New Meadow Designs

✨🤍Sharing MY ART!🤍✨

I posted my art every day for a month, and let me tell you what happened! ✨

I decided to do a little art practice in painting oysters, leading up to the Maine Oyster Festival 🦪

I painted 12 oysters a day for 25 days leading up to the festival - that’s a total of 300 oysters! 🌊

I decided to share the whole process online - and I am soooo glad I did! 🙌🏼

Something happened that I wasn’t expecting! ✨

It started to grow a community that supported my art - not only online - but locally! 🥰

I will be showing my art at The Harpswell Collective! 🖼️

✨Starting July 18th!✨

And I will also have a print vending machine that will live at The Harpswell Collective, filled with my art! 🎨

And to anyone who needs to hear this - Share your art with the world! 🌎

The world needs art right now. It always needs art, but right now, if you have some - share it! 🫶🏼

Follow along to see the rest of this art journey I’m on! 🤍

And … I already have another “I have an idea, is this crazy?” set in my mind for the month of August! 😀

✨💛July heART Print Club💛✨

*content* mention su***de - talking about mental health awareness

Fundraising for 💛The Yellow Tulip Project!💛

I love everything that is non-profit stands for and excited to raise awareness/funds for them this month!

They have created a community to ‘Smash the Stigma’ around talking about mental health

The statistics around su***de are heartbreaking and to change that we need to all start talking about it - personally there are too many people that I know that have lost their battle to mental illness

From the yellow tulips they plant in Hope Gardens to the community programing and support they provide - there are so many reasons why I love this non-profit

Let’s shine some light on The Yellow Tulip Project in their 10th year of making a difference!

Put an order in by August 1st to get your own Yellow Tulip Bulbs and plant your own community Hope Garden! You can purchase them through theyellowtulipproject.org

Or sign up for this months heART Print Club - where all proceeds will go directly to The Yellow Tulip Project! And you get art in the mail from me!

You can sign up for the snail mail print club at the link in my bio or go directly to my website at www.newmeadowdesigns.com

Not going to lie I got emotional filming this - please take care of yourself and know it gets better and there is always support

*National Su***de Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 call or text 988

🦪✨300 Oysters - Update!✨🦪

Follow along as I paint 300 oysters for the Maine Oyster Festival 🌊

That’s 12 oysters a day until June 27th!

Right now I am over halfway to my goal 🤩

I can’t believe that it has gone by so quickly and that the festival is right around the corner 😀

Wanted to do a little re-cap of all I’ve painted so far! And talk a little about my love of art and my process 🎨

I’m looking forward to meeting everyone that comes to my art booth the weekend of the festival 🥰

I’m also very excited to eat as many oysters as possible!

I’ll be sneaking my way over to oyster farmers booths the entire weekend ☺️

Still have art to make - tote bags to paint - and shirts to sew! 😅

Follow along/wish me luck - and see if I can get it all done in time!🙂🙃

🐟June 💌 heART Print Club 💌

✨will be raising funds for✨

🌊The Gulf of Maine Research Institute 🌊

They work on many great initiatives to help preserve and understand the Gulf of Maine, ensuring it thrives and remains vibrant for generations to come. From Climate Change, Ecosystem Health, and Seafood Sustainability, they are working across many areas to protect the Gulf of Maine.

When you ask someone what they know about Maine, one of the first things they will say is Lobster or amazing seafood

And, obviously, as someone who is obsessed with seafood and endlessly inspired by all the ocean contains, I wanted to find a non-profit working to protect our oceans. I wanted to find a non-profit that has amazing programs that support the community and understands the lives of so many who work and live on the ocean here in Maine.

One program my oyster-loving heart was really intrigued by is their Maine Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program. It’s the first of its kind and provides hands-on experience for those interested in a career in aquaculture (I’m not going to say no to supporting more oyster farmers)

If you love the ocean and all it has to offer, help me support the Gulf of Maine Research Institute by signing up for this month’s heART Print Club!

To sign up for June’s Heart Print Club! Go to the link in my bio or head directly to my website at www.newmeadowdesigns.com