"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here Being an artist is painful.."

If you’re obsessed with lifestyle, food and fashion blogs, fantastic images, smart ideas and great design inside and outside — all wrapped up with a social media bow — Altitude Design Summit is the place to be. Because we feed those obsessions.  

We’ve created a place where design and lifestyle bloggers in all their forms— foodies, photographers, travelers, fashionistas, interior designers, product placers, adventurers — come together, share ideas and connect with marketers. There will be discussions on how to grow your site, how to fund your site, how to keep your site above the fray. You’ll find panels on blogging etiquette and blogging ethics. People will share good advice for creative entrepreneurs.

I admit that the main reason for attending Alt Summit in 2013 is going to be meet fun peeps. I agree with Gala Darling’s advice about splitting the conference into few sessions : for beginners, for intermediate, for advanced. There is a lot of people, who’ve been blogging for ages and many designers understand the concept of good website, so there is no need for them to attend all sessions.

Alt Summit was nice enough to share with us the most discussed presentation from Ben Silberman from Pinterest. I followed Alt Summit’s stream on Twitter and one name would come up constantly and that was Ben’s name. Watch the presentation from ALT Summit, it’s too good to be missed.

It would be awesome if you’d follow me on Pinterest. I collect lot’s of art, design and fitness inspirations. If you’re wondering how to use Pinterest efficiently, I’d encourage you to read the comprehensive guide prepared by my friend Jamie from Modern Tog.

And, before you go — take a look at the story of a woman who travels the world to meet all her Facebook friends.

"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here The week in recap and Pinterest feature.."

With 35,000,000 monthly views, office in Toronto,  TrendHunter.com is the world’s largest, most popular trend community and is fueled by a global network of 89,000 members.

Routinely sourced by the media, Trend Hunter is a source of inspiration for industry professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs and the insatiably curious, has been featured everywhere from MTV, The Economist, and CNN to the personal blog of Kanye West, tweets by Ashton Kutcher and tweets by Paris Hilton.

So what a surprice and honor to have my artwork featured in yesterday’s article! I remember looking at TrendHunter’s website in the past and thinking about those lucky peeps being included in the write-up. And here I am, Polish, obsessively in love with art, illustration, design, html, with my dirty painted fingers, so lucky to be noticed by the crew. So lucky!

I love what Sophia Pelka wrote :

Seemingly organic, the composition of the works appear spontaneous and emotionally charged. Though the majority of Spendowska’s works are inspired from still-life, the fun-loving spirit shines through. With use of bright colors like turquoise, electric orange and hot pink the works have a sassy punch. From fashion depictions to abstracts, the pieces capitalize on sunny gradients. The artist states on her site, “With this stunning amount of emotional freedom to do whatever I wish, with feelings overflowing from joy that I can touch paper and create a face, an eye, a foot, I am what I supposed to be/mean.”

The adorable, bubbly personality of Marta Spendowska happily trickles through her beautiful watercolors.

So, yeah, I’m talking about myself. Why not? I feel like a charming rockstar today! Wouldn’t you?

Sending warm wishes of kindness and enthusiasm.

"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here TrendHunter : Watercolor Illustrations : Feature.."

Today was Lady Gaga action. I think I live in the time of Gaga (btw, my mom’s nickname is Gaga and the most famous band from my home town is GaGa!), so the drawing was needed.

Done. Quite happy, but I want to do one exclusively in watercolor. This one has some gouache and digital. I hope you like it! And yes, my favorite flowers are included.

"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here Lady Gaga Illustration."

Watercolor Food — Fruits by Marta Spendowska

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I thought I switch the topic to one that is really close to my heart—nutrition and tell you how to fast safely. Some of you known me as an avid, very passionate vegan or maybe 100% raw vegan. Some of you know me from my times of hanstanding and kale. During 2009 I uploaded so many videos related to raw vegan that I lost track of them. Many needed to be deleted, many should be deleted today, but they’ve become part of my history.

That’s just a quick background for those of you who know me just as an illustrator and designer.

My dream is to illustrate my favorite raw vegan recipes someday. Maybe this month, maybe next. Would you like that?

Today is my fourth day od fast. I’m lucky to have a very open minded husband, who actually has PhD in clinical nutrition.
We used to follow the work of David Wolfe religiously and — since it was r e l i g i o u s l y— you know it wasn’t smart enough. Even though many people try to smear David Wolfe with bad associations, I wouldn’t be where I am without meeting him, crying in his arms (yep!), going through Sweat Lodges and 8 day water fasts. I wouldn’t do anything differently today, I’m glad I had those experiences. At some point my husband and I “left” the very dogmatic raw vegan movement that was exclusive and simply not healthy. Living on greens is not sufficient in today environment, but it can be an extraordinary way for feasting for longer periods of time.

