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Bedtime Snackit Reading

{Posted in Books, Events ~ Monday, April 16th, 2012}

We enjoyed bringing Bedtime Snackit: Snackit Adventuresto Grassroots Bookstore this past weekend. The crowd was small, but the response was big. What a joy to see the light and curiosity in the eyes of a little girl reading my book for the first time. This is what it’s all about.

Get your copy of Bedtime Snackit today, and see the light spark in your little one’s eyes. Want some real life snackits to go along with the book? Contact me today to place an order! Hand felted from all natural wool, my little snackits are a delight and cost just $5 plus a small shipping/handling fee. I will also be posting this coloring sheet available as a free download over at www.MirandaRMueller.com soon. I started my illustration career as a child, filling the pages of a wild horse coloring book with a small set of colored pencils. I am still using colored pencils today, though my collection has grown to epic proportions! *New* You can order signed copies of our book! Neato!

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This Saturday!

{Posted in Books, Events ~ Thursday, April 12th, 2012}

Hey Corvallis, Philomath, Eugene, Monroe, Kings Valley, Monmouth….. you get the idea….
There’s a sweet family event happening this Saturday at Grassroots Bookstore in Corvallis. Author/Illustrator Father/Daughter team are hosting a book reading, signing and all around fun event. There will be Snackit coloring sheets available for the first 20 little arteests and there will EVEN be some real life snackits for you to take home!

It doesn’t get better. Hope to see you there!

Saturday, April 14 at 11:30
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis

Tags: bedtime snackit, book reading, book signing, corvallis bookstore, corvallis oregon, grassroots bookstore, miranda r mueller, snackits, tim mueller

The Latest

{Posted in Baby Name Art, Books, Events ~ Wednesday, April 4th, 2012}

Oh what a flurry the studio is these days! I’m on the verge of finishing a new book, Polly Has Patience using a slightly different style than my previous books. I’m very excited about it! Along with that book project, i’ve been working on some original illustrations, including this gem for a previous client’s newest baby, Jack. Isn’t this great?

Even more exciting news has developed in the past month: I haven’t just been working in two dimensions! I announced my newest venture on my other blog last week: mini-felted sculptures. I’ve been focusing on corgis lately, because corgis are worth focusing on, but more fuzzy critters will be found both at my other blog, Pocket Pause and my Etsy shop soon. In the meantime, here are some of the cuties coming i’ve been working on lately. One of them is headed to France today!

On top of all this in-studio action, i’m also excited for an upcoming book reading of Bedtime Snackit at the local Grassroots Bookstore in Corvallis next Sunday at 11:30. Hint: there are going to be free coloring sheets and some ‘real life’ snackits present, so you really don’t want to miss it.

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Host a Reading/ Book Signing of Bedtime Snackit!

{Posted in Books, Events ~ Tuesday, January 24th, 2012}

Are you looking for a family friendly event for your library, school, book store or cafe? Consider hosting a book signing with author Timothy G. Mueller and illustrator Miranda R. Mueller. Tim will read Bedtime Snackit, and both author and illustrator will be available to personally sign copies of their latest book from the Snackit Adventures series.

For a limited time book signings and readings are available for free! Free entertainment that’s educational and wholesome can’t be beat. Signings are currently only available within the greater Eugene/Corvallis areas, including all rural communities in the Willamette valley. Some scheduling limitations may apply, and bookings are best made one month in advance.

Along with the reading/signing, coloring sheets will be available for the first 20 children at every visit.

Bedtime Snackit is a story about Shaina Raina Malaina, a girl who loves bedtime snacks. She’s not the only fan of snacks in her bedroom… Will she learn to share? Read about Shaina and her adventures meeting the Snackits: snack hungry critters hiding under the bed!

“Right about midnight, Shaina heard a small, tiny noise from the corner of her room, behind the dresser. She held oh so still and only looked with one eye….”

Bedtime Snackit is a fun picture book suitable for very young children, up to early readers/ age 8. Interested in hosting a reading or carrying Bedtime Snackit on your shelves? Contact us to book a visit or for more information!

Some reviews from readers:

These are great stories that always bring giggles, and wishes for a Snackit of their own! – Emily in Wisconsin

Have you read Bedtime Snackit? Leave us a comment with your review!

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Activity Abounds!

{Posted in Baby Name Art, Books, Site ~ Wednesday, February 9th, 2011}

Things have been pretty crazy in this here studio lately. I’ve been really vamping up my soap making business: Nude Soap! It’s pretty awesome, smells great, and is getting more legit every day. I’m still working on brainstorming more ecommerce and marketing strategies, but the recipes have been honed and i’m super clean

Focusing on that business tends to distract me from this one, however. So i’ll be focusing on some new projects at the drafting table soon. I’m excited to announce pet portraits and MURALS to be added to my repertoire very soon. As always, i’ll provide original artwork at budget prices to liven up the lives of my clients and their children (or pets!).

In other exciting news: Snackit Adventures: Bedtime Snackit is just about finished! I have the proofs and they look great, so watch Amazon.com for the arrival of a super fun book about bedtime snacks and and the critters who thieve them. I’ll be posting interior illustrations here soon as well, so come on back and check it out!

Original Name Illustrations, Custom Invitations or Announcements, Murals and Pet Portraits: No Dream is Too Big!

New Work

{Posted in Books, Site ~ Tuesday, November 9th, 2010}

Please visit my Published Gallery to see some interior illustrations from my newest book, Gardening With Grandma by Eric Brunsvold.

Now available at Amazon.com for just $9.95. Gardening With Grandma is an endearing story about the author as a child starting a garden with his grandmother and the relationship they cultivate while cultivating the vegetable plants. My extensive gardening really helped inspire my illustrations and i brought my own relationship with my grandmother to the feel of the book.

'Gardening With Grandma' by Eric Brunsvold, 2010. Available at Amazon.com

In the studio…

{Posted in Books ~ Wednesday, October 6th, 2010}

Several new book projects are littering my drafting table these days. Happily, the temps outside have cooled off and my studio is no longer the sweltering hottest room of the house. I’m happy to be working on some fun projects and look forward to new orders for the Holidays.

Here’s a sneak peek:

Gardening with Grandma, Eric Brunsvold 2010

Storyboard for 'Shaina and the Snackit' by Tim Mueller, 2010

Great Review of The Forever Friends Club

{Posted in Books ~ Monday, March 1st, 2010}

See the full review here.
It’s a goody!

The Forever Friends Club Available for Pre-Orders

{Posted in Books ~ Wednesday, February 10th, 2010}

The Forever Friends Club, is available at 25% off for all pre-orders through my publisher’s website: DRTPress.com (Actually, all books are 25% off!) Offer is good until March 15 – the book’s publication date. And shhhhh! Pre-orders will be mailed next week! Spread it!

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Another great review of The Forever Friends Club

{Posted in Books ~ Tuesday, November 17th, 2009}

If you are on facebook, please check out this great review!