October 2023
Current Read & Monthly Favorites:
Currently Reading: Wildwood by Colin Meloy
Graphic Novel: Sheets by Brenna Thummler
Listening to: Family Portrait by Rachel Grimes
Watching: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Happy October, friends! I hope you’re all doing well!
It has been a couple of months since my last newsletter, and I’m sorry it took so long to write something. The last one I had sent was before I went to the Philippines to visit my family. That was back in July, and it was both a wonderful and stressful time away. While I was there, I was inspired to do a few sketches and wanted to share a few of them with you! They wound up being the background inspiration for my postcard illustration for August. I included my nieces, nephew, and their pets in the drawing too!
During August and September, I was catching up on a lot of work. I also released a few items in the shop…
Pins: Deer Daylily, Mushroom Mug, Cat Nap (new color variant)
I’m a bit behind on my Vermont zine drawings, but I did get a chance to work on one page this past weekend…
FOR MY PATREON CAFE NOOK CLUB
Last month’s Patreon snail mail included a Witch’s Apothecary and Herbalist sticker.
I haven’t finished the drawings for this month’s snail mail but it will be a bookish postcard drawing and a cat sticker. I’m also planning to include seasonal bookmarks for the Patreon snail mail… one bookmark included for the beginning of every season. Ideally, I would have sent one in September but I’m going to sneak in the Autumn bookmark this month.
That’s all for now! Thanks so much for reading this far, it’s such a random newsletter, haha. I hope you all have a lovely October!
🧡 Justine 🍂