Erin German

Spring in the Air?!

The weather has been nuts around here in Chicagoland! One week is the polar vortex, and the next its spring! With the *temporary* warm temps we had earlier this week, I had spring on my mind, which means FLOWERS and RAIN of course!!! I’ve have been needing to update my website’s stationery collection, so I thought…

New Year Gift Tags

Hello crafty friends! Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Right now I’m in that weird limbo between Christmas and New Year’s where I’ve eaten WAY too much sugar and cheese, and I have no idea what day it is – LOL! I’ve been feeling a little guilty because I usually take a little gift…

Holiday Card Bonanza!

Hooray! My last holiday card order was delivered yesterday! This year I designed 50 custom holiday cards. Custom meaning, no templates! All designs were original and not duplicated. While this makes for a bit of a grueling November, I get incredible creative gratification from this time of year. Now it’s time to celebrate! (Or start…

Using Stock Art

Hello again creative friends! The busy season for my business is on the horizon! I look forward to and prepare for holiday time pretty much all year. It’s incredibly demanding, but I love it so much. As much as I try to incorporate my own illustrations into my designs, as this time of year gets…

Holiday Place Cards

Happy Holiday Season! It’s certainly looking like Christmas here in Chicagoland, as we received a huge snowstorm on Sunday night, blanketing the land in white, and even canceling school! Hopefully, it will stick around long enough for us to have a white Christmas. I’m super excited to be hosting Christmas dinner this year, so I…

Brush Lettering Workshop

Hello creative friends! Somehow we are halfway through November already? Craziness! I’m already totally in the holiday spirit. I love, love, love Thanksgiving, but Christmas is on my brain big time! This past Sunday I held a Brush Lettering Workshop at a darling stationery shop in Geneva, IL. I’m a total introvert, so standing up…

Fall Watercolor

It’s October! The best month of the year, in my opinion. The cooling temps and changing colors make me feel refreshed, revived, and creative! It’s been a while since I had an opportunity to sit down and paint. I have friends with October birthdays, so I made time to make them hand-painted cards. It felt…

Wildflower Notecard

Happy Labor Day creative friends! The sun is shining, school is back in session, and I’m excited to have some creative time again. Today I decided to take my work outside and enjoy these last days of summer. It’s been ages since I’ve created a floral pattern, and I’ve been admiring the wildflowers (weeds?) that…