my ABC featured on Apartment Therapy...

Hello friends!

 Sorry I've been MIA lately-I've been focusing on putting more art into my Etsy shop. I've also been painting all the trim in our house a glossy BM Atrium White-whew! I'm making progress I guess.

 I put some pretty things (just perfect for Valentine's Day) in the shop this week. I decided to offer my version of the "I love you" ABC's that you see around here and there, as well as the always popular Helvetica all caps ABC in a variety of colors. I have lots of ideas floating around-now just gotta find the time right!? Such is life.
 I was pretty excited to discover that Apartment Therapy featured one of my ABC's in a round up of cool Alphabet prints for the New Year! It was the Modern Art Deco Woodgrain ABC from my shop (as seen below)- Check out that article here...Thanks alot AT!


Here's some of the newest Additions to Area Fare Kids on Etsy...









These are not just for kids-I have one hanging in my hall!( psssst..the yellow is my fave!)

Jen's Art Additions

Posting a quick little something from me today. I just added this ABC print to my ETSY shop. The tree and house are my original illustrations, you may remember them from an art additions post I did during my Scandinavian influence week. Check it out...Anyway, I think they are simple with a touch of modern and a bit of whimsy. I'm working on a numbers print to coordinate with it as well so watch for that. You can customize the colors to match your child's room--for FREE!

Have a look...

Something from me...

I feel like I've been really out of touch lately with all things blog related! If you missed my announcement last week about Area Fare being on a kind of summer vacation, read about it here. I've vowed to a least post a few times a week though until fall when I'll be back in full swing! 

Whew-it's been beautiful here in Northern Michigan lately. We had a garage sale yesterday, goodness-someone remind to never do that again! hahaha I'm actually happy to have done it because I've been holding on to things that I just need to let go of. I also got a chance to work on my tan a little and hang out with some friends-- and that is always nice.

Anyway, I thought I'd post a little something today really quick that I worked on last week. It's a new spaceship ABC print for my Etsy shop and a little companion piece of nursery art. The spaceship art print started out as an acrylic painting on canvas. I then did some digital editing to it. Next I added digital color to my spaceship illustration and layered it onto the background.

Hope you like...

A little something...

I haven't exactly been doing nothing at all! I am enjoying the warm July weather here in Northern Michigan! You've got to take advantage of it when you can!

I have been working here and there too. I just completed a cute nautical style ABC print for my ETSY shop that is a companion to the nautical numbers print I did awhile back. They are popular right now and look so cute in a boys room or baby nursery!

check it out...

Another project I'm working on is a wall mural over at ALL SAINTS Catholic School. You'll have to excuse my photos-the lighting isn't the best in the hall. I'm planning to paint some children reading at the base of a large tree and the open book will have lots of characters floating from it that represent all the ABC's. That's the plan anyway!

Here's a peak...

painting the sky...

the tree base...

tree so far with green grass...



HAVE AN ENJOYABLE DAY!