Blog posts direct from the desert surrounding Tucson, AZ, here you’ll find about the inspirations that become whimsical Zinnia Sky Studio greeting cards and art.
Road Trip Across the Country Summer is traveling season. To be honest, I’m not a great traveler. I never traveled as a kid. I didn’t really travel until my kids were grown and then not a lot. I’m a homebody and not ashamed to admit it. Home is my very favorite place. But some of…
A House Full of Chihuahuas As you can imagine, a house full of chihuahuas is quite interesting. And you might wonder why and how we ended up with so many. We didn’t set out to fill our house with chihuahuas. Or dogs for that matter. But it happened. And despite some of the challenges, we…
Introducing Tim! If you’ve met us at a show, you’ve probably met Tim. But he’s the kind of guy that you don’t mind meeting again and again. Tim is the quiet partner behind Zinnia Sky Studio and it’s time to drag him out into the open. If you heard the kicking and screaming, don’t worry,…
Creating the Flowers Collection. A couple or a few times a year, I create a collection of cards and art. I used to just create a card and bring it to the farmers market or shows. It was random, just boom, new card! But over the last few years, I’ve been organizing myself to create…
A business evolution. Have you ever wondered how a business came to be? I don’t think I ever thought about how that happened until I realized I’d actually started one. I had always worked for someone else – except those 8 years that I ran a day care in my home. Oh wait, I still…
April has arrived and the desert is beautiful in Spring! April has arrived and the desert is beautiful! Spring brings so much to the desert and April is when we transition from spring into summer. After some cold nights and chilly days, everything is warming up and reaching out for the sun. Landscapes and gardens…
St. Patrick’s Day fun but why? St. Patrick’s Day is filled with all kinds of fun things and traditions. St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish holiday – I bet you already knew that – celebrated all over the world. It’s a day of parades, traditionally fun foods and Irish folklore. There are leprechauns and shamrocks…
March and spring is just around the corner now! March = Spring! Doesn’t that simple word make you smile? I love spring – how about you? It’s full of so many hopeful things. Baby birds are hatched, crops are planted, flowers pop out of the ground and the days get longer. We’re a little reversed…
How Zinnia Sky Studio came to be — Part 2 So a few weeks back I started the story of how Zinnia Sky Studio came to be. If you didn’t read it, you might want to go back and start there. You can find it here: Part 1 – How Zinnia Sky Studio came to…
February February is the second and shortest month of the year – I bet you knew that. By now we’re settling into our new year, ready to get things going. If you live north, it’s getting to be the end of winter, or at least the end is in sight. But here in the desert,…
