Paris in the Springtime

Paris in the Springtime

Happy Tuesday, friends! Today I’m dreaming about France and my “someday” bucket list trip. I was lucky enough to travel to Paris on a family trip when I was a teenager. That was a long time ago and we mostly stuck to the main touristy …

Taking Life Slow (A Day at the Blueberry Farm)

Taking Life Slow (A Day at the Blueberry Farm)

Over the weekend, we met up with some friends at a local U-Pick blueberry farm. It seems like many weekends lately we have had lots of things going on – baseball games, housekeeping, travel, etc. This might have been a ‘scheduled’ plan, but it was actually …

What You Don’t Know

What You Don’t Know

I hate getting up early but do it anyway to make sure I get my workout in. I love to run and have completed several half marathons with more to come! My husband & I are super into craft beer and he’s trying to open …

Society6

Society6

I just wanted to let you all know that I’ve started adding some of my digital art to Society6. I’ll continue adding more pieces as I complete them. Right now, there are a few different ways to order prints, but I’ll be adding other items …

Oil Pastel Portrait Makeover

Oil Pastel Portrait Makeover

My friend Robin Laws recently shared a new technique she has been studying. She was inspired by a Spanish artist named Guim Tio, who is known for using magazine pages as a starting point for his abstract portrait makeovers. Some of his work: His work is much …

Welcome

Welcome

I’m so glad you’re here! Let me tell you a little about my story… In school, art was my least favorite class because I couldn’t make my assignments look like the teacher’s. I compared myself to my classmates who had more natural ability (or maybe they simply worked harder …