Some Spring Colours

Some images take awhile...

but their usually the ones that are worth the wait!

Fox Goddess

And because my honey wants everything to 'be normal', that means me getting back into my studio.

So here's something underway, an inkpen on paper of a cool foxy goddess...I am liking it so far.

Kind & Pretty Scents

Beautiful scents make me happy

and I am pretty lucky in that my head pain isn't instigated too often by smells...only once in awhile.
(Well one smell gets me, cigarette smoke, it's a bad trigger, that is an instant puke/migraine scenario)

So I love to smell good and pretty but I need delicate scents that aren't overpowering

because my honey has asthma and the bunnies have sensitive noses...

My favorite go to brand of perfumes, as you can clearly see is Pacifica...

they smell amazing, my hon and buns never seem aggravated by any of them &

most of all they are vegan and beautifully not tested on animals.

Shimmering Rabbity Sweetness

This has been what my desk upstairs looks like, full of little beauties getting their finishing touches.

I love this part...applying varnishes, clean edges, titling, adding sparkles, attaching hangers etc.

As I was telling you in one of my last posts, I work all over the house to get work done whiles I

spend time with all of our 9 rescue buns so I work on quite a few pieces all at the same time...

For a spell it seems like I am getting nothing new done and than all of the sudden bam a whack

are finished and lovely and whimsical and shimmering with good happy rabbity mojo, ha ha!

Blue and White Heart and Soul

Nature never ever fails to inspire & amaze me...

 

...it truly does feed me, heart and soul.



Winter Wonderment

It's really hard not to love winter when it looks something like this!

You'll often find us racing to the frozen lake by our house around 4:30 at this time of the year

 

 

because the sunsets are often just so spectacular

and the beauty of them really helps to put all the little niggling worries into perspective!

My Muse Misa

All of the rabbits who have blessed my life have been my inspirations for much of what I do

in each of their very own special and different ways...every single ones is unique & inspiring

but there's been 1 so far who I would have called a 'Muse', my little guy named Hobbs...

( unfortunately, I never really blogged about him because he was way before my blogging days)

Long story short...

I found him in my backyard with a severely broken leg, infested with mites, 2 inch long nails.

We had our hands full already, just two weeks before we had rescued 3 rabbits from a farm

and we already had a house full on top of them

but when my honey rushed home, to see who I had just found in the yard,

I was holding him rocking him in my arms in the bathroom

and the first thing out of his mouth was 'What are we going to name this one..."

because there was no question, this bun was extra extra special, he had an energy of peace about him.

Sadly, he was with us for only 8 short months before he died in my arms of heart failure.

But every single day that he was with me, I felt like working like mad, there was something extra extraordinary about his spirit and it for whatever magical reason made me want to create...

 

 

This newest little family member...

my little Misa...

She is feeling like my Hobbs...

Maybe she's going to be my next muse.

I notice a rise in my desire to create since she's been around.

I don't know if it's because she has so many of my Teela's traits

that part of my feels like I have my best friend back...I am sure that's part of it.

But I do know it's due largely to her just having a brightness and lightness in spirit like Hobbs did.

She has this pure joy about her.

I find myself constantly whirling around all of the other buns like normal and now more than ever...

I am these days, feeling more grateful for them and more patient with them than every before.

But with my Misa,

I gravitate towards her more than anybun else and when I am with her I just want to work.

I am feeling grateful for the pull again to my work because it's been a bit hazy to be honest.

I am feeling grateful more than ever for this life I share with rabbits...

and I am feeling extra extra grateful for this newest shining light...

Miss Misa my muse?

I am loving her so.

 



Groundhog Grateful

I will probably be hissed at for saying so ha ha

but I am glad the groundhog saw his shadow!

I am glad we're expecting 6 more weeks of Winter!

 

I love the quietness of winter, longer studio days inside, the beauty of freshly fallen snow,

the coziness of dark at dinner time with lite candles...

I am not ready for Spring yet...I want Winter to stay awhile longer yet!



Jaks Bugs

I am working on more butterflies...
I will forever call them Jaks's bugs...

I think because I started them when Jaks was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

 

 

Now I continue with them just because they are pretty and nice to make
and I think because Coloured pencils are such a slow medium,
that it's nice to get something small done somewhat 'quickly' now & than!

A Studio Visit

One of the most precious and inspirational people in my life

is my old high school art teacher David Carlin, who is now a dear and cherished friend.

 

 

Now and than we have a date for coffee which is usually followed up by some time

in his studio, which we affectionately call 'The Hobbit Hole".  He's beyond talented, imaginative,

intelligent, nurturing & caring & I feel so very lucky to have him in my life XO.

Christmas Gratitude

I think about other people & other families a lot at this time of year
not all of us are embraced by big beautiful families...
not everyone is all cozy and snug within holiday sparkle and cheer.
Some of us face the holidays with great sadness,
some will be saying goodbye to loved ones & will be facing a New Years all alone...
For me, it's important to remember that because it makes me so much more grateful
for the family that I do have and for the cheer and beauty that does surround me.

 





  



 

 

So as much as we miss Teela & Frenwyck, which is like mad,
(and as we watch dear ones spend this Christmas for the last time ever with their loved ones)
we're still feeling so so grateful & embraced by each other & for the long-eared family we've made,
it might not be a normal family in everyone else's books but for us it is and it's everything.

We're enjoying a house decked out in red ribbons, twinkle lights & poinsettias
and I am truly hoping so hard everyone out there finds kindness and beauty
and compassion and warmth in some lovely way or another, no matter how small.

Well I will be taking a blog break really soon...
but I hope you'll join me for the rest of the week until than
XOXO



Handmade Art Cards

I made a big batch of art cards recently.  They are a lot of work & a bit hard on the body

with all the bending over for precise cutting & folding & glittering all by hand but it's worth it...

I'll show you the lovely shop where these end up in another post.

 

 

(I included a picture of Teela & I on the backs of quite of few as my way of remembering my girl).

Don't forget, you can get art cards in my shop & I am happy to make cards from any of my images,

so if you want an image but don't see it as a card, you just have to ask and I'll gladly make it for ya.