anissa designs

Matching Luggage Tags

2010-12-27T21:52:00.003-05:00

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With the passport covers I made, these matching luggage tags (two) make the perfect traveling combo. I've really enjoyed the bright colors the paper and felt have allowed me. Tomorrow I begin incorporating the same style but with my photos of foreign places. I can't wait to see how they turn out.

You can find these and other luggage tags in my etsy shop. Thanks for all of your support. 2010 has been a great year for Anissa Designs and I'm looking forward to an even more amazing (God-willing) 2011 :)

Photo Coasters

2010-12-27T16:03:00.005-05:00

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I've been working with the idea of "form and function" and these little guys have been both lovely to look at, but great examples of user-friendly art. Sealed with polyurethane and equipped with felt feet.

What's New with Anissa Designs

2010-12-27T14:28:00.003-05:00

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Hooray!!

I've just created a new line of fabulous handmade passport covers and matching luggage tags.

I've been traveling all over the world the past few years and have found that I have the habit of shoving other things in with my passport (such as tickets!). Because of this, I've found the need for a passport cover that is secure but quick and easy to access.

Not only are they stylish and one of a kind, having the felted velcro closure adds a lot more security to the passport and it's easy to open and close.

The vinyl cover is easy to clean and is made with 12 gauge vinyl so it's strong enough for everyday use. It's then sewn with sassy stylish printed card stock papers. To secure the design, I then sew the cover and complete with detailed felt closure straps (sewn in complementary colored thread) and sturdy velcro.

Fits most international passports, including United States, (but does not fit Canadian passports)

Custom Orders are easily and quickly filled. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in this design as a checkbook cover or a journal.

Make it easy for airport security and border patrol to see the front and back of your passport without removing it from the protective cover by these sassy protective passport covers.

MEASUREMENTS:
Overall dimensions: 5 1/4'' x 7 3/8'' (opened)
Folded dimensions: 5 1/4" x 3 11/16" (closed)
Pocket dimensions: 5 1/4" x 1" (inside one cover)
Pocket dimensions: 5 1/4" x 2 5/8" (inside other cover)

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TO PURCHASE: Please visit my etsy shop to purchase your own handmade passport cover and/or tags :)

So I Married a Texan, Part 1

2010-10-28T12:47:00.001-04:00

Textured Warmth: Savannah and Austin Brick

2010-10-27T14:06:00.001-04:00

A Fresh Start

2010-10-27T13:36:00.007-04:00

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These are some photos taken in our dining room of my wedding bouquet on its way out. As crazy as it seems, the wedding is now almost three weeks behind us. Russ and I have been as busy as a hill of ants in summer trying to get our house ready both for ourselves and some downstairs' renters.

With the move from Korea, the new house and the wedding, "Anissa Designs" has been in a hiatus of sorts. Autumn seems to want to show up in Savannah, but Indian Summer (at a high of 89 degrees) is having none of it.

This weekend I will have a tent sent up with Hallogreen in Daytona with a booth of my photos, photo cards, photo jewelry and coasters. A national non-profit, Hallogreen is also designed to be a fundraiser for The Fair Share Urban Agriculture Project:

"Fair Share" is an Urban Garden Project of Salt of the Earth, Inc. a 501(c)-3 nonprofit organization. Our volunteers can raise food for low-income households in need and help install vegetable gardens in backyards, schools, churches, and other community groups. We also provide people with the opportunity to participate in a community garden if they would like their own space for growing fresh food for themselves!"

25% of Anissa Designs sales is going to support Fair Share and another 25% is going to World Vision's First Giving:

(By purchasing photos and artwork this weekend) "Your gift will provide hardworking families with livestock or farming tool that can put food on the table and savings in their pockets. Along with the animals and farming supplies, recipients will be trained in proper care and management of their resources, as well as how to market their wares - things like dairy products, eggs, fruits, and vegetables. This is a wonderful way to express your support for the world's poor."

Thanks for joining us in this effort. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Annyeong: Hello Korea, Goodbye

2010-06-17T19:20:00.003-04:00

hard to believe

2010-06-03T07:21:00.004-04:00

Does anyone know how June got here? We've had a busy few months here in Korea. Russ and I recently returned from a quick trip to Tokyo and I hope to have the photos up soon. Have a look at my etsy shop and see what's new. Just in time for Father's Day and graduations, I've designed cufflinks, pins and pendants featuring my photos from my travels.

an afternoon in goyheon

2010-04-18T03:56:00.001-04:00

on top of the roof

2010-04-18T03:49:00.008-04:00

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A few weeks ago, Russ and I ventured up to the roof to check out the light and angles of our little metropolis. I'll be the first one to admit, upon first sight, I was mortified by the "architecture" in this country, but I must say, such buildings photograph well for their color, light and super-ability and agility of contrast.

april in okpo

2010-04-08T22:09:00.005-04:00

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I am in love with the cherry blossoms that take over the island (and much of the country) this time of year. This has been such a long winter that I am especially grateful for the airy, cotton-candy colored blooms.

