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Juniper’s Birthday

Juniper is going to be turning 4 this weekend, and she is SO EXCITED. She has been making practice cakes from play dough for the past few weeks, and telling me all about the presents she is going to get. One day she started opening pretend letters from all of her friends telling her that…

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Charlotte

I started this painting a couple of weeks ago and just got a chance to finish it up yesterday. This one was inspired by this post on Craftiness Is Not Optional. Seriously, how cute is Miss C’s little face? I was having a bit of trouble inking this one, I think it might be time…

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My Awesome Necklace

Ok, a little back story. When we lived in Orlando, I was the secretary for our church’s group for young women. I seriously had THE best girls and I miss them SO MUCH. After a pretty hilarious email exchange with a man named Herb, they started calling me Sister Awesome and I’m not gonna lie,…

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Alphabet Cards

I decided last night to make some of these cute cardboard letters as a Christmas gift for my niece. They are awesome because you just use old boxes and scraps of fabric. Both of which I have a TON of. They are a lot of work, but they really aren’t that bad. But by the…

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Mini Self Portrait

Yesterday there was a little while where our servers were down, and when you work at a web based company, that makes working a little difficult. So instead of dusting off my cubicle or reorganizing my notebooks, I worked on a little sketch. This one is supposed to be a self portrait of sorts. What…

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Oma & Opa

Can I just say, I love watercolors! I was originally going to draw this photograph of my husband’s grandparents as a Christmas gift for them, but I decided to paint it instead. I used the same style as my mini paintings, but this one is a 5×7. I’m a bit disappointed that Oma’s glasses turned…