My Valentine

I made the black card for Antonio for our first Valentine's day. I knew then he was different than the usual guy I would date right away. I am happy to say 9 years later I still feel the same way! (if not even more) I've made him a Valentine every year since. This year I made him "You are my anchor" (pretty true) Unfortunately for him, being married to an artist with a blog means he occasionally has to put up with me posting personal things. *I'll try to make it a once a year thing!

Sunlit

Gigi took these pictures of Luca in the car on the way to a Super Bowl party. He's a pretty boy & a momma's boy. I love both those things about him. My little ray of happiness!

A Little Book of Animals

Last year I made this Little Book of Animals. A wee sized book at just 3 x 3" I stumbled upon it today while looking for something else. Made me smile so I decided to share.

Obsessed

This is my latest obession the Jujube heels (even love that name) at Anthropologie. Just the sight of them makes me smile they check all my boxes. Well, except for price but a girl can dream- right :)

5 Good Things.

5 good things about today:

-I woke up to a thunder storm (love that).

-At breakfast Luca finished his whole bowl of oatmeal (a first).

-Tonight is date night.

-I know it won't be much longer until spring flowers begin to sprout.

-It's FRIDAY!

Hope you have a great weekend.

Punxsutawney Phil

About a week ago I took a two day illustrator course. Illustrator is a program I've been meaning to learn for years now. Like anything new (and especially with me...) it doesn't always come quickly. I've been setting aside about an hour a day to play around. Today's exercise was for Groundhog's day. In case you haven't heard yet Phil saw his shadow. "Many shadows I do see: six more weeks of winter it must be." Since I was a little girl I've held a curious fascination with Groundhog's Day. Who ever imagined that a bunch of older men in an annual ceremony decked out in top hats would predict the end of winter based upon a tiny rodents shadow? So wonderfully bizarre.

Time flies...

This is a painted piece from my sketch book.

Here's to a fantastic February!