Babushka

I've been playing with my mom's antique Russian Nesting Dolls

as a subject for a daily journal.

Whatchya think? I love a good Babushka.

Obamicon

Happy Inauguration Day!

Join in the festivities and Obamicon yourself!!! Ombamicon.Me is an awesome Web App that Paste Magazine put out just for fun. You can upload any picture you want with whatever phrase or word you want underneath. If you want to get crazy, you can order it on a tee shirt or mug or whatever other novelty items they're offering. Consider it your act of patriotism for the day!

Pink is in.

Yet another journal for the collection!

The final proofs are rolling in and here's the latest:

'Tough Love' 3 Subject Spiral Bound Notebook

240 Perforated Pages - 3 dividers with 6 pockets - only $6.95!

Does it get any better then that??

Coming to Barnes & Noble July 2009

A guy named Mo!

If you're into kid's books like I am, you may know about a pigeon who wants to do crazy things like...drive a bus, eat a hot dog, stay up late. Or you may know about Edwina, the dinosaur who doesn't know she's extinct. Or Gerard the Elephant and his best friend Piggie. Well now, you can meet Wilbur - a naked mole rat, who wants to get dressed. What's with all the crazy talk, you ask? Mo Willems!

Mo Willems, author and illustrator of many popular award winning kids' books, is on tour now to introduce his newest book, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed. And I got to meet him! He was doing a book signing in the city, so I couldn't resist. I've been a follower of his blog - Mo Willems' Doodles and a proud owner of many of his books including, You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons: The World on One Cartoon a Day. It's Mo fresh out of college with a notepad, pen and ink, and one change of clothes. Check it out!

Shake it...

How cool is this...Poladroid.net (no, I didn't spell that wrong - it's polaDroid) has come up with an awesome way to keep the Polaroids alive! You simply drag and drop your digital pics into the application, and it’ll transform them into Polaroids. The process is incredibly cute, too. Once you install it, a little Polaroid camera pops up on your desk top. You drag whatever image you want (in my case, I used the picture I took of my Chucks and my 1 year old neighbor, Mady's, Chucks side by side) then your computer makes the ever nostalgic Polaroid camera noise and out pops your Polaroid image! But wait, that's not all!! The image of course isn't clear yet! You have to shake it!! Yes, a tiny hand appears and you totally have to shake it! How could you not love this!!!

New Year, New Journal

Another piece for the collection!

Tough Love 6X8 Chunky Spiral Journal

for Barnes & Noble Back to School 2009I was also told to get to work on the 2011 Daily Planners! What an honor!! This calls for the cracking open of a new sketchbook!

2009

Nothing says Happy New Year like a sad clown face!

Cousin Norman's vintage noisemakers.

Powershot G10

Hope everyone has had a most wonderful holiday! I feel like I've been going since early December to get orders done for the holidays along with shopping and baking for the family. Now, it's taken a head cold to knock me off my feet long enough to get out an entry here! Guess it caught up with me! Home sick today. I could hardly wait to take the chance to share my newest toy with you all!!!

The new PowerShot G10 by Cannon - 14.7 megapixels - 3200 ISO. I've never had a camera so nice.

Here are some cool shots I've taken since Christmas. Enjoy!

Color accenting my dog, Bailey.

Cousin Norman's Christmas Village

Riley's Christmas Portrait

New Project

Coming soon...big things for little yogis!

Moose-wood

I may have gotten smoke in my eye, but it was totally worth it. I invested in the Creative Versa Woodburning Tool Kit to work on a order for a wooden sign. I figured instead of painting it, it'd be cooler to burn/carve into it. This moose was just done on the practice wood that they give you in the kit. I might start using this on my crates. If nothing else, I'll use it to sign my name on the bottom. That will totally up the retail value on them. ;-)