Evolutions, Dissolutions and Resolutions
This is the 2011-2012 recap post. I have divided it into 3 parts so it is easier to write and read because (reader be warned) it is long. Dissolutions and Evolutions go over what I have learned from the 365 days of 2011. Resolutions is a short list of what
Happy Holidays!
As I sit on this Christmas Eve with a sleeping home, I don't want to pass the opportunity to wish each and everyone one of you the happiest and warmest of Holidays. All the best for this Holiday Season!
We have a Giveaway Winner
The Mini-Interviews are over but not the Giveaways and today I have one winner to announce! After the classic 15 minute pen-search, I got my names written down, got my 33 mini-strips of paper filled out and performed the pulling-of-a-name-out-of-a painting act successfully. We got a winner with Sofia as my
A Mini-Interview with ME
This is the fourth week of our Mini-Interview Series and that also means it's FINALLY my week! I've been the first one to post on our blog tour every week. So to take the edge off the akward monologue I thought I would have a pre-post yesterday. Did it help? Not
MY WEEK of Interviews and Giveaway
If you have been following my posts the last few weeks, you know the Mini-Interviews are entering their 4th week tomorrow. If you didn't know about them, you may want to go back and read Molly's, Mikela's and Laura's posts. They are filled with great information and they are at
A Mini-Interview with Laura Jacobsen
This is the third week of our Mini-Interview Series and we are starting Laura Jacobsen's week. Do you know Laura? Have you seen her work? Have you seen her books? Have you? Have you?! Her work is bold. Her illustrations are beautiful and her sketches are fantastic. As a person, Laura
A Mini Interview with Mikela Prevost
This is the second week of our Mini-Interview Series and we continue with the amazing Mikela Prevost. If you haven’t seen Mikela’s work before, reader beware! You will be blown away with her sense of design, her bold strokes and her colors. Have you seen how she handles figures? I know!
A Mini-Interview with Molly Idle
Today we are starting the Series of Mini-Interviews and this week is Molly's week. Miss Molly will be hopping around blogs answering our questions to make one very bubbly Molly Week. And really, how else could Molly's week be? But there’s more! Molly is also hosting a Giveaway this week. She’ll
A November of Mini-Interviews and Giveaways
A series of weekly Mini-Interviews are coming next month (or more precisely in 7 days). Four children's illustrators, four blogs, four posts per week, four weeks full of questions, answers and giveaways. We close the series with a Big Giveaway with something from all of us to celebrate your Merry
Rendez Zoo
Last Saturday, the Phoenix Zoo held it's Second Annual Rendez Zoo. By supporting the event you help sustain the Zoo's conservation efforts, contribute to the care of the animals, and assure the Zoo will continue offering educational programs. Now, what's more fitting than a Zoo, wild animals and a children's illustrator