAgI/YQLlYJpFVW4/s1600/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MTE6AFeCbwM/TjnGdZYctCI/AAAAAAAAAgI/YQLlYJpFVW4/s400/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636754616962823202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFddkXX53og/TjnGXnpk-dI/AAAAAAAAAgA/moIgT6IVMrg/s1600/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFddkXX53og/TjnGXnpk-dI/AAAAAAAAAgA/moIgT6IVMrg/s400/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636754517713549778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEn8rJQVp44/TjnGSLj5pwI/AAAAAAAAAf4/TFGUXfl8_Zw/s1600/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEn8rJQVp44/TjnGSLj5pwI/AAAAAAAAAf4/TFGUXfl8_Zw/s400/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636754424274200322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our new Energetic Geometric fabric designs are available right now at Joann Fabrics!  Check out these bright patterns &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat843902&amp;amp;PRODID=zprd_10699254a"&gt;here,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&amp;amp;flag=true&amp;amp;PRODID=zprd_10699262a"&gt;here,&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat843902&amp;amp;PRODID=zprd_10699247a"&gt;here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1572866579433643092?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1572866579433643092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1572866579433643092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/08/energetic-geometric.html' title='Energetic!  Geometric!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MTE6AFeCbwM/TjnGdZYctCI/AAAAAAAAAgI/YQLlYJpFVW4/s72-c/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-931217602791138776</id><published>2011-07-17T16:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T16:59:13.435-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Leap Frog!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rBWOPFO7OWw/TiN2Zi30VRI/AAAAAAAAAfw/knxNL4TPwu4/s1600/Challis_Roos_FrogHop_A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rBWOPFO7OWw/TiN2Zi30VRI/AAAAAAAAAfw/knxNL4TPwu4/s400/Challis_Roos_FrogHop_A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474140372981010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The folks at &lt;a href="http://www.bradfordexchangechecks.com/bec/product/prdid-1800439001.jsp?Ddown"&gt;Bradford Exchange&lt;/a&gt; have our brand new "Leap Frog" collection!  Available now-- labels, check sets and coordinating checkbook cover.  Take a look-- these are super cute!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-931217602791138776?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/931217602791138776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/931217602791138776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/07/leap-frog.html' title='Leap Frog!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rBWOPFO7OWw/TiN2Zi30VRI/AAAAAAAAAfw/knxNL4TPwu4/s72-c/Challis_Roos_FrogHop_A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3385299823250072398</id><published>2011-06-14T15:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T16:27:39.853-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Watch For Whales</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DT3XTFHUlE8/TfflElR9paI/AAAAAAAAAe4/6pqdVm_9G6g/s1600/Challis_Roos_whalewatchcollection.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 376px; height: 309px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DT3XTFHUlE8/TfflElR9paI/AAAAAAAAAe4/6pqdVm_9G6g/s400/Challis_Roos_whalewatchcollection.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618210927057675682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lsbt5QImON4/Tffk_OFeOFI/AAAAAAAAAew/Wt6vgXYbl-o/s1600/Challis_Roos_whalewatchcurtain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 374px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lsbt5QImON4/Tffk_OFeOFI/AAAAAAAAAew/Wt6vgXYbl-o/s400/Challis_Roos_whalewatchcurtain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618210834931923026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uvXL4pbsXSE/TfflJ7h9M2I/AAAAAAAAAfA/MUlnZDfjDjo/s1600/Challis_Roos_whalewatchRug.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uvXL4pbsXSE/TfflJ7h9M2I/AAAAAAAAAfA/MUlnZDfjDjo/s400/Challis_Roos_whalewatchRug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618211018929681250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Which Whales?  Why, these whales.  Our brand new "Whale Watch" &lt;a href="http://www.target.com/Whale-Watch-Shower-Curtain-70x71/dp/B004MYUSW0/ref=in_de_display_children_5?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;altString=Whale%20Watch%20Shower%20Curtain%20-%2070x71%22"&gt;shower curtain&lt;/a&gt; and collection of &lt;a href="http://www.target.com/Whale-Watch-Shower-Curtain-70x71/dp/B004O9WXZI/ref=in_de_detail-item-display/191-7705693-1196158"&gt;coordinating accessories&lt;/a&gt; are available at Target.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, over at &lt;a href="http://madisonparkgroup.com/product-lines/running-rhino"&gt;Running Rhino&lt;/a&gt;, you can find some very hip coordinating boxed notecards! &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aAgU8tGim9M/TffoahUhG6I/AAAAAAAAAfI/lTaRBsDdgJg/s1600/Challis_Roos_GeoFaunaChop_G.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aAgU8tGim9M/TffoahUhG6I/AAAAAAAAAfI/lTaRBsDdgJg/s400/Challis_Roos_GeoFaunaChop_G.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618214602486651810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Thar she blows, mate!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3385299823250072398?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3385299823250072398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3385299823250072398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/06/watch-for-whales.html' title='Watch For Whales'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DT3XTFHUlE8/TfflElR9paI/AAAAAAAAAe4/6pqdVm_9G6g/s72-c/Challis_Roos_whalewatchcollection.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1142965297098884787</id><published>2011-06-08T08:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T08:49:56.584-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebrate Today</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jHGKXuJ6Wm4/Te-Znv9nlaI/AAAAAAAAAeo/90Gq3xRyC2c/s1600/Challis_Roos_PeaceToday.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jHGKXuJ6Wm4/Te-Znv9nlaI/AAAAAAAAAeo/90Gq3xRyC2c/s400/Challis_Roos_PeaceToday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615876168523158946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...with our brand new set of checks and labels!  Available from &lt;a href="http://www.bradfordexchangechecks.com/bec/product/prdid-1800432001.jsp?Ddown#"&gt;Bradford Exchange&lt;/a&gt; right now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1142965297098884787?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1142965297098884787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1142965297098884787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/06/celebrate-today.html' title='Celebrate Today'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jHGKXuJ6Wm4/Te-Znv9nlaI/AAAAAAAAAeo/90Gq3xRyC2c/s72-c/Challis_Roos_PeaceToday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7386335319899669581</id><published>2011-05-19T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T08:51:01.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspiration.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PCOxUsA080U/TdU5wnOZ_oI/AAAAAAAAAec/xjB10ghyldA/s1600/Challis_Roos_TierraN_Party.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PCOxUsA080U/TdU5wnOZ_oI/AAAAAAAAAec/xjB10ghyldA/s400/Challis_Roos_TierraN_Party.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608452418285731458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;All the surprising colors of nature.  Earth tones--unexpectedly bright, joyously vibrant.  The many-layered elements that surround us.  Each so unique.  So captivating.  There is inspiration in every living thing.  Every leaf, every bud and blossom.  Look closely and see the yet-to-be-discovered universe in every seed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7386335319899669581?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7386335319899669581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7386335319899669581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/05/inspiration.html' title='Inspiration.'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PCOxUsA080U/TdU5wnOZ_oI/AAAAAAAAAec/xjB10ghyldA/s72-c/Challis_Roos_TierraN_Party.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4408885292507559912</id><published>2011-05-16T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T10:34:07.132-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Con "grad" ulations!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KySyCVKDBrw/TdFeyYrjQ_I/AAAAAAAAAeU/O5nT5NniDaM/s1600/Challis_Roos_SunriseGrad2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KySyCVKDBrw/TdFeyYrjQ_I/AAAAAAAAAeU/O5nT5NniDaM/s400/Challis_Roos_SunriseGrad2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607367230764565490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Brand new design, and it's available through &lt;a href="http://www.sunrisegreetings.com/Sunrise_greetings/Sunrise_artists/eb/elliottbay.html"&gt;Sunrise&lt;/a&gt;-- our new card for all the graduates of 2011.  (Like, for example-- Kevin!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4408885292507559912?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4408885292507559912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4408885292507559912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/05/con-grad-ulations.html' title='Con &quot;grad&quot; ulations!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KySyCVKDBrw/TdFeyYrjQ_I/AAAAAAAAAeU/O5nT5NniDaM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SunriseGrad2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8167558115400563507</id><published>2011-04-27T16:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T16:51:11.982-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Casual, Stylish</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J7sVf6_11U0/TbipvcilDZI/AAAAAAAAAdk/TzPWSzDi0jU/s1600/Challis_Roos_1418.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J7sVf6_11U0/TbipvcilDZI/AAAAAAAAAdk/TzPWSzDi0jU/s400/Challis_Roos_1418.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600412769215384978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Jx5j2FHSzU/Tbip220fevI/AAAAAAAAAds/3Nf6nEomKIg/s1600/Challis_Roos_1427.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Jx5j2FHSzU/Tbip220fevI/AAAAAAAAAds/3Nf6nEomKIg/s400/Challis_Roos_1427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600412896528923378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Jx5j2FHSzU/Tbip220fevI/AAAAAAAAAds/3Nf6nEomKIg/s1600/Challis_Roos_1427.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;Check out the new notebooks we did for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://madisonparkgroup.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;Running Rhino&lt;/a&gt;.  We're really digging these little items.   They're palm size, pocket size, just the right size.  The cover art is colorful and peppy, and the foil accents are really intricate and deluxe.  Nice.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8167558115400563507?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8167558115400563507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8167558115400563507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/04/casual-stylish.html' title='Casual, Stylish'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J7sVf6_11U0/TbipvcilDZI/AAAAAAAAAdk/TzPWSzDi0jU/s72-c/Challis_Roos_1418.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5542962709848457118</id><published>2011-04-16T13:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T14:01:52.260-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Acrophonic Owls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EsAe7l2LC3c/TaoCmLocj-I/AAAAAAAAAdc/oQw6EpDK-6M/s1600/Challis_Roos_AlphaOwlRow2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 145px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EsAe7l2LC3c/TaoCmLocj-I/AAAAAAAAAdc/oQw6EpDK-6M/s400/Challis_Roos_AlphaOwlRow2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596288341941981154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Looks like the early birds have scored all the worms.  Again.  But these eager owls are first in line for whatever comes next.  I have a hunch Foxtrot will soon be joining the queue.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5542962709848457118?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5542962709848457118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5542962709848457118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/04/acrophonic-owls.html' title='Acrophonic Owls'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EsAe7l2LC3c/TaoCmLocj-I/AAAAAAAAAdc/oQw6EpDK-6M/s72-c/Challis_Roos_AlphaOwlRow2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3807455855917177644</id><published>2011-03-24T09:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-24T09:04:30.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shuffle Play @ 30, 000 ft.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E4OYF4gT9Xc/TYtrC3Ki9UI/AAAAAAAAAdE/RfZ1sD8FOys/s1600/Challis_Roos_Courchevel1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E4OYF4gT9Xc/TYtrC3Ki9UI/AAAAAAAAAdE/RfZ1sD8FOys/s400/Challis_Roos_Courchevel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587677459595326786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You are the music while the music lasts.&lt;/span&gt;  --T. S. Eliot&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3807455855917177644?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3807455855917177644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3807455855917177644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/03/shuffle-play-30-000-ft.html' title='Shuffle Play @ 30, 000 ft.'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E4OYF4gT9Xc/TYtrC3Ki9UI/AAAAAAAAAdE/RfZ1sD8FOys/s72-c/Challis_Roos_Courchevel1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3411474508531455540</id><published>2011-03-07T09:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T09:45:26.501-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rhinos On The Run</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L6IGxZaqluo/TXUZOOrQoWI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Uy_DJ4wCuLk/s1600/Challis_Roos_RR2011catcov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L6IGxZaqluo/TXUZOOrQoWI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Uy_DJ4wCuLk/s400/Challis_Roos_RR2011catcov.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581395045444002146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Have you checked out Running Rhino's 2011 everyday catalog?  It's available &lt;a href="http://www.madisonparkgroup.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3411474508531455540?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3411474508531455540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3411474508531455540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/03/rhinos-on-run.html' title='Rhinos On The Run'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L6IGxZaqluo/TXUZOOrQoWI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Uy_DJ4wCuLk/s72-c/Challis_Roos_RR2011catcov.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4279802088341723481</id><published>2011-03-05T18:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T18:44:04.871-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Now.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3dQvk1vm4d0/TXLxW2MpsKI/AAAAAAAAAc0/eqkxo6zFARQ/s1600/Challis_Roos_TangleTown_Acheck.