Devyn Larson Designs

Fun Flowers

2011-10-06T10:57:00.000-07:00

Candycorn on the Brain!

2011-10-06T10:40:00.000-07:00

Can't stop doodling this yummy stuff. Gotta love a bit of candycorn this time of year! I just made four apple pies and we just had our first big rain of the fall. So cozy around here!

Happy Fall

2011-09-27T14:08:00.000-07:00

Doodles . . .

2011-08-24T04:43:00.000-07:00

All About Christmas . . .

2011-08-19T12:21:00.000-07:00

Late Night Doodles . . . Snowmen in August!

2011-08-03T06:00:00.000-07:00

A Bit Early . . .

2011-07-26T13:06:00.000-07:00

Currently working on . . .

2011-07-25T20:24:00.000-07:00

A watercolor done in the style of Mexican Folk Art, for my Mom.

I am totally hooked on exploring all types of folk art these days. Swedish, Polish, Cuban . . .

. . . not enough hours to doodle. Sigh . . .

Below are doodles for a new project. Needless to say, VERY excited to see how this turns out.

Hint . . it's up there with getting published in Vogue Knitting, only better.

More to come . . . ")

Mad Doodles

2011-06-12T08:06:00.000-07:00

U R Amazing!

2011-05-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

Tooth Fairy

2011-05-26T09:11:00.000-07:00

Psalm 86:12

2011-05-23T10:03:00.000-07:00

Back at it!

2011-05-23T01:34:00.000-07:00

It has been a crazy year so far, but with lots of good to report.

Our little one is doing much better and is back to her normal bubbly self. I still have moments of panic if she gets too tired or is not eating with her normal gusto. But the 4 year old is training her Momma well. She is such a trooper, and is way too patient with me. We went in for a blood test last week and she barely batted an eye. Too busy making sure all the nurses had a piece of bubble gum.
My hero.

I haven't had a whole lot of doodling time, but managed a late night and whipped out 3 new designs that will be posted shortly. Other ideas are creatively percolating, until I can get my hands in some paint for an extended bit. Lots of inspiration from a recent trip to Hood River, OR. Best hiking ever!

My favorite moment in these last few months was on Mother's Day. I sat outside, between hail storms, drinking my coffee and enjoying the garden, when I heard the girls giggling and laughing inside.
Best sound ever. ")

Hope you all are doing well!

Thankful . . .

2010-12-04T20:08:00.000-08:00

   My youngest little gal has been ill and was recently diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. It has been a long last 3 months. (Thus the lack of blog updates.) There have been a lot of sleepless nights, procedures, tests, "yucky" meds and just feeling rotten.
   In all the "yucky," we have been trying to focus on the positive and trust God with the details we can't control. In the midst of it all, we have a lot that we are tremendously thankful for:
   1) Our pediatrician, who gave us a speedy diagnosis, his desk number for emergencies and who got us hooked up with a great specialist right away. We love you Dr. Dean!!
   2) Dr. Marshall (mentioned specialist) who has run herd on two shell shocked parents, keeping us sane and optimistic.
   3) Family, who we would not have survived without! Thank you for listening, your prayers, giving us breaks to process and recoup. You are invaluable and adored!
   Our daughter is now on the road to recovery. She is two weeks away from being off the steroids. They have been hard on her, but we are thankful they got the flair (symptoms) under control.
   To everyone else . . . never give up hope. There is a God who will meet you right where you are, and bless your socks off in the process. He has heard plenty of my rants and sobs lately, and I am thankful that he takes me just as I am, runny mascara and all. ")
Looking forward to getting back in the saddle and sharing more art with you soon.
Have a wonderful holiday season!

Happy Birthday Little Miss K!

2010-08-25T01:34:00.000-07:00

New Cards in the Etsy Shop - Smile & Peace

2010-08-23T12:07:00.000-07:00

Fall 2010 Pantone Colors - Family

2010-08-21T12:46:00.000-07:00

Sending happy thoughts and prayers to my dear Gigi, who taught me the importance of family. Our love is with you!!

