Neville’s Christmas Croon
By Cathy on December 21, 2013120Read moreMany of you might remember that Neville began his singing career as a mere pup. His talent was discovered when he was only six months old, while the girls were singing the woo-woo-woo part of the Charlie Brown Christmas song. Suddenly, Neville began to chime in. A star dog was born. Now, four years later, he has perfected his craft
The Christmas Tree Library
By Cathy on December 17, 2013Read moreWhen the girls were growing up, we read a story or two every night before bed. I know you know that delightful scent of a just-bathed child curled up in your lap with a book. Heaven! And extra heavenly is when the first day of December arrives, and we get to pull down all of our Christmas books. I put
Goodnight Classroom, Hello World
By Cathy on December 12, 2013Read moreWe are so excited to announce our new full-time member of the Cathy Heck Studio team. Julianna Heck. Yes, she is related. Julianna (sister to Ellen and Margaret) has been working for the studio part-time for two years. When she first began her college career, she was headed down the athlete path. But, lucky for us, and although it was
Creative Expression Then and Now
By Cathy on December 6, 2013Read moreToday is Julianna’s Senior Show at VCUarts. To all young parents out there in blogland, if you give your little artist some markers and paper, and she decides that paper is not her preferred substrate for artistic expression, don’t worry … … because one day, she might be graduating from art school, where face painting is not only allowed,
It’s the wrapping time of year!
By Ellen Heck on December 3, 2013Read moreNow that’s it’s officially the Christmas season, we’re excited to show off one of our new designs, Snow Angels, which will debut this year on boxed cards and wrapping paper at DesignDesign and on glittered fabric by David Textiles at Jo-Ann stores.