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3dQvk1vm4d0/TXLxW2MpsKI/AAAAAAAAAc0/eqkxo6zFARQ/s400/Challis_Roos_TangleTown_Acheck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580788263073460386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This present moment is filled with action and color.  Packed with promise, and brimming with infinite interest.  Though brilliantly bright, and cranked up to 10, the present moment sits in contemplative silence-- a narrow band tucked cleverly between what was, and what will be.  The major plot lines have been penciled in, but (without a doubt) there are twists-a-plenty planned for next season.  And we'll be in the front row with popcorn.  The possibilities, and the probabilities, are endless.  Stay tuned.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4279802088341723481?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4279802088341723481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4279802088341723481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/03/now.html' title='The Now.'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3dQvk1vm4d0/TXLxW2MpsKI/AAAAAAAAAc0/eqkxo6zFARQ/s72-c/Challis_Roos_TangleTown_Acheck.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6180091559798230930</id><published>2011-03-01T16:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T16:50:56.854-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Every Seventh Wave</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MzLBV50UsY0/TW2RWgvpfFI/AAAAAAAAAck/_Emk4LpO6fY/s1600/Challis_Roos_StillLife_wtrclr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MzLBV50UsY0/TW2RWgvpfFI/AAAAAAAAAck/_Emk4LpO6fY/s400/Challis_Roos_StillLife_wtrclr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579275329314847826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Details from a tropically-tinged still life on a deliciously rainy pre-springtime afternoon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If every seventh wave delivers just a little extra sea-treasure upon the beach, does every seventh raindrop bring the butterflies of springtime just a little nearer?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6180091559798230930?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6180091559798230930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6180091559798230930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/03/every-seventh-wave.html' title='Every Seventh Wave'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MzLBV50UsY0/TW2RWgvpfFI/AAAAAAAAAck/_Emk4LpO6fY/s72-c/Challis_Roos_StillLife_wtrclr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-97767836996492483</id><published>2011-02-22T17:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T02:23:09.659-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Do It Now.  Faites-le Maintenant.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eKJnEtA9EkE/TWRf8xaREhI/AAAAAAAAAcc/F4nGyEFFF58/s1600/Challis_Roos_MondayLundiB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eKJnEtA9EkE/TWRf8xaREhI/AAAAAAAAAcc/F4nGyEFFF58/s400/Challis_Roos_MondayLundiB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576687736251814418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Do what you love.    Every day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-97767836996492483?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/97767836996492483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/97767836996492483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/02/do-it-now-faites-le-maintenant.html' title='Do It Now.  Faites-le Maintenant.'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eKJnEtA9EkE/TWRf8xaREhI/AAAAAAAAAcc/F4nGyEFFF58/s72-c/Challis_Roos_MondayLundiB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-2879684996784237165</id><published>2011-02-13T10:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T10:28:46.042-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Year Of The Rabbit...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mIuiGQ49feg/TVgh6Fo3asI/AAAAAAAAAcM/NcLgB-0sqGU/s1600/Challis_Roos_SB_rabbit2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mIuiGQ49feg/TVgh6Fo3asI/AAAAAAAAAcM/NcLgB-0sqGU/s400/Challis_Roos_SB_rabbit2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573241820700699330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;May this year be filled with a quiet, gentle peace.  Tashi Delek!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__8cii6PE9Y/TVgiI3r3zWI/AAAAAAAAAcU/jn4ScL3ufVo/s1600/Challis_Roos_SB_rabbit2011c.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__8cii6PE9Y/TVgiI3r3zWI/AAAAAAAAAcU/jn4ScL3ufVo/s400/Challis_Roos_SB_rabbit2011c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573242074653248866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-2879684996784237165?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2879684996784237165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2879684996784237165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/02/year-of-rabbit.html' title='Year Of The Rabbit...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mIuiGQ49feg/TVgh6Fo3asI/AAAAAAAAAcM/NcLgB-0sqGU/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SB_rabbit2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-2641347903953815552</id><published>2011-01-28T11:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T11:10:16.692-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Naturewalk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TUMUARTiwEI/AAAAAAAAAcA/_z8DU-f5f4Q/s1600/Challis_Roos_I_Aspenwood.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TUMUARTiwEI/AAAAAAAAAcA/_z8DU-f5f4Q/s400/Challis_Roos_I_Aspenwood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567315559237992514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;What do you think of this John Muir quote?  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;        In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Pretty cool, don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TUMT6Zv1nHI/AAAAAAAAAb4/4aUeoYgfsPg/s1600/Challis_Roos_G_Aspenwood.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TUMT6Zv1nHI/AAAAAAAAAb4/4aUeoYgfsPg/s400/Challis_Roos_G_Aspenwood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567315458424937586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-2641347903953815552?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2641347903953815552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2641347903953815552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/01/naturewalk.html' title='Naturewalk'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TUMUARTiwEI/AAAAAAAAAcA/_z8DU-f5f4Q/s72-c/Challis_Roos_I_Aspenwood.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6378537112900828567</id><published>2011-01-18T17:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T17:51:24.951-08:00</updated><title type='text'>So Many Stars</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TTZDBNUWPJI/AAAAAAAAAbw/6nYsPqmnFWs/s1600/Challis_Roos_PJ_HappySpace1a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TTZDBNUWPJI/AAAAAAAAAbw/6nYsPqmnFWs/s400/Challis_Roos_PJ_HappySpace1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563708077696760978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;John said it best-- Yeah, we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6378537112900828567?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6378537112900828567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6378537112900828567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2011/01/so-many-stars.html' title='So Many Stars'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TTZDBNUWPJI/AAAAAAAAAbw/6nYsPqmnFWs/s72-c/Challis_Roos_PJ_HappySpace1a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4702263919802699027</id><published>2010-12-21T13:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T13:55:42.269-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Warm Wishes...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TREiKkk3RNI/AAAAAAAAAbg/edN6Z8jBkYw/s1600/Challis_Roos_HB2_a2b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TREiKkk3RNI/AAAAAAAAAbg/edN6Z8jBkYw/s400/Challis_Roos_HB2_a2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553257380536861906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Holidays -- and here's to a great new year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TREh2gu7iUI/AAAAAAAAAbY/U8LMyPY1zOU/s1600/Challis_Roos_HB2_a1b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TREh2gu7iUI/AAAAAAAAAbY/U8LMyPY1zOU/s400/Challis_Roos_HB2_a1b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553257035907959106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4702263919802699027?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4702263919802699027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4702263919802699027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/12/warm-wishes.html' title='Warm Wishes...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TREiKkk3RNI/AAAAAAAAAbg/edN6Z8jBkYw/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HB2_a2b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3242622328136079238</id><published>2010-12-16T11:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T13:46:29.774-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Colorful Layovers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TQpiSHEnEqI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/Ll5XO8_V1EI/s1600/Challis_Roos_IndiaSketchbookPage2b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TQpiSHEnEqI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/Ll5XO8_V1EI/s400/Challis_Roos_IndiaSketchbookPage2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551357553963111074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For those super-long layovers in the Delhi airport, it's always a good idea to make sure the sketchbook's in the carry-on!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3242622328136079238?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3242622328136079238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3242622328136079238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/12/colorful-layovers.html' title='Colorful Layovers'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TQpiSHEnEqI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/Ll5XO8_V1EI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_IndiaSketchbookPage2b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7448339729640661688</id><published>2010-11-07T20:02:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-07T20:09:54.383-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace Out, Man...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TNd3loP7A6I/AAAAAAAAAbI/t7Hm9RhxEQI/s1600/Challis_Roos_PeaceOutSet2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 308px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TNd3loP7A6I/AAAAAAAAAbI/t7Hm9RhxEQI/s400/Challis_Roos_PeaceOutSet2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537025755218379682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our brand new "Peace Out" Shower Curtain (along with FULL line of groovy accessories) is now available at Target.  Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.target.com/Peace-Out-Peva-Shower-Curtain/dp/B003VVYT6G/ref=sc_qi_collection_item_5?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;altString=Peace%20Out%20Peva%20Shower%20Curtain%20-%2070x72%22"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, man!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7448339729640661688?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7448339729640661688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7448339729640661688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/11/peace-out-man.html' title='Peace Out, Man...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TNd3loP7A6I/AAAAAAAAAbI/t7Hm9RhxEQI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_PeaceOutSet2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4590600866648496010</id><published>2010-11-04T16:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-04T17:04:34.707-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Owl-ways More Owl Updates...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TNM-_E3Mg0I/AAAAAAAAAbA/nKW_VQBjkf0/s1600/Challis_Roos_HamOwlFig.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TNM-_E3Mg0I/AAAAAAAAAbA/nKW_VQBjkf0/s400/Challis_Roos_HamOwlFig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535837620326400834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hey, remember our Hamilton owl figurine?  (The one we mentioned &lt;a href="http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/06/owl-in-favor-say-aye.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;?)  Well, it's now available for easy online ordering &lt;a href="http://www.hamiltoncollection.com/products/906984_.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4590600866648496010?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4590600866648496010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4590600866648496010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/11/owl-ways-more-owl-updates.html' title='Owl-ways More Owl Updates...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TNM-_E3Mg0I/AAAAAAAAAbA/nKW_VQBjkf0/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HamOwlFig.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5084052528525031250</id><published>2010-11-01T14:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T14:24:25.318-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Owls?  Awesome!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TM8va7wrb1I/AAAAAAAAAa4/qRTyw01oiOI/s1600/Challis_Roos_AwesomeOwlsSet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TM8va7wrb1I/AAAAAAAAAa4/qRTyw01oiOI/s400/Challis_Roos_AwesomeOwlsSet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534694606826598226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yay!  Our "Awesome Owls" shower curtain is now available at Target.  Along with the whole range of totally awesomely detailed and sculpted accessories.  Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.target.com/Awesome-Owls-Shower-Curtain-70x71/dp/B003VVRA1C/ref=br_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;id=Awesome%20Owls%20Shower%20Curtain%2070x71&amp;amp;node=16300991&amp;amp;searchSize=30&amp;amp;searchView=list&amp;amp;searchPage=2&amp;amp;sr=1-6&amp;amp;qid=1288645959&amp;amp;rh=&amp;amp;searchBinNameList=material_type%2Cpattern_name-bin%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin%2Cstyle_name%2Ctarget_com_size-bin&amp;amp;searchRank=salesrank&amp;amp;frombrowse=1"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5084052528525031250?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5084052528525031250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5084052528525031250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/11/owls-awesome.html' title='Owls?  Awesome!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TM8va7wrb1I/AAAAAAAAAa4/qRTyw01oiOI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_AwesomeOwlsSet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-668727162938265211</id><published>2010-10-05T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-05T14:25:07.199-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wild, Wild Tamarinds</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuTHcgMRCI/AAAAAAAAAaY/8wU0aVnwtlA/s1600/Challis_Roos_WildTamMelangeBrwnSqu.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuTHcgMRCI/AAAAAAAAAaY/8wU0aVnwtlA/s400/Challis_Roos_WildTamMelangeBrwnSqu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524671124019627042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our series of Wild Tamarind designs was inspired by the playful energy of the beautiful Tamarind trees that grow (wild and uncultivated) in the somewhat hidden semi-tropical valleys of Bhutan.  