Working Weekend

Proud of all the great things we accomplished with the invaluable help of my parents during their visit!

Our kitchen went from my least favorite part of the house to something we are really happy with and eager to use. We certainly learned a thing or two about carpentry, painting, plumbing and electrical odds & ends. The house is becoming our home and I'm so grateful for all the help and hard work from my parents. We couldn't have done it without them, for sure!

We didn't have any time for kayaking, picnicking or fancy dinners during their visit, but I discovered that a late night meal of pizza in the middle of an empty living room floor, surrounded by sawdust and paint cans, listening to old blues and laughing exhaustedly after a day of hard work is something that no pricey restaurant can ever top.

Desk of Cards

Here are a bunch of my new cards and scrapbooking stickers that you can find at WalMart. The first 7 pictured here are printed on 100% recycled paper (with my cute little "eco" icons on the back), which is fabulous! Yay for post-consumer material :)

Making Progress!

Flower Crown, Garden Hat, Blossom Noggin

Sewing Essentials for a Sassy Seamstress

P. S.
Artwalk tonight in Tremont! I'll be at Lucky's from 7-9 accompanying the pieces of mine hanging in the café.

Greetings

A few cards of mine you can find at American Greetings shops and your friendly neighborhood Target.

New Baby Girl


Congratulations


Happy Birthday


Here are the icons I designed for the backs of our recycled-content cards. They're pretty cute, if I do say so myself.

Buckets and Cans and Tape, Oh My!

The painting begins!

Endless thanks to my parents for their company and invaluable assistance this week! So happy to have them visit and help us make our house a home :)

The Galosh

An illustration of mine has been used for the paperback cover of Overlook Press Publisher's The Galosh by Mikhail Zoschenko. You can get your hands on it here!
Design by David Shoemaker.

With Cupcakes & Coffee

Thanks to Lucky's in Tremont for inviting Julia, Emily and I to hang our work in their lovely café! The art hangs through the end of August and will be part of the Tremont Art Walk Friday, August 14th.

Lucky in Life

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Love you, Mum & Da!

All in a Day's Work

Soon!

Saturday we'll be lucky enough to have the keys in our pockets. What better celebration than to get a little bottle of wine, some take-out pizza, and sit on the floor in the middle of the house just wondering what in the world we've gotten ourselves into :)


In other news, the very last of the wedding invitations will be in the post on Monday. I keep running out of ribbon, which causes delays.

Hooray for Friday!


P.S.
Any opinions on the new blog banner?