Happy December! It’s officially time to crack out your advent calendars and to start the countdown
to Christmas! December is also a great time to start thinking about calendars of other sorts….
like the guilt-free, non-edible sort. So, today seemed like the perfect day to showcase my 2012
Wall Calendar!

The calendar is one of my favourite annual projects. Working on it gives me a chance to look back at
the year’s work; to extract, improve on and develop new work. Many of the pieces in this year’s calendar
are new. Some of the most fun were the Love, Cat Lady and Heartbreaker illustrations that gave me
a chance to get back to the basics and drawing with pencils.

Hope you like the end result! If you’re interested in ordering a 2012 wall calendar, come and visit my Etsy Shop.

This week, we had our first snowfall across Ontario and it really put me in the mood for the holidays. I don’t think I’ve experienced a white Christmas in years, but still, nothing feels more festive than the first snowfall. The snow is gone now, but my holiday spirit is not… It’s Black Friday after all. So, without further delay, I would like to introduce 4 new holiday cards that I created as part of the 2011 Holiday Collection.

This year’s additions are designed around some of my favourite holiday themes: cardinals and winter clothes; glittering holiday parties; kissing under mistletoe and skating under the stars (with reindeer watching, of course.) I hope you like these new additions!

The cards are available at select retailers and through my updated Etsy shop.

Have a fantastic weekend! And to my U.S. readers, Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that you had a great weekend! I spent the weekend hard at work, putting the final touches
on new holiday cards and calendar illustrations for 2012. I’m really excited about the new
illustrations and couldn’t resist showing a sneak peek! Stay tuned for the finished pieces!

If you lust after shoes like I do, then you may already know about Catwalk Boutique. This
fabulous boutique is the destination for shoes and accessories in downtown Kingston.
This is why I was so thrilled when boutique owner, Joanne Angelis approached me to update
the store’s logo. Joanne and her sister Maria have recently merged their three boutiques,
Catwalk, Cybil Scott, and Coquetta under a new brand: the House of Angelis. (I designed
the House of Angelis brand and website too, so there will be more to come on this!) Joanne
and Maria were looking to align Catwalk’s look with the sister stores and we accomplished
this by updating with a fresh colour palette, creating an elegant heal graphic and by adopting
a soft, clean type style.

Now you can see the new look at the store’s new home, right next to Cybil Scott at 65 Brock St.
The new store is really stunning and there are lots of amazing jewels, shoes, and bags to tempt
you. (Or to put on a holiday wish list to tempt someone else!) Hope you enjoy this peek at
Catwalk’s new look. Have a great day!

Happy Halloween! Whether you celebrated this weekend or tonight, I hope that you’ve had a great time!

I’m very excited to announce that my work is being shown at one of my favourite
restaurants, Sima Sushi in downtown Kingston. The show will be up until January and
features some of my most recent work, including the “Summer’s End” painting shown
above. Sima is located between at 66 Princess St., between Wellington and King. The
food is fantastic and well worth a visit. Have a great day!

I have just wrapped up an amazing week, taking in the shows at LG Fashion Week with good
friend and owner/buyer for Bicyclette Boutique, Paige Boersma. There’s a lot to look
forward to in Spring 2012. Some of my favourites are the sleek silhouettes, sheer fabrics,
polka dots and more stripes. There is so much colour with bright red, chartreuse, bold blue,
and orange. I can hardly wait to get back to my paints to start channeling all of this new
inspiration! Until then, I will leave you with some fashion week links and a few of my personal
shots from the week. Have a fantastic weekend!

- Great show and backstage videos at BlogTo .
- For trends on and off the runway visit Toronto Life’s Blog .
- Check out She Does The City for fantastic photos and show reviews.
- And don’t forget to visit the official LG Fashion Week Blog .

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you have all enjoyed a fantastic long weekend. Mine
was packed, but today I spent the day experimenting with my new watercolour set. I love
it! So, in the spirit of the holiday, here’s an illustration of one of my favourite Thanksgiving
treats. Hope that you ate lots of pie and that your weekend has been great!

I hope that you had a fantastic long weekend. My weekend was pretty great because my brother
Michael got married. I love my new sister-in-law and they had a really gorgeous wedding. I can’t
wait to show you of the paper details that I created for their big day. But first, here is some
wedding work that I created for another set of fabulous clients.

Morgan and Derek approached me looking for a unique invitation that combined traditional
elements in a modern suite. Along with the Directions card and RSVP, the couple had chosen
a lovely quotation to include on the invitation. To accommodate this, I created a custom
invitation design that had a separate space for the quotation and also served as a container
for the additional pieces. Details from the script of the monogram were used to create unity
throughout the suite.

Because Morgan decided to take Derek’s name, I created two monograms for the couple, one
with both of their surnames that was used before the ceremony and another based on the
same design that was used at the reception and for their Thank You cards.

My friend Ashley recently threw a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for her daughter’s second birthday.
I was thrilled when she asked me to create some invitations to fit the theme. Take a look to
see some of the process work and the finished invitations.

Inspiration for the Invitation: 1 Original illustrations by John Tenniel. The line work in his
drawings inspired the pencil sketch style that was used for Lucy’s invitations. 2 Arthur
Rackman’s muted palette and darker depiction of Alice. 3 The colour palette for the
invitation. 4 Floral patterns like the designs on these teacups, were incorporated onto
the teapot, dress and number two.

I love the play on scale in Alice in Wonderland, so the invitation is teeny-tiny. The
card itself is just 3 x 5 inches. The process of opening the card was designed to be fun
and was accomplished by creating three separate illustrated pages that open to reveal
the invitation itself.

5 The first page leads you down the rabbit hole, with the caption “Don’t be late for this
very important date.” 6The second page shows the tea party and says “Today’s the
Day that Lu turns two”. 7 The final inside page reveals the content and details about the party.