Author Archives: Swapna

Four Designs, Three Chalkboards, Two Languages, One Verse, and One Strange Crush

I was thrilled to create three different versions of Joshua’s most famous line in chalkboard form recently! Two different friends asked for it for their homes or for their family members. For each piece, I drafted 5-8 different designs, then we worked together to narrow down the best one that fit both of our styles.

A Tale of Two Self-Help Books: Brene Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection and Rachel Hollis’s Girl Wash Your Face

I’m not sure if I made a mistake or wisely-yet-unknowingly paired two self-help books. But I read these two back-to-back, and now I feel like I just took a college psychology course titled Psych 201 – From Vulnerable to Victorious: Lessons in Empowerment from Girlbosses. (DUDE. Note to self: That title is awesome and IContinue reading “A Tale of Two Self-Help Books: Brene Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection and Rachel Hollis’s Girl Wash Your Face”

From Instagram Message to Nursery Decor: The Making of the Moon Board!

When I started The Nerd Lady, one of my many hopes for my creative projects was to create artwork that could get girls excited about science and adventure. I wanted to create dinosaur and outer space art for little girls like mine so they could dream about discovery and exploration. There’s plenty of this forContinue reading “From Instagram Message to Nursery Decor: The Making of the Moon Board!”

On reading one of those strange and beautiful ee cummings poems

One does not simply read aloud an ee cummings poem…. but here’s a video that will help you read his most famous one.