{ New Work }

The Marvelous Mrs. Fox was inspired by childhood fables in a lovely 

retro colour palette.

{ Mr. Rabbit }

A little bit of sunshine on a cloudy day! A new illustration.

{ Dog + girl }

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter, we sure did. Its always so nice to get away from the city for a bit. Here is a new illustration that I've been working on. I really hope to share some new work soon.

{ Couples }

Bonjour! It is just beautiful outside today, I can feel a little hop in my step already. My bean is sleeping and I am working, all is perfect. Today I have these cute couple images that are limited edition prints, so sweet. They are available for purchase in my Etsy shop.

{ Love is in the air.... }

This is an illustration that I started awhile back and just recently had the pleasure of finishing. It was so wonderful to work on, I especially enjoyed designing the characters and working on the houses. I used a limited yet whimsical colour palette.

{ Baby Print }

I've been working on this piece for awhile now, so I thought I would share the finished product. I am quite happy with how it turned out. Just perfect for a birth keepsake!

{ Sketch #6 }

Todays sketch which I actually had time to do before the sun set is also inspired by a retro colour palette and the loveliness of stripes.

{ Sketch #5 }

Today's letter sketch was inspired by a retro palette and simple stripes.

{ Sketch #4 }

We had a wonderful weekend, we even had the chance to go out for a little Valentine's Day dessert Sunday afternoon, we brought the bean with us but it was perfect! and the red velvet cake was oh so yummy. I've been falling a bit behind in my letter sketches, maybe it will be more of an occasional letter instead of a daily letter.... but todays sketch is brought to you by the letter V for Valentines Day. Oh love is in the air!

{ Sketch #3 }

With Valentine's Day a week a way for my daily letter I created a little something inspired by the big day!

{ Sketch #2 }

{ A Series of Letter Sketches #1 }

Today's sketch is brought to you by the letter "K" for my baby girl Kaisa.

{ A New Project }

January has been a very busy month in our household, but with January soon behind us and a new month on the horizon I can't help but think about something I've always wanted to do. Seriously! A drawing a day for an entire year. Its so wonderfully creative I can barely contain myself, I think its just what I need to get some creativity flowing. I am inspired! Tomorrow I will unveil the first image of my new project!

{ Sweets: New Work }

With Valentines day not far away, I started to think about all things sweet! So today I am sharing a new piece that I've been working on, some yummy chocolates. Who doesn't love some chocolate?

{ 2012 Here I come }

Its been forever since I've written a blog post, at least it feels like its been forever. First was Christmas and all the preparation that goes into it, then New Years and last but so special was our beans First Birthday (oh yes and I celebrated my Birthday shortly after). I spent quite awhile crafting and planning an "Oh so lovely" Birthday celebration (I hope to post some photos real soon). But first I will kick off the New Year with some New Work!

I love giving and making homemade gifts for loved ones and friends. This year I decided to make a practical gift that was also lovely, so I designed and hand crafted recipe cards! I had so much fun working on them, I added them to my Etsy shop and I hope to design some more.

{New Work: A Very Modern Christmas}

Happy Friday everyone! With the American Thanksgiving behind us it feels like the Holiday season has finally begun. So to welcome the Holiday season I am sharing some new work, that was a lot of fun to create. I completed the illustration using three different colour palettes, and I love how they turned out. Is there one colour palette that you like best? I can't decide, I like them all.

{2011 Custom Holiday Cards}

As promised yesterday my Etsy shop now has the 2011 Custom Holiday Cards ready for purchase! I will be adding additional Holiday cards over the next little while so check back often.

{ CUSTOM Illustrated Holiday Cards }

Custom illustrated Holiday Cards will be available for order on my Etsy site Monday evening! Whether you are a family of two or a family of five these lovely Custom illustrated cards are sure to delight this Holiday Season!

{ New Work: Telephones }

You are in for a treat today, not only did I share family fun photos from our fall weekend excursion but I also have some new work to share today. I decided to try something new with my digital work, it was a great exercise and I really enjoyed working digitally again with an added new twist. I used a vintage colour palatte which I may try to incorporate in my work more often (digital and watercolour, because I am loving it), and I added some lovely hand lettering (really love hand lettering too, whether digital or in a traditional medium).

To me, being a designer/illustrator means never being afraid to change or to try new things thats how we grow creatively, and that is what this year has been all about!

{ M is for Mermaid..... }

Happy Thursday everyone, the weather here is a little bit dreary but I am going to be positive and enjoy this crisp fall day. I am working on a new series of posters and I am happy to share the first one with you today! As you may know I've been working on my watercolour and hand lettering skills and I am very pleased with the results so far. I am still working digitally but find working with a new medium a breath of fresh air, just what the doctor ordered. M is for mermaid will be available on my Etsy site soon!