greenbeanbaby art

new york, new york

i'll be leaving to new york city on wednesday... in less than 2 days!!! that's right! my friend bought me a plane ticket for my birthday and hers!! SUCH a treat!!!!! i've been wanting to go for ages and i'm grateful that she's created a way for such an adventure... and thanks to my mom, i have a new camera so you all can see pictures!!!! i'm all too excited!


now, ramel will be home alone with the kids for 5 days... but all kid clothes will be picked out for him... 2 outfits per day, per kid... and isabella's hair will be in enough braids for him not to worry about brushing through the nest of curls... he has free tickets to museums and the zoo [thanks to the summer reading club at the library] on top of that, isabella is potty trained so very few diapers to worry about!! yes, this girl is quite advanced in this area...

so this is quite brief because  as i type, i must get the house adn my bags ready for this wonderful adventure!!!

so to sum it up:
1. i'm going to new york city
2. diego can climb walls
3. isabella is potty trained
4. i got my nose pierced
5. still have 25 illustrations to complete
6. my mom gave me a camera

have a wonderful week!!! i sure will :)

working hard or hardly working?

okay, so greenbeanbaby really has been busy... if you are looking at my twitter, you can see it's been mostly about sketching, sketching, and more sketching... i have had to sketch out 25 different holidays, including cinco de mayo, st. patty's day, and several jewish holidays... it's wonderful learning about various holidays and expanding your knowledge in such areas... however, one must make sure that when it comes time to sketch them out, they are not in the least, stereotypical or offensive...

i'm not showing too much of my work in progress on my blog anymore... there is still a fear that someone will steal my artwork and make money on it before i get a chance too... heck, i'm just worried about someone stealing my artwork period!! a friend, who has been through such a situation, once stated that it felt like they were trying to be erased... and it DOES feel that way... you work so hard to create your style and work out your technique but haven't quite made it BIG yet... and someone beats you to it, using your work!!!! so when people see your work they think of THEM not YOU... you fall victim, while someone else fills their pocket... so my luster for blogging remains tainted by the past issues and current concerns...

on the other hand, i am still sellling my art AND creating!!! i am having a small sale at my shop right now, so if you are interested, all ORIGINAL illustrations have been marked down and there is free shipping!! all proceeds go to getting my dad and my husband father's day gifts :D it's definitely going to a wonderful cause!!

lastly, i AM on facebook now [as ellia hill, not ellia domena]... i am not that great at keeping up but i might end up slowing down on my blog even more and updating my flickr and my facebook more often... if you are on facebook, and wanna be friends, just holler! please make a note of who you are though- some of us only know each other by our blog names ;) again, i'm still working on keeping up on my wall [as well as everyone else's]...

well, i'm off to finish a few more sketches and get ready to have date night with my honey!

the loveliest pair

you cannot deny these two kids make the loveliest pair of siblings... i'd say they have a near average relationship with each other.... a bit of "she's copying me," "she's throwing stuff" and "she's too loud" can be heard the second i sit down to respond to emails... isabella cannot be so vocal with her opinions of diego but she has learned the "no! no! no! i can do it!" from him... that seems about average for this 4.5 and 2yr old pair....

but their love and excitement to be with each other is not... although one may be too forceful in handing a toy to the other, leaving a minor war wound on the face, they help each other so much... assisting one onto my bed to teach them how to do back flips off the headboard... sharing their snacks when one ate too fast and finished theirs... the open armed greetings coupled with a loud shriek of excitement when one walks through the door [or even wakes up!!!!!].... yes, their sounds of love, joy, and sometimes annoyance, fills these walls from 6:30am to 10pm now.... no more school for diego... no good weather to get them out of the house... and no desire to go to bed at 8pm.... and boy, they are all smiles and giggles once the sun goes down!!!!!

we are gonna have quite the summer :)

ps. thank you all for the comments!!! you have me geeked to get the rubber stamps created faster :) i'll get another post going soon about the shop goodness!!