Happy December! It’s officially time to crack out your advent calendars and to start the countdown
to Christmas! December is also a great time to start thinking about calendars of other sorts….
like the guilt-free, non-edible sort. So, today seemed like the perfect day to showcase my 2012
Wall Calendar!

The calendar is one of my favourite annual projects. Working on it gives me a chance to look back at
the year’s work; to extract, improve on and develop new work. Many of the pieces in this year’s calendar
are new. Some of the most fun were the Love, Cat Lady and Heartbreaker illustrations that gave me
a chance to get back to the basics and drawing with pencils.

Hope you like the end result! If you’re interested in ordering a 2012 wall calendar, come and visit my Etsy Shop.

This week, we had our first snowfall across Ontario and it really put me in the mood for the holidays. I don’t think I’ve experienced a white Christmas in years, but still, nothing feels more festive than the first snowfall. The snow is gone now, but my holiday spirit is not… It’s Black Friday after all. So, without further delay, I would like to introduce 4 new holiday cards that I created as part of the 2011 Holiday Collection.

This year’s additions are designed around some of my favourite holiday themes: cardinals and winter clothes; glittering holiday parties; kissing under mistletoe and skating under the stars (with reindeer watching, of course.) I hope you like these new additions!

The cards are available at select retailers and through my updated Etsy shop.

Have a fantastic weekend! And to my U.S. readers, Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that you had a great weekend! I spent the weekend hard at work, putting the final touches
on new holiday cards and calendar illustrations for 2012. I’m really excited about the new
illustrations and couldn’t resist showing a sneak peek! Stay tuned for the finished pieces!

Happy Halloween! Whether you celebrated this weekend or tonight, I hope that you’ve had a great time!

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’m very excited to announce that my work is being shown at one of my favourite
restaurants, Sima Sushi in downtown Kingston. The show will be up until January and
features some of my most recent work, including the “Summer’s End” painting shown
above. Sima is located between at 66 Princess St., between Wellington and King. The
food is fantastic and well worth a visit. Have a great day!

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!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you have all enjoyed a fantastic long weekend. Mine
was packed, but today I spent the day experimenting with my new watercolour set. I love
it! So, in the spirit of the holiday, here’s an illustration of one of my favourite Thanksgiving
treats. Hope that you ate lots of pie and that your weekend has been great!