Some old doodles

There is no connection between the Seabreeze Cafe doodles and the cochon doodles, except maybe breakfast makes me think of yummy pork products...bacon...yum...but really they were done at totally different times. Just what I do for fun sometimes. Found these just now while rummaging through old card designs.

Resurrecting some oldies

I have been going through some of my old files transferring them over to my newer computer and have all of these card designs from the past that I still really like. I am thinking of trying to do some more illustration and design work and maybe even sell some cards again. It is a shame for all of these to just sit unused and unloved! If any of you know of anyone who might want to purchase some cards, pass them my way. I will keep posting older designs as I come across them and as always love to do custom work as well. This top design that I call Black Dahlias is one of my favorites and was put to use for my own personal thank you cards for a long time. Also thinking I need a new business name - any thoughts on that anyone????

Baby shower invites that can be filled in by hand or I could fill all of the info in before printing. Really the background could be almost any color too.


La coccinelle: This design has mostly been used on onesies that I have made but could also make a cute card.

Amélie and Eric

A little fun at home this evening with Amélie, Eric and the camera.

Burls

So long Burly. We were all very lucky to have known and loved you.

Namdroling

Just a few of the photos I took yesterday at the Empowerment at Namdroling (the Buddhist center in Bozeman). I do not know much about what it all means but His Holiness (one of the super important guys from Tibet) was there to give the Empowerment and I was allowed to take some photos of him and was blessed by him.

This picture of me was taken by one of the monks who wanted to see how my camera worked.


It was very special because the monks who travel with the important dude (His Holiness) play these amazing instruments, horns and some sort of reeded instruments and cymbals.










And right now my mom is on her way through Yellowstone National Park to Mount Rushmore in a 40ft motor home with all of these monks!

Teefany's postcard

Front and back of the postcard that I designed for my wonderful friend Tiffany's optometry business in Morro Bay. I believe that her boyfriend, Jörn, took the photos. I just designed it and took care of getting it printed for her. I have not seen the final printed version yet but hear that it turned out great.
I am now working with Jörn on designing a website to showcase his pottery. I will post a link once that is up and running.

One fabulous year

In celebration of really quite a wonderful first year together Eric and I spent the night in Big Timber. We pulled the Happy Camper to a lovely campsite right along the Boulder river where we set up camp for the night.

We ate at The Grand Restaurant in downtown Big Timber. It was a fun change from all of the places in Livingston but the food was not particularly noteworthy. Maybe next time we will just stick to burgers at the bar. But I did need a place to wear my new dress to!

My favorite photo of my handsome boyfriend!


The next morning we ate homemade cinnamon rolls and drank our coffee down by the river. It was a perfect start to the day.



We took Eric Adam's raft down the river to do some fishing. At one point we pulled over so that Eric could fish a little and he caught one within seconds!


I caught a total of 6 fish thanks to Eric's never-ending patience and excellent teaching. I became really good at getting my line tangled by the end of the day and still not any better at casting (even with all of Eric's efforts). But I had a great time and am in love with the Boulder. It is such a beautiful river and really fun to fish and to float down.


This is Eric's attempt at a self-portrait in my sunglass reflection.