https://www.kelledy.com/about daily 0.75 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/acb13bec-cbac-4c9c-9765-fe45d401581b/mamababy.jpg https://www.kelledy.com/work1 daily 1.0 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/7567e7eb-f988-4249-a8f4-807bd869858c/Email-Mask.gif WORK Mask Mandala of over 300 masks I made for essential workers in March 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/32a3bfae-eb9b-4bcc-a9fe-8cefb9db2fd6/IMG_20200402_143507+-+Copy.jpg WORK Due to the pandemic, it was impossible to order fabric or elastic. I developed a pattern and made masks out of my leftover cotton quilting fabric and cut swimsuit spandex to make ties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/4dfe7598-c6ca-44b4-bfad-af919d0e9371/5.jpg WORK The Opening of Sky and Sea Multi-Media Fashion Performance: Written, directed and all fashions designed and sewn by Kelledy Francis & Brooke Conrad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741192634876-50K79LQ8W94U7VH5343W/3%2B%25282%2529%2B-%2BCopy.jpg WORK The Opening: Flight Attendant giving instructions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/a5f5c775-acf0-4e8b-8bc1-5f56d6bbfeac/7.jpg WORK The Opening: The Flight Attendant attempts to free the Horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/016fa9c5-9d88-4db6-9b75-a79a476ba3d0/francis_4.jpg WORK The Opening: White Pearl / Black Pearl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/a770617b-791a-4683-8f1d-7308a8464a8b/IMG_2804.JPG WORK The Opening set design: Projections on the ceiling and sculptures that drop down as we move from the sky to the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/07bba9c9-9f71-4daa-a588-0b338aab719d/16.jpg WORK The finale: The Opening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/6d891796-4b8e-4634-8efa-a63af98d3a93/Patchwork-FrontSitting.jpg WORK My daughter had a dream about a "Patchwork Cheetah, so we made it come to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/7cf8bc41-4895-45f6-a48a-696c3e15b77f/Patchwork-FrontRoar-2022.jpg WORK ROAR! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/249ffd92-1cfa-4dea-9c5d-ca5a201c5fa8/Patchwork-Drawing-2022.jpg WORK My daughter's drawing inspired by her dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/4a69aeae-b7c7-4ad3-8ffa-87a6890157fa/Patchwork-Head.jpg WORK Sculpted head with red rose in the mouth, just like the vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/cc849837-1577-4d10-9b5c-ef3e22883ae3/PXL_20231029_234252686.jpg WORK Challenge to build a Garfield costume starting at 5AM on Oct 31 - will it be ready for 5PM trick or treat? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/522bdf79-b1b6-40b5-84a6-06d10c49899b/PXL_20231031_222049047.MP.jpg WORK Mission accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/06f766f3-cd83-45fa-9efa-3769ffdc30f6/fall_sketch%2Bemail+copy.jpg WORK When I dreamt of autumn... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/486a62ef-9a98-4737-9e01-0d4d889bc1b9/postapocalyptic+006.jpg WORK Post-Apocalyptic Fashion Performance: My characters getting ready "backstage" in the River Arts District industrial area. Show written, directed & all costumes designed by Kelledy, Brooke Conrad & Paul Olszewski. Asheville, NC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/14a19539-0a41-4f87-9e33-0343c67b1085/francis_17.jpg WORK "The Wind" Scene: Post-Apocalyptic Performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/2d5ad420-e99c-4e0a-8cde-f2096a23cb85/12+-+Copy.JPG WORK Blast from the past: Runway walk. We did it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/a0293990-54be-494e-92cb-2c1c91842a86/4.jpg WORK Four Seasons Fashion Performance at Orlando Museum of Art; Designed and built the costumes and directed the performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/82ad6ae2-a74d-4212-8774-91eeb1057c8f/summer_sketch.jpg WORK Inspired by summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/509badbe-9aa3-42f0-a6db-472bcced6505/summer_front.jpg WORK Wearing Summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/3cebcc32-4e47-4920-9e7d-83054c6d754b/winter_back.jpg WORK Wearing Winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/de290b68-1f1f-4969-9cdc-2c2201512afc/sketch_winter_email.jpg WORK Collage of Winter fashion sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/c530d1a0-c6b3-4d94-97c4-36591588e85f/francis_fall_gown.jpg WORK Love this crisp fall frock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/562d40f2-e456-4500-b385-4c9cb0d25105/LettertoRahul1_Open.jpg WORK Send me Love Letters: a handmade card about magic I experienced on a trip to India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/24025ea5-84a1-43b5-811a-84f577f6c436/KingofHearts_frontandback.jpg WORK Send Me Love Letters: Back and front of hand painted card deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/f860124a-08c7-4974-9f70-46571b57da2f/File0010.jpg WORK Hardcore Grace: A guerilla fashion performance by Kelledy, Brooke Conrad & Paul Olszewski. Asheville, NC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/56e43a0b-ba73-446d-b498-77d3d0922df1/postapocalyptic+045.jpg WORK A curious crowd gathered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/60b6fd99-4880-4f2a-b6a0-cbb9374a10dd/File0005.jpg WORK Roaring motorbikes and lots of leather and rose petals (living up to the name of Hardcore Grace) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741241673296-0TPD17G6NZP1KVZNJU7O/PXL_20241031_202746041%2B%25282%2529.jpg WORK Initial pinning for Gudetama Costume, made for 8-year old daughter who is fascinated by the idea of a lazy egg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/cf3d5e1a-d287-48e0-87af-7178373f90a0/PXL_20241031_183522681.jpg WORK Makin' the bacon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/bb786354-3e17-4b8e-b75e-e1c8298affc7/PXL_20241031_230043406.PORTRAIT%7E4.jpg WORK Gudetama: The Lazy Egg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/f19b86ef-0f8f-4bb7-a7f5-14d47f2c6847/Gudetama+%283%29.jpg WORK Lazy Egg (Poser style) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/22f3413f-89b7-41ca-8d50-c606255109d4/francis_11_01.jpg WORK Baggage Claim: A handmade suitcase with over 300 hours of stitching where I meditated on my own baggage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/a8626f1a-546b-4c70-a004-01e42ffefded/drawings33009+022.jpg WORK Random sketchbook drawing from a diner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/a1bfbe3c-859a-4c71-9688-6cf0885d3183/francis_11_02.jpg WORK Side view of Baggage Claim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/6b09d15d-965a-4231-82d9-41ea17a7101e/005-191-MURDOCK-AVE-ASHEVILLE-+03.jpg WORK The Huvard House: I was honored to be awarded the Griffin Award for Historic Restoration from the Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County for transforming a dilapidated 1926 home into a stunning, restored masterpiece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/b4c9fa56-502d-4a9a-b834-d377b863cb8a/13-print-Murdock+Ave-012.jpg WORK Decorating and doing details for this magnificent historic home was one of the most exciting projects of my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/af23812b-9648-4013-bcff-4e5df73b7e6e/36-print-Murdock+Ave-041.jpg WORK Fully restored bathroom tile and 1920s wallpaper at the Huvard House. I learned how to apply thin 100 year-old wallpaper using wheat paste and a delicate hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/ec55f51d-c5c7-48a4-9c15-bee09c91ce2c/30-print-Murdock+Ave-033.jpg WORK Can you believe I found the green replacement tiles at an architectural salvage? This was a meticulous phase of the work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/067c9e0f-5c21-403c-9751-5aecad8680e9/6-print-Murdock+Ave-007.jpg WORK The beauty and graceful arches of the Huvard House. I hand-sculpted the plaster texture tree motif on the walls to match the 1920s original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1cd0d6e6-73ed-4df7-bd76-81fffd3d03b0/7-print-Murdock+Ave-008.jpg WORK Fully restored light fixture and 1920s tile fireplace at the Huvard House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/3935a4fa-d9cf-43ac-aca9-9e46800832dd/1-print-191-MURDOCK-AVE-ASHEVILLE-+02.jpg WORK The Huvard House - a 4-year, multi-phased