Emily Jeffords

As I reflected on last year and look into the next, I hope to send a WHOLE LOT of artwork out into the world (because I totally believe that beauty is contagious, and beauty is my jam), but as I look at the work I most resonate with, and the pieces I am creating, they’re all rather large. And my prints look best BIG (IMO), and, to be honest, the tiny prints are simply not profitable right now (both in the way I chose to spend my time, and in actual $). So, for this season, while my babe is tiny and I my studio hours a bit more limited, we’re saying goodbye to the tiny prints. So, starting March 1st, the smallest landscape reproduction will be 8×10 (which will become $35 instead of $40 — woohoo! ) and the largest size will be 38×52  which is STUNNINGLY large.

We moved into our new home last March – a week later we found out I was pregnant. We had already designed our bedrooms to fit the needs of our daughters and guests, so we decided to build a sweet little nursery in our master bedroom. Plus, I really love that both our daughters slept in our room for the first 6 months and wanted to continue that family tradition (and, the nightly feeding schedule is WAY easier when the babe is close by! ) Bead garland strung by my little girls (similar beads available here) Indigo Dye (I dyed the baby sheets, his onesie… and basically every other white piece of cloth in my home – SO FUN)

I’m working through ideas about creativity & motherhood (and allllll that messy goodness). Creativity is messy, and motherhood is messy, so how do you remain a sane, happy, fulfilled human while mixing the two? How do you manage to speak kindly to all those 1000 questions when all you want is some loud music and creative flow? I am working on a full and practical guide to blending the artist’s life + motherhood.

What a delight it has been to bring this boy into our family and to watch each other fall in love with him. He is just over two months old now and it both feels like a moment and a lifetime since he was born; like I have always known him. He feels incredibly familiar to me and yet every time I look at him he changes and I must learn him anew. The wonderful thing about having older children is that, while I LOVE these newborn-days, I also know that so many wonderful and exciting things are in store for him and for us and I’m so excited to watch him experience them!