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deer girl valentines

The reindeer girl is back, this time with a new look and heart-shaped ornaments in her antlers, right in time for Valentine’s Day.

Each card is made with soft, cottony bristol stock and paired with a shimmery, signature embossed “raspberry parfait” A2 envelope. They were professionally cut and scored at a local print house and printed [...]

a little odyssey

I just finished a small, 6″x6″ commissioned piece and wanted to share it here:

I did it for a wonderful customer who has been incredibly kind, patient, friendly and very easy to work with. The little bat and his banner represent my customer’s own personal journey, and I do hope that the symbolism was well captured [...]

handwritten

I really enjoy handwritten notes. My favorite are heartfelt inscriptions inside old hardback novels that were once given as gifts, years and years ago… or finding early 1900’s postcards in antique shops that were actually stamped and mailed with someone’s correspondence. No body does that anymore. No one uses their handwriting, and it’s kind of [...]

lollishops

Just wanted to stop in and share that ‘Candace Jean’ stuff can now be found *here*, at LolliShops.

I’m enjoying the chabby-chic-edness of the little online boutique, and excited to be a part of it!

More to come; I’ll be back soon!

apricot ink valentines

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times: I adore Valentine’s day.
I made up some quick little apricot-inkā„¢ valentines and have way-too-cute miniature envelopes to go along with them, but haven’t quite figured out how to produce them yet. Maybe as a folded card, maybe as a flat card with holes punched [...]

nature mandalas

A quick post to share some lovely imagery that I just adore:

Allison Trentelman has an Etsy shop called Nature Mandalas that showcases her delicate photography. I love the raw use of softly saturated color and the tiny bits of nature she captures in each image.

It’s as if you can hear, smell, and feel everything [...]