Becca Stadtlander

Today, I got my new journal in the mail.


I love it.


All drawings are done by Becca Stadtlander, who is my new favorite illustrator.






Look at the pages... aren't they beautiful? I love having pretty things on the same pages that I will record all my prettiest thoughts on.





The back of the journal says "to take the time to reflect is to truly appreciate a life well lived..."


I love that.




I first discovered Becca Stadtlander while browsing through the treasures at Anthropologie. I promptly found her Etsy store (see here) and fell in love with what she creates.

I mean really. How can you not love her work?


All her illustrations make me
think of stories. They remind me of imagination and childhood and light hearts and good things.


I'm adding some of her work (all available on her Etsy store) so you can see what has me so excited!


Can't you just imagine little Scandinavian children inside her little houses scurrying to put on mittens and hats and run out in the snow to play?


I love how she has combined pencil and ink and watercolors. It has inspired me to pick up a pencil again and try out some sketches.

This is one of my favorite things-- finding beautiful things created by someone, and feeling inspired to try to create something beautiful yourself!

Even when they turn out to be epic fails, it's so good for your heart and soul to just make yourself go do! Do pretend that you're an artist, and make things that are fun and creative and pretty, just for the sake of creating.

We all have a little bit of an artist in us. Let's not let that part of us die of neglect!