april art doodle challenge

Similar to Inktober (an art challenge for the whole month of October), I decided to do a mini art challenge for ten days. Here’s how it went:

I love, love, love doing these types of challenges! They make my creativity soar - I’ve even managed to create a digital piece or two every day on top of these as well and I’m proud of myself for making the time to do what I love most. April is truly blessing me with guidance on where to steer my creative journey and I’m loving every second. The inner child in me is finally healing and I am so incredibly happy.

Love always,

-Jac

garden plans and growth ~

I started off strong with the garden planning, however, I did all this BEFORE I even planted seedlings… I may need to adjust the placement of things depending upon what seedlings do well and what survives. I am also growing a few things that haven’t been listed on here yet. I am curious to see how much grows and how this garden map will change!

Here is the start of what I’ve planted indoors so far. I would probably go even more crazy, but I ran out of windows and lights! I also plan to save a lot of flowers like Zinnia and Marigold for direct sow into the garden.

Even despite all the snow we have been getting, I am SO ready to get my hands in the dirt. I am crossing my fingers in hopes that in a few weeks we can start getting the garden space ready to go! So excited to make it a little dreamy fairy garden space for me and my family - let’s see how budget friendly we can do this!

Thank you so much for coming along in this journey with me to grow more than just my gardens but also my imagination and creativity as well. What are you planting this year? Do you have any nifty garden tips or tricks??

-Jac

let’s catch up…

Hey friends! It’s definitely been a while… so let me catch you up on a few things!

The beginning of this year started off with a wonderful surprise of my boyfriend asking me to be his forever person (I said yes, of course!). Moving into February, the girls and I had a ton of fun decorating and making valentines and other crafts. Alice is following in her sissy’s footsteps and is becoming quite the artist as well and loves to “paint”!

I went a little crazy with the garden planning - yes, also a little earlier than I should have as well, but here we are! - sunshine is my soul medicine and I am so ambitious about my backyard garden space. I have so many plans to turn it into a dream oasis space to draw, read, and for the girls to play. February and March I started to get serious about planting seeds and got a few indoor greenhouses for them to protect from the vicious Odin Monster… (our cat).

During March, I got back into playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. I’ve been putting in more hours than I’d like to admit but this game brings me so much joy and is so nostalgic for me. Working on making a super fun and cozy island space! Tom Nook still be stealin’ all my bells though….

Lots of drawing and creating as the weather starts to warm up and the sun begins to shine- I as well am thawing out from the winter… and the layers of seasonal depression are finally peeling away.

I am so excited to see what the beautiful month of April brings; it’s my favorite month (and my birthday month!) Do you have anything planned for April??

If you’ve made it this far, I appreciate you immensely. Thanks for catching up with me and I’ll see you soon!

-Jac

October Re-Cap

October has been one of the busiest months of the year so far for us; I participated in a daily drawing challenge that ate up a lot of my time. However, I’m the queen of prioritizing, so I still managed to get so much done and also create things just for myself. There was SO MUCH art made this month and that has me bursting with happiness; from digital drawings, to doodles in my sketchbook, to 31 daily pieces - the creativity was a non-stop flow for this month, and I truly hope I don’t lose my groove…

As we get closer and closer to the winter months (it snowed last night!!), I’m realizing how crucial getting outside is to my mental health. Even just for a walk around the yard, I need to do it; ground myself and remind myself to take giant gulps of the fresh autumn air. I am someone who struggles daily with a lack of hope and happiness, I don’t mean to, but my brain chemistry has other plans… Capturing all these moments to reflect each month help me realize how truly lucky I am to be alive and loved - each of these little daily snip-its are the reason I exist and the way that I find true purpose in my life.

I am ending this incredibly hectic, chaotic, and stressful month with a big ‘ol grin on my face and feeling nothing but warmth and gratitude. Life is really hard and it’s really messy… but it’s also amazingly beautiful too, it just depends which lens you’re looking through.

Happy Halloween, my lovely little fairy friends! <3

Peachtober ‘24

That’s a wrap, my friends! This is the first year that I chose to participate in an Inktober challenge and I’m so happy I went through with this. I am beyond proud of myself for making a piece every day and also making a video to go along with it. This was such a carefree and fun challenge to try - it helped me loosen up and explore so many styles and mediums that I don’t normally gravitate to.

Below is my portfolio of all the artwork I made for Peachtober 2024! Enjoy ~

saying goodbye to Summer..

This past Sunday marked the first day of Autumn, which is such a bittersweet thing for me- although fall is my favorite season, I almost ‘mourn’ the loss of the garden and being able to soak in the warmth of the sunshine on a daily basis. It’s always worth the hard work and effort, but fall clean-up is a dreary time for me.

I spent a lot of time making art this month and didn’t spend too much time on my phone- but I hope you enjoy what I did capture this month!

Welcoming Autumn with lots of pumpkin, warm baked goods, cozy blankets and all the snuggles.

Cheers,

-Jac