Penelope Illustration • Penelope Dullaghan

Inspired by the cutie Nina Beana’s list, here is my own good things list: – starting to feel in touch with our neighborhood… watching the flow and routine and bustle of the residents and workers. – new, super-warm maternity clothes courtesy of my mother in law. My belly is not squeezing into too-tight tees any [...]

Leonie is a rare creature. So in touch with her passion and her loves. Her creativity and her spirit. She inspires me through and through. And she’s offering a Creative Goddess e-Course and Circle. I think this is so fantastic, as I’ve always wanted to do this sort of circle with other women, but have [...]

By-products from yesterday’s work.

Walking the stairs into my studio this morning, flipping on the lights, turning on the space heater and the Pandora… I paused and realized that I feel extremely grateful for this right now. For jobs I’m excited about (another piece for a typography campaign that I love and setting up a web presentation I have [...]

Oh my gosh. This morning I woke up to powdered sugar rooftops and the whole world outside my window looking like a giant snow globe that’s just been shaken up. Just gorgeous! (I haven’t seen snow since we moved to SC two years ago and I forgot how much I love it.) Anyway, this week [...]

Have you heard of this new book by Danny Gregory coming out very soon? I am a part of it, along with lots of other artists… looks to be super inspirational and fun. It’s kind of a behind-the-scenes, sneak peek into artist sketchbooks and personal journals. Check out Danny’s video about it: You can preorder [...]

Hi there. I just got back from an artist/designer panel discussion in Cincinnati at the American Sign Museum. The event was informative (good stuff to think about in terms of collaborating more with art directors), but the letterforms in the museum were hard to walk away from. So much cool old type. And especially interesting [...]

…Working a bit late tonight. It’s always thrilling when I send off a new finished piece to a client for their approval. It’s like asking “do you like me?” every time, even if I try hard to not feel that way.

New piece for the Balt Sun. I had fun with this one, reflecting the colors of the day… cool and sort of greenish. Pops of orange. :)

I get a lot of emails about vegetarian recipes that I make frequently (although, I’ve added some fish to my diet now that I am pregnant), so I thought I’d start sharing some of them here on the ol’ blog. Below is one I make a lot because it’s super yummy, very easy and always [...]

Recently I was kind of stuck on an assignment… not coming up with any good, usable ideas and feeling that creeping sense of despair: “I will never come up with another good concept again in my whole life. I’m doomed!” (Ok, I’m a little melodramatic, I know this.) So in the afternoon, after wallowing around [...]

Word’s out! I was featured in Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion as an artist/designer on their radar. The article is a two-page spread and is really fun… a mix of life and art. Just what we like around here. :)

Word’s out! I was featured in Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion as an artist/designer on their radar. The article is a two-page spread and is really fun… a mix of life and art. Just what we like around here. :) * * * * Today is your election day in the states. Have you voted yet?

Passing out candy to the kids on Halloween was so fun. I greeted all the spidermans and dogs and monsters from my front porch in between sips of cider and knitting a new scarf. Went for a walk in the woods. So soothing… This baby is getting big, huh? I think I’m around 26 weeks [...]