Another warm-up for work today. I just let myself draw whatever comes to mind. I thought of feet and sand and swings. Sometimes I just long for those days of sitting on the swing and aimlessly making pictures in the dirt.
I'm super excited to show you more stuff in the coming days....I've got so much up my sleeve that's starting to come to the surface. Did I tell you I've got a fabric line coming out super soon? And lots of other fun details.
Stay tuned!
Do you remember your dreams? I usually do, but for a few years now, they haven't been as vivid as usual. Probably cause I never got much sleep! Something about being pregnant though, man! My dreams are nuts. Like dreaming that I had dinner with Kate Middleton and we became instant best friends. Like chums for life. My husband laughed so hard at that one. Hey! A girl can dream, right?
But last night, nothing crazy...just color.
All I remember was purple and orange.
Do you ever dream with color as the main character? Maybe I'm weird. But I kinda like this combo, and I want to keep playing with it.
It's feeling good to warm up with sketching and doodling every day. And I've loved seeing so many of you joining in!
This one is inspired by the red gingham stick horses we have at home, and how my oldest declared today that she officially heard one of her stuffed animals make a sound, and how happy she is to finally know what she had always hoped: Her stuffed animals ARE real.
Oh, how I just covered my mouth and gasped in delight. . I Honestly feel so lucky to witness such magical moments all the time.
Precious imaginations. Perfect moments.
Happy Monday!
xo
sarah
Queen of Hearts, she is.
Happy February!
xo
sarah
Today's warm up sketch turned into Ian's birthday invitations. Not a bad way to get 2 things done at once!
It's a dragon party, and I'm trying to figure out what that means. Not really sure yet. But I'm sure our Encyclopedia of Dragons will give me some hints (like translating dragon script and figuring out clues for a scavenger hunt?)
Ideas welcome:)
And thanks for all your well wishes!! It's nice to finally make the announcement. That belly of mine finally has an excuse!
xo
Sarah
Yep. That's a self portrait. Or an "I-will-soon-be-that-big" self portrait.
Baby #4 is coming this summer, and we are so so so super thrilled.
It's been hard to keep it a secret, because I've actually been so sick. Like, this weekend I barely got out of bed. I think I sat up to ask for more ice chips a couple times. Maybe.
My husband is earning major medals, let me tell you. He's a total rock star. He's been on bedtime duty, dinner duty, laundry duty and dish duty for a while now. I think he's seriously ready for his wife back!
I wish I could say my pregnancies are easy, but unfortunately, I've been lucky if I can eat more than a handful of oyster crackers and a protein shake each day.
Ian's comment the other day was "Mom, all you eat are vitamins and popsicles!"
Yup.
So, needless to say, I've been pretty preoccupied and maybe you noticed my posts since December have been a bit more sparse!
But I'm on the up-and-up (I hope!) at 12 weeks now, and baby is now the size of a lime. I love thinking about this little darling!
Right now, I'm making sure to just focus on the most important things. But I will say that I'm constantly thinking about juggling all this amidst book deadlines, fabric deadlines and other work stuff. But what I do know, is that I'm doing what I know is right for us, and that God provides. I've seen it too many times to get concerned (which I do, cause well, I'm a worrier....I admit!) But I'm really looking forward to an infant in the home. It softens everyone, and everything always seems to just come together. And Ella is just getting too old. She's definitely the baby of the group, but it's time for another little pixie. Oh, I just can't wait to meet this little person!! This baby is awesome. I can feel it.
So....here we go! It's a beautiful, thrilling ride. I'll keep you updated. It's going to be a wonderful adventure!
We are keeping things simple today. This week marks the THIRD stomach flu battle this winter to cycle through the family, and I'm SO done. Thank goodness for a weekend coming up.
The "drawings" that I'm committing to this year are going to include so much: today is a simple study in textile.
Link your #365drawing project below! It's been so fun to see your projects, or find them on Instagram!
Off to bed now, and hope you have a lovely weekend!
Thanks for all your comments and excitement! It's really great to hear so many of you excited to play along.
If you are wanting to participate in the #365DRAWINGS adventure, just comment below my posts and add the link to your blog, or if you are on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook, just use the hashtag #365drawings and leave a link in those places too.
Again. No perfection here. Just energy being used towards doing something illustrative every day. Come Play along!
Or just check in daily and watch me sweat it out. Ha. Just kidding. This is the play time I never seem to allow myself:)
xoxo