project: Side view of the outdoor dining area and balcony, fully restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/732fa892-25b7-40dc-aa37-a9c4c4497f6e/drawings33009+017.jpg WORK Random Sketch while at Driver's School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/3517c24f-a3b2-4606-83f2-326ad31e6e9b/francis_02_01.jpg WORK Send me Love Letters: A feminist performance about women and sexuality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741239136727-VJ4ZL4HTQ6YX9NA19KPH/IMG_20200506_120044.jpg WORK Sewing a paper flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/2a5b391d-8701-4a5f-9864-16665ead55ba/IMG_2160.JPG WORK Paper bouquet I made with secret messages of love hidden throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/c4a1453b-7363-452c-8f74-f69c7777a650/IMG_2159.JPG WORK Paper bouquet really saves on Trader Joe's cut flower budget when planning a wedding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/0fe6a0d0-245d-4f36-b8a7-0e8d1267f7fa/Wiz.jpg WORK Custom costumes: When my daughter was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz and we had to become it, cornfield and all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/d7de8ac7-14e5-4800-9d3d-ddcdf7d42e8f/GlindaGood.jpg WORK My tiny person modeling as Glinda. Handmade hat, gown and wand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/e00cceea-e8a2-41dc-8c67-7e4876f1bbd8/IMG_7918.CR2.jpg WORK Back of the dress with handsewn details and handmade fabric covered buttons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741235535351-ILFBXG5J8ID0FFKKGRVG/20140216_224846.jpg WORK Sometimes I just paint a fashion study real quick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/b30bbfbe-c185-484a-8b8f-3deb73c589ef/3.jpg WORK Custom costumes for Twelfth Night set in the 1940s at NC Stage Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/9bda64fc-11ea-4726-89ac-4dcf2d174a57/IMG_6576.jpg WORK I loved this dress and hat I designed and built for Olivia of Twelfth Night in 1940s Hollywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/da5a0c40-e227-4d65-8490-95e9f0f7e197/2+Maxwell.png WORK Historic Restoration of the Maxwell Street Mill house, a 1950s relic in Western NC. This is the before photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741237165275-I78D5SUJM7Y5FHSO8FT7/PXL_20240229_214649517.jpg WORK Layers revealed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/4e04d14e-e0b0-4c5b-94ca-6a342a86d184/PXL_20240302_182723976.jpg WORK With fresh siding and no stoop...yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/59a678b0-bc06-42e4-b141-f672d96ab05b/PXL_20240118_212749009.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg WORK Found her in the crawl space while running plumbing. I swear she spoke to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/f4d9c8ae-230a-4545-8e3b-2a98b27da642/BestAngleSteeple-Maxwell.jpg WORK Final of the Maxwell Mill House. I designed, managed and provided 6 months blood, sweat & tears to bring this mid-century beauty back to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/45d9db73-98b4-4764-b43f-6f74d03e6620/PXL_20240809_191049126.MP%7E2.jpg WORK A love letter display I left for the owners of Maxwell Mill House - complete with magazines I found in the attic, that probably belonged to the original homeowners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/6d5a0a12-642f-4a3d-9205-470d2fab51f2/Copy+of+make+me+fashion+show+015.jpg WORK Transfigurations Costume: A peacock morphs into a princess. Goal: to wow a room of families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741187115113-78GWIX2WP6SPKHSXKEM0/Copy%2Bof%2Bmake%2Bme%2Bfashion%2Bshow%2B018.jpg WORK Transformation moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/c9119e0e-e36f-4bd8-aebb-765731070abe/make+me+fashion+show+027.jpg WORK Because inside every princess is a fierce peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/80d99d02-443e-40ed-a4f4-3e8c5ca53527/Kelledy+Nessie+Plan.jpg WORK Acrylic painting of my daughter who dreams of riding Nessie. A preliminary illustration for a costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/3e34152f-e3c4-43d9-a01e-9a4c35c89469/PXL_20211030_185502305.PORTRAIT+-+Copy.jpg