10.10.10

2010-01-21T10:05:00.003-05:00

back in Savannah

2009-11-13T16:27:00.005-05:00

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And as another year has passed, I find myself back in my sweet Savannah. I'm so excited to return to this little creative hot spot where my friends, new and old, continue to inspire me as they aspire to higher and higher creative endeavors. Tomorrow, if you happen to be in town, come by and say hi at the Savannah Market Bazaar held downtown by the Robinson Parking Garage from 10AM-3PM. I will be featuring my new work from this year abroad in Korea as well as pieces from my jaunts to Bali, Bangkok and Hong Kong. In addition to framed pieces and cards, I've decided to make my art more wearable in the form of beautiful signed glass pendants. If you can't make it, please feel free to visit me at my etsy shop anytime.

While you're in the neighborhood, do pop around the corner and visit the annual Telfair Art Fair and check out the work 83 artists, including my friends, Lori Corbus and Scott Griffin.

maui girl

2009-10-24T16:39:00.000-04:00

Woman's Day Magazine: featuring "Blue Light"

2009-10-22T14:06:00.002-04:00

I am one happy girl! One of my pieces, "Blue Light" (from my photos of Paris Collection) was featured in last month's online issue of Woman's Day magazine. Thank you Amy and ShopSCADfor helping me have my first real publication.

mild child design

2009-08-16T11:20:00.000-04:00

2009-08-09T12:53:00.002-04:00

new thailand prints for sale

2009-08-09T06:40:00.003-04:00

Sah Wah Dee Kah!

Please visit my Etsy Shop to purchase my new series of beautiful archival photo prints. A percentage of the proceeds will go to support the work of the Duang Prateep Foundation in their helping of Thailand's poor. It was an amazing trip and I hope to go back at the end of September after finishing up here in Korea. We will be working together to create a modern home accessories design line. I'm so excited for this newest challenge and I will be sure to keep you posted! Kab khun kah (thanks).

elephants for thailand's poor

2009-08-09T06:20:00.006-04:00

Having just returned from an amazing service trip to Thailand, I am selling these thai silk elephants to support the Duang Prateep Foundation. As a guide with Lifeworks Inernational, I and 22 others learned a tremendous amount about the Thai culture and were able to help with the foundations various projects. From orphanages, to schools to rehab centers, DPF has been a support and voice for Thailand's poor. I'm looking forward to working with them in the near future to create a design line that will assist them in their goal of sustainable development. With the global recession, it's understandable that giving in many areas has declined. Please lend your support by visiting these sites and going to my Etsy Shop for these elephants and Thai photos. Half of the proceeds from the sale of these elephants will go directly to the foundation. Many thanks and kab khun ka!

okpo foreign church banner designs

2009-06-06T01:14:00.002-04:00

a gift for my friends' anniversary

2009-06-02T06:13:00.000-04:00

jewelry pouches on my etsy site

2009-06-02T05:59:00.004-04:00

I love these colorful drawstring pouches. I use them for my jewelry and they make my presentation even more beautiful. I've been searching for something more unique than the organza bags (which are cute) and a little more substantial.

These small pouches make great gifts even greater. They also are lovely on their own. Please specify how many you want and whether you want the cotton, silk-sari, velvet or silk. The prices do vary so please specify when ordering. Thanks!

