Over the next few weeks, I will be filling envelopes with small illustrated treasures and imagining them making their way to mailboxes across the country.
Today I wanted to share a tiny peek inside the mailbag.
Nestled among the papers are a few special items for Wild Things Mail Club founding members:
• A membership card
• A membership certificate
• An envelope seal sticker to mark your correspondence
And that’s only the beginning.
There are still story cards, paper treasures, illustrations, and a few surprises waiting to be discovered.
For now, I’ll leave the envelope mostly closed and let you peek through the keyhole.
More sneak peeks are coming soon as we get closer to the first mailing in August.
Wild Things Mail Club was created for people who still find themselves peering into hollow logs, pressing leaves into books, and carrying home little treasures from walks in the woods.
Do you love stationery, letters, and mail?
Receiving mail from Wild Things Mail Club will be like receiving a letter from a fellow explorer.
Each envelope is filled with illustrated paper treasures inspired by the natural world—stickers, postcards, bookmarks, story cards, and small discoveries designed to be collected and kept.
Whether you’re a nature lover, a collector of small wonders, or someone who still believes there is magic in opening the mailbox, I hope you’ll feel right at home here.
More sneak peeks are coming soon, including a look at the story cards, paper ephemera, and a special membership certificate for our founding members.
Click here to join the waitlist and receive more information leading up to opening day August 1.
I’m starting a new newsletter and I’d love to have you subscribe.
Field Notes: Observations and Tiny Illustrations From the Natural World
A quiet seasonal newsletter filled with illustrated observations, sketchbook pages, nature-inspired pattern collections, creative process notes and notes from slow outdoor wanderings inspired by nature.
I’m envisioning a newsletter for people who love analog, sketchbooks filled with pencil marks, natural textures, illustrated storytelling from nature walks, and thoughtful handmade design.
You will receive illustrated notes from my sketchbook — behind-the-scenes artwork, creative process, pattern collections, inspiration, and first access to new releases.
Field Notes: observations from recent adventures, hikes, sketching sessions, travels and other nature wonders
From My Sketchbook: a peak behind the scenes
Small Wonders: a collection of delightful discoveries, from favorite nature books to enchanting trails
Wild Things Mail Club Dispatch: updates from my new mail club, from sneak peaks to membership updates and ephemera previews
For the Curious Wanderer: subscriber printable exclusives, such as field notes, bookmarks, gift tags, tip sheets and creative reference sheets.
To be sent monthly with seasonal sketches, behind-the-scenes process notes, previews of new illustrations, products and collections, and a freebie gift for you!
I don’t want to have to keep relying on social media to stay in touch, so I would love it if you click here to subscribe.
Be the first to know when the first collection is released.
What is This?
There are small worlds everywhere—tucked beneath leaves, hidden in garden corners, woven quietly into the changing seasons.
The Wild Things Mail Club is a monthly mail subscription built around those worlds.
Each collection is illustrated by hand using watercolor and colored pencil, then turned into a set of paper goods—postcards, greeting cards, stickers, bookmarks, and small printed pieces—designed to feel like something found and kept.
It’s not just stationery. It’s a monthly moment of delight in your mailbox, a collectible art experience, and a break from the digital world.
What You’ll Receive: Tier 1: Nature Wonders
Each month, you will receive a themed collection that may include:
An illustrated postcard
An coordinating greeting card with envelope
A die-cut sticker or sticker sheet
A bookmark
A set of tiny nature notes
This club may grow additional tiers where you could also receive washi tape, notepads, sticky notes, enamel pins, art magnets, a coaster, a custom mini puzzle or a mini zine artbook compilation.
Monthly Themes
Each month’s collection will explore a different corner of the natural world:
Hidden undergrowth
Garden wanderers
Tree canopies
Under the sea
Quiet winters
…and the small stories that live within them.
Why You’ll Love it
This new club is intended for those who:
Love nature
Love stories
Notice small details on walks
Love collecting stationery, paper, texture, and quiet rituals
Still believe in the charm of sending and receiving something in the mail
This is for you.
What You’ll Receive – Tier 2: The Storykeeper
Those who join the waitlist now for Tier 2 will receive something special each month:
A story card—featuring a new character and story each season. Each story card will be part of an ongoing series, with the story connecting from one month to the next.
A collectible paper artifact or ephemera from the character and their world.
All monthly items listed in Tier 1 above
I hope to offer access to behind-the-scenes, process inspiration and product sneak peaks
There will be a surprise bonus item for early founding members!
Wild Things Mail Club is a monthly invitation into a world of curious wanderers, hidden discoveries, and nature-inspired stories. Each mailing contains illustrated treasures designed to be collected, kept, and revisited like pages from a beloved field notebook.
The August 1 collection is coming soon. Secure your place now to receive our next curated box of hand-illustrated wonders. Join the waitlist to be notified first when we open for new members.
One of my greatest joys as an illustrator lately has been to see my illustrations printed on products! And then to see people order them from my print-on-demand shops!
My other shop is a Zazzle shop which you can find here.
My most popular products are the mugs, water bottles and tumblers.
I love shopping at gift shops, especially after a hike or stroll through a botanical gardens. But I struggle to find the types of products I would buy. So I thought it would be fun to create my own products.
I also sell a lot of postcards. Don’t you just love to still receive snail mail?!
I adored this cotton canvas tote bag the moment I opened the package. It’s a stylish way to elevate your everyday style while being environmentally friendly. A go-to accessory for any adventure, beach outings, grocery shopping, or casual days out.
