Grasshoppers symbolize luck, progress and positivity. They move by leaping and hopping. They can't leap or hop backward, only forward and sideways. This design was my entry for Spoonflower’s yellow and gray competition.

Flowers are one of my absolute favorite subjects to work with so when I saw that Spoonflower was having a “Hand Drawn Florals” design challenge, I was all over it... Here’s the scoop on this design, how I came up with and where you can find the finished product.

Today is the first day of 2021. It’s New Year’s Day.
When I think about this past year and try to sum it up, the only word I can find is metamorphosis. My life today is so different from what it was on this day last year, it has forever been changed. In the past, I’ve found myself spending New Year’s Day making notes about all the things I’ll do differently. Today I’m just wishing I could have some of the things I lost last year back.

Stitchy Halloween is my best selling design on Spoonflower!

It took me forever, but I finally got around to using the fontself maker plug-in to make a font. It’s not perfect but I did it and I’m sharing the font with anyone who wants it. So here it is and a quick read to go with it.

New year, newish design for Birdsong Brewing Company’s 2019 IPA series.

New enamel pin in my Etsy shop! Plus see how this otter has evolved in the three years since I originally drew it.

If you’re like me and forgot to buy gift tags but are so over Christmas shopping that you don’t want to step foot into another store to pick some up, this is your opportunity to recycle some of those boxes into gift tags.

To all of my art, there’s a story. This is the story behind my latest Enamel Pin, “Take me to the Pines”. When I was 11 my mom’s husband at the time, Jim, went on a trip to North Carolina. At the time we were living in New Britain, Connecticut. Connecticut was where I was born, where my whole family lived and a place I never imagined I would leave.

Here’s the first of my “because my flowers are gone I will just draw them until they come back” illustrations.

Read about why I’ve gone digital for most of my art, this cute Weimaraner waiting under the mistletoe card and watch the time-lapse of me drawing it.