My Daughter's Rooms

I finally hung up my drawings in Maya's room, so I thought I would share some pictures of their rooms. I spent a lot of time designing them. Abra has the nursery and Maya got a new big girl room before her sister was born.

Abra's room colors were gender neutral, since we never knew what we were having. I think children's rooms are a great opportunity to have fun, since bolder colors and patterns are great for kids. We installed the high chair rail in Abra's room to work like a picture ledge. I was originally going to hand paint the alphabet above the trim before Maya was born, but even my husband realized that was crazy. So, he got me the wooden letters. After she was born I finished it up with some butterfly accents to make it more girly.

Maya's big girl room is one of my favorite rooms in the house. I have a lot of fun doing it, but not a lot of fun painting all the stripes. I love the pink and brown together and I also love painting the ceilings in rooms different colors. I didn't want the room to be too pink, but I wanted it there. I paired the pink ceiling with the pink rug, but since it's more in your peripheral vision it stays more muted. The bed however is not muted. I found an old turned post bed on craigslist and painted it bubblegum pink. I love the look of painted furniture.


I think the Gingerwinks prints complete the vintage look. I can't wait till Abra gets bigger and needs a new big girl room too. I already have some ideas.

Big Shop Update

So, I finally updated my shop after two months of promising myself I would find the time to work on it and I couldn't be happier.

Check it out...... http://www.gingerwinks.etsy.com/

I feel revived and ready to start some new drawings with this weight off my shoulders. I am very grateful to my husband who was kind enough to watch the kids a lot of last weekend to give me the time to photograph my new work and get the new listings online. There are a bunch of new card designs along with two new prints and a couple of new banners. Here are a couple of examples.......

I still have a few more things to put up, but the majority is done and so far it seems to be getting good feedback. Soon to come will be a circus themed banner and some more 5x7 prints based on the banner drawings. I just hope I can keep up the momentum.