The Sketch Book

some news

July resolution accomplished. It's time to pack up my brushes and paints and move out of my work-at-home slump. (And much faster than I ever dreamed possible) I'll be moving Inslee By Design centra...

sketches from last night

A few sketches from illustrating for Coye Nokes last night. We met at Coye's bright and airy studio above Chelsea Market for prosecco and shoe sampling. Her friends each got to choose a pair of s...

honesty jewelry

 Hello there! Sorry I've been absent lately from my plan to blog more regularly. The best laid plans always fall apart. Particularly plans that involve resolving to do something regularly on a blog...

Afternoon tea with Emily Giffin at Urban Chic

An illustration I created for my friends at Urban Chic in Georgetown to celebrate an upcoming book signing tea with author Emily Giffin to celebrate her new book, where we belong and all the styl...

painting big

 Hello! I am so excited to share these new paintings with you guys! I spent the last few days painting something a little bigger for a change...  really big. Like three x five feet big.This sumi in...

tweeting cusp

Do you follow Cusp (@cuspbynm) on twitter? You should! I just created their new twitter icon. Isn't she cute in her DVF dress and Alexander Wang clutch?I'll be in Georgetown this weekend and may ju...

Sweets for the Sweet + Merci

two new cards are available today! Introducing a new folded invitation today - Sweets for the Sweet! And re-introducing Merci as a folded card this season!

june

June has arrived, bird legs and all! Time to change your calendars!

NSS 2012

hello! here is a picture of final product - national stationery show booth 2169. this is where I've spent the week, meeting and greeting and getting inspired by all the amazing talent on display ...

bite sized calendar

I am doing double back flip handsprings of excitement over this new product - the petite calendar (well, I'm doing them in my imagination, actual back flips would definitely be a bad idea) This ...