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Gift Wrap Hacks to Take Your Presents from Ho-Hum to Ho-Ho-Ho

I know – we haven’t even made it through Halloween and you don’t even have the brain power to think about Christmas yet. I’m not trying to add to the stress, but I thought I’d write a quick post on creative ways to do a little gift wrapping. Nothing necessarily new, time-saving, or mind-blowing here,Continue reading “Gift Wrap Hacks to Take Your Presents from Ho-Hum to Ho-Ho-Ho”

How Hard Can This Be?

Well, I ended up not having nightmares, but I sure am having a lot of anxiety. After I uploaded my book to KDP, I ordered a proof copy to quadruple-check for any glaring errors in the print version. Of course, I found a few – one very obvious one, right on the first page. NoContinue reading “How Hard Can This Be?”

Fun With Procreate

Seems all I’m doing is practicing and taking classes. I feel like I should be a doctor of something by now. I’ve actually been working on a big project that I thought would have been done about 6 months ago. But as usual, there’s another huge learning curve and I’ve had a few technical issuesContinue reading “Fun With Procreate”

National Personal Space Day

I thought I’d share a peek into my personal space for National Personal Space Day. This is where I keep a few of my favorite things. You see the corner where I spend most of my life and my two assistants, who do nothing but fight over who gets to nap in this really sad,Continue reading “National Personal Space Day”

Monday Mood Board

Though I’m taking a Photoshop course right now, I still feel most comfortable in Adobe Illustrator, where I drew this Wolfsbane. It’s the start of a bigger project I’ve had in my mind for a while now but still isn’t anywhere near completion. Wolfsbane is also known as monkshood, but I couldn’t help thinking aboutContinue reading “Monday Mood Board”

Making the Old New

Some of you may have started following me several years ago when I focused on paper cutting and assemblages. I miss those days. It was so satisfying to enter into my zen flow and create something with my own two hands. Bonus if I then sold it! It’s been a long time since I’ve putContinue reading “Making the Old New”