Archive for the ‘Lion Man’ Category

our north carolina life

Posted on April 14th, 2017 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

So we made the jump–sold our home, found a rental house, packed up, and moved–all in the month of March. Our new life is about as different as could be, but little by little we are finding our way and carving out a life here. My Etsy shop is finally open again,  our fridge is […]



bible story models

Posted on February 6th, 2017 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

While I was studying illustration at Cazenovia College in upstate NY, I interned under Cheri Bladholm.  She is an amazing illustrator and a really sweet person–one of my favorites. 🙂 I loved working with her, and gathering reference photos for her paintings was one of my jobs. She was working on a book called Tell […]



a brand new man

Posted on January 21st, 2017 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

I may or may not have gently coaxed this man to cut his hair, short. The other day I showed him a picture of my favorite haircut on him, taken many, many years ago, and told him how much I liked it, ha. I actually do like his hair long, but I love it a […]



handmade christmas

Posted on December 26th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Here’s a compilation of the exciting presents we’ve been making over the past two weeks. We opened them Christmas morning (and a few on Christmas Eve). Hope you enjoy them!! These little beanie animals are made from a sewing pattern I got from this girl who makes and sells patterns on Etsy. The instructions were […]



a dozen years

Posted on December 1st, 2016 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Here we are, a dozen years down the road. A little older, a little wiser, a little better at loving each other. Through all the highs and lows, we’ve made our way here, hand in hand. I want to say thank you to that man in the black hat, for these twelve years of my […]