Hi Reader,

Happy Friday! I hope you've had a nice day. It's crazy to me that October is already halfway over. I think it's my favorite month because it's the middle of my favorite season, Autumn. 🍂 I'm trying to make the most of enjoying every moment I can, but I'm not going to lie I'm a little overwhelmed at everything I have to get done in the next month before I go to Hawaii so I'm spending way too much time at my desk instead of outside. I am LOVING this project though so it's worth it.

As you know my friend Bri & I are collaborating on 400 paintings and we're nearly there. We have a lot of work still ahead of us, but this project is coming together beautifully. I'm painting every day and putting all of my heart into each one!

At the end of this email I'm going to announce the release date for this collection, so keep reading!!

First though a few other updates:

I went to a marker store today!

A new coloring & marker store opened up in my area, so of course I had to make a trip! They had an entire wall of markers and you bet that this artist was in love. I may or may not have been drooling over all of the pink and green markers!

If you're in Northwest Florida, the shop is Wook Books.

World Okapi Day is coming up on Sunday!

I'm donating 20% of every order in my shop from Oct 16-20th back to The Okapi Conservation Project!

If you didn't already know what an okapi is, it is actually related to a giraffe, has a striped butt like a zebra, and is so beautiful, but sadly endangered!

Collect an Okapi!

Pygmy Hippo Washi Tape will be back in stock soooon!

I launched a limited number of these in September to see how they would do, and you guys blew me out of the water and I sold out!

THANK YOU!

I was amazed, so I've reordered them and I'll be relisting them SOON so if you want to claim yours first, Hit REPLY and I'll send you a listing before they go public.

Now I think it's time to let you in on a secret. Bri & I are finally ready to share the release date of our 400 painting collection! Are you ready? Mark your calendar!

Our collection launch date is....

Friday, November 20th!

We have big dreams of selling out all 400 paintings, we know that's a big goal, but it would be so incredible and we've put so much passion into every painting and we just know that you're going to love them! 🤗

If you have a fave piece already, as an email subscriber, you can claim first dibs on your favorite minis NOW. We won't be launching the full collection publicly to our 155,000+ followers on socials until November 20th, but you can adopt any you have your eye on right now!

These 40 have already been collected: (Thank you SO MUCH!)

Here are the paintings we've completed that are still available to collect:

The dolphins & rays:

the seals & jellies:

The sharks:

The whales:

other ocean creatures:

The turtles & shells:

Land, Sky, & Sea:

The Food:

And a few more:

So if you already see one or more that you want to claim before anyone else does, then directly reply to this email and tell me which one(s) you want from Bri and/ or me and I’ll send you a custom order link. 🤗

Here’s some important info.

#1 The minis you order will not be shipped until after the collection releases in November because Bri and I need them all until then so we can piece them together for the bigger painting they will all create unitedly.

#2 Here is the pricing for the minis:

1 mini = $75 USD

2-3 minis = $70 each

4-9 minis = $65 each

10+ minis = $65 each with a free 8” x 8” print of the whole collection pieced together.

#3 All orders of original paintings will ship free in the USA 🇺🇸

#4 For International orders, we recommend budgeting approx. around $25-$35 USD for shipping costs.

#5 It's first come, first serve. Once you let us know which painting you want, we'll send you a custom listing. You'll have a grace period of 3 days after we send the listing to pay, but after that those paintings are back up for grabs to our email subscribers.

Thank you all very much for the excitement you’ve been expressing for Briana's and my collaboration 🥰🥰 We are so grateful for you all 🫂 🫂

I'm at 135 mini paintings completed! That's 65 more to go, so if you have anything you'd like to see me paint, hit reply and tell me! It could end up in the collection, ya never know. ;)