Studio Life

Texans love bluebonnets and we love taking bluebonnet portraits.  The sturdy blue flowers grow in abundance along the highways in the early spring, thanks to the foresight of Lady Bird Johnson. For most of us, at some point in our lives, we have had to squat down in a sea of bluebonnets on the side of the road for our

Every year, right before our niece’s birthday in February, the Caldecott Awards are announced, and we are able to give her a brand new fresh Caldecott award-winning book.  (Okay, I admit it, I give myself the same book.  Happy Grace’s Birthday to me!)  This year, when I realized that the award might have been announced, I zipped to the ALA

Have you already made deviled eggs, egg salad, egg casserole, creamed eggs, and yet, you are still feeling a little egg-recipe challenged?  If you are looking for one more method for finishing all those glorious Easter eggs, here is an idea: Hard Boiled Eggs In Cognito. After the first Easter that our little family had an Easter egg hunt, I

Happy Easter from all of us at Cathy Heck Studio.

Margaret is most proud of this egg, because this egg holds the honor of being the “First Egg Margaret Actually Finished.”  When we started making these tedious jewels, Margaret was a toddler, while her sisters were five and ten years older.  So, although she tried, many of her early eggs are only decorated on one side.  (And, actually, if you