The Picture Door Lady

Ever since we moved into our apartment this past March, I've added a new handmade wreath or watercolor to our door every four weeks. At first, I thought no one noticed, but then people in the building started referring to me as the 'the picture door lady'.

Therefore, now I really feel under the gun to create something cute each month... especially considering it's the holiday season!

So for December I've gone with a cut paper forest theme featuring a snowman, fox and owl. No other neighbors have decorations out yet, so I hope this inspires some other families to get out the glue, paper and scissors!

Have a holly, jolly week and stay tuned for more holiday crafts and cheer right here every Wednesday!

xo Lady Lucas

Zinnie's Topiary | Cut Paper Animation

A few months ago I had an idea that I wanted to create a series of short, minute long videos that would sort of 'introduce' my Linzer Lane animals to a new audience on YouTube. While riding the subway in January, I put together a storyboard concept for the first movie:

Next, I assembled the pieces by drawing Zinnie various times on watercolor paper:

After that, I conducted a photo shoot of each movie frame and it came out looking like this:

I assembled all the animated frames in a video editing program and VOILA! Here is the finished product!

I hope you enjoyed it!

By the way, if you like Zinnie and think she's a charming gal, I think you'll want to check out this coloring book ;)

Until next week,

xo Lady Lucas