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March 2008

March 11, 2008

...Come!..I'll take you meet my parents!!

Mom_this_is_the_friend_i_told_you_a ...hhmmm...Don't you just love the first day of Spring when, after many long n sleepy months of cold n waiting, you dare to wear that pretty, apple-green, airy dress you bought and take a berry n merry stroll to the nearest park or forest, just to celebrate the coming of Spring, greet any new born squirrels you don't know already and above all prove to your self that indeed Spring is here to stay.... ??

....but then you passionately n whole-heartily regret it, since the chilling cold is here for a while longer, so you take the long way back with eyes pleading for a warm hug from any good Sir or Madam passing by, a kind offering of an over-sized woolly coat or a chance to fall upon

a) a friendly,

b) generously hairy,

and c) still slightly sedated from the long winter sleep,

Mr Bear to snuggle into his big arms and get thoroughly warmed ..? :)

I know, the last case would be a wee bit difficult to happen, as wonderful as it sounds, especially since the particular Mr Bear has some long term late-night bad habits so you can hardly ever find him awake during the day.
It would most probably be his poor third wife that you'd fall upon, the Misses Bear No 3, the one that fetches food for all the Bear family and does all the chores for Ms Bear No 2 and her little ones. ( Ms Bear No 1 has left with another male 2 summers ago...shhhh don't tell, Mr Bear is still quit sensitive about this)
...Anyway, it would be quite easy to fall upon Ms Bear No 3 and plead kindly for a warm hug so you can reach home without a terrible cold, but I'm not sure if you would really want that, since most of the times she runs frantically in the forest with a big trail of vengeful bees behind her.......yep!!...exactly! ...you guessed right, that's only for Ms Bear No 2 's  little n quite mischievous ones, to devour peacefully the golden honey!! Poor Ms Bear No 3...! she so deserves a hug herself such times....:)

I've always wanted a chestnut brown bear friend...yeah I know, didn't we all? :)
Inspired by this desire of mine, I made my new artwork, “....Mom..., this is the friend I told you about!..”

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Mom, this is the friend I told you about  -- Print 8 1/2 x 11 inches --
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Mom, this is the friend I told you about -- Print 5 x 7 inches --

It embodies many of my childhood fantasies for taking beautiful strolls and making new forest friends (however dangerous or huge claws they'd have) :)  However, it seldom happened except in my mind or my drawings.
                                          ♥
 So enjoy

March 10, 2008

Happy Green Monday

Greenpopnew ...!! Ha !!.. I'm so excited!!
Some time ago, I got this happy e-mail with an offer from whom!?!...!!poppytalkhandmade !! yes yes poppytalk handmade..., i rubed my eyes twice too;)...saying that they'd like to have me participate on  their 6th month of  eco-themed market!!! ...hooray!!
I wore my spring green dress and jumped and rolled and skipped in it, laughing and singing and i suppose that was my way of saying YES!! :D
So here it is, today is the first day where you can find my new spring artwork and many other Hide n Seek goodies , at my  poppytalk handmade table or just try to find me playing Hide n Seek with me...*hint* If you get lost and can't find me quickly enough....I'll be hiding under my table* :D
This market will last for a month till 11th of April and it  is full of many great artists and crafters with colourful (or mainly green)  spirits lol...i swear it looks great!! Take a look at all the participants here!
          **** So Happy Green Monday Sweeties****

March 08, 2008

...i want a patched-eye boy too....

Yes!! Yes!! This is THE day! *so excited* ^.^
Today i'll be announcing which story won the cute Hide n Seek gifties for the First-kiss story Competition i held some time ago!!!
Soooo the winning story isss......s.....s......!..  ? ...
......hmmm...well i don't know!
........I CAN'T choose..:(

..help....?
Ok, ok i know i have to be strong and choose one, BUT they were all SO00oooo.... darling :)

Well i guess i will choose two runner ups as well to receive something cute from me! :))) which makes me very happy cause i loooove sending gifties :D and makes my choice even easier!

...and the first Award for best story goes to.......tatdatatdtdatdtadttatdtatdttatdtadtatdtatdaaaaaa

Miss Jamie for her story of sweet kisses on a tree with a little patched-eye boy:)))
While reading it, I thought of finding Jamie on the next recess and scream at her ear..."Jamie and a patched-eye boy, sitting on a tree,  -K- -I- -S- -S- -I- -N- -G-..." How sweet it was!
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Cute eh?

The second award for the most awkward moment in history (yet supremely cute) goes tooooooooooooo....

Miss thewildhare, for her story of sweet girly innocence and her awkward moment of bravery!
I've loved it dear wildhare! Thank you.
You can read it here

And finally, the third award for the cutest way of saying "I love u" goes toooo...

Miss LilBeanBaby, for her shy story of true love! You can read lilbean's story here ! Adorable!

On the same note, many congrats to the winner of  The Downtown Boutique Giveaway , Annie Howes of  http://www.anniehowes.com/

Thank you all, SO much my sweeties for sharing all your beautiful stories with me!
I'm so charmed and thankful for having the chance to know some of your sweet memories!
To those of you who didn't win, i wish i didn't have to choose some over the other, it was such a close call with all.  All your stories were pretty and special!
Thank you!
I'll be holding other give-aways and competitions soon, so please try again :D

                                          Many kisses
                                                   xxxxx

March 06, 2008

♥Happy Happy Spring♥

Happy_spring_2                         Happy Spring to all my sweeties!