For right now, I am selling these as five minimum (per style) and they come in a variety of colors.
Have a look at www.anissadesigns.etsy.com

a room to call home

2009-05-16T08:25:00.002-04:00

Fuschia, red and orange; quite the bright palette seen more in my photos than in my normal home decor. Roses that were dripping wet, heavy under the rain, I picked today. It is still gray and raining outside, but here, it is warm and cozy. In order to create art, one must have a space or, as Virginia Woolf wrote, "A Room of One's Own". I have that now here in Korea. In addition to the fuschia roses are the tawny coral ones given to me yesterday for Teacher's Day in Korea. Most of the objets d'art in the room are street findings with a little TLC and a fresh coat of paint. Several of the pictures are from my recent trip to Hong Kong placed in frames found dumpster diving. The comfy bamboo chair, the dresser, the baskets even some of the decor are courtesy of the great outdoors. One might call it a neighborhood collaboration.

works of illustrations for postcards

2009-04-25T08:33:00.005-04:00

korean postcards

2009-04-07T07:41:00.010-04:00

korean postcards in the works

2009-02-26T20:54:00.004-05:00

italian cafe

2009-02-15T06:54:00.001-05:00

valentine

2009-02-13T23:14:00.003-05:00

on the cold stone

2009-02-13T03:51:00.002-05:00

The sky, achingly blue, sits heavy
on the grass in its own green sharpness.
Stillness.

A heart is throbbing on a cold stone.
The eagle's eye spies it from miles above
and my mind's eye hears the hiss of
talons unsheathed.

Legs run, wings flap,
a race for the heart.
Feathers rippling,
white dress ripping,
wind whistling
in protest
against
the two bodies pressing
through the space
called air.

Crash!
Into whiteness.
The heart trembles on its gray slab.

Feathers explode with filmy gossamer
rolling in dust, the two bodies choking
in the struggle
reaching, clawing, beast and bird.

For what is man, but a beast
without her heart?
Do not think for a moment
it is the mind
that separates the two.

mushaboom: rainy day drawing

2009-02-13T03:30:00.003-05:00

words

2009-02-01T07:26:00.001-05:00

Knife in, knife out,
deftly stab between the ribs;
slide past the muscle
with your jabs.

The sharpness
in the edge
of your voice
bleeds me.

Quickly!
I roll over
unsheath the pink
of my tongue,
licking lips
against the whetstone
of my teeth.

Neither one of us has brought shields.
And there is much damage.

Honey tongue
proves a late surgeon.

2009-01-10T11:05:00.004-05:00

ghost in my heart

2009-01-10T05:35:00.000-05:00

A maze dark and winding,
Fingers feeling jet black green cold that is wet and alive.
Sprigs stab me in the back as I lean against the living wall.

Who am I hunting and what is chasing me?
It is the same dream with different lips.
Gently parted, soft is your breath and I wake to find frost clinging on my eyelashes.

The faster I run, the slower I go,
The lighter my heart, the heavier my steps.
Where are you my love?
Is there more pleasure in the torture of not knowing?
Is the pain as sweet as the longing?

A blindfold covers my heart and I swing in circles
With the concentration of resolution that I will strike and your heart will open
Like paper mache.

A maze, a wall, a blindfold and you always there
On the other side.
A maze, a wall, a blindfold and you never there
Though I cried

For you.

2008-12-21T05:34:00.007-05:00

outside my window

2008-12-21T05:27:00.002-05:00

Riveted, my eyes, to the red swing,
pumping, pulling, pushing
By cold fingers imagined
but the movement real.

The palette of neon green chartreuse
challenges the vicious blue of the sky.
My altogether put together student would say God clashes,
no sense of style, but she wouldn’t say it aloud.
The thought was written all over her
coordinating jumpsuit.

Cave etchings scribbled on the sides of white scrapers.
I am not speaking truthfully.
A civilized people painted these black lines and circles,
but I do not understand and so
dismiss their meanings as archaic.
Safe in my ignorance?

Beyond the emaciated once leafy arbor
a pleather couch soaks up some rays.
Can a piece of furniture really smile?
The orange cushions, like maybelline lips,
smirk at me from several hundred feet within reach
of the glass and there is my answer.

Creeping up to the sunbather I see a cat,
equally as orange sniffing the big lips
curling its tail lightly around the chin waiting for a kiss.
The cat looks up, squints at the sun
and with a dismissive sniff retreats
to where I can no longer see him.

for you.

2008-12-21T02:44:00.003-05:00

Little green light gone red,
I know you have gone to bed.
On the other side I am still awake
wondering which direction to take.

Near or far makes no difference,
I am who you are lying in the bed
with you right beside me in theory.
Yet you are what you are,
where you are
a world away.

A moon, a star and a light year,
you turn like the earth under the covers.
I watch you breathing in my dreams
more real than this moment now and
here you are in front of me.

