flowers and a smile

here's to the days of giving our mom a big smile

and a handful of picked wildflowers as a kid....

and getting a big smile and a big mom-hug in return!

wishing you a very happy mother's day, sweet bloggy friends!

{p.s.  i love you, mom!  xoxox}

[supplies:  strathmore 500 series 140 lb CP paper, 

daniel smith watercolor, .3 mechanical pencil]

ladybugs and daisies

my Mom has a heart the size of Texas…..

and is cuter than a little bug in a rug….

and i celebrate her, not only today,

but every single day!

happy mother's day, Mom!

i love you!!  xox

♥

…..and i'm also wishing all of you sweet Moms across this 

big, beautiful world a very special day 

that's filled with all your favorite things,

and spent with those you love!!

{supplies:  strathmore 140 lb. CP paper, daniel smith watercolor,

.5 and .3 mechanical pencil}

celebrating mom

today, i'm not only celebrating my mom's favorite things
{including this song she used to sing to us when i was a kid}….

i'm also celebrating the fact that she's one of my dearest friends.

but most of all, i'm celebrating YOU, mom….
not only today, but every day!
happy Mother's day!  i love you!  xox


 sending big, chocolate-covered hugs to all you bloggy moms….
enjoy your special day!


{supplies:  fabriano medioevalis paper, derwent inktense pencils,
pitt artist pens, 6B graphite pencil}

love and wisdom from mom

moms are a wealth of wisdom, and they always give the best advice....

it's their own special way of telling us they love us.

and with all this advice and wisdom floating around,
there's no doubt they sure do love us an awful lot!!  :))

happy mother's day to all of you sweet bloggy moms!

p.s.  this is dedicated to one of my best friends in the whole world:  my mom!  
i love you mom!  xox


{supplies:  moleskine journal, koi watercolors, derwent watercolor pencils,
pitt pens, 6B graphite pencil, waterbrush}

mom's way

it really is true, you know.....
mom's way is always the best way!

:))

i hope your mother's day weekend

is fabulously beautiful and just the way you like it,
sweet bloggy friend!

xox

{this was done in my moleskine journal using pitt pens, 

derwent watercolor pencils, waterbrush, 6B graphite pencil}

love from mom

here's to mom's around the world, 

who speak that "universal-mom-language"......

even though we don't always understand it at the time.

but one thing's for sure, in that universal-mom-language
they always know the perfect way to say "i love you".


happy mother's day!!

p.s.  i love you, too, mom!
xo

happy mother's day!

flowers have the sun,

and children have their mothers.

wishing you a beautiful mother's day!

garden of the heart

"My mother kept a garden, a garden of the heart. She planted all the good things that gave my life its start.  She turned me to the sunshine and encouraged me to dream, fostering and nurturing the seeds of self-esteem.  And when the winds and rains came, she protected me enough, but not too much because she knew i needed to grow strong and tough.  Her constant good example always taught me right from wrong.  Markers for my pathway that will last a lifetime long.  I am my mother's garden.  I am her legacy, and I hope today she feels the love reflected back from me. "  author unknown

wishing you a wonderful weekend, and a beautiful Mother's Day!!  :)