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Let's peel back these layers!

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juliannlaw Here is a closeup of the endpapers in my debut picture book, THE WORKD’S LONGEST SOCK. I work digitally in Adobe Photoshop but the program doesn’t do it all for me! I knit all the pixels by hand! Haha! I do have things I do to help me work quickly and efficiently, though, like using layers. Here you get to see me take off those layers one by one till we are back at nothing but a background. The World's Longest Sock is now available on  Amazon ,  Barnes and Noble ,  Target , or wherever you  buy books !

A little tribute. . .

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. . . from Trophy Cupcakes in Seattle.

random list of things I'm excited about. . .

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I sold thirteen of my little soft books on Etsy before Christmas! 23 people Heart me ! Mike and work-out buddy Noah (who belongs to April ) were accepted into the training program at Gym Jones . . . you know, the ones who trained the actors for 300? O' Falafel, etc. These boots . . . I know, I know its only taken me two months of constant snow storms to admit I need all-weather boots. nood a fantastic little modern store that we ran into during boxing week and got some of the most outstanding deals! Audrey wins for the best kid story of the week. . . this one has had me chuckling all day.

Christmas!

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Some pics from our Christmas. . . we spent a week in Seattle at my parents house. Let's start with an outing to Trophy Cupcakes in Wallingford. Seattle had more snow than they knew what to do with. We made the most of it and played in the snow a little everyday. And yes, its true. . . they sled on the streets in Seattle. Why not? Certainly noone can drive on them! Lucy in her princess fairy skirt, with her magic wand. . . riding a rocking motorcycle in converse. It says everything. These are my nephews, Tanner and Ethan, anxiously looking for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Sleighbells were definitely heard ringing as he visited our neighbors and the boys were sure they'd spot him any minute. My sister, Jenn, and her little Tori. Below are pics of making sugar cookies with my mom. . . a favorite Christmas activity. Lucy was more interested in eating them than frosting them. One day, we braved the snowy roads and made it out of the house and went to Alderwood Mall just to let the ...