Christmas is Coming!

I pulled these old images from my archives to get inspired for this Christmas season.
I hope they'll inspire you too!
The last photo is of the gingerbread cookies Daniel and I baked yesterday,
the whole house smells like Christmas now :)

Sketchbook Project update

Remember I told you I would be participating in the Sketchbook Project back in July?
Well, my sketchbook got lost when we moved to the new house and I hadn't found it until last week. I remembered I had put it away somewhere safe
...so safe I couldn't find it afterward!
I was looking for Turbo's vaccination card in the folder where I keep all of our important family documents and there it was!
I've only got about a month to fill it out so I plan to do three or four pages every day until the January deadline. I'll be sharing it with you guys of course :)
My theme is: In Flight
The Sketchbook pages are very thin so I won't be using watercolors.
I opted for simple pencil drawings ,hand carved stamps
and some details with white acrylic ink.

Early Bird

Not only does the early bird catch the worm but also the prettiest sunrise.
Took these this morning while everyone was still cozily tucked in bed.

New for Galison!

I'm really, really excited to show you a couple of very cool new products
available from Galison with my birdies!
Gift Notes, Thank You Notes & Magnetic Pad!

Shhhh...There's an amazing secret product from Galison that I'm ecstatic to tell you about
but I have to wait a few days until it's available online.
I've been wanting to share this with you guys for months now!

Blue Breasted

I had never been inspired by a frame until yesterday :)
Found this beautiful black oval frame in a shop & made a birdie for it
as soon as I got home. I love the design of the double mat they used.
Watercolor and acrylic ink on Fabriano. 7" x 9"

Overdyed & Embroidered

I finally got up the nerve to alter an Ikat peasant top from the Gap I hardly ever wore
and I'm so happy with it now. It's made with the softest cotton...
I overdyed it with dark indigo & embroidered the the front
with some running stitches, zig zag and red french knots.
I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. I'm looking at my closet with a newfound vision ;)
*The image of the blond babe on the right is from the Gap.

Chop, Chop, Chop!

My furry assistant & I packed up the last orders of '10 from my Etsy shop this morning.

They didn't have the regular Kraft foam-board I always use to protect the prints
so I bought black instead.

I decorated them with some of my 'Christmassy' stamps and white ink.

Here's my cute assistant taking a little break to look at the birds outside.
Thank you so much to all of you that bought my art this year!!!