envelope love

I am part on an annual envelope 

exchange through Letters of Joy in Seattle, WA.

Last week I received an envelope from

the very talented

Maude May of Seattle.

I love the fall theme of 

Maude's envelope and the wonderful enclosure she included.

The colors even match the colors in the stamp!

I will work on my envelopes for the exchange

after the first of the year.  I will be sure to post my creations

before I send them.

Thanks a lot to Maude for spreading some Fall 

cheer my way.  I love it!!

sunday doodles

I hope you are enjoying

the new doodles I have been creating 

at church.

They have been so fun for me to do

and to share with you!

donation

A few weeks ago a friend of mine asked if I would

be interested in donating a piece of art to Christ Kitchen, a local

charity that provides job training for women

in need in our community.

I happily accepted her request and got to work on this piece.

There will be a fundraising luncheon on 

October 29, where this will be shown.

The theme for the event is "Living Water" taken from

the story of the woman at the well in the book of John.

The best part for me is knowing that this piece has already been sold!

I posted a picture of it on Facebook and a friend

from high school liked it and is purchasing it before the event.

It feels good to contribute to an effective

and needed ministry.

This piece completed using Rives paper,

walnut ink and red Calli ink.

ink

My friend Emily asked me to design a 

tattoo for her, so I happily obliged!

She had them done with dark brown ink

and they are on the inside of her arm

just below her elbow.

I love them.

Thanks Emily!!

Sorry the photo quality is especially bad with these.

I took them on my phone :)

How Great Thou Art

I was recently asked to letter a few verses

from the hymn How Great Thou Art.

While I was researching the hymn

I learned that the original text was

written in Swedish.

I decided to use the Swedish words as texture in the 

background.  That's the light white lettering.

Then to add balance I added

the red and black cross.

Artwork completed using Dr. Martin's bleedproof white,

Sumi ink and red gouache on Canson Paper.

sunday doodles

Good morning.

I added some strips of color to

this page before I headed to church.

Have a great Sunday!

a new direction

I have decided to go in a bit of a new direction

with my artwork lately.

So, I have some new card designs that I have been working on.

The lettering is different from what I have done 

on cards before,

and the colors get lighter as they go down the

page.

I loved playing with these

and coming up with the new "ombre" design.

And, I can't wait to start sending them 

to my friends and family.

sunday doodles

I made this journal at

Calligraphy Northwest in June.

I am loving playing on the Arches text wove paper.

And adding layer upon layer.

sunday doodles

I'm back from a super long break from blogging.

Sorry for the silence.

I will post about our amazing summer in the coming weeks,

but for now I will start with some 

of my church doodles.

I'm going in a slightly different direction

with my church sketchbook.

It was inspired by the class I took at 

Calligraphy Northwest

taught by Sharon Zeugin.

I will share much more about that later!

Maybe I should take a photography class next...hee hee.