Happy Site Friday.

This site has my heart. Not often do I come across images of children with such innocence and vogue at the same time. I LOVE the vintage feel with modern flair and functionality. (Say that 10 times fast:) No, I just had to post about this site that I have come back to now an again as I search for great clothing to put my illustrated children in. I won't be dressing my own children in these (unless Sarah Jane Studios puts in me in the next tax bracket sometime soon...um, no.) But without further ado, I introduce to you:

Notice the fabrics.

Notice that the kids are just KIDS and not 'models.'

Notice the outdoor settings...just perfect for those restless kids.


Notice the softness.


Notice the vintage meets modern (my favorite). Notice the innocence.

Well, I might not be able to hold back...just look at those shoes!

Thanks Flora + Henri

Until next Friday...

Mamma and her boys.


These past few 'vacation' days have flown by! I have loved this time to create more, and wishing that I could just work faster. It sometimes feels like my brain is so full of images that I have to get them out on paper or I am just going to burst. I keep a sketch book with me at all times, but sometimes taking real "art time" is necessary. I have been working on a few other projects that I can't really post about right now...hopefully soon. But these new prints are enough to keep me happy!

All this is available in the shop now. I have more coming, as always, but now I must get back to shipping and packing!

I am also going to be making my "I love my mom" cards available as singles in honor of Mother's day coming up. Don't miss out on these elephants!


And speaking of Mamas and Boys, check out my forever crush. He loves hanging out with me. He is my little side kick. I just can't get enough of his short stubby, squishy legs. Oh!! I love him!

Thanks for all your lovely comments about the chairs by the way! Have a great weekend and see you back for "happy site friday!"

3 bears revisited.



Ok. I am so excited about these. I have had this in my head for a while now, and I finally got these made while my dear husband took the kids to the dinasaur museum this morning. I love my husband! I know that 3 beds and 3 bowls will follow...lots of ideas for those. Let's just say that Anthropologie is a big place for my inspiration. Love that place. You can find the middle "soft" chair at anthro for only $1124.00 (on sale!) Geesh. I'll take just a drawing, thank you very much. Well, here we have BOY and GIRL. Take your pick! I will be stocking the shop full of stuff tomorrow, so be watching! Back to the drawing room...

newest.

Ok. So I have a problem. My brain is going faster than the clock. I have had a few more hours in the day to really just be creative, and oh! I just can't work fast enough! I had ideas to get some prints out of vintage toys, and so instead of doing a print for each, I decided I need to combine them all together...which really makes for a darling display. I love the colors, and I see a theme coming! Watch for these to be on sale by the end of the week. And stay tuned. Lots more coming!

Real Life.

My husband is a Middle school history teacher. You think Kids need a break? Teachers do to. Especially this one. He is a bit 'over the top' when it comes to his love for the students. And, well, he gets tired. Good thing it is spring break. This is what we will be doing lots of. Our favorite times are just rolling around with the kids, talking, making, doing, laughing, singing, performing and just being. I am throwing in a bit of drawing too. Well, according to my husband, LOTS of drawing. He is playing Mr. Mom this week, and I don't know if I will be able to handle this temporary freedom! So I sign off this post with the pitter patter of little feet playing with their dad and ink and pen ready to create!

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7 things you really didn't want to know about me:

Ok..tagged again. Thanks Jaime and Vanna for letting me delve into my random/quircky side:

1) I get car sick if I am in the back seat

2) My first CD I ever owned was Basia: Time + Tide (Don't watch the video...it's dumb. Just listen to the song) I was 9 years old.

3) I cut my own bangs when I was 9. I have (had, I should say) really curly hair. But being a product of the 80's I wanted those stiff "fly catcher" bangs. So, I cut them on a diagonal, sprayed straight up and walked out the door to school thinking my own mother wouldn't notice. Um, ya. Dumb. About both: cutting my own hair, and thinking I had an unobservant mother.

4) I was accepted to the University of Maryland on an acting scholarship, but declined. (Good thing, since I met my husband on the first day of my freshman year at the school of my choice.)

5) I hate anything with malt or malt flavor.

6) I spent my middle childhood years living on Winslow Road in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

7) The first day I met my later-to-be mother in law, I stabbed her in the elbow with a kitchen knife. (short story: we were putting dishes away together...but it was a rather dramatic and embarrassing moment).

There you have it. I can't think of anyone to tag right now...so maybe I will be back later. I never was a "game" person.

Gotta get back to drawing....

Happy Site Friday.

Do you have the itching urge to buy more children's books all the time? As you pass the Barnes +Noble? As you surf the good ol' money hogging internet? After a good trip to the library? I do.

Well, I am a sucker for good picture books (no!) and I have always been bugged on Amazon when you can't search inside and see if it is any good!

Well, look no longer. Here is the perfect solution. Looky-Look is a website with the ENTIRE children's book for you to read. Yes. Page by page. You can even buy from their site directly once you have fallen in love with a new read. Brilliant.

Because the entire site is in flash, I have no pictures. (Even better to know the site is protected against the copy-and-steal kinda people).


But because I cannot leave you with a picture, I will leave you with this. An experiment I will let sit here so I can gaze at it every once in a while and decide if I like or not. Hmmm. It may take the weekend to ponder upon this one.

Which reminds me...Happy weekend! Happy reading! Happy Friday!

Recipe: How to make the most of a rainy day

1. Mix two of mom's best sheets tied with string and hair clips (for optimum tent making).

2. Add 6 or 7 batches of bristol blocks. (We prefer 7)

3. Quickly add in one hand written book (or a rewritten book of a perfectly good one.) Must have lots of glue pasted every where, scotch tape plastered to the pages and must have lots of crayon. Take out crayon from little mouths as necessary.

4)Stir well with every whisk in the kitchen. A toy dinosaur tail works too.



5) Add a few kisses and tickles and hugs and soon, it isn't so rainy and cold anymore.

Enjoy inside mommy's nice warm bed and have fun making a mess of it. You can always make it up later. Or just leave the bed messy for the next rainy day.

Enjoy!