The day is finally here… Wild Things Mail Club is officially open!
What began as sketchbook pages, woodland stories, and countless ideas has grown into a monthly envelope filled with illustrated paper treasures inspired by the natural world.
Each month you’ll discover new illustrations, stationery, stories, and keepsakes inspired by forests, wildlife, and the quiet joy of noticing the little things. It’s also a great opportunity to send a note to someone your life letting them know you’re thinking about them.
I can’t wait to begin sending these envelopes out into the world and imagine them arriving in mailboxes across the country. The first Wild Things Mail Club envelopes will begin shipping on August 7.
If you’ve been waiting for the doors to open, they’re open now—and I’d love to welcome you into the club.
Thank you again for being here from the very beginning. Your encouragement has meant more than you know, and I’m so excited to share this adventure with you.
Imagine opening your mailbox on an ordinary afternoon and finding an envelope waiting inside.
You carry it indoors, set aside the day’s errands and to-do lists, and carefully open the flap.
Inside are a few small discoveries.
A story card that continues a woodland adventure.
A paper treasure tucked between the pages.
An illustrated keepsake inspired by the natural world.
Perhaps a note, a sticker, or a tiny surprise.
For a few moments, the pace of the day slows.
You find yourself wandering through a story, studying the details of an illustration, or imagining the woodland residents who might have sent the contents your way.
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.
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.
