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Catching up – Friday the 13th edition

It's been a minute! How are you? I'm reaching out to say hey, catch up, and send some good juju your way on Friday the 13th.✨✨✨✨

We have been swept up in the end of summer / back to school / start of fall / holiday product planning / general life crazies. I've always liked this time of year and the return to some sort of schedule, but I have yet to find my fall footing.

Since last we virtually crossed paths, I finished the ever so charming Black Rock Books storefront mural, moved a bunch of plants around in the garden, and took my awesome sandals out on adventures. I had a blast teaching my second workshop at Making Waves Art Studio and really enjoyed seeing the fun things that students created on the black and white images in our time together. It has been a full few weeks.

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Workshop with Me

My next workshop at Making Waves Art Studio is coming up quick – join me on August 8 from 6-8PM to have some Fun with Photos! We will get creative with photography, adding color and personality using mixed media. You'll learn fun ways to bring some magic to snapshots, old and new. Use some photos I selected just for this class, or you can even coordinate to provide your own personal photos to embellish. It will be great and I would love to see you there. Spots are limited – More info here!

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Announcing a New Collaboration

I'm so happy to finally be able to share my collaboration with Michael Grey Sandal Factory! These limited edition Birkenstocks are adorned with my happy patterns and I am so smitten I might not take them off all summer. There are two designs to choose from – Color Block and Flower Power and the patterns are also available as mini wallets and beautiful tote bags!

Only 30 of each item will be made and the quality is outstanding – the colors are so vibrant and the leather will wear beautifully. Each piece is handcrafted in Atlanta in Michael's studio and will be a treasured part of your wardrobe for years to come. Yay!

Shop the collection

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Best New Mural 2024

Popping in to catch you up on what's been going on since last we checked in… June always feels like a wild ride with the end of school, wind up to summer, Father's Day, my birthday (45!), and the longest day of the year. I was running around last week and thrilled to find out that my Pollinators mural was named best new mural in this year’s Best of WNY 2024! Buffalo Spree Magazine releases a list every year and my mural both made the list AND an awesome backdrop on the cover! There is a big party in a few weeks for all the local businesses and awardees – I'm excited to celebrate the win! 🌷🌸🥳🍀🦋

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Art, Studio and Stockist Updates

I am enjoying a bit of down time after wrapping up two design jobs and have started making some progress on a few personal projects that have been on the backburner for a while. One is a collaboration with my friend and fellow artist Rachel Shelton. She co-owns the beautiful print shop Mirabo Press and she and I love to get together and talk art and creative business things. We have long admired each other's work and are starting some collaborative pieces in preparation for a show we have together at C. Stewart and Jane H. Hunt Art Gallery early next year. So much fun!

I also started to paint a mural in the stairwell that leads up to my studio – something I've wanted to do for a long, long time. I'm only one session in and have a ways to go, but it feels good to have started. I have no plan other than to use up some paint from other projects. I'll keep you posted as it take shape!

Stockist updates:

I love local small businesses! Over the past year I have started dabbling in wholesale and am currently in these shops run by incredible ladies. See if you can pick out my work in the photos below. Better yet, check them out in person if you can!