This popular look has appeared on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;notecards&lt;/span&gt;, journals, shower curtains and bath accessories.  And now; fabric!  Check it out:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuUYvzdasI/AAAAAAAAAag/39qiBzGKXf4/s1600/Challis_Roos_WTflowersOnGold.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuUYvzdasI/AAAAAAAAAag/39qiBzGKXf4/s400/Challis_Roos_WTflowersOnGold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524672520770120386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wild Tamarind Flowers On Gold Cotton available &lt;a href="http://www.hancockfabrics.com/Wild-Tamarind-Flowers-on-Gold-Cotton-Fabric-What-s-New_stcVVproductId114644764VVcatId552079VVviewprod.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuVOupYfwI/AAAAAAAAAaw/9ue-mBA_3cM/s1600/Challis_Roos_WTwavyStripe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuVOupYfwI/AAAAAAAAAaw/9ue-mBA_3cM/s400/Challis_Roos_WTwavyStripe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524673448172355330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wild Tamarind Wavy Stripe On Cotton available &lt;a href="http://www.hancockfabrics.com/Wild-Tamarind-Wavy-Stripe-on-Cotton-Fabric-What-s-New_stcVVproductId114644988VVcatId552079VVviewprod.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuU_5uO2JI/AAAAAAAAAao/HDNrH3h2JKA/s1600/Challis_Roos_WTflowerstripe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 169px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuU_5uO2JI/AAAAAAAAAao/HDNrH3h2JKA/s400/Challis_Roos_WTflowerstripe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524673193447446674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wild Tamarind Flower Stripe On Cotton available &lt;a href="http://www.hancockfabrics.com/Wild-Tamarind-Flower-Stripe-on-Cotton-Fabric-What-s-New_stcVVproductId114644638VVcatId552079VVviewprod.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-668727162938265211?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/668727162938265211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/668727162938265211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/10/wild-wild-tamarinds.html' title='Wild, Wild Tamarinds'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TKuTHcgMRCI/AAAAAAAAAaY/8wU0aVnwtlA/s72-c/Challis_Roos_WildTamMelangeBrwnSqu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5994452088863590221</id><published>2010-09-26T13:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T13:59:27.900-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tear Off Shrink Wrap, Uncap Pen...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TJ-zapsIWPI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/c_UjtD0SdR0/s1600/Challis_Roos_26Sept2010sketchbk1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TJ-zapsIWPI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/c_UjtD0SdR0/s400/Challis_Roos_26Sept2010sketchbk1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521328938628438258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There's just something SOOO fun about tearing into a new sketchbook!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5994452088863590221?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5994452088863590221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5994452088863590221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/09/tear-off-shrink-wrap-uncap-pen.html' title='Tear Off Shrink Wrap, Uncap Pen...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TJ-zapsIWPI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/c_UjtD0SdR0/s72-c/Challis_Roos_26Sept2010sketchbk1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5684775414684752027</id><published>2010-09-22T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T13:07:07.619-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Flowers Of Madagascar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TJpgOF62WkI/AAAAAAAAAaI/mPrW46hnyRc/s1600/Challis_Roos_Madagascar1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TJpgOF62WkI/AAAAAAAAAaI/mPrW46hnyRc/s400/Challis_Roos_Madagascar1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519830088519408194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;An array of cherished vintage marbles hidden at the bottom of an indigo/turquoise sea?  A lush green field midway up a misty mountain, viewed through a blue colander?  Either way, our brand new Madagascar Small Floral fabric is available &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat2699&amp;amp;PRODID=zprd_10010668a"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Nice!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5684775414684752027?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5684775414684752027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5684775414684752027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/09/flowers-of-madagascar.html' title='The Flowers Of Madagascar'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TJpgOF62WkI/AAAAAAAAAaI/mPrW46hnyRc/s72-c/Challis_Roos_Madagascar1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-9164451720636100041</id><published>2010-09-07T11:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T11:32:55.186-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Plan Ahead, Really</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TIaE0GGkS3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/JVLieEwh6tI/s1600/Challis_Roos_11_planner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TIaE0GGkS3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/JVLieEwh6tI/s400/Challis_Roos_11_planner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514240824287972210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our brand new "Room To Really Plan Ahead" calendar is available through Current.  And it's available now.  Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.currentcatalog.com/095992.html?AS=1&amp;amp;keyword=calendar"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-9164451720636100041?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/9164451720636100041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/9164451720636100041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/09/plan-ahead-really.html' title='Plan Ahead, Really'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TIaE0GGkS3I/AAAAAAAAAY4/JVLieEwh6tI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_11_planner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4781470508613567694</id><published>2010-08-30T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-30T16:03:05.435-07:00</updated><title type='text'>100% Cotton, 100% Cool</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/THw3PTR0fAI/AAAAAAAAAYw/_7iD8THgApI/s1600/BirdBois_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/THw3PTR0fAI/AAAAAAAAAYw/_7iD8THgApI/s400/BirdBois_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511340780007226370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our new tone-on-tone &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Birds On Branches&lt;/span&gt; fabric has taken flight!  And, thanks to Joann, it's available &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat2699&amp;amp;PRODID=zprd_10010890a"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4781470508613567694?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4781470508613567694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4781470508613567694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/08/100-cotton-100-cool.html' title='100% Cotton, 100% Cool'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/THw3PTR0fAI/AAAAAAAAAYw/_7iD8THgApI/s72-c/BirdBois_3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8192810965876197719</id><published>2010-08-14T18:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-14T18:22:24.645-07:00</updated><title type='text'>August Is A Bridge, A Welcome Sign, An Open Door</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TGc-kK4_JcI/AAAAAAAAAYk/YlfsTC_qDME/s1600/Challis_Roos_SummerAutumnMomFlowerB1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TGc-kK4_JcI/AAAAAAAAAYk/YlfsTC_qDME/s400/Challis_Roos_SummerAutumnMomFlowerB1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505437860603307458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Even as summer sizzles its triple-digit sigh, there is an eager awareness.  The distant tinge of autumn's reawakening spirit.  Faint, yet noticeable.  We fill another glass with ice cubes, sit back, close our eyes and imagine the brilliant colors to come.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8192810965876197719?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8192810965876197719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8192810965876197719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-is-bridge-welcome-sign-open-door.html' title='August Is A Bridge, A Welcome Sign, An Open Door'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TGc-kK4_JcI/AAAAAAAAAYk/YlfsTC_qDME/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SummerAutumnMomFlowerB1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-2738799661216811268</id><published>2010-08-05T12:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-05T12:23:40.573-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Yellow Spot On The Sun Today</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TFsNqvKEA9I/AAAAAAAAAYc/ZVWq6W6I-5Y/s1600/Challis_Roos_SpiritRepeat1greenblue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TFsNqvKEA9I/AAAAAAAAAYc/ZVWq6W6I-5Y/s400/Challis_Roos_SpiritRepeat1greenblue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502006397627532242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Recently came across this Picasso quote:    &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.&lt;/span&gt;     Here's some new artwork from this morning.  A brand new positive space/negative space repeat pattern.  There's no spot that is yellow, however I do spy a yellowish-green-blue sun shining through.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-2738799661216811268?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2738799661216811268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2738799661216811268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/08/little-yellow-spot-on-sun-today.html' title='Little Yellow Spot On The Sun Today'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TFsNqvKEA9I/AAAAAAAAAYc/ZVWq6W6I-5Y/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SpiritRepeat1greenblue.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4704800474710814034</id><published>2010-07-19T14:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-19T14:48:39.628-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Handmade, Dimensional, Archival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TETEWUoHZJI/AAAAAAAAAYU/saMYkimECvY/s1600/Challis_Roos_HMarchive1007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TETEWUoHZJI/AAAAAAAAAYU/saMYkimECvY/s400/Challis_Roos_HMarchive1007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495733333071979666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Been spending a few minutes here and there working on a little organizational project.  Pretty fun to rediscover some of these original handmade cards from the Running Rhino archive.  This collage card would certainly have been made while sitting on the floor of our little apartment on East Loretta Place.  No doubt, both of us would have been wearing Guatemalan pants and rocking out to Geggy Tah or Diamond Fist Werny.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4704800474710814034?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4704800474710814034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4704800474710814034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/07/handmade-dimensional-archival.html' title='Handmade, Dimensional, Archival'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TETEWUoHZJI/AAAAAAAAAYU/saMYkimECvY/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HMarchive1007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7122549354181460545</id><published>2010-06-29T15:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T15:25:45.983-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Colorful, Geometric</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TCpv1JeOhuI/AAAAAAAAAYE/33m5FB24KIY/s1600/Challis_Roos_GeoRR1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TCpv1JeOhuI/AAAAAAAAAYE/33m5FB24KIY/s400/Challis_Roos_GeoRR1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488322054770820834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are some additional boxed notecards from Running Rhino's newest release.  Love this series-- very bright, fun, bold, rhythmic, and friendly.  Would love to paper the walls, upholster the furniture, and cover the floor with this look.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TCpyrK0omII/AAAAAAAAAYM/hQ2j1xY2vcc/s1600/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoPatG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TCpyrK0omII/AAAAAAAAAYM/hQ2j1xY2vcc/s400/Challis_Roos_EnerGeoPatG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488325181869430914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7122549354181460545?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7122549354181460545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7122549354181460545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/06/colorful-geometric.html' title='Colorful, Geometric'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TCpv1JeOhuI/AAAAAAAAAYE/33m5FB24KIY/s72-c/Challis_Roos_GeoRR1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1283718171757613682</id><published>2010-06-19T09:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T09:50:22.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Notecards?  Yes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBzyuYTqpqI/AAAAAAAAAX0/E36xWU1YxW0/s1600/Challis_Roos_GeoSJ1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBzyuYTqpqI/AAAAAAAAAX0/E36xWU1YxW0/s400/Challis_Roos_GeoSJ1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484525324843263650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Received samples of &lt;a href="http://www.madisonparkgroup.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;Running Rhino's&lt;/a&gt; new line of notecards.  These boxed notes, along with coordinating cards and journals, debuted at last month's Stationery Show in New York.  The designs are from our brand new collection of animal repeat patterns.  Skipjack seems to like them all, and is hard-pressed to choose a favorite.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBz0u88q--I/AAAAAAAAAX8/P9cD2bb8CZg/s1600/Challis_Roos_GeoFish1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBz0u88q--I/AAAAAAAAAX8/P9cD2bb8CZg/s400/Challis_Roos_GeoFish1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484527533702183906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1283718171757613682?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1283718171757613682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1283718171757613682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-notecards-yes.html' title='New Notecards?  Yes!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBzyuYTqpqI/AAAAAAAAAX0/E36xWU1YxW0/s72-c/Challis_Roos_GeoSJ1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8080782711062507835</id><published>2010-06-15T09:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T10:08:12.444-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Glittered, Foiled, Coated Bday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBexRn8o3fI/AAAAAAAAAXs/5p3xlDdpZT8/s1600/Challis_Roos_SunriseBday10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBexRn8o3fI/AAAAAAAAAXs/5p3xlDdpZT8/s400/Challis_Roos_SunriseBday10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483045987686079986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunrisegreetings.com/Sunrise_greetings/Sunrise_artists/eb/elliottbay.html"&gt;Sunrise&lt;/a&gt; has just released a batch of our everyday cards, brimming with extra-special printing processes-- glitter, metallic foil, die cuts, smooth UV spot varnish and coating.  Fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8080782711062507835?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8080782711062507835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8080782711062507835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-glittered-foiled-coated-bday.html' title='Happy Glittered, Foiled, Coated Bday!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TBexRn8o3fI/AAAAAAAAAXs/5p3xlDdpZT8/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SunriseBday10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8664599977191340818</id><published>2010-06-04T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-04T09:12:04.392-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Owl In Favor, Say Aye...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TAkc0CfmMbI/AAAAAAAAAXk/tBQbJS5Sbkg/s1600/Challis_Roos_AgeOwlFig.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TAkc0CfmMbI/AAAAAAAAAXk/tBQbJS5Sbkg/s400/Challis_Roos_AgeOwlFig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478942102021091762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;By all accounts, initial sales of our Hamilton Owl Figurine have been quite brisk.  Yay!  Exaggerated, playful eyes give really give these figurines a captivating, soulful look.  We especially appreciate the intricacy of all the tiny hand-painted details.  Why not place your order today?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8664599977191340818?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8664599977191340818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8664599977191340818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/06/owl-in-favor-say-aye.html' title='Owl In Favor, Say Aye...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/TAkc0CfmMbI/AAAAAAAAAXk/tBQbJS5Sbkg/s72-c/Challis_Roos_AgeOwlFig.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-304534647124008212</id><published>2010-05-24T16:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T16:24:48.489-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Little Things</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S_sHYl0Nh1I/AAAAAAAAAXc/JZw1sU8A_TE/s1600/Challis_Roos_whichCity1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S_sHYl0Nh1I/AAAAAAAAAXc/JZw1sU8A_TE/s400/Challis_Roos_whichCity1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474977891048326994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a sketch for a new 60" x 42" painting.  Tomorrow the actual "painting" portion begins.  Always look forward to a full Paint-On-Canvas day.  And tomorrow will be especially exciting-- we get to break in our new oilcloth floor covering, which replaces the tattered piece of cardboard we've been using to soak up the stray specks of umber, cobalt and olive green!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-304534647124008212?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/304534647124008212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/304534647124008212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-things.html' title='The Little Things'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S_sHYl0Nh1I/AAAAAAAAAXc/JZw1sU8A_TE/s72-c/Challis_Roos_whichCity1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6969199936725526292</id><published>2010-05-22T16:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T16:31:45.784-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Black, White, Black, White</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S_hmtDNEWwI/AAAAAAAAAXU/NstUNq1hoEg/s1600/Challis_Roos_BW_o_pat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S_hmtDNEWwI/AAAAAAAAAXU/NstUNq1hoEg/s400/Challis_Roos_BW_o_pat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474238271209102082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Recently, we've been spending some quality time with black and white.  The ultimate high contrast experience.  Timely, as we're about to end our time in a very warm place and return to a very not-so-warm place.  Leaving a land of mystery for a home we know well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon, it is the very heart of painting&lt;/span&gt;.  (Josef Albers)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6969199936725526292?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6969199936725526292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6969199936725526292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/05/black-white-black-white.html' title='Black, White, Black, White'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S_hmtDNEWwI/AAAAAAAAAXU/NstUNq1hoEg/s72-c/Challis_Roos_BW_o_pat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7595915829037473010</id><published>2010-04-26T18:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T18:04:00.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dreamcatcher</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S9Y3h5jOm5I/AAAAAAAAAXM/IhZmAOKXCZQ/s1600/Challis_Roos_Dreamcatcher2010b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S9Y3h5jOm5I/AAAAAAAAAXM/IhZmAOKXCZQ/s400/Challis_Roos_Dreamcatcher2010b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464616253384465298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just a spot of new art from this afternoon as the dog barks at lizards on the front porch and Cold War Kids play on the ipod.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7595915829037473010?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7595915829037473010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7595915829037473010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/04/dreamcatcher.html' title='Dreamcatcher'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S9Y3h5jOm5I/AAAAAAAAAXM/IhZmAOKXCZQ/s72-c/Challis_Roos_Dreamcatcher2010b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-36756572368147527</id><published>2010-04-17T08:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T08:24:05.091-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas In April</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S8nRVquygDI/AAAAAAAAAW8/OVMpfg95wCw/s1600/Challis_Roos_holiHW2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S8nRVquygDI/AAAAAAAAAW8/OVMpfg95wCw/s400/Challis_Roos_holiHW2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461126193341431858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;More brand new designs from &lt;a href="http://www.madisonparkgroup.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;Running Rhino&lt;/a&gt;'s 2010 holiday collection.  "Colorful, energetic symmetry" is the idea behind this series.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-36756572368147527?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/36756572368147527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/36756572368147527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/04/christmas-in-april.html' title='Christmas In April'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S8nRVquygDI/AAAAAAAAAW8/OVMpfg95wCw/s72-c/Challis_Roos_holiHW2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6930132679538316039</id><published>2010-04-15T13:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T13:44:33.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New For Hanukkah</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S8d5dHKvgDI/AAAAAAAAAW0/S8OyVLEG6KM/s1600/Challis_Roos_han2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S8d5dHKvgDI/AAAAAAAAAW0/S8OyVLEG6KM/s400/Challis_Roos_han2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460466614257287218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just got samples of the cards we designed for &lt;a href="http://www.madisonparkgroup.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;Running Rhino&lt;/a&gt;'s 2010 Holiday launch.  Including this set of Hanukkah note cards.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6930132679538316039?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6930132679538316039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6930132679538316039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-for-hanukkah.html' title='New For Hanukkah'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S8d5dHKvgDI/AAAAAAAAAW0/S8OyVLEG6KM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_han2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4874412223792066624</id><published>2010-04-09T10:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T10:04:37.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun Frog!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S79dwlVMDuI/AAAAAAAAAWs/rwo41wgcLVc/s1600/Frogpond2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S79dwlVMDuI/AAAAAAAAAWs/rwo41wgcLVc/s400/Frogpond2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458184362632416994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Walmart has our "Fun Frog" shower curtain-- and it's available through their site &lt;a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Fun-Frog-Shower-Curtain/11980034"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4874412223792066624?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4874412223792066624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4874412223792066624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/04/fun-frog.html' title='Fun Frog!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S79dwlVMDuI/AAAAAAAAAWs/rwo41wgcLVc/s72-c/Frogpond2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6260215727028496073</id><published>2010-03-30T09:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T10:28:21.538-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Graphic &amp; Personal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S7IiRWfHfhI/AAAAAAAAAWk/OAgbpwoPJos/s1600/Challis_Roos_JOIEdFLEURPAT1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S7IiRWfHfhI/AAAAAAAAAWk/OAgbpwoPJos/s400/Challis_Roos_JOIEdFLEURPAT1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454459780188306962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our new "Valley View" canvas prints are now available through &lt;a href="http://www.colorfulimages.com/476916.html"&gt;Colorful Images&lt;/a&gt;.  These bold and graphic canvases can be personalized with names and initials.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6260215727028496073?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6260215727028496073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6260215727028496073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/03/graphic-personal.html' title='Graphic &amp; Personal'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S7IiRWfHfhI/AAAAAAAAAWk/OAgbpwoPJos/s72-c/Challis_Roos_JOIEdFLEURPAT1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1156883358374453646</id><published>2010-03-10T11:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T11:55:35.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Flannel Dinosaurs!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S5f4Y3uG_tI/AAAAAAAAAWc/rwGgzgFjMfs/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_DINOLAND_RUG1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S5f4Y3uG_tI/AAAAAAAAAWc/rwGgzgFjMfs/s400/Challis_Roos_DINOLAND_RUG1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447095380485799634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You can now get our Dinosaur flannel through &lt;a href="http://www.hancockfabrics.com/Dinosaurs-on-Blue-Flannel-Fabric-Flannel-Prints_stcVVproductId86553253VVcatId539163VVviewprod.htm"&gt;Hancock's site&lt;/a&gt;.  Roar!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1156883358374453646?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1156883358374453646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1156883358374453646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/03/flannel-dinosaurs.html' title='Flannel Dinosaurs!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S5f4Y3uG_tI/AAAAAAAAAWc/rwGgzgFjMfs/s72-c/Challis_Roos_DINOLAND_RUG1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5301511433008495406</id><published>2010-02-21T21:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T21:25:24.795-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Blue Sky</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S4IU5R32waI/AAAAAAAAAWU/GxvJY-mjWR4/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_TouchBlueSky.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S4IU5R32waI/AAAAAAAAAWU/GxvJY-mjWR4/s400/Challis_Roos_TouchBlueSky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440934274099757474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You need to only open your eyes to see the blue sky.  And touching the blue sky can make you very happy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5301511433008495406?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5301511433008495406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5301511433008495406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/02/blue-sky.html' title='The Blue Sky'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S4IU5R32waI/AAAAAAAAAWU/GxvJY-mjWR4/s72-c/Challis_Roos_TouchBlueSky.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4978338907188891310</id><published>2010-02-02T10:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T10:40:37.806-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is It Groundhog Day, Or Rhino Day?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S2hw4f73EwI/AAAAAAAAAWM/tbq5jwuZhLI/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_RRjan2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S2hw4f73EwI/AAAAAAAAAWM/tbq5jwuZhLI/s400/Challis_Roos_RRjan2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433717066370061058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just got a box of artists' samples from the folks at &lt;a href="http://www.madisonparkgreetings.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;Running Rhino&lt;/a&gt;.  The new catalog/new January release.  Cool stuff!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4978338907188891310?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4978338907188891310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4978338907188891310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-it-groundhog-day-or-rhino-day.html' title='Is It Groundhog Day, Or Rhino Day?'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S2hw4f73EwI/AAAAAAAAAWM/tbq5jwuZhLI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_RRjan2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7427761059622553079</id><published>2010-01-14T15:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T15:24:06.275-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Attractive, Magnetic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S0-i3gPeH3I/AAAAAAAAAWE/i_0r8ItPdJI/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_MagBooJan10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S0-i3gPeH3I/AAAAAAAAAWE/i_0r8ItPdJI/s400/Challis_Roos_MagBooJan10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426735150436065138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just received a box of samples from our friends at Magnetic Bookmark.  Their new January product line contains many new items designed by us -- including a collection based on our "Tattoo" look.  For this release, they've produced traditional tassel bookmarks, as well as square and round-shaped bookmarks.  The fold-over format features two tiny-yet-highly-functional interior magnets which securely clip onto a book's page.   