WORK My daughter living her Nessie dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/bdf46645-2b92-4a30-9704-27679d23dce0/jackandleslie.jpg WORK Drawing from Life: People waiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/9c14adae-9c7c-4fa0-ad26-37c1fffbb260/DSCF0020.JPG WORK Gallery Show: "Of the Sky". A collection of gowns inspired by birds, clouds, and sunsets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741237362777-8LVBJWTBYECJOMP7GJL0/DSCF0004.jpg WORK Oh and the color of the deep night. And space. And airplanes! I love the sky as muse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/28cd51d8-462d-4c99-8479-b3a229e5372d/lookingaway.jpg WORK From Of the Sky collection to the Academy Awards Red Carpet! Custom dress for client actor Erika Barrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/51241df0-9048-4c90-953a-22b9734bd8bb/detailwaist4mail.jpg WORK Of the Sky: Nest waistband for Erika Barrett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/dad6b9fb-8127-4348-966d-16c02d47f61b/IMG_20190625_120839.jpg WORK Cutting out all the tiny things for my wedding invites so that each one (all 300) are handmade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/0998b59f-4767-4fac-a808-ae75c5e57e78/IMG_20190902_220652.jpg WORK Our wedding theme was Quilted Together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741242210269-RBHUI6XKO4F4B05QN0VM/IMG_20190625_145817.jpg WORK I love the look of this stack of invitations with all the luscious thread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/d69d5192-149a-4ede-9630-85cde125fec2/stitches+017.jpg WORK Custom jacket for my husband, circa 2004, when he still looked like a baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/f7b8c282-e797-472f-b02b-971c507181eb/stitches+013.jpg WORK Custom jacket made with the early jitters of romance and intense love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/a623d53d-0644-4058-8aed-b582213815c6/closeup.jpg WORK From the time I wove trash bags into a plastic fabric. Can you recognize a Target bag? How about Footlocker? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/b0790106-cd8f-41e1-a575-e848ddf55995/hanging.jpg WORK The trash bag weaving just keeps coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/f6af8fff-f302-4cf1-a385-35cd3243d51f/PXL_20241107_153138451.MP.jpg WORK Final product: My woven trash bag fabric made into a fancy bag- totally meta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/e2b0f0c7-21b2-48c0-aa74-d5b36e2ce0ca/IMG_20201012_191624%7E2.jpg WORK Sewing the head for my daughter's "Campy Fire" costume, inspired by the fire lizard from Frozen. Her dream was to act this out in the forest behind our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/ddc63fd0-f066-4e67-a3ec-6d51fe11a6bf/CampyFireSmoke.jpg WORK The "Campy Fire" forest production, complete with simulated smoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/6f82b78d-8fba-47fa-ac00-503b62c5fd1e/LivetheLife+-+Copy.jpg WORK For our wedding, Jon Claude and I asked all the participants to send in a piece of silk. Then I made a wedding gown out of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/6bb4f357-ba64-432d-9450-f98f83bcc581/IMG_20190214_160218.jpg WORK The time when I cut out hundreds of 1-inch silk pieces that were given to me by people invited to our wedding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/ba781338-4a51-4b9f-b7f0-6f5cf0ab0442/IMG_20190222_214856+-+Copy.jpg WORK 100s of hours of meditation on love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/cf48cf24-7a16-46a2-8933-ea6726b95c28/IMG_20190307_140708+-+Copy.jpg WORK The texture still gets me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/48634d9e-d319-469c-9922-aa50ea9753d8/IMG_20190307_214107.jpg WORK It felt magic to make this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/b09f3017-bf60-419c-948f-e5b9b938ed4f/IMG_20190614_224628+-+Copy.jpg WORK Custom buttons made of the silk from significant friends and family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/74761545-10a3-4195-b6c7-8faf451adb93/IMG_20190819_083612.jpg WORK Detail