Wedding Trends 2019: Pampas Grass

Wedding Trends 2019 Pampas Grass

Pampas grass for weddings. It’s hot. This non-floral trend has been gaining admirers in past years and is now a favorite among brides looking beyond typical flower arrangements. From bridal bouquets to wedding arches and table decor, pampas grass is a beautiful alternative to the standard roses and such and is on trend for 2019. Continue reading

Easter Designs For People Who Aren’t Into Pastels And Flowers

Easter Designs

Easter. A time of Spring, pastel colors and delicate flowers. But for those people who aren’t into pastels and flowers, here are some Easter designs that are more neutral or on the other end of the spectrum, very brightly colored.

First up is a faux wood texture style Easter bunny and Easter eggs. Shown on a tote bag, an Easter brunch and egg hunt invitation and a paper plate, this Easter design Continue reading

Faith And Dreams – A Christian Coloring Book Filled With Inspiration

Faith And Dreams Christian Coloring Book

My fifth coloring book, published this year, is Faith And Dreams: Weekly Inspiration And Scripture. Built on the foundations of my previous book Fanciful Garden: A Weekly Journal And Coloring Book, Faith And Dreams almost designed itself. I had created all the drawings for Fanciful Garden with journal writing and diary entries in mind. It was a new experience leaving blank space on my drawings and when I was done Continue reading

Fanciful Garden – Coloring For Teens, Preteens And Grownups

Fanciful Garden Coloring Book

I am very proud of this new release “Fanciful Garden: A Weekly Journal And Coloring Book” which will appeal to teens, preteens and grownups alike. Designed with room on each page to write around and among the illustrations, perfect for creative journal writing or diary entries, there are also bonus pages with decorative borders for additional notes. Pure colorists can make use of that extra space to add their own details or create colorful and inventive background effects. Continue reading

Why Are Animals In Sunglasses So Popular?

Why are animals in sunglasses so popular?

Let us ponder that question…

They’re funny. That’s pretty much the whole reason. I mean, animals don’t wear sunglasses until humans put them on the poor unsuspecting dog or cat who was just sitting there, minding their own business. But once the sunglasses are on, Continue reading

Fanciful Mandalas, Flowers And Patterns – A Coloring Book For Adults

Fanciful Mandalas Flowers And Patterns A Coloring Book For Adults

August saw the publication of my third coloring book for adults, Fanciful Mandalas, Flowers And Patterns – A Stress Relief Coloring Book For Adults, available on Amazon. Fifty hand drawn illustrations fill this square colouring book, ready for colored pencils and pens.

I think this is my best coloring book by far. I had a blast drawing the mandalas in particular, which is a design element I had never Continue reading

NEW! Custom greeting cards with real foil printing

Real Foil Greeting Cards

Zazzle has just announced the addition of the new metallic foil ink print process on greeting cards and it’s very exciting! Real foil printing opens the door to customers who crave real shine and bling now being able to purchase one of a kind custom and personalized cards printed with real “sleek foil”.

It’s not hard to understand why all my weekend plans were thrown out the window when Zazzle metallic foil was announced late on Continue reading

Surface Design and Spoonflower Fabrics

Spoonflower Fabrics

I recently added Spoonflower to my roster of Print On Demand shops and I have been having quite a lot of fun playing with surface design and creating specialty fabrics. Spoonflower primarily sells one of a kind fabrics designed by independent artists but they also carry the same surface designs on wallpaper and wrapping paper, which is sure to make crafters happy.

While researching Spoonflower prior to opening my store, I stumbled on an Etsy Continue reading

Wedding Fashion And Traditions Coloring Book For Adults

Wedding Fashion And Traditions Coloring Book

Coloring Books For Adults

Wedding Fashion And Traditions: A Coloring Book For Adults
Stress Relief for Brides, Bridesmaids and Hopeless Romantics

While I was sketching out the rough outline for my first adult coloring book, The Classy Lady’s Coloring Book [pub. winter 2017] the idea for my second book popped into my head: Weddings! The whole time I was drawing illustrations for Continue reading

Coloring For Adults – The Classy Lady’s Coloring Book

The Classy Lady's Coloring Book

A Coloring Book For Adults

My adventure into self publishing a coloring book for adults is now a month old. I am as proud of The Classy Lady’s Coloring Book today as I was when I first conceived the notion in early January and completed the project in February, ready to publish. Continue reading