The combination of lively, colorful artwork and genuine, scientifically-recognized magnetic force render these little beauties quite attractive in both the descriptive and literal sense.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7427761059622553079?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7427761059622553079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7427761059622553079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/01/attractive-magnetic.html' title='Attractive, Magnetic'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/S0-i3gPeH3I/AAAAAAAAAWE/i_0r8ItPdJI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_MagBooJan10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8569147772382068698</id><published>2010-01-02T10:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T10:40:58.883-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hoot Hoot, So Cute</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sz-SmfZK56I/AAAAAAAAAV0/SVe9yolbIvY/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_OwlGarden_CBC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sz-SmfZK56I/AAAAAAAAAV0/SVe9yolbIvY/s400/Challis_Roos_OwlGarden_CBC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422213666337122210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's new.  It's cute.  (Very cute!) It's Snuggle Flannel.  And it's available &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat3102&amp;amp;PRODID=xprd1131566"&gt;here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8569147772382068698?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8569147772382068698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8569147772382068698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/01/hoot-hoot-so-cute.html' title='Hoot Hoot, So Cute'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sz-SmfZK56I/AAAAAAAAAV0/SVe9yolbIvY/s72-c/Challis_Roos_OwlGarden_CBC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-2389968810348631139</id><published>2010-01-01T10:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T10:37:16.196-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sz5AuQ8HGxI/AAAAAAAAAVs/zEspSLc-Z34/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 126px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sz5AuQ8HGxI/AAAAAAAAAVs/zEspSLc-Z34/s400/Challis_Roos_2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421842164965907218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-2389968810348631139?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2389968810348631139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2389968810348631139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sz5AuQ8HGxI/AAAAAAAAAVs/zEspSLc-Z34/s72-c/Challis_Roos_2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5908310116527462856</id><published>2009-12-28T18:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T18:30:58.167-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Home Sweet Houseboat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Szlo0cuqzXI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-LEr_Bh1n78/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_SeattleHouseboats1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Szlo0cuqzXI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-LEr_Bh1n78/s400/Challis_Roos_SeattleHouseboats1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420478876791524722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One of the really cool things about living in Seattle?  Houseboats.  Rowing and kayaking around Lake Union and Portage Bay, a longing glance toward every For Sale sign.  Even if you don't find yourself living on one at the moment, it's inspiring to know they're there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5908310116527462856?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5908310116527462856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5908310116527462856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/12/home-sweet-houseboat.html' title='Home Sweet Houseboat'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Szlo0cuqzXI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-LEr_Bh1n78/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SeattleHouseboats1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8001571931108455623</id><published>2009-12-17T10:42:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T10:47:44.973-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Shuffle Play</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Syp7rxOv9xI/AAAAAAAAAVc/vnE1HAC2k5o/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_Shuffle1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Syp7rxOv9xI/AAAAAAAAAVc/vnE1HAC2k5o/s400/Challis_Roos_Shuffle1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416277493746235154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Click on Shuffle, then hit Play.  Then begin to draw.  Dinah Washington, Lady Gaga, Radiohead...  With half a zillion songs loaded up, you never know what you're going to hear next.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8001571931108455623?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8001571931108455623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8001571931108455623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/12/shuffle-play.html' title='Shuffle Play'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Syp7rxOv9xI/AAAAAAAAAVc/vnE1HAC2k5o/s72-c/Challis_Roos_Shuffle1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1838441625487303694</id><published>2009-12-09T14:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T19:34:05.417-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A December Sketchbook Page</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SyAlqU7lTjI/AAAAAAAAAVU/o-QVSsaHIxs/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_ThinIceSketchbook1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SyAlqU7lTjI/AAAAAAAAAVU/o-QVSsaHIxs/s400/Challis_Roos_ThinIceSketchbook1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413368161202687538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"I knew a girl who tried to walk across the lake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Course it was winter when all this was ice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;They say the lake is as big as the ocean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I wonder if she knew about it?"&lt;/span&gt;       (yoko ono)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1838441625487303694?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1838441625487303694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1838441625487303694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-sketchbook-page.html' title='A December Sketchbook Page'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SyAlqU7lTjI/AAAAAAAAAVU/o-QVSsaHIxs/s72-c/Challis_Roos_ThinIceSketchbook1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1121772435805795600</id><published>2009-12-08T16:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T16:50:03.964-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Blue Sky, White Clouds...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sx7yVwaceDI/AAAAAAAAAVM/0tM6V6pKq-E/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_WalkOnEarth1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sx7yVwaceDI/AAAAAAAAAVM/0tM6V6pKq-E/s400/Challis_Roos_WalkOnEarth1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413030257732909106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle.  But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.  Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize:  a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child-- our own two eyes.  All is a miracle.  (Thich Nhat Hanh)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1121772435805795600?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1121772435805795600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1121772435805795600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/12/blue-sky-white-clouds.html' title='A Blue Sky, White Clouds...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sx7yVwaceDI/AAAAAAAAAVM/0tM6V6pKq-E/s72-c/Challis_Roos_WalkOnEarth1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-9054664347363840747</id><published>2009-11-27T09:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T14:56:36.167-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Marshlands Nature Walk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SxAOAYj1-EI/AAAAAAAAAVE/jYJ5MJYODz8/s1600/Challis_Roos_duck_habitat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SxAOAYj1-EI/AAAAAAAAAVE/jYJ5MJYODz8/s400/Challis_Roos_duck_habitat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408838552227543106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This design always reminds me of a certain place along the trail in Seattle's Arboretum.  As you cross the footbridge between Foster Island and Marsh Island, you can always see ducks, sometimes cattails and dragonflies, and in mid-summer, water lilies.  And now this scene is available on fabric.  And not just any fabric-- it's "Snuggle Flannel!"  Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&amp;amp;flag=true&amp;amp;PRODID=xprd1131464"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-9054664347363840747?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/9054664347363840747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/9054664347363840747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/11/marshlands-nature-walk.html' title='Marshlands Nature Walk'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SxAOAYj1-EI/AAAAAAAAAVE/jYJ5MJYODz8/s72-c/Challis_Roos_duck_habitat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3772139701015363081</id><published>2009-11-19T13:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T13:25:11.520-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2010 Is Just Around The Corner</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SwW3AA3fA8I/AAAAAAAAAU8/e6RmJ8fW2Jw/s1600/Challis_Roos_Faro_12dec_LVcal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SwW3AA3fA8I/AAAAAAAAAU8/e6RmJ8fW2Jw/s400/Challis_Roos_Faro_12dec_LVcal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405928138588750786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...and our brand new 2010 Sentiments calendar is now available &lt;a href="http://www.lillianvernon.com/catalog/product_display.jsp?pdId=13586&amp;amp;name=2010+Sentiments+Calendar&amp;amp;parentCatId=4&amp;amp;catId=26"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3772139701015363081?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3772139701015363081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3772139701015363081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/11/2010-is-just-around-corner.html' title='2010 Is Just Around The Corner'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SwW3AA3fA8I/AAAAAAAAAU8/e6RmJ8fW2Jw/s72-c/Challis_Roos_Faro_12dec_LVcal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7784401197561623711</id><published>2009-10-26T14:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T14:33:32.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Perception</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SuYRI5ZdemI/AAAAAAAAAU0/6Gj585aX5sc/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_PerceptionTrio1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SuYRI5ZdemI/AAAAAAAAAU0/6Gj585aX5sc/s400/Challis_Roos_PerceptionTrio1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397020047994354274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This little illustration is based on a sketchbook drawing.  The idea for the design came from the notion that the range of things one sees, the details of the day, depend little on what actually exists.  Reality is fluid.  Perception is mostly a matter of standing in one particular place instead of another.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7784401197561623711?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7784401197561623711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7784401197561623711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/10/perception.html' title='Perception'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SuYRI5ZdemI/AAAAAAAAAU0/6Gj585aX5sc/s72-c/Challis_Roos_PerceptionTrio1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6234466542328400688</id><published>2009-10-19T14:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T14:28:11.949-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lions And Tigers And Polar Bears</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/StzYsPJNnuI/AAAAAAAAAUs/VCbnZio3LnE/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_arkSquare2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/StzYsPJNnuI/AAAAAAAAAUs/VCbnZio3LnE/s400/Challis_Roos_arkSquare2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394424708174028514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Also newly-available at Target.com-- our Ark Bath Set!  Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.target.com/Ark-Square-Fabric-Shower-Curtain/dp/B002LLSXI2/ref=in_de_detail-item-display"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6234466542328400688?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6234466542328400688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6234466542328400688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/10/lions-and-tigers-and-polar-bears.html' title='Lions And Tigers And Polar Bears'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/StzYsPJNnuI/AAAAAAAAAUs/VCbnZio3LnE/s72-c/Challis_Roos_arkSquare2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8384848551905340802</id><published>2009-10-09T14:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T14:39:26.262-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where The Wild Tamarinds Are</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Ss-sowfproI/AAAAAAAAAUk/R_bObic1H2A/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_WildTamarind_EgreenSquare.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Ss-sowfproI/AAAAAAAAAUk/R_bObic1H2A/s400/Challis_Roos_WildTamarind_EgreenSquare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390717095198174850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Where can you find our complete &lt;a href="http://www.target.com/Wild-Tamarind-Fabric-Shower-Curtain/dp/B002LLYOG2/ref=in_de_detail-item-display?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;pf_rd_r=1ZS0H5VWZRS6J57NVHGE&amp;amp;pf_rd_m=A1VC38T7YXB528&amp;amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;amp;pf_rd_i=B002J9AWEE&amp;amp;pf_rd_p=481698511&amp;amp;pf_rd_s=center-3"&gt;Wild Tamarind Bath Set&lt;/a&gt;?  Why, at Target of course!  The full set is available now-- shower curtain, soap dish, lotion pump.... and so much more.  Be sure to check it out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8384848551905340802?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8384848551905340802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8384848551905340802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-wild-tamarinds-are.html' title='Where The Wild Tamarinds Are'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Ss-sowfproI/AAAAAAAAAUk/R_bObic1H2A/s72-c/Challis_Roos_WildTamarind_EgreenSquare.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4902891995289222797</id><published>2009-10-06T09:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T09:15:11.677-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Early Autumn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SstqgF9ZzoI/AAAAAAAAAUc/B-3kTRTz0jM/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_Tree_october.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SstqgF9ZzoI/AAAAAAAAAUc/B-3kTRTz0jM/s400/Challis_Roos_Tree_october.