Welcome to Sandbox! The creations you find here combine my love of nature with a vintage, old-world tradition and sensibility.

I have always been at home in a garden and in the woods - collecting leaves and flowers to press into books, picking strawberries to make jam with my grandma, or just taking a walk in the woods. My love for watercolor painting is inspired by the beautiful surroundings on Bainbridge Island, where we raised our children. Local birds, flowers and farm life are my favorite images to paint. I like to paint small, in "vignettes," so the idea of creating cards from my paintings was natural, and a great way to share my art with many.

Backdrops for my images often use vintage ephemera from my own family's genealogy and postage stamp collection, or postcards, ledgers, advertisements and various old papers. You will certainly notice my love of all things French as well. I like to create an old world feel by distressing and antiquing the images. I use high quality papers and envelopes, and strive to use recycled papers whenever possible.

I graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in Marketing, and have always worked for companies that hold customer service as a top priority. Wonderful customer service at Sandbox is what you can expect. As in most small businesses, I am responsible for all aspects of Sandbox operations - I'm the painter, the graphic designer, the printer and photographer, the shipping department and bookkeeper, the marketing and web department...rest assured that your product was handmade with care and love in my studio here in the woods.

A little about me personally…I have a wonderful husband and four fun children, ages 27 to 18. We all love cooking and baking, we have a big garden where we source many of our own vegetables and fruits, and we raise chickens for eggs. If you don't find us working in the studio or garden, you will often find us having coffee and pastry at a local cafe, biking or walking our beautiful northwest trails.