To all the Bitsy and Raff Fambily, David Caudle and I would like to wish you a very cheery Valentine’s Day! May you always meet the most unlikely of friends! Watercolor by Anastasia Traina ~ 2014~

Fiddling around with the idea of unlikely friends around the pond… Graphite and watercolor on a lowly piece of scrap paper by Anastasia Traina 2014!

Watercolor in progress by Anastasia Traina Raff’s feebleness wasn’t embarrassing only It also made Raff the Reed rather lonely. No butterfly ever sat down on poor Raff. The very idea made the butterflies laugh. Written by David Caudle.

HAPPINESS, PART 2 ~ O’ HOORAY! LET’S SNEAK A PEEK AT THE PROGRESS OF BITSY AND RAFF, SHALL WE? HERE IS JUST AN EENSY-WEENSY CORNER OF A NEW PAGE ~ Watercolor in progress by Anastasia Traina ON lovely hot pressed…

Character study of possible reed for Bitsy and Raff! Photo by Anastasia Traina ~ 2014~

HAPPINESS, IT’S A NEW YEAR ~ 2014 ~ O’ HOORAY! SO, LET’S SNEAK A PEEK AT THE PROGRESS OF BITSY AND RAFF, SHALL WE? HERE IS JUST AN EENSY-WEENSY CORNER OF A NEW PAGE ~ Watercolor in progress by Anastasia…

As 2013 comes to a close we are incredibly grateful to all the kind and generous souls who have supported us in our campaign to make 2014 the Year of Bitsy and Raff!! We can not wait to release these…

Traveling across a great big pond called the Pacific, I wandered to beautiful Nagasaki, Japan, where today my friends and I happened into a magical store devoted to picture books for children of all ages. I cannot wait to have…

On this bustery snow falling Tuesday we would like to say THANK YOU, sprinkled with one thousand and one bestest friend mushy hugs to Ceci West for her most generous gift to Bitsy and Raff! oxox

IN CELEBRATION OF DAVID CAUDLE’S DAY, HERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT EENSY-WEENSY CORNER ~ Watercolor in progress by Anastasia Traina ON PROPER PAPER ~ 2013 Happy happy Birthday, David! “Just outside of a town near you,…