When Fashion and Nature Collide – March

Fashion and Nature flow together seamlessly. I love the texture and vivid colors paired with a vintage flair that spans across decades. Timeless pieces regardless of the trend. Nature is an inspiration for my art as it is paired with elements of texture, ephemera, and pieces like lace and etchings. I also love to walk outside …

Medicinal Plant Botanical Art

Calodracon nobilis, also known as the Cabbage Palm, Good Luck, Palm Lily. This plant makes for remarkable botanical art, but I was pleasantly surprised by this plants medicinal properties. The root placed in vinegar is used for preparation against bleeding. The leaf, in form of infusion oil, is used to treat wounds. Infusion of three …

Vintage Paper

Sometimes you stumble upon things by accident and they are perfect as is. There is something about the stains on the paper, the smell of an old book, passing of something old from generation to generation. If books and journals could tell their stories aloud, oh the crowds they would draw. This is from a …

Black Iris Printable

I'm so happy to share this! This is one of my favorites. This image is layered with eight pieces of ephemera: invoice, script, architectural pieces, mourning cloak butterfly, worn and floral scrap paper, and the black iris. This can be used for art and crafting. Its especially nice decoupaged on furniture or wood. Right click …

2018 Calendar Crafts

Just before the holidays, I was busy creating and assembling calendars for family and co-workers. I like calendars, especially small ones. These are 4 x 6. I bound some of them together using washi tape and magnets. And the washi tape, oh the choices! It was a fun, print and cut, craft project. My original …

Happy New Year!

There is something so inspiring about starting a new year. There are many goals to tackle, blank pages to fill in journals and sketch books, a clean slate. So where do we start? Trust the magic of new beginnings! Dream a new dream for the story is yours to write. This year, I am going …

Getting Crafty

It's that time of the year when the crafty bubbles over. It's fun to try new things when it's a little too chilly or snowy to do much outside. I'm always cruising Pinterest for new and fun ideas. Recently, I saw small sea turtle jewelry blanks on Etsy and thought these could make perfect gifts …

12 Days of Christmas

It's officially the start of the holiday season! I hope all of you that celebrate Thanksgiving, had a very blessed day. We had a wonderful holiday with family, of course we ate way too much. My mom sent us home with my favorite Christmas cookies. We have been busy cleaning out gardens before they go …

Art and Medicine

Art based on Science. Medicine is an art. Brilliant people in history have spoken about the importance of the arts within science. Albert Einstein ingeniously stated, “After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.”

Ephemera Love

I LOVE ephemera! Actually any vintage graphic that I can add to or modify by sketching or correcting. Restoring anything vintage is what I love to do (as long as it is public domain). Ephemera are items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc. They are now …