While I'm working on my next tutorial (hopefully out later this week), I'd thought I'd share another surprise. Several of you ha...

Today was our first warm day this spring and now I have flowers swirling in my head. I thought this was the perfect time to share one of my ...

My husband and I love antique shopping.  Some of the things I enjoy searching out is anything garden-related: books, tools, fabrics...and ev...

Last week I wrote a post on rain gardens and thought it would be fun to use my theme garden design process to add a little more punch to t...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I can't believe the whirlwind I've been through the past year. At the beginning of 2013 I was uncertain about...

In 2009 I began my blogging career with a goal to paint one food illustration a day for an entire year. That adventure was coined  THE LUNCH...

A couple of months ago I visited a small, yet amazing garden in central Iowa. I learned something that day:  size doesn't matter...it...

A fun way to design a landscape is in elevation - or a straight-on view as if you were standing and looking at it (vs. a plan view that is l...

For the past few days I've had the pleasure of taking a hand-lettering workshop through Skillshare with the talented  Mary Kate McDevit...

Let me tell you a little secret about garden design. It's important to keep your livable spaces positive . What do I mean? Often we...

Making all that pesto inspired me to pull all my recent herb illustrations into one print. You can find out more about this print in my Ets...

As you may know there are hundreds of gardening blogs. I love sifting through and collecting them onto my official garden blog  Pinte...

Though we've lived in our current house for over five years, this is the first summer I noticed the beautiful seeds on our linden tree (...

UPDATE: I'm sorry to say this wonderful offer is no longer available. The magical 24 hours has come and gone. I'd like to thank eve...

Woo-hoo! I can't believe it! I finally finished my first eBook: The Peanut Butter & Jelly Garden ! Ten years developing an idea, the...

Today's word is DIAGONAL , so I challenged myself to find three diagonals in the garden. This month I'm following Susannah...

The magical word for today's August Break is CLOSE UP. I've been head deep finishing my new eBook, The Peanut Butter & Jelly ...

Today's word is LOVE .  Oh, what is it about peanut butter that makes me love it so much?