These hot and humid days of early summer have me thinking of cool blue! My collection of aqua kitchen seems to be exploding off my shelf so I’m going to have to thin it out or find a new way to display one of these days. You can find some new additions here!
Wedding Flowers!!!!
This weekend I was emerged in a bevy of blooms and loved every minute of it! I was so pleased when I was asked to do the flowers for a wedding this weekend. The bride and I had a couple of consultations over the last few months and I designed and planned the following. 22 centerpieces, 6 bouquets, 4 corsages, and a few arrangements for the reception. I miss working with flowers SO much! I really hope to keep getting a random job here and there. Flowers used: coral peonies, white peonies, trick dianthus, protea, babies breathe, freesia, tulips, amazing free spririt roses, hypernicum, and stock.

Back home the flowers get a quick trim and get back in water as quick as possible. Then onto further processing-stripping leaves, and dethorning roses.

A gorgeous arrangement for the seating chart table. I'm loving this vintage chalkboard as my photo background too!

I did the centerpieces at the reception barn the day before so the day of the I just had to load up the bouquets and the corsages and hit the road. I was relieved when they all arrived safely!

I trimmed and wrapped the bouquets with ribbon at the venue since I had to travel and wanted them to drink as long as possible.
MORE NEW Designs!
More More MORE NEW DESIGNS! The first half of the year has been busy busy in the studio cranking out new work.
A cherry towel has been on my list for awhile now, and by awhile I mean at least 2 years. What can I say, time flies and I’m only one person. Cherries were a summer staple growing up. We got gobs of them at the farmers market to can and freeze and make into pies. I remember sitting at my grandma’s table pitting them, and dangling the double ones over our ears like earrings.
Then there’s Wisconsin, a departure from my usual linocut designs. After making Michigan I got a couple of custom state requests and voila WI was born. I’m not sure how many will develop in this series. It sure is interesting to research each state and fun to incorporate teeny tiny drawings into the design.
Both are now available here in my Etsy shop.


color of the month June 2014- green ivy
It’s amazing just how quickly all the leaves came out and the plants popped up this year. It seems every year we go from when will winter end, to oh it’s 90 out. Not that I’m really complaining about insta summer, but it’s a little disorienting this year. With the nice weather comes one of my favorite activities-gardening. I’ve spent several of the last weekends gardening at the cottage splitting perennials and replanting them and making new garden areas, and of course helping mom get the big veggie garden in. With gardening sometimes comes the occasional poison ivy when you get into certain spots. And a few spots, I’ve got. This color of the month sponsored by green poison ivy!
more NEW product!
I’ve been a busy little bee so far this year! I’ve been working on these for awhile now and I’m so happy to release them into the wild this evening!
Introducing my NEW artgoodies zippered pouches! Now you can take your artgoodies on the go!
These versatile zippered pouches are handmade with exclusive artgoodies designer twill fabric designed by me! Plus the sturdy liner adds a little extra protection for whatever you might need on the go! Each pouch measures about 4” x 8”. Perfect for use as a: cosmetic case, pencil case, clutch wallet, etc!
Available in: poppy, squirrel, lobster, bike, and shells! Click here to buy!

Color of the Month Red!
NEW SHELL TOWELS!
I’m super excited about these. Sometimes vacation provides a little bit more than rest and relaxation. I’ve been thinking about making these for some time. After another visit to Florida I got out my shell collection from Sanibel Island and made some drawings. These like my leaf pattern towels are part of my NEW Sketchbook Series. I’m offering 2 colorways: Nautical Navy and Coastal Coral. They are available in shop NOW click here!




NEW organic tea towel designs!
Well, if you looked at the NEW organic fair trade full aprons one of the NEW designs was a dead giveaway-the grill. Also NEW, the morning glory towel and the Michigan towel, and nope I don’t have any other states than the one I live in. Here they are are! PLUS I have a couple more on the way, should be releasing them this week! Yay! They are available for purchase right now! Right here!

NEW NEW NEW! Full Organic Aprons!
I’m releasing a bunch of NEW items this week! You may have seen some already if you follow artgoodies through social media. There’s even more NEW on the way this week and in a few weeks! I’ll be making a couple blog posts about them, starting with these NEW full aprons. Made of organic fair trade cotton. I have long since thought of sewing some from scratch like I do with artgoodies organic half hostess aprons but I found these high quality full aprons to print on and voila! Now available in shop in: lobster, blue bike, and NEW grill! And yes, the grill is also available as an artgoodies organic tea towel!

Color of the Month April 2014!
Wow, I can’t believe that it’s April! I think Spring is FINALLY getting here. Orange is the color of the month. Luckily, I found a few items at an estate sale this last week. I haven’t been to one in awhile, it was fun and also really awesome to find exactly what I needed to complete my vignette!