new blog

new blog here: http://blackwoodsister.blogspot.com still under construction x

New adventure: attic wardrobe.New blog soon to follow, xthank you all for supporting me here. when Im well enough to make art again, I will share it with you here. but for now, Id love it if youd...

(Sketchbook-mountains)Happy first birthday, blog (make a wish).Ive been drawing and drawing until I have silver hands, but having a wonderful time.Im quite enjoying school, though I miss all of you...

When I look at the stars I realize the most beautiful things are impossibly far away.& The most precious things are those we keep to ourselves.(Im running out of pocket space).

You can now ask me questions if you follow this link. xx

What would you like to see more of on my blog? Any suggestions for posts?Do you have any questions for me? Id love to get to know all of you better.xx

The air still sets fire to my lungs.Those times were taken from us because nothings ours.Nothings ours at all.

Ill be away at my grandmothers for a few days. (To be reacquainted with murmuring creeks, dusty bookshelves, sighing floorboards, and hidden lofts.)The shop has also been updated with lots of bows...

Performing a ballet with an orchestra of trees,Arms stretched like the horizon,With hands made of sunsets.I wish I could spend life forever spinning.(P.S. Shop update coming soon.)

My portfolio for art school is complete! Once I make my page for the journal project, it will be ready to start. If all of the people on the previous entry respond back, there's still room for 4...

Here's one of my drawings that I've been working on for my school portfolio.Next month, I was thinking of starting a project for some of us bloggers. I would buy a journal and fill up a page or two...

And when her world falls apart, she will string it back together, letter by letter.

I played make-believe in our first snowfall. Bitten cheeks, icy wrists, exhaling clouds. Maybe if I kept going, I could run to that place we had before everything was lost. (If we followed all the...

I watched the more recent version of The Secret Garden a few days ago. It was wonderful. I had only previously seen the 1987 film as a child in my grandmother's cabin. Unfortunately, I have a bit...

Hello, my dears. Unfortunately, I've been having some computer trouble, and I lost one of the programs I used to make the drawings for my shop. Though I was quite upset, it's important to find the...

"It is in pain that we find the meaning of life."There are days when I wish I had magic chalk,so I could draw doorways to worlds on my walls.Won't you come along?

My pocketwatch heart gets stuck on the same hour. (it time travels constantly.)I thought it beat for you, but it doesn't. It never did.

I hope you all had a lovely holiday. All that's left of mine is twinkling lights and sticky peppermint fingers and spare wrappings. Say hello to my new wolf sweater (it warms my winter ribs.)Leave...

journal

As the stars fade, so will we.x

narwhal

I have a new print listed in my shop here!Miss Sylvie has on a wooly cream jumper, a pink tulle skirt, and a starry crown. In her arms she holds her beloved stuffed narwhal named Wally.x

Miss Elfie!I put all of your names on bits of parchment ( twice for those who blogged or tweeted ) and Elfie was who I picked! Congratulations dear :)Please email your address to...

locked box

I've recently started knitting a scarf for the time when frost laces the streets. The air is still warm but getting colder everyday, so that when I sit outside it bites my cheeks and the tip of my...

closed

The time for the giveaway is upon us! I have reached over 100 lovely followers, and I can't thank all of you enough. So to give something back to you, I am holding this giveaway.You must be a...

book lover

I have a new print listed in the shop: here.& I'm only one follower away from starting the giveaway! You'll be able to win either one 8"x10" print or a pack of three 4"x6" prints :)x

stars

I've recently created a sanctuary in my closet draped in linens. Behind its folds you see that the walls are pricked with starry patterns; the speckles of light coat your palms with glitter. Bird...

news

Tomorrow the shop will be updated with two different 4"x6" print packs, which make for lovely stocking stuffers. I may also hold a giveaway once I reach 100 followers where you will have the chance...

sugar

Here is the new print I've been working on, listed here. I hope you all like it!Tomorrow I'll be printing off some 4"x6" print packs, which make great Christmas gifts :)x

neverland

"I just started writing and I haven't been able to stop."Last night, I watched the film Finding Neverland and it quickly became one of my favorites. Now I am working on a new illustration of a...