Thank You!

Wow! I am so impressed with the response to all the Free Silhouette drawings I offered at the start of this pandemic. If you have ordered and not gotten your silhouette yet, I am continuing to work through these. Thank you for your patience. The kind emails and that you have all sent me in appreciation of your silhouettes and what you were doing for others in return filled my heart with so much joy and hope.

My own ability to keep up with these is becoming impossible. As many of you know, I have two small children of my own to keep up with along with my own work and other paid commissions and those things right now are taking priority. If I am able to offer these again for free or at a discount in the future, I will.

In the meantime, please continue to support our frontline essential workers and small businesses. We all need each other.

Free Silhouettes

I can’t do much. Every inch of my being is currently caring for my two small children. I have no time to be bored. It is funny feeling like we now have all the time I the world and I can’t seem to find time for anything.

I have changed the price of my silhouettes to FREE. If this will make you happy please just order one. I ask that you make a donation to something or someone local. Foodservice and dining establishments, arts organizations or your favorite small business. Doctors or nurses on the front lines give this to yourself or maybe this is the gift you would like to give someone that just needs something special. A gift that doesn’t have to sit outside for 3 days before it can be enjoyed.

I will respond to all orders placed to get your photos and please allow time. I will continue to do this for as long as I am able. Please spread the word.

and now what?

Never in a million years did I ever imagine myself a “homeschool mom.” I feel like I am breaking from my norm in writing like this but I think that we all need to re think things as we move forward.

I might write more later but I wanted to share some things that have been shared with me as I try and figure out how to keep my kids learning (and my own sanity) over the next few weeks.

Raddish. Raddish is giving away 10,000 FREE kits. I already love Raddish and I am not just saying that because my amazing college roommate started the company. We have loved making their recipes. They also have so many online resources for you help using cooking as a learning took. And this would be a great thing to do with your kids if you have some time on your hands. Those of you with older kids, you can just have be in charge of dinner one night…

I have tried KiwiCo yet but a friend emailed me a link they sent out of DIY Science projects. I assume many things can be found around the house.

and for now I will leave you with my favorite homemade playdough recipe. It is from I Heart Naptime. Please note that I recommend substituting coconut oil for the oil in the recipe. It makes the dough a better consistency and smell better in my opinion.

Please share any other resources you know about. We are all in this together (but socially distanced.)

Free Notecards!

I draw everything myself by hand so it is important for me to start taking Holiday orders early. I know it might seem crazy to think about your holiday shopping before Halloween but the only way I can fulfill all your Holiday needs is to start EARLY.

As an incentive to starting early, I am offering a set of 10 notecards for every Silhouette or Illustration order. Yes that is right, if you need four silhouettes, you can have four sets of notecards! If you want two silhouettes and one custom illustration you get three sets of notecards!

Do you have a favorite photo you would like drawn? Do this now, get your FREE set of notecards, then make mugs or towels or wall art of the images to give to all the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends later. You actually could knock out a giant chunk of your Holiday Shopping RIGHT NOW and save big.

Offer ends October 30, 2019

Valentines Silhouettes

On Sunday, February 10th, I will be at Bend from 10.30-12.30 doing silhouettes for Valentine’s Day! A perfect present would be silhouettes of all the people you love most! It will be a drop in session, however and it would be most helpful to sign up in advance here.

I am not really a yoga fan but I loved my time at Bend . I went when I was pregnant with BOTH my kids and continued when each was a sweet little babe in their Sweat Peas class. I have met some of my most favorite Mamas in Charlottesville in Bend classes so I am really excited to get to hang out there again in a few weeks!

Happy New Year

New Year, New You! Or maybe you just need new custom name labels for all your kids things. I have added these back to my shop. Nothing spruces up a water bottle better than a digital illustration of your kid and their name. I can’t tell you how many time I have left my kids’ water bottles at someone’s house over the past few school-less weeks of playdates and parties and every single time they have been returned because their names and photos are on it from when I added the stickers way back in AUGUST! These stickers will last longer than your water bottles and lunch containers. You can check them out here.

If you already have a drawing and would like just labels made you can order just the name labels here. I am happy to do these for the Digital Silhouette Drawings as well!

Additional Silhouette Session added at The Hive

Earlier this month I got to spend the afternoon The Hive drawing silhouettes. It was so busy that I am going back to draw some more on Saturday, November 25th from 2-5pm. This is also Small Business Saturday and if you haven’t been in Holiday Shopping Mode yet, this is a great place to start. This is a perfect opportunity to come in if you are anxious or having trouble taking your child’s photo yourself. I will take the photo and you and your family can enjoy some crafts, an indoor play area, coffee or just watching me draw. One of the most interesting things for some of the kids was actually watching their silhouette get drawn. It’s pretty cool.

Don’t forget, I also draw all your furry friends!

You can sign up directly through this link: Silhouettes at The Hive

Early Holiday Shopping!

I am a small operation. Each custom drawing is unique and made to order. Over the past few years of doing this I have realized that I have more time to fulfill holiday orders when I start in September. 

At the same time I am excited so start to slowly offer physical products along with your drawings. You will still receive the same digital files to do as you wish but I will take care of sizing, cropping and ordering you some products. I am starting off with beach towels that in our house also become large cozy bath towels in the non beach seasons. This makes a perfect holiday or birthday gift. 

Please enjoy a 10% discount of all your early holiday shopping with the promo code: EARLYBIRD18

Early Bird discount code ends on September 30th at 11:59pm.

Back to School!

I got so tired of writing and rewriting my kids names on their water bottles and lunch containers every few days. No matter what kid of sharpie marker I used after a few washes their names washed and rubbed off. 

I decided to order name labels that were dishwasher and microwave safe and I LOVE them. I used drawings I had made of each of my kids. The best part is that my kids who can't yet read (ages 1.5 and 3) can recognize their own picture and love it too!

As a Back to School special I am offering a set of 30 square 1.5 x 1.5' name labels with your digital drawing. This is a limited offer and won't be around for long so take advantage of it now! If you have already had a drawing made of your kids in the past and still want labels made, I am also offering just the labels. 

Website Launch

I am just starting to navigate the great wide world of e-commerce. I am hoping that this site will help me (and you) with the process of ordering a custom digital illustration. Of course if you would rather email me that way, great but my long term goal is to mostly just draw and not hunt down paper checks and random emails and keep all my information neatly organized going forward. 

While I test out this new squarespace platform I am offering a limited time only deal on my black line drawings. I am offering them at 30% discount with the promo code: FANCYTHAT this code is good for this week only and ends on Friday, June 29th. 

Please note that these do not have color. If you want a color drawing please get in touch directly and I can help you the old fashioned way.