squirrels like to picnic . . .

A few editorial illustrations I did for GuidePost magazine (animals and angels feature).

watercoloring . . .

A couple of watercolors I did on the weekend. Bringing the summer brightness into my work:)

wild girls . . .

Hunting for new cuteness... pointed my arrow at some wild girls:) How do you like 'em acorns?

5. . . already. . .

Anais is turning 5 next Monday... and so, here goes another little party... for which of-course I've designed these little invitations. Hooray for sugar, mayhem and endless screaming! You only turn 5 once!

toomuchery - new fabric collection for P&B...

I've been waiting to show you this collection for a while now... and here it is! Toomuchery - for all your crazy quilting ideas! Sew fun! Too much demask, butterflies, flowers, leaves... and also a 12 illustrated squares panel.

Available at Hawthorne Threads!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful daddy and all the other daddies out there!

crazy bird party . . .

Still walking on the bright side... but now with the birds, rather than abstract shapes. Hope your retinas are taking it well:)

summer moment . . .

Look what I've baked in my 'easy art oven':)...a new print.

a little contrast . . .

Bringing a little contrast into your life... and hoping your summer is going great. Don't let it pass you by.

♥Today I'm celebrating 12 years of being married to my sweetheart. Hope it's a warm and sunny day:)

finally . . . summer . . .

Couldn't resist taking pictures of my girls looking all summery and happy (on the way home from friend's birthday party). So glad to see summer dresses and green again.

my printable birthday invitation...

Anais is having a birthday in a few weeks. As I was working on an invitation for her little party I thought - 'it's been a while since I've had a 'blog reader appreciation day'...

So here it is! I really appreciate you guys blog-visiting me and my work and I thank you with these FREE for you birthday invitations that you can use for your little one's birthday parties:) Hope they come in handy!

Oh, and the illustrations in the circles could work well as cupcake toppers if you cut them out and tape them to toothpicks.

Just promise me you wouldn't use them commercially... OK:)

To copy:

1. Click on the image.
2. It will open in it's own window.
3. Hold Control key while clicking on the image.
4. Find it on your desktop.
5. Open in photoshop.
6. Image size... whatever square size is good for you:) (true size 6in at 300dpi) Feel free to make them smaller or larger...

These would go great with colorful square envelops.

summer watercolors . . .

Yesterday was the first hot summery day this year! Loving the heat, the kids with their waterguns and the house full of open windows...

I watercolored the whole day. Mmmm... summer:)

and the rainbow exploded ! . . .

So... I was listening to Gnarls Barkley, and... KABOOM! the rainbow exploded in my head! Love it when it happens. Hope your eyes aren't hurting:)

summer fields . . .

Summer brings the green grass. I love the green grass! Not the manicured weed free kind. Not the 'stay off the lawn' kind... but the free for all, slightly wild and alive kind! I want to see the bugs and weeds among my grass. It means it's REAL. Please, if you love all things living - don't use pesticides (weed killers) on it. It's not astroturf. It's alive!

Dedicating this pattern to 'all things alive' friendly lawns:)

surtex trip . . .

This year the trip to Surtex was full of adventure. Bad and good. On the way there we (me, Mike and Lola) got stuck in Toronto for a whole day (due to the heavy fog). It rained almost non stop the entire time. A bottle of perfume exploded in my suitcase. I had forgotten to eat on Sunday... but did not forget to drink... which was followed by a 'fun night' ( I know you know what I mean:)... but that's the not so good part.

Here's the good part: I got to meet a bunch of people I have been loving from a distance... like Sarajo Frieden, Hsinping Pan, Lisa Congdon, The BlueQ crew... not to mention the old friends I only get to see once a year - like Mike Lowery, Suzy Ultman, Jillian Phillips, Alison Cole, Susy Pilgrim Waters and Carolyn Gavin. Phew... really, a lot of wonderful people. Plus, a surprise meeting of Lotta Jansdotter! Worth waiting all year just to meet this group of super creative fun people:)

The show itself went well. I had a chance to walk around and see what's floating in the surface design stratosphere. Some new, interesting and creative things inspired me to start painting more. I'm going to try and bring more texture and chaos into my art.

On the down note... I've noticed that the trend of copying has reached it's peak. A lot of people can't make out a difference between trend and stealing. Very sad about that. Hope it's temporary and everyone would find their own style and blossom:)

On the up note: Lilla Rogers Booth was one of the best!