by hillary | Dec 19, 2021 | Inspiration, Parenthood
Was 2021 a mixed bag or what?! It has no doubt been another challenging year, but we’ve made the best of it and we’re looking forward to 2022. We struggled our way through hybrid learning with the kids in kindergarten and second grades while Adam and I were both...
by hillary | Dec 3, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration
Dotted mushroom caps and fairy houses, curved doors, window boxes, planters, a winding street to the distant mountains. This needle felted illustration has been so much fun to create! Like many of my illustrations for my children’s books, this picture began...
by hillary | Oct 31, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration
Online Needle Felting Lesson: Brown Bear I prepared for the October 2021 online needle felting lesson by sketching studies of brown bears, pulling reference photos of caves from my archive of family photos, and prepping wool for another month in which our lesson will...
by hillary | Oct 13, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration
It is high time for another vlog—parenting, four illustrations for the next children’s book in the Lichendia series, a special seasonal book about Winter, time for self-care, and a quick update on the progress made since our house flooded. You know, all the...
by hillary | Oct 1, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration
For three months now I’ve held a free felting lesson on Zoom the third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm EST. I am having an absolute blast! Each week my community of felting artists is growing 6-15% and every monthly lesson the number of people logging in has...
