A Simple & Sweet Summer

This will be another short one as Blogger still isn't working for me

(another reason why I am so anxious to move this beloved blog of mine to my own new site)

Anyhow...

As you can see we've been outside with artwork and bunnies ALOT

 

 

Most sunny days, we're out in the yard by 10am

if I don't have a super sore head (like today's very awful bad one) to tend to

or if I don't have errands to run because getting the monkeys in on my own is never a sure thing!

 

 

Yuuji has been having a ball digging a new burrow (which we have to fill in at the end of each day)

 

 

I've been working on cute little lino-cuts...(Here I am redrawing a design)

 

 

It's been a simple summer so far.  Bunnies outside.  Art Outside.  Yard & House Projects.  Gardening.

 

 

I've been loving it and have been feeling really very blissed out.

I hope your having an awesome summer so far.

Until Wednesday...be well and thanks so much, as always, for hopping in.



Happy Father's Day



Culprit

I was wondering who was pulling my newspapers and magazines off the table!!!

 

 

Well when I was sitting quietly reading the other morning I caught the culprit red-handed!

Back At It

Wow, that blog break seemed to go by really quickly!

But that's okay, I am glad to be back at it.

 

Well we've been up to lots of good stuff... One of them being lino cuts.
But I'll tell you abit more about it all later because Blogger doesn't seem to want to work tonight! 



Teeny Tiny Blog Break

I've started to feel like things are piling up uncomfortably.

When your a head pain sufferer, your always falling behind, three steps forward, 2 back kinda deal.

I am feeling the need to concentrate, sort out and replenish some personal and work things...

 

 

so I hope ya don't mind but I am going to take a short teeny tiny little blog break.

Until June 17th I think (or maybe before, you know I have a hard time staying away!)

p.s. I'll probably still be using Instagram though if you wanna keep in touch there till I am back

64

I spent a whole entire awesome day today with my awesome Mom.

 

 

We celebrated her 64th birthday.  Love love love you Mom XXOO.

It's That Time

I am completely revamping my newsletter...going with a fresh new format & delivery system...
After this issue, we're going all incognito...
super sweet studio secretive...

 

 

Studio News will be for the eyes of those signed up only...New things are going to be offered...

Don't wanna miss out?

send your email to mandysaile@bijouswhimsy.com and let me know so.

Sore Eyeballs & A Beautiful Girl

I really really wanted to show you all 'Beguiling Juniper' today

but my head has just been pounding to badly to scan her in, piece it together, etc.

Truth be told I am barely managing to get this written...

the light coming from the computer screen feels like it's yelling at my poor throbbing eyeball!

 

So instead I share with you some sweetness.

A photo of a best friend.

A photo of a beautiful girl.

I wish you a good wonderful weekend, which we plan to enjoy too even if this pain bleeds into it!

She's Ready For Her Background

Well I think she's going to be named 'Veda'...

 

 

and it's looking like she's all ready for the next step, her painted background.

Raining & Pouring

It's raining...it's pouring...

 

 

This sleepy little artist is working...

Happy Weekend

The fridge has been stocked, bunnies food replenished, human food stocked up and now

we head into this weekend with rum & cokes, b-b-cue popcorn & episodes of a new

show "Mr.Selfridge" that we're totally addicted to & which is even better than Downton Abbey!

 

 

Can you believe that it was actually snowing today!

But we say 'whatever' to the weather, it can do whatever it wants cause we're cozy & comfy inside.

We'll get to all the outside work and projects when we get to it...that's our attitude for now anyhow!

Have a wonderful weekend and see you all next week XO

SweetHearts

A new inkling of two sweet as pie sweethearts

(Inspired by Yuuji and Teela)

 

 

Prints are in my shop

Have a wonderful day XO

Patience Poofing and Wrangler Wheels

Sometimes when I feel completely fed up with vacuuming bunny poo!
Sometimes when I feel like I can't take cleaning up another lake of pee!
Sometimes when I want to stomp & wail my fists in the air because I have yet another sore head!
When I want to curse the universe & crawl under the blankets at the same time!
When I cringe because I am spending more time online marketing my work than actually making it!!!
Sometimes...sometimes....oh sometimes...
my patience gets a tad short...I admit it!
 

SO than I gotta turn to my trusty method of therapy...Wrangler Therapy
I run away for a couple hours to harness my patience once again
(though usually about 10 minutes in, I miss my fur-babies and I am ready to come back home, ha ha)
It's a mixture of;
Sun shining

good music blasting...and I mean b-l-a-s-t-i-n-g so you can't think blasting!

honey beside me singing and whistling
with my camera in hands
as the road unknown flies by beneath our trusty Wrangler wheels.

What's your form of therapy???



Quirky Chicks

Even though my head has been pretty bad I've been getting new pictures started.

 

 

It's a new series starting with 4 quirky chicks who will carry inspirational messages from me to you.



Finally!...Well Atleast Half-Way!!

It's finally...finally...happened...

After almost 2 years of trying on & off to bond these rabbits.

After 3 to 6 hours every single night for the past 1.5 months

whether we wanted to work on bonding or not...

We now consider Teela and Frenwyck buddies.

 

 

It's so so awesome to see Frenwyck have a friend finally...he's just soaking it up.

We really expected Teela to be the problem...

But we were wrong, it's Yuuji that is the current 'problem-child'!

So we're half-way there atleast!

Now Mr.Yuuji-san must get with the program!

 



Working Slowly

Coloured Pencil can be a really slow medium...

It doesn't happen often but sometimes when I am stuck on a picture I put it aside for awhile.

 

When I feel like I can move forward without massively screwing things up

Only than will I pull it back out and return to work... 



because unlike other mediums, coloured pencils are also very unforgiving

and corrections are not easily made...

 

 

So I put "Beguiling Junipter" away for awhile because of was unsure of the background.

I didn't know if I wanted to do paint or full on pencil...

 

once I decided on full on coloured pencil I got back to work on her.

I am pretty sure she'll be completely done this week and I think she's gonna be something pretty cool.

Happy Mama's Day

Happy Happy Wonderful Warm Cuddly Cozy Day

wished to all you beautiful Mama's out there...

Let us not forget the doting fur-baby Mommies too.

 

 

Extra warm wishes to my own awesome Mom whose also my one of my dearest friends...

She's one super cool chick who gets Sole beer, flowers & pink cupcakes for her special day, ha ha

Love ya Mom...oh so very very much...more than all the cupcakes in the world.

XOXO

It Has Begun

It appears that it has unofficially and rather sneakily crept up on us, quietly but most assuredly...

 

 

Those long summer days where the buns take over even more so & demand to be outside all the time!

Where Are They?

I am not the only one thinking that all the green is taking an awfully long time to appear!

 

 

The rabbits are also wondering why in the heck are the leaves taking so damn long to come out!

Working On Weisner

I am working on a new little character...

 

 

Hi name is 'Weisner" and I think he's going to be one cool little dude!