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Thank you all so much for your support of my work, my business, and by extension, my family. I'm so blessed to be able to call telling stories with and for you my career.⠀
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Some feather icons I've been working on for the #makeartthatsells #matshomedecor assignment!
Swipe to see more of the flora-themed icons from the mini assignment that I'll incorporate into the final fabric product design. All the pieces I create for this class are part of a Neverland-themed children's home decor collection. I can't wait to share it all when you when it's done! in the meantime, stay tuned for more sneak peeks and last week's metal product!

Sometimes it's hard not to feel like everything is falling apart in the world. But there are always helpers to find, and we can be them, too. I'm not always sure how to help, but it's good to remember there is always good, and there is always a choice.

So excited to be working on a Neverland-inspired children's room collection for the #matshomedecor class! Here's a little sneak peek of what's coming soon!

Psst! I’ll be doing my first-ever Instagram Takeover tomorrow! I’ll be contributing Stories all day for the warm, caring, creative, collaborative group @artstew52. Besides being a just plain awesome group of people, this lovely account features a prompt every week to get your creative juices flowing. Pop on over and follow @artstew52 to be a part of this welcoming community and see my stories tomorrow!

July 31st is significant for several reasons, especially this year. It's Harry Potter's birthday, and always a great time to take a dive back into the story that has so captivated us and taught us so much about ourselves and the world, and what it means to love, to be a true friend, and a true hero.⠀
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It's also what would have been my parent's 35th wedding anniversary, so it's a tough weekend for my family. This quote from Dumbledore seemed especially appropriate for both.

Normally I put the author's name at the bottom of the quotes (in this case, of course, J.K. Rowling), but Dumbledore is such a real character he seems to exist entirely on his own. I'm pretty sure J.K. wouldn't mind that.

Annnnd the final plates for my Home Decor assignment in #makeartthatsells! The prompt for this one was Staffordshire Pottery, and it was really fun to put together. ⠀
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What other kinds of dish designs would you love to see from me?⠀
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The (cropped to fit here) final version of the Staffordshire Pottery dog I've been working on as part of my #makeartthatsells class!
Some of you may have noticed I've been sharing more behind the scenes in Stories, and I also have a blog post up on the blog today so you can see sketches and videos of how this little guy came to be!
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Original sketch on copy paper+watercolor paper+IKEA lamp= Makeshift lightboard.

The Staffordshire Pottery sketches I've been doing for my #makeartthatsells class just really looked like they needed some watercolor textures, but I like to keep my options open as I edit and add (and completely change directions sometimes) digitally, so I did everything on separate layers that I scanned in.

A blog post with a roundup of all the sketches and behind-the-scenes videos from this Mini Assignment is coming this afternoon! --- Make sure to sign up for my newsletter so you don't miss it and all the other studio updates I send weekly to my subscribers, along with access to my library of free printables, phone and desktop wallpapers!

There an awful lot of things in this world that don't make sense. There's a lot of darkness and pain and confusion and striving, striving, striving for things we think we're supposed to be and do and achieve.

Sometimes it feels pretty meaningless, honestly.

Those snatches of beauty, moments that feel like glimpses into something bigger and more real and more lovely than most of what happens in this world can feel like they're not worth seeking--unreachable this side of Heaven.

But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be looking for them anyway. I think it's that search, and the connecting with others on the same search along the way, that makes it all so much more worth it.

Tried something completely different today.⠀
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We watched A Monster Calls last night (which I was completely unprepared for, but wonderful just the same), and I knew I needed to process it in my own way. The watercolors, textures and shadows in the film fit perfectly with that feeling of gritty overwhelmed aloneness that I think is part of the natural grief process, and I wanted to get some of that out and onto paper.⠀
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When Mom was sick, I also wanted it to be over.⠀
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I've also always had kind of a thing for the idea of a big, potentially dangerous animal and a child together--that probably goes back to Aslan. Not tame, but safe in the best way. Someone you can let all that darkness and mess out with, who will take it and love you through all of it.