Rachelle Anne Miller

Hope you all enjoy this special day with your loved ones! Here is a photo of Isaac this morning with his Valentine’s Day surprise! He LOVES balloons and couldn’t stop looking up at it :)

This has been some kind of week! It started with me coming down with the flu last weekend and then Isaac getting sick earlier in the week with a cold/bronchitis. It’s been a tough week to say the least. As a first time mom, it breaks my heart to see my little one sick. I feel so helpless and just want to cuddle him back to health. I’m really hoping we all get our health back very quickly!

On a happier note, while shopping for some much needed tissues this week, I discovered these adorable tissue boxes from Kleenex. I immediately fell in love and bought every design I could find. I feel bad using them and want to keep them forever! Aren’t they adorable? These cute designs were a little ray of sunshine in an otherwise cloudy week.

While working on this illustration, I kept imagining Isaac’s toddler room. He is definitely going to have a space themed room.. maybe even based off the colours in this print. I also picture a dark blue ceiling with white dots as stars! …and maybe have white furniture to contrast with the dark walls? I won’t be starting on his room too soon, but I love to get the ideas going early on :)

This new illustration is available as a print in my new Etsy store. And as a side note, if anyone is interested in having a print or greeting card made from any of my past illustrations (the full collection can be viewed on my Flickr account), I’m more than happy to do a custom order. Prints are $20 and cards are $4.

I’m also getting VERY excited that my mom is flying in from Australia tomorrow night for a 6 week visit! She hasn’t seen Isaac since he was about 7 months so a lot has changed since then. I’ll have to do an Isaac update post soon :)

These cakes are too cute! I was just contacted by Ween from Penang, Malaysia who created these adorable decorations for her cakes. She was inspired by two of my illustrations: Prickly Passion and Be Mine! I am flattered that she was so inspired by my work and did such an amazing job reproducing the images. I had my own go at cake decorating not too long ago and it’s definitely not easy! Very cute :)

Thanks for showing me your amazing cakes Ween! To view more photos of the cakes or her other work, check out her Flickr account.

For the past few months I’ve been working with Thomas Nelson Publishers to illustrate the beautifully written book entitled, ‘God’s Promises for Girls’ by Jack Countryman and Amy Parker. The book offers words of encouragement to little girls who are tackling their way through this big world.

“The promise verses in this book are selected from the best-selling International Children’s Bible^® to offer comfort and encouragement when a girl is feeling afraid, lonely, worried, angry, dissatisfied, discouraged, sad, rebellious, impatient, or sick . . . and when they need reassurance of God’s protection, love, forgiveness, help . . . and that He listens when they pray. It’s a great way for children to hide God’s Word in their hearts.” – Thomas Nelson Publishers

I really enjoyed working on this book and am very excited to see the final product. It will be released in stores on April 21, 2010 but if you’re interested, you can preorder today at Amazon. I’ve posted the cover image and an interior image, but you can also view a few more interior images in my online portfolio.

The day this project wrapped up, I was contacted to start working on a brand new book! I absolutely love this niche in children’s illustration and am excited about all the new opportunities. The new book is a sweet bedtime story that tells of the love between a mother and child. I will keep you posted on the progress :)

Hope you all have a great week ahead!