Just in case you, like me, have hit the summer doldrums in a big way, here’s a little dose of whimsy for you. Or if, alternatively, you’re devastated that summer is ending, a dash of cuteness. Or if, perhaps, you’re in the southern hemisphere, a little comfort that warmer days are coming! Sometimes

As you guys know, the artist in me LOVES a decorative fruit plate or charcuterie board, so although I’m not amazing at growing flowers, I make sure to keep several easy species on hand in the summer. They include: • 1. Rose 2. Nasturtium 3. Calendula 4. Borage 5. Chive 6. Red clover 7. Alys

To decorate your home exactly the way you want. To make art exactly the way you want. To live your life EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WANT. You’re the only one who can make it happen, so make it happen! • #cottagecore #cottage #whimsy #selflove #cuteness

Lots of folks have asked me how I made my coloring book, so here's the basic rundown. I figured it might help anyone who's considering doing it but doesn't know how to get started. There's a learning curve, but in the end it's really not that difficult! I encourage you to try, a

Just a little reminder to take out the art supplies, lace up the shoes, buy the dress, make the complicated recipe, go for the new job, whatever your passion is, just go get to it, y’all. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take! • #artistsoftiktok #watercolorpainting #penandink #whimsic

Let this be your sign to pick up the pen and the brush and make something. I did it seven years ago and I couldn’t regret it less if I tried. • #artwork #watercolor #motivationdaily #penandink #craftsforyou

Ever wondered how to make passive income with your art on TikTok? This is a question I get a lot from my audience, and have since back in the day when I sold my art on Instagram, and it’s a great question. Happily, there are so many new tools these days to help you create digital products that it i

Here are my favorite tricks for running an adorable mail club! Have you tried any of these? What do you think? • #mailclub #snailmail #happymail #stickers #letter

Looking for easy ways to improve your art? Here are 13 of my favorite ideas ✨ • 1. Use a bigger canvas 2. Spend more time in the garden 3. Make a finished product 4. Play with color 5. Use others’ ideas when they offer them 6. Let your inner child out 7. Draw the things that make you happie

As a committed fall girlie, and as much as I love my garden, it’s hard for me to survive the heat … so I’m trying to reframe them as a time for magic, which I usually reserve for the ‘ber months. I figure cozy and whimsy deserve their due at every time of year, so here’s what I’m taking away from t

When you're down, remind yourself that these things exist ... • Rainbow books exist Garden bouquets exist Watercolor exists Blue hour exists Whimsy exists Succulent bowls exist The countryside exists Mail clubs exist Craft spaces exist Fresh strawberries exist Flowers exist Window

Hear me out though: we talk about romanticizing everything from the dinner table to our closets to a candlelit windowsill to reading a book in a field to gardens themselves, but why shouldn’t our tools and the other utilitarian corners of life be just as beautiful? • Last fall, I decided to turn

Raise your hand if you love happy mail!! I had a mail club for years and absolutely loved it, and have so enjoyed bringing in back the last few months ... and for years to come, I hope! Here are a few things I've learned over the years if you want to start your own: • 1. Use cute stamps 2. I

In no particular order, here are my favorite ways to live a cottagecore life in June, according to an artist! I’m relentlessly looking for methods of making the summer more bearable, so here are some strategies that are working right now: • 1. Send more snail mail 2. Smell the roses 3. Draw lik