Little Dead Riding Hood Signed Copies

So Amazon  gave us all a little surprise and released Little Dead Riding Hood early! That same day the book showed up on my door! It was the same day I was heading out to the Wild Women Symposium and was in a huge hurry so I wasn't able to do a thing! Now that the dust has settled a bit, I'm able to post about it. 


"Unlike most kids, Scarlet Small’s problems go far beyond just trying to fit in. She would settle for a normal life, but being a 12-year-old vampire for an entire century is a real pain in the neck. Plus, her appetite for security guards, house pets, and tomato juice is out of control. In order to keep their vampire-secret, Scarlet’s parents resort to yet another move. At her new school, Scarlet not only has a strange skeleton-girl as a classmate, but a smelly werewolf is intent on revealing her secret. When Scarlet meets Granny—who fills her with cookies, goodies, and treats, and seems to understand her more than anyone—she’s sure things will finally be different. But with a fork-stabbing incident, a cherry pie massacre, and a town full of crazy people, Scarlet’s positive she’ll never live to see another undead day."

 First off, this book was hard work. Meaning it's full of even more illustrations than the first! In fact it has double the illustrations. Looking through the book was fun because I got to see the illustrations again.. some of them I forgot about! 

Here are some sneak peaks of some of the illustrations. 

Doing these books has made me love pen and ink drawings as that's what the Tarot deck consists of. 

I'll be selling autographed copies again. 

This time instead of selling just 10 I will be taking preorders.. 

Each book will have my signature and a doodle just for you.. and Amie the Author  is also sending some book plates for each book! 

So you could order them through amazon, or get an autographed copy through me!  

I am selling them on Etsy for 13.00 each plus 4.00 shipping. It may take several weeks for them to arrive to you as I will have to place a large order, wait for the books to come, then sign them, then ship them out! So please be patient! 

I will have the preorders open for about 2 weeks and will send updates to those who purchase it. 

Purchase your autographed and doodled on copy here! 

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A Reason To Dance

Today is definitely a reason for me to dance.

A reason to make silly faces and shake it. 

A reason to twirl around and smile.

Because.........

I have finished the illustrations! 

All 84 illustrations, borders, and chapter designs... finished.

Weeks before my deadline too! 

It's time to start new things! 

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Thursday Threads - Red Hood

I haven't been on much again this week. 

Each time I think, I'll blog every day! But then I stay up way too late, and then don't get around to posting or thinking about posting until like 2am, but by then I'm halfway through a project or up to my elbows in paint. This week I've been trying to focus on illustrations, but then other projects come up.

I'm very scattered.

I've had a fabulous week that I will tell you more about tomorrow. 

Today I'm focusing a lot of getting some illustrations done.

I get to illustrate a vampire book. 

And I'm excited. I get to use lots of reds. Red is one of my favorite colors. 

It's actually a story about Little Red Riding Hood, but she's a vampire. 

It's awesome. 

So, in honor of Little Red Riding Hood, I'm posting a quick outfit photo including a red hood before I get to work on illustrating! 

This dress is so warm and comfortable. I love the grey, and the fabulous slit going up the side. 

But, it was cold the day these were taken. I wasn't sure what kind of coat or sweater to pair with a long dress! So I went with red, since it's one of my favorites.. And I chose a longer sweater. 

I actually love the way it looked. And of course I tied it all together with a thrifted scarf.

Grey Dress - Romwe

Scarf - Thrifted 

Red Cardigan - Thrifted

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Just Popping In...

Pun intended..
I'm just popping in quickly to say, that as bad as these probably are for me... they are just toooo good. I can't seem to get enough. Especially when they are heated in the microwave for 20 seconds. (Also not good for me.) And especially when they are so cheap since it's after the holidays. And since Sterling bought be like 6 of them yesterday.
I don't know what it is... I'm normally don't even like popcorn.

Not the most informative blog post for today, but I'm busy painting here!
 Deadlines and popcorn. Deadlines and popcorn.



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Around Here

 Around here it's been nice and quiet. I've stayed home most of this week. Painting, and working. I've been working on the book cover this week, it's due in about 5 days so I'm starting to get a bit stressed. And I can't share any photos here for anyone to see it yet! It needs to be kept secret for a while. 

But I'll give you hint. Lots of red. 

To keep the stress levels down, Meko and I have been doing Yoga.

He's a pro. 

I've also been able to sneak out a bit to get some thrifting and crystal shopping done. 

Like Meko is pro at yoga, Sterling and I are pro at thrift shopping.

We can often find amazing deals for quite a deal. 

I just wanted to share some of my new photos with you guys, but I better get back to work! 

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