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✨Hands at work✨ Painting, drawing, shipping orders, receiving books, delivering books, replying to emails and blog comments, corresponding with stores and my printers, planning, organizing, taxes, running my Etsy shop, keeping up with my website an
✨Best Decision✨ I had dreamed of creating a picture book for at least 10 years before ever working past all the uncertainties and overwhelming beliefs holding me back from just doing it. It's easy to get so intimidated by the process that you never
✨Planning✨ #marchmeetthemaker ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Planning has never come naturally for me, looking at a timeline always felt so daunting. It's only been in the last 5 years or so that I started getting serious about trying to stay more organized for my own sa
✨Brand Values✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✍️Follow your curiosity ✍️Go outside and explore ✍️Listen to your heart/intuition ✍️Find joy in the process ✍️Uplift and empower other creatives ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💛And of course, If you're going to be busy, be busy doing what yo
It’s Day 1 of @joannehawker's #marchmeetthemaker. The first prompt is "you and your work" so here goes nothing! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm Kristen Riggle, an artist and children's book author/illustrator based in Bend, Oregon with my husband and d
It’s Monday, but already excited for First Friday Artwalk this week! I’ll be @thebendstore with a bunch of my original paintings from Hello, Bend board book🎨 All on 8”x8” wood panels, ready to hang! Come say hi this Friday, I
This is one of those paintings that has stayed in the almost done phase for so long, I've almost gotten used to the unfinished bits. I think I started it before publishing my first book! It's painted from a picture taken on a cross country skiing adv