I'M BACK

employed, engaged, elated!!!!!

Hello to my fans!!!! I’m sure you heard the news. Max and I are engaged! He proposed in Italy, in Firenze, at Piazzale Michaelangelo. It was awesome and a crazy feeling and I’m so excited to plan a wedding and be together forever.

I also got full-time employment, after two years of freelance writing, nannying, odd jobbing, and some fun illustration projects in the mix (a handful of which aren’t released yet, stay tuned!!)

Here are some pics from my sketchbook from our trip:

Matera, Italy, where people lived in the Sassi (caves) until the mid-1950s. My mom was born here (not in the caves).

My Zia Rossella (actually my mom’s cousin) & Zio Paolo (her husband). They knew everyone in Matera and we got hooked up with special tours in some of the caves. Paolo was an architect (he’s retired now) & many of his projects were restoring ancient ruins.

The day & night we got engaged (August 22, the day after my birthday). I had no idea what was to come and was just vibing with this colored pencil.

omg the guilt, i could not handle it

And here are some other random sketchbook pages from the past couple of weeks. I feel like I’m always “getting into drawing again.” I love my Blackwing pencils and refuse to really make much of an effort to make good scans so they really do them justice. Whateva! Anyways…. Oh my god I feel so creative!!!