16 Mar Chocolate Stout Cupcakes
In my life Saint Patrick's Day is quite special. For starters, my group of friends use this holiday weekend to reunite from far and wide. This would be amazing in itself, but the 17th also marks the day I met...
13 Mar Easter Colors
Here's a little preview on a few Easter garlands I'm creating! Don't you just love the pastel colors? They make me instantly happy. I can't wait to pull them together and decorate my own mantle for Spring. These garlands will...
09 Mar Happy Creative Month
March is Craft Month, so it's time to get going on a creative project. Everyone could use a little help finding their daily creativity and with the warmer weather I've started to feel it's time to explore the inspiration outside...
06 Mar Chicago Art Weekend
My boyfriend and I took a long weekend to visit friends in Chicago. It was our first visit to this mid-west city and our friends, Kirk and Tracie, were amazing tour guides. We hopped buses, "L" trains, and pounded the...
28 Feb Easter Art & Cards
I'm been painting and painting these last few weeks to make several new pieces for Spring and Easter. I love how brightly colored my two mini egg collage paintings turned out. The paintings are much looser than I traditionally work....
24 Feb Monkey Fabric Collage
I have more artwork to share with you this morning. I've finished another animal watercolor fabric collage. This one features three cute monkeys swinging on branches with bright yellow bananas. Who doesn't like monkeys?! I'm enjoying adding fabric and paper collage...
21 Feb Mother & Baby Giraffe Art
I'm happy to share with you a new piece of collage artwork featuring a mother and baby giraffe. The artwork is done in gouache and pencil on thick arches watercolor paper. I then collage a background with fabric and decorative...
17 Feb NYC Subway Art
Happy Friday! For seven years I lived in New York City and rode the subway at least twice a day (long live the F train!). The people on the train are definitely the eye candy and not the metal sardine cans...
14 Feb Love & Hugs
Happy Valentine's Day! This is another great quote that I came across recently and wanted to share with you. This quote makes me realize that our actions truly do have more impact than our words alone. So on this day...
10 Feb New Animal Art
It's a jungle out there and here on my drawing table. The last few weeks I've had a sudden explosion of creativity to paint animals. First it was farm animals and now I'm turning to wild animals! My drawing table...