New Art Studio...

 I'm so happy as right now there is a contractor working on closing off our sitting room from our bedroom and that new space will become my artist studio! 

We have a nice size house but with little kids I really need a place with doors and a lock.  Working at the kitchen table and dining room table with paints and a toddler was too challenging.  I'm so looking forward to having a place to house all my paints, papers, and other supplies!  AND looking forward to the freedom of leaving my supplies out and waiting for me.  With 3 kids, I only get to work in short spurts so set up and clean up took more time than my actual painting time.

Now I am going through my piles and boxes of sketches to organize them better.  I can't believe how tricky it is.  There are so many sketches that are misc. so I guess I'll just have a HUGE miscellaneous box to place them in for now. 

So glad my husband thought of this.  Why we didn't think of it sooner?

Back to sorting...Have a great day :)

Boy Prints are up!

Just listed the Personalized Name Prints for BOYS...I hope you like them :)

New Personalized PRINTS Coming soon!

After many hours trouble shooting colors and clarity my first test run of prints arrived today and look amazing!   I was nervous to open the package and thought for sure I would have to order a second test set.  Not the case.  They look AMAZING!  Just the way I wanted to  :)

I LOVE Illustrator and have been creating images but was having trouble keeping the colors and image clarity intact.  I learned to EXPORT the image as a JPEG and from there I was able to adjust the resolution.  

ANYWAY, I am looking forward to listing these prints this week.

I have cute versions for boys too :)

Not so Foxy...

The other morning I was looking out my kitchen window and noticed a beautiful little red fox in our backyard. It was so pretty and I called the kids over to look at it. It pranced lightly up to the middle of our yard...looked up at a bird...and then pooped! In an instant we went from "Awww" to EwwwWWW!

Now I'm thinking of two weeks prior when my little girl was rolling down the hill as kids usually do in the summer AND my oldest son who ran out back barefoot to join her.

I'm either going to have to not let my kids roll down the hill or pick a section of the yard and inspect it before letting them roll down.

I never thought of these things before. Before this the only thing I worried about with the kids playing in the grass are ticks. Am I the only one who never thought of this type of situation?

Have a great night :)

Staying put afterall...

OK, after packing up 85% of our home...our move to beautiful Doylestown, PA has fallen through. The people buying our house went with a less than reputable lender and never came through with the mortgage. The owners of the home we had a contract on didn't want to wait for us anymore so resold their house to someone else (who could blame them). 

Now, I am home with the kids and unpacking the boxes to the point where our home looks like a home again. Some things will remain packed as we may try to sell again next year. Also, I would love to have a yard sale to get rid of all the extra things we have and don't need. I cannot believe how many unnecessary things we have even after making numerous trips to donate items to the thrift store! 

I am looking forward to getting more Personalized Labels and artwork on ETSY once I unpack and set up my studio again.

Have a fantastic summer :)