New Cards

Easter is such a turning point in the year coming in on the beginning of a new season.  More sun, more flowers.  It is inspiring.  I like cocooning in the winter but it's time to shake it off.  Creating cards is still something new for me and I'm really enjoying the process.  Since I'm creating for a small market at the moment, I like to include references to the town that I live in making the cards a little more special than what the mass market produces.  Maybe some day I'll "break out" into a bigger market.

Just because...

these things make me happy.  Just looking around my works in progress, the colors and textures of the fabrics and my tools.

Newest Commissioned Pillows

A spin off of the sketchbook series that I had started last year, are these pillows showcasing the beautiful gardens of the couple who asked me to create these cushions for them.  I hesitated adding the heron but as they are so graceful looking and added to the waterlilly feeling I decided to go ahead and use it.  They are lovely to look at unless they're gobbling up your prized koi!

Other sketches are of their waterlillies, rudbeckias and day lillies along with their garden statuaries and elements.