(The above photo is a collection of picture books I designed from 2021-2022) Since we are approaching Thanksgiving, my mind is on gratitude. Today I am taking a moment to be thankful. Will you join me? What are you thankful for? I'm...
Happy Spring to all! It's been a busy last few months. D and I bought a house! (Eeeeeeee!)So our hands and minds have been very busy settling into our new home. I've also been creating a new studio. This studio...
{Painted tissue paper that our workshop created} Artists need artists. Last weekend, myself and 3 other wonderful creative ladies took a road trip to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Northhampton, MA! Our goal was 2-fold: The first goal...
{I designed this book and created the interior illustrations} I couldn't contain myself any longer. I have something fun to share with you today! In about 2 weeks, a book that I designed AND (AND!) illustrated is being published by...
Well, we made it to the last day of 2015 and I thought I'd end with this fabulous quote I came across this month on a holiday visit to NYC. Don't you just love this Niel Gaiman quote: "A book...
Happy Friday! I'm spreading the holiday spirit this weekend by offering a deal on selected children's art prints! Now until SUNDAY DEC. 13, selected prints will come with a FREE WHITE MATTE when purchased through our Etsy Shop! I've created a separate Shop...
This holiday season Etsy has offered a free gift promo app that builds an instance gift ad for its store owners. Cool, right?! I've tried it and started to share these images on the AbbyDora Design Facebook page. Here's where...
{Title Page with front cover reference} I'm very proud to be sharing this interior book design with you all. It's a work of love! THE LIGHTNING QUEEN by Laura Resau was published last week by Scholastic. It's a beautiful...
{My watercolor palette} Happy National Color Day, everyone! Did you know about this holiday? I just discovered it and I will now be marking my calendar. One more reason to LOVE the month of October! In honor of this special...
{New book with custom hand-lettered textured title type} Books take months to produce and years to publish, so I sometimes loose track of publication dates of the book I designed. This happened to me recently with these 2 fun...