The Sketch Book — bachelorette

Hello! Introducing my sketches for  Emily Maynard Jewelry! Emily, the former bachelorette star, has become a lifestyle and fashion presence since her TV fame and is now designing jewelry in partnership with Towne & Reese. Her website, featuring my illustrations and her fashion and beauty tips along with new jewelry collection launches today!  Be sure to visit her new site to see more of my illustrations and to see her lovely new collection.Congratulations, Emily!

 Here's a bridesmaid luncheon invite I recently designed. The hosts told me they planned to serve sangria so I went with that theme. Look closely, we even gave the disembodied hand here a canary diamond, just like the bride has. Get in touch with me to commission your own shower invites!I thought this would be appropriate to share today as I have bridal celebrations on the brain. I'm packing my suitcase and painting my nails neon pink, I'm off to a bachelorette party in Miami this weekend.I hope to tap into some great ideas for bachelorette weekend invites while I'm...

So I pretty much indefinitely vetoed one piece swim wear around the same time I swore never to swim another lap on the dreaded swim team. And that was in the 3rd grade. Not only was the swim team terrifying and confusing (I was disqualified every time for forgetting to touch the wall at the end.... just wait til you hear about my soccer experience) but the hideous one piece suits did nothing for my figure. lose lose situation. But... then the other day somewhere in my daily blog musings I saw a chevron. Not the gas station, but the...