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Kelly Place Illustration & Design

custom illustrations and calligraphy to warm your hearts and your spaces

Regardless of what has brought you here, know that my designs have been created especially for you & done entirely by hand.

11/14/2025

I made a shirt! To quote the end of my instruction pdf, “High Five, Baby!” This was really a skill-acquiring adventure, as I’ve never assembled a collar or a sleeve placket or really anything with a hang loop 😂 I now greatly admire pattern drafters and seamstresses who create custom garments- what a labor of love. Posting my fit check as requested 😉👌 Pattern by and fabric and buttons sourced at our local craft consignment !

07/31/2025

Wrapped up a lovely commission today- can’t wait to share!

07/11/2025

Half way done with a very generous project offered by this summer, learning a new quilt block design every week. I’ve had so much fun working through this sample quilt alongside my Mom, and I’m getting very excited to see it come together.

Asked on my personal page too, but should I send to a long arm company, or attempt to hand quilt? Kind of scared to admit I’m up to the challenge 🙃 tips welcome in about ten weeks. Which block is your favorite? (Posted from most recent to first)

04/22/2025

Liam created a color palette for me as a challenge for an illustration, and this is what I ended up with. I created a lot of collage papers to use, and tried working on top of a pastel background. Needless to say, I didn’t love it, despite really being excited about the sketch. But if I can’t share it on Earth Day, it’ll never reach the public eye 💚🌎 Get your toes in the grass and your hands in some dirt and teach a child to love and nurture this land that sustains us!

02/20/2025

Trucking away on this with another favorite series of ours. Thank you for this gem! I feel that if I set my goals more attainable, like finishing the quilt top within this year, I might actually get it done!

01/08/2025

A very special project I worked on over our winter break was this piece for my parents, celebrating 10 years of their mountain house, lovingly named Camp Harvey. My family has spent countless summer holidays and long weekends up there, with siblings, niece and nephews, nurturing our love of the Adirondacks. While this illustration doesn’t capture all of our outdoor hiking adventures, it does encapsulate a moment in time, all of the kiddos sharing the same living room, toy closet emptied out all over the floor. There is much love there, and all kinds of fun to be had💛

09/27/2024

A few days late, but happy twirling with helicopters season to you all!

04/26/2024

Happy Arbor Day!

Edit: this is my bajillionth time posting this because we are having saturation issues over here 🙃 just know that the original is always more beautiful than the screen

03/20/2024

Love-in-a-mist: perplexity, protection, openness, & delicacy. The meanings of this flower seem as wide as its medicinal uses and history, and I couldn’t help falling into a research rabbit hole before sketching this piece out. I received the seeds from a generous gardening friend, and they bloomed profusely last year. I love the leaves, which are both wispy and spikey, and the cloud they make for the blooms to nestle into. Having been teased with a week or two of mild weather, I already see self-sown seedlings emerging. Very ready for the new life of spring.

03/10/2024

Stretching my colored pencil muscles with this piece, and truly love it. The full version that I shared in my stories yesterday says “take all my money” at the bottom, which is accurate when it comes to my relationship with plants. 🤩💚

02/28/2024

Framed up this original to drop off today at with some stickers 🤩🐅

02/21/2024

update with more family favorites from , & .illustration , and Arnold Lobel 💛

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