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I’m far away from my art supplies right now and traveling in Belgium and the Netherlands, but here is an #alcoholink from a while back. ⠀ I hope those of you in the US are enjoying your holiday and eating lots of pie! 🥧

There have been a lot of new faces around here lately so I thought I’d introduce myself again. ⠀ ⠀ I’m Alaina 👋 and here are 10 random facts about me in no particular order.⠀ ⠀ 1. I’m a mother of two currently living in the UK countryside.⠀ 2. I was born and raised in Texas, USA 🇺🇸 3. I’m married to a Dane 🇩🇰 and lived in Denmark for nearly a decade. ⠀ 4. I tend to cycle through artistic passions (obsessions?) which I share here. ⠀ 5. My current obsessions include alcohol ink and pressed flowers. ⠀ 6. I like to mix digital and real life art with Photoshop and my iPad Pro.⠀ 7. I make and sell brushes for the iPad app called Procreate. ⠀ 8. I love houseplants and grow mine “hydroponically” (in water with clay pebbles).⠀ 9. I can’t stop buying @lucyandyak dungarees.⠀ 10. I’m going to Amsterdam for the first time next week to meet up with my two sisters. ⠀ ⠀ Now I’d love to hear about you! Please feel welcome to say hi and tell me about yourself in the comments.⠀

Summer is coming to a close in the U.K. and the kids are back in school. This time of year always feels exciting and full of possibility to me. ⠀ ⠀⠀ After my first full week of work days in 2 months, I’m feeling on top of things again. A while back I posted about wanting to hire an assistant and I finally did it yesterday! Although it’s only a few hours a week, the mental clutter is already clearing. Today I tidied 3 months off my desk in preparation for new creative projects, and spent some time jumping on the trampoline with the kids (ow 🥴). My goals for this week are something active and something creative every day.⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #pressedflowers #pressedflower #pressedflowerart #flowerpressing #realflowers #pressedflowersart #flowermagic #floweroftheday #flowerslovers #flowerpower #pink #instaflower #blossom #botanical #florals #designideaswelove #floralpattern #flowerpattern #floralsyourway #inspiredbyflowers #allthingsbotanical #moodforfloral #minimalism #floralstyling #forflowerlovers #thebotanicalseries #herbarium #ihavethisthingwithflowers #pursuewhatislovely #bloooms

This has been popular in my stories today so I thought I would put it on the grid! I got one of my alcohol ink pieces printed on this clock, and now it's hanging in my kitchen. I'm pretty much in love with it. ⁠⠀ ⠀⁠⠀ What do you think?⁠⠀ ⠀⁠⠀ ⠀⁠⠀ ⠀⁠⠀ #alcoholink #alcoholinkart #alcoholinkartist #alcoholinkartists #alcoholinksart #alcoholinkpainting #alcoholinkartwork #alcoholinkartcommunity #alcoholinkabstract #alcoholinklove #procreate #studiodenmark #fromwhereiwork #mybeautifulmess #abstract #abstractart #carveouttimeforart #arteveryday #passioncolorjoy #makearteveryday #makersmovement #wearethemakers #createcultivate #makersgonnamake #calledtobecreative #pursuepretty #lovewhatyoumake #designlifestyle #thoughtcatalog

Just released my new product on @creativemarket - Herbarium vol. 2: Wild Spring.⁠ ⠀⁠ This is a collection of 196 pressed wildflowers, leaves and ferns in colors, as separate images with a transparent background, along with patterns and bouquets made from them. ⁠ ⠀⁠ On another note, I've only just learned how to spell "bouquets" 🤣⁠ ⠀⁠ As always this has been a labor of love! And though my shoulders ache from hunching over the computer and I'm ready for a break after working on this since 5am, I am so excited and happy about this collection because it's been so much fun collecting and pressing flowers and playing with them in Photoshop. And, the colors just make me happy. 🌈⁠ ⠀⁠ I hope you like it too! To see more, follow the link in my bio for my Creative Market shop.⁠ ⠀⁠ ⠀⁠ ⁠ ⁠ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2Y1YRtJ

A wedding suite design from my latest cherry blossoms collection.⠀ ⠀⠀ I’m working on a new collection of pressed flower designs that I’m super excited about! Planning to be finished by Friday. ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2Y78Fqw

Self love. To me, this week, it means saying no to perfectionism allowing space and time for creativity to take its course. What does self love look like for you this week?⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2xJm6Ou

Happy Thursday ✨ ⠀ It’s all sunshine a chillaxation over here. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2Jta29Q

Happy Wednesday ✨ ⠀ ⠀⠀ It’s all sunshine a chillaxation over here. ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2RR2W2s

I made this monogram for my Cherry Blossoms graphics set a few weeks ago. Looking at it again today, I just realized it’s actually me and my husband’s initials 😂 Didn’t even do it on purpose.⠀ ⠀⠀ The beautiful script font I’ve been using with this collection is Modena By @jenwagner.co⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2ZZbyXN

Confession: sometimes I get really overwhelmed by all the stuff I want to do. And that’s just work stuff, not counting family stuff and the all important 😓 ⠀ As a result I’ve been seriously considering hiring a virtual assistant. This is a huge and scary step for me, as I’ve always been kind of a hermit who works alone. I know I have a lot of stuff I want to do but I’m not sure what I can delegate or whether I can afford it. Have any of you hired a VA and if so, do you have any advice? ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2FyT3BJ

This week I’ve been marveling at what a gift it is that we have the opportunity to find solutions for even the most obscure problems, from people across the globe who we have never met. ⠀ ⠀⠀ What inspired this marveling? Well I’ve been suffering from a chronic back problem - not serious but really inconvenient and annoying. This week I found a YouTube video with a super simple exercise that pretty much solved the problem instantly, and I feel like a whole new person. I find it amazing that someone out there not only knew the perfect solution for a very specific, seemingly unsolvable problem, but also that they were willing to share it. What a wonderful world it is!⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2X8hThM

Here’s a for your Sunday morning ☀️ ⠀ We just DIY’ed yet another yesterday (posted in my stories) along with a massive garden tidy up. Hope you are having a nice weekend 😊 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ posted on Instagram - http://bit.ly/2RrdjK4

Its a rainy afternoon yet again in England 🌧 But these cherry blossoms have got me remembering spring. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ posted on Instagram - http://bit.ly/31HAVPy

A continuation of yesterday’s piece 💕 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2F3oiEX

It’s a windy Sunday in Hertfordshire and I’m planning on a cozy afternoon making iPad brushes and possibly getting my inks out 👩‍🎨 ⠀ What have you been up to this weekend? ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2UplA24

For some reason I keep thinking today is Thursday? I somehow lost a day over the weekend and haven’t recovered it yet. Here’s hoping I find it tomorrow 🧐 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2Hjsulv