Fall Owl Birthday Invitation

After my social media class last month, I've been *trying* to post more regularly on this blog, so I'm going to share this invitation I recently made. I'm breaking my former rule of only sharing work after the event has passed, and in this case, before some of the invites were even mailed ;)

I usually make a Halloween themed invite for her birthday every year, but this time decided to go with some fall woodland creatures. She is obsessed with snails, so I had to include one. The mushrooms & owl were my personal choosing, but I did ask what color she wanted them to be and she said "Rainbow!".

So here is my attempt at a "rainbow" fall color scheme. I think it came out OK, but has some room for improvement, so I will be re-coloring with 2 different schemes in the next couple weeks.

As I was inking the owl, I had a major case of dejavue, "I feel like I've drawn this owl before.....". Because as it turns out, I have, more than once. So much so, I've made a blog label for them.

Kids Animal Themed Snowboard Art

Dear Burton; I love you, I own all your gear, but your board design are a bit, uh...boring. You may think the graphic doesn't matter to people when they are buying a new board, but every snowboarder I've talked to has said otherwise. So here is my suggestion for some great art for your kid's line. 

Love,

Lauren

Paws Farm Logo

 I am really loving the new logo I designed for Paws Farm, an amazingly fun and educational place for kids located in Mount Laurel, NJ (my kids could stay all day here :)). The director had two requests before I started this project: she liked ladybugs and owls. Done and done. 

Etsy Store Redesign

I just realized that I haven't posted anything in 39 days...which is the blog-time equivalent of about 39 years. Not that I haven't been busy- designing, painting, and pondering such life-changing decisions like "Should I buy a bread maker?"...haha

Way up on the top of my list of favorite things to do is drawing cute little owls for the cutest etsy store ever... Ladybug Creations , which sells reusable cloth menstrual pads, and nursing & baby items in very cool patterns. I was very excited to create a new logo, etsy store banner and avatar for this amazing store.

 

 

^Logo Concepts

^ Re-designed store!

<---I am especially in love with the new avatar :)) 

Children's Room Mural

Here's the mural I designed & painted in my daughters room last October, about 24 hours before my due date (luckily she came 5 days late, much like her mother to every event she has ever been invited to, haha.) I had a lot of fun decorating her room trying to use found objects (a.k.a. trashpicking) & things I already owned. The only thing I bought was the paint.

Oh, wait, I just remembered I bought her rug at Pottery Barn, which pretty much cancels out any savings I achieved through trashpicking.  

We have a ritual of saying goodnight to the owl before bedtime, where I would tell her to kiss him, say goodbye, etc....which is just my way of saying: LISTEN BABY, I PAINTED THIS OWL FOR YOU AND YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT, OKAY??

So far, so good.