This weekend I got to be a vendor at the Rockwall Comic Fest, hosted by Rockwall ISD. Here are the designs I featured as stickers or posters at the event! You can find all the stickers at my Etsy shop here, or click through the quick links blow (see product title) to see my designs on several products, including mugs, notebooks, and tote bags!
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From Instagram Message to Nursery Decor: The Making of the Moon Board!
When I started The Nerd Lady, one of my many hopes for my creative projects was to create artwork that could get girls excited about science and adventure. I wanted to create dinosaur and outer space art for little girls like mine so they could dream about discovery and exploration. There’s plenty of this for boys, but not much for girls. As I started focusing more and more on literary lettering, however, I let go of this hope.
Until this year.
Continue reading “From Instagram Message to Nursery Decor: The Making of the Moon Board!”On reading one of those strange and beautiful ee cummings poems
One does not simply read aloud an ee cummings poem.
But this reading is how one of his most popular poems became one of my favorites.
January + February Highlights
Coming out of the holidays is rough. You have that high of hot cocoa and carols and you’re screaming like Buddy the Elf–and then… it’s January. And all it is, is cold.
My 2019 has been hectic so far. Frantically grading and lesson planning, still trying to get used to my new job, and making room to create so that I can stay sane. I had grand goals for this season, but school took over. Nevertheless, I saw some growth and created some cool things, so I’m going to celebrate those little victories. Here’s an update on The Nerd Lady!
Continue reading “January + February Highlights”Inertia and Creativity
Ever since I learned the term from Bill Nye the Science Guy, I have loved the concept of inertia as stated in Newton’s First Law:
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
(Source: Physics Classroom)
I’ve loved it because it is so true in life–not just in terms of physics, but in terms of motivation, goal-setting, and goal-getting.
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