Picked Sweet Fruit Fabrics

My first fabric collection samples arrived over the Holidays. I am happy to say I am pleased with them. The collection is called "Picked Sweet" and is produced by Jaftex Fabrics, a division of Henry Glass Fabrics. I'm not exactly sure when it arrives in stores, but my guess is probably late spring or early summer. It would be wonderful to see all the different items people end up making with them. I took these pictures of the fabrics recently. They are not professional quality, but hopefully they give you a good idea of what they look like. Hmmm... maybe I should learn to sew.

Peacock

Peacocks seem to be popping up everywhere in the marketplace, so I painted this over the Holidays. Such colorful and showy birds! Nature is amazing!!

My new 30" Apple Cinema Display

Wow!! Happy new year to me! I got my new 30 inch Apple Cinema Display yesterday and it is amazing. I've been wanting one for some time now as my old monitor was 10 years old and starting to act strangely. Now I can have multiple windows open at once and they won't block each other. Should make work go a lot more smoothly. Set up was easy. I am pleased!!

New Greeting Cards at Trader Joe's

It's that time again. Trader Joe's has a whole new selection of greeting cards and four of them were designed by yours truly. My cards all feature embossed details and I think that's pretty amazing for only 99 cents at retail!

Happy New Year Birds!

Well, 2009 seemed to fly by! I am certainly looking forward to a fresh start with 2010. I have my resolutions for the year and feel good about them, so here's to 2010!! May we all have a great year!

Roosters Collection

I'm thinking it is time to move along from Holiday posts. I have taken my rooster designs and turned them into a collection of patterns. A fabric company is interested in producing them, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. This same company is introducing my first collection of fabrics this spring. I will post more on it soon.

Snowman Couple

What a sweet reminder of how important it is to have love in our lives during this Holiday season.

Joyful Snowman!

The snowman and I both wish you a season full of joy and happy times!

Christmas Ornaments

Shiny and bright ornaments are always so fun to unwrap every year to decorate the Christmas tree. When I was little we made ornaments one year from a kit. They were plaster and we poured them into molds. After they were dry we painted them and added glitter. To this day, they are always the pride of my parents' Christmas tree. My siblings and I always find them on the tree and they spark a lot of great memories. We all have a different favorite.

Holiday Cheer Dinnerware

This is from a dinnerware project a couple of years ago. I wanted to try something a bit more traditional and put it on a crisp white background.

Christmas Patterns

I created these Christmas inspired patterns and decided to format them as greeting cards.

It's a Snowman Invasion

The snowmen are taking over this blog! These designs are featured on greeting cards this season from Design Design, Inc. I'd love to see someone actually build a real snowman totem with snowmen standing on each other's shoulders. How amazing would that be?

Let It Snow Say The Snowmen

These are some very energetic snowmen! There is a cheerleader-esque quality to the pyramid formation, but who can blame their enthusiasm. Snowmen do love snow. These snowy characters will be appearing on a holiday flag next year at your local Lowe's store. I'm also attempting to license them onto dinnerware.

Discount at Cardstore.com

Cardstore.com is offering a discount for friends and family right now! Receive 15 percent off any card order through December 31. Just use discount code FRIEND15

Just click on the link here to go to the site.

Snowman with his best friend

This snowman has his trusty little snowdog friend with him at all times. I did this series of designs for a holiday ornament project last year. They were not turned into ornaments, but one design did make it onto a Holiday boxed card this year from Design Design, Inc. You can buy it here.

All I Want for Christmas...

This dog and cat are dreaming about all the great things they want for Christmas. Christmas shopping can be a bit difficult at times, but my dogs are really easy to buy for. Anything edible and they are in heaven!

Fall Cornucopia

A festive cornucopia I painted for a dinnerware project last year to get you primed and ready for Thanksgiving! Get ready to say hello to good food!!

Cardstore.com

These are just a few of my Holiday cards (I believe there are 38 total designs) that are now available at cardstore.com. Just click here. They are all holiday cards and some are decorative frames that you personalize with a photo that you upload to their site and they print the card all as one. They will even send the cards to everyone on your recipient list. So simple! You can also personalize the sentiment inside. As Martha Stewart would say, "It's a good thing."

Advent Calendar

My "Santa's Workshop" Advent Calendar is now available here. It is produced and marketed by Mudpuppy Press, which is a division of Galison Books. The calendar is featured at the bottom of the design and comes with removable stickers that can be placed throughout the scene.