The Sketch Book

we scream for ice cream

 Petit fours vs. dessert crepes? Carrot cake or caramel cake?These are the difficult decisions I am faced with as next May 17th approaches. I am just returning from a wild weekend of planning for t...

Erika's Girls

Meet Erika's bridesmaids, I sketched each of these lovely ladies for her to give them to thank them for being a part of her wedding. Aren't they fabulous, each with very unique style and personali...

Inslee By Design available at SHOPBOP

 In case you all missed this instagram, I thought I'd repost it here because I am oh-so excited to share this news with you all!SHOPBOP - one of my very favorite, go-to places for online shopping i...

the almighty cronut

 Have you heard of the cronut? I won't ask if you've tasted one, because apparently this is the pastry equivalent of asking if you regularly dine at the French Laundry. Apparently the bakery that c...

Rack It Up

Meet Ali and Bri of Rack It Up! This is their new blog header illo and part of the branding I helped them with for their new online sale-alert based website that helps you create a virtual closet o...

summer of superga

Things I love right now - voluminous hair in the form of extremely high buns, retro swimwear and supergas. I am hearby declaring this the summer of these three things. But mostly the summer of su...

the black swan anniversary

have I really never posted this sketch??? I painted this two years ago, how did I forget to share it!? It's a look from the Oscar de la Renta runway archives that are always strutting through my im...

California trumps blogging and makes me question my identity

Wow, sorry to have left you hanging all week on that Mother's Day sketch. How boring! On some level, I truly believe that updating this blog is a vital ingredient in keeping the progress of the uni...

New Spring Cards

Have you seen my new Spring 2013 Collection? These are just a few of them, be sure to browse my shop to see them all. I really took your comments into consideration when I created these. So I hope ...

Beach Experiment

 So I was playing around with watercolors yesterday... actually using them as watercolors and not just a vehicle for adding life to ink drawings. It was refreshing to break the mold of my "techniqu...