Penelope Illustration • Penelope Dullaghan

All the baking is finished. The presents are wrapped. Gifts and good cheer sent out into the world. Time to sign off for the year to enjoy some cookie nibbling, egg nog drinking and time with family and friends.
Wishing you and your loved ones the very best holiday.
Till next year,
penelope
xxoo

For me, pregnancy has also brought with it an intense honey-moon type of love for my husband again. That swoony kind of floppy puppy love that you have for someone who you’ve just fallen for. Infatuation almost. You know the kind?
It’s very strange. I mean, sure — I’m always in love with Colin. He’s the [...]

A mysterious email was waiting in my inbox about the Beckoning of Lovely. This little film made me smile. Hmm… Want to make something?

We had another baby checkup appointment on Wednesday where they discovered that I’d gained over 10 pounds in the last four weeks and my belly is measuring more than 5cm bigger than normal. She also looked at my ankles and said: “Those don’t belong to you!”. hee. Told you they were bad… I had apple-patterned [...]

Hiya.
Sorry about crossing all that out on the last post. I’ve been quite wishy washy lately and I think I just panicked that I was doing it wrong… I don’t feel quite like myself lately. I’m not sure how to feel or which way is up. Which is weird for me because I’m usually pretty [...]

I have been thinking that I need to start slowing things down a bit to prepare for baby bean’s arrival in February. Just a few weeks of self-care and downtime to center myself before my world gets turned on its end. This requires taking on fewer jobs and fewer obligations. And this is something I’m [...]

A note to my family: Please stop reading this post or you will spoil your Christmas. Unless you don’t mind potentially knowing what your gift will be. And in that case, you’re a fruitcake. (But I love you anyway.)
A few posts ago I mentioned hand-made gifts for the holidays and Jacqueline prompted me to share [...]

So busy lately… house guests, traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday, seeing friends, and lots of studio time. I’ve been really into black and white since winter arrived. The silhouette of trees against the snow, india ink drawings, clean lines. Wanting to pitch b/w to all my clients lately and have to fight the urge.
My thoughts [...]