Category: Something Real

For years growing up I would visualize putting myself or my feelings behind an iron shell and protecting myself from the outside world and the pain that comes with it. I’ve since realized that this false sense of protection did more harm than good. I learned that you can’t close out the world and live…

I decided to do a landscape today – I usually make them on the back of place-mats in restaurants. I don’t know why I think that the back of place-mats are good places to draw a landscape, but I always seem to. Anyway, here’s my non-place-mat landscape with deer (instead of horses).

After a long snow day and a really great conference call with some friends, I felt like drawing a flower. 🙂

This was purely imaginative and just for fun – wanted to try to re-create a style I drew a while ago. Also, I called it “modern fairy” because of the pink highlights and blue jeans. O:)

In anticipation of the new year (and possible a new-yearsy post to come) I created a fantasy night club/lounge. Kinda retro 50’s/20’s era with live music and a random disco ball. See more on flickr.

Our first tree experience, enjoy!

I decided to list some new stuff on my etsy shop yesterday- mostly the new scarf styles that I took pictures of.  I also have some doily like things that I’m thinking of posting but I’m not sure – so I thought I’d put some of the pictures up and see what you thought. Also,…

I really like being able to come up with creative ways to make things. If you ask my husband he’ll tell you that my inability or unwillingness to follow a recipe to the letter is annoying but he always loves how my food comes out. When it comes to sewing, I don’t really use patterns…

Denver and the Mile High orchestra has one of the most unique Christmas albums I’ve heard so far – this is their rendition of Frosty the Snowman.