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389518478667009666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Right now?  Is this the time?  Little tentative leaves eye each other for cues.  Catching glimpses of hesitant gold and crackling amber along curly, newly-brittle edges.  How will we know for sure?  Each of us feeling so hopeful, evergreen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4902891995289222797?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4902891995289222797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4902891995289222797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/10/early-autumn.html' title='Early Autumn'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SstqgF9ZzoI/AAAAAAAAAUc/B-3kTRTz0jM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_Tree_october.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4096784554396514607</id><published>2009-09-11T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T13:23:43.458-07:00</updated><title type='text'>September Snow</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SqqxPUyP8_I/AAAAAAAAAUU/q6gSFu5Ds-Y/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_FrostyFlakes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SqqxPUyP8_I/AAAAAAAAAUU/q6gSFu5Ds-Y/s400/Challis_Roos_FrostyFlakes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380307581683102706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our new, glittery Snowflake fabric is now available at the Joann Fabrics online store &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat493850&amp;amp;PRODID=xprd757870"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4096784554396514607?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4096784554396514607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4096784554396514607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-snow.html' title='September Snow'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SqqxPUyP8_I/AAAAAAAAAUU/q6gSFu5Ds-Y/s72-c/Challis_Roos_FrostyFlakes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3069845194089584387</id><published>2009-09-09T11:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T11:33:36.912-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back To School</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sqf0igQ3XCI/AAAAAAAAAUM/hUq15TxFBVc/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_SKETCHBOOK_back2school.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sqf0igQ3XCI/AAAAAAAAAUM/hUq15TxFBVc/s400/Challis_Roos_SKETCHBOOK_back2school.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379537153530747938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;All children are artists -- the problem is how to remain an artist as one grows up.&lt;/span&gt;  (Picasso)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3069845194089584387?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3069845194089584387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3069845194089584387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/09/back-to-school.html' title='Back To School'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sqf0igQ3XCI/AAAAAAAAAUM/hUq15TxFBVc/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SKETCHBOOK_back2school.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1824682840024580768</id><published>2009-09-04T08:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T08:46:41.546-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Tattoo For Me &amp; You</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SqE0ZkJcqrI/AAAAAAAAAUE/puZrropqzrg/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_PinkTattFabDetail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SqE0ZkJcqrI/AAAAAAAAAUE/puZrropqzrg/s400/Challis_Roos_PinkTattFabDetail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377637043861760690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our Tattoo fabric is now available at the Joann Fabrics online store-- &lt;a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat3162&amp;amp;PRODID=xprd1109714"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This pattern has only been available for a week or two, but according to an inside source, initial sales have been quite brisk...  Yay!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1824682840024580768?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1824682840024580768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1824682840024580768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-tattoo-for-me-you.html' title='New Tattoo For Me &amp; You'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SqE0ZkJcqrI/AAAAAAAAAUE/puZrropqzrg/s72-c/Challis_Roos_PinkTattFabDetail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-23815724297750378</id><published>2009-08-25T13:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T14:35:07.622-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Song</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SpRY5UhpgSI/AAAAAAAAAT8/hgiUCOKqNxc/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_summerBirdPrint2_steelBlue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SpRY5UhpgSI/AAAAAAAAAT8/hgiUCOKqNxc/s400/Challis_Roos_summerBirdPrint2_steelBlue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374017997145473314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Near summer's end, songbirds begin to plan for new adventures.  As they pack their things they whistle a hopeful little tune.  I think it's in A flat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-23815724297750378?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/23815724297750378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/23815724297750378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/summer-song.html' title='Summer Song'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SpRY5UhpgSI/AAAAAAAAAT8/hgiUCOKqNxc/s72-c/Challis_Roos_summerBirdPrint2_steelBlue.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6794692566645336303</id><published>2009-08-02T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T09:42:30.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's A Wrap</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SnXBYYsBsDI/AAAAAAAAATs/LSxEjsYLdvM/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_BugsAndBlooms.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SnXBYYsBsDI/AAAAAAAAATs/LSxEjsYLdvM/s400/Challis_Roos_BugsAndBlooms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365407155769946162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And it's brand new from the folks at Current!  Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.currentcatalog.com/095991.html?AS=1&amp;amp;keyword=challis"&gt;here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6794692566645336303?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6794692566645336303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6794692566645336303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-wrap.html' title='It&apos;s A Wrap'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SnXBYYsBsDI/AAAAAAAAATs/LSxEjsYLdvM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_BugsAndBlooms.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7096375323407299641</id><published>2009-07-29T11:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T11:14:29.471-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn In Seattle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SnCPj9XZDdI/AAAAAAAAATk/RAJgcDeJk5M/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_SunriseAutumnal09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SnCPj9XZDdI/AAAAAAAAATk/RAJgcDeJk5M/s400/Challis_Roos_SunriseAutumnal09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363945004129127890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As Seattle flirts with triple-digit summer weather, it's a welcome, cooling experience to open our box of samples from &lt;a href="http://www.sunrisegreetings.com/Sunrise_greetings/Sunrise_artists/eb/elliottbay.html"&gt;Sunrise&lt;/a&gt;.  Cards we designed for Thanksgiving and Halloween.  Save me a piece of Ian's famous ginger/pumpkin pie!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7096375323407299641?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7096375323407299641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7096375323407299641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/07/autumn-in-seattle.html' title='Autumn In Seattle'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SnCPj9XZDdI/AAAAAAAAATk/RAJgcDeJk5M/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SunriseAutumnal09.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6333179970785150335</id><published>2009-07-16T12:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T12:44:57.885-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daily Find</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sl-CxxK51sI/AAAAAAAAATc/I-WaOY5fFGw/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_HW_owl1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sl-CxxK51sI/AAAAAAAAATc/I-WaOY5fFGw/s400/Challis_Roos_HW_owl1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359145873118451394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hey, did you happen to catch &lt;a href="http://www.nwsource.com/shopping/gifts-crafts/stationery-hobbies/next-time-you-send-note-skip-text-and-use-pretty-paper-instead?cmpid=2628"&gt;this little article&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6333179970785150335?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6333179970785150335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6333179970785150335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/07/daily-find.html' title='Daily Find'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sl-CxxK51sI/AAAAAAAAATc/I-WaOY5fFGw/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HW_owl1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6076517305561937815</id><published>2009-07-13T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T08:55:34.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>At Long Last -- Lodge Labels!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SltYop3LDAI/AAAAAAAAATU/4MRGsS5c5JA/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_LODGE_B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 179px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SltYop3LDAI/AAAAAAAAATU/4MRGsS5c5JA/s400/Challis_Roos_LODGE_B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357973637142612994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lovely.  And brand new.  Available through &lt;a href="http://www.colorfulimages.com/Y1684.html"&gt;Colorful Images&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6076517305561937815?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6076517305561937815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6076517305561937815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/07/at-long-last-lodge-labels.html' title='At Long Last -- Lodge Labels!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SltYop3LDAI/AAAAAAAAATU/4MRGsS5c5JA/s72-c/Challis_Roos_LODGE_B.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7193069882490131118</id><published>2009-06-27T09:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T09:27:33.810-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Howdy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SkZG-c_jZ7I/AAAAAAAAATE/BYUoCYdoQp0/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_HWcards09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SkZG-c_jZ7I/AAAAAAAAATE/BYUoCYdoQp0/s400/Challis_Roos_HWcards09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352043245925001138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Some new things we did for &lt;a href="http://www.madisonparkgreetings.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;Running Rhino&lt;/a&gt;.  Several new designs, available as die-cut counter cards, boxed notes, and journals.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7193069882490131118?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7193069882490131118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7193069882490131118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/06/howdy.html' title='Howdy!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SkZG-c_jZ7I/AAAAAAAAATE/BYUoCYdoQp0/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HWcards09.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6108035007207131884</id><published>2009-06-22T13:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T13:11:04.208-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Pen Keeps Moving Until The Lights Begin To Dim</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sj_j2JcmqlI/AAAAAAAAAS8/Bl3nrjlBY6A/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_DKRsketchbookpage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sj_j2JcmqlI/AAAAAAAAAS8/Bl3nrjlBY6A/s400/Challis_Roos_DKRsketchbookpage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350245401727773266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When you're sitting in an audience, waiting for an event to begin, it's always good to have a sketchbook at the ready.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6108035007207131884?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6108035007207131884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6108035007207131884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/06/pen-keeps-moving-until-lights-begin-to.html' title='The Pen Keeps Moving Until The Lights Begin To Dim'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sj_j2JcmqlI/AAAAAAAAAS8/Bl3nrjlBY6A/s72-c/Challis_Roos_DKRsketchbookpage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3910445343948119522</id><published>2009-06-16T12:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T12:44:34.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SoBlee</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sjf0NmfnwBI/AAAAAAAAAS0/fYY_h_7c9qc/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_SoBlee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sjf0NmfnwBI/AAAAAAAAAS0/fYY_h_7c9qc/s400/Challis_Roos_SoBlee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348011597034405906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Early summer.  Might be nice to take the hound for a little walk around SoBlee (south of Bleecker.)  But at the moment, New York is thousands of miles away. Luckily it's also quite nice to be right here in Seattle.  WaWeBlee -- WAY west of Bleecker.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3910445343948119522?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3910445343948119522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3910445343948119522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/06/soblee.html' title='SoBlee'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sjf0NmfnwBI/AAAAAAAAAS0/fYY_h_7c9qc/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SoBlee.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5172034960055769308</id><published>2009-06-09T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T09:27:53.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rain Or Shine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Si6LYoZv9jI/AAAAAAAAASs/mdhglzIu3n8/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_RainOrShine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Si6LYoZv9jI/AAAAAAAAASs/mdhglzIu3n8/s400/Challis_Roos_RainOrShine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345363063013897778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a new design we did for Sunrise's 2009 Father's Day collection.  The streaks of rain have a very subtle clear foil detailing.  We love doing these "half and half" images (rain/sun-- day/night--summer/winter, etc.) especially when there's a strong central image to tie the two halves together.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5172034960055769308?