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LITTLE LADY BUG It’s costume time again! I love designing fun and simple to make costumes for kids that have a little wow factor. The costumes I created for the latest Oct. 2018 Better Homes and Gardens Halloween issue come in a range super simple like a little mouse to ones with little more detail …
We had our annual Back to School dinner tonight. The theme was “I am Like a Star Shining Brightly”. Each child had a star wand 🌟 on the gingerbread cake I made. I also placed a candle for each of them which we later lit, reminding them to shine brightly. It was a sweet evening …
I always need an illustration warm up to start the creative day so I decided to start illustrating a series of kids in the costumes I’ve created in the past. Starting with our favorite card board llama costume. You can find instux on how to make your own Llama costume here. Can’t wait …
We put together a little mamma bird and baby bird craft for Mother’s day. This sweet and simple printable craft is great for little ones to color with pencils, markers or watercolors even. Or just leave black and white! Download and make your own here.
Warmer spring weather is upon us. And the perfect time for a sweet collaboration for your bunny friends. And with one of my favorite clothing lines for the littles, The Tortoise and the Hare. I have a small limited edition number of dolls and bunnies wearing the sweetest plant dyed, hand sewn ensembles from Tortoise and …
If you haven’t seen the placemat version of Our Wold Map, a collaboration with Gathre, you’re in a for a treat. And in our case, a chocolate syrup, whip cream and waffle breakfast treat! The large Midi sized Gathre Map mat (which I illustrated) is currently sold out and will be back in stock in …
Milla has been dying to make Valentines with me for her classmates this year and we finally got to it this week. We pulled out the air dry craft clay and set work making clay hearts. We had cookie cutters in the shape of larger hearts but nothing just the size for a bracelet charm …
We brought home a Marie Antoinette style dress from Jacqadi in Paris earlier this year for Amelia in homage to our Versailles visit. I’ve been wanting to make her a white baroque wig to go with it every since. I initially tried a version with fabric and batting but ended up going with paper, inspired …
I mentioned a few weeks back on Instagram that I’m simply terrible with journaling and printing out all our family photos. As my kids are growing up, I feel it’s high time i get all these photos documented in tangible form for little ones to look and for us all to enjoy. But going through …
We’ve wanted to make a swan costume for Miss M ever since we put together this little Valentine tissue box swan. We followed basically the same idea, just enlarged to fit her. So simple and and so fun! And just in time for this year’s Swan Princess Halloween costume (although I think it will go right …