Epic Birthdays

As some of you know, my birthday is/was July 17th and it was incredibly epic!! Hello Kitty tiaras, balloon-popping madness, scavenger hunts, Texas sheet cake, scrumptious sushi, Mario Party 9, flowers, quirky love notes from my husband... can you FEEL the epic-ness of it all?? But the pinnacle of magic was THIS ONIGIRI-PILLOW-WITH-APPLE-RAG-DOLL-OF-EPIC!!! made by my incredibly talented seamstress of a sister. <3

Autumn

 Okay... this medium is too much fun! Theme:  Seeking Solace

(This collection idea came to me after seeing one of Brittney Lee's pieces)

Apples!

Heaven

This was a quick birthday present for a friend (only took about a day to a day and a half from design-to-finish). I think--for a cat anyway--being tangled in ribbon is second only to catnip!

Theme:  Heaven

Homage to the Sketchbook

When it comes to sketchbooks... I've always been a loose leaf paper kind of girl. When the stack of doodles reached a certain height, I'd hole punch 'em and shove 'em in a 3 ring binder at the tippy top of my closet (most of the time I'd just wedge the papers into the pocket at the front of the binder and skip the whole hole-punching part of the process). Rinse, lather, repeat. Even through college I opted for loose leaf rather than a convenient book. Why? Too much to fight with! I couldn't open the book wide enough or the metal binding would get in the way or the pages were too big or the paper too smooth. I'd end up getting frustrated before I could actually get any drawing done. Imagine my despair when all of my instructors required the standard 8 1/2" X 11" sketchBOOK.


BUT NO LONGER

BEHOLD!

I love love LOVE! sketching in this little book! It is absolutely perfect for my quirky drawing habits. My friend Laurie (an extremely talented graphic designer... check out her stuff  > here and here!) made this and sent it to me when we were in California--so this post has been a long time coming--but my perspective on sketchbooks has been forever changed!

Dos Themes

Ah, the ever-infrequent post. I figured it was about time for some form of update, so I plucked two illustrations from my sketchbook to represent the themes "No Way Out" and "Are You Challenging Me?"

Adventures in Websites

So I just finished part one of my first website venture! And let me just say... I'm scared that everything is going to break!! I'm even afraid to post the link in fear that some viewer will break my image links or pages will randomly explode. But! I will share!

check it out!