House Beautiful magazine made it official. After a decade of modern, minimalist, farmhouse, Scandinavian sparse, farmhouse white interiors, the traditional maximalist style is finally back in the most wonderful way! Colors, florals, blue gingar jars, chintz, tassels, chinoiserie, layered spaces … [Read more...] about Grandmillennial Essentials
A very haute collaboration
There are quite a number of styled stock photo libraries out there for fancy girl bosses like us, but very few have the quality and variety of Haute Stock (formerly Haute Chocolate). It's my secret weapon, really, for creating all the mockups and quote graphics that I share on social media and on … [Read more...] about A very haute collaboration
Pink Tree
Wishing all my family and friends in the U.S. a Happy Thanksgiving! We obviously don't have that holiday here in Singapore, so we're busy preparing for Christmas instead. And no, I don't have a pink tree, but Frances Sales of Topaz Horizon does! The illustration above was inspired by … [Read more...] about Pink Tree
Illustrations for Oliver’s Nursery
I really love it when clients become friends. I designed Ginny Krauss' website a couple of years ago (the year she got married!), and we worked on several other projects since then. She is such a lovely person, and is one of the most supportive friends I have in the entire world. I … [Read more...] about Illustrations for Oliver’s Nursery
A Fancy Girl for Sparkle & Whim
It was so exciting to receive an email from Meg, who owns Sparkle & Whim, asking if she could order a custom illustration for her site. She found me through Instagram (who knew?!) and said she loves my illustrations. (yay!) We discussed her ideas, and she was so fantastic to work with! She … [Read more...] about A Fancy Girl for Sparkle & Whim
Vintage-Style Illustration for Bianca
A client approached me recently, with the most beautiful name (Aura - what lovely mysteries the name conjures!), asking me to paint something for her daughter Bianca (another lovely name!) who was going away to college. She said that her daughter loves all things vintage, Kate Middleton, Audrey … [Read more...] about Vintage-Style Illustration for Bianca
Mother’s Day Printable
Hello lovelies! Mother's day is just around the corner and I have a free printable for you. It was inspired by a tutorial I saw on one of my Instagram friends' accounts, the lovely & talented Zakkiya of InkStruckStudio. This was quite a challenge to make, but so much fun! Click on the … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day Printable
Blissed out
Hooray, it's Friday! I'm looking forward to a restful weekend just lounging around and reading! How about you? I'm still basking in the glow of having been featured here. It was the perfect ending to a what has been a stressful and busy week. Thank you Grace! She asked me what makes me a … [Read more...] about Blissed out
Our Holiday Cards
This was the first time ever that I had time to design our Christmas cards! And I'm so happy with how they came out! I painted this wreath a few weeks ago and sent the design to my favourite printer (CDI Designs). I asked them to use a very thick and textured paper to give it a luxurious … [Read more...] about Our Holiday Cards
