May Sale! 25% off

 Hey friends! Now through the end of the weekend save 25% in my Big Cartel shop.

Just enter code: MAY25 now through Monday!

Save on everything including original artwork, stickers, and more!

Here are a couple new originals that I just posted.

new Houses

You can check them all out here. 2 have already sold!

Some houses I’ve been working on lately! What is “home”?

For me, it means safe….joy…a place to recharge away from the world…where I spend time with my hubby and poodle…where I create routine….where I am creative….a place of fun…and an intense carrying of magic and spirit. 
Tell me… what does it mean for you?
Where do you experience home?
My husband. My poodle. My family. My love. At Disney. Watching basketball 🏀 
Walking in nature. 
And the ability to carry it with me.

these are sold:

Junk journals & new washi!

 Hey friends, I have a big shop update  that includes new junk journal books! yall, they are even better than I imagined. They have a luxe feel in-hand & come with 96 dot-grid paper. The cute pink bandage that holds the book closed has stolen my heart. I find these bands are a must with junk journals because as we work in them, they certainly grow to that yummy thickness over time as you add all the fun pretties.

There are only a few left as this point so I just wanted to give you a heads up. If you were thinking of grabbing one, now is your chance.

Here's the back of the journal. I designed this journal with photos and drawn images and put everything together in procreate.

new washi tapes as well!

Kawaii cuties junk journal mini course and new pouches!

 Hello friends! Happy Thursday. If you love everything kawaii and sanrio and burgers, then you'll definitely want to check out my latest mini-course! When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Sanrio stuff and would be thrilled and if i'm honest a bit frenzied over the tiny notepads and little stationery items that was neatly displayed in these stores. I loved the stores that merchandised this Neat Stuff at the front of the store. I remember going to the mall and seeing a display located front and center. In my 8 year old mind, I would scream "omg, they have neat stuuuuufff!!"" Was I dramatic about it? Oh yeah! that's the whole point, right?! And so that is why I am here 43 years later creating this class and playing in my journal. Won't you join me?!

It's all about junk journaling and drawing and layering ephemera and using stickers to create a cohesive, darling journal spread. This class contains 3 parts. The 1st video launches today and then part 2 launches on the 9th, and part 3 launches on the 10th. There will also be a digital download that I'm currently working on that will load into the classroom on the 13th. So grab your kawaii kits (i'll be using a mixture of the 1st kit and 2nd kit to create this fun spread. You can also grab the kits in my etsy shop. The class is only $10 !!! (and since the price is so low I'm not offering any discounts)

This class is a short, bite-sized class and the videos are roughly 15 minutes each.

here is what we'll be creating:

I've listened and what you are telling me is that you want more pouches! Well here are two, my friends ready in my etsy shop! They are larger 8.5" x 12". Perfect for your art supplies and stickers!

Kawaii cuties junk journal kits

Afternoon, friends!!

 This morning I'm still struggling with another sinus infection. I just got over one 3 weeks ago so I've got an appointment with an allergist to see what I can do to prevent these recurring issues. My guess is that it is hormonal but that's a whole other long story....oy!

Anyways, I plan to do a short $10 class on these kawaii cuties junk journal kits so when my I get clear of this sinus trouble, I'll create a video on it. 

I just resisted these in my sticker shop and etsy shop. You'll pay less shipping if you order through the sticker shop because I can send it as a flat. So many cute, kawaii goodies to play with in your journal.

I hope you are having a wonderful Easter Saturday and have a fab Holiday tomorrow! lots of love your way.

Here is what is included with the kits:

Junk Journal kit contains the following ephemera for your journals
(not all packs are the same and images and things included will be slightly different.)

Washi tape sample - cute characters wrapped around a trading card
1 Tamagotchi trading card
2 hello kitty sourced sticker sheets. these are paper
1 kawaii cuties sticker sheet - designed by me
lots of notepad single sheets - 8 total sheets!
2 sketchbook pages - printed on glossy sheets

Disney Cruise Sketchbook

 

I also took my sketchbook on our Disney cruise. I used the same one as I did two years ago. I love that the ship as these "Learn to Draw" sessions. They aren't as in depth as the Animation academy classes at Disney World or California Adventure but still fun. They have a host and the host puts up a white board with 5-6 step outs of the character and then they show a video of an illustrator. I think his name is Ron Lot. The only issue is the angles and you can see the detail as well as the down facing camera that they have on the animation academy illustrators. So you kinda have to fill in the blanks a little. But I need to go off in my own direction a bit anyways.

The host tells us to take pictures of the illustrations of the characters that are floating around us on the screens so I take a photo of pinnochio and draw him later.

I highly recommend the Fantasy! In most ways, it was better than the Wish. The restaurants had great food but the theming of the restaurants was better on the Wish. We loved the Europa themed lounges.... Ooh, La La- a French champagne themed lounge. The tube, a London lounge themed lounge and they even had areas where you could sit that looked just like you were on the subway. O'Gills Irish pub. We watched a couple basketball games there. And then La Piazza, a carousel themed entryway lounge that served as a hub for entering the other lounges.

The adult only section of the ship was 10 times bigger than that of the Wish. So a huge plus for us to sit up top and soak in the sun and just lay and draw and read.

There was a craft of make your own Forky and decided I needed to draw him in my sketchbook.

There is a ton of art on the walls. Going down the stairs on each floor, outside of the theater like this Muppet Call board. I love the Mary Blair Alice artwork that was on our "aft" side of the ship. 

Disney Cruise Junk Journal!

 We just returned from a lovely 4 night Disney cruise aboard the Fantasy. Luckily we had outstanding weather with only the last night being frigid from the strong cold front. We had never been to Lookout Cay at Lighthouse point. The facilities on the island are easy to navigate and a huge step up from Castaway Cay. The picnic tables are even easy entry, which I truly appreciate. They really thought of everything. We lounged on the beach, fruity drink in hand and hiked the nature trail to the rustic Lighthouse.

I brought both my sketchbook and junk journal. If you decide to do a Disney cruise and you love junk journaling, there are so many opportunities like the memory keeping activity. You can also grab napkins and small bits of ephemera as well as stickers. They even had a passport activity where you could glue down printables that the ship provided. So above is just my junk journal. I cut out some pages that were provided and kinda did my own thing. I will post again with my sketches. 

here are a couple photos from Lookout Cay!

When you disembark the ship, you are met with a 1/2 mile pier. It’s not as bad as it looks, I promise. Plus I needed to stretch my legs a bit and move around. Lots of sitting and lounging….so I was ready. The pier is designed this way to protect the coral and marine life that surrounds the island. This island seemed more exotic and more flora and fauna than Castaway Cay.

Tim’s Mickey Mouse in the Learn to Draw activity is just the cutest mouse I’ve ever seen. He’s so good following directions but also the style is all his own.

one of my favorite pages from my junk journal. I glued down the Tangled game background and cutout Rapunzel. And then drew my own lanterns inspired by the game page. so fun!