HO HO HO

Hiya! Now that Thanksgving is over, it’s officially Christmas time! That happened fast. I have seen on the internets that a lot of people have put up their decorations early because this year has been a particularly tough one. I totally get that. I didn’t put my decorations up early but I have been listening to Christmas music. I wanted to try a sweater illustration technique for my Christmas card design and at the last minute I decided to go with a different idea so I thought I would make it for the blog. I hope you like it.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Gorgeous cookie decorating. I would love to try this!

2. Powerful portraits of Native Americans. Stunning!

3. I watched I don’t feel at home in this world anymore. the other day. Weird but good Netflix movie.

4. WOM Collective’s all female paint jam. 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).

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

SWEET

Hiya! It’s been a wild week. I hope you are all ok. The holidays are sneaking up on us. I’m currently reading The Untethered soul, I highly recommend this book! It is blowing my mind. Have you read it? What did you think?

I added a few new color ways for the plaid designs I made previously. I am currently trying to come up with a design for my Christmas card. I am hoping to finalize my design today. Cross your fingers, please.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Awkward. I think we all can relate. lol!

2. The seven rules of the compliment club. We need more of this in life!

3. Work from home set-ups in styles of famous film makers. I think the Wes Anderson is my fav!

4. Nobody is Normal. I loved 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).

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

DIA DE MUERTOS

Hiya! I absolutely love the Day of the Dead Holiday. To Celebrate the life of people in your family that have passed on with an alter of photos and food. The gorgeous vibrantly colored artwork and flowers. It is so fabulous.

The last couple of weeks I have been working on different plaid designs. They were very fun to create. I hope you like them!

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Artists behind Day of the Dead river walk parade.

2. Average female heights. lol!

3. An excellent purpose for Halloween candy. Candy bar blondies.

4. Bongo Cat.

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).

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

BLOOD

Hiya! How are things going? I’m chugging along at a good clip. I hope you are too. Having fun making some Halloween themed art for this page. I also added some new Christmas themed items to my shops this week. Hope you enjoy them. I know it seems like a bit too early for Christmas things I apologize but I have to be ahead of the holidays. Now I have the question I ask myself oh so very frequently. What should I make next?

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. I have been playing Fez, A cool puzzle game. Highly recommend.

2. Loved this Butter House video.

3. Adorable puppy photo booth.

4. Ancient Egyptian coffins opened.

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).

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

SPOOKY

Hiya! How are things? It has been a little cooler so that is nice. Snuggle season has begun! I thought I would participate in a Halloween prompt for October. I had a lot of fun making this spooky. What do you think? It is The Happy Lettering Challenge if you want to join all the Halloween themed prompts.

I am excited about the next few things I am going to be adding to my shop. Christmas themed items! I hope you like them.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Mailing letters under the sea. Love this!

2. A Neighbor asked for a Tomato. Woah!

3. Something to brighten your day. Yes!

4. Love the show The Boys. Its totally nuts!

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!

WORTH LIVING FOR

Hiya! I created this artwork because September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and a Goodtype Tuesday prompt. The idea of this prompt is to make a list of what is worth living for. My list is family, snuggles, hugs, kisses, holding hands, chats, love. What is on your list? I would love to read it in the comments.

I want to take every opportunity to bring attention to Suicide Prevention for my cousin Chris who took his own life in the early 1990s. Please, if you need any help reach out to someone or call the The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or call 911 immediately.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. My Octopus Teacher. Beautiful and emotional Netflix documentary. Highly recommend.

2. Amazing Restoration Videos. So satisfying!

3. I made a Dutch apple pie and it was fantastic.

4. Futuristic Graffiti Mural. Love the colors and textures!

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!

LOVE WINS

Hiya! I hope you had a great week. I have been working on an autumn digital papers collection. I know I should have started this one earlier. I already had the leaves made from a previous collection, so I am adding them to a 12 paper set. Stay tuned.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Challenger: The final flight. A Netflix documentary. I remember this day, we watched this on tv at home because it was a snow day. I was 13 years old.

2. Fellow Creatures. Love this packaging!

3. Silk Marbling. Wow!

4. Crepe Paper Flowers. I love making these!

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!

ALL THE LETTERS

Hiya! I hope you had a great week. I had a very strange one, apparently I like to kick walls at 3am. I’m ok. Next week will be better. I am sure of it.

This week I made a new border set you might like. See link below.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Taskmaster. I have to admit I am totally addicted to this show. It is hilarious.

