Penelope Illustration • Penelope Dullaghan

Well, friends, this is the last post for the year. I am heading up north for a week of chill-to-the-bone cold (hello mittens!), warm familiar friendships, and my colorful quilt of family. Can’t wait to have a little time off to relax and refresh.
I am exiting this year with so much gratitude in my heart. [...]

oh… I got more where that came from:
- an early christmas exchange with tom and alison
- colorful sticky notes
- blue listerine on a sore throat
- giraffe socks
- paint chips
- mint milano cookies (!)
- my husband’s very first gray hair
- delegating to relieve stress
- in-your-business family as opposed to never-talk family
- singing christmas carols as [...]

Looks like I struck a chord with the anti-party thing, huh. I didn’t realize so many people were opposed to parties like me! I think we should band together and have an anti-party party. At my new house… yeah! You all can come over and we’ll each bring a book that we’re into and something [...]

Friday night’s secret santa gift exchange wasn’t nearly as bad as I dreaded, or so I hear. I was in the bathroom when she opened the print. Colin later reported to me that there was much squealing and hugging of the print. Sorry I missed it. Next time I’ll stick around and see what happens.
I [...]

Tonight is Colin’s work christmas party and we are bringing a dessert (which Colin made himself!). I am looking forward to seeing everyone again, but I’m very scared of one thing… you see, they all pulled names out of a hat for a secret santa gift exchange, and I have a bad history with these [...]

Hello friends!
The new prints are now in the LopiePop shop… hot off the press! Click here to visit the shop! (FYI: The prints are a limited run of 50.)
*quick note: please get orders in by December 20 if you want it shipped before 2007. My last post office drop will be on December 21st. :)

The new prints are in! And they look fabulous! I just need a day or so to do some coding so they are ready to sell. Yippee!
(I think you’re going to lurve them!)
Stay tuned…

I wonder how much paint I consume by accident each year. (I am always finding paint on my hands and plate after I’ve eaten… on my face when I look in a mirror… in my hair…)

I am sitting here at my desk which has been moved into the dining room (disassembled the dining room table to make room)… one dog and one cat are at my feet, so my chair is pushed back so I have room for my legs. It’s a tight spot… but they seem so content, so [...]

Each December Colin and I venture out to pick out a new ornament together. Sometimes it’s an ordeal with hot chocolate and mittens and pie (love pie!), and sometimes it’s more on a whim. But I really look forward to it because it’s our own tradition.
This year required no mittens, but we wanted to make [...]

I find myself out of words these days. A slow silence that is neither good nor bad… just there. I’m not really sure why. Feels like I should have something to say… But maybe it’s the end of the year coming up and the reflection that comes with that.
I also feel a bit like I’ve [...]