of my wedding gown bodice, in progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741238778861-OO9FKSV1UYFJBL4ODG72/IMG_20190301_232939%2B-%2BCopy.jpg WORK Detail of the painted silk lining for my wedding dress. I really care about inside and out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/d59fa1de-fcf7-4324-b57c-29b4807c0bcc/11-print-Murdock+Ave-028+%281%29.jpg WORK A final of the dress in a gorgeous room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/4cf8f321-5daa-44fc-9a83-bedc4fd28ea6/goldiestitching.jpg WORK A life drawing from 1996 when my grandmother was still on earth. If I can live with even half the creative force she lived, I've done well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/aaf997a2-afaf-4da6-a6ee-9c58b733096a/20140216_210822.jpg WORK Just came to mind, felt sassy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/59e231a5-98a3-4f6f-bd3a-78d32d4d69b9/20140120_004242.jpg WORK Big feelings in my sketchbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/9557df7b-1c48-4de0-9ba0-0aadac77c04c/duane.jpg WORK Barry the handyman. He really wanted to be drawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/b29f584c-56aa-485b-b2ea-0f52d68ff8fb/PXL_20210928_024656908.jpg WORK Sometimes I make intricate cards for people I love. Paper and stitches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/b9b16cb2-a323-4179-ae9a-a99fd28ba1e8/PXL_20210929_122025507.PORTRAIT+-+Copy.jpg WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/f9b0b733-e403-44c8-815f-ea6de596de5e/PXL_20210928_024103658.jpg WORK Watercolor design for an intricate card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/7630f470-d095-41f4-8c1a-2d142f43efbd/PXL_20220213_190700894.jpg WORK My daughter drew this and then we made it into handmade Valentines to learn about how to make a production line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/4e3807a6-460f-4a60-bcf2-20efc516a8ca/PXL_20220213_200111143.PORTRAIT.jpg WORK Valentine's learning about scaling your concept so the whole class gets your art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/bf1efd17-cd77-484c-941a-8a7a8e5dde36/PXL_20220213_204159118+-+Copy.jpg WORK Handmade matching Valentine's envelopes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/da26eaab-f990-4548-9a25-c982a2e0755e/MVIMG_20191123_214706.jpg WORK Handsewing detail from custom Frozen jacket for my daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/feb1161a-2d17-46b2-9cff-0b592661790e/IMG_8023.CR2.jpg WORK The inside of the coat is just as important as the outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/936653b2-aa1e-4d64-9595-89d3633dbda9/IMG_8002.CR2.jpg WORK Detail of the handmade coat & frog closures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/ca615ca3-af28-4744-be84-229f30d8a2f5/IMG_8105.CR2.jpg WORK Our spin on Frozen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/7e37e235-0ec2-4f72-9864-ce0a0f47a222/wovenbag1_email.jpg WORK Hand woven bag made of all the strips of cotton I meticulously dyed attempting to capture every color of the rainbow. Lots of labor involved here, just because. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/ff137226-f46d-45cf-82db-f20a09799ba7/TerryPie.jpg WORK The time when my 3 year old lost her lion stuffy in Downtown, Asheville, and we created a reward-driven marketing campaign to get the stuffy back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/8dfe3ea0-5bd2-4567-a30b-1619774b7496/LionStuffy.jpg WORK Terry Pie, the lion stuffy, was actually found in a red double-decker bus. I couldn't make this up. Let's pay attention because there is magic all around us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/179a4e54-ea5d-4503-9fec-37e5e3f88b5e/dress+and+class+pics+069.jpg WORK Custom gown for a client who had a very fancy RenFaire ball to attend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/e342e0c4-518e-4c6e-ac08-c5f1a8e8d225/dress+and+class+pics+049.jpg WORK Detail of front of costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/082afa12-22df-4f23-a8af-46cf88f361b4/brookhaven+005.jpg WORK Kelledy Shop! The time when I had a storefront and made clothes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/3683eb5a-8809-4677-9dcc-0aa500ce8ab1/poppies_email.jpg WORK Fashion example from my Hearts & Sleeves Collection at Kelledy Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/9aef5824-c143-4087-b9bc-da9c82569b38/random+034.jpg WORK Another gown from Hearts & Sleeves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/81c80e3d-2394-472e-96f4-5c72d43a3e30/-15986.jpg WORK From the finale of the Hearts & Sleeves performance that I wrote and directed (and designed and built the dresses.