Advent Challenge 2014-Part 4
Part 4 of my Advent Challenge! Here are the first sixteen! I've been posting these on Instagram. I LOVE Instagram! Find me by clicking HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 3
Part 3 of my Advent Challenge blog posts.... I've always been wanting to do a matryoshka series of designs, so I decided to use her for the angel. I love how she came out! Here are the first twelve days in block format. I've been posting these on Instagram. I LOVE...
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 2
I've kind of forgotten to keep up with my Advent blog postings! I'll post a few illustrations every day, because it's almost Christmas! Yikes, where did the year go? Here are 8 days in block format. I think they look really cool together! any ideas what I can do with...
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 1
So....I've decided to participate in The Advent Challenge 2014, organized by Faye Brown of Faye Brown Designs. I wasn't sure if I could keep up with it, but I decided to try. And it turns out I'm having such a fun time creating these daily holiday illustrations! First...
Advent Design Challenge 2014
My friend, Faye Brown, has been doing an Advent Design Challenge for a few years now. I think this year I'll give it a go! Every day you make some sort of design, drawing, poem, ANYTHING you can think of that's related to the daily theme. Everyone posts their creation...
Have you seen MOYO?
Have you checked out the new issue of MOYO magazine? MOYO is an online publication that celebrates design in every form. It comes out quarterly, and it's jam packed with interviews, gorgeous designs, and so much more. And...in this issue I'm in it....three times! To...
Make Art That Sells-Part 4
This week's project for Make Art That Sells was for "party paper". Paper plates, napkins, cups, stuff for parties. This was my fave project too. The theme was "flora". I decided to aim for a folky feel (but of course!). I ended up using a combination of some...
I’m a Designer for Hire
I'm really excited to be a part of the new Print and Pattern "Designers for Hire" site. The Print and Pattern blog is one of the most prestigious blogs in the surface design world. Thanks so much to Marie Perkins, who writes this blog and curates the Designers for...
Make Art That Sells-Part 3
Make Art That Sells, Part 3. Editorial. I was kind of scared of this one! We had to create maps of either where we live, or have lived or visited. They could be done in any way. Some of my friends designed maps of the fabulous restaurants they've visited in a...
Make Art That Sells-Part 2
My next project for Make Art That Sells, Part B, was for the Scrapbooking industry. It was a blast! Our theme was antique/vintage clocks. I had to really think about this one for a while. I finally chose to go with a Steampunk theme and colors. Very different for me!...