Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from me and my long-dead illustrator boyfriend crush inspiration Coles Phillips. 

Hope you all are having a lovely holiday, and thank you so much for reading! 

Monday Mix: Inspiration: Winter Art

Winter art by some of my favorite artists.

J.C. Leyendecker 

Maxfield Parrish

(please do click to enlarge this one)

Edmund Dulac

Cicely Mary Barker

Kinuko Craft

Monday Mix: Holiday Prep

I. Love. Christmas. Mostly I love giving gifts. This time of year it's like everyone's having a birthday all at once and I get to gift them all. I love every part of gift-giving, from planning and making lists, to wrapping each box lovingly (wrapping is sort of an addiction for me), to seeing a person's face when they open it up. There are very few things that make me feel as happy. 

This year has been passing so quickly! It feels like I only just put my Christmas boxes away. I'm so excited, and I've been quite busy with a number of holiday projects. Like...

working on holiday art... 

decorating the house... 

...and sewing up geeky little felt ornaments for our tree.

(Yes, we have a Buddha living under it.) 

I have more ornaments to make and to hang, and gifts to make, and cards to order! I'm also prepping a few holiday items for my shop. So don't be surprised if this blog is non-stop holiday until Christmas Day ;)

And by the way...

There are only two more days to get 20% off custom portraits! 

If you're looking for a sweet Christmas gift, now is the time! 

You can click the image to visit my Etsy shop: 

Happy gift-hunting!

Custom Portrait Holiday Sale!

I'm now taking orders for custom portraits on my Etsy shop! 

And to celebrate, I'm offering my followers 20% off all custom portraits for the month of November! 

Simply enter the code 

hbholidayportraits11

at checkout until November 30

Happy holiday shopping! 

Christmas cards and other cards

Christmas cards for etsy! they're a little different, i think this may be the first illustration i've posted with digital coloring. i'm not a good digital artist by any means, but i'm pleased with it for this, i think the solid colors suit the kind of naive and playful feeling. (also much faster, plus plus!) i'm so excited for christmas, it is my very favorite.

i've got a few other new things on my etsy too which i haven't posted here, some greeting cards and prints and more original paintings...

Etsy hannahbird

now to get started on secret gift paintings ;3