Graphic Design with a Vintage Flair
Hello, I have been away a bit longer than anticipated with work, and graphic design for websites. It is finally summer and it has been delightful to be out in the garden again. So many projects as many of you can relate. How is there enough time in the day? I have also been redecorating. … Continue reading Two Fern Botanical Prints DIY
Hello! Hope everyone is keeping well and preparing for the holidays. Even though this year looks a little different than past years, I expect time at home will have extra special meaning this year. This is a second print I’d like to share with you for Christmas. It has nine layers of ephemera with touch … Continue reading A Christmas Print
This is one of my favorite papers. I shared this on Instagram just over a week ago and wanted to make it available here. I love the colors and the vintage feel. Cuisine Saffron 8 x 10Download This is great for a stand alone art piece, decoupage, transfer, craft or journaling project. Hope everyone is … Continue reading Cuisine Artistique Paper
This past weekend we were supposed to receive freezing rain and over a foot of snow. Where I live, a foot of snow is an inconvenience but not enough to stop travel. The ice on the other hand screams trouble and no power. So what I expected to be a rough edge kind of weekend … Continue reading Ferns and Ice
The trees have started their show here in Michigan. Hints of crimson and gold, seed pods send promise of blooms for next year, and a shift in the daylight hours tell me Autumn is here. The weather has been warmer than usual, I even had the air conditioning on this weekend. Still, I have filled … Continue reading An Autumn Journal – Free Collage Sheet
I have been testing some layered backgrounds for new botanical prints. There is an endless amount of script ephemera out there in the public domain that I personally can never pass up. Sometimes the perfect script requires some work, removing the background on these documents can take minutes to hours, but the end result is … Continue reading Botanical Sampler
At times life can really be trying. For most, we have to plan our time with family and friends, save for the things we need and want, and have many responsibilities to tend to (food, a roof over our head, and electricity). It's not easy to do this day in and day out. But these … Continue reading Being Thankful – Print & Tag
Explore. Slow down to appreciate what surrounds you. Enjoy the sound of the rain, look for the shimmer in the frost and snow, and the bursts of color nature provides. Keep a journal of ideas and scribble illustrations. Take pleasure in seasonal feasts and harvest. Tell stories. Mark your legacy. Cherish handmade. Try your hand … Continue reading Simple Pleasures
There is just something about the beauty of poppies, commonly known as the Black Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum, or the breadseed poppy. This is a species of a flowering plant in the family - Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are derived and is a valuable ornamental plant, … Continue reading Poppy Botanical Post Card
I have been asked what medium is my favorite. This is something I cannot answer with a simple reply. I do have one constant that I always go to, and that is my PITT Artist Pens made by Faber-Castell. Photos of pens is credited to the Faber-Castell site. PITT means Pigmented India Ink. These pens … Continue reading Product Review: Faber-Castell Artist Pens
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