New Year - new stock

A merry start to the new year: 2014. Wishing everyone a health-filled joyous year from me and the doggies. The year started with a long walk on the beach, painting and printing. It's not a terrible way to begin; exercise, laughing, loving up fur balls with a bit of work on the side.

"all in the family" holiday 2014

New in the SHOP are greeting cards pulled off the pages of my sketchbooks. Yes, yes, I know... more images of the furry muses. What can I say?! perhaps I was a wolf in a former life or just a pup that never got to grow up.

5x7" original etching greeting card

4.5x6" original etching greeting card

Did I mention that there are cool stickers in the shop too?! Stamps and cards and stickers wahoo!

Best to all for a raucous 2014. xo

Wednesday Winter Worktable

It's beginning to look a lot like ...... snow! Winter! The season of white is here and there are high hopes for plenty of snow and rain this winter here on the dry coast of California. The animals are calling for it, the trees are desperate for it and the lakes are too low for comfort. Not to mention that the winter is such a delicious time of year, playing, cozying up to the fire and a good book, and doing indoor projects... like painting or making stamps.

First big snow in the Los Padres Forest

The dogs are in heaven.

So much fun to be had with plenty of powder.

 
News in the shop? .... The stickers have arrived and are now available in my Etsy shop. I'm smitten and I want to put them on EVERYTHING! Great for envelopes, packages, stationery, ummmm clothing. HA.

The elves are all bustling packing up stamps to get into the hands of holiday makers and gift givers. Two Dog gratitude and happy stamping.

 

New to you!

Just in time for the bustle of the holiday, nothing that will make your life easier, your planning more efficient or your commitments less demanding but may make you smile or happier wrapping gifts.

New stickers is what I'm talkin' about! I've taken the best sellers from my rubber stamp collections and jazzed them up with retro colors and squeezed them on to 2" round stickers. They will be in the shop by the end of the month.

Here is a preview:

Border Collies and cats, there will also be vintage campers, camping and birds. More to come.

Island Dreaming

I'm finally at my desk sorting through the newest collection of images AND getting everything entered into the shop. Today was about critters from the sea. Your local characters right off our Santa Barbara coast, the very playful and abundant Common Dolphin, the adorable harbor seal, the majestic Grey Whale and the dogs of the sea the California Sea Lion.

Our local Channel Islands is the theme of this collection. More soon....

New Stamp Collection in Production

Birds and the channel islands. New stamps are on the near horizon. They are off to the manufacturer and should be winging their way back to me before the summer is over!

Pelican Flight Silhouette ©

California Brown Pelican ©

Island Blue Jay ©

There will be new vintage campers, flora and fauna of the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, and more dog breeds. Stay tuned and check the Etsy Shoppee for new comers! Happy Summer Stamping!

Shop news

whippet ©2012

The second collection of produced stamps is nearly complete. All the pieces are in my studio slowly getting assembled then making their way over to my Etsy Shop! I have a new stamp manufacturer in Missouri and the wood blocks come from Michigan... all small family run businesses right here in the good ole USA. Check out the growing selection of stamps in the category "stamp multiples" or if you're like me and love the hand crafted check out the new prototypes in the "original rubber stamps" section.

I'm working on some new collections now that these are assembled and filed awaiting new homes. Sneak peeks coming on Worktable Wednesdays.

More stamps in ye olde shoppee

Comical and serious, athletic and adorable. More stamps being added daily!

New to the shop....

New stamps being posted in my shoppee. HERE

Worktable Wednesday

Finally, at last, wah hoo, I am back to work on new stamps and stamp collections. It's time to get more wee creatures into production. I'm ramping up for the new website, catalog and maybe, just maybe, some outdoor markets.

With a list like that it's time to get busy. There will be more dogs, certainly, a collection of cats, oh yes, some sea life, farm life and a crew of los padres forest characters. A big list, I know, but it IS the start of 2012, why not set some goals that would be worth failing at... no?!!