While painting at Suzy’s, her two girls spied my illustrations for Learning Lula (the children’s book I’m illustrating for CC). Charmed that I had turned their friend (CC’s daughter) into a cartoon, they asked me to draw them into the story too. How could I say no? I penned these representations of the girls and they got to pick out their outfits and which stuffie they would hold. Lilli has been a giraffe fan forever, so she asked for one on her shirt as well. Such cute girls. It was a pleasure doing this for them. And to see how pleased they were was worth every stroke.

Their mom, meanwhile is rockin’ an awesomely inspiring blog over at blanckslate.com. Check out the colors! She also has an amazing space at instagram and pinterest. Many of my inspirations come from her beautiful spirit.