Today, I’m mostly vegan and mostly raw. I like to have salmon, herring or sardines from time to time. I make sure they’re always wild. I stay away from dairy, although there’s been times in the past, when I knew some dairy was included in the dish. I supplement a lot, focus on greens, seaweed, great tropical oils, honey products. Some people would like to kick my butt for eating bee pollen, honey or propolis, but I grew up on honey. My grandpa was a beekeeper and every time I come home to Poland there are jars of local honey waiting for me.  My life is empty without honey and I believe in it’s healing properties. Since I remember, my father welcomes his day with honey-lemon water. He prepares it the day before and drinks it on an empty stomach. I guess it breaks down the sugars, but it’s too soon to turn it into mead. His father was doing the same all his life. He was 89 when he died. Maybe it was honey…

Now about the fast.

I truly believe that no matter what are your habits and daily diet you should fast from time to time. I used to devote one day a week to my water fasts. My Mondays were solid foods free. The fast we’re doing now is based on what’s called Medical Foods that provide super nutrients that support hepatic detoxification processes. Those usually come from Metagenics products. That’s the only company I know of that holds GMP-certified manufacturing certificate, which means if it’s on the label, it’s in the bottle—guaranteed. We mix it with greens, powders and supplements from New Chapter. New Chapter is another company that has high standards of manufacturing. Their whole food supplements are extraordinary. We base our fast on a protocol prepared by Dr Tel-Orien, whose work we follow. The fast is restricting calories, so you’re going to loose weight for sure. The purpose of it is to help you to cope with digestive problems while providing superior nutrition without consuming any solid foods. It works great. I don’t crave any coffee. It’s the third time we’re doing it. Winning!

It’s day fourth, I lost 3 pounds, and I feel really good. We walk an hour every day. I’d like to do this fast more often, maybe every 3 weeks for 5 week days.

I truly believe in healing properties of simple plant based nutritious lifestyle  with minimal meat intake, no dairy.
This whole discussion about the newest hit — Primal/Paleo diet — is just another hype. Everyone knows that Atkins diet sucks, and what Primal Diet is is just modified high protein Altkins diet. If I were you, I’d stay away from it. I had some discussion about it on Tom Woods (he’s been hacked so I can’t link to the post, but look for Going Primal). But if you’re curious about the topic, please listen to podcast about Paleo on Compassionate Cook (Colleen Patrick-Goudreau) and listen to the whole piece, even though some will be bored with the whole “let’s treat animals better” talk.

You have to decide on your own what’s best for you. The way to go is to be open to what’s out there and really listen to more educated people and your own gut.

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"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here Your nutrition—How to fast safely.."

This is where you can find instructions about the way for contacting your senators.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

I have to say, what’s happening reminds me of the time in Poland when you were not able to trust your neighbors. Is this really the America I came to visit and stayed seeing the freedoms and abundance?
It’s terrifying, where it’s all going, so please, take some action.

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"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here Against SOPA and PIPA.."

"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here Latest works.."

Turquoise helps to open the lines of communication between the heart and the spoken word. It presents as a friendly and happy color enjoying life.
In color psychology, the color turquoise controls and heals the emotions creating emotional balance and stability. In the process it can appear to be on an emotional roller coaster, up and down, until it balances itself.

It radiates the peace, calm and tranquility of blue and the balance and growth of green with the uplifting energy of yellow. (source).

I’ve been drawing lots of patterns and surface designs. Recently I’m mostly inspired by turquoise, organic shapes and water. I’m trying to find my perfect teal color as well. The latest post on Decor8 Holiday Edition got me jealous, they’re so close to discovering the perfect shade, tone. I don’t know, how enhanced the teal color has been, but it definitely is close to what I’d love to draw with. Perfect spot between green and yellow.

Wishing you the best week eva!

"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here Turquoise — between blue and yellow.."

It’s all about ladies this month. Singers, crafters, painters, artist of any bread.
I’ve been working on some illustrations for RedRock Fashion, UK brand. Just yesterday they were published on Illustration Rally. I saw some nice submissions and I was happy to participate. I truly love their clothes; it’s a combo of feminine punk and flower sweetness. Like black + pink — all you need.
Also — thank you Illustration Lounge for publishing my work! I truly adore their picks.

Lastly, if you love seeing space of artists, designers, visionaries, you must check out Angelika’s Taschen on Selby (four).

One—My new RedRock project / Two / Three / Four /

"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here December Mix—ladies will pinch you.."

1. The Knife tuckercotter
2. Two Trains Running (Swayzak – Brun’s Duhb) – Audioelectronic Nude Photo Music
3. Silent Shout – The Knife (Marc RMX) Marc Hönninger
4. Bjork – Hidden Place (Orelse Remix) Teaser OreLse
5. David Bowie – This Is Not America (Virgin Magnetic Material Edit) Virgin Magnetic Material
6. The Presets – Anywhere (Xothic Remix) Xothic
7. Le Tigre – Deceptacon felicia Album: Le Tigre – DeceptaconYear: 2010
8. Bjork – Pagan poetry (Experimental feelings remix) Experimental Feelings

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November. Stripes are making me sing. There is nothing more gorgeous than a good set of stripes on your cloths. So I paint a lot of striped girls.

One—My new Striped project / Two /Three / Four / Five / Six /

"Marta Spendowska is a is Green Bay web and print designer. She loves working with other creatives and women entrepreneurs. You can read the original blog post here Melancholic November Mixtape+Stripes.."