More Art Cards

Hi Ya.

I hope you had a great weekend...we sure did with 4 of the 8 buns zooming & zipping in the yard.

I spent my afternoon today refreshing my Etsy shop

A bunch of older prints have been relisted

and I also just listed 3 more Art Cards.

 

"She Was Nourished By Honeyed Green Tea", "GreenHeart" and "Fiarella"

are the stars of this newest batch listed with many more are to come.

If you've not checked them out yet, please do...I bet you'll love them!

(if you do love them, please share the link for them & my shop on Pinterest, F.Book, Etc...)

 

www.MandySaile.Etsy.com



Hoops Finally Filled

So I've been collecting embroidery hoops for years now & I've been hanging them all over the house.

I have 3 distinct walls in our house filled with them....they've sat empty all this time.

 

 

I was slowly collecting dollies and lace...finally I had enough for 1 wall to be completed

 

It was the moment of realizing what the colours had to be behind the lace that propelled me to finish.

 

I am completely tickled with how it turned out.  Though it was a admittedly lot of work.



 

Now if I could only cover up the ugliness of the black tv and speakers...

Why oh why can't they make these things in beautiful glossy whites, blues or reds!



Stubborn-ness Wins Out!

Whether head pain wants to keep me from my studio or not

I refuse to not get my studio e-news out!

 

 

So stubborn-ness and determination wins out in the end!...it was just mailed out.

I hope you'll sign up for it if you don't already receive it. Sign up is just there on the right, see it?

Peace & Pain

Sorry for disappearing there for a few days!  Posts may be a smidge sporadic this week, we'll see.

Head pain has been really bad.

I had a great two week run with next to nothing but the last 5 days have been really rough.

 

 

So time in the studios is being spent as well as it can possibly be spent!

The rest of the time I've mostly been snuggling it up with the buns...

cause for me, when I am dealing with this much pain, not much else is more soothing.

Art Cards

Did you guys know that my Art Cards have begun to hit the shop?

 

They are all hand-cut, hand-folded and handmade by yours truly in my sweet rabbit filled studio.

They are also:

Archival
blank inside leaving lots of room to write
printed on velvety smooth heavy weight bright white paper

a lovely 5 x 7 which is perfect for easy framing  

and each one comes with a really cool translucent envelope.

 

These four designs are already available.

 

Do hop on over to the shop and check them out.

 

Because if your a lover of this dear blog of mine,
than your likely to not want to just send any old mass produced run of the mill greeting card...

You'll want to send a handmade with heart art card
one which can be framed and enjoyed by yourself and/or your loved ones for years to come.

Dangerously Close To Spontaneious Combustion

It was feeling like the pressure of all the recent rabbit stress etc was building and building.

I might have been getting dangerously close to spontaneous combustion in fact! ha ha!!

So an impromptu trip to the city was exactly what I needed apparently.

Even if it was a long 4 hours there & 5 hours back all in one day cause we don't have a bunny-sitter!

 

 A few precious hours with my beautiful best friend Judit
(carpet & wall paper designer extraordinaire)

whom I haven't seen for over a year and who I have been missing desperately was muchly needed.

It was also a day too to celebrate my sweet hard-working honey

who was beckoned to the city to be honored and recognized for a wonderful achievement in his work.
 

Ahh the city, a change of scenery & best friends to enjoy it all with...than getting back home....lovely.



Instagram

Hey there...I hope your having a lovely day?

It's gloomy & cold here this week but we're nice & cozy in the studios

with espresso in hand as the buns & I watch a bunch of robins hop about the garden...lovely.

 

 

Anyhoo...I just wanted to let you all know that

I've finally joined up on Instagram.

So if your on there, do let me know or find me by clicking right here.

 



Pinterest

I think that I completely forgot to tell you guys that

I am on Pinterest!!!

Please do find me on there if you enjoy it too.

 

 

As an artist I find it a source of utterly inspiring eye candy and overwhelming talent.

I have 21 boards so far with titles such as:  'Oh Those Rambunctious Rabbits In Art',

'Soul mates Made Of Flesh, Feathers & Fur', 'Mother Nature's Masterpieces',

'Artists, Their Beautiful Messes & Inspiring Spaces' & 'Stitchery & Textiles, So Good For My Soul'.

