The shop is live!

Hey there—I wanted to give you a little bit of context about the illustrations currently available on my shop!
This series of totes, tees, mugs, journals and prints is inspired by many days spent riding, caring and geeking out over horses as a kid. I read (& re-read) every horse book offered at our school library, to the point that I was asked to please choose any other topic of interest ;P. My favorite books at the time: A Very Young Rider by Jill Krementz and any book by Patsy Gray, especially Challenger and Horsepower, which were both centered around the Hunter Jumper horse showing life…
I probably held a record for the amount of times I replayed the movie: Sylvester. I was OBSESSED.
Before I owned a real live horse, I made daily trips to my favorite tack shop, Pony Express, to ask the owner, Sue a million horse-nerdy questions about every piece of equipment she carried for horse and rider, and to watch her paint her fabulous horse sweatshirts. Such fun days! 
So that’s where my horse drawings originated. If you want a more customized piece or don’t see exactly what you’re envisioning…let me know, HERE I can modify or customize my illustrations for you.
Just a reminder that I can’t see who “likes” my posts…so please let me know what you think by e-mailing me a note and I’ll update you when I’ve got a new series to show. Dream Big! XO

Only the grapes know what's lurking in commercial wine...

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I’ve been thinking about natural wine since I had my first sips in Europe, not realizing what it was because there, in many cases, IT’s JUST WINE! I noticed how as sensitive as I was to wine back in the states, in Paris, I felt vibrant and woke up the next morning bright and early with no “wine haze”.
It took more travel and many comparisons of nights out with natural wine vs other nights out with commercial wine, to realize that There. Is. a. Big. Difference. At least for me there is.
We are so lucky to have wine bars and shops throughout NY that take pride in the wine that they choose to carry and the producers that they support. Natural wIne bars like Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, Cervo’s, Four Horsemen, Kilo, Quartino and Ten Bells and shops like Chamber Wines, Flatiron Wines, Frankly Wines, Vins des Amis and Wine Therapy are just a few!
If you care about what you eat, doesn’t it make sense to pay similar attention to what you are drinking? Especially when there are no labels on the bottles and not nearly enough restrictions to protect us. If the grapes could talk…..then that would be a different story!