Daeze Doodlez

12/15/46-11/2/10 💙 i’ll always be your little girl.

every one of us is worthy ✨ Worthy print is fresh in the shop.

in honor of today, please give yourself permission to take a mental health day. & then actually take one, unapologetically. & not as a luxury, but as your right. 💙

🏈 this one goes out to all my fellow 1st-time-fantasy-football players 🏆 football is back, & week 1 is a win for my fantasy team. LET’S GO TURQUATEAL TACOS 📣😆

🏈 this one goes out to all my fellow 1st-time-fantasy-football players 🏆 football is back, & week 1 was a win for my fantasy team. LET’S GO TURQUATEAL TACOS 📣😆

made some art for our green room at lakewood campus that i’m excited to frame & hang! my newest Esperanza print, of course inspired by , is 1 of the pieces i made for it. 🎶

i’m so happy i can finally share this very special ! months ago, my friends who i’m honored to do ministry with at asked me to create a piece for their adoption of a little girl from haiti. this was the 1st time i’ve created a piece of someone who exists but who i’ve never met. i loved the challenge, & it was such a beautiful honor to stand in faith with my friends in this way. eden, you are already so loved & celebrated. i’m so excited to meet you. // learn more about the shaws’ adoption story & how you can support them at the link in their bios.

love you guys. with you all the way 💙

happy belated women’s equality day. erry 1 of us is a queen. 👑 this also happens to be a sneak peak of the art i’m slowly workin on for my friend ’s book 👀📚✨

for all those who may still be figuring out who they are : keep on absolutely loving who you are. be borderline obsessed with your favorite color. dye your hair that color you’ve always wanted to try but think might look crazy. buy another pair of big earrings. love your skin. fill your home with all the plants & life-giving vibes to remind yourself you carry those same vibes wherever you go because of Jesus. make your own art & frame it. (or buy my Halle print & frame it 😁.) take risks this week, fam 💙👋🏾

hiiii it’s been a sec because.. well summer is busy for everyone, yeah? here’s a Vibrant Community piece i started for juneteenth & kept coming back to due to perfectionism & then never posted 😭🤣 happy all the things i missed over here. 👋🏾

HAPPY LOVING DAY!!!! 🥳 today we celebrate the game-changing LOVING DAY, the anniversary of a historic court decision for in*******al marriage 💕 swipe for some quotes from a really great thought-provoking article from USA Today called “Loving Day: A look at⁣
in*******al marriage 54 years after Supreme Court decision” (i’ll link it in my bio).⁣
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54 years ago on this day, an in*******al couple of a white man & a black woman of african american / native american descent named richard & mildred loving fought & WON against the laws confining them & everyone else from marrying in*******ally.⁣⁣⁣
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on june 12, 1967 the supreme court made a unanimous 9-0 decision in favor of striking down anti-miscegenation laws in more than 20 states that made marriage between different races a crime. the decision was sparked by Loving v. Virginia, richard & mildred’s court case. the 2 of them married in washington in 1958. after returning to their home in virginia, the couple was jolted outta bed in the middle of the night by police & arrested, not knowing their marriage was illegal there. the lovings were sentenced to 1 year in prison, unless they left virginia & didn’t come back together for at least 25 years.⁣⁣⁣
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5 years of living in exile later ~ inspired by the civil rights movement, mildred wrote a letter to an attorney general, asking for counsel. she was referred to the american civil liberties union, where their case eventually went to the supreme court. the lovings’ convictions were overturned in the court’s unanimous decision, ruling that the ban on in*******al marriage was unconstitutional & in violation of the 14th amendment. at the time, in*******al marriage was forbidden in 16 states… so the ruling was necessary. & despite the ruling making anti-miscegenation laws unenforceable, those laws still remained in several states for some time. for example, alabama continued to enforce those laws until 1970 & was the last state to adapt its laws to the supreme court’s decision, only finally doing so in 2000.⁣⁣⁣
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very thankful for richard & mildred’s determination. 💪🏾 it helped shape the future of so many beautiful relationships in our country. 💙

this month, honor your own feelings. honor your own capacity ~ even if others don’t. you don’t need anyone else to validate for you the way you feel & the capacity you do or do not have. sometimes taking care of you means saying no to others, & that’s okay. june is your month.

new Honor Your Feelings print for when you need a reminder at your desk or in your home.

pschh, no i do not wish i had a pet cheetah.. no idea what you’re talkin about 👀 Asiyami print is the newest art in the shop!

