Bonne Annee

When the clock strikes midnight, I'll be wishing you all "Bonne Annee!" from a boat on the Seine.
A short trip to Paris to ring in 2012 will hopefully inspire many a painting in the coming year! I'm already looking forward to sharing some French moments here on the blog.
Until then...
Happy Holidays and many thanks for a prosperous 2011!

Rebecca

Let's Celebrate!

If you are at all like me, it is just setting in, that Christmas is very near, the shopping is not done, AND even more importantly, you haven't had all the holiday FUN you had hoped for.


Do not despair, just come to The Beauty Shop Christmas Party this Thursday evening from 6:00-9:00, and share a cup of cheer. I have a sparkly new product, "Print Tapestries" to softly unveil to your discerning eyes. I will have the Enchanted Forest Puzzle from Anthropologie out for the putting-together, under the twinkly gallery lights. We will have hot cider and high life. That's right.
This is my version of a company party, and since it's just me, daily, I need all of you to stop by and let me tell you "Thank You" to your face, for making my company a roaring success, for your contributions, and the many blessings you have given me. Seriously. It's been an amazing year! Can we please celebrate!?!

Rebecca Rebouché Studio
Christmas Party (or whatever holiday you celebrate)
Thursday, December 22, 6:00 - 9:00pm
"The Beauty Shop"
3828 Dryades St.
New Orleans, LA

hot cider, high life, puzzles, print tapestries, tiny paintings, swinging christmas ipod, festive attire (or as you wish), and my eternal gratitude for your support and faith - bestowed in the form of hugs and kisses under the mistletoe!

Avant Garden 2011

I'm happy to announce that I will once again be participating
in the hippest art yard sale in the city, over on Esplanade Ave in Mid-City.

Avant Garden
Saturday, December 17, 2011
11am - 6pm
2275 Bayou Rd at the Joan Mitchell Center

followed by:
Pecha Kucha
a form of speed lecture by creative thinkers
7pm - 9pm, same location

Last year I offered a kitchen sink of handmade goods:
paintings, drawings, stationery, bags, scarves, etc.

I was also interviewed and featured in a video made by New Orleans Style, about the event

Avant Garden from New Orleans Style on Vimeo.

This year I'll be offering small paintings, intricate stitched pieces, unframed drawings from the studio archive, prints from Art for Breakfast and The Year of Believing, and NEW! Print Tapestries. I might even bring Mr. Tumnus!

Hope to see you out there!
x
Rebecca

The world breaks everyone

"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."

- Hemingway

Enchanted Forest

For those with a blank 9' x 12' wall to cover, the Enchanted Forest Mural I painted for Anthropologie is perfectly wonder-ful.
I'm really so in love with this painting. And it still amazes me that you can get a mural in the form of wallpaper, for only $300.

Also, I just ordered an extra twin quilt from my Oh To Dream Bedding Collection, which went on sale already, and just for today is an additional 30% off! (only twin sizes left, the rest is sold out) Discount appears once you put it in your cart. For anyone who wanted this for a child's room, it's now quite affordable for just $83. Mine will go in the closet for "someday". :)

I hope everyone is loving my creative collaborations with Anthropologie.
For me it has been a real treat to be able to offer my work to so many more people, at such affordable prices, and in the form of useful products. What an amazing experience! To hear my mom and aunts and cousins say they have ordered my products is so humbly satisfying. And to everyone who has written with kind words, your emails are so rewarding. Thanks for all your support.

That's you.

Natalie Chanin - Fashion Designer from Alabama Chanin on Vimeo.

"Take one stick, and break it. That's you.
Take a bunch of sticks together and try to break them. That's your family."

Love that.

Le weekend...

This weekend is a little dream come true for me, packed with shows and festivities.
FRIDAY I will be at "The Beauty Shop", adding some holiday decor and new original paintings. I'm looking forward to making a wish-wreath like this one. Stop by the shop and add your wish to the wreath sometime this month. I really believe in this. Say what you want, and it will come to you. Just like this shop did for me. It's like a grown-up version of sitting on Santa's knee.

As an added bonus, when you come into "The Beauty Shop",
you can meet the new Shop Bunny, Mr. Tumnus. :)

FRIDAY EVENING I will be showing my Fall Dress and 30 ft. Self-Discovery Braid in a Fashion Show at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, alongside my Southern/Fashion/Sustainability/Design/Sewing/Handmade HERO Natalie Chanin of Alabama Chanin, along with a handful of talented local gals who are adept at the art of the handmade. Courtney Bradberry from Paris Parker, is doing the hair for my models. It's going to be ethereal.

SATURDAY from 2:00-7:00 I will be showing original works of art (new small giftable paintings!) at a Trunk Show on Esplanade Ave with a group of women who I used to only dream of knowing. To stand in their inner circle is an amazing feeling that I am so grateful to know. Come by for refreshments and very relaxed holiday shopping in one of the most beautiful homes in New Orleans.

I am done with my graceless heart

Haute and Handmade

I'm very honored to be showing a few of my 3 dimensional pieces at this fashion show next Friday at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Even more flattered to be in such good company.

You are Special

I was not lying about these gift cards being handmade and unique. I'm having so much fun making each order special and pretty. Thanks to everyone who has chosen to purchase a Rebecca Rebouche Studio gift card this holiday. I feel like Santa's helper. :)
Special rate on the $250 card lasts til midnight tonight. Click here to purchase. Or email me about larger amounts. Oh, happiness.