Abbydora Design

27 Mar Family Treasure: Books Part 1

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{my new family treasure} Last weekend, D and I traveled to a small town east of Saratoga Springs to visit with my uncle, aunt, cousins, and my grandmother. My brother and I call her, Nana. Nana is turning 98 in May!...

13 Mar On the art table: New Bunny Sketch

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{new sketch} I'm a little strange. Or maybe I'm not, just a creature of habit? In any light, I've noticed a cycle in my creativity. I think it prefers to hibernate during the winter months. It not all the way...

06 Mar New Margaret Wise Brown Book

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{Just published this week!} Goodnight Songs is a collection of newly discovered lyrical poems by the legendary children's author, Margaret Wise Brown—the author of Goodnight Moon. If that wasn't amazing enough, each of the 12 poems is paired with a different...

04 Mar Thinking and Believing in Spring

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{New Spring card set} Alright folks, it might be -8 degrees outside, but moving ahead like Spring is on its way! I'm seeing bright colors and hearing the the sounds of bees and birds in the air. How? Well,...

25 Feb You Are My Sunshine

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{Feel the warmth!} I think I'm doing everything I can to will warmer spring days and less snow. Even as I was creating this piece of art mother nature was mocking with me more snow falling! Oh well, I'll...

21 Feb In My World

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{In process artwork for my wedding stationery!} I've been quite busy with book design projects, but I've found time to begin to create the save the date and invitations for my wedding happening in the fall. Eeeeeee! I...

18 Feb Dancing Purple Eggs

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{ a sneak peak into my sketchbook } Oh I'm longing for spring and warmer weather! Are you too? This happens every year, but with the amount of winter snow and ice we're had in upstate NY this year, the day...

05 Feb Share the Love

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Thank you for all who posted comments and Liked the Valentine Giveaway post. I'm happy to announce that Regina Earl Arlauckas is the winner of the Colorful Hearts Valentine set! Congrats! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// In other news, I had a few fantastic...

03 Feb Win Free Valentines

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{Win these Valentines!} I want to fight against the 6 more weeks of winter white and gray and GIVEAWAY a set of my COLORFUL HEART VALENTINES! Yes, FREE Valentines so you too can spread the love and the color! HOORAY!...

31 Jan Send Smiles and Love

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{New valentine cards!} I'm pleased to announce that I have NEW cards in my Shoppe! Just in time for Valentine's Day, I have created 2 new Valentine cards sets that feature playful watercolor heart patterns. The first I'm calling...