Just 1 More For A Bit I Think

I am going to finish this rabbit inkling up & than I'll get back to some colour work for a bit, I think.

It's been a nice long 'break' working with black & white and I'll no doubt come back around to it...

 

 

but for awhile now I've had this buzzing happening in my body...

It's a buzz that's fluttering around constantly wanting some paper doll, watercolours & stitchery play!



Still Frozen

We are so anxious to get into our kayaks...

so this weekend we went to check out how the ice is coming along on the lake nearest to us.

There is still quite a ways to go yet however.

We were joking that we might just be desperate enough to put our boats on the ice and

inch our way along with our ski poles perhaps, ha ha.

Or launch them in that tiny bit of open water to just float there for a couple hours, ha ha.

Ah but that second option with hot cocoa and a book would indeed be quite nice I think!

 

Because of a very scary and very close call on the ice from my childhood

I have a rather strong fear of being on any frozen lake.

When I hear the inevitable cracking sound my whole body freezes...

 but every year I venture out anyways to beat my fears slowly but surely.

Plus, there is something so centering about being on an ice shelf under a hot glaring sun...

Everything is quiet, except the gulls and the you can hear a constant 'drip, drip, drip'.

The ice is velvety smooth under the touch but still of course burning cold.

Ice crackles around you like pop-rock candy...

Lovely.



Starry Starry Night

It's a starry starry night...

with a rabbit of course.

I have to see if I can get this image on a starker whiter background...I am not crazy about the cream.

 

 

I'll let you know when prints hit the shop.

P.S.  I'll be having a SALE for all my Etsy Customers soon, so if that's you,

keep your eyes open for an email giving all the details.

Bad Luck Bunnies

We were really hoping for a restful stressfree weekend however our bad luck run continues...
This AM Teela stopped eating.
We think she's suffering from stasis.
Send some good luck please!

 

 

Post Note:
Well most of the weekend ended up being lovely and we did get some rest in after all
because whiles Teela did indeed have gas and mild stasis, after pineapple/critical care feedings,
tummy massages, forced movement and all the other tricks we've learnt, she was past it in 10 hours.

Good Treats and Indulgent Reads

It's been a stressful few weeks with the buns.

Jaks got a big infection over his whole belly than the skin dried severely, cracked like crazy & bled.

That meant more antibiotic rounds, etc, than my back completely went out...We're feeling tired!

So this afternoon after Jaks gets his stitches out, finally after 3 weeks poor guy,

I am going to take a bit of time today to

indulge in good treats & an indulgent read.

(especially since all my tax preparations went super smoothly yesterday)

 

 

I consider myself a good reader.  I read a rather wide range of books.

I read several books at a time with no troubles in keeping stories & tones straight.

I will diligently force myself through a crappy book in hopes to find some redeeming quality!

I actually think Shakespeare is quite enjoyable...(but you know my favorite is Alice Hoffman)

but now and then

a gals just gotta indulge in something super light & sweet...

like a Tinkerbell story...of which, yes, I have a few, ha ha!

 

Have a lovely day all.  XO

Bunny Honey's

A newest ink drawing...just a couple of bunny honey's.

 

 

Aren't they a darling couple?  How do you think they met??

E-News Anyone?

Do you happen to know anyone who might enjoy my e-studio-news?

 

 

As you can see with March's edition, each month we keep it short & sweet.  Sign-up is on the sidebar.

Bump Bump Bump Under My Bum Bum Bum

So did I tell you the couch story yet?  I don't think I have.

 

So I am sitting there late one evening.  My honey and I were watching something on television.

I was contentedly relaxed, reached for my steaming hot coffee, took a deep inhale, a long sweet sip...

Ahhhh....indeed, home with my hon and buns, what a lovely relaxing evening we were having.

 

UNTIL

Bump Bump Bump under my Bum bum bum!

 

"What the hell" I suddenly said to Jonathan

"why am I feeling a knocking under my tush?"

 

Well okay, wait, you need some background on this...

 

Years ago we blocked off the underneath's of the couches, because little bunnies were just going

under there to pee and poo and it was a nightmare to clean so we were clever and blocked it all off, ALL except for 1 little pathway which craftily lead to a ramp which went up to the window.

They loved this...we all loved it.

