WISHES

Hiya! I hope you all had a great week. My husband was sick for the beginning of the week and I was sick at the end of the week so unfortunately not a lot got done. Hopefully we will be back to normal soon.

Finishing up an arrow set that should be ready in a few days. I am super excited 36 days of type is starting up again very soon. Follow me on Instagram so you can see them posted daily.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. The Neighbors’ Window.

2. Funny doodles drawn during meetings.

3. Underwater photographer of the year.

4. Natural dye in every shade of the rainbow.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

WILD

Hiya! I hope you had a great week. On fridays my husband and I alternate on choosing a movie that we watch together. This week was my pick and I choose JoJo Rabbit. This movie was fabulous! I laughed. I cried. I felt all the feels. The acting and writing was amazing! Highly recommend.

I am working on some arrow clipart for my shops. I should have that ready to post in a few days.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. If literature’s complicated men were on Tinder. lol!

2. We’re not really strangers. Cool Instagram account to follow.

3. Artist creates paintings inside Altoid tins.

4. Empowering portraits of women. Amazing!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

LUV U BABES

Hiya! I hope you had a great week. Did you celebrate Valentine’s day? My husband and I exchange homemade cards. I love that so much! We agreed no gifts, just the cards and he bought me a bunch of flowers. I guess he can’t be trusted. Ha! I’m not sure if most people make a big deal out of this holiday or most people hate it. We are somewhere in between.

I will be posting some thin geometric patterns to my shops very shortly so keep your eye out for those. I’m off to set myself up for a successful week.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. The tale of a Rando.

2. How symbols and brands shape our humanity.

3. Beautiful Art: Brooke Smart.

4. What should i design next. Idea generator.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

DARLING

Hiya darling! I hope you had a great week! I had such a great time this week, enjoying good food, great company and playing games with family for my mom’s 15th birthday (somehow we are all getting older but she is getting younger lol). Happy Birthday Mom!

I am working on some thin line geometric patterns for my shops. This is something that I don’t have in my Etsy shop as of yet. Watch this space. (wink)

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Vincent van Gogh Action Figure.

2. I have been watching The Pharmacist on Netflix. Very emotional, have tissues handy.

3. Pay-what-you-want type foundry.

4. Beach Art. Beautiful!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

GERALT OF RIVIA

Hiya! I hope you had a great week. I’m trying to not complain about how winter seems to be lasting forever, but winter seems to be lasting forever. Ha!

My husband challenged me to create some art for one of my other favorite shows. Netflix’s The Witcher. Geralt and Yennifer are my favorite. Have you seen the show? Who is your favorite?

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Dinner Etiquette. I thought this was cute!

2. Chalkboards frozen in time. Wow!

3. Super Bowl teams have very similar Pantone colors.

4. Snow Art. Beautiful!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

MAEVE WILEY

Hiya! Just watched season two of Sex Education on Netflix and I thought I would letter one of my favorite characters from the show. My two favorite characters are Maeve Wiley and Eric Effiong. I love Maeve because she is a bad girl that doesn’t care what people think of her and I love Eric because of his fashion style and personality are fantastic. Have you seen the show? Who is your favorite?

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. If A Service Dog Approaches You Without Their Owner, They Need Your Help. Great info to have!

2. Ukrainian women bring back traditional floral crowns. Beautiful!

3. 30 Historically accurate miniature rooms. Wow!

4. Tahini Flax Seed Banana Bread. mmmmm I want to make this!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

HELP FOR AUSTRALIA

Hiya! As you may know by now, bushfires are currently raging across Australia. Soaring temperatures, incredibly dry conditions and strong winds have meant firefighters have spent months on the front lines, homes have been destroyed, families have lost loved ones, and it is now estimated that over a billion wildlife have perished. 

The challenge this week was to letter your favorite Australian animal. After doing research on Australian animals I fell in love with the wombat and was so surprised at how large they are.

If you would like to donate to help here are some verified places: @redcrossau @wildlifevictoria @nswrfs @cfavic @salvosau @wireswildliferescue @therescuecollective have requested vouchers for certain retailers. Link in their bio. @spendwiththem has been setup by @turiapitt and @graciemcb and allows those to shop with small businesses affected by fire.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Artist inserts people from classical paintings into today’s world. LOL!

