greenbeanbaby art

etsy goodness underway

since the last time, i've been sick, made two illustrations, went to a tea party, designed 3 rubber stamps, described all etsy goodies, ran out of coffee creamer, and cared for diego while he stayed home from school.... although being sick took over 10 days of that time, i tried to spend my relaxing time, chipping away at my artwork so that this greenbean didn't feel lazy... it feels good to be productive... but i'm trying to take it one day at a time to not overwhelm myself, ya know?!

so the etsy goodies will be available soon however there isn't a specific date just yet... thanks to two buddies, they have helped me to relaunch the shop filling it with inventory that has been sitting around the studio.... there will be giant embellishements in the shop- what are giant embellishments you ask? they are the cut paper dolls cut out but NOT glued down onto a background... i'm leaving it for the buyer to add the background :) there will also be magnets, illustrations, smaller embellishments, notecards, and a few wall hangings... there's roughly 60 items!!!!

as with previous etsy shop openings, most of the characters are named after people i know... some names are taken from the shows that i've been watching- dean, mr. brown, hilda, pierce.... can you figure out which shows i've been enjoying?! and many of the characters that are named after friends, the descriptions are ficticious... it was a wonderful twist to making etsy descriptions a bit less monotonous....

when the rubber stamps are released, i'll be sure to post a link! if you are itching for an update sooner than these blog posts, then feel free to check out my twitter or my facebook page...

lastly, here is a picture of isabella, the princess... she is an utter girly girl! the other day she told ramel that she wanted to be a superhero... spidergirl, in fact... so you can imagine the goodness i'm cooking up for her 4th birthday!!! but aside from her superhero love, she ADORES wearing a frou frou dress! i saw this dress at target MONTHS ago and wanted to get it for her... but i waited... then last weekend, she BEGGED for it!!!! we even got her some gold sparkly shoes to match and she was so happy...  she's a vocal girl- she's quick to say what she doesn't like but she's also quick to say how much she loves me- she melts my heart! she's asked to change her name to ellia so she can be just like me- EEK!!!

so just a quick recap of the greenbean family: diego wants to change his name to peter parker when he gets older... and he wants me to change my name to aunt mae....and he wants me to live with him so i can keep the house clean...  isabella wants to change her name to ellia... she wants to be JUST like me including height and shoe size... i got quite the pair of kids, eh?!

revising, editing, rebuilding....

hello strangers! this blog has been sadly abandoned and neglected like used coffee grinds on a sunday morning... and for that, i apologize... this blog used to keep me in tune with internet world and over time, sharing family updates as well as illustration accomplishments... however, the blogworld has been replaced with facebook... facebook isn't so bad but even that loses a sense of creativity...  perfect for quickly updating curious greenbeanbaby followers and sharing instant moments with the family... but posts  are merely a sentence or a photo... short and sweet? or short and unimaginative? and so with saying this, it is time to set goals, revise and edit, revamp old goals, and set some plans in motion to make 2011 a bit more creative with both writing and illustrating... even if no one reads [as i dare assume], i'm looking forward to working out my writing muscles... i hope to keep this blog up to date even if its only a brief post and to get back in tune with flickr and etsy as well...

so many things i miss... it's been a wonderful 2011 thus far but i've been extra tired... at times frustrated but mostly just tired.. i'm still trying to get a grasp of this freelancing at home business... it's lovely but incredibly challenging... every morning begins with getting the kids awake and ready for school.... breakfast, ironing clothes, telling them to eat and get dressed, cleaning up the litter, taking the dog out for a quick bathroom break, getting lunch for diego, coats on, and then bus stop... after the kids are gone it's time to make coffee, do dishes, vacuum, fix beds, clean cat hair off all the chairs with that tape thing, take a shower, fix my hair, dust the house, put laundry away, and take the dog out again... by the time i sit down to do art, i'm ready for a nap... but most times i try to just catch up on the internet for a moment while i FINALLY get my coffee... there are illustrations to do, emails to write, facebook to catch up [in the fan page], and reasearch... i haven't been lazy but financially, i had hoped to have been able to see the fruit of my rewards...

there are the days of volunteering at diego or isabella's school... or forgetting to go their first big event... and those days, i still come home to do the usual routine as stated before... then the dog needs to go out again and it's time to get diego from the bus stop...once diego is home, it's homework time and then cleaning again... i'll do dinner at times but thankfully, ramel has been helping out a ton... there is reading to do to both kids, more cleaning, relaxing or going back to art, spending a wee bit of time with the husband and presto, its 11:30pm and i'm dog tired... and this is the sort of day where there isn't an after-school event... i don't want to wake up at 7am to do the routine over again but this is what a mom who freelances does, right?... we can't even think about summer because then it will be back to late nights of illustrating and mornings of getting the kids ready for the day, finding something for us to do, cleaning the house, cleaning some more, and followed by cleaning... i'm not complaining, merely stating the facts of my life and the duties that require energy... illustrating requires a certain amount of energy to remain inspired and motivated... cleaning takes a ton of energy... kids take a ton of energy... so the question is, how can a mother juggle this all?! it's possible- definitely possible... but i'm wondering how long it will take for motherhood, illustrating, and freelancing to be in sync?!

so stay tuned... i hope to revise my behance portfolio, the official website, flickr, etsy, twitter, and blog... maybe a new design? or maybe different icons... either way, march is the month of "editing!" :)

note: the last image is one of the latest greenbeanbaby rubber stamps made possible by stamping bella...