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.

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.

Claudia Rosa over at Pretty Pressings has made a beautiful card and box set with a few of my new spring stamps. I wanted to post these to show how she’s made them into a themed collection for a baby boy. The colour scheme is just perfect and all the details works so nicely together. I love when people appreciate the presentation of a gift as much as the gift itself – lovely! Thanks for sharing these with me, Claudia!

I read a couple posts the other day where artists are showing photos of their work spaces. I thought this might be a fun idea seeing as I just set up a little play corner in my work space! Below you’ll see photos of my desk and computer where all the magic happens and a special little corner just for Isaac! Before Isaac, I had a small sectional next to my desk but I decided to remove it so he could play next to mommy while she works! I set up a few play mats and decorated the wall with Melissa Sweet alphabet cards. Melissa is an amazing children’s illustrator! Her cards are so sweet! You can check out her website here.

We’re going through a teething period at our household right now so not much is getting accomplished! The only thing that distracts him from his pain is the Jolly Jumper! Hopefully a tooth will pop through or his pain will subside! Hope you’re all doing well – thanks for stopping by :)

Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday season :) I decided to take a couple months off in order to spend some time with Isaac but now that it’s the New Year, I’d like to get back to work. I know things are going to be quite different though – I used to have all day to work and now I have an hour here and there. It’s going to be different but I wouldn’t change it for the world! Isaac is such a wonderful baby and I love spending time with him :)

Over the holidays, my mom introduced me to Shaun the Sheep. He’s the subject of this inspiration post! Now many of you may already be aware of Shaun the Sheep but being from Canada and not having any kids until now, I am not the most familiar with children’s programming. This show is from the UK and has the cutest characters and story lines. You can view an episode here.

“Peace in the valley turns into mayhem in the meadow as Shaun leads his flock into all sorts of scrapes and scraps, running rings around sheepdog Bitzer when the Farmer’s back is turned.” www.shaunthesheep.com

On another note, I’ve also included Isaac’s two month photo! He now weighs 14.8lbs and measures almost 26 inches! I can’t believe how big he is for two months… I think I’m going to have to get him into basketball or something ;)

I hope to be back to posting for Illustration Friday and making lots of new illustrations. I’ll keep you posted on any new projects I’m working on and also be posting about some new stamps coming your way very soon!

Thanks for stopping by!