PSA to all my people pleasers. I do not say this to identify with the people-pleasing lifestyle, but rather I say this as a recovering chronic people pleaser who thought it was my identity in Christ to please man. I grew up in church, with the word, and yet I somehow never took hold of … More It’s Never Been About Getting People to Like You
Hello everyone! I know that my blogging has been scarce lately, but I have been working away on my etsy shop. Over the past few months I have created a few entirely new product lines of digital patterned paper and digital ephemera, and they all incorporate my original art and/or my original drawings. The great … More New Things Coming in 2025!
During dark times, there is an incredible risk one can take. That risk is seeking beauty in the midst of pain and suffering. There is an incredible resiliency required to embrace the pursuit of beauty in the face of heartache. But the truth is that we were made for beauty. Our hearts long for it, … More Being Alive or Living?
It has been a long while since I sat down to write. I have had so many thoughts and just not enough clarity to make it cohesive. I still don’t, but I was browsing through the notes in my phone the other day and found something I had written down which I wanted to share: … More A Beautiful Resilience
I have been working on this series of paintings in my bed at night (I don’t recommend this if you don’t like getting paint everywhere! Thankfully my husband is pretty chill.) But I have just been so tired at the end of the day that the only way to really motivate myself to keep going … More In the Garden: An Early Look
I feel like that heading could be described as the theme of my life at this moment. Thankfully, it’s ‘to be determined’ by the Holy Spirit and His leading in my life, but I must say that I have not been handling the last several months of being in transition with as much grace as … More To Be Determined
Since I happened to take several photos, I decided I would share some of my painting process on these hollyhocks in my art journal. The black and white photo was to check the values. I ended up doing this painting in about 20 (or more– I’m just guessing, but it was a lot) burst painting … More Painting Process
Y’all, sometimes I feel like I’m from the stone ages when it comes to technology. I see all of these cute shorts on youtube and think, “oh, I can do that!” Meanwhile….I spent way too long yesterday evening and again this evening messing around with my video editor to get all the frames the right … More Emerging from the Cocoon
I hope you all have been well and enjoyed celebrating the birth of Christ with your family and friends! We had a beautiful time celebrating here, and it’s been so nice having a bit of a slower season over the holidays to spend some time reflecting and praying. I am not exactly sure what God … More Open Doors
I have decided to designate the month of December as a space in which I “make time.” It’s something that God has been asking me to do for a while, but I was too busy being stressed about packing. It’s really just always better to listen to Him right away because all of my stressing … More Making Time
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