There's Something you should know...

Life...or something like it...

  Oh man... this week has been a crazy whirlwind of wedding 'crap'. For the pasts few days, Boy and I have been making invites like a CRAZY person!

I've also been working as best as i can on Lilla Roger's Make Art That Sells class that I'm taking. [Which is how i was inspired to do the little house pattern above...] I can't wait to order some fabric of it from Spoon Flower!

This is another pattern i made for the class. I ended up changing it around some for the class assignment, but i still think it came out pretty cute.

Are you doing any fun projects this week? I'd love to hear about them! :)

Happy Tuesday friends!

-Jenipher 

Let me TELL YOU about my.... BOOK!

What were you like when you were a teenager? 

Were you happy? 

optimistic?

An old soul?

Immature?  

Maybe you felt like me, and felt sad and alone most of the time...

 My goal is to write a super honest, encouraging, vibrant book with the intent to help teens feel less alone in this world. BUT a book that women [and men?!] in their 20's and beyond can enjoy as well!

 Right now I'm thinking format would be  quick sad or funny, truthful stories about my life and lots of my new "lovely girl" drawings. Think: getting made fun of for being a virgin then 10 years later being told I am strong and impressive for still "waiting". For waiting for the right person. Or not realizing I literally wasn't dumb until 2010. I want to share how to take hurts and turn them into joys.

Ultimately, my goal to make THE BOOK i WISH i had when i was younger. Something easy to read and relate to, something that's visually stimulating! Something RAW and HONEST and not all sunshine and butterflies.

I hope you'll continue to follow this journey with me. I'd love to hear YOUR stories!

• What were YOUR teen years like?! 
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• What you want to MAKE SURE your children know?
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• What do you WISH someone KNOCKED INTO YOUR HEAD!?! 

Add a comment or Email me if you'd like to share! (Jenipherlyn@gmail.com) I'd love to hear from you!

Smiles to you DEAR DEAR Friends!
-Jenipher

Your "Lovely Girl" of the day. :)

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you'll notice i've been posting a lot of these little lovlies. 

Meet Layla, from my "Lovely Girl" Series! It is surely becoming a series indeed! I now have about 20 of them and some others hand watered colored. I love them! These super honest girls are truly my inner most thoughts. I hope you enjoy them and relate to them as much as i enjoy drawing them!

Smiles to you friends,

Jenipher

Lately I've been....

1. Doing my "Make Art That Sells" homework. 
 

^ {woah the colors look SO different on my blog then oh Facebook/Photoshop] eek!^
 
2. Writing a LOT for my book.

3. Writing a LOT for my book.

4. Did i mention, writing a LOT for my book?

5. And, Planning random wedding stuff...

like THESE amazing shoes! Crossing my FINGERS and toes they fit! 

All of this planning makes me feel like this.

#truestory

What have YOU been up to?
-Jenipher

Being a Beginner is GOOD!

Today's thought-a-doodle... I really need to remember this.... 

This Week....

1. Clare Carrot and Larry Cherry are now earrings! HOORAY!

2. I got [RE-ENGAGED!] whoo!! Meaning i got my new/REAL ring! DOUBLE whoo!

3. Look how INSANE Baby looks!

4. One of my newer doodles to go with a story for MY BOOK! [a REAL post about that this week!]

Pyrex + Mushrooms = HAPPY doodles!

These are some of the doodles i've been working on the last two days for #MakeArtThatSells; the class I'm taking. :D

I've never really drawn mushrooms much nor any pyrex containers before, so this has been pretty fun. I think I'm going to try watercoloring some of them next! 

Have you worked on any fun projects today?

-jenipher

New [?] Computer. New Oppertunities!

Ahh i finally have my computer back! HOORAY! It's was almost two weeks that we have NO computers in our household and it was super hard! 

 

Now that it's back though, i have a TON to catch up on! 

First up though is the start of Lilla Roger's "Make Art That Sells" course. A 5 week intensve online course on licening. Eeek!

It started today and I'm super... nervous... i know excited should be the word, but it's coming and going. I am excited to meet some super talented folk an stretch myself though, so thats good!!

Happy Monday friends!!