Rad & Happy Blog

Using Your Color Happy Pages in Procreate

July 15, 2025

Here's a quick tutorial if you're wondering how to digitally color your Color Happy files on an iPad in Procreate! Read more...

Tara's Favorite Pens 2024

May 10, 2024

But Tara. Which pen is your FAVORITE?! I mean ok most loaded question of my life because it depends what I am sound, how I am feeling and what the... Read more...

Unleashing Your Creativity: Five Steps to Get Started

May 7, 2024

Hey there, did you know that creativity is like a secret superpower we all have? It's not some elusive talent only a few are born with. It's not an "either... Read more...

Unleashing the Creative Side of Homeschooling: Rad & Happy Products Every Parent Should Know

May 1, 2024

For parents of elementary-school-aged children, homeschooling presents both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge lies in creating a well-rounded curriculum that fosters academic growth and personal development. The opportunity... Read more...

Keeping Young Travelers Happy and Engaged: The Rad & Happy Travel Experience

April 29, 2024

In this article, we explore the dynamic duo of Color Happy and the Rad & Happy Travel Log, aimed at turning every mile into an adventure of creative learning and... Read more...

Intro to iPad Pro - Time-lapse Drawing with Procreate and iPad Pro | Article 5 of 5

April 27, 2024

I’ll share how I use the techniques we’ve discussed in this series to create a drawing using the iPad Pro with the Procreate app. Enjoy! Read more...

Intro to iPad Pro - iPad Pro & Apple Pencil Hand Lettering Review | Article 4 of 5

April 25, 2024

Hi, everyone! It’s no secret I love my iPad Pro with Apple Pencil! It makes all my lettering dreams come true. I’m totally in love and today I’m going to show... Read more...

Intro to iPad Pro - Hacks for Calligraphers, Illustrators, and Hand Letterers | Article 3 of 5

April 23, 2024

Today I’m here to address some of the biggest complaints and questions I hear about the iPad and the Apple Pencil. I’ve learned my hacks over time and have found some... Read more...

Intro to iPad Pro - Make a Pattern | Article 2 of 5

April 21, 2024

Hi, guys! In the last lesson, we learned how to vectorize our work using the iPad Pro and Procreate app. In this lesson, I’m going to show you how to make... Read more...

Intro to iPad Pro - Vectorize Hand Lettering | Article 1 of 5

April 19, 2024

Today I want to share how I vectorize my work. It is one of my most frequently asked questions. In this lesson, I’ll walk you through my process step by... Read more...

Spruce Up Your Classroom Teacher-Focused Fonts!

April 17, 2024

Hey there educator friends! 🍎 Have you ever felt like your classroom documents are stuck in a bit of a font rut? I mean, there are tons of fonts out... Read more...

Favorite Pens for Someone New To Lettering

November 26, 2021

With the recent launch of my Lettering For Littles class I wanted to share all my favorite pens that we use in the class! Snagging a couple of these to... Read more...

Family Movie Night with HBO Max Family

March 23, 2021

This post is sponsored by HBO Max Family My mom was always so good at making reading magical for us growing up and it’s something I have wanted to do... Read more...

Color Happy FAQ

January 3, 2021

Hi Guys! I am here to answer some Color Happy FAQs. If haven’t heard yet, Color Happy is a $5 month coloring page subscription that includes new custom deigned pages... Read more...

Rad & Happy x Mixbook Holiday Collab

December 4, 2020

It feels like this has been a lifetime in the works and I am SO EXCITED to finally announce the Rad & Happy x Mixbook collaboration!! It’s full of pretty... Read more...

Discount Codes

October 1, 2020

Yessss.. discounts makes everything better right?! I decided to create this page to save all my codes I have for only my for realsies favorite companies. Some of these I... Read more...

Martha For Mixbook

March 8, 2020

Literally the first thing I thought when I heard about this collaboration a was MARTHA IS SO LUCKY!!! Haha But seriously.. Mixbook is one of my all time favorite forever... Read more...

Bluhm Family Preview

June 8, 2018

I can't wait to get these all my computer and edited but here are just a couple sneak peaks. *so excited!* Read more...

Randy & Nikki

June 8, 2018

these two are seriously some of my favorite people to photograph. nikki always bring sentimental things that make the shoot so personal and randy always treats her with so much... Read more...

Happy Things

June 7, 2018

My brother turned 30, and I think I'm a funny (obnoxious) little sister. I love Instagram flooding my feed with peonies lately. And these kids are my happy. Read more...

Procreate App Brushes for Hand Lettering

April 25, 2018

These brushes are outdated and don’t work as well as they would with the new app updates. You are still welcome to use them or I have a full set... Read more...

Easter Banner Goodness

March 25, 2018

I fail at decorating for the holidays. True story. But I had an amazing mother who always made them magical for us, and I loved it, so I'm trying to step up my... Read more...

Late Night Thoughts

January 18, 2018

i worked my butt off today. legit from waking up to this moment (minus a quick stop by a birthday party that had puppies with kyra. she wouldn't get anywhere... Read more...

Sitting up

January 9, 2018

I randomly tried to see if Brock could sit on his own today and the little nugget acted like he has been doing it for ages. He looks so much... Read more...

Happy New Year

December 31, 2017

Happy New Year from these little crazies. Read more...

Our Little Brockstar

December 29, 2017

Brockster, Brocky boy, Brockstar, Brocker, baby Brock. Kyra calls him Brocky. He's so big and moves nonstop. I can tell he really wants to crawl. He is so smiley and... Read more...

Memory Lane

December 28, 2017

It blows my mind that our babies only stay babies for like six months out of their whole lives. Seriously when they start crawling, they become movers and then toddlers,... Read more...

The day I braved IKEA with two kids

December 3, 2017

image I wish I was at IKEA as a bystander to watch myself today. So there we were strolling along with the IKEA cart from hell. (For reals though. It... Read more...

My Little Love

November 16, 2017

This guy. He is almost four months. Rolling over like a champ. Always wiggling. Mamas boy. Already busting out of six month clothes. He’s huge. Smiles that make me weak... Read more...

The Perfect Day

August 12, 2017

The perfect beach day with dang good company. So I totally go back and forth about bringing my camera places. It’s annoying to lug around cause it’s huge, and I’m... Read more...