personalized art!

A  personalized artwork for some dear friends who are recently engaged!

gouache & photoshop, 2012

save the date ideas

I’ve been working on save the date ideas for my wedding next year.

I plan on having them giclee printed at a local fine art printer. 

These are just some brainstorming ideas, I feel like the pink is a little too pink.

I’m also practicing my calligraphy with some vintage nibs I picked up, 

heres hoping I’ll be skilled enough to address the envelopes!

birds pattern

for the birds pattern, 2011

Happy New Prints!

Three brand new prints I created just for fun! 

These are all hand painted by me, then I scan the artwork and 

create a seamless pattern in photoshop.  If you are wondering how

to make a seamless pattern, check out the Pattern People e-book. 

Happy Friday everyone!

watercolor & ink 2011 

wild rose

I painted this little greeting card for a friend

who recently got married.  I mixed gouache

and watercolor inks to create some custom

colors.  I loved the consistency of the paint, 

so I plan to experiment more with this mix.

Happy accidents are the best :)

Watercolor Floral Print

Just a little something I am working on today.  I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Watercolor & Ink 2011

pleased to meet you

I made these letters for my facebook profile. You know how the new profile has the 5 photos right above your wall? It’s a perfect spot for a little greeting. I can’t take credit for this idea, the adorable and super talented Katie of Color Me Katie thought this up and I had to do my own spin on it. Her blog is filled with lovely, colorful photos and fun paper art, it’s a great read so check it out!

Gouache, 2011

The Mayweed

Happy New Year!

I’m not really big on making resolutions, but I do like the idea of starting fresh in a new year. No big plans for 2011, but I would love to take a painting or calligraphy class, and maybe learn some new techniques.

This is a Mayweed plant… why did I paint this? Well I flipped to a random page in my botanical book and it looked like a lovely little weed. I did a little research and found she is a sister to the Chamomile plant. Anyway, the Mayweed actually has white flowers but my dinky scanner refused to cooperate so I painted them over :)

The Mayweed

Gouche, 2011

I haven’t figured out how to make the images larger, but if you click it you can see a lot more detail. Hopefully I can figure this out in 2011!

garden party

Watercolor and Ink, 2010

save the date - minted

new save the date design for minted.com

special collaboration with designer (and boyfriend) Graham Kelman www.gk3dlab.com

pattern people design contest

I am so very happy and proud to announce that I have won the Pattern People Surface Design Competition for Best Floral Design. I will be published in their e-book! I am beyond excited and grateful to be part of this wonderful collection of designers. Thank you Pattern People!

Check out their blog and website! http://www.patternpeople.com/

http://www.patternpeople.com/submission-winners/

i love to paint

Painting is my favorite thing to do and I wish I could do it all day, every day.

Watercolor, acrylic ink. 2010

lovely leopard final artwork

Here is the final product! This was made as a coversheet to present the line to the buying and sales team. Courtesy of Free People, 2010

Watercolor, acrylic ink & photoshop

lovely leopard

Something I painted for work today, thought I would share. Click to view larger

Watercolor & acrylic ink, 2010

doodles

watercolor & acrylic ink, 2010

zoe

I painted this for my dear friend Shaina’s beautiful baby Zoe.

Watercolor, ink 2010

engagement card

kraft paper, acrylic ink, watercolor collage 2010

peace within me

watercolors, acrylic ink and photoshop, 2010

lacey butterfly

monogram mania

Lately I have been painting monograms for weddings and personal stationery. I like using watercolors to give them a handmade touch. Let me know if you would like your own hand painted monogram!