My family is going on a road trip this summer so I’ve been trying to get ready sketchbook-wise! I always love documenting our vacations in some sort of illustrated/scrapbook format, and I’ve been trying to figure out the ideal tools and drawing style that will be the most fun this time around.

This past year, the live portrait portion of my business has grown so much, and I’ve been blown away by all the love and support folks have shown for my drawings! As 2025 comes to a close, I wanted to reflect on some of the memorable moments from drawing live portraits in previous years.

I can’t believe it’s been my FOURTH year participating in this greeting card challenge! #30cards30days is hosted by @cindyyshaw, and consists of a list of 30 prompts to inspire greeting card designs for each day of August.

I always wondered what the process of publishing a children’s book was like, and why it seemed to take such a long time. Well…now I have an example from my own experience! I went through previous emails to track down exact dates so I could put together this timeline of events and what happened in each point of the process.