Cuff & Ring

I finished the first cuff of the batch and made myself a matching thumb ring :) I'm keeping these because I've sold or given away all of the ones I've made so far. I won't be selling any rings...too many finger sizes out there!
*In case you're wondering: the beautiful wooden ring holder was a gift from my friend Margie and the thing holding the bracelet is a cholla cactus skeleton.

New Batch

It has been a while since I've drawn with the pyrograph. I love making up the design as I draw along and it makes each design unique. I'm making twenty leather cuffs and maybe a couple of these. I'll let you know when they're available at my shop.

Hellebore Journal

Fun embroidery/bookbinding project I did over the weekend using my hellebore watercolor illustration. I transferred the image to the bookbinding cotton cloth using Iron-On transfer paper from Strathmore and added some embroidered details. I bought these sheets many, many years ago from Amazon, I don't know if they still sell them. 

If you want to try your hand at book binding this is a good step-by-step tutorial.

From Where I Stand

Pot Holder

This weekend I made a quilted pot holder using two of my Bookhou's triangles fabric scraps, wool felt for the inside, a tiny piece of Kokka red polka dot fabric and a thin strip of leather. Quick, small sewing projects like this one are so satisfying.

Succulent Garden

Watercolor on Arches Aquarelle paper 22.5" x 22.5"

Hello Watercolors!

It had been over a month since I last picked up my watercolors!

It feels great to be painting again in my new studio :)

Giving

There is nothing I enjoy more than putting together a little gift 

& taking my time to make the wrapping extra pretty. 

This time I gathered items for a stamping kit to give along with my book and wrapped it furoshiki style using the linen wall panel I did in collaboration with Bookhou.
***This is NOT a giveaway, it's a gift I made for a good friend of mine :)

May is Here!

 

Time to change your desktop calendar!

 Cinco de Mayo is marked on the calendar not because of the Battle of Puebla, 

but because it's Turbo's birthday! He will be 4 years old! :)

Click on the small image above to make it larger and download from there. Enjoy!

Nashville Warbler

One of the wonderful things about living surrounded by trees 

is that I get frequent visits from all kinds of cute birdies like this chubby warbler. 

I have to keep my camera close by with the telephoto lens all at all times :)

Waitrose

 

My birdies flew across the Atlantic Ocean and landed at Waitrose Garden in the UK. They've been popping up in the newspaper, on several product tags, packaging and in-store displays. I you see any of them please tell them I said hi :)

Botanical

Something for work that I've been working on. 

Hand drawn with pencil & edited with Photoshop.

Snippets

Have a beautiful weekend friends.

A BIG happy birthday to my sweet friend Sonia! :)

Corners of my New Studio

I am so inspired by my new space. I can't wait to start painting!