2. Why it is so hard to live in the present.

3. Artist’s illustrations of TV home floor plans.

4. Inside David Bowie and Queen’s tense recording session.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

NORMALITY

Hiya! I saw this Van Gogh quote the other day and I couldn’t resist sharing it. I am a big Van Gogh fan and this is the first time I saw this.

This week I worked on some chat bubble graphics that I will be uploading to Etsy very shortly. I hope you find them useful. I already have an idea of what I would like to create next. I will keep you updated.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Good luck recipes for the new year. mmmmmmmmm. I’m going to try some of these!

2. 50 real life lessons from an 80 year old man. loved these!

3. 9 productivity mistakes.

4. I have this thing with floors.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

CHEERS

Hiya! This is the first blog for the new year and the new decade. No pressure! ha! I felt like 2019 went pretty well. I am going into 2020 with a lot of love, hope and optimism. I hope things are going well so far with you.

I worked this week on some new plaid, check and stripe patterns that I will be uploading to Etsy and to the stock sites in the next couple of days so keep an eye out for them.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. The Witcher. Thoroughly enjoyed this show!

2. I ignored warnings from friends and family. Interesting story.

3. A tender alphabet of dogs.

4. Yeah, I can make that logo bigger, sure.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

TOP NINE

Hiya! I hope you experienced all the Christmas magic this season. I had a fabulous time with family and watching my little nephews get super excited.

Above is my top nine posts of 2019. What do you think? Are these your favorites?

I hope your 2020 is better than 2019. I will ask my husband (as I do every year) to wake me up at midnight and seal me with a kiss. :)

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Shampoo packaged in bottles made of soap. LOVE THIS!

2. Bite Me: Gum that insults you. Haha!

3. The year in pictures 2019.

4. How to overcome perfectionism.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hiya! How are you doing? Are you done all your Christmas shopping? Luckly I didn’t need to buy much so I am done with that. Currently, I am tearing through my to do list of the foods I need to make. I am making Manicotti, Roasted Peppers. Mixed nuts, and four different types of cookies: Biscotti, Pignoli, Pizzelle and Rugelach. What are you making for Christmas? I hope you have a magical, drama-free Christmas.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Dried citrus garlands. I really want to make this.

2. Negative Space.

3. What a beautiful doll house.

4. FX’s A Christmas Carol. I really enjoyed this dark adaptation of the story.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

ALMOST CHRISTMAS

Hiya! I hope you had a great week! I created this tree for the Christmas Art Countdown prompts from smcnabstudio, if you would like to join in the fun.

Last night my husband, Chris and I went to his office’s Christmas party. I haven’t been to a lot of corporate Christmas parties but this one had everything: presents, drunk co-workers and spouses, bonuses and speeches. One of the things that I thought was very nice was that these people talked about how much they loved everyone and that we were all a family. Sounds like a great company to be apart of if you ask me.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. The whimsical world of Janet Hill. So beautiful!!!

2. 12 Christmas Cookies. Drool!

3. Wintergatan - Marble Machine.

4. Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later. Wow!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

SNOW

Hiya! I hope you had a great week. I feel like Christmas is sneaking up on us. We will get it all done. One thing at a time. I created this snow for the Christmas Art Countdown prompts from smcnabstudio, if you would like to join in the fun. What do you think?

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. 2020 Color Trends. Loving these colors!

2. 35 Pretty Christmas Living Room Ideas. So pretty!

3. The Love Experiment. Beautiful!

4. Am I overthinking this? Yes!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

HELLO LOVER

Hiya! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time, great food and great company. I will be enjoying my Thanksgiving leftovers today. mmmmm Now that Thanksgiving is over it is officially Christmas time. Wooooo! I was surprised how many black friday sales I took advantage of this year. Normally I don’t get anything on sale. We don’t buy many Christmas presents anymore mostly just for my nephews. Which is nice, less stress and less money.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. 114,000 Students in N.Y.C. Are Homeless.

2. Star Wars: Move Over Baby Yoda, An Artist Has Designed Baby Jabba. Brace yourself!

3. 47 beautiful color schemes for your next project.

