happy new year!!!

Wow... did this year ever fly by. Am I getting older, or is time speeding up? Maybe a bit of both...

It was a tough year, but a good year. I've done a lot and learned a lot. Some dreams came true and some I'm carrying into the shiny new 2010:) One always needs something to look forward to.

To all of you, my kind and wonderful friends, I wish a HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

I thank you  for all the positive energy and support in 2009:)!

xo

Wishing you all Happy Holidays! Drink up and be merry! 

Above: my little ceramic nativity by Alessi. Looks like they all started drinking early:) What are you waiting for?:)

I'm going to be a fox...

Wanted to show you the face that cracks me up every day:)

oh charley...

How could I resist? Being a huge fan of  Charley Harper, it was hard to pass it by... so I got it:)... an early Christmas present to myself - CHARLEY HARPER (An Illustrated Life).   420 beautiful pages to 'oooh' and 'aaaah' over.

What a body of work! I'm so impressed and inspired.

ghost of the christmas cards past...

Knock.. knock... (who's there)... a ghost... a ghost of the Christmas cards past...

I haven't had much time to spare this week. Running against the clock trying to finish pre-holiday deadlines. Almost there... I see the light at the end of the work tunnel. Have lots to blog about soon...:)...

in the meantime - HAPPY WHATEVER!

don't forget to make today AWESOME...

Have you done six impossible things before breakfast?... well, why not round it up with this pattern?! - Don't forget to make today AWESOME! 

Seriously... my life is pre-holiday zoo, and it is starting to show in the patterns:) 

ecojot sketchbooks...

A dream come true for me - my designs on the covers of Ecojot sketchbooks! Me and my girls can't wait to get out hands on these... so we could brag about it to our friends (ha ha:) and fill the inside pages!

A little interview on the Designer Jots blog today too... 

editorial... show&tell...

For the show&tell today I've got an editorial illustration I did for Dec/Jan issue of 'Family Fun' magazine (p.31).

The article is about development of gratitude attitude in your kids. 

holiday labels...

I know... it's crazy to think about wrapping this early in the game... but I'm crazy like that:) My office  has got a second job - as a temporary wrapping and labeling factory.

I'm sharing these with you! Feel free to use them for your holiday labeling:)

To copy: click on the image - it will open up in its own window at a high resolution (300dpi-true size). Copy that to your desktop and feel free to use:) You could make them smaller if you'd like. I find at this size you could fit 6 on a page.

let it blossom...

Got a new print to share with you today... How do you like these foxy friends:)?

bite into a rainbow...

I was hungry for some color. I've been working on a project that has non... for a while... and I needed a fix... thus this pattern. I think it could grow up to be a paper napkin or a tea towel... what do you think?:)

1 2 3...

Reworked my 'ABC' print. Love that cheerful apple:)

I've been neglecting you... my little blog. Guilty as charged... but, I soon will have a lot of new and funnerful things to share with you - so don't get all sad. You knew I was a working girl when I started you:)

cover for scholastic...

A little Scholastic book cover I've cooked up for 5th graders. Bright and crazy:)

oh tanenbaum...

I love wrapping! Give it here - I'll wrap it up:) I'll make it look so good - you wouldn't want to open it... I mean it. That's the kind of cocky wrapper I am. Half the fun of presents is - presentation... but for me, it's not all that easy to find just the right kind of paper that would say just enough about the season and stand out at the same time. So... I've come up with my own pattern for gift-wrap. I hope it ends up on a roll:)

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Watercoloring...

chestnuts, turtlenecks and lego...

My 'virtual' absence from the land of the creative blogging could only be explained by mountain of projects that I'm currently climbing. I'll post more often once I'll reach the top and take a good break.

Looking at the pictures above it has become clear to me that my love for turtlenecks has no borders. Somebody stop me:)... Everybody and their cousin (in my pictures) are wearing a turtleneck sweater. Well... at least it's fall appropriate:)

sneak peek... my first P&B collection...

Just a little sneak peek (of samples) of my 'mod kitchen' collection for P&B Textiles. It wont be available till early next summer... but I was itching to show you:)

mental health day...

Every time I sit down to blog the first sentence that enters my mind is always 'the last few days have been incredibly busy...' - and than I think... well, which few days haven't been incredibly busy? When was the last time I thought 'boy... what am I to do with all this extra time?' The answer of course is... I can't remember. 

Last Saturday I've hosted Margo's little B-day party... and although everything went fabulously smooth and all children left alive and happy... I had to lie down for an hour with eyes closed... before the clean up and other 'to do' items would take over again. How much 'busy' could a girl take...

Turns out... just this much... because, this morning, after I turned on the computer ... I decided to turn it off and take a 'mental health day'. Girls were home enjoying their 'PD' day. Mike was home. My tv was home... we had a good day:)

Tomorrow, I'm going to open my eyes and have a real work day... 

target giftcards...

I did a few giftcard designs for Target this year. I've noticed that the two above are out and available... and I am exited to share that with you:)

Canada... at the moment... is Targetless, and so, I had no chance to see these cards in action... but, hooray for the internet!

November poppies...

Sweet Poppies for Remembrance day.