They would go through their tunnel, scoot up the ramp and

lounge in the window for hours just looking & basking in sunlight and breezes

(we lounged about basking in delight to just gaze down at our happy adorable babies in the window)

Okay, so no problem...the tunnel and ramp were manageable to clean, the buns loved it and so it was.

 

 

Yet at some point unknown to us clever humans!

 and for whatever bunny reasoning Teela, Yuuji and Flynn

decided that the awesome tunnel & window ramp were suddenly not awesome enough...

OH NO SIR!

apparently they wanted and needed MORE awesomeness.

SO

they decided to dig and burrow their way INTO the couch!

Like a Shawshank scenario...when we weren't looking or listening!

 

That bump bump bump on my bum was a bunny INSIDE the couch!!!

 

Needless to say, our peaceful evening was shattered and the tricky business of getting said bunnies OUT from inside the couch was than pursued!!

Now it's all sadly been blocked off, until we get a clever new ideal on how to rectify the situation.

 

(I have the most awesome honey who ended up laughing it off and saying

'well it was getting time for new couches anyways').

 

So see....

whilst the buns are unquestionably insanely sweet & awesome...they are also destructive & naughty!

If your not prepared for some home turf damage...don't bring a house bunny into your life

(because it's cruel to keep them in cages all of the time if caging is a route you find you must take).

Bunnies dig and chew and rip things apart...it's just what they do.  It's just a rabbit being a rabbit.

Much of the time they are good as gold...

but my mantra of 'a bored bunny is a destructive bunny' holds true!

 

And this has been a truthful and unpaid message

brought to you by a responsible bunny mama/blogger

who knows she very well tempts many people into wanting bunnies.

Sheepish Ink

Feeling a bit sheepish???

 

 

Maybe you'll enjoy this new inkling of mine...prints will be in the shop soon.



Make Sure Yours Is Chocalate

Easter is here.

We hate Easter.

Every year thousands of rabbits are given as presents.

And every year the shelters are flooded soon afterwards.

Don't make another precious rabbit another unwanted statistic.

 

 

Help to spread a message of intelligence & kindness and

Make Sure Your Easter Bunny Is Of The Chocolate Variety.

 If you love animals; Facebook, Tweet, Pin & share this post...quick now go....spread the word.



Spring Thaw or Winter Cocoon?

We had a winter storm last week that dumped something like half a foot on us...

It was a really cold winter with very few days of snow play for the buns...

but the newest buns from the shelter actually don't seem to love the snow a whole lot, 

not like our older crew;  Ella Luna, Roo Boo, Hazel, Jin and Noo Noo.

 

 

But at least it's a bit warmer now so we can start getting outside again...
(Jaks has a much longer wait since his whole entire belly couldn't be any balder!)

Every bun seems stir-crazy.  Every bun is digging at corners, blankets, pillows, etc.

I do always love the cocoon of a cold winter season & all the work I tend to get done during winter.

But for the buns sake (and our house!) I am hoping for a quick spring thaw!

Naughty Monkeys & Mouthy Nargles

It always strikes me as awesome....how different every single rabbit is.

And how they misbehave in different ways too!

Because we have been SO preoccupied with Jaks and Frenwyck the last while

we've also had some naughty monkeys to contend with....

 

Flynn gets naughty and gets into things he normally doesn't.

He'll toss anything around that his little mouth can manage to lift & throw!

 

Henrie & Elsie get rather indignant and stand-off-ish and really make you grovel for snuggles.

(and apparently chewing a big hole in my favorite studio carpet

was a bit of their special brand of payback for this week!)

 

 

 Teela does the same thing, gets SUPER indignant, grumpy, turns her back to you,
pees where she shouldn't abit more than normal!

she even gets a bit nippy and will not hold back stomps & harrumphs.

As you can see from her very grumpy face, it's not hard to tell when she's unhappy with you!

 

 

It's interesting to see how the buns not being lavished with attention starts to behave differently.

 

The only one who is seeming to not be upset with us at the moment is 

Yuuji our forever easy-going-happy-carefree little babe and the sweetie pie Min-Min.

 

I gotta say that seeing how unhappy most of them get

with a small change in their schedule and life

makes me feel every so very very lucky and happy

that I am able to be their stay-at-home-bun mama!