Inspirational Quote Monday
The best gift is being yourself. A message all children should grow up with, hopefully accomplishing this make there journey in life a little bit easier. Warmly, Cheri
A Daughter’s Gift
When my daughter Tracy was little she would give me flowers, or rather, bouquets of weeda, dandelions and a peony here and there from our neighbor’s yard. Actually, she picked all my neighbor’s peonies (thankfully, my friend had a sense of humor). Years later, that same neighbor gave my daughter a peony bulb for graduation. [...]
Mish Mash Thursday
Oh boy, did you ever have a day when you were here, there and everywhere? That is the kinda of couple of days I have had. Helping my daughter unpack in her new home, laundry, working on the book, painting, oops site went down…not to worry! InMotion hosting was on the job! Dropped the sauce [...]
Choose Your Words Wisely
~ Inspirational Mondays ~ Warmly Cheri
Illustrating in my Paris Journal
I love having a journal where I can write and sketch whatever I please. I am sure you know what I mean! I have such a book where I share my dreams, observations of life, ramblings of misspelled words and sentences that do not have to connect; it’s a place of freedom from criticisms. Sometimes [...]
Sketching and Painting
Designing Coco was so much fun! The sketching, inking, painting ... just all of it! Sometimes, (and not often enough) a project can just flow like magic from my imagination. Maybe because it was just a small painting? I don't know ... but who am I to tempt fate? Depending on the size of a [...]
Spell bound
~ Inspirational Mondays ~ Warmly Cheri
BookExpo America
Last weekend I attended the BookExpo America conference in New York City where I met so many wonderful people, speakers, authors and publishers – it was truly a wonderful experience. Since I began setting my sketches of Kettle Cove to paper, I knew that I wanted to publish a book eventually. Five years later, that [...]