4. Black Friday 40% off sale in my Etsy shop. Come on over and check it out!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

MOVEMBER

Hiya! I hope you had a great week! I created the above illustration as a Goodtype Tuesday lettering challenge to bring awareness to Movember (The leading charity changing the face of men’s health.) I decided to letter my maternal grandfather’s name, a very funny, kind and wonderful man that passed away from lung cancer in 1985. I miss him so much.

I am working hard on my Christmas card. I am very happy with the results. I will post it closer to Christmas.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Two-Tone Walls Are the Latest Design Trend. Love love this!!

2. 101 ways to live sustainably. We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly. – Anne Marie Bonneau

3. I Bet This Mandela Effect Quiz Still Trips You Up. I didn’t do as well as I thought I would. lol

4. Black Friday 40% off sale in my Etsy shop. Come on over and check it out!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

TACOS AND TRUST

Hiya! For the last few weeks I have been working on a homemade boggle game for my nephews for Christmas. I want to make a little fabric pouch to put them in also. I am using this tutorial if you are interest in making one too. I hope they like it!

I just finished a mega border collection. It should meet all your bordering needs. It can be found in all my shops. Not sure what I will create next. Need to generate some ideas. wink wink

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. What was the book that helped you the most in 2019? So many ideas here!

2. Cranberry Jam Doughnuts. Drool!

3. Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

4. How to generate ideas.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

BELIEVE

Hiya! I had a lovely week. We went to a beautiful wedding to celebrate my cousin’s daughter. We had a great time dancing and joking around with family and friends. She did a few things at the wedding that I had not seen done before. First was a candle in a lantern and a little sign that said it was for all the people that had passed away but where still in their hearts. I was feeling the feels when I saw that. The second thing was after the catching of the bouquet and the garter, the girl that caught the bouquet sat in chair and then the guy that caught the garter was blind folded and told to find the girls leg. After he was blind folded the bouquet girl was swapped out for a guy. Hilarity ensured.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Witty Typography Puns.

2. Stranger Things' Caleb McLaughlin Owns "I'm Bad" by LL Cool J | Lip Sync Battle. Awesome!

3. 15 fun fonts to put a smile on your face.

4. Signs You Are in Cozy Season. Seems accurate.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

NOVEMBER

Hiya! I hope you had a great week. I hope you are enjoying the day. This is an ode to my favorite thing about November, pumpkin pie!

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. 27 Artists on the Worst (and Best) Advice Anyone Ever Gave Them.

2. The 20 defining comedy sketches of the past 20 years. Lol!

3. How Do You Tell Very Similar Accents Apart? Fascinating!

4. Wonderful advice.

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

DARK

Hiya! I hope your week went fantastically. I created the “Dark” Lettering for stephsayshello’s draw a day prompts. I love what I did with this one. What do you think?

We are starting to feel the fall vibes. I am trying to wear the thin jackets that I love for a hot minute before I need to start wearing my winter coat. I keep seeing people posting on facebook how many weeks are left until Christmas. I am a Christmas holiday lover for sure but it is hard to keep up your enthusiasm for such a long time. I am seeing Christmas commercials and we haven’t even got to Halloween yet.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Our 10 Most Popular Chocolate Chip Cookies of All Time. Drooling.

2. Most Popular Halloween Candies in Every State. Really, Pennsylvania really?

3. Large-Scale Typographic Artworks by Ben Johnston. Love!

4. I Made A Giant 20-Pound Grilled Cheese. Yes!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!

TIRAMISU

Hiya! This week’s GoodType Tuesday prompt was to letter your favorite dessert so of course I had to do Tiramisu. Oh tiramisu how I love you so. Your creamy, sugary texture, that kick of coffee. I’m trying not to drool on my keyboard right now. What is your favorite dessert?

This week i put together a mega collection of laurel leafy design elements in a plain and chalkboard version. They will be in the shops very shortly. Trying to set myself up for success this week.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. A Guide to Asian Restaurants, by Ali Wong. Thank you Ali!

2. Hong Kong’s Posters On The Physically Disabled.

3. How four dishes with roots in other lands tell a story of immigration and transformation.

4. 20 Boutique Packaging Projects Designed by Shillington Students. Love!

5. Recent addition to my Etsy shop. Check out my shop section to see more places to purchase my work. 

6. Come on over and check out my Freebies page (No Credit card required. Just skip the payment section). I add a new freebie every month. 

Please leave comments. I would love to read them! See ya next week!