The Sketch Book

pumpkin spice flats

The crisp air in NYC this week is making me crave pumpkin spice. Not lattes. Those are terrible. I will never understand how people get excited about those. For me, pumpkin spice is a color, not ...

Devotion

 I'm feeling very end-of-summer camp this morning. Fall is creeping into the air in NYC and I just got back from a weekend of swimming in a lake and dancing out under the stars in a field with all ...

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...

studio

Time for a new resolution this month.I considered writing this month off as resolution-already-completed because I already accomplished a rather astounding feat - I discovered that I actually like ...

NYC morning

It's a perfect morning in NYC today. Cool on the shady side of the street and warm on the sunny side and not a cloud in the sky. Everyone is eating croissants, walking their tiny dogs and wearing t...

pink chair

So, when I'm out and about creepily noticing peoples outfits, I tend to end up in home design stores no matter where I was actually trying to go. John Derain Company is especially dangerous as it...

tubetop

So anyone who was in New York yesterday will understand how much respect I have for this girl. I saw her bravely walking through soho, in a tube top and high wasted maxi though it was raining and...

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 ...

full bloom

New York is in full bloom right now! I love the fact that I moved here in July after last years tree blossoming so I had no idea which trees would explode with color this spring. I was so surp...

three french hens

Five days till Christmas! Whose excited?! I am getting in the spirit this week! Last night I visited the Bergdorfs window displays and was utterly inspired. This was one of my favorites. i loved ...