03 Jun Interior YA Novel Design
I received 2 young adult books last week in the mail. It was like seeing old friends again. I worked on these Scholastic book projects last fall (yes it takes months and years to publish a book!) For...
30 May 5 Little Speckled Frogs
May has flown by. I asked D last night where the month went and he said it was all about my brother's wedding. The before wedding preparation and then the after glow. It's true, but happily I also had a...
24 May Wedding Bliss
As you know my brother got married last weekend! It was a wonderful weekend filled with family and friends. The rain held off and we were able to have the ceremony outside on the beautiful Spa Lawn at the mountain...
16 May My Favorite Wedding Invitation Set
I've been wanting to share this with you for a few months now. My brother is getting married! And it's FINALLY happening this weekend. Eeeee! Last fall, he and his fiance asked me to design their wedding invitation set (no pressure,...
13 May It’s Finally Here!
Wow, time is flying—but it's finally Children's Book Week! Hooray! I remember writing about this in cold wintery March and thinking May was a long ways away, but wow did it arrive fast. In case you have forgotten, Children's Book Week...
09 May Courage Can Be A Quiet Voice
Yesterday I went to say hello & good-bye & ROCK ON to a few of my former RIT illustration students. They are graduating in 2 weeks and going out into the reaaaaal world. I spoke with these students at the...
06 May Make A Wish Art
Has it been a very busy start to May for you too? Last week was so busy with books and art that I didn't even get a chance to blog about what I was doing! Thankfully, I'm working at a...
25 Apr April Art Show and Tell
Hooray for Friday and hooray for Spring sunshine here in upstate New York! It's been a busy week getting back into the swing of book design and painting. My plan today is to have a great day at my drawing...
22 Apr Like Mother, Like Daughter
I've been away visiting my parents for an extended weekend. It was a lovely retreat from my day to day hussle of running my own business. I got to lounge on comfy couches reading books and I even fell asleep...
15 Apr Un Show Voting
Thank you for all your help with the Minted Competition. I'm still waiting to hear the results. In the meantime I've entered into another card competition! This one is called the UN Show It celebrates design on all sorts...