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Pretty pastels. : )

Striking terror into the hearts of city dwellers is tiring work. Besides, Catzilla is not really mean, he just wants to play. ( : Original hand drawn and coloured with oil pastels on Canson paper, then photographed and finished off in Photoshop CS2.

I know I've said it before, but it really is the little things that lift me up when I'm down. A hug from my baby, sunlight on my back, a fresh cup of coffee... I know, I know: clichés. But a cliché is a cliché because it's true, isn't it? : )

A cute, hand doodled, chalkboard pattern of cats in white on black.

A detailed, lacy, monochrome mandala in shades of golden yellow, cream, dark rust brown, deep red and coral. Just being playful with colors and shapes here!

A linen textured design with little lazy lion cub pairs in shades of caramel brown and tan, with watercolor poppy flowers and leaves on white.

This mandala is hand drawn with pencil. It took me quite a three lovely, coffee-filled, music saturated days to do. This is the third colorway.

Just a cute happy kitten with a donut - true love. ♥

Sometimes I think I think too much. I definitely doodle rather more than I should. At least I don't smoke. ( : Hand drawn, coloured in Photoshop.

A pattern of watercolor triangles in bright turquoise / aqua blue, navy, dark and light grey.

One of the best pieces of parenting advice I ever got was to smile at my children. There is nothing like a smiling mama to change the mood of the whole household. Try it, it's amazing. But the other day I was thinking that sometimes I need a visible reminder... I get so caught up in the daily chores and cares and forget to smile. I considered writing it on their foreheads with permanent marker, but I thought maybe tees would be more fun. : ) Gonna have to order 10 of these. (And maybe a sticker for my bathroom mirror so I remember to smile at myself, too.)

A soft hibiscus Hawaiian pattern in sorbet shades of mint, strawberry, cream and peach.

A pattern inspired by beautiful art nouveau enamel patterns, wallpaper, illustrations and tiles.

I did this as a T first, but thought it might make a nice card, too. Hand drawn with pencil, scanned and coloured in Photoshop CS2. Background texture my own.

A fun doodle to while away a Sunday afternoon with. I like cats. : )

A painted pattern of orca / killer whales, blue and sperm whales on a deep purple background with waves and ocean currents around them.

The individual elements that make up this pattern were hand drawn with felt tip markers, scanned and then composed into a repeat pattern in Photoshop. It is kind of like completing a puzzle with infinite outcomes... so much fun.

Over-sized deep green textured leaves with linework doodles and decorations and salmon pink, white & crimson hibiscus flowers.

A monochrome version of my Sunflowers Forever pattern.

A floral arrangement of chalk pastel, hand drawn, full blown peach peonies and buds with linework leaves on a textured soft pink background.

I was doodling the other night, as I do, and my doodles became this mermaid, with plenty of hair and a certain frustrated expression. I looked at her, and knew just how she felt... How often I've seen that expression on my own face on a bad hair day. Lol.

Another of my mom's marvellous roses - her whole garden was just so beautiful after the rain that I couldn't stop taking photographs, everything was so magically enhanced by the strings and strings of water drop beads. “Life is like a rose….More exquisite and precious when shared with others.” Jane Oechsle Lauer

Lucky Irish St Patrick's day shamrock clover leaves in emerald green, purple and olive watercolor with a textured deep teal blue background, with a few hidden four leaf clovers thrown in.

I was doodling the other night, as I do, and my doodles became this mermaid, with plenty of hair and a certain frustrated expression. I looked at her, and knew just how she felt... How often I've seen that expression on my own face on a bad hair day. Lol.

Most days are better & brighter if you include kittens & flowers in them. : ) I drew this from a photograph I took long ago of one of our Cat kittens. Of course, in the photo he wasn't carrying daisies, but isn't that what is nice about drawing? you don't have to worry about what really is, anything is possible...

My Mom gave me a bunch of jonquils from her beautiful garden and of course I immediately wanted to make a pattern from them. Well. It was really hard. I started over numerous times and worked and worked and put it aside and worked on something else and came back and started over AGAIN and oh dear... This will have to do.

Over-sized deep cyan, teal and sapphire blue textured leaves with linework doodles and decorations and salmon pink, white & crimson hibiscus flowers.

Painted hibiscus flowers and butterflies. A new colorway of a previous work. : )

A slightly different version of my Tropical Ink work. A collage of hand painted watercolor elements in black, red, orange, blue and emerald green.

A happy, blue and red t-rex enjoying the ocean on his surfboard. This was a custom request from my little boy - not my normal style!

An edited version of my tee "Connected Creative because she doesn't do orange. : ) A combination of hand drawing and photographs that I took of various objects, put together in photoshop cs2.

Just a bit of nonsense. The kids and I are having tons of fun with our 8 puppies, we need to enjoy them while we still have them. The poor puppies were NOT allowed any cake during this shoot, (who wants a sick puppy, anyway?) but were consoled with cuddles and other treats ( :

A bright, colorful, hand drawn mandala with watercolor textures in teal, blue, turquoise, red, orange and magenta pink.

In my three year old's perfect world, all ducklings would be pink. (Actually, EVERYTHING would be pink.) Mila has been going on and on (and on) about wanting a pink duck shirt so eventually I caved and spent hours designing her this one, which has subsequently met with her Majesty's approval and which she will hopefully wear until it is all worn out. ( :

A Moroccan tile collage of marble textures in shades of rose quartz, amethyst, charcoal, cream and pink with golden colored edges.

Sweet little Dachshund dogs hand drawn in black, tan & brown, with delicate dogwood blossoms in white & blush pink with green leaves.