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March 2025 Procreate Designs

Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work.  I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since.   While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad.  No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies.  This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation.  I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate.  My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process.   The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was.  There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table.  The other bonus ...

Changes Coming in 2023

Hello Inky Admirer, In my last post, I talked about making changes in the new year. If you're a newsletter subscriber, then you already have the inside scoop. My plan each month is to walk though my thoughts and decisions while sharing them with you. To get the news fist, become a subscriber . Stick around, you might be surprised where this journey takes us. I have new ideas brewing. The toughest change isn't a decision I made lightly. I mulled this around for months and have finally settled on it. In August of this year I will be closing the online shop. In an effort to be transparent about this decision, I'm going to wade into the weeds of it a bit. Don’t worry we won’t go to deep. It will just make more sense if I share some extra bits. The online shop has never taken off like I hoped it would or honestly should for that matter. I have the traffic, but not the sales. Translation, there are a lot of window shoppers. The reality is that I can no longer justify the cost of ...

Inked Inspirations Update - 2023

It's been a hot minute since I dropped a post here.  Welcome to the land of life got in the way.  Yesterday I released an update to my subscribers and felt that it would be good to share the info here as well.  If you'd like to become a newsletter subscriber you can do so by visiting this link .  Ok, let's get to the updates: Hello Inky Admirer, I thought I’d stop by your inbox and share an update. It’s been a fantastic New Year so far. I started a new job, which I’m loving! I’ve begun setting some new goals for the card business and exploring the ideas I have for changes in the New Year. In January, I chose to start donating more of my handmade cards. I sent 96 cards to Cards for Kindness. Cards for Kindness  is part of the  Creative Kindness Foundation . Once a donation is made, cards are distributed to the many organization that use them to spread kindness. For more info you can check out their site -  Cards for Kindness . In October of 2022, my mom...