I’m Booking It!

I’m so excited to show you a sneak peak of my first illustrated book!
The book is a bedtime story full of sleepy, cuddly creatures of all kinds.  Look for it in early spring of 2011!

May sleep envelop you as a bed sheet floating gently down, tickling your skin and removing every worry.  Reminding you to consider only this moment.  ~Jeb Dickerson

I heard it from a friend…

Who… heard it from a friend… who…  heard from another you’ve been ____________ (insert phrase here)

Here say Part of Speech: noun
Definition: unsubstantiated information
Synonyms: clothesline, gossip grapevine, mere talk, rumor, scandal, criticism, scuttlebutt, talk of the town, word of mouth

Oh come on… we’re all guilty of it. Leaning in to hear a juicy tidbit, that may or may not be true, then letting it cloud our judgment when we form our opinion. It’s not right and it’s certainly not nice, and it comes in all forms!  It invades our thought processes. It colors the impression of  the person you’re sitting next to… even decides what kind of orange juice to buy at the grocery store.

I say throw it out.. get rid of it! Hear the whole truth and then put on those moccasins and walk in them. You never know, you might gain a whole new perspective on a few things. I’m not pointing fingers…. just that little voice in all of us… just something I’ve been thinking about when it comes to resolutions…I mean, beside exercise!

Antonyms: Evidence, proof, reality, testimony, truth, quiet, silence

Make your resolution before someone makes it for you!

Illustration Friday ~ Winter


Hippness is not a state of mind, It’s a fact of life!

-Cannonball Adderley

Today is the last day of the Doodle Diner 12 days of Christmas.  Join us for some new twists on the old classics!   Next up, is a drum playing monster or two or three or four…. Click on the picture to see how many!  While you’re there, you might as well look at the rest of the days too… I have some mighty talented Doodle Diner peeps!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Seven Synchronized Swans

Meet the Synchronized Sisters of Sunnyvale.
These lovely ladies are known far and wide for their beauty, grace and of course their precision technique! Never a more friendly gaggle of gals could be found. That is, until Sylvia joined the group! She was a rare bird indeed!!

Then the feathers flew!!  “Why does she always get to stay above water?”

Sylvia just smiled and let it roll like water off a ducks back… or should I say swan!

Join me and my friends over at the Doodle Diner for all of the Twelve Days of Christmas! There are some wonderful twists on the old classics!

Illlustration Friday ~ Mail


This is my latest promotional postcard which will go in the mail after the holidays in January!

Speaking of mail…. OK, this has nothing to do with mail at all… but The Doodle Diners are working on the twelve days of Christmas! We’re up to the Five Golden Rings but you can surely catch up with the rest by clicking HERE.

My days are The Seven Swans on Sunday, and the Twelve Drummers on Christmas Eve!

Here comes Santa Claus


All that toy making and list reading makes a fellow a little ranky dank…. but not to worry, he’ll be one sweet smelling,  jolly old elf when he gets to your house! Don’t forget to leave his cookies…. and maybe a bar of Irish Spring next to the plate.  Irish Spring…. manly yes… but Santa likes it too!