Another Year Has Slipped Away…

Welcome to the nebulous week between Christmas and New Year’s!

This is a Christmas card design from 2018–in spite of the fact that it is dated to 2017 (seems I never got used to writing the new date that year). It was my first time coloring a panel with colored pencil, rather than digitally, and I struggled with scanning it. But I still love this one!

This little panel went on the inside front of the card. Poor mouse!

Bonus trivia: this card was was inspired by a Christmas card from World War I, below:

Christmas Tree Pile-Up

It’s December! Time to deck the halls!


This is “Christmas Tree Pile-Up,” from 2009 (back when the mice had whiskers). It started a tradition I’ve kept up (most) years of creating a new Christmas card each season, and sending them to friends and family. This first Christmas card design remains one of my favorites.


This will be available as a card in the Lab Mice Etsy shop, opening soon!