HAPPY MONDAY

One thing I decided I needed to do this year is post more of all the random things I do to entertain myself and break up my day between working. I forget to share more of the photos and doodles I do. I can't sit still and have to keep making things. I'm going to try to start posting more of this stuff that I often share on Instagram or Facebook but forget to share here.

I gave Doug a new face today. I'm sure he loves me making him take photos with me. I get to dress two people up now and when all my pets are with me again, we will have a nice zoo of entertainment. 

Have a great night!

XOXO

Sara

TOY SIDESHOW

Earlier in the month I posted a short video my other half made as a teaser for a film he is making of my toy collection and home. I'm so excited to see the end result and share it with you. When I decided it was time for me to move and have a new start of my life, I really wanted to document the love and hard work I put into my current home over the past 8 years. My art and toy collections are extremely important to me and gives me joy everyday so taking it all down has been hard but also really exciting. I get to start over and create a new space that I love. 

I made this title for it the other day. I love typography and hand lettering and use to do it everyday for my past career as a greeting card designer. I had a lot of fun making it.

I have always been obsessed with carnivals and sideshows. The new American Horror Story is a dream come true for me. When you're a kid and people ask "what do you want to be when you grow up?" my answer was always an artist. All the other kids always had different answers throughout the years and I had never considered anything else but one year felt like I needed to have a backup plan if that didn't pan out. Got to be prepared, right! The only other "job" I had ever considered having, was to be a clown. Seriously. Since the artist career actually did pan out, I get my circus and carnival fix with the worlds I create around me. We wanted to capture that feeling some in the video of my home other than just filming my house. MTV Cribs did cross our minds though, man I use to love that show! Since we went a little on the creepy side with it, it only seems fitting to share the final product on Halloween. My favorite day. Although for me, everyday is Halloween.

Have a wonderful day and be sure to check back on the 31st for the full video!

xoxo

-Sara

ETSY SHOP UPDATES // KNITTING GNOME IS BACK

Back in 2007 when I opened my Etsy shop I had an illustration of one of my girls I drew with a gnome. I decided to print him on fabric and make a pillow out him so I had a version I could hold. Later as some time went by my gnome took up knitting. Don't judged, he makes some really awesome scarfs and knitted gnome hats!

It took me a bit but I finally made some more of these little dudes and have 3 knitting gnomes and 2 gnomes without the yarn and knitting needles. All will be available in my ETSY shop.

Have a wonderful Friday everyone! 

-Sara

ETSY SHOP UPDATES

I currently have one last boston terrier plush/pillow up in my Etsy shop. I will be making more when I have some time but I'm not sure when that will be so if you've been needing a new friend, go grab him! :D

Have a great Tuesday! 

-Sara

WORK FROM MY ETSY DAYS

Back in June of 2007 I opened an Esty shop as a way to keep creating my own work while I worked as a greeting card designer. I've been a long time supporter of handmade items and my fellow artists. Opening my shop just felt like the right direction for me to go in at that time. I loved getting to know a lot of other sellers and met lots of people who's work I still follow today. It's been amazing to see the directions their work has taken throughout the years.

Unfortunately around the end of 2011 I had to close my shop, something that was quite difficult for me to do but I had to make some important decisions in my life and having the time to create my own art just was not possible anymore. I meant for it to only be a short time but it ended up being a few years that went by. I was never certain that I would ever open it back up and sell my work again but that has started to slowly change as my life has been changing over the past year.

I wanted to share a few pieces of art that I had created back then for my shop. I was doing a lot of searching to figure out who I was as an illustrator. For my day job I had to illustrate in a lot of different styles and I felt like I was losing who I was and this helped me stay a bit more focused on myself. 

MY ETSY SHOP

Thank you for looking! I'm not sure if I'll ever be selling any of these as prints again because I'm really excited to make new art but you never know, some may show up in my shop one day if there is interest. 

Have a great Sunday!

-Sara