Walking in Her Shoes....and Choosing to Fly

 

 

Choose to use your own wings....to fly....

 

Dear you,

you were born with wings ....now go ahead and use them.....give yourself the power to fly....

you've got high places to soar to!

 

- xx me

 

Now, speaking of flying....I can't believe how this winter has flown by.

I am excited that the first day of Spring is tomorrow.

 

So, sometimes people ask me where I get my inspiration from for the girls and the outfits I put them in...Well, today's inspiration came from a skirt I had dreamed up in my head ( oh, if only I could sew) so I drew up my skirt

 ( a white silk circle skirt with oversized black butterflies...)

and added a leather jacket....

So now, I am bringing you a live version of my drawing...

something new I would like to share here on my blog....

I will call it

 

A Walk in Her Shoes

(bringing my girls to life with real clothes for real people!)

combined with that, I will tell a bit about where my ideas for the drawings come from....

 

 

 

sources

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When I drew this outfit, I had Spring on my mind. I was inspired by the easy effortless look of a leather jacket I saw on Pinterest paired with a more feminine circle skirt. Unfortunately, I couldn't find this exact skirt I had in my mind, but I found something that I think looks great, in it's place.

 

As for the cobalt blue, well I absolutely love it paired with this season's effortless combination of black and white ( my favorite combo)....knowing that even for us true black devotees we need a pop of color sometimes....just like the first pops of color in Spring....which, by the way, I can't wait until tomorrow and the first day of spring!

Spring is all about layering and saying good bye to tights and heavy coats...and hello to easy breezy flats and lightweight coats...

 

- until tomorrow (spring!)

Gotta Fly!!!

-xx

 

 

Taking the Good with the Bad

For those that need this today, I hope you can see this - there is always a tomorrow. In life, there is always a bad day, even those that seem to have everything, suffer from a bad day. You are not alone in this life. A bad day does not equal a bad life - everyone gets down, everyone suffers at some point or other. That's life.  What you must know is that there is ALWAYS a tomorrow. So get started and live today in this beautiful life!

The Journey

Hello!

The new year is upon us, ( it's almost February)! And, I don't know about you, but in the new year, I always tend to move towards new beginnings....

So, Yesterday, while I was walking home, I got to thinking about

New Beginnings

and Old Endings...

There were a lot of endings in 2012....

But, that journey of saying good bye to them leads us to the door of a new journey that we face today...with the key to opening many new adventures.

Does this make sense?

Sometimes things are out of our control, sometimes we experience negative events in life,  that at the time, are unimaginable. But on the bright side,  from every journeys end, I know there is a new beginning to follow. 

So after saying my goodbyes yesterday, and clearing my head, I feel like I can finally say 

Hello! to 2013 and get back on the path and discover my next journey....

After all, 13 is my Lucky Number!

it's beginning....

 

This new illustration inspired by one of my favorite holiday time songs.

It's Beginning to Look

A lot like Christmas

 

 

I have my Pandora station set to the 

Christmas music station and I listen to it all day while I sit and draw away....

 

What about you?

What favorite songs do you love?

 

I am sharing my link to my Pandora station

Enjoy and happy listening

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Sketches - Just a sketch page

I am actually away from my scanner, (hey, it's a HOLIDAY weekend!)

BUT I have this sketch from last Thursday that I wanted to share...

It's just a few different ideas, people, and things...

The girl in colored pencil is a thought I have about putting ideas on paper...

....Sometimes I struggle with that....

Does anyone else?

Hope you are enjoying your long weekend,

as much as me!

Visit more great sketches here, at Blue Chair Diary

a wonderful blog, I think you might like, A LOT!

Looking for Me?

I'm taking a little R&R with my dear girlfriends...

a little early Mother's Day gift....

As you can see I'm real busy...

just me and my favorite magazines, a book and the sounds of the ocean....

So, happy early Mother's Day to ALL of the moms out there!

"A friend is someone who knows all about you....and LOVES you anyway"

Here's to my girlfriends!!!

"A friend is the first one to come in when the whold world has gone out!"

Heather

Spring is Blooming

 Spring is blooming, and I am ready for a new handbag...

Here are a few of my favorites!

Can someone say

....LOVE ?

this TODS bag...

can't you just feel that yummy leather ....pretty please?

How about this gray La Trente beauty from Dior....?

Great at the playground, right????

 It's only $2,700. Perfect!

Ok, back to reality.....

What about the the Gabby Hobo in seashore beige leather...oooh, don't you just love JCrew 

or the Bisbee Tote from Jcrew...mmmm tumbled leather in tawny brown...sounds perfect!

oooh and I love the Dean Hobo and the Louisa tote from Tory Burch, (of course!)

and lastly this straw little number can hold my Starbucks card

and my last $dollar$ that I have

 after spending all of my money on these GORGEOUS bags!

How about you?

Any favorites on your list?

Hello 37

Well, it's here...my birthday, or birthday month as my husband likes to say...

Ok, so I like to celebrate...

what's wrong with that???

 It's always been a special day for me...

I've always thought about my birthday in a happy way...

It's a day to feel special, eat pink cupcakes for breakfast, truffles for dessert, maybe take a hot bubble bath, definitely snooze a bit longer, and

have lunch with someone you love... I'm having lunch with my mom today!

Lucky me!