Play time with the Fall 2010 Pantone colors.

give

2010-08-21T10:26:00.000-07:00

Don't GIve Up!

2010-08-17T11:18:00.000-07:00

Moon and Stars

2010-08-11T18:20:00.001-07:00

Remember with Joy

2010-08-10T16:44:00.000-07:00

Helvetia Community Church - Oregon

2010-07-20T16:03:00.000-07:00

Rest of " New Work" Series

2010-07-19T15:14:00.000-07:00

New Work

2010-07-17T09:29:00.000-07:00

Can you find the third bird? ")

5x5 mixed media acrylic and paper on canvas.

I lift my eyes up . . .

2010-06-18T09:47:00.000-07:00

M. Luther Quote - Recycled Art

2010-06-11T07:29:00.000-07:00

Watchful Expectation

2010-06-08T07:57:00.000-07:00

Irish Dance Shirt Ideas using Tagxedo

2010-06-05T12:14:00.000-07:00

This is the final design. A combo of the two ideas below.

Love this!

Borrowed the shape from above, and filled it in using

inspirational dance quotes in Tagxedo.

Good luck at the Oregon State Feis this weekend Murray School!

A Creative Weekend!

2010-06-03T07:33:00.000-07:00

Playing with different media. Crayon over acrylics.

My weekend project. Background is doodles in acrylic and watercolor on an acrylic base, outlined in Sharpie. We were at the coast and I collected a bunch of driftwood inspired by this post. Love Alisa Burke's creativity.

Playing around with more backgrounds for future doodles!

Watercolor on acrylic base, on paper over cardboard.

Bunch of paper pits covered with palette knife applied acrylic.

Joshua 1 . . Be Strong and Courageous!

2010-05-29T07:56:00.000-07:00

Midnight Doodles on the Wacom

2010-05-27T00:36:00.000-07:00

New Doodle Makes it to the Etsy Shop!

2010-05-26T06:57:00.000-07:00

New Irish Dancer . . .

2010-05-24T05:34:00.001-07:00

Playing with the Bamboo Tablet - Flowers

2010-05-23T16:54:00.000-07:00

My tablet has been sadly abandoned these last few months. Work @ school has been good, but crazy busy. This weekend my daughter came down sick, so we got a lot of @ home time. Did I clean? Maybe a bit. Did I doodle . . . heck ya! ") Even got a start to a painting done and another project finished up that has been giving me some creative difficulties. I will post these later. It felt SO GOOD to doodle today. Now I have to go finish laundry and try to dream up something for dinner. Doodle on!

old sketch idea being re-worked . . .

2010-05-13T08:01:00.000-07:00

The plan is to re-draw and update her a bit. My three year old gave me the spark of an idea when she was going off on how she likes the Binky Fairy better than the Tooth Fairy. The story ideas are whirling! I think when she discovers that the Tooth Fairy brings cash, she may change her tune a bit. ")

Happy Mother's Day!!

2010-05-09T07:40:00.000-07:00

I hope all you Moms have a fantastic day! Ours started at 5:30 am when my smallest shuffled into the room wanting to snuggle. Perfect start to the day! It was followed by honey covered Ego waffles, sausage, coffee and fresh picked roses served in bed. My 8 year old ran the show. It was hysterical listening to all the clamor in the kitchen. Over my second cup of coffee, my husband found this newspaper article. We were laughing till there were tears. Enjoy!

Everyday is Earth Day . . .

2010-04-28T06:21:00.000-07:00

Lots of Birthdays!

2010-04-20T17:49:00.000-07:00

Birthday gifts for my gals!

Front

My Alisa Burke inspired "graffiti art" card for my hubby.

Inside

It has been a fun and creative week!

Alisa Burke - Graffiti Class!

2010-04-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

Oh Boy! As an early birthday present (thank you Kevin!) . . I got to take a class today with Alisa Burke. I stumbled across her blog and quickly fell in love with her liberating approach to art and beautiful work. I could not believe my luck that she was in our neck of the woods teaching a class! Alisa is a kick and a blast to create with.

This is me being a cheesy fan . . .

