miss yarn hair >> a doodle

you should know by now my love for drawing ladies with large imaginary hair! i doodled this one quick and light-boxed the watercolor overtop, so if mistakes happen no re-drawing is needed :)

i kind of love the idea of yarn hair. perfect print to hang for all you avid knitters and crocheters out there! i'm going to keep playing with this idea, so you may see a new version in the shop!

new york inspired

last week I was lucky enough to spend three days in new york to celebrate my birthday! I made a couple of new york inspired thank you's featuring lady liberty (even though we didn't see the actual statue of liberty we did see one made entirely out of legos...)
Here is the watercolor wash and the almost finished note!


and just a few snapshots from the trip...


Matt in line for the lion king! and yes, it was amazing.


a new york slice, as big as my head!


charming detail at the carousel in central park


there was about a dozen of these illustrated windows, they were so fun and brightened up our walk to Fao Schwartz

lady with fantastical floral hair

a new lady with a flower garden atop her head. next, a veggie garden? yum!

good morning rooster >> a new print!

yesterday I revealed on flickr a sneak peek of my latest drawing soon-to-be print!
very enticing isn't it? 

here is the finish! I made a few color changes but overall the palette stayed the same. I went back and forth and back again on wether to have a background color or even lay in a background. I admit I loved it on screen and in thought but once it was printed I really didn't like it. at all. I reminded myself that I'm going for clean and simple and left the background white, that way the sunshiny yellow can stand out.

the print is now available in my shop and to celebrate the first official day of summer use the code YAYSUMMER to receive 10% off anything in store. limited time only so move fast :)

hope something today...

makes you smile!


happy friday!

new new new +links!

hello dear blog! it's been so long, you probably thought i had forgotten all about you. 

but don't fret i have lovely things to share like my shiny new etsy shop hello niccoco that I have been filling with prints

Etsy helloniccoco

also i'm currently a part of the papernstitch exhibition this month, and couldn't be happier! i credit my first sale to being a part of brittni's lovely round up of shops & i hope to make a few more by the end of the month. 

lastly, this may be old news to some but in april i received an email from society6 (where i've been uploading designs & selling prints and yes even iphone/pod cases!) that my "all you need is love" design would be a part of urban outfitters print shop. i couldn't believe my eyes, but it was true! i've sold a handful of prints since being on the UO site and it's been a great experience. 

i promise more updates in the futures especially of sneak peeks of new prints for the shop!