I have listed some new original art pieces as well as prints to my Etsy shop.
To celebrate the new releases I am offering a coupon code for this week only. You can use this code on any of the items in the shop.
These are just a few of the items that are available in the shop now
Here is a peek at some of the things that I am working on in my sketchbook.
A simple black fine point pen really works great to clear out the designs that are floating around in my head.
I thought I would share a few of the beautiful blooms from my garden today.
Yesterday was the girls first day of school at a new school. They are in 6th & 7th grades and this week is just 1/2 days so I am on the road a lot right now. Next week is full days so it won't be so bad.
I have gotten everything ready for lunches for next week and will be sharing some of the ideas that I had found around the web. I hope to be around here more next week.
Simple tools sometimes make the best tools. This is the watercolor set that I am using right now. I have a few and this one is one of the most inexpensive ones that I have and I really love how concentrated the pigments are once they are good and wet. I use a Ranger Mini Mister for this task and wet the whole section that I want to use. I let it sit for about a minute and then use a water brush to pick up the color. I love that I have a bunch of colors to choose from without having the mix and a well for each color on the lid.
Here is an example of a finished flower after inking
and here are examples of color patterns that I played with gradually changing the colors.
I have come up with a way to organize my calendar to best use the space that I have for each day. I decided to use a Bic multi color pen and use one color for each of the categories.
I can see if there is something in each category quickly and be able to plan my day around each of them.
I even made tabs out of washi tape for my notes so that I can used them for various areas of my life.
Yesterday was my 15th wedding anniversary.
I look back at this picture and see how young I look in this picture.
This month is a big month for our family. The girls will be starting back to school after 2 years of homeschooling, and I am working on a new business venture that I will be announcing soon. So this is going to be a very busy and very exciting time for me and my family.
Yesterday while we were out picking out school supplies for the girls I found this planner in one of my favorite colors. I was planning on just buying a small pocket planner but I really needed something more so this one ended up coming home with me.
I set down and and got to work planning my month and making sure that I had all my appointments down correctly and started to plan my blog post for the month. Because of how busy I know my month is going to be this will help me post on a consistent basis. I decided to use a 4 color pen to color code my entries.
I am a very visual person and I think will help me to find things quickly based on what I needing and keep me better organized.
As much as I love technology, a pen a paper is the best way for me to work out anything and planning things out on paper really works for me.
I found this on Instagram this morning and I really think it is perfect for my life at this stage right now, so I just had to share it..