 It's a day to SHINE!

and celebrate life, be thankful and grateful and hopeful for the future!

I'm celebrating and embracing my age today...I am so glad to be ALIVE!

Maybe it's your birthday, or someone you love is celebrating their special day...

make a wish and blow out the candles! And wish them happiness!

And please check out this wonderful blog post by Julia Christie...

It's a great post about age, and embracing our 'outer child'

and I have printed it out and have it hanging on my desk!

So today, even though I am one year older, I am going to have dessert for breakfast, do cartwheels on my front lawn, swing on a swing, play hide and go seek, color with chalk on the driveway,

and simply....enjoy the day!

I hope you enjoy your day, too!

Heather

Illustration Friday - Dip

There was no dip in excitement for this happy Easter Bunny....

Have a warm, happy and wonderful Easter!

Bee Happy...The Buzz is Yellow!

Yellow is everywhere this Spring...

Here are a few of my favorite yellow things that are making me happy!

Who wouldn't bee happy at breakfast with this bee-utiful tablecloth from Williams Sonoma.

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/

Ok, so you have to check out one of my new favorite finds.

This bee-utiful apron from AnniesAttic

 over on Etsy.

I love aprons, and yes, I do wear them while I cook, who wants to ruin a beautiful outfit...

with flour and honey...? So buzz on over to etsy and pick one up...

perfect for Easter cooking...

and makes a great Mother's Day Gift...hint...hint...

and this one with the eggs, can't bee bee-t!

and what spring outfit would bee complete without this fab clutch from Kimberly Jones Designs on Etsy?

Her trendy clutches and bags are so chic!

Bee

Bee-utiful in these drop earrings from Anthropologie

you'll bee the talk of the town in these yellow flip flops from Tory Burch!

and swinging on the front porch couldn't bee better with a pillow made from my favorite textile designer, Paula Prass, and her Summer Soiree fabrics from The Fat Quarter Shop

So long for now my friends,  

Bee happy today, and always bee true to yourself!

Don't forget too visit my new Etsy friends!

Annies Attic

Kimberly Jones Designs

What makes you happy???

Today's Thought...brought me to this....

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, do your best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt...

dorothy day

My Other Love

Ok, for those of you that know me, you know that my other love in this world (besides my family and friends) is Starbucks. I love the whole Starbucks experience and can often be found there several times a day...okay, i may be a little jittery....

but nothing beats a hot cup of coffee, a friendly face...and a little me time!

So, this morning, when I got my usual Venti Skim Misto, I was delighted to find a NEW limited-time design on my white cup, just in time for Valentine's Day....

The Starbucks Love Cups, are meant to encourage customers to revisit starbucksloveproject.com, and create their own love drawings. And,  for every drawing submitted, Starbucks will donate five cents, up to one million drawings, to the Global Fund. The contributions will build on the achievements through Starbucks partnership with (RED) tm  by using the inspiration of love to make a difference in the world.  

Through projects like these, Starbucks has generated enough money to buy more that 14 million days of medicine for people living with HIV in Africa.

So go grab a cup of LOVE, and enjoy...See you there!

The Groundhog was right!

6 More Weeks of Winter

Well, while we snuggled up on the couch to watch American Idol last night, my girls were delighted that Mr. Groundhog was right!!! We sat together and watched a beautiful snowfall blanket our lawn....what a beautiful peaceful snow. The kiddies were hoping for a snow day! But we woke up and the roads were clear...and all was a go for school! So I am here at home busy searching the internet....I am actually looking for ideas for my little 4 year old's bedroom....PINK, PINK, PINK!

I am in love with Paula Press Woodland Fabric...beautiful browns, grays, oranges and PINK!!!!
perfect for a little girl who loves pink, don't you think???

i mean how beautiful is this chair?

It's actually a pillow that Ms. Prass created,

but I really want one for my office...

see more of Paula Prass at http://www.paulaprass.blogspot.com/

In the meantime, I thought this pen and ink drawing of my mom, stephanie smith mailto:smithstephaniesmith@cbmoves.com, and her dog holly would be appropriate for our snowy day
....have fun....

Be Yourself...Creating Self Portraits with your Children

"Your soul is all you possess...take it in hand and make something of it..." Martin H. Fischer

....my girls and i spent the afternoon together creating our very own self portraits. we used paint, pencils, and magazines to create ourselves.

My 4 1/2 year old was full of excitement as she painted her beautiful red mane of hair...slowly, but surely...she knows who she is...no worries about being perfect or doing it wrong...she had fun and enjoyed spelling out her name with letters cut from a pile of magazines....

my 7 year old had a different approach...covering the whole paper with herself, as if to proclaim, :"look out world, here i come..." and never looking back

it was fun for them to explore their thoughts and feeling about themselves with paint...

why not take this weekend and create your own self-portrait...

remember, it's all about YOU!

"My heart filled with jou, my own little drum that i like to march by...: Gunda  Fijnje Nolan

I love this new online magazine!

My new favorite online addiction is

Lonny Magazine http://www.lonnymag.com/
An online home and fashion magazine that Ican peruse through over and over again...right here on my laptop! how cool is that?
check it out and see for yourselves.

this month features one of my favorite bloggers
http://www.habituallychic.blogspot.com/

You have found Rose Hill Designs by Heather Stillufsen

Custom stationery, invitations and stickers, we will be adding new products daily. Keep checking back! thanks