Thai Spice

I am in love with this restaurant!  I have wanted to try Thai food for years, but Ryan just recently decided that he wanted to as well.  So off we went...to Thai Spice.  Everything about this place is just wonderful!

The silverware is gold and looks like bamoo.

The waitress was amazingly nice and the cutest little thing.
The sugar holder looks like a little bike.

The glasses are real glasses and not cheap plastic-y things made to look like glass.  The ones that your mind tells you are glass, so you lift them like glass and then spill water all over because they are *not* glass.  Not like that at all =)

All of these things made me fall in love before we even ordered our food.  But the food...
Why didn't we try Thai food sooner?  It is amazing!!

Fried tofu and steamed dumplings.

Trio Chicken.  Ryan and I were both feeling brave so we ordered our entrees hot.  Turns out we could have been a bit more brave so, next time we will order Thai-hot.  And there was so much chicken!  In both of our dishes.  We did have to laugh at the people around us who ordered their dishes mild.  Really?  Why go to a Thai restaurant if you didn't want spicy food.

And as they say...you save the best for last.  Dessert was exotic and delightful!!

The top one is purple (coconut flavored) ice cream with fried bananas.  This was my choice.  it was simply wonderful!
The second, Ryan's choice, sticky rice with mango and coconut milk.  Ryan described his as the best thing he has ever tasted.  It almost tasted like warm oat meal, but the cool mango and cocnut milk made it delightful!

This was definitely worth the trip, and is possibly my new favorite restaurant!!!

for my momma =)

I have been waiting forever to put this piece up.  I have had it finished since January, but I had to keep it hidden until I could give it to my momma for Mother's Day.  Keeping it physically hidden was easy, but I really had to fight the temptation to post it online somewhere.
So finally...here is what is so far the piece of the year for me.  It turned out better than I had even planned and I am so thrilled with it.  I am thinking about listing it as a custom print in my etsy shop.  You will be able to tell me what name or word you want and pick from a decently long list of color choices.  It is just a thought at the moment.  We will see if it develops any further.

Note Cards

More polka dots! 

I made this little note card with the idea of creating stationary sets. They can be easily personalized with letters and colors. The font can be adjusted to fit individual tastes. The dimensions of the cards can also be changed slightly. These would be great thank-you cards for the newlyweds or just little notes to say hi. I love this little 'k' card. Those of you familiar with my work will recognize the stylized k I use to brand all of my artwork and handbags.

for Debbie

I drew this for Debbie for Mother's Day.  I have been doing a lot of drawings and quasi illuminations of late.  I really like the way the prints come together and the fun things that I can hide in the designs.

and more trees...

So, I like trees!


This is my most recent print.  And as it turns out I also like polka dots.  A lot.  This is what I hope will be the first of many prints with a polka dot theme.  I have a lot of ideas floating around in my head that I will try to get onto paper sometime this summer.  I will try to post them as soon as they are finished.

more trees

I started another set of season prints.  I am not sure that I like these as much as the first set though.  They are not yet finished so I may change my mind as they progress.  We will see.  Here are the preliminary works anyway...

A is for Alicia =)

Here is a print I did for my lovely.  I promised I would draw her something like a year ago and I just got to it.  But, it worked out and she got it for her birthday!