{ Do what you love }

I recently came across a post entitled "Do what you love, 2014" an inspirational post about doing what you love by not making excuses, focusing, learning new skills, that kind of thing and I've decided.  I am going to do it.   For many years I owned a business, doing small jobs here and there, stopping and starting, having a family, and stopping and starting again.

So I am going to apply to be a part of a hand made show this December 2014, I am super pumped and scared all at the same time.  But its something I think I need to do.  There are many other things I would love to do like write and illustrate a children's book but I feel this is a starting point, to get my feet wet and see where it takes me.

{ 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 }

{ 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!

{ Real Event: Kathy's Jungle Themed Baby Invites }

I am pleased to share a custom baby shower suite that I had the pleasure of working on for a close friend of mine. The theme for the baby shower was inspired by little Hazels Nursery and bedding which is a jungle theme (So cute). The beaming mom to be, wanted this theme carried into the invites for the shower (So fun). The invite was hand painted and adorned with hand lettering. The suite featured a 5" x 7" invite, Khaki envelope and matching insert asking guests to bring a book in place of a card for Hazel's first Library (such a sweet idea) It was an honour to design the invites for such a special baby.