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741237977738-5CZ61356TEYLJI4Q1V7K/20170127_162236.jpg WORK My best friend's husband Ryan was dying of cancer. There she is comforting him while I sketch their love and his final moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741238533725-55DP9ZQHNDVL1NUZ4VP4/20151219_132158%2B-%2BCopy.jpg WORK From my best wishes series: Meditations for my friends who were dealing with cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741238602563-KFC9GB1TQTRNHS604WJR/20150831_221406%252B-%252BCopy.jpg WORK Sketch of my friend's baby, Harper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/20be0d5e-7b10-4f77-b226-73e69de27b5c/20150816_232313+-+Copy.jpg WORK Shoes for baby Harper, inspired by my time with his parents in India, where he was conceived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/76215085-1487-4867-95fe-ae6a0ba83271/20150816_235816+-+Copy.jpg WORK Tiny gold shoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741238261677-NAJ39S2V853VL8OESFKO/20151219_131216%2B-%2BCopy.jpg WORK A blessing band for Harper and family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741238282951-A3PRLW8LKTOCRNZCVQ4J/20151219_131249%2B-%2BCopy.jpg WORK Detail of blessing band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741238440269-YQDDS7PXNFM68623RWH4/PXL_20210929_121859238%2B-%2BCopy.jpg WORK I made this letter for my former supervisor at my job, because she was influential to me in becoming a better leader and person. She is really wise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741238423012-JJR5OTVV60EB6U9HNJEJ/PXL_20210928_024813941%2B-%2BCopy.jpg WORK And she loves to garden so inside the handmade envelope was this painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/3b3f6ce5-55b6-4f0b-9a5b-d178fb9b189d/PXL_20220901_221310503.PORTRAIT+-+Copy.jpg WORK More gifts for special people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/011ea956-1884-4d97-8c20-3158397aee74/paulstaring.jpg WORK Barry the handyman who loves to model for me. He loves art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/34ed1d3c-1595-4c4a-8369-5a75c962e875/PXL_20230520_034946561.PORTRAIT.jpg WORK A lasagna cake I made for my daughter's Garfield Trivia birthday party. I used cocoa Krispies for the meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/ae1969d1-775c-41df-821b-71eb23f8e0b6/File0017+-+Copy.jpg WORK Hula performer costumes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/2074707d-3d5b-4098-bced-906bdcb43de0/Chicken+Yearbook+%281%29.jpg WORK The time I made a yearbook and trading cards for our pet chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/82764a54-c172-465e-befd-d3b3c15cd92d/8.jpg WORK Bionic Heart book, exterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/7dd2578d-1aa3-4b2b-9dff-231fd910247a/10.jpg WORK Bionic Heart, with stills from my animation: Computer Bug Love Virus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/d5fea9be-187e-48c4-b30b-fa04a23f7bf4/david.jpg WORK Just a guy in a waiting room who was watching TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/a888f0e3-ca10-4870-96f3-f7014922ef7f/PXL_20231228_161525821.PORTRAIT.jpg WORK Cards for a playing card game I created about dog breeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/1741239413488-DZ7R712DV0Z404GV7QEB/PXL_20231228_192717043.jpg WORK My family playing the card game with me. It was fun and the logic worked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67c5d9037997203c7d1f1d27/0bb1f363-b14e-4ecb-86cc-2ff5b988f7f5/Bobbie-Queen.jpg WORK Birthday invite for my mom's 80th, hand-drawn as the Queen of Diamonds.