2. A vibrant, geometric rug mural. Wow!

3. Ballpoint pen portraits by Mark Powell. Amazing!

4. Amazing macro winners. 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!

6 TO 9

Hiya! I hope you had a great week and can take it easy this weekend. I know I am going to try my best.

I am working on a candy cane pattern set so that is going to be going up next in the shops.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Nobody remembers your failures.

2. How to feel better. Love this!

3. Netflix documentaries for graphic designers. Yes!

4. Guild of Ambience. I love these videos! So relaxing.

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!

2 TO 5

Hiya! Saw some great movies this week. I highly recommend Boy, a Taika Waititi film. A cute, funny and heart warming movie. If you love strange foreign films then you would definitely love Parasite. This movie is so different from any other film I have ever seen. It’s so great!

I added a few new digital patterns to the shop. Some polka dot patterns and some hand drawn minimalist patterns. I hope you like them. I’m not sure what I am going to be up to next. If you have anything you would like to see me do let me know.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Check out these amazing cakes.

2. Gorgeous prints from Luciano Cian.

3. Isamu: A short skate film.

4. The art of movement.

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!

FABULOUS BLACK-OWNED ETSY SHOPS YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE PART 2

I wanted to celebrate a few black-owned Etsy shops to support, find gifts or treat yourself to something special. The amazing talent ranges from art to jewelry to beauty products.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. KaAnsDesigns. The family t-shirts are so darn cute!

2. MarciaVidalJewelry. Loving that bar ring! Yes!

3. JiJiDesignsPaperie. Everyone needs those inspiration magnets.

4. LovelyEarthlings. Hammock time is my favorite!

5. Allverygoods. The bandanas are so beautiful.

6. Studionom. Gorgeous fiber art.

7. SammyJamesStudio. Great gifts for your car loving peeps.

8. OmiWoods. Layered necklace heaven.

Y TO 1

Hiya! In the news there have been more outbreaks around the country. I hope you and your family are doing well. It has been a super fast week for me. I feel like I put my head down to work and looked up and the week was over.

We had tons of fun last weekend. We went to my sister’s house at the beach and celebrated Father’s day. I made a bunch of homemade treats and filled out the rest of the gift with fancy coffee as a gift for my dad. I’m pretty sure he liked it. It was so nice to see my family again, That was the longest time we had gone without seeing each other.

This week I am having fun working on an organic abstract shapes digital papers collection. Hopefully I will have something to show you soon. I have added a collection of notebook/school writing papers to my shop.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. I have been loving Tabitha Brown’s youtube channel. This woman is fabulous! Even if you aren’t vegan you can definitely enjoy her.

2. Peteski. These comics made me laugh.

3. The best advice from therapists. I will need to keep rereading this.

4. I need to make this Grilled corn salad asap!

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!

U TO X

Hiya! I hope you and your family are doing well. There is not much you can do in our area yet. Hopefully you are still finding ways to have fun. My husband and I went on a bike ride and the weather was glorious.

I have a few new offerings for my Etsy shop. A geometric shapes seamless pattern and some page borders. Next week I am going to start working on a school/writing paper set. I hope you like it.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Dad’s honest review of daughter’s restaurant. So cute!

2. A great black woman owned food business list.

3. What happens to all the unhugged hugs? Valid question.

4. 30 Hand cranked machines. Love 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!

FABULOUS BLACK-OWNED ETSY SHOPS YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE.

I wanted to celebrate a few black-owned Etsy shops to support, find gifts or treat yourself to something special. The amazing talent ranges from art to jewelry to beauty products.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Thepairabirds. Colorful, stunning, graphic Illustrations.

2. ZandraBeauty. The inspirational messages on the packaging of her beauty products. Yes!

3. LinguaNigra. Loving the texture on this beautiful jewelry.

4. GabeJadeAccessories. Gorgeous fabric prints that are rich in color.

5. Effiespaper. Cool items for you and your girl gang.

6. Shopcandiceluter. Gorgeous fiber art to add beauty to your walls.

7. TheHeartDepartmentCo. Your home office needs these handcrafted wooden accessories.

8. AquarianThoughts. Got my eyes on those hammered stackable rings.

Q TO T

It’s gemini season! Give some extra lovin’s to your local gemini. I am going to be 47 on Friday. That’s pretty weird. In my mind I think I am about 12. My mom is 21, not quite sure how she is younger than me, stranger things have happened i’m sure. I hope you have an extra day this weekend to enjoy.

