by Erica | Aug 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
So it seems I fell off the planet again. Sorry about that. I thought about waiting a couple more months and then it would have been a whole year since I posted. UGH! That’s terrible. Time has a way of getting away from me. I’ve been stuck in this creative...
by Erica | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m on a roll … sort of! My mom’s birthday was this week and we’re heading off to her party this afternoon. I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to try another flourish. I really had fun doing this. I started with a banner from Ames...
by Erica | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I had a request to create a flourished banner for our guild’s newsletter. Since I was unable to attend IAMPETH this summer, I missed Heather Held’s flourishing class (much to my dismay!) and I have never done any kind of off-hand flourishing other than...
by Erica | Oct 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was asked to introduce Zentangles to the Coastal Calligraphers Guild during our last meeting. I had soooo much fun! I am not a certified zentangle teacher so I did the best I could using the information from the zentangle’s website. Thankfully Maria Thomas and...
by Erica | Sep 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends:It’s been so long since my last post. This summer was simultaneously altogether too short and the longest I’ve known. My family and I went home to Maine this June. It had been three years since we had been able to visit. We spent three...
by Erica | May 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Where oh where have I been?! Well, I bet you all had thought I fell off the planet. One of the great benefits of working from home is that when something comes up … sick kids, traveling husband, blah, blah, blah … you can be flexible and tend to it....
by Erica | Apr 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve been slacking on the posts. Well, I guess I’ve been generally slacking at life! So, so busy. The kids were on spring break last week and I had to update the school site which took me WAYYY longer than I anticipated. Then I had to do my taxes which...
by Erica | Mar 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
I had a lot of fun designing these cards for Sunrise Greetings (a division of Hallmark). Christmas cards are the most fun to design. The color palette was chosen for me – beautiful! I’ve been doing a lot of sewing and crafts lately and not much...
by Erica | Mar 13, 2010 | silk painting ornaments, zenspirations, zentangle, zentangle ornaments, zentangle sneakers
Phew – it’s been awhile since I’ve posted. I haven’t had much time to do much of anything. I make 8 to 10 chauffeur trips per day – drop off first 2 kids, then come home, drop off 3rd kid, then come home, pick up 3rd kid, then come home,...
by Erica | Feb 25, 2010 | brush letters, lettering on fabric, painted lettering, Roman Caps, Sue Hufton, Susan Hufton
I had the best weekend! I went to a calligraphy workshop – Painted Roman Caps on Fabric. Susan Hufton, an amazing, calligrapher and lettering artist from London is a great instructor. The class began promptly at 9:00 and we learned and worked from the minute the...
by Erica | Feb 19, 2010 | zentangle, zentangle book, zentangle valentine
Kept wanting to post this but didn’t want to interrupt the letterpress flow… I had so much fun trying to design the Valentine heart that when I was practicing with a marker, I decided to do this:You may recognize some of the patterns from one of my...
by Erica | Feb 13, 2010 | custom plates for L Letterpress, home letterpress printer, letterpress calligraphy, QuicKutz L Letterpress machine, valentine calligraphy
Happy Valentine’s Day! [spoiler alert] … As promised … my first L Letterpress printed card: Hopefully, Valentine cards arrived today so it won’t spoil the surprise but since there is no postal mail tomorrow, I’m going to post...