It is not everyday that I get to meet an artist, whose work has inspired me to bust through the creative roadblocks that I have surrounded myself with and rethink my own approach to art. I am not just painting out side the box,

I am ripping it open and painting all over the box! Messy and fun.

Here are the pieces I created during the class.

Thank you Alisa!

Romans 5:5 - Hope does not disappoint . . Especially when it comes to Bisquick pancakes!

2010-04-16T21:42:00.000-07:00

New mixed media doodle on the back of an unfolded Bisquick box. I had a great time layering it with newspaper and several layers of finger paintings. Then it was an all out assault with the paint pens. It was a, "need to get messy and vent artistically" kinda night.

Jello Mold Sunday

2010-04-11T19:10:00.000-07:00

Just because I love the stuff. ")

Spring Gifts and Birthday Presents - In progress . . .

2010-04-05T07:54:00.000-07:00

These are in progress birthday gifts for a darling cousin and good friend of my daughter. Sparkles and ribbon will be added to make them "little Princess" appropriate. ")

My 3 year old helped me paint this flower pot for her Grandma and Grandpa for Easter. We also got some to do for thank you gifts for two incredible gals that watch her while I work. She loves drawing people so I thought I would put her to work. ")

A "Love" for my Sister for Easter.

Chicken & Biskit Crackers and Numbers 6:24-26 . . .

2010-03-14T23:19:00.000-07:00

Upcycled Art - On the back of a Chicken and Biskit cracker box.

I painted it white (both sides) and got to doodling with the paint pens. Love these verses. Our Pastor ends with this blessing at every baby dedication. What do baby dedications and crackers have to do with anything . . nothing really, just can't sleep and needed to color. ")

Flower Dots

2010-03-12T19:28:00.001-08:00

Painting for a Ladies Retreat in GA

2010-03-11T11:24:00.000-08:00

New Name Designs for Personalized Note Cards

2010-03-07T08:27:00.000-08:00

Playing with GIMP Again . . .

2010-03-05T18:00:00.000-08:00

I love how these turned out. I photographed the sketch (it was too big to scan), did a bit of photo editing and then went after it with my GIMP software. Too fun how rustic it turned out. The texture is awesome! Can't wait to try this some more!

Fun New Illustration Project!

2010-02-27T11:29:00.000-08:00

Done from a photo of an Irish Dancer in her cute Halloween outfit!

3rd Grade Auction Project 2010!

2010-02-26T16:37:00.000-08:00

Fruit of the Spirit 36"x48" canvas paper, paper, gold leaf, and acrylic paint

The kids did a great job painting the fruit on the canvas paper (which were cut out and glued on the canvas with Fabritac.) They then wrote out the words in bubble letters. These were traced onto map paper and then cut out and glued on with a special paper glue. We talked about how when we spend time in God's word, it acts as our "map" towards gaining these characteristics in our lives.

White acrylics (with touches of oranges, blues, greens, and yellows) were used to tie the piece together. Gold leaf was then applied to make the letters "pop."

Close up.

The "practice" piece that will go to our teacher as a thank you gift from the class.

Great job kids!!! Whoo hoo! ")

Valentine's Day Doodles

2010-02-13T14:11:00.000-08:00

Mass Amounts of Glitter & Stickers EVERYWHERE!

2010-02-11T08:03:00.000-08:00

We had a glitter and sticker fest here last night. I have been working a lot and thought it would be a fun project to make our Valentine's with my three year old. What is it with three year olds and glitter? She reacts to glitter like some people react to rock stars. Too funny. She LOVES to paint and I had no idea what to do with the volume of paintings she produces. DING! Idea . . I used the paintings as a background for the Valentines, cut a few doily hearts in half and let her loose with the stickers and glitter.

We had a great time bonding over glue sticks. ")

Hope you all have a colorful and fun Valentine's Day!!

Hope - Romans 15:13

2010-01-24T08:30:00.000-08:00

Laughing Hysterically . . .

2010-01-23T10:55:00.001-08:00

Vogue Knitting Feature!