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5172034960055769308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5172034960055769308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/06/rain-or-shine.html' title='Rain Or Shine'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Si6LYoZv9jI/AAAAAAAAASs/mdhglzIu3n8/s72-c/Challis_Roos_RainOrShine.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-3215794676331999113</id><published>2009-05-28T08:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T11:46:07.609-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dino Flannel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sh6ss08igHI/AAAAAAAAASk/MvKjlDHmh_k/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_dinoFleece.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sh6ss08igHI/AAAAAAAAASk/MvKjlDHmh_k/s400/Challis_Roos_dinoFleece.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340896094234771570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just got samples of this new fabric we did for Fabric Traditions.  It's flannel! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we worked on this design, I was remembering a visit to the Henry Doorly zoo when I was about five years old.  For some strange reason there was a dinosaur theme going on (at the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;zoo&lt;/span&gt;??  Hmm....)  Anyway, they had one of those cool machines where you could make your own customized, injection-molded plastic toys.  You slide in your money and then choose the shape you want.  My brother chose the Triceratops, I chose the Stegosaurus.  Then you choose your color.  My brother chose grey, I chose that not-found-in-nature, not quite red, not quite fuchsia, cherry Icee color.  Which is actually more of a raspberry color than a true cherry color.  The injection process left a hole in the base, and so you were supposed to carry the toy upside-down for half an hour--until it dried completely.  But of course a five-year-old who wants to play with his Stegosaurus &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;right now&lt;/span&gt; and a 90 degree Omaha day was just the right combination to leave a trail of raspberry dots from the monkeys to the lions to the camels...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-3215794676331999113?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3215794676331999113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/3215794676331999113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/05/dino-fleece.html' title='Dino Flannel'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sh6ss08igHI/AAAAAAAAASk/MvKjlDHmh_k/s72-c/Challis_Roos_dinoFleece.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4935558811307008756</id><published>2009-05-14T12:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T13:09:40.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From The Sky</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SgxuNz8lz9I/AAAAAAAAASc/jbRqR05INaw/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_BhutanVillageSketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SgxuNz8lz9I/AAAAAAAAASc/jbRqR05INaw/s400/Challis_Roos_BhutanVillageSketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335760842088894418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In the Tang Valley of Bhutan, way up near the Tibetan border, there's a magical little village called Namkha that we were lucky enough to visit one sunny autumn day.  Our hike began early that morning in Bumthang Valley's misty village of Nang Lhakhang.  Walking through fields of colorful prayer flags, moss-draped cedar trees, and frozen waterfalls, we sang loudly to announce our presence to the curious Himalayan black bears rumored to be sharing the trail that day.  By the time we crossed over Pepe-la pass, we had just about run through our repertoire of songs we know by heart.  (songs popularized by Blossom Dearie, Dorothy Shay, and Brigitte Fontaine led the pack!)   When we got to Namkha, the caretaker of the village temple interupted work in her field of mustard to allow us access.  Inside the temple, we were surprised to find a very non-Bhutanese-looking Buddha--with Thai characteristics.  It was delightful to learn that the word "Namkha" means "it fell from the sky."  Cool!  How else would an ornate Thai Buddha find its way to central Bhutan 50 years ago?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4935558811307008756?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4935558811307008756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4935558811307008756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/05/from-sky.html' title='From The Sky'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SgxuNz8lz9I/AAAAAAAAASc/jbRqR05INaw/s72-c/Challis_Roos_BhutanVillageSketch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6516116828123794080</id><published>2009-05-12T07:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T08:02:16.305-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Flocking Of Happy Birds</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SgmNtjYq5jI/AAAAAAAAASU/3U6SGM-gDqI/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_SunriseHapHapHap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SgmNtjYq5jI/AAAAAAAAASU/3U6SGM-gDqI/s400/Challis_Roos_SunriseHapHapHap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334951047329408562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a brand new addition to our Sunrise &lt;a href="http://www.sunrisegreetings.com/Sunrise_greetings/Sunrise_artists/eb/elliottbay.html"&gt;Elliott Bay&lt;/a&gt; line.  Sunrise has been able to add some really interesting processes lately-- all the white areas on this design are flocked!  Very dimensional and tactile.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6516116828123794080?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6516116828123794080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6516116828123794080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/05/flocking-of-happy-birds.html' title='A Flocking Of Happy Birds'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SgmNtjYq5jI/AAAAAAAAASU/3U6SGM-gDqI/s72-c/Challis_Roos_SunriseHapHapHap.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5520585896834559975</id><published>2009-05-04T14:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T14:50:02.387-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tattoo For Joann</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sf9hq7AXgtI/AAAAAAAAASM/CxL7Yoqcq3U/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_TattooFabricPink.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sf9hq7AXgtI/AAAAAAAAASM/CxL7Yoqcq3U/s400/Challis_Roos_TattooFabricPink.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332087873851589330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Received samples (many yards!) of this fabric we designed for Fabric Traditions.  We love this design-- the printing looks as good on fabric as it did on &lt;a href="http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2008/01/rhino-cover_12.html"&gt;catalog covers&lt;/a&gt;!  This fabric should be available at Joann stores pretty soon...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5520585896834559975?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5520585896834559975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5520585896834559975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/05/tattoo-for-joann.html' title='Tattoo For Joann'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sf9hq7AXgtI/AAAAAAAAASM/CxL7Yoqcq3U/s72-c/Challis_Roos_TattooFabricPink.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5732889098115449565</id><published>2009-04-20T18:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T18:43:04.116-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Animals Love The Holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Se0iQEBmdAI/AAAAAAAAASE/fGIyCxHkK10/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_RRholidayAnimals09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Se0iQEBmdAI/AAAAAAAAASE/fGIyCxHkK10/s400/Challis_Roos_RRholidayAnimals09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326951593602872322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We've designed a series of 12 happy (holiday-themed) animal designs.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Peaceful penguins, celebrating squirrels, rejoicing roosters...)&lt;/span&gt;  Here are some of those designs -- a portion of Running Rhino's brand new 2009 holiday line.  If you're at the Stationery Show in New York next month, be sure to check 'em out...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5732889098115449565?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5732889098115449565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5732889098115449565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/04/animals-love-holidays.html' title='Animals Love The Holidays'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Se0iQEBmdAI/AAAAAAAAASE/fGIyCxHkK10/s72-c/Challis_Roos_RRholidayAnimals09.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-274266480176027717</id><published>2009-04-14T10:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T10:22:48.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We Love Letterpress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SeTE7_kWO3I/AAAAAAAAAR8/pf-PyBIo-y4/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_BdayToolbox.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SeTE7_kWO3I/AAAAAAAAAR8/pf-PyBIo-y4/s400/Challis_Roos_BdayToolbox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324597194413980530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's one of the designs we've done for Sunrise's new line of Premium cards.  We love the thickness of the paper stock.  And the toothy texture.  The super-deep embossing really gives the feel of real letterpress.  And, oh, did we mention one of our designs from this series has been nominated for a Louie award??&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-274266480176027717?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/274266480176027717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/274266480176027717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-love-letterpress.html' title='We Love Letterpress'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SeTE7_kWO3I/AAAAAAAAAR8/pf-PyBIo-y4/s72-c/Challis_Roos_BdayToolbox.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8417782817829729932</id><published>2009-04-08T17:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T17:45:34.627-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Also Came Across...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sd1EAHzIvwI/AAAAAAAAARw/gQ4PvPZ9JYk/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_MarketSteps.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sd1EAHzIvwI/AAAAAAAAARw/gQ4PvPZ9JYk/s400/Challis_Roos_MarketSteps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322485103506013954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...this drawing of some much-loved steps in the heart of Seattle's Pike Place Market.  This drawing was done during the time that we were both lucky enough to be taking classes (drawing, painting, and design) from &lt;a href="http://www.challisandroos.com/di/blog_ext/Thielbooks.jpg"&gt;this guy&lt;/a&gt;.    (And, hey, come to think of it...  this drawing was also included in a coloring book!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8417782817829729932?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8417782817829729932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8417782817829729932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/04/also-came-across.html' title='Also Came Across...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sd1EAHzIvwI/AAAAAAAAARw/gQ4PvPZ9JYk/s72-c/Challis_Roos_MarketSteps.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7681793208109706151</id><published>2009-04-01T21:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T21:23:31.119-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Graduation, Mom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SdQ8LrbLz9I/AAAAAAAAARo/tDJta3bL-UE/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_MomDay09Square6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SdQ8LrbLz9I/AAAAAAAAARo/tDJta3bL-UE/s400/Challis_Roos_MomDay09Square6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319943231164370898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just got a big box of samples from the folks at Sunrise Greetings.  Some nice cards we designed for Graduation and Mother's Day.  Especially like how this Mother's Day design turned out.  There's a very, very subtle clear foil on the white flowers.  It provides a surprising contrast to the quiet chalky background colors.  This new collection should be hitting the shelves soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7681793208109706151?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7681793208109706151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7681793208109706151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-graduation-mom.html' title='Happy Graduation, Mom'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SdQ8LrbLz9I/AAAAAAAAARo/tDJta3bL-UE/s72-c/Challis_Roos_MomDay09Square6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-2294104785472455352</id><published>2009-03-29T16:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T16:42:39.745-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You Never Know What You Might Come Across...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SdAGAKtYdaI/AAAAAAAAARg/GJeFov-WByo/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_AngelsOfCourse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SdAGAKtYdaI/AAAAAAAAARg/GJeFov-WByo/s400/Challis_Roos_AngelsOfCourse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318757759869023650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;While looking through old sketchbooks from the 90's, we came across this rather hilarious tongue-in-cheek "self portrait" sketch.  Have NO idea when exactly it was done (or, for that matter, why!) but it was fun to see it again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-2294104785472455352?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2294104785472455352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2294104785472455352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/03/you-never-know-what-you-might-come.html' title='You Never Know What You Might Come Across...'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SdAGAKtYdaI/AAAAAAAAARg/GJeFov-WByo/s72-c/Challis_Roos_AngelsOfCourse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-9062629114793888999</id><published>2009-03-21T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T10:04:39.555-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Glittering Trees of Autumn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/ScUdTvgU-HI/AAAAAAAAARY/4bm7dFodRjc/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_autumnGlitterTreesFT.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/ScUdTvgU-HI/AAAAAAAAARY/4bm7dFodRjc/s400/Challis_Roos_autumnGlitterTreesFT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315687160187517042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's another pattern we did with Fabric Traditions.  This one is awash in glitter!  Very sparkly.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-9062629114793888999?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/9062629114793888999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/9062629114793888999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/03/glittering-trees-of-autumn.html' title='Glittering Trees of Autumn'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/ScUdTvgU-HI/AAAAAAAAARY/4bm7dFodRjc/s72-c/Challis_Roos_autumnGlitterTreesFT.