Baby Elephant?!?!

I just had to tell you what my 3 year old son said to me today. It went kind of like this:

Remy: "Mom, I want you to grow a new baby in your belly."
Me: "Really?"
Remy: "Yes."
Me: "Do you want a new brother or sister?"
Remy: "No mom, I don't want a baby brother or sister...I want a baby elephant!"

Huh-larious! :o)

New girl

I used to want my ears pierced so badly that I would hang things from my ears to make them like earrings. I finally bugged my mother so much she gave in. :o) Eventually, I had many holes in my ears.

A sculpture

This is a sculpture that I did for one of my dearest friends, Patty, who is also a sculptor. She practically always has a bird on her head when I visit. :o) I made it for her a while back but found the photo so I thought I would post it. Although this sculpt was inspired by Patty it is interesting to me that though I don't own any birds they often find their way into my work...just something about them I guess. Anyhoo...enjoy!

Also, if you want to check out Patty's shop it's www.worksbypatricia.etsy.com

Friends in high places

Here is the latest illustration. I am getting frustrated lately...mostly I find it good that my finished piece doesn't look like how I pictured in my head but this monster bummed me out a bit. He was so much cooler in my head. Oh well, what can you do but move onto the next and hope that it turns out better. I used to have the mentality of not finishing things that weren't "perfect"...yeah, I'm over that now. LOL

So here he is:



and the closeup:

New illustration

I FINALLY finished this bath illustration. I thought it would never happen. I started one and then I clumsily knocked it off the desk and when I went to pick it up it was bent in half! I had to start it over again. Then I don't know how but someone spilled some coffee on it! Yeah okay...that was me too. LOL So I had to start a third one! This is the end result and I tell you if anything happened to it again I was going to scrap the whole things as cursed!

I feel almost completely back to my old self, just the dregs of a cold. I tell you, we have been hammered with illness these past two months. I am hoping that is the end so I can truly get back to my work!

And a closeup:

A fabulous snowman

Okay, so between illnesses (yeah, we got hit twice!! Arrrggghhh!) came a lovely snowfall. So we all went out and played. My 5 yr. old built this snowman which I adore because he has a snow hat and a baby carrot nose!