Birdy Birthday

 For: Leia
Occasion: her birthday

I have been really feeling the beauty of Spring, so to celebrate my dear Leia's birthday, I drew her a beautiful bird among some sweet flowering plants. I feel like you can hear the birdsong with this design! I love my Leia so much and cannot wait to see her again soon!

Engineering Birthday

 For: Owen
Occasion: his birthday

To celebrate Sweet O's birthday, I used whatever engineering knowledge I had to design the letters of his name! O is a gear, W a collection of wrenches, E an excavator and the N a grouping for bridge girders. There are some subtle blueprint lines in the background as well. I love Owie so much and hope his birthday builds into a great year!

Cake Birthday

 For: Aunt Julie
Occasion: her birthday

For the first time that I can recall, I created a birthday card in the shape of a circle à la a birthday cake! I love the simplicity of this design and how fun it was to design and decorate. I hope Aunt Julie has an amazing day and gets to celebrate with whatever tasty treat she would like!

Sun Birthday

 For: Sofi
Occasion: her birthday

For Sofi's birthday card, I did a watercolor illustration of a line of four trees with fresh spring buds in the sunlight. I love the shadows across the grass and the feeling of peace I get when I look at this card. I hope Sofi has an amazing birthday and that we get to get together in the mountains soon!

Thank You Stage

 For: Sharon and Stephen
Occasion: Thank You

To thank Sharon and Stephen for a lovely evening of jazz out in Boulder, I did my best to watercolor illustrate the stage of the show with its instruments and flower lights. I made the flower centers spell out "thanks" for some extra fun hidden gratitude. I hope they had a lovely rest of their time in Colorado!

Spa Birthday

 For: Adam
Occasion: his birthday

Adam sets me a challenge every year for his birthday card. This year, he built a spa in his backyard and asked me to feature him melting in his spa. The result of that request is this brilliant card with him sweating away with temps so hot the thermometer is dripping away! I love how this card turned out and hope to see him soon!

Candle Birthday

 For: Bri
Occasion: her birthday

For Bri's birthday card, I used some washi tape to leave some white space for "Happy Birthday" between the watercolor candles. I love the punch this simple design packs -- it was so fun to get a photo of her dog with the card in his mouth, too! I hope Bri has the very best year yet.

Bowling Birthday

 For: Doug
Occasion: his birthday

Dougie turned 40 with a bowling birthday party! To celebrate the big day, I made him a bowling card full of puns -- "Bowl out your candles -- Make a wish!" I love this card concept and how the colors all play off each other. The bowling party was so fun and I hope this next decade is the best yet!

Celestial Birthday

 For: Amy
Occasion: her birthday

For Amy's birthday card, I did a watercolor illustration of leaf shapes forming a moon along with block letters filled with stars (and the As are all stars, too). I used a sparkly feather paper background to mix together the feathery feel with the celestial. I love Ames so and hope she has the best day and year!