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4272136578871843734</id><published>2009-03-19T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T09:44:56.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Fabric!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/ScJ1NKOrSjI/AAAAAAAAARQ/cBTTHiLPc7c/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_HweenPatchFT.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/ScJ1NKOrSjI/AAAAAAAAARQ/cBTTHiLPc7c/s400/Challis_Roos_HweenPatchFT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314939379195267634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's almost Springtime, which means Halloween is just around the corner!  Just received samples of some fun fabric we did for our friends at Fabric Traditions.  Here's a little snippet of the over all design.  This pattern will be available at Joann stores later this year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4272136578871843734?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4272136578871843734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4272136578871843734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-fabric.html' title='It&apos;s Fabric!'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/ScJ1NKOrSjI/AAAAAAAAARQ/cBTTHiLPc7c/s72-c/Challis_Roos_HweenPatchFT.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-5835292088611183496</id><published>2009-03-15T12:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T12:36:50.431-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Woods Are Full Of Song</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sb1WVl-lzdI/AAAAAAAAARI/9E6sr4tnQJQ/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_BirdBedding4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sb1WVl-lzdI/AAAAAAAAARI/9E6sr4tnQJQ/s400/Challis_Roos_BirdBedding4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313498064338931154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"Use what talents you possess:  the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;--Henry van Dyke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Birds.  Aren't they just the best?  And they make for such a wide-ranging design motif.  Birds, either in flight or balancing on a branch, give us a way to represent the qualities we'd like to see in ourselves.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-5835292088611183496?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5835292088611183496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/5835292088611183496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/03/woods-are-full-of-song.html' title='The Woods Are Full Of Song'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/Sb1WVl-lzdI/AAAAAAAAARI/9E6sr4tnQJQ/s72-c/Challis_Roos_BirdBedding4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8781061082163644450</id><published>2009-03-05T14:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T14:18:42.065-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Year Of The Ox</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SbBOgNEEV7I/AAAAAAAAARA/mFNjANRASFA/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_TibetanZodiac01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SbBOgNEEV7I/AAAAAAAAARA/mFNjANRASFA/s400/Challis_Roos_TibetanZodiac01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309830275839317938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Losar Greetings!  (Water Sheep 2003, Wood Monkey 2004, Wood Bird 2005, Fire Dog 2006, Fire Pig 2007, Earth Mouse 2008, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Earth Ox 2009&lt;/span&gt;, Iron Tiger 2010, Iron Horse 2011, Water Dragon 2012, Water Snake 2013, Wood Horse 2014)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8781061082163644450?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8781061082163644450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8781061082163644450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/03/year-of-ox.html' title='Year Of The Ox'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SbBOgNEEV7I/AAAAAAAAARA/mFNjANRASFA/s72-c/Challis_Roos_TibetanZodiac01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-7934748299926659732</id><published>2009-02-27T16:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T16:46:23.878-08:00</updated><title type='text'>More Bookmarks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SaiI_XrBG4I/AAAAAAAAAQw/DCGzxk2H0t8/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_MagBoo2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SaiI_XrBG4I/AAAAAAAAAQw/DCGzxk2H0t8/s400/Challis_Roos_MagBoo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307642783123708802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We like these new bookmarks!  Here are a few more...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-7934748299926659732?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7934748299926659732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/7934748299926659732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-bookmarks.html' title='More Bookmarks'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SaiI_XrBG4I/AAAAAAAAAQw/DCGzxk2H0t8/s72-c/Challis_Roos_MagBoo2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-1360301493722911362</id><published>2009-02-23T14:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T14:16:19.686-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cool, Tasseled, Magnetic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SaMeZjJH4UI/AAAAAAAAAQo/CRTRlCIjAkE/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_MagBoo01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SaMeZjJH4UI/AAAAAAAAAQo/CRTRlCIjAkE/s400/Challis_Roos_MagBoo01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306118210251645250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just got a big box of samples!  Bookmarks we designed for our friends at &lt;a href="http://www.magneticbookmark.com/shop/tassel-art-1-75-x6"&gt;Magnetic Bookmark&lt;/a&gt;.  We really like how they turned out.  The print quality is great-- so is the finishing.  They have a nice "feel" to them.  48 designs in the initial release-- Tasseled Bookmarks, Die-cut Bookmarks, and cute little fold-over bookmarks with interior magnets.  Fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-1360301493722911362?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1360301493722911362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/1360301493722911362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/02/cool-tasseled-magnetic.html' title='Cool, Tasseled, Magnetic'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SaMeZjJH4UI/AAAAAAAAAQo/CRTRlCIjAkE/s72-c/Challis_Roos_MagBoo01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4222899791603295840</id><published>2009-02-17T09:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T10:08:52.969-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Hibou d' Hiver</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SZr6deo1HCI/AAAAAAAAAQY/f92YcW_tCpM/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_winterOWL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SZr6deo1HCI/AAAAAAAAAQY/f92YcW_tCpM/s400/Challis_Roos_winterOWL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303826895529647138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's midnight and all is still.  Even the owls begin to close their saucer eyes.  The snow gently falls, hiding the acorns that the squirrels will find in the springtime.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4222899791603295840?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4222899791603295840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4222899791603295840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/02/le-hibou-d-hiver.html' title='Le Hibou d&apos; Hiver'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SZr6deo1HCI/AAAAAAAAAQY/f92YcW_tCpM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_winterOWL.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-777462763977872045</id><published>2009-02-06T10:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T11:02:27.850-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Just A Thought</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SYyI2jpTYsI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Ze2P0JwFPvY/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_Val_WildTamarind_A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SYyI2jpTYsI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Ze2P0JwFPvY/s400/Challis_Roos_Val_WildTamarind_A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299761332371022530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Doesn't it seem like Valentine's &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Month&lt;/span&gt; would be more fun than just Valentine's &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Day&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-777462763977872045?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/777462763977872045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/777462763977872045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-thought.html' title='Just A Thought'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SYyI2jpTYsI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Ze2P0JwFPvY/s72-c/Challis_Roos_Val_WildTamarind_A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-8096429822404637138</id><published>2009-01-22T16:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T16:38:50.072-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Running Of The Rhinos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SXkQzollcgI/AAAAAAAAAQI/d28whN_gxac/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_rr09catCov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SXkQzollcgI/AAAAAAAAAQI/d28whN_gxac/s400/Challis_Roos_rr09catCov.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294281316205163010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just got samples of the new Running Rhino catalog-- brimming with stuff designed by us!  There's more info &lt;a href="http://www.madisonparkgreetings.com/home.php?partner_id=4"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-8096429822404637138?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8096429822404637138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/8096429822404637138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/01/running-of-rhinos.html' title='The Running Of The Rhinos'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SXkQzollcgI/AAAAAAAAAQI/d28whN_gxac/s72-c/Challis_Roos_rr09catCov.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-2995945747270380636</id><published>2009-01-19T15:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T15:24:57.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Barack On</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SXULpNLp3GI/AAAAAAAAAP4/Bsfa3WfnXHw/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_ObamaWorld1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SXULpNLp3GI/AAAAAAAAAP4/Bsfa3WfnXHw/s400/Challis_Roos_ObamaWorld1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293149739584969826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and on and on...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-2995945747270380636?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2995945747270380636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2995945747270380636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-on.html' title='Barack On'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SXULpNLp3GI/AAAAAAAAAP4/Bsfa3WfnXHw/s72-c/Challis_Roos_ObamaWorld1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-4087843929758399313</id><published>2009-01-08T11:27:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T11:40:11.050-08:00</updated><title type='text'>East Village Music Boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SWZT3Az4tFI/AAAAAAAAAPw/K7znnJjBqEM/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_RaccoonCapMusicBoy2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SWZT3Az4tFI/AAAAAAAAAPw/K7znnJjBqEM/s400/Challis_Roos_RaccoonCapMusicBoy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289007016968762450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This brand new illustration began as a little sketchbook drawing of a guy we saw recently.  He was dragging his empty red wagon around the East Village, carrying a big tote bag full of various drum sticks.  Was he on his way to pick up his drums?  Or maybe take the entire band for a spin?  As the illustration grew, so did the band.  (Wouldn't you love to hear the music that this combination of instruments might make?) And the guy in the sketch somehow transformed into somewhat of a self portrait.  Except my cool faux-coon cap has been AWOL since the 80's.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-4087843929758399313?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4087843929758399313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/4087843929758399313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/01/east-village-music-boy.html' title='East Village Music Boy'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SWZT3Az4tFI/AAAAAAAAAPw/K7znnJjBqEM/s72-c/Challis_Roos_RaccoonCapMusicBoy2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-2177726697829861013</id><published>2009-01-04T16:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T16:24:30.064-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Direction</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SWFSjd6IEJI/AAAAAAAAAPo/rTU-mspM0kQ/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_DirectionSun.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SWFSjd6IEJI/AAAAAAAAAPo/rTU-mspM0kQ/s400/Challis_Roos_DirectionSun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287598206786998418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation."  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;W. H. Sheldon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-2177726697829861013?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2177726697829861013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/2177726697829861013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2009/01/direction.html' title='Direction'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SWFSjd6IEJI/AAAAAAAAAPo/rTU-mspM0kQ/s72-c/Challis_Roos_DirectionSun.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356215879186000285.post-6319102879042294148</id><published>2008-12-28T12:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T12:40:45.656-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Seasonal Sketch Book Page</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SVfkDBi-xaI/AAAAAAAAAPg/GlaKzPkha5U/s1600-h/Challis_Roos_DecSketchbookPage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SVfkDBi-xaI/AAAAAAAAAPg/GlaKzPkha5U/s400/Challis_Roos_DecSketchbookPage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284943428348462498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4356215879186000285-6319102879042294148?l=courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6319102879042294148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4356215879186000285/posts/default/6319102879042294148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtesyoftheartist.blogspot.com/2008/12/seasonal-sketch-book-page.html' title='A Seasonal Sketch Book Page'/><author><name>Ian  &amp;amp; David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13546029770173324046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btwIUF5TMbs/TgjFJBsUzvI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/EBo0ho2jw18/s220/nyc_prof_11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4EDqywBFRWU/SVfkDBi-xaI/AAAAAAAAAPg/GlaKzPkha5U/s72-c/Challis_Roos_DecSketchbookPage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
