A couple fonts I've been working on • if you are looking for girlie, look no further

Nothing to do with my illustration, but.... • Crane Humidifier Noisey? Here's the fix!

I bought a Crane humidifier from Target last year and was excited there was no filter. Thinking this is the best. No need to buy filters, I can add essential oils to the water and the rooms smell like heaven. Also make sure to place antibacterial drops (eucalyptus & lavender.) They really were the best in my mind. About 6 months later, one started making a weird noise. It was similar to the fan in my computer once it gets full of dusk and needs a dust clean out. Thinking it was that, I opened it up and puffed that little duster can in there. Put it all back together and nothing. Still noise. So, I scoured the internet for how others fixed it.

Ta-da! This guy was correct! Thank you Devin Baldwin. Now, there were others that claimed it was a fan screwed in too tight, no it wasn't. This was the issue. The fan ran out of lubricant and needs more. That's it. A quick 5 minutes and it was done. If I have to do this once ever year that's not a big deal. The reservoir that hold the oil is tiny. So, it'll just need some maintenance. Still cheaper than buying filters. Crane - perhaps you can make a professional video showing this as there any many types of your humidifiers.

Mine was different from this guy's in the video, but I figured it out. His fan was on the top of the unit. Mine was on the bottom unit. I pretty much took off the bottom by unscrewing the 4 screws. Opened the bottom piece. Located the fan. Unscrewed the fan (2 screws) and turned the unscrewed fan over. Saw a silver sticker. Peeled back the sticker to find a tiny hole. Place your oil inside this hole. It doesn't hold much. Replace sticker (Don't put too much oil - sticker won't stick back on if it's all oily.) Screw fan back in. Place bottom back on with screws. Turn it on. 10-30 seconds later the fan lubricates itself. All done! No noise. Smooth sailing from here on out.

3-in-one oil from Home Depot, Walmart or any home improvement place, a screw driver and patience. That's it. 5 minutes people. (Not trying to get off-topic, but... like the concrete counters int he pic? My husband made them, oh yeah, he did.)

Pictures will help you make this process a little easier.

my little "pattern-a-day" project was derailed • stupid kidney stones

My apologies. But, I am back on track and exploring new things. I made my first font. It was so easy thanks to http://fontastic.me/ All made fonts are now availble in my shop. They're shown of in little samples of art & the second image shows all the Siri Font together.

Check them out!

pattern-a-day • day 5

This pattern has picnic table written all over it.

pattern-a-day • posting this one early & taking tomorrow off!

This is my favorite design I've done in a long time. Very cute, playful and whimsical. I think this could make super adorable curtains is my daughter's room.

PATTERN-A-DAY • Day 3

A pattern to go with my "grandma" illustration.

A Little Illustration • Things that remind me of Grandmas house

My grandma has not been doing too great. In the hospital for pneumonia & just not in good shape. I made this little illustration last year. It's a little collection of items that remind me of her house when I was little.  Milk glass, old vintage camera, peonies. All the things that make me smile. I wish Grandmas lasted forever.

PATTERN OF THE DAY • Day 2 - oh yeah, I'm still going.

As I was late getting home I took yesterdays pattern and made it softer, lighter and more feminine. I like it. I went with an olive green and a soft grey/brown background.

PATTERN-A-DAY CHALLENGE • DAY 1 - GREEN TEAL PEONY PATTERN

This may be totally unrealistic, but I'm going to try to stick to it. Wish me luck!

Inspiration Image from Flickr.com

My creation after basking in this beautiful inspiration above. It feels a little heavy as of yet... More tweaks to come for a fresher lighter look. Nothing is ever done. Lol!

Pattern's Galor • Nature Friendly Patterns

After making this pattern using many different illustrations of flowers and ferns and mushrooms and such, I thought, why not make patterns out of each of them too. Here we go.

Here is my original and the little friends to follow.

Grandma's House

This last month has been full of gathering things from Grandma's house and keeping the things that remind me of her house from when I stayed there often as a child. It's never anything a worth or even anything others in my family would want, but they mean a lot to me. She is moving into an assisted living place where she has her own little apartment. No need to cook or clean anymore Grandma! Yay! But, it does fill me with urgency to get any items I want now before they are gone forever.

I took the little "paint-by-number" butterfly hanging from the kitchen sink light. My grandpa passed away when I was about 3 years old and have a picture of him holding me up to the butterfly. It makes me think of him & Grandmas house. It now currently resides in our laundry room on the light pull for that area. Makes me smile every time I see it.

I also was going through the basement seeing if there was anymore milk glass pieces I love & saw this old plastic curtain covering a cart/shelf. I instantly loved the pattern. I was originally thinking of taking it and making something, but as we are getting the house on the market to sell - I really don't need anything else brought back into the house. So, I took a photo.

This photo is my inspiration and interpretation for this pattern I made. I will always be reminded of Grandma's when I look at it. I modernized the colors and made some tweaks to the style & pattern. But, it is very similar.