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LEXI K.

I'm a picture book maker, surface designer, and maker of many things on a journey to build a creative practice that brings more confidence, joy, and connection to everyday moments. You want that too? I send out monthly emails with goodies like art tips + tricks, tutorials, occasional promotions, and insights into building more creativity into the everyday. I'd love to share with you!

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Dec 08 • 3 min read

Wrapping up 2025 with hugs and kisses 💋

Happy festive season, Reader!

Well, Reader, I am officially in reindeer-tinsel-twinkle cozy party mode and just dazzled by my little world newly dressed in heaps of shimmering crystal snow and fairy lights.

This is one of my very favorite months for so many reasons, one of them being that I get to wrap up the year and tie bows on all my projects. I love the relief that comes in the pause between this year and next, a time when I can rest and reflect on what I've done + been and dream about my intentions for the future. So, while I'm still wrapping things up and tying tinsel bows around 2025 and I'm sure you are too, Reader, I just wanted to pop in to remind the both of us to take moments to delight in candle-lit crafting and blanket forts🙃 Because somehow those soft, still moments end up adding up to so much more than all the bustle😌

Studio Tidings

WORK

I am elated to share that one of my favorite projects to date is finally launching: a Cowgirl Collection for Gibbs Smith will be available to purchase on 6/23!

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"From bold bookmarks and collectible buttons to playful stickers, totes, and giftable keepsakes, our Cowgirl Collection is filled with Western charm, adventurous spirit, and heartfelt style. Designed for readers, dreamers, and modern-day cowgirls, each piece brings a little wild heart energy to everyday life."

Kicking my boots and tossing my hat as I share this fun collection🤠

And don't forget to ask your favorite local gift stores to stock it so you can peruse in person✨

Count down to 2026-06-23T04:00:00.000Z​

PLAY

In my grad program (how was that already 5 years ago??!), we were taught to explore illustration as a practice not just a career. A big part of that involved diving into a multitude of mediums and methods and it got me fascinated by wood working + illustration in 3 (or 4?) dimensions. Four years ago, just after I graduated, I drew this pug and sent out my design to be woodcut so I could paint it and turn it into a clock. It has been sitting, stopped in time, for years because I couldn't get the clock part to work but I *finally* dug into it recently and am loving working to the tick-tock of my pug clock🐶

LATELY

May was a wild month and I have oodles of news. Here are some highlights in a nutshell:

  1. I've been accepted to the Milkwood Residency for Writers and Illustrators and I'll be spending the first half of this month in New York researching, painting, writing, and making picture books. Can't wait to share all my treasures from it all next month!👏
    (Photo above is courtesy of Milkwood Farm)
  2. New book announcement!! Scroll this email for more details😜
  3. I finished my first cable-knit sweater (vest) and I think anyone who has spent hours knitting knows that's big news🙃
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Creative Inspiration

What am I packing for a picture book writer/illustrator residency? Let's dig in to my materials and what I plan on doing while I'm there...

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Thank you always for reading, Reader. I am so so grateful to be in your inbox and singing in the summertime and all its creative whims together☀️

xo

Lex✨

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I'm a picture book maker, surface designer, and maker of many things on a journey to build a creative practice that brings more confidence, joy, and connection to everyday moments. You want that too? I send out monthly emails with goodies like art tips + tricks, tutorials, occasional promotions, and insights into building more creativity into the everyday. I'd love to share with you!

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