Smokey & Sparky

Just a little bit of an update on these two!

The Newton Boys!

I am currently working on a large portrait of 5 dogs. I had the great pleasure of meeting 4 of them when I took a trip up to New Hampshire. They are wonderful, friendly and lively dogs. And meeting them really makes my job in painting them easier. Their owner worked with me to get the layout just right. She claims to not really have an artistic eye, but I think she has more than she realizes! The final painting will be 16"x20". Here is the layout we decided on:

I started on Smokey(who is the dog in the upper left-hand corner). I am almost done with him, but will save the final detail until the end so that there is a continuity to the entire painting. Here he is:

I started working on Sparky last night. He is the dog in the upper right-hand corner.

Check back for more updates!

Gift tags

I'm going to a joint baby shower on Friday. Two of my friends had little girls a few months apart. I have met Lucy and she is SO cute. I cannot wait to meet Caroline! So I made these little gift tags for thier presents:

Labbie get well card

My father in law is in the hospital for back surgery. So I made this card for him. Its a little inside joke about their dog. He always chased the squirrels in the backyard. And they usually ran away from him. But one time one of them paniced and ran through the dogs legs. Their dog tried to follow and ended up falling over because, well, you can't run through your own legs! So anyhow, I'm hoping it cheers him up because he is having a tough recovery!

Doodley Circle borders

I just made a few circle shaped doodled borders. Something fun and quick. There's 4 in the set:

Dog & Bone

Cat & Fish

Rose

Flower & Bee

Here's the preview:

And you can get it here

Have fun and if you like it please leave me some love!!!!!

Baseball Baby Announcement

So a really good friend of mine from high school is due with a little boy ANY day now! I offered to do her announcements for her and this is one of the ideas I came up with.

I painted the glove and the ball separately, scanned them in, cut them out and assembled them. The stitching is real thread and the ball opens up to display the baby's picture(when he comes) and all his info! Here's what it looks like when you open it:

Pumpkin Spice

Well, it that lovely time of year again, where the air is crisp, the sun is bright and the leaves are like jewels falling from the trees. I thought I'd create a fun doodly kit to celebrate this wonderful season.

You can get it free here

I'd love to see what you create with it so please leave me some love on my blog!

And my dear friend Leslie has created an awesome free coordinating paper and element pack. You can get it at her blog.