Spring delivered me many unexpected things and huge amounts of work, so at this point, i have to share to all those of you who did wonder, that my first shop update didn't go as planned...Actually, it was a GRANT failure :( I did manage to put only 4 new items in my shop and in fact I'm still "updating"...., BUT i'll be adding new goodies throughout this week and the next. :D

However, on another note, Spring brought this little cutey into my house!
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                                        Isn't it adorable..??
This time around, flower shops are like candy stores for me...
I thought i should share this pretty little thing that shouts "Spring is here!!!"
I love looking at it, although i  can only still do so through this photo... :((
Those of you who read my interview, will understand why...
yep yep yep... now that i'm writing this post it's all withered n deaddddd:(((
What did i do *Again* ??!?!? ..nothing..I didn't do anything!! really!..there must be something in the water... ;0
I thought to show you how it looks now, but it will negate the whole Happy Spring feeling i'm trying to put across lol heh
Anyway, thank god for taking this picture when i bought it a few days ago...

               ♥Many spring-y- and colourful kisses to all!!
                                     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

March 02, 2008

!!!The Downtown Boutique Giveaway!!!

...Wanna read my first ever  interview ???
...?
no?
Then, ...what if some cute Hide n Seek giveaway goodies are included in the deal?? ;)
Yeah, i knew it!!:) lol

Ha!!  I'm soooooo happy about this one!!
I've been so grateful to wonderful Angie, a fellow Etsy artist, for featuring me in her delightful blog,  Rio Oso Designs the first time, BUT now I'm even more thankful to be interviewed for her new, beautiful second blog,   The Downtown Boutique!!! Thedowntownboutiquebanner_2

For the giveaway, I'll be happily giving those cuties:

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Is Miss Ladybug made out of poppies or the poppies made out of Miss Ladybugs  Part 1  -- Print 8 1/2 x 11 inches --

and
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Hide n Seek -- 1 Card 4 x 6 inches -- with 1 Ivory  Envelope

So, even if you are not one of the First-kiss Competition winners, which by the way I have to say that this competition has been extremely enjoyable and I'm very very  charmed    from every single one of you that took part in, left your sweet story or just read through, ...then don't worry cause here is another chance to get some Hide n Seek goodies:))

Go check it out here and don't forget ...it ends on Friday the 7th of March! :))

                        Best of Luck to all of you my lovelies  

Frontpage happiness!!!

I'm on the frontpage !!!!

Just now, my lovely friend and superb artist Andrea, just sent me the smiley news:))))
This is my third time in the spotlight of Etsy frontpage but first time i see it fast enough to take a snapshot of it:))) so excited!!:))))) giggling n skipping around:D
....yep!! Little Eloise is smiling and is very very Happy!!:))))))Frontpage_march_2008

March 01, 2008

♥The Book of Isabella♥

.........!!!!!!!!! Ta Da !!!!!!!!!.........

So here it is!
My super enjoyable commissioned new artwork:
♥The Book of Isabella♥

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The Book of Isabella

I can finally break my silence about this one...
It was quite some time ago, when i received this intriguing   suggestion of being commissioned for a project that involved  the cutest 6 year old red head, Isabella, and her mommy's birthday.

Isabella's dad wanted to surprise his dear wife, by presenting her with a commissioned artwork of their sweet daughter as a birthday present.
"....How adorable!!" , i thought, and i didn't regret a single moment of it!

I'm so happy to be able to share this lovely artwork with you, since Isabella's dad also kindly agreed for the artwork to be sold in my Etsy shop so that it can be enjoyed by everyone around the world!

It took 2 and a half months of ideas and counter-ideas, proposals and counter-proposals, sketches and scribbles, disappointing defeats and glorious victories,   many cups of energising tea and quite a few pencil leads. Eventually here's where we are now! "The Book of Isabella".

Little Isabella's story book, the book of her life, still in its early pages with only 6 years worth of beautiful memories written in it. But she is not the kind of girl to let her destiny unravel uncontrolled, with her spirit as fiery as her hair she takes control of her life and fills her Book however she likes. She paints on and writes on and scribbles on and tears and crumples and straightens again and puts back in and pulls back out the pages of her Book. It is her own life and her own destiny!

But foremost in her thoughts is always her loving family that she loves painting in her book over and over again. You can see little Isabella's original masterpiece of her family on the bottom left corner, which her loving dad managed to sneak out of the home and scan and mail to me secretly so i could put it in the drawing :D

It was an honour to emulate Isabella's unique style as i drew her and her family jumping out of the book!! Little "crayon" Isabella can't wait to explore the world as she is climbing down from the Book, while big Isabella is putting the finishing touches on her "crayon" mommy's smile who is herself about to jump out of the book and give a big hug to her "crayon" husband for the wonderful birthday gift he gave her ;D

Oh, little Isabella likes Praying Mantises because  she says they always seem to be smiling. Well, it seems that the Praying Mantises also enjoy Isabella's beautiful smile because they have gathered around to stare at her!! Speaking of her beautiful smile, i could never be skilled enough to put on paper how lovely and cute Isabella is when smiling!!!

This has been such an enjoyable and fulfilling project. I'm very thankful and excited with how everything turned out and i decided to take the big step to start putting big prints on my Etsy shop with this lovely illustration. So you can find "The Book of Isabella" in three sizes: A3 (a full 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches!), 8 1/2 x 11 inches and 5 x 7 inches!!

You can also find tags inspired by this cute illustration, with buttons, magnets and a pocket mirror coming soon!

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The Book of Isabella  -- Tags --

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The Book of Isabella  --Pocket Mirror --

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