November Updates and Holiday Stuff

ICYMI, here's what's been going on over on my Instagram lately...

I had lots of fun celebrating Halloween with my girls. They dressed as Anna, Elsa, and Olaf from Frozen. They enjoyed surprises from the Great Pumpkin and a candy hunt out in the park.

Now it's November! How is time simultaneously moving so slow and so fast this year? Gotta love 2020... Of course, this month got started with the crazy election. I made my own digital sticker for my planner to mark the occasion.

Free download - I Voted digital sticker

I'm sure glad that part's all over with finally, and we can move on! Let's start focusing on the best parts of November—Thanksgiving, family, pie, and gratitude.

One of my favorite hymns, especially during Thanksgiving time, is “For the Beauty of the Earth.” I created a coloring page inspired by it. It's now available as a printable download here:

For the Beauty of the Earth coloring page

I've been finding time to do a little more digital scrapbooking. I even used my scrapbooking skills to create my annual Christmas card, using my own patterned papers and photos as well. The result definitely feels more personalized and heartfelt than my usual predesigned card from a photo printing site.

Speaking of Christmas, I am already well into holiday preparations! The snowstorm we got last weekend in UT certainly helped get me and my family in the mood to start the festivities. We've already put up our tree, and I've begun making some handmade ornaments, which has become a bit of a holiday tradition for me. I made a miniature door out of popsicle sticks and painted it to look like Elsa's door, again from Frozen. My girls just love all things to do with that movie, haha.

One last holiday-related note, I have lots of new products up in my Etsy shop, including some fun stuff for Christmas.

Check out what's new here.

That's it for now!

—Nicole

Happy Autumn!

Just a quick update!

If you enjoy staying up-to-date on my artwork on a more regular basis, I’d encourage you to follow my Instagram (@nicolejonessturk). But for those of you who don’t, here’s a summary of what’s been going on lately…

1. My latest digital sticker set at Holly Pixels, Papercut Florals, was inspired by intricate paper cutting art. Get it HERE.

2. Fall has officially begun! It’s my favorite time of year, so I sketched up this lettering piece to celebrate.

3. I usually do most of my art digitally on my iPad and iMac, but a couple weeks ago, I lost power for four days due to high winds in my area. As a result, I resorted to good ol’ pen and paper to begin work on what would become my Papercut Florals stickers.

4. In case you missed it… last year I created a Halloween-themed coloring book, Pretty Creepy. It’s fun because each of the 15 designs comes with both a white and black background. You can get it as either digital/printable files on my Etsy or as a physical printed book on Amazon.

Digital files for printing or iPad coloring

Printed book on Amazon

5. Who’s excited for Halloween? Here’s a quick piece of Friday Fan Art I made inspired by Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

6. One thing you may or may not know about me is that I like to play violin. I’ve only been playing and taking lessons for a couple years and I have no intention to ever perform (too scary!)—I just like it. I made myself a custom page for my Goodnotes planner and decorated it with a sticker from my Painted Garden collection, because everything is better with flowers!

Painted Garden stickers