Free Christmas Card to Color at Home

For my last freebie in my Don't Worry, Eat Cake holiday giveaways, I've created a Christmas card for you to print and color at home! 

The border illustration from this card is from one of my favorite pages in my coloring book, and I just love how the lush floral frame works with a Christmas saying. I love winter decorations that are full of rustic greenery. It makes me want to hide away in a cozy cabin all winter long.

You can download the PDF here. Print on heavy cardstock paper, cut and fold, then color in with your favorite materials. I also added in a hint of glitter to the centers of the flowers. Now I'm in the mood to put glitter on everything. 

Don't Worry, Eat Cake Holiday Freebies

Happy December! Hope you all are staying warm and toasty.

I have some free digital downloads I'm going to post on my blog over the next few days. I've dressed up some illustrations from my book Don't Worry, Eat Cake to help you get in the spirit for the fast approaching holidays (and to remind you that coloring books make wonderful gifts... wink, wink).

Today's freebie is festive wallpaper for your desktops, tablets, and phones. You can download the desktop version here, and the mobile version here, or click on either of the photos below to save. Check back next week for a few printable freebies!

Upcoming Spring Salt Market

I have so much to fill you in on soon, but I just wanted to mention to my readers that I'll be in Syracuse this coming weekend (Friday night and Saturday during the day) for the springtime Salt Market event! Normally this craft show happens in the fall or winter (and it's amazing), but this year they have added a spring version! You should also know that I was asked to design the promotional materials for the event, which were super fun to create!

Hopefully see you there!

hand-lettering and illustration

Salt Market Syracuse New York

A Busy November!

Whew! Is it already almost Thanksgiving?? This month is seriously flying by. I've been pretty busy with craft shows, freelance work and prepping for the upcoming holiday shopping season!  So far, I've been to three craft shows already, and will head to one more this weekend. That will be 4 in one month! It's really hard to avoid being super busy at this time of year though. I keep reminding myself that come January, I'll be so bored once the rush is over. I complain when I'm busy, but I get depressed when I don't have much to do. That's what happened in the long, slow winter of last year once the Valentine's Day rush ended. I really shouldn't complain now anyways though, because I am doing what I love and my business is growing. We can sleep when we're dead! Just kidding. Naps feel so good. Anyways, here are some snippets of the shows I did already this month. First was Mayday! Underground in Rochester, NY. Then I did the Awesome Indie Art Market in Ithaca, NY. And then yesterday I did The Fab Flea in Newark Valley (a cute little pop-up sale with other local artists and vendors from my area).

Successful Salt Market

Thanks to everyone who visited me at the Syracuse Salt Market on October 18th. It was such a successful day and I met some of the friendliest customers ever!  The market was busy the ENTIRE day, and I heart that there was a line to get in at 10AM! Woo hoo! The only possible downside of a busy day like that is that I unfortunately didn't get to shop around myself. I know that if I was there not as a vendor, I would have spent all my money shopping!

Check out this delicious beet juice mocktail I had from the LOFO table at the market. It kind of looks like a sippy cup of blood yeah?

The Apple Fest

Thanks to everyone who visited me at the Apple Festival in Ithaca a few weeks ago! It was a soggy, rainy morning on Saturday, but that didn't seem to stop all of you with those super cute rain boots and jackets! Even though I'm a proper introvert and usually have to psych myself up to be in biz-lady-don't-be-so-awkward-social mode, it's quite fun to meet new people at fairs like this. And on top of that, I get to people watch and take note of cute outfits and boots and dresses and jackets and all that goodness. I should make a little sign for my booth that says "please buy my stuff so i can buy cute clothes like you."

I tried out some new products at this fair, including screen printed tote bags and temporary tattoos. I still like paper goods the most, but it's fun seeing my designs on other types of materials.

Sunday had great weather and we enjoyed a bit of sunshine finally. It was chilly both days though, so of course the solution I found was drinking a constant supply of hot mulled cider.

Joby helped me make some new display items recently, like the two boxes above with chalkboard paint on the front. They really helped organize the cards and it was useful being able to point people with specific holiday requests to the right box.