MAY 2026 Happy May! Look at the amazing little wildflowers popping up in my lawn right now — with teeny tiny purple stripes on a flower smaller than my fingernail! I was pondering why nature would bother with intricate details on such a small flower, until I realized I was thinking in human terms. Did you know insects outnumber humans by about a billion to one? So the stripes aren't meant for me — they're meant to attract teeny tiny pollinators. For them, this would be more like a...

APRIL 2026 Happy April! Did you fall for any April Fool's jokes this year? My kids and I have a fun history of pranking each other. Like the time they got up in the middle of the night to set up a pyramid of aluminum cans at the top of the stairs, tying one end of a string around a can and the other to our bedroom door handle. The next morning, when they heard the clatter of cans tumbling down the stairs after I opened the door, they were so pleased with themselves. (And I was pretty proud of...

Hi Reader, I'm excited to share something new and different today — my first digital product! The Professional Repeat: A Surface Designer's Guide to Print Production is a 58-page, fully-illustrated digital guide that puts everything from The Professional Repeat Skillshare class right at your fingertips — in a handy, easy-to-navigate format. With a clickable table of contents and comprehensive glossary, you can quickly jump to just the right info — even when you’re in a hurry. What's Inside –...