Did you think we would meet?
Too real, too soon, too much to be true.
When the needle pierces the fabric it circles
only to return to the hole it has left.

surging
ocean
wave
breath
still
tide
plane
ticket
window seat
frost on the glass
sweat of your palms
kiss of my lips
touch of your cheek
a night and a day
taxi
hailed
luggage
passport
flight
return
memory
linger
red light
green light
hana
tul
set
wake up
before the other side
of the world catches on.

the contest

2008-12-09T02:06:00.005-05:00

Peanut candy and fiber drinks,
plastic plates and mandarins,
feet dangling, open stares,
introductions, nervous faces,
polite bows stumble over names.

I retreat to a class like
the waiting room, the doctor's office.
English exam.
In the web, spider waiting
for her juicy flies,
such cute little flies.

Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Where do you live? I don't know.
How old are you? I don't understand.
I cannot eat these flies.
They are too beautiful.
I let them go, one by smiling one.
It's alright, the butterfly is still alive.

seven minutes

2008-12-08T00:07:00.005-05:00

A butterfly, dead, sits in my grey mitten hoping for revival, a second metamorphis? Words, vowels, paper shredding, tapping of feet on the wood floor and I cannot understand, any of it. Tiredness brings on a wave of existentialism.

Mind floats to warm grass and the park in another city, another country. Will I return? Is there home? Hope Of My Existance- my definition. The desk is next to the ticking time bomb that measures each class. It will ring, I will get up and I will teach something about conjunctions, perhaps a verb, and if they're lucky, an interjection or two.

The teachers are more restless than the students. They hear the ticking class massive egg timer and they are boiling, some soft, others hard, most scrambled.

My fingers have finally thawed. Several cups of brown rice green tea and spoonfuls of lemon orange peel sugar in hot water find their way to the tips that type.

Three minutes and I look outside. Bruised brown fields that match the contents of my cup. A stillness in the dirt, a settling in the trees and tuxedoed crows watch and take it all in.

I stare at your picture and see butterflies, marmalade, the licking of fingertips, and the makings of an interesting sticky story.

foray into fashion

2008-12-05T05:56:00.005-05:00

Jisepo on a cold day

2008-11-18T05:44:00.004-05:00

Jinju Lantern Festival

2008-10-13T08:27:00.013-04:00

the beauty of Jisepo

2008-10-09T08:34:00.002-04:00

fun in Busan

2008-10-06T06:59:00.004-04:00

stir apparel website ideas

2008-09-12T17:15:00.002-04:00

logo for E412

2008-09-02T11:45:00.001-04:00

my first billboard

2008-08-25T16:49:00.001-04:00

some roughs for "Leading with Charisma"

2008-08-25T14:31:00.002-04:00

creating my office space

2008-07-10T08:36:00.004-04:00

Creating room to work and design in a small space is always a challenge. The other day Melinda and I were cleaning out her studio and we came across my old desk that had been in the family for a good forty years or so. It was great to see it and I realized it would fit perfectly in the small room that was soon to be my office/design studio. Rummaging through the attic, I found two old glass windows that worked well for a table top and the other to display postcards from art openings and shops during my previous summer's stay in Paris. The wall is covered in a collection of old pressed flowers from Alabama that my great grandmother created and I had framed. Along with small illustrations and some of my photography, it has become my inspiration wall.

images from juarez, mexico

2008-07-08T11:09:00.012-04:00

hang tag for STIR, rough 1

2008-06-26T19:41:00.001-04:00

for Kiki

2008-06-18T19:24:00.002-04:00

These two photos are for Kiki. Anouck and Niko say hi and miss you very much. They've asked that you please bring them back a three toed sloth for them to play with. They will name him, "Henry".

biking past your porches...

2008-06-18T19:15:00.007-04:00

These are some photos taken today from "neighbors'" porches. It's June in Savannah where a breeze is a boon and the rockers are rocking. A person can live next door to someone for years and still be a stranger. Put the same two people on porches and pretty soon there's the smell of bbq.

anissa designs promo

2008-06-17T19:52:00.003-04:00

my show this sat. 6/14 at the bean 7-9pm

2008-06-11T09:57:00.002-04:00

club numero 4

2008-06-06T13:15:00.000-04:00

club numero 3

2008-06-05T15:07:00.002-04:00

surefire info sheet (front and back)

2008-05-28T15:07:00.006-04:00

surefire logo three

2008-05-25T15:28:00.015-04:00

r.s.v.p. front and back for allison

2008-05-22T15:46:00.004-04:00

wedding invitation two

2008-05-21T15:42:00.001-04:00

my new favorites

2008-05-19T19:59:00.006-04:00

clothing tag line

2008-05-17T14:44:00.000-04:00

wedding invitation

2008-04-11T17:59:00.001-04:00

superhighway

2008-04-07T21:04:00.001-04:00

superhighway faster than the change of seasons.

