have an ever so spooky night, and wonderful weekend!

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There is a tour of my studio today over at Poppytalk!  Thanks Jan!

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quite literally.  I woke up this morning from a dream about this piece of art I was working on that somehow involved felt.  I don’t normally work with felt, but in the dream I kept thinking “this is the best thing I’ve ever made!”  Well, this morning I happened upon this gorgeous etsy shop, filzfelt.  Now […]

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Bloesem kids has an open house tour of Jenny of LMNOP fame that is really lovely.  I did a portrait of this lovely lady and her son for LMNOP’s most recent issue, so it was fun for me to take a peek around her home!

I especially love how she displays her sons artwork.  You can see […]

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found in the hall, in pockets and on my desk…

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I wanted to show you the back of my new portrait frames.  Each frame is backed with fun paper coordinated to your frame color.  Because it’s those little details that make me smile!

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I am now offering several new options in my wallpaper panel series.  A really lovely new wallpaper, white circles, is simple and works wonderfully for both boys and girls rooms.  Also, three new designs are available.  I’ve had the Bremen Town Musicians available for a while now in my etsy shop and now you can get […]

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I saw these the other day over at Marthawrites and think they are such a simple and clever way of documenting the everyday.  There was recently an article in the paper here about the fact that the US ranks 23rd in happiness, so the journalist travelled to the number 1 ranking country, Denmark, to see what […]

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can mean only one thing…

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and loving this

Can’t wait to see him live next month!

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So I finally got back my Holga pics from watching the Chapman swifts.  I’ve said it before, it is my favorite fall tradition.  The swifts gather and go down the old chimney of Chapman Elementary.  Pictures don’t do it justice, but here are mine.

(this pic shows why light leaks are a good thing-those little black […]

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I am now offering a framing option for my portraits, and these are gorgeous frames!  I am currently offering them in 8″x10″, 11″x14″ and 16″x20″ sizes.  Also, the below pics show a new portrait.  I used my son as the subject, well he and his ‘lumpy.’  This is his very well loved constant companion.   You can […]

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As of today you can find my work over at poppytalk handmade.  A great spot to start your holiday shopping!

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round and fat, turn into a jackolantern just like that!  Ian learned that at school last week, keep getting it stuck in my head.  Anyhoo, we did the annual pumpkin patch trip this past weekend and had wonderful weather.  October can be so beautiful here.

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wearing grandpa’s hat

his head was even smaller than mine.

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I got these paper pom-pom kits the other day and they do not disappoint.  I think the silver ones will be sticking around for some time…

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I spied this over at ann wood ’s blog this morning.  I think this will make the perfect centerpiece to our little Halloween to do coming up (though I harbor no illustions ours will be quite as fabulous as this).  The kids are going to be so excited.  I’m thinking spray painting it black will give it that extra […]

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is really here.  Our heat is on and the kids are begging for fires in the fireplace. 

A few sketches I did yesterday working out some ideas…

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So many gorgeous inspiring things around this week.  Here are a few of my favorites

this AMAZING light made out of trash bags (via the new york times)

and this too clever use of cardboard (via ohdeeoh).  Our kids live for a delivery so they can repurpose the box.  As I write this there is a giant […]

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We are a good 5 months off from our next kids party around here, but I found these this week and am filing them away for future use.

awesome baloon sculpture via cookie

and these adorable party favors,  how cute are they?  Found here (via evlove)

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