New Website!

Hello!  This will be my last post in this space, as I'm excited to share that I have a new website! 

I'll be blogging over there, so please come check it out.  

Thank you so much!  xo

Pelle Maya Svante tattoo

Most recent tattoo for the lovely Swedish Sara- love how it turned out!

change is the only constant tattoo

Most recent tattoo on the lovely arm of Brandy- love it!

Odin tattoo

My new favorite tattoo, done for Kai in Hamburg, Germany, to honor his new dog, Odin.  It was so fun working on this one!  So simple and lovely.  Just in love with it.  

Liam & Nate tattoo

New tattoo I worked on with a lovely lady named Amanda.  Just wanted to share it here!

Watercolor suite with MaeMae Paperie

I was excited to share this suite that I worked on with Megan from MaeMae Paperie.  Simple and beautiful, and just the right shade of oceany blue. Perfect for summer.  See Megan's post for more info on the suite. 

Photographs by MaeMae Paperie. 

Let Go tattoo

Just wanted to share this tattoo that I did for Canadian photographer Shannon Nicholson...I think it turned out so wonderfully! Love it!

florzinha de cujá tattoo

Just wanted to share this lovely tattoo that I did for the gorgeous Rafaella Fedrigo, a photographer based in Toronto, Canada.  I love how it turned out so very much.  It means "passion fruit flower" in Portuguese- so darling!  Check out her new website, too- I worked on her logo and think it turned out so beautifully.   

Love Love tattoo.

Just wanted to share this tattoo that I worked on for a lovely lady named Debbie.  The dates indicate her son's birthday and her wedding anniversary.  I love how the script turned out, and especially love the picture of her holding her son's hand.  Enjoy!

Tattoo- Isa & Liam

Just wanted to share this tattoo I worked on with Nicole from Dutch Eye Photography in the Netherlands.  It is of her two children's names, and I think it turned out so beautifully! 

Lately.

Howdy there! I can't even believe it has been eight months since I've checked in here- see the photo above, if you are wondering why I've been so quiet- taking care of this little one gobbles up most of my time. And its my favorite thing I've ever done in my life! That hair! Can't even count the number of times a day I run my fingers through it, and will it to stay whisper-soft and baby-like and sticking-straight-up-ish forever. 

The transition to motherhood has been such a sweet and amazing time for me. I get emotional trying to even grasp at words to describe it. I know everyone always says this, and I never could have understood it until he arrived- the depth of love I feel for him is so incredible and overwhelming there is no way I could have anticipated it. It is almost as if it starts to touch everything in its vicinity, like a spreading vine with little tendrils. I'm so awed and honored to be Silas' mama. Our family is so blessed. 

And I'm still working on calligraphy.  And loving it.  Just fitting it into naptime and bedtime and whatever other time I can squeeze out of the day. I've been working on lots of tattoos and hope to be able to start sharing more work soon in this space.  I also have an exciting little collaboration with Kathryn from Blackbird Letterpress which I am thrilled to share with you super soon.

I hope you are well, too, friends! Tell me how you have been. xo

  

walk it off....

Hey there!  It has been so long since I posted in this space, so I just wanted to pop in with a little image of a recent project and say a quick hello!  I am constantly working on tattoos, in between all my other jobs, but I rarely find the time to post pictures of them.  Just wanted to share this recent image- I love the sentiment behind it, and that it is literally tattooed on her foot. 

I'm busy wrapping up lots of projects, as we are expecting our baby to arrive in just a couple weeks- so exciting!  I have a lot of inspiring, beautiful jobs I've been working on lately, so I'll try to post again soon with some more images.  Hope everyone out there is well! 

Tuscany wedding

Was super honored to have been a part of this beautiful wedding that took place in Tuscany.  Check out all the beautiful photos (by Jose Villa) and styling (by Joy Thigpen).  It was such a pleasure to work with such a lovely couple and collaborate with such an amazing team of venders.  Congrats, Lindsay and Ryan!  

Clementine and Hello!

It has been forever since I've hopped on this blog; life has been too busy for me to keep up! I will try to post more often this coming year. I have so much I want to share, and need to carve the time out to accomplish it.

I hope you are having a merry season so far. Today has been a beautiful, wintery, rainy day in Tucson. Puts me in the Christmas spirit!

I just wanted to share this photo of some totebags from the darling Vermont shop called Clementine. I did the lettering for their logo, and love how it turned out. It looks so charming on the bags! Check out Emily's blog here. Wish I lived in Vermont so I could stop in!

Photo from the Clementine blog.

Suites for the Sweet.

My little sister is getting married, and I wanted to share these details from her invitation suite. I think they turned out so gorgeous. We had the invites letterpressed with a charcoal gray ink on thick cotton stock. And we decided to use vintage postcards for the RSVP cards, and so she and her fiance started collecting them- mostly images of old churches and cathedrals, but some of gardens and landscapes. We lined all the envelopes with handmade Indian woodblock paper, used vintage stamps for all the envelopes, then sealed them all with an antique gold wax. The best part of the project was spending hours assembling them together- sister memories are the sweetest!

Love you, Katie and James!

Little Details

Loving these details from a recent suite I worked on with Sarah Parrott, especially the custom seal and the shade of blue used for the swath of fabric holding the pieces together!

Spread on Once Wed

Wanted to thank Once Wed for including me in this spread today....love the invitation with the crane!
Photo from Once Wed.

Tribute to Jimmy

I was honored to be able to help Laura commemorate her brother Jimmy's life in tattoo form. He passed away in a car accident earlier this year, and she wanted to have this done as a tribute to him. I think it is beautiful, and I pray it will bring her some measure of comfort every time she looks at it. xo.

Personalized invites

Simple, homemade, personalized invitations for a shower I'm helping throw for my beautiful sister-in-law Katie and impending baby Levi! I can't wait to meet my nephew in a few short weeks!

Carrie and Ryan's Suite

I was super honored to do the calligraphy for the wedding of the brother of one of my best friends, Heather. It was such a joy to collaborate on the suite with Heather, and see them come to life. Each one was different and unique, according to the specific envelope liners, vintage stamps, and colors of wax and twine used. Congrats, Carrie and Ryan, and blessings on your new life together!
Photography by Heather Baker.