Happy Friday! Lately, I've been making a concerted effort to make sure I do all of the things that I know put me in a good mood. Aimless painting is one of those things. I grab a piece of paper, and just paint whatever I see or am thinking about. I appear to think about clothes a lot. And flowers. I have to confess that I'm not loving the Mon-Wed-Fri blog schedule. It's throwing me off and I don't know why. I used to get a tingly, energized feeling every day as I pondered, "what will I ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! It can't possibly less than two weeks until school starts for K. I have no recollection of the last month, and more to the point, I don't know if I can sew up a new backpack/school bag for K for third grade in the remaining time. When I sat her down and told her that we might have to go BUY one, she was crushed. "But what about last year's??" she asked. Apparently, the Oliver + S messenger bag I made last year was a huge hit amongst her classmates, and she loved telling everyone ... Read more
Children’s Book Process (My Version) + Time Off
This is a portion of one of the cover options for my children's book that's coming out next April. Things are still getting tweaked and finalized so I'll wait a while to reveal more of the actual book -- it's funny, it takes such a long time for a book to get published, many of the aspects start to get hazy for me. The final cover ended up looking very different from what you see above, but this was my favorite concept I presented. Although I was gung ho about this design, I do love how the ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! First, thank you so much for all the kind comments last week, I've read them all multiple times!! I was delighted by how many people liked things as they are, and I also appreciated the suggestions. I will work hard on incorporating them! The four randomly chosen Drygoods gift certificate winners are: Dottie, Jing, Beccy and Grace. Congrats!!! Second, the photoshoot was a blast! Keli generously allowed us to use her Drygoods Design studio (did you hear that they're moving to a ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
As you're reading this, we are most likely flying over several US states and rapidly approaching home. Family vacations can sometimes yield stories that become eyebrow-raising legends passed from one generation to the next, but aside from a couple of mosquito bites, ours was entirely painless. Not boring or forgettable, no, but solidly good. You know that feeling of slipping into a comfortable bed with freshly laundered linens and settling down with an engrossing book? Our holiday in the Midwest ... Read more