Felted Paintings
Picking up some of my original felted paintings to post them for sale is taking me for a walk down memory lane. My technique and speed have come such a long way since crafting the pictures for my first book. Fairy Dance Party The lapse in time since hanging these on...
Needle Felting a Picture
During the January 2022 live monthly felting class, I continued needle felting a picture of a sleeping child, one of the two characters featured on my next book cover. As I usually do, I took pictures throughout the process, which are included on the final lesson...
2021 – Our Annual Family Letter
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...
Felting a Fairy Village
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 during a...
Online Needle Felting Lessons
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...
Felting Children’s Book Illustrations
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 things...
Lichendia Felting Lessons Hitting a Stride
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...
Books, precious little lambs, happy hearts
Welcome to Lichendia® Would you like to hear some fabulous news? The paperback copies of Fairy Spells and Strawberry Elves are in and the first batch of books have been shipped! The hardcover edition is in the final stages at the printers and will be done soon! I'm...
The Lichendia Vlog
The zippiest way for me to throw down a really comprehensive update on all things indie author journey is to jump on a Facebook Live and add to the Lichendia vlog. Isn't it funny that the day I choose to do this is a day I barely got any sleep the night before because...
The Path Rarely Chosen, Vol I
The first digital issue of our Binding Tales e-news is out! Take a look. The path rarely chosen is magical. Choosing to follow a path that makes your heart sing, and doing the hard work necessary to make it happen, that's a path rarely chosen. Don't you agree? I get...