Holiday Events with Tootsie's and Jonathan's Place

Yesterday and today I had a wonderful opportunity to do some more sketching for events! 

Tootsie's was having a wonderful trunk show for Sheryl Lowe Designs. The jewelry was beautiful, with gemstones and sparkling silver and gold - I wish Sheryl well with her collection! 

I had a wonderful time sketching customers, everyone seemed to have a great time and I met a lot of great people. Courtney Edwards from francisco+co was so kind to bring me in for this, and I look forward to more in the future. Live sketching has turned out to be a great way to network and meet all kinds of people. I met photographers, event planners, and so many more people!

As it turns out, my husband got an offer for some jobs in Houston. We may be moving away from Dallas - and hopefully this networking and the new skills I've learned will help me in my new home! (It's not set in stone yet, but it's a pretty good chance we will be moving)

The second event I sketched at was today, for a charity fundraiser for Jonathan's Place - a benefit for abused and abandoned children. It was an event held in the home of Ksenia Gonchar, a wonderful lady who was kind enough to invite me in for this wonderful event!

There were plenty of other people to draw and sketch - and more networking was to be had! So many fashionable and fabulous people are in Dallas! When my husband and I have to move, I will miss them! 

Not only was there sketching to be had, but the charity also had a silent auction! So many wonderful things were donated, from Dallas Star Jerseys and autographs to beautiful works of art and jewelry! Lublu from the Plaza at Preston was also there with their beautiful clothing! It was great to see friendly faces and meet new ones as well. 

By the end of the day, I had done plenty of drawing - and everyone seemed to have a great time. I hope I get to draw at another event like this again, it's so much fun! I also get to push myself and challenge myself to create illustrations quickly. 

I will miss Dallas when we move, but I will definitely come visit for any event that might need my drawing hand!

PEF Foundation Charity Fashion Show

I am pleased to have been a part of the charity event with the PEF foundation tonight! I had a table set up and did live paintings for guests who wanted them for a small fee. A percentage of the sales were donated back to the foundation. 

A look at my table tonight, set up with paints, gold and silver gouache, paper, business cards... everything!

It was a lot of fun and I got to meet all sorts of interesting people! The fashion show was wonderful, and the sketch I did of the runway got sold to one of the beautiful models! 

A few of the paintings were of other Dallas Bloggers from the Dallas Blogger Collective (of which I'm also a member) and I was so happy that they liked them! 

Aren't these ladies cute! Hoping to find out what their blogs are so I can follow them!

I hope to do more events like this in the future, and I hope you'll check out the charity foundation. They're raising awareness for a great cause!

Tonight I wore a dress and shoes I got just from Target. A cute novelty print and wedge booties are just the items I needed to add to my fall wardrobe!

You'll see these booties again for an upcoming Two-Way Tuesday!