surefire logos- second set

2008-04-07T17:00:00.000-04:00

playing with logos

2008-04-03T20:59:00.002-04:00

beginnings of Zephyr Pool Care's new look

2008-04-01T11:17:00.001-04:00

updated personal website

2008-03-26T12:09:00.006-04:00

ideas for church youth group coffee shop

2008-03-18T15:21:00.001-04:00

a logo idea for club jovenes, costa rica

2008-03-17T18:10:00.001-04:00

savannah: st. patrick's day parade

2008-03-17T14:18:00.008-04:00

nubarter spring into summer mailer

2008-03-15T16:08:00.001-04:00

spring mailer

2008-03-15T01:04:00.001-04:00

in my room

2008-03-14T21:35:00.001-04:00

Here sit beautiful blossoms in my new room from the camellia bush out front. The painting is almost finished and I am still working on my nest, as temporary as one might expect a nest to be. For who knows when I will fly away again?

one with yoga postcard

2008-03-07T14:18:00.004-05:00

kobo snag postcard

2008-02-22T15:00:00.001-05:00

business card design

2008-02-21T17:54:00.000-05:00

retro wallpaper/fabric design samples

2008-02-20T18:06:00.002-05:00

one with yoga business cards

2008-02-19T17:11:00.003-05:00

2008-02-05T00:17:00.000-05:00

in a contemplative mood

2008-02-02T15:12:00.000-05:00

These are my feet. They are full of French mud- from the Seine in fact. I was dancing like a banshee at this year's Rock en Seine and the reeking mud got into my hair, my face, my clothes and obviously my feet. When I came dragging home off the metro at mon favorite Gare d'Austerlitz, my roommate, Mauro, stood by the door quite clueless as to what his little friend had been up to. I miss mes amis de Paris. I hope to return soon. Back to the here and now, I just finished dancing up a storm to Justice when I got out of the shower. I had an interesting mid-afternoon of getting locked out of the house during a fantastic run. Though stranded for an hour and a half, it made me quite contemplative and I met some lovely folks at the Victory Feed and Seed. We discussed barn and tom cats, horses, alfalfa and security systems. Thank you Twila and Willy for a lovely afternoon. Thank you Pop-A-Lock and Ricardo, Home Sweet Home. Thank you Delphy for guarding the house and rooting for me to get back in.

little shrines

2008-01-28T14:13:00.000-05:00

I just took these this morning right as my camera died. But what a treasure. I was just talking to Brady about how different you see things when you *look*. Two very different words indeed.

yesterday's photo shoot in savannah

2008-01-28T10:58:00.000-05:00

update on lily

2008-01-25T22:37:00.001-05:00

designs for kobo gallery

2008-01-21T11:06:00.001-05:00

2008-01-19T00:51:00.001-05:00

les images de paris

2008-01-18T22:07:00.000-05:00

the paris sky in july

2008-01-16T16:53:00.000-05:00

playing with a logo theme

2008-01-15T15:13:00.000-05:00

playing with web sites

2008-01-04T23:55:00.000-05:00

venus meets neptune

2008-01-04T18:38:00.000-05:00

otherworldly offerings

2008-01-03T21:20:00.000-05:00

chaise en laisse

2008-01-03T21:14:00.000-05:00

angel of austerlitz

2008-01-03T20:36:00.001-05:00

gigi at christmas

2008-01-01T21:54:00.001-05:00

and so, a toast

2007-12-30T11:28:00.000-05:00

And as the old is going, the new rides in on its tail. A time for reflection and I am not ready. Already missing the cafe days of summer where I could sit and stare while sipping a coffee. Standing still, head turning to my left, then to my right, waiting to see which fork in the road stabs me in the foot and gets my attention to walk forward, never backward. These are my twirling thoughts, my meanderings.

sample parisian magazine ad

2007-12-18T09:54:00.000-05:00

les chaises rouges en solde- ils sont tres chic (another personal photo design)

homepage of three potato four

2007-12-17T21:17:00.000-05:00

another example of fun shopping and designing. I like the simple numerical labels. It reminds me of an advent calendar-tres mignon!

ooh, inspiring indeed

2007-12-17T20:54:00.000-05:00

yummy little store with a lot of right ideas. So much eye candy and so much for for designing in Costa Rica. Ticos- take notes :)

slideshow

2007-12-12T15:26:00.001-05:00