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We’re enjoying a White Christmas here in the frigid lands of Colorado visiting family and dear friends. The boys are happy as can be playing with their new treasures and enjoying precious time with cousins. Being with extended family, although at times happily hectic, is one of the most prized gifts for me this time …
I thought it would be fun to personalize our gift tags this year. I knew the boys would be thrilled to run to their presents to see their own faces on the packages. I was just going to go with good old fashioned photos when I thought, “hey, why not spice things up a bit?”. …
It seems like every year December gets just a bit more busy than the previous year and every year I recommit myself to trying to simplify during this month. Yeah…I’m still working on it. Right now, while little A is at school, I’ve been busy filling etsy orders, drawing and painting portraits and working on …
I’ve been having a lot of fun adapting my work to fabric and wanted to share a few items with you. Now in my shop I’m offering some of your most beloved prints in pillow form!Shop Love is Spoken Here and I Lovely Love My Family pillows here! Order before Dec. 15 for Christmas delivery. …
We like to do handmade Christmas cards for the teachers, etc. during the season and apparently we’ve hit on a tree theme that we just can’t shake. This year we had a lot of fun “finger painting”…but not in typical sense of the craft. I made a simple tree graphic and printed it out on …
In addition to our Random Acts of Advent calendar, I wanted to introduce a new advent idea for this Christmas season. I love and adore children’s picture books and, being an illustrator myself, have quite a collection of them. As of last year, I decided that I wanted to collect enough children’s Christmas picture books …
Hello friends! Thanks so much to those of you who took advantage of my Cyber Monday sale over in my shop. I always love to see what you are drawn too and I’m always so happy to see my little prints go off to enjoy themselves in your homes. In fact, I was especially delighted …
How was your Thanksgiving?! Are you stuffed to the gills and sick of the Black Friday crowds? I love how on Monday we can all sit in our jammies, recuperate, and…shop some more online!!! And…In celebration of Cyber Monday I’m offering a buy one get one deal in my Tuesday Mourning shop! Just purchase the …
Thanksgiving is just a couple days away, can you even believe it?! We have been put in charge of bringing pies and I’ll be making my favorite simple, yet super delicious, apple pie. Jon is going to experiment with a caramel pumpkin pie of sorts. Yuumm, I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. Can’t wait! …
Forgo the name plates this year and spice up your holiday parties with these simple DIY gilded monogram glasses for your family and friends. Best part, it’s so easy you’ll have them all done in one afternoon! I had a few stacks of vinyl letters on hand which proved perfect for sticking onto glass. I …