2010-01-07T16:32:00.000-08:00

Sorry about the rushed photos. BIT excited. ")

bug love

2010-01-04T14:56:00.001-08:00

go girls!

2010-01-04T10:42:00.001-08:00

New card in the Etsy shop

2010-01-04T10:14:00.000-08:00

Wacom Doodles - tubby time

2010-01-04T09:38:00.000-08:00

Thank you Santa!

2010-01-04T01:05:00.000-08:00

I finally got a tablet and feel positively giddy!! Under the tree this year was a beautiful Wacom Bamboo. I spent the first few days scared of it. Pathetic. Then got a fun idea for a "pick me up" card for my Aunt.
I am glad that my first official project was for family. Love you Aunt Judy! Smootch!!

Painting fun with a 3 year old!

2009-12-23T14:36:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-23T12:55:00.000-08:00

We are busy finishing up last touches on our Christmas gifts~ It is really cold and frosty outside~

the girls are watching "Eloise @ Christmas" and playing dress up ~ It's a cozy day!

Wishing you and your families,

a magical, fun, and restful Christmas!

I'm off to go turn on Julie Andrew's Christmas record! ")

Happy Christmas!!

2010 Weekly Calendar Finished!

2009-12-22T02:01:00.000-08:00

Creating Custom Brushes in GIMP - What NOT to Do . . .

2009-12-19T16:48:00.000-08:00

Note to self - When creating new brushes, don't leave the eraser tool active and then wonder why all the new brushes you have created are not taking. Uggg...ggggg....gggg. Now I know.
At least I figured it out and am having a blast creating leaves and apples for my current project. SUCH a blast!
I can't wait to tinker more. LOVE GIMP!

Progress @ Long Last . . .

2009-12-14T01:27:00.000-08:00

I am very excited to see this never ending project FINALLY making some headway. (How many times have I said that now?) I don't know why I am doing this except to say that I haven't tackled the challenge of creating a calendar yet, so I must give it a shot. Stubbornness? Ah . .Yes.
The design has been a ever evolving, but the hardest bit has been the layout - trying to print the pages back to back in the right order.
The most recent revelation of the calendar was produced after I realized that none of my family members use monthly calendars, they use weekly. Uggg . .. I may forgive them someday. Not today . . . It is 1:24am and I am going to bed.

Recycled Wood Cabinet Door + Paint Pens = Dance

2009-12-07T21:38:00.000-08:00

A Redo and Quick Revisit to the 2010 Calendar - AKA Still playing . . .

2009-12-07T01:22:00.000-08:00

New 2" Round Tags

2009-11-29T23:22:00.000-08:00

Katy Paints Her 1st People!

2009-11-29T16:53:00.000-08:00

Not to bad for a 3 year old! She also learned how to paint flowers today. We had so much fun, camped out on the floor with the watercolors and lots of paper. She made all her Christmas presents! YAY! We are going to scan her flower paintings and make cards for the family. Love this time of year!!

New Cards in the Etsy Shop!

2009-11-23T08:59:00.000-08:00

Binky Free - A BIG Celebration!

2009-11-22T21:19:00.000-08:00

My little gal is now officially binky free! We ran around the house collecting them, put them under the pillow, in hopes that the Binky Fairy would show up tonight with a congratulatory treasure. We will see! ")

Saturday Doodles~

2009-11-21T18:33:00.000-08:00

Wood Note Card Love!

2009-11-20T07:43:00.000-08:00

The blog ~ The Creative Jar ~ just featured one of my wood note cards. Thank you guys!

You can find it in my Etsy shop. Happy Friday!

One of my favorite illustrators . .

2009-11-19T07:56:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for a highly readable bedtime book, this is currently one of our favorites.

David Catrow is an amazing illustrator and artist. I love his style and how his work is so fresh and unique.

The expressions on his characters are priceless! We have read it a million times . . . not sick of it yet and I am still catching bits and pieces in his illustration that I hadn't noticed before. Brilliant!

A definite must read!!

PS My 3 year old wanted me to point out that the little boy doesn't obey his mommy very well,

and that he is going to get a time out. ")

Today's Doodles . . .

