Hi there! This is my first post in a while and it’s going to be a long one, so bear with me. First, I’d like to explain my title. I’ve been thinking a long time about art, my life, and my design career. Another artist said something that profoundly woke me up to…… Continue Reading
I’m off to Summer School!
Okay, so I am not actually going anywhere, but I’m excited just the same. It has been a LONG time since I took a class. I have done my share of tutorials, and a web class to brush up on my HTML skills. A little while ago I came across this opportunity to take a…… Continue Reading
House Rules Project
Some projects take much longer than others. When my now two year old was born, I decided that our paper written rules of the house sign needed some “prettying up” (no that is not an art term). As with all projects, you need the right canvas, and luckily my brother in law had given me…… Continue Reading
My most valuable tool
As a designer and an artist, the most valuable tool I have is my sketchbook. I start out every project with a sketch of what I want the final project/piece to look like. They may be very detailed and intricate or just a rough idea of where the elements are going to go. Whether…… Continue Reading
Baby Announcement Paintings
What can be better than design and painting? I can’t think of anything! Fonts, color, paint, canvas, and all for the love of one crazy little boy. I chose a font, designed it on the computer and then laid it out freehand on the canvas. My next project is a 24″ x 36″ canvas of…… Continue Reading
Running, t-shirts and Doofenshmirtz
I had my first opportunity to design a t-shirt logo when I was in high school. Over the years, I have had many more opportunities for clients events. I love to see design on all kinds of media, but this project was the most fun! A friend of mine was running in a race and wanted…… Continue Reading
Pumpkin Time
Although, not among my bucket list of things to do, I love to do projects with my kids. Halloween is a great time to collaborate with my little muses. This year my daughter decided she wanted a ballerina pumpkin for preschool. We started by picking a face, and then proceeded to paint the pumpkin pink,…… Continue Reading
A reason not to whine
Cheers! This year for the holidays I painted my first wine glasses. I was inspired by dragonflies. When my grandfather passed away almost 10 years ago now one of my family members saw a dragonfly (I’m not exactly sure who) and felt sure that it was Grandpa watching over us. Since then, we all…… Continue Reading
My Creative Bucket List
Welcome to My Creative Bucket List! Since I believe that creativity breeds creativity I have a creative bucket list of design, art and crafts projects that I am always working on. I think of them as my creative callestenics. My biggest two bucket list items involve updating the web site you are looking at and…… Continue Reading
