released today!

Hot off the press! A Dog Gone Murder by Elaine Viets is the latest in the Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper series illustrated by yours truly! In this installment, Josie is getting the dirt on doggy day-care centers and discovers that one dog-loving celebrity is really bad to the bone. Get your copy today at your local bookshop or Amazon!

bookplates!

My plate for the Paso Robles Library Foundation BookPlates! fundraiser has been fired! Here's a look. I'm pretty happy with the way the solid colors came out. It doesn't look like the colors bled, which was a tiny problem with my plate last year. To get your tickets to the event on November 22 and bid on my plate go to their website!

let's get figgy!

"Let's Get Figgy" is a new book from They Draw and Cook! It's a collection of illustrated fig recipes, including one from me that shows you how to make delicious stuffed figs! I got my copy, did you get yours? 

motivation

Nothing beats a run on a crisp October afternoon! I did this illustration showing the latest Jawbone fitness tracker for this month's issue of Ideal Home magazine.

cutie lurking

I've had an extra set of paws in my studio this past week! This is Lexus, my mom's teacup Pomeranian. She's staying with us while my mom is in Prague.

pugsgiving 2014

This is the flyer design I did for Central Coast Pug Rescue's upcoming Pugsgiving event, complete with my crazy cowboy pug riding a turkey!

good morning

The view from one of the windows in my studio high up in the redwoods.

2014 pugsgiving

Here it is! This is the logo I designed and illustrated for this year's country western themed Pugsgiving event. Pugsgiving is Central Coast Pug Rescue's annual fall fundraiser. There will be live music by The Mother Corn Shuckers, delicious bbq, a costume contest, silent auction, many frolicking pugs and their owners! Come one, come all!

"He hit me with a dodge ball!" is the topic I illustrated for this month's LOL Moments column in M Magazine!

lena dunham at the 2014 emmys

I don't care what the Emmy fashion critics say, I LOVE this girl and her kooky style! Never boring!

get figgy!

My Stuffed Figs recipe is 1 of 6 recipes in the Featured Colleciton just posted on They Draw & Cook's main jumbotron. This is to celebrate the inclusion of my recipe in the new book by They Draw & Cook called 'Let's Get Figgy!' You can purchase your copy here.

lol moment

"My tent fell apart on me!" This is August's featured LOL Moment I illustrated for M Magazine. When I went on a camping trip with my running team last year my fiancé showed me how to set up the tent at home and made me practice so this wouldn't happen to me! LOL

yippee!

Here's a chance to buy a t-shirt with any of the event logos I designed for Central Coast Pug Rescue over the last couple of years! Pugsgiving, Pugsgiving Aloha, Vive Le Pug and Pugaritaville shirts are all available!

To order email your size and selection to them at info@helppugs.com.

released today!

Released today! Check out my illustration for the cover of Death, Taxes and Silver Spurs by Diane Kelly, the latest in her Tara Holloway, tax fraud investigator series. Get your copy today at your local bookshop or Amazon!

sweet sideboard

A sweet little illustration of a sideboard I did for this month's issue of Ideal Home magazine. I love drawing these little vignettes!

american girl

In the latest issue of American Girl magazine, my illustrations show you step-by-step how to finish up a bracelet with a variety of knots and how to make a beautiful origami paper flower! On newsstands now!

beautiful bride

Congratulations to Amy, Ideal Home Magazine's 'Girl About Tech' who just got married! The magazine asked me to do a special illustration to commemorate the day. What a gorgeous bride!

birthday girl

This is a portrait I did of my fiancé's cousin Sarah. It's her 21st birthday! She has the most beautiful blue/violet/aqua hair! Happy Birthday Sarah!

it's here!

I just received samples of the new American Girl puzzle book that I illustrated, it's called "Brain Benders". It's filled with mind-bending and boggling puzzles to challenge even the most savvy puzzle lovers. Inside you'll find crosswords, word scrambles, logic games, mazes, math challenges, Sudoku, word searches, and more. It's a puzzle lover's dream! You can order your copy from American Girl Publishing or Amazon...

embarrassing moments

"I puked outside a theme park ride!" Yep, here is this month's embarrassing moment illo I did for the July issue of M Magazine!