I worked this week on some new frames for you. I really love this set! I mean I love everything that I make but I really really love this set. It will be in available in my Etsy shop on Monday. Keep an eye out ok?

I added some coloring pages to my Etsy shop if you need some more zen in your life or you need to fill some time.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Stunning Aerial Photos. These have an instant calming effect.

2. Squirrels star in their own photoshoot. ha!

3. Amazing sea angels. Wow!

4. Buttery Layered Biscuits. These are the best biscuits I ever ate in my life!

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!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Hiya! Happy Mother’s Day! Moms, I hope you are treated like a queen today. We have done a few things for my mom to make her day extra special. Hopefully she is impressed. What are you up to?

It’s such a weird time. I hope you are all doing well, staying safe and being healthy. We are doing pretty well here, washing our hands and trying not to freak out.

More design resources coming at you. I added another mega collection of design elements (see below) to my shops. I hope you like it.

I added some coloring pages to my Etsy shop if you need some more zen in your life or you need to fill some time.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Painting an hour before boarding. Love this guy!

2. A Secret Love. Beautiful documentary!

3. Best architecture photos of 2020. Wow!

4. Online art classes you can do at home. All ages.

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!

M TO P

Hiya! I hope you are all doing ok. It’s so weird out there. We are all trying to pivot a little to get by. I’m trying to support people and businesses that I care about. I want everyone to stay healthy and their businesses to stay afloat.

The next installment of the 36 days of type is above. I really had a lot of fun making these letters. Let me know which is your favorite. Is this batch I am going to say “P” is my favorite.

I added some coloring pages to my Etsy shop if you need some more zen in your life or you need to fill some time.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. I am really loving Ten Hundred’s mural painting video. Wow!

2. Some good news.

3. Just bought some Tattly to support a fellow artist. So cute!

4. WW II veteran getting a special gift. This hit me right in the feels.

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!

I TO L

Hiya! I hope everything is going well for you and your family. Not a whole lot has changed in my life with this lock down pandemic situation we are in at the moment. I have been working at home for some time now. I see these people all over social media saying they are bored. I’m not bored at all! One thing that will be very different is my family is doing our Easter celebration as a zoom meeting. It is all for the greater good right? Has your life changed a lot?

My sister Anne Marie has been doing Instagram Live workouts which have been fantastic!

The next installment of the 36 days of type is above. I am really having a lot of fun making these letters. Let me know which is your favorite. Is this batch I am going to say “L” is my favorite.

I added some coloring pages to my Etsy shop if you need some more zen in your life or you need to fill some time.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. The Quest for a Pandemic Pill. Long read but very good.

2. Apple releases creative worksheet for kids.

3. C.J. Hendry’s Complimentary colors. Whoa!

4. How kitchens have changed over the past 5 centuries.

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!

E TO H

Hiya! I hope you all had a great week and you are staying safe and healthy with all the crazy things that are going on in the world at the moment. I have found myself being excited about things I have never been excited about before (toilet paper, restocking of food at the store).

The next installment of the 36 days of type is above. I am really having a lot of fun making these letters. Let me know which is your favorite.

I added some coloring pages to my Etsy shop if you need some more zen in your life or you need to fill some time.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. Virtual Museum Tours. Love this!

2. Mother Earth recovering from us.

3. Gift of presence.

4. Breathtaking photos by Julius Kähkönen.

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!

A TO D

Hiya! I hope you all had a great week. I am so excited that the 36 days of type has started. I find this project sooooooo much fun! Follow me on Instagram so you can see them posted daily. I did one thing differently then in previous years. I am using the same color palette for all the letters. My thought for this is that since this is a daily project I wanted to shave off a little time on each letter by not having to sort out which color palette to use each time. So far that seems like a great idea. My second thought was the final alphabet will look more cohesive.

This week I created brush strokes and blobs in two different colors for my shops. It was fun making these and I intend on making a bunch more in different color combinations and with different mediums.

I also wanted to let everyone know that I will be created new posts every two weeks instead of every week.

Here are a few things for you to check out:

1. How the chopstick spread from the East to the West. What a cool video! A few years ago I taught myself how to use chopsticks because I love asian food so much.

2. I’ve been really enjoying the series Our Planet. Highly recommend.

3. Leaving and waving.

4. If toddlers had Facebook. LOL!

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!