Market Day: Fiber Arts
Inked in Photoshop Since I opened my Etsy shop a few weeks ago, I’ve been adding new items like greeting card designs every few days. I’ve looked forward to having the storefront-part for so long
Mosswood Capitals
An old needlework pattern for cross-stitching monograms was the inspiration for these fancy decorative capital letters. Mine are for monograms too! Personalized cards and stationery are just a couple of the things that I plan
Stacking Cats
Today’s piece comes from a really old sketch that I found and wanted to update digitally. I’ve been doing a lot of this sort of work lately – finding old things that can become finished
Gourd Squad
Yesterday, I spent some time polishing up a recent doodle from my sketchbook. It was a little bit of drawing work, but mostly practice arranging my files in Photoshop. The before and after is pretty
Mr. Postman
This little postman is a sketch from so long ago that I couldn’t even guess its age. I’ve kept it through the years because he makes me happy, and because every time I find myself
Dusk at the Fairground
The leaves are falling outside the window already, and I find myself wistfully missing the fry oil and stomped-grass smell of the county fair. Even though our local county fair has come and gone by
Fun with Patterns
I’ve been working on repeating patterns for a lot of my recent “behind the scenes” design work. Since I’ve brushed up on my digital skills, creating these has become really simple, and therefor addictive. For
Press Premises
This week, I’m catching up to my goal of opening up my online shop in time for the holiday season! I was able to complete a lot, including the illustration above, and the logo within
Designing with Florals
I’ve been listening to a lot of Queen this summer, and some lyrics inspired today’s image. I drew some lettering in Photoshop and started a digital collage using my recent botanical gouache illustrations. The image
Camping Dreams
I had another fun day today with a drawing prompt from over at Doodle Addicts, this time to sketch a “hippie van”. It’s really hot where I live, but camping still sounds really fun right