My coasters are a fun way to add style to any surface, and they are popular. Email me if you’re interested!
I’m really looking forward to summer so I can show off my new t-shirt – perfect for nature lovers like me! Embrace your adventurous spirit.
I have so many more products to check out – gift wrap, stickers, zipper pouches, soft cover and spiral notebooks, enamel camp mugs and more.
All my artwork on these products is story-driven, hand drawn, starting with a pencil sketch, human made with traditional art materials. Perfect for every nature lover out there like me!
One of the lessons in the Surface Design Immersion course I’ve been taking for the past couple months includes creating a hand drawn pattern. I love everything analog! This method is such a great way to understand how repeating patterns work.
My vision was to draw bits you might see on the forest floor when your walking on a trail in the woods. I personally love to pick things up and bring them home with me as reminders of the adventure and for drawing reference.
Step one was to build a repeat tile by hand using a square piece of paper and a black pen.
Step two was to cut your square paper in half both ways and rearrange the sections. Then you can see how the motifs connect across edges and how the patterns flow when repeated. It’s magical!
After digitizing this pattern in Adobe Illustrator, I loved it! But it was all line work and I wanted it to be a little bolder, so I filled in all the shapes and colored it with my collection color palette. This is the First Frost color palette.
It has become my hero print for my new collection – coming soon!
In Module one, our mission was to design a mood board to reflect the inspiration for a collection of patterns we are going to illustrate and design. I love to create whimsical, story-filled wildlife illustrations inspired by the wonder and diversity of the natural world. So my mood board is filled with my own photos I’ve taken on many trails, a trail map from a local forest I love to hike through, color swatches I painted with colors I use frequently in my artwork, trail treasures I’ve collected, and one of my own wreath illustrations. My husband said: “that looks like you!”
Inspired by wandering forest paths and collecting little wonders along the way, this collection will celebrate the textures and colors of the woodlands. Leaves, pinecones, mushrooms, feathers, and bark will become simple illustrated motifs, paired with warm earth tones and mossy greens. The patterns will capture the feeling of slow nature walks and the joy of bringing small forest treasures home.
A woodland-inspired collection based on forest walks and found natural treasures—leaves, pinecones, feathers, and mushrooms. Earthy greens and warm autumn tones translate these organic textures into playful, nature-inspired surface patterns.
Next up are some of the color swatches I painted. A nature-inspired palette that captures the gentle rhythm of woodland wandering, from sunlit clearings to shaded forest floors. Warm earth tones—soft sand, honeyed ochre, and rich bark browns—ground the collection, evoking tree trunks, fallen leaves, and sun-warmed soil.
A few pages of motif sketches. Inspired by forest trails, evergreen botanicals and the magic of slow forest wandering. Earthy textures, delicate natural elements, and whimsical details to create a serene cozy aesthetic roosted in quiet emotion, connection to nature and storytelling – some of my favorite things!
Stay tuned for more progress as I begin to develop a placement pattern and repeat patterns for this collection.
Have you been noticed migrating birds returning to your area this early spring? I’ve been seeing more robins, more mourning doves, more killdeer, and I’ve been hearing more and more birdsong each day. I’m deeply connected to the rhythm of the seasons, so I’m excited every spring to discover new birds returning.
I finished this hand-drawn bird illustration collection featuring a variety of colorful North American songbirds, carefully rendered with watercolor and colored pencils. Each bird is illustrated in a natural side-profile pose, highlighting distinctive plumage, markings, and personality.
The composition includes a diverse mix of species—from the bright red cardinal and vibrant goldfinch to the deep blue jay and the striking red-winged blackbird. Softer neutrals like finches, chickadees, and woodpeckers balance the palette of warm earth tones and bold, lively hues.
I wanted to capture the delicate beauty of backyard wildlife. The illustrations are designed to translate seamlessly into a repeating surface pattern, making them ideal for textiles, stationery, wallpaper, and nature-inspired home décor.
I made so much art this year that I adore! I created the art I want to see out there. Cheers to the best of 2025!
I completed six collage illustrations of six different habitats – marsh, shoreline, wetlands, nature preserve, under the sea and tree canopy. I fell in love with doing these collages, which is a technique new to me. It’s fun to dream up a habitat and fill it with flora and fauna. My goal is to complete six more habitats in 2026 so I will have a total of 12 and then hopefully hold an art exhibition.
I also created a lot of other art that I love. I honed in on my focus and specialty – to specialize in storybook art with whimsical, handcrafted charm reminiscent of children’s book illustrations or educational posters. With my love for observing the natural world, I’ve been able to translate everyday moments—flowers in bloom, birds in the yard, shoreline scenes, and afternoon hikes in the woods—into whimsical sketches, watercolor illustrations and hand-lettered pages.
I am so grateful I got to travel to Naples, Florida earlier this year for some rest and relaxation and one of my favorite things – beach time. I also got to spend time at the lake house on Lake Michigan in Door County. And we had a new deck built in our backyard, where we love to hang out.
Many local micro adventures brought me great joy!
I have a couple specific goals for the new year:
I want to finish the artwork and publish two picture books. I already have the storyboarding done so I just need to illustrate the final artwork. I have character designs and briefs for at least three more stories but I really want to accomplish this goal so my target is two books.
I want to illustration six more collage illustrations of more habitats so I have a set of 12 total. Then I want to show them off all together at an exhibition.