muse : duh

my Juneteenth tank is available in 9 colors & counting! you can comment on my latest post on for a color you’d like to see it available (that isn’t already offered) for a chance to get a free tank sent your way! ✨

just because we have seen some change in 1 year doesn’t mean we can take a break on anti-racism efforts. i hope the anniversary of george floyd’s death today didn’t just bring you to a “look how far we’ve come” pat on society’s back (which can be pretty minimizing of black experiences) after what was for some a short-lived awakening, only to ignore the not-as-feel-good-y reality of how far we still have to go. may we truly honor george floyd by continuing to educate ourselves, continuing to stand up for justice (whether any black friends are around to see it or not), & never giving up even when we get pushback or because ‘that’s just the way they are.’ there are black lives at stake. 💙👊🏾

been a busy week & haven’t had much time to doodle lately, but finished my new Zera print last month & forgot to post it. excited for more bright prints for this summer! this is my favorite one so far.

👋🏾 friendly reminder that change is inevitable • growth is optional. 🌿💙

cutie lil comissions for of her sweet babies adriana & abel 🤗 i love getting to work on custom orders, especially when they’re of loved ones. such a personal gift to be part of creating that people can cherish forever. hit me up if you wanna work together!

HOW IS THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. he was 13. THIRTEEN. with his hands up & empty. THIRTEEN. what is going on. Jesus, we need You.

STILL. // links in my bio for 2 ways to help ~ sign the change.org petition, & donate to daunte’s family’s gofundme. 💙 please help in whatever way you can.

don’t have the words. 💔

we sometimes forget that “togetherness” & UNITY doesn’t mean ‘everyone be the same.’ share your similarities, celebrate your differences. Hand in Hand print

i’ve been looking at the 10 names of the victims of monday’s shooting at a king soopers too close to home in boulder, colorado, & reading some of the things their loved ones are saying about them, & my heart is broken for these people as i cry for them. i don’t even know what to say here to honor them well. 💔 while it’s disheartening posting about another mass shooting not even a week apart from the last one, i know art speaks. with both these recent tragedies, i’ve felt such a desire to use my art for something to help. so in light of the 10 victims of the boulder shooting, 10% of all sales of my new “Boulder STRONG” tee will be donated to the Colorado Healing Fund, a non-profit created to support victims of mass tragedies. you can find it at the link in my profile (swipe for the mock ups & a close up of the design). keeping in prayer the families & loved ones of the 10 victims whose lives were lost in this shooting:⁣
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Officer Eric Talley⁣
Rikki Olds⁣
Tralona Bartkowiak⁣
Suzanne Fountain⁣
Jody Waters⁣
Teri Leiker⁣
Denny Stong⁣
Kevin Mahoney⁣
Lynn Murray⁣
Neven Stanisic⁣
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may we continue to Rize each day with renewed hope & revived strength that God holds our better days ahead & that Jesus has overcome the world (john 16:33), while we remember these asian women, the victims of the hate crime i talked about in my last post:⁣
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Yong Ae Yue⁣
Delaina Ashley Yaun⁣
Paul Andre Michels⁣
Hyun Jung Grant⁣
Xiaojie Tan⁣
Daoyou Feng⁣
Suncha Kim⁣
Soon Chung Park⁣
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may we continue to Rize each day with renewed hope & revived strength that God holds our better days ahead & Jesus has overcome the world (john 16:33), while we remember these asian women, the victims of the hate crime i last posted about :⁣
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Yong Ae Yue⁣
Delaina Ashley Yaun⁣
Paul Andre Michels⁣
Hyun Jung Grant⁣
Xiaojie Tan⁣
Daoyou Feng⁣
Suncha Kim⁣
Soon Chung Park⁣
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so heartbreaking that earlier this week, asian-owned businesses in atlanta were targeted in a hate crime that left 6 asian women dead. i’m mourning with the asian community, checking myself on any microagressions i’ve allowed, & am so fed up with racism still being a reality in our world today. {& don’t even get me started on the fact that the gunman was arrested UNHARMED, just like tons of white male suspects (mass shooters & capitol rioters, to name a couple), but black men & women (george floyd, breonna taylor, daniel prude, to name a few) who are suspected of doing far less than murder, or even nothing at all, very disproportionately end in death.}

while my hope is in Jesus, i still feel the very real awfulness & effects of racism, & i recognize that many in the AAPI have unfairly been the focus of a lot of hate since covid started. so this is a small way to amplify their voices & spread some love to my friends in the asian community. you aren’t alone, & i support you! 💙

Our Differences Make Us Stronger 👊🏾 was reminded of this all weekend long at our womens retreat. i just kept thinking, i love us females ✊🏾🤟🏾💙

pulled this one outta the vault after doodling it back in september, for all the bawss women who allow themselves the freedom to be fierce & still be a goofball.