Mariah's Birthday Gifts

Mariah's birthday is coming up! I have been hard at work for several months making her gifts. Here is two of them!


Hazel Ross is my neighbor, and she walked me through making this quilt for Mariah. It is called a "running fence" pattern. These are the colors I am doing in Mariah's room. I loved learning how to do the ruffle on this quilt. It isn't done by the traditional thread that you pull and it frequently breaks method! I'll show you how to do it sometime if you come visit!

This is a pillow I threw together with the extra material! Don't look too closely. Hazel wasn't looking over my shoulder on this one!

This is a drawing I did of Mariah. I loved the picture we have of her like this and thought it would look good in black and white contrasts! It wasn't exactly like I imagined, but they never are really!

I also put together a playroom for Mariah. I will post pictures soon!

iPhone Art

Heber and Lance let me do some art for their newest iPhone game they are working on. I will let them tell you about it!

I had a lot of fun doing them because it was totally low-key. They didn't want anything fancy! I love doing work like this.

December Illustrations

All Types of Delivery Men

Festival Drawing

Kara and Ryan wanted Heber and I to do a drawing they could use to find sponsors for the festival of trees. They wanted to be able to show businesses a visual idea of what they were contemplating doing for a tree in hopes of receiving donations. Ryan is the salesman. Kara is the artistic director. Heber is the architect, and I am the artist. Here is what we came up with!

November Illustrations

Pilot and Astronaut

Just Finished Portrait

Occasionally, I have an opportunity to do portraits, and this is one I did for a lady in our ward of her new baby. It was fun to do. My biggest challenge was to not make it look like Mariah!

October Illustrations

Railroad Conductor and Policeman

September Illustrations

Artist and Photographer

This is the second and last month of doing the artwork on the computer, but I am glad I learned some new skills!

New Look with August Illustrations!

August Illustrations: Teacher and Principal

I used Photoshop and illustrator to do these illustrations! What do you think?

July Illustrations

Fireman and Forest Ranger

A few Roughs for June Illustrations, but not all!

 Doctor, Ambulance Driver, Veterinarian 

May Illustrations

 Farmer and Fisherman

April Illustrations

 Construction and Sanitation Workers!

March Illustrations

Librarian and Mayor

February 2009 Illustrations

Baker and Banker!