Skip to main content

A Fresh Coat of Paint

I'm waist deep in spring cleaning here at Angieville and just wanted to take a moment and give a shout out to my sweetheart of a brother-in-law for the new banner, which he hand painted in a fit of spontaneous awesomeness. Clearly, he's a kindred spirit. We love a good story. Yes, we do.

Labels:

Comments

  1. Ana5:10 AM

    Holy .....guacamole.

    I LOVE the new layout. Very pretty! : D

    ReplyDelete
  2. Diana Peterfreund7:11 AM

    Ooh, so pretty!

    Hey. Where's Poe? ;-)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous7:48 AM

    Looks great! Terrific banner.

    Laura J

    ReplyDelete
  4. Janssen7:56 AM

    Wow, that is GORGEOUS. Well done to your brother-in-law!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Charlotte8:52 AM

    Cool!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Christine9:51 AM

    Oh, wow!!! Your sweetheart of a brother-in-law is incredibly talented. That is one beautiful painting... he captured the essence of the stories you love perfectly. I'll be visiting more often just so I can admire it. :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous10:27 AM

    That is beautiful! Gosh, I can't stop staring at it!

    ReplyDelete
  8. azteclady10:57 AM

    Look how pretty it is!

    That is talent--serious kudos to the artist.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Cam11:33 AM

    love it!! =)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Brie1:47 PM

    The banner is gorgeous, and the site looks great!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Chelle2:18 PM

    That banner is magnificent! (And I love the new pic of you, too.) Now I need to go out and find me a talented brother-in-law. :)

    ReplyDelete
  12. Elisa3:16 PM

    Love it love it. He is talented isn't he.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Li3:50 PM

    That is an incredibly clever (and pretty!) banner. Very very nice.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Thea6:02 PM

    What everyone else said! Beautiful new look :) Me likey.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Trisha6:46 PM

    Wow, that is awesome!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Angiegirl8:15 PM

    Thanks guys! He totally took me by surprise with it, too. Better than anything I was envisioning, that's for sure.

    Diana, sigh. Poe is the only thing it lacks.

    Christine, he did, didn't he? Must go bake him some cookies.

    Chelle, DH convinced me to change the pic on the grounds that the old one was "a bit on the creepy side." I believe those were his words. Glad you like the new, less-creepy version of me. ;)

    ReplyDelete
  17. Chelle8:20 PM

    Oh, I liked the old one just fine. It was quite artsy and dramatic, not at all creepy. I can tell you one thing: If I took pictures nearly as well as you do, I'd actually have one on my own blog.(And that? So not gonna happen.)

    ReplyDelete
  18. Janicu9:34 PM

    That is fantastic.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Michelle2:40 PM

    Love your new look! You have some talented folks in your family!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Allison4:00 PM

    Wow. Just wow. Love it!

    ReplyDelete
  21. Kath12:07 AM

    I like the new layout, your header is so creative & pretty!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Jenny Girl5:06 PM

    Beautiful job! Just beautiful :)

    ReplyDelete
  23. Kimberly Swan12:33 AM

    What a lovely job he did Angie! Fabulous new look too. :)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

You Might Also Like

Angie's 2026 Must Be Mine

As ever, begin as you mean to go on. And so here are my most anticipated titles of 2026: And no covers on these yet, but I'm just as excited for each one: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 9 by Beth Brower Finest Kind of Fate by J.J. Mulder My Kind of Guy by Sarina Bowen Ravenous by Kresley Cole Mastermind by Sarah MacLean Game of Rogues by Julie Anne Long Grim Tidings by B.K. Borison Villain Edit by Rosie Danan What titles are on your list?
2 comments
Read more

Retro Friday Review: Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell

Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted here at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out-of-print, etc. Everyone is welcome to join in at any time! So this is a book I've spent a lot of time talking about. Chances are, if you've hung around these parts, you've heard me push it. But I actually read it for the first time way back in the olden days before the blog was, well, what it is now. I read it shortly after it was first published, back in 2007, when I was writing monthly posts, mere collections of mini-reviews. So Song of the Sparrow  got shortchanged. I decided to address that situation today. The fun thing is lots of friends have read (and reviewed) it since, and so I was able to trip through their lovely thoughts and remember my own. When I heard about a retelling of Tennyson's " Lady of Shalott ," I was so in. I mean, I'...
16 comments
Read more

River Marked Cover Art

I've seen this pop up hither and yon for awhile and been waiting for the official word to go up over at Hurog.com . It just did and I'm excited to post the cover of the sixth Mercy Thompson novel-- River Marked . We knew this one was going to delve a little deeper into Mercy's past, particularly the walker heritage and abilities she inherited from her father. And my little Mercy-loving heart does its little dance of joy at the thought. The cover reflects the Native American ancestry, for sure, and I'm noticing lots of feathers in her tattoos as well. Interesting. Personally I like that cover artist Dan Dos Santos subtly changes her tattoos with each cover to match the tones and themes of the individual books themselves. So what do you think? And if you haven't read this article over at Tor, in which Dos Santos and the real-life Mercy cover model Jaime talk about the creation process, I highly recommend you do. I had no idea there was an actual cover model and th...
15 comments
Read more