Dear friend, When I was learning to drive, I was really frustrated with my Dad. He just made driving look so easy! He seems to be able to drive in reverse like Tow Mater, is somehow calm and has quick reflexes even amid crazy big city traffic, and even driving in different countries on other sides of the road doesn’t phase him. And yet if I said something about it he’d tell me “Well I’ve been driving for a few years.” Now I realize what he was saying was that I didn’t see him when he was...
9 days ago • 1 min read
Dear friend, What's something you saw outside as a kid that you thought was just so cool?? I loved exploring outside as a kid. I'd lay in the grass and watch the little ants working together. I'd look for the little beetles and bugs, and get excited with each butterfly that I saw fly past me. I've been thinking about inspiration lately, and the things that inspire me. And I've realized that most of the time, the things that inspire me again and again are things that inspired me as a child....
16 days ago • 3 min read
Dear friend, So I gotta be super honest. This has been an insane week. And it's almost 9pm Thursday night right now as I write this (normally I have it written before 3pm). February's Flower One of the things that comes with my decision to make each and every email newsletter fresh and the day before it goes out so that it's genuine and real is that sometimes I'm exhausted and I've had crazy weeks and I don't have any words left. Sneak peak at the other months flowers! I was going to write...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Dear friend, Have you ever decided you wanted to get better at something and decide to work at it consistently, and then find you keep running into trouble and issue after issue? I feel like that sometimes. I'm an emerging artist, which means I'm early in my art journey, trying to break into the art world, and building my art business from the ground up... and I'm still super close to the ground. New Birth Month Flower Collection coming soon! This is the start of February's flower. VIP list...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Dear friend, If you're anything like me you know people in your life right now who are celebrating something amazing and wonderful, and you know others who are struggling horribly. Maybe it's illness or an anniversary of a lost loved one, or maybe the loss is still fresh, or maybe there's burdens for loved ones who aren't making healthy choices... but we all know at least one person who's struggling right now (and sometimes we're also one of the struggling people we know). And honestly,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Dear friend, How are you doing lately? This week has been a bit crazy for me, what with my laptop crashing on Monday and throwing off all my to do list stuff. You wouldn't believe how much my time for my art business isn't actually spent painting. There's so much research and organization and updating and creating social media posts... but it was kinda nice to have a kink thrown into my plans this week. So I wanted to share with you something I've been learning in my personal Bible study...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Dear friend, Happy Friday! I've just got a little studio update for ya this week. It's been pretty busy here lately, with my "real job" giving me more hours, so I have less time for my art business, unfortunately. One good thing about it though is it is making me be more intentional with my art business time and prioritize things better. I've realized that I've spent so many hours painting on watercolor paper that I don't have the confidence I need for painting on a canvas... so here goes...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Dear friend, Do you ever feel like your life is a little hodgepodge, a little busy and crazy and a little bit of all kinds of things going on at once? Well, I've been feeling like that for the last couple months. Nothing too crazy going on, just working a "real job" and running my art business, painting, helping my Grammy get ready to move closer to us, and normal life things... like finding time to workout and wash laundry.... But it's felt a little chaotic. You should be getting your print...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Dear friend, I don't know what your early twenties was like, but for me, there were lots of learning, facing hard things, and deciding what I really want to prioritize in my life. Everyone has different college years experiences, but I had to do some hard growing during my college years. There were times when I was making hard decisions, facing challenges, and missing family, when it seemed like everyone all around me was just having fun and living the best life ever. It was challenging for...
3 months ago • 3 min read