16 May My New Studio
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...
08 Mar Art Girls’ Road Trip
{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...
25 Jan The Pages Between Us
{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...
31 Dec A Book is a Dream
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...
11 Dec Children’s Print Sale!
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...
04 Dec #EtsyGifts Promo Help
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...
03 Nov The Lightning Queen-New on Shelves
{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...
22 Oct National Color Day
{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...
14 Oct New Children’s Books You Should See
{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...
01 Oct Featured Shop on Etsy Paper Team
I heart paper and so I was thrilled to be the highlighted shop of the month and interviewed by the ETSY PAPER TEAM this week. This is a group of artists who are crazy about paper, like I am. They...