2009-11-16T11:12:00.000-08:00

Magic Reindeer Food

2009-11-14T21:36:00.001-08:00

Thank You!

2009-11-14T21:31:00.000-08:00

More new doodles - Birthday

2009-11-11T09:10:00.000-08:00

Today's Work . . .

2009-11-10T16:10:00.000-08:00

Custom Name Print

2009-11-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

Courage

2009-11-06T07:46:00.001-08:00

Auction Project Inspiration - 2009

2009-11-05T17:43:00.000-08:00

Inspire

2009-11-04T10:38:00.001-08:00

A Living Hope . . .

2009-11-04T07:58:00.001-08:00

Just Finished!

2009-11-03T18:02:00.000-08:00

I devoured this in two days, I was so excited for a new book to read.
The first bit was a tad slow, but the last 1/3 was fantastic!
I loved this highly original adventure. It is a definite must read.

FLy me to the moon . . .

2009-10-29T07:58:00.000-07:00

Ugg . . .

2009-10-28T22:11:00.001-07:00

I am taking a needed break form the calendar business. I thought I had it where I wanted it, printed it, and want to start over. I love the black and white version~ the color is messing me up. Ugg . . . so thought I would turn to some much needed inspiration. (I have been working on developing my own writing style.) This is not completed~ I just wanted to look at something besides the calendar for a bit. I figure a bit of hope never hurt. ")

In the home stretch!

2009-10-21T14:25:00.000-07:00

It has been a labor of love that is finally close to being finished.
Silly me thought it would be a fun, quick project to add to my Etsy shop.
Fun yes, quick no.
The calendar pages are all ready to rock and roll. All that is left is finishing up some editing and smudge removal on the front cover and designing the back cover.
I have a whole new respect for calendar designers.

January 2010 - Calendar Preview

2009-10-17T14:59:00.000-07:00

just add color . .

2009-10-09T23:31:00.001-07:00

Getting Warmer . .

2009-10-09T14:37:00.000-07:00

Sneak Peek - 2010 Calendar!

2009-10-08T17:08:00.001-07:00

This is my first crack at creating a calendar. The doodles are pretty rough yet, but coming along nicely. I love all the calendars I have been drooling over on ETSY and wanted to conquer the challenge of creating my own. It has been a blast creating an original font and such. A LOT of work. One plan is to personalize these for Christmas presents~ we'll see. Enjoy the peek! ")

Laugh . . .

2009-10-06T14:50:00.001-07:00

I laugh in the face of illness . . . at the same time, I am moping about how miserable I feel.
I am not oinking, so I guess it's not the Swine Flu. It started with my youngest getting a flu shot and then promptly coming down with the flu. What gives? Then she decided to share . . uggg.

New Snowman!

2009-09-30T13:52:00.000-07:00

Purple Angel Fairy

2009-09-16T12:41:00.001-07:00

Plant Stand

2009-09-16T07:33:00.001-07:00

And The Winner is . . .

2009-09-14T08:51:00.000-07:00

Audrey' s Country Crafts!

Thank you for your fantastic comments . . .
I can't wait to hit the sketchbook with all these fun ideas.
Stay tuned for another give away in October and
new designs coming soon to my Etsy shop.

Off to doodle! ")

Tender Sympathy - 5x7 Card

2009-09-09T13:43:00.001-07:00

Pink Cupcake

2009-09-02T12:15:00.001-07:00

Thankful 4 You - Blog Give Away!

2009-09-02T09:06:00.001-07:00

A BIG thank you to all my customers and blog followers!

To enter, all you need to do is post a comment here, answering the following question :

What type of cards or product would you like to see
in my Etsy shop in the near future?

One winner will be randomly selected
September 14th, 2009
The winner will receive the 3 fall cards pictured above, envelopes included.

**Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you in your comment!
I promise NO spam! ")
I just want to be sure I can contact the winner.

Happy commenting!

IF: Caution

2009-08-26T13:35:00.000-07:00

Yes, I have a 2 year old.
Yes, I am having one of those days.
Yes, crafting and small children don't mix well.