Coming Together for the Elkhorn Ranch

Elkhorn Ranch, Tucson shirt design by Sarah Presson and Annie Taylor for Eye Like Design

Elkhorn Ranch 2015 shirt design.

I always think about the Elkhorn Ranch in Tucson  this time of year.  Growing up it was a family tradition to spend our Thanksgivings there and connect with relatives and dear friends.  It continues to be a place to be with family, as my sister and her husband Charley Miller own and operate the Elkhorn.

The above art work started a year ago, when Mary gave me a collection of brands that the ranch has been gathering for a few generations.  Families that have become part of the Elkhorn Ranch community are encouraged to create a brand of their own. Last year I re-drew the brands and  Jenna Foster, a talented artist and designer in Austin cleverly put all the brands (over a hundred I would say) into a repeat pattern for new table runners (printed by Spoon Flower).  My mom,  Nancy Taylor cut and hemmed them for new table runners just in time for last year’s holiday feast!  Fast forward 12 months and this time Sarah Presson of Eye Like Design selected a few brands to make this cheerful new t-shirt design that will be hitting the Elkhorn Shop shelves by Christmas!

Just another example of how fun and dynamic it is to collaborate with others.

 

TABLE TOP POP

PLACEMATS

&
CLOTH NAPKINS
PLACEMATS
Paintings on Paper
Laminated ~ heavy gauge
Reversible & Coordinated & Durable
17 inches wide x 11.5 inches high
~care~ 
wipe or spray clean with cloth
NAPKINS
Pieced Cotton & Linen
Reversible & Coordinated & Durable
Beautifully sewn
Fun to Fold
18 inches square
~care~
wash cold, hang dry, iron
~sold in coordinated placemat & napkin sets~
~sets within each series are harmonious~
~one set available unless otherwise noted or marked sold~
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CITRUS SERIES
* 1 *
orange fairy portrait 
orange fairy & flowers
set of four
$140
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CITRUS SERIES
* 2 *
 orange flower stripe
orange slice
set of four
$180

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CITRUS SERIES
* 3 *
 orange flower stripe
orange burst
set of four
$180
SOLD
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PROVENCAL HIGHWAY
* 4 *
provencal highway blue
provencal highway white
set of eight
$360
SOLD

                                      

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FANION
* 5 *
fanion blue
fanion red
set of six
$225
SOLD

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ALOHA
* 6 *
aloha & orange flower
aloha & pink flower
set of four
$220
special napkin set!
hawaiian cowboy bandanna dinner napkins
tropical dream lunch napkins                                      

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WINTERGREEN SPRING
* 7 *
petals & pink circles
petals & flowers
set of eight
$240
available at Farmhouse Delivery
512-529-8569

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WINTERGREEN SPRING
* 8 *
heart flowers
petals & flowers
set of eight
$360

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WINTERGREEN SPRING
* 9 *
petals & pink circles
petals & flowers
set of eight
$360

HOLIDAY HEARTS
* 10 *
hearts & leaves
small petals
set of eight
$360
available at Farmhouse Delivery
512-529-8569

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HOLIDAY HEARTS
* 11 *
heart flowers
small petals
set of eight
$360
SOLD

 
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HOLIDAY HEARTS
* 12 *
heart & leaves
hearts & flowers
set of eight
$320

OXBLOOD VALENTINE
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* 13 *
green & pink stars
oxblood petals
set of six
$270

OXBLOOD VALENTINE
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* 14 *
oxblood petals
heart flowers
set of six
$270
OXBLOOD VALENTINE
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* 15 *
green & pink stars
heart flowers
set of eight
$280

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!!  POP  !!
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~CONTACT~
 Annie Taylor
512-619-6146
Available for viewing by appointment
~stay tuned for pop up shop events~
~Additional images available upon request~
~Please refer to sets by series name & number~
~ credit cards always accepted ~

photographed by erin Matwey & Annie Taylor
on location at
Dai Due Butcher Shop & Supper Club
Ausitn, Texas


HOLIDAY 2014 PAPER PRODUCTS




Annie’s OMNIUM
Holiday Collection
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credit cards accepted
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annie taylor
512-619-6146

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WELCOME TO MY 
~WORKS ON PAPER~

