Sadie is an artist in Boise, Idaho
Sad is the opposite of how she feels most of the time.
Sad is also the home of her art.
Welcome to Sad the Shop
BOISE, IDAHO ARTIST
An emergency wish to keep in your bag or gift to a friend. Be prepared for any celebration with these handmade matchboxes. I painted the cake painting in gouache on my own birthday, with the goal of sharing more celebrations with you. Each matchbox is handmade with a print of an original gouache painting by Sadie. Each matchbox contains 30 matches, along with a short birthday candle that fits within the box, ready to pop into the top of your "cake" at a moment's notice.
Each matchbox is 1.375”x2”
Contains 30 count safety matches and 1 birthday candle
Top of matchbox contains a grommeted hole for your candle
How It Works: Place a small birthday candle in the opening, light it, make a wish, and blow it out after a few seconds—just like a birthday candle. The candle is not intended to burn unattended or for extended periods.
Safety: Contains real matches. Use only with adult supervision, never leave a lit flame unattended, and keep away from children and flammable materials.
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A bunch of red ranunculus sitting in a mid-century brass vase.
Oil on canvas board. Framed in a locally handmade walnut frame.
8"x8"
4.25×7.5” hand-carved linoleum block print on Stonehenge white paper.
Signed and editioned.
If you sit long enough somewhere, you’ll find the most interesting people. This couple, bracing each other on a rock as the waves battered them back and forth, are one of my favorites I’ve observed to date. I revisited them in oils after having painted them years ago in gouache, and I am so happy I decided to give them the light-speckled sea they deserved. I’ve Got Your Back is part of The People We Meet collection, a series on people, watched.
Original oil on canvas panel. Framed in a locally handmade walnut frame.
11×14”
Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon is part of The People We Meet collection, a series on people, watched.
Oil on canvas board. Framed in a locally handmade walnut frame.
8”x16”
Painter, Photographer, Stuff Maker
Sadie is a multi-disciplinary, mostly-happy artist.
Sadie enjoys playing painter, designer, curator, and artist. Inspired by nostalgic design and the in-betweens of humanity, her art plays between classical and whimsical. From oil paintings, to matchboxes.
The Someday Club
The Someday Club
Get a handmade matchbox with original artwork delivered to your door each month
30-strike matchboxes that we want you to use all the way up each month. (Because we’ll send you 30 more next month.)
Stop saving for someday.
4.25×7.5” hand-carved linoleum block print on Stonehenge white paper.
Signed and editioned.
I love limes. My family sold mint limeade for a summer at the farmer’s market in my small town. Our mint limeade sign was my first “real” attempt at hand lettering, done on foam board from the local King’s. There was always a big antique bowl of limes on the dining room table in the summer. We’d pull up the mint that grew through the fence from the neighbor’s house. I once spent a late night sipping whisky while my friend gave me a silly little stick and poke tattoo of a bowl of limes on my ankle. I had to go back and do the same thing again so she could color in the limes so no one would mistake them for lemons. I painted this specifically with the desire to have a pop of red in my home, and love the way the green of limes (my true love) plays against the red. Originally painted in gouache.
6.5x10”
This painting feels like a self-portrait of sorts. Hair was always a big topic in our household. For most of my life, I had hair almost down to my waist, and my two sisters and my mom also always had long, brown hair. I remember being so excited to learn to braid, and becoming the default braider for my younger sisters because I didn't pull quite as tightly as my mom. In high school, I watched my mom lose her hair to chemo treatments. Many of the teachers she worked with shaved their heads in solidarity. Surrounded by lots of baldies, we kept ours long. Braiding was a source of comfort, and jokes about hair (or lack thereof) were our way of coping. My mom rocks a short, salt and pepper pixie cut now. Now, most days, it just feels like hair. Some days it feels like something more. Though the Earth Trembles is an original oil painting on canvas, and is part of the Time on Our Hands collection, exploring a handful of moments in time.
This painting (and “More Lemons”) were my attempts at combining printmaking with painting. I carved this pink pattern on the back of the block I used for the teal pattern of “More Lemons”. I loved how the block pattern turned into a tile flooring, and doing these two paintings opened my eyes to what was possible with printmaking. I picture this hanging in your fun bar or kitchen.
5×7”
THE JOURNAL
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Get a handmade matchbox with original artwork delivered to your door each month
The Someday Club is more than getting art in the mail. It’s a commitment to using your time for the good stuff. (Instead of hoarding it like a dragon’s treasure).
Each month, you’ll receive a themed matchbox designed with an original artwork print and a note from the artist.
What’s included:
A handmade 30-count matchbox with original artwork from Sad the Shop (by an actual human named Sadie). Each month is new and a surprise.
A note telling the story of the month’s matchbox and how it came to be (also written by a real-life human named Sadie).
Exclusive Someday-Club-only pricing on matchboxes and access to one-of-a-kind artwork that isn’t always available in the shop
Access to the top-secret Someday Clubhouse shhhhh
An invitation to stop waiting for someday.
US SHIPPING INCLUDED
All delivered to your door each month.
Join by the 20th of the current month to be included in the next month’s mail. But don’t worry, if you miss the window you are still a part of the club and will get in on the next edition.