August 27th, 2010
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Last night I finally was able to get my WordPress app to work on my Ipad. I am getting ready for a trip to Europe and am planning on blogging from there.
I love to sketch when I travel. Inspiration seems to appear on every corner. The color, sounds, light, and experience of a new place makes you think differently of something you might do or see everyday.
The museum room at the Glow convention in July was also full of inspiring things.
Things like illustrated covers of envelopes, baskets made out of Christmas cards, and whimsical Santa nodders on elephants.
Until the next sketch!





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July 22nd, 2010
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If your answer is the 2010 Golden Glow convention, you are correct!
I arrived Tuesday afternoon to Milwaukee. I met one of my favorite artists on the bus to the hotel-Ralph Giguiere. He is also an illustrator and teaches at the Philadelphia college of art. I love the detail and quality of his belsnickle candy containers. It is great to meet the heart and soul behind the pieces.
The hotel is all decked out in red,white, and blue celebrating a patriotic Christmas and 30 years of the golden glow.
After settling in, I took a class in making Christmas card baskets. Using antique Christmas and templates, I button-stitched a few cards together to make an adorable container that I can use at the holidays.
I later did some room hopping and was able to purchase an antique belsnickle from Robert Merck who authored a book called Deck the Halls. It is one of the best books on the market about antique Christmas.
The best part of the convention is seeing your friends, you might not see them in awhile but when you get together it feels like no time has passed.
Until the next sketch!
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July 18th, 2010
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This is just another test to see if my post works from my iPad to my blog to Twitter to Facebook.
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July 17th, 2010
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July 17th, 2010
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Let’s see how this works.
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July 17th, 2010
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Perhaps the 4th time will work?
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July 17th, 2010
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Perhaps the third time is a charm?
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July 17th, 2010
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July 17th, 2010
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Let’s see if this works . . .
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June 20th, 2010
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It has been awhile since my last post.
2010 has been exciting year so far and busy. My 2010 ornaments are in production and I am gearing up for a busy Fall. Lots of events are planned and for those of you who subscribe to the Landmark newsletter already know that I will be doing a five city tour- including stops in Tampa, LA, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, and NYC. Stay tuned for more in upcoming blog posts.
Also this year, you will be seeing a line of stationery in stores that I am launching with a Louie Award winning company called a la cards.
For all of you that know that I also work in Book Publishing- I am now VP Creative Director of St. Martin’s Paperbacks and continuing to work on packages for Emily Giffin, Kristin Hannah, Janet Evanovich, Lisa Scottoline, and others.
I am excited to share that I have also illustrated a book on the retelling of the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem for New York Times bestselling author Donna Van Liere- who is known for her wonderful book The Christmas shoes. The book is called The Christmas Journey, in stores this fall
As I said, an exciting year for which I feel very lucky.
Looking back on 2009- what a wonderful season it was. It was so great to see so many of my collectors at my events. I had the energy to decorate my home withsix trees- photo highlights are posted. As you can see my pugs are always there to help me out…
and they are honored with their own tree!
Soon I will be attending the Golden glow convention in Milwaukee- I hope that I will get to see many of you there.
Until the next sketch!
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