TUCKED IN TEXAS
Print
Matted in white, not shown here
16 inches wide x 20 inches high
PAINTED BUNTING
$30.00
QUAIL
$30.00
$50 for the pair
please specify bird
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TAG SALE! 
PEACOCKS AT MAYFIELD PARK
bundles of twelve
 six oval & six tag
2″
$9.00
limited quantity
HOLLY STAR SUN HEART
bundles of six
black & white or hand colored
3.25 inches long x 1.25 inches wide
$3.00
please specify motif
please specify black & white or color

HOLIDAY JOY
bundles of eight
four oval & four tag
2 inches
$8.00
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ONE TWO SOME ART FOR YOU!
Two flat card prints per pack with envelope
5 inches x 7 inches
$7.00 each
$65.00 for set of ten, assorted
A.  winter neon & puppets

B.  dutch bird & danish stripes

C.  girl in green dress & snow baby

D.  in the park & bird ring

E.  diamond pink & girl in green dress
~different combinations available upon request~
please specify by letter or title
 at time of order
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PUT YOUR NAPKINS IN YOUR LAP!
Poster of nursery school meal time blessing
12 inches wide x 18 inches high
$12.00
 free with purchase of placemat and napkin sets
see TABLE TOP POP posting
*lyrics available upon request, pardon the poor photograph here*
hair can be hand colored to your specifications!

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DAI DUE NOTES
Artwork for the first season of Dai Due Butcher Shop & Supper Club
bundles of five, one of each image with envelopes
blank inside
4″ x 6″
$12.00
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TURKEY HEARTS & WHIPPED CREAM
~an autumn adventure~ 
by Honey Minshew with drawings by Annie Taylor
32 page full color illustrated children’s book
a moral tale about  Halloween & Thanksgiving…
a real hit with the toddler set!!
paperback, self published via Blurb (thus the steep price)
$28.00
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stay tuned for the next entry
TABLE TOP POP UP SHOP
placemats and cloth napkins

Come Visit Annie’s Omnium at E.A.S.T.!

I KNEW I WOULD FIND YOU AT ANNIE’S OMNIUM!
#74 on the Map 
E.A.S.T.
736 Cherico
Austin, TX  78702
November 22-23
2014
11:00am-6:00pm
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or by appointment during the week
annietaylor1@mac.com
512-619-6146
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or…if you are interested in purchasing any of the above items
and would like to see bigger and better photos of anything I am happy to do so…
I can also send you a inventory-price sheet of my current products.
Happy to ship.
All forms of credit cards are accepted.
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This fall I began sharing a studio with Eyelike Design~ Sarah Presson & Kirby Doss’s design studio.  It has been a real treat being in this dynamic environment.  This past weekend 736 Cherico in East Austin came alive with a group of ten artists coming together to present their work for E.A.S.T. (East Austin Studio Tour) .  It was a great opportunity for me to set up shop and share my work.

