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☕️My husband and I take a coffee walk around our neighborhood to a local coffe shop at least every other day and even though it’s basically the same thing each time it always feels so special and exciting to get a fun drink and do it together.
✨Week 5 of 52 for my #52fridaysofgratitude I am posting one day early because it’s thanksgiving here in the US! ✨Practicing gratitude in big and small ways daily is so powerful and can really make a wonderful difference in your mindset, mood,
✨Week 4 of 52 for my #52fridaysofgratitude I have so much gratitude for my husband - he’s my favorite person and always routing for me. ✨Send this to someone you are grateful for! ✨What are you grateful for today? Let me know in the comment
🍃Here are those adorable farmhouse style coneflowers I posted on wallpaper the other day but on the sweetest little girls dress. I want one! 🍃This design can be found on my @spoonflower shop in this traditional navy cream color along with a zilli
💛Can’t stop won’t stop drawing cone flowers. I had not made a pattern in forever and the simplicity of this one with all its subtle flowing movement coming from one motif made me so happy. 💛Love this as a wallpaper for a sweet mudroom
✨lots more watercolor sketchbook flowers and inspiration from all the fall colors in my neighborhood ✨happy monday! #watercolorsketchbook #artistssketchbook #watercolor #botanicalwatercolor #botanicalart #fallcolors🍁🍂 #fallcolors #dailyart
☀️Week 3 of 52 for my #52fridaysofgratitude I’m so very grateful for sunshine! 💛It’s been raining here a lot in the Bay Area and I love it this is my favorite season. But when it rains and then the sun comes out it makes it that much m
💛it’s an understatement to say this week was heavy. Truly the only things that got me through it were hugs, naps, and community. So for my #52FridaysOfGratitude drawing 2 of 52 that is what I’m #grateful for today - hugs and affection an
🍃lots of flowers and leaves happening in my sketchbook lately 🍃PLEASE VOTE! Please and thank you 🫶🏼 #watercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolorflorals #watercolorfloral #surfacepatterndesign #surfacepattern #sketchbookpage #sketchbookt
🍃 Week 1 of 52 for my #52FridaysOfGratitude personal art challenge! ✨Today I am grateful for today - it is truly such a blessing to simply have today and everything that comes with it: health, family, yummy food, coffee, more coffee, a wonder
✨How sinkin cute is this gender neutral children’s onsie with my Three Musketeers abstract floral linework print on it? I am obsessed! ✨Check out my post from last week to see the story behind this print. It’s heartfelt, thoughtful, and
🌀some meditative sketchbook watercolor doodles for your Friday morning feed 🌀years ago before I had this account, my personal account was filled with sketchbook pages and I don’t know why I haven’t started posting those here. thus hel
🌟Say hello to the cutest gender neutral nursery wallpaper to bring calm, playfulness, and a fun game of hide and seek for kids to your earthy, peaceful space 🌟This pattern, Three Musketeers, has the best story behind it - go check out my previous
✨Whether it’s hard times or good times I’ve always found it impactful to lean into gratitude. ✨It is contagious - Once you can identify something you are thankful for you can pair it with soooo many other things. It creates a web of con