thank you karen of contemporary embroidery and storme of gingillos for awarding me with the "you make my day award...." i'm very honored that these ramblings don't go unnoticed and that people still enjoy the many subjects posted in greenbeanbaby... also, thank you miss odd dotty for tagging me for the meme... instead of blogging of 7 random things, i will tell y'all 7 things on my to do list...
1. ramel's birthday is on march 5th [he'll be 27yrs old] and i've decided to throw him a birthday party on the 8th... he knows of the party but he doesn't know the theme... boy, i wish i could tell you all but he reads my blog... you will have to wait til the following monday to hear all about it...
2. my niece's birthday is on march 21st and her party is that weekend... every year i make an illustration for her... although, last year, i forgot to... so this year i plan on making a bigger illustration with 2 characters [thinking superheroes]... but she won't get it until after april...
3.yesterday a new episode of lost came on and i spent the whole time looking for isabella's earring... in one of her fits, her earring got caught on my sweater and pulled out [shudder]... it will cost $15 to replace that single white gold starter earring... tonight i will vaccum the living room carpet with a handheld vac and sift thru the debris in hopes of finding the teeny stud... i missed most of lost over an earring...
4. at the time i began this blog post [and saved it as a draft] isabella was crying... now, 3 hours later, we are at my mom's house and she is still crying... when she is happy she is VERY happy but when she is sad, she is VERY sad [similar to the girl with the curl nursery rhyme]
5. still steadily working on those etsy goods... but aside from that, i have to complete another abc illustration... the letter Z... thinking "zorro zipping thru the zoo"... that was to be done by tonight but the sketch isn't even coming out good enough so we're pushing it to monday... wait until you get to see the other letters!!
6.as you all know, i've been working on my website too... while searching for cool and beautiful websites to admire and gain inspiration, i found the bestest one ever! elisa chavarri's site is just too darn cool!! you gotta check it out!! her illustrations are to swoon for as well :)
7. i'm still working on the children's book... here are a couple more illustrations of sketches... the other one is right above the ramel birthday topic... i have a few more still sketched and ready to be inked [for a tighter sketch]... all in all, there are a total of five spreads in need of finalization... plus the cover and back...
now, seven people are to be tagged and 5 people are to be given the "you make my day" award... however, i'm combining the two and without further ado, i'd like to award/tag:
amy of apl creations: her beautiful kids always make me smile... and she is a sweet mama too!!
simone: for always having an encouraging word to write... never a mean word ever!!
margaret: for being sweet too... she sent me that espresso machine which is used several times a day and each day, i'm grateful :)
li li: another sweet gal who's always on my mind... one of my first blogging pals who supported and encouraged!!
natalie: a wonderful gal i met thru a pregnancy forum... this was when we were pregnant with our boys [who will be turning four in august]....
have a swell and productive weekend!
note: first and last photo courtesy of my mom, fun old new