With November on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about holiday parties! (If you haven’t
been already.) Holiday is one of my favourite fashion seasons with its lush textures and
dramatic design. It’s also a fantastic excuse to wear sequins and sparkles. This season, I’m
focused on my feet and can’t wait to shop for new glittery shoes. Here are a couple of my
illustrated picks from Stuart Weitzman and Jimmy Choo. Have a great weekend!

I have just wrapped up an amazing week, taking in the shows at LG Fashion Week with good
friend and owner/buyer for Bicyclette Boutique, Paige Boersma. There’s a lot to look
forward to in Spring 2012. Some of my favourites are the sleek silhouettes, sheer fabrics,
polka dots and more stripes. There is so much colour with bright red, chartreuse, bold blue,
and orange. I can hardly wait to get back to my paints to start channeling all of this new
inspiration! Until then, I will leave you with some fashion week links and a few of my personal
shots from the week. Have a fantastic weekend!

- Great show and backstage videos at BlogTo .
- For trends on and off the runway visit Toronto Life’s Blog .
- Check out She Does The City for fantastic photos and show reviews.
- And don’t forget to visit the official LG Fashion Week Blog .

I am so happy to see colour in stores this fall, and not just red, but amazing citrus colours and
pinks that are usually reserved for Spring and Summer. These colours were the inspiration for
this new piece. This week I’m at LG Fashion Week in Toronto scoping out the Spring 2012 collections.
I’m so excited to see what’s coming next and can’t wait to share some of my favourites. Hope that
you enjoy the new illustration and have a great day!

Flowers are the starting point for many of my illustrations and designs. When I saw these
roses, I fell in love to the bright marigold colour and couldn’t wait to design an invitation
with it. I hope that you like the end result! If you’re interested in these invitations for your
own event, contact me at alex@alexperlin.com.

I hope that you are having a good week back to work and real life after Thanksgiving!
I always find it tough to buckle down and get “serious” after a holiday, but yesterday a
good friend gave me a great tip that’s had me hard at work all day and night. She suggested
working with glitter and now I’m glittering absolutely everything! While I was never big on
glitter as a kid, I am an avid admirer of Martha Stewart and she is, as you may know, the
Queen of glitter. There are many more paintings to come!

So what do you think, do you love glitter as much as I do? Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

I hope that you had a fantastic long weekend. My weekend was pretty great because my brother
Michael got married. I love my new sister-in-law and they had a really gorgeous wedding. I can’t
wait to show you of the paper details that I created for their big day. But first, here is some
wedding work that I created for another set of fabulous clients.

Morgan and Derek approached me looking for a unique invitation that combined traditional
elements in a modern suite. Along with the Directions card and RSVP, the couple had chosen
a lovely quotation to include on the invitation. To accommodate this, I created a custom
invitation design that had a separate space for the quotation and also served as a container
for the additional pieces. Details from the script of the monogram were used to create unity
throughout the suite.

Because Morgan decided to take Derek’s name, I created two monograms for the couple, one
with both of their surnames that was used before the ceremony and another based on the
same design that was used at the reception and for their Thank You cards.

Here’s a look at a watercolour and digital painting that I did for the 2011 Agenda. Because
you have sent such positive feedback on posts that include process work, I’m trying something
new this week! “This to That” is designed to show you my starting inspiration and finished
piece side-by-side. Some of you might recognize “This to That”, which is based off of one of my
favourite blog topics over at Oh Joy! Can’t wait to hear what you think!

My friend Ashley recently threw a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for her daughter’s second birthday.
I was thrilled when she asked me to create some invitations to fit the theme. Take a look to
see some of the process work and the finished invitations.

Inspiration for the Invitation: 1 Original illustrations by John Tenniel. The line work in his
drawings inspired the pencil sketch style that was used for Lucy’s invitations. 2 Arthur
Rackman’s muted palette and darker depiction of Alice. 3 The colour palette for the
invitation. 4 Floral patterns like the designs on these teacups, were incorporated onto
the teapot, dress and number two.

I love the play on scale in Alice in Wonderland, so the invitation is teeny-tiny. The
card itself is just 3 x 5 inches. The process of opening the card was designed to be fun
and was accomplished by creating three separate illustrated pages that open to reveal
the invitation itself.

5 The first page leads you down the rabbit hole, with the caption “Don’t be late for this
very important date.” 6The second page shows the tea party and says “Today’s the
Day that Lu turns two”. 7 The final inside page reveals the content and details about the party.

I am very excited to announce that my artwork is now on display at Dwell Boutique in Kingston.
Dwell recently underwent a major renovation when the store was flooded just after Christmas.
The newly renovated space is really beautiful with great wooden shelving units and an open concept.
I was really thrilled to have my art included in its debut. Here are some of the pieces that are
included in the show.

The work will be up until the end of the month. Dwell Boutique is located at 207 Wellington Street
in downtown Kingston.

If you were watching the Golden Globes this weekend then you have already seen all of the
gorgeous gowns worn by this years’ attendees. I was so inspired by the fashions at the event,
that I decided to recreate my favourite look as a watercolour illustration. I don’t think that
its any secret that I love pink, and Claire Danes’ gorgeous blush pink dress
by Francisco Costa at Calvin Klein was my top pick. The dress draped so beautifully and I
knew it would be really fun to paint. Working with these pretty pinks has made me very excited
for Spring’s new Honeysuckle hues. Hope you enjoy and have a great day!