I started to think of it as The Table Top Pop Up Shop, for I am primarily featuring paintings on paper from the Annie Taylor archives in the form of placemats sold as a set with beautiful coordinating cloth napkins.
Some of you have seen these designs before but in the spirit of collaboration
I decided to work with a very close kindred spirit & special friend 😉 and pair the placemats with cloth napkins!  The napkins are amazing and we began to think of them as magical origami~ for any way you fold them they are a bit different and quite delightful… playing on color & pattern in the most wonderful of ways.
Finally getting out of my tiny home and joining other creative souls has been very healthy and inspiring.  An on-going and project dear to my heart has been seeing the branding that I created for Jesse Griffiths and Tamara Mayfield’s supper club, catering business, and farmers’ market stand blossom into a beautiful restaurant and fine butcher shop on Manor Road this fall.
Little Mule Studio lead the charge using the existing logo for the restaurant.  A cast of characters (fauna  & flora) has been created to be used for various packaging and signage, etc. for the restaurant.  From those characters summer and fall placemats (black and white for kids to color, and a laminated color version for messy eaters (babies) was created.  
For the holidays a series of five images were made (collaborated with Sarah Presson) into notecards.  These are for sale at Dai Due and Annie’s Omnium at E.A.S.T.  There are five different designs per pack, $20.00.
We are fortunate to live amongst such a creative group of friends who all seem to be hitting their stride. I mentioned Jesse and Tamara, Sarah and Kirby, and from there the list goes on!  When I arrived at Eye Like Design Studio Farm House Delivery was also officing there.  Every Tuesday a bushel would be photographed for their weekly email.  This and all of our other farmer, chef, gardener, foodie friends have inspired a series of collages.  The other hat I wear is my partnership with JBird & Company, a landscape design & build firm.  Jason is passionate about citrus trees and is spreading them all around Austin.
Speaking of collage… crisp snap shirts!  I was thinking that I have lived in Texas for 15+ years and never really created honoring this interesting place.   I call it Tucked In Texas~ a western shirt with Hill Country birds and wildflowers coming out of the pocket.  I am selling these prints for $30 each.  They are a pair but do not need to be sold as such.  The right has the painted bunting and the left has the quail.
On the table top are more placemats and some gift tags titled ‘I see Peacocks at Mayfield Park’, my little Theodore’s opening line to everyone he meets.
Tag Sale!
Punch & Color & Tie-up with string…
tags for packages, place cards, ornaments, cookie tins, or jam jars…
$3 – $12
all a little bit different and quite fun.
Our family sings this sweet blessing at meal time~ first sung at Oliver’s nursery school.  I thought it would be fun to make a little poster of it.  My husband Jason turned 40 last week and I dedicate this to him, my little boys, and all of our sweet toddler friends in our lives right now.  This poster is free with a purchase of a placemat &napkin set.  I can hand color in the hair to suit your friends or family!
Jason has been working hard for E.A.S.T. as well and my next blog entry will be featuring his stone work.  Here are some delightful bamboo cups that he made~ perfect for sake, tea, water, flowers, pencils… They are $12 each and all quite unique.  Some of them are carved with jasmine flowers and stripes and waves.  They are sanded and oiled and feel really good in your hand.  They are displayed here with my citrus series of placemats with some really cheerful napkins in a symphony of pink, green, and yellow.
One, Two, some Art for You~ these are flat cards, two designs per package…
a fun way to share my art.
$7.00 a set~
Towards the back of the table one can see some bean cans covered in green wrapping paper.  I have been having fun getting some of my images into repeat pattern via Spoonflower.  I thought it would be fun to cover some big cans for paperwhites, gifts, or cookies!  Week II at E.A.S.T. one might find a further exploration of paper covered bean cans.  The green holiday placemat & napkin series is really wonderful!  I think it would be awesome if someone went home with all 24 (selling them as 3 groups of 8)… what a marvelous table it would make for a big holiday party.  The green is so cheerful you could really use is all year ’round.
So many bean cans bursting with paperwhites!  What a heavenly scent and fresh white blossoms.  What is an Annie’s Omnium holiday art sale without silver cans full of paperwhites?!  
I KNEW I WOULD FIND YOU AT ANNIE’S OMNIUM!
#74 on the Map 
E.A.S.T.
736 Cherico
Austin, TX  78702
November 22-23
2014
11:00am-6:00pm
~
or by appointment during the week
annietaylor1@mac.com
~~
or…if you are interested in purchasing any of the above items
and would like to see bigger and better photos of anything I am happy to do so…
I can also send you a inventory-price sheet of my current products.
Happy to ship.
All forms of credit cards are accepted.
~~
~tomorrow’s post sneak peak~
Best wishes~
Annie Taylor

Oil Cloth

While apprenticing at the FABRIC WORKSHOP in Philadelphia I created this repeat pattern in response to an oil spill that happened at the time (1991). Since then, it has been in my flat files. It just seems that this design needs to come to life (SEA LIFE SEE LIFE SEA LIFE) in some form or fashion to help bring attention to this dreadful disaster (OIL & WATER DO NOT MIX). The proceeds would go to a good cause, after covering design and reproduction costs.
So, my first thought was, take the design to Whole Foods, sell them the pattern to stamp on their tyvek shopping bags with a slogan of some sort, ‘WHOLE FOODS IS MAKING WAVES’. Get the design & message nationally circulated, on the streets NOW! This is obviously not the only way to MAKE A SPLASH. I do feel a sense of urgency to get something out there. I know I need to be thinking outside of the box and try to be big & bold with whatever I do.
I am just putting this out there. Any level of input or collaboration would be so valued. Maybe you feel like I do, the intense calling to contribute in some form or fashion to this catastrophe?