The Letter of the Day

It's the usual Mother's Day mayhem in the studio, but for the first time ever I have a bit of separation from it since I am in the last dwindling days of my maternity leave. This is only possible with HUGE thanks to my studio managers Charlotte and Sahra and the interns that I hired so I can enjoy this new baby.


Having extra time allowed me today to watch my five year old son work on his show & tell project for school. The letter of the day is "Y" so he made up an alien/super-hero named "Yellow Yeller."
So awesome.



I love watching him make his art, because he always achieves the "flow" that I am looking for when I do my work. That elusive place where you are only focused on your piece, and time melts away. For my son, it is like this almost every time. He said he likes the pastels, a new medium for him, because they are "smudgy and messy."

There are other people in the house that incidentally
are not so concerned about the letter of the day.

Congrats & Soiree

I am still officially on maternity leave for the rest of this month, but there are lots of exciting things going on here at Hot Mama Designs. I am so thrilled to find out that I have been accepted as a member of Congrats from Colorado, a new gift guide filled with products for moms, dads, babies and toddlers.

Grab some girlfriends and join me for Soiree in the City, my first event as a member of Congrats for Colorado on Sunday May 3rd. Ticket and event details are listed here. I'll have lots of my new designs and fun Mother's Day gift ideas. I am planning to be at the event, likely with my new little one in tow (I may be crazy to try this with a newborn...wish me luck).

Beautiful Boy

Elias Jackson was born on March 24th at 2:40PM after a short 4 hour labor, weighing in at 8 pounds 3 ounces with a length of 20 inches.
He has a full head of black hair and we are in love already.


We chose the middle name Jackson in tribute to my mom, Jackie.
The day we left the hospital a 16” blizzard hit Boulder, so we are home feeling cozy and everyone is tired, but happy and very blessed.