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So I meant to get a bunch of things done in my house…  but when I think of the multitude of things that need to be done, I sink into couch mode.  I ended up cleaning my kitchen and making cupcakes.  I know my house will be beautiful when it’s completed… but I can’t seem to get myself in gear and do it!  One thing I am excited to do is dig up my yard next month and get some garden beds ready for the Spring.  I can’t wait to have my very own garden full of yummy veggies.  Oh and I can’t wait to see the bulbs I planted last Fall sprout!  I love the Spring.
Here’s a few little drawings I did a little while ago and never got around to posting here.  They’re available in the shop now.

Breakfast in front of the computer…

This little Thank you card from one of my collectors (I have a collector! ^o^) sitting among the chaos that is my cutting table.

A very busy shipping day, and Bunny didn’t chew on any of the boxes! Yep, it’s a good day.

In the last few days I cleared out my studio and dug through some older paintings, then put some on sale in my shop, found a whole bunch of half finished paintings, and then managed to finish this little girl yesterday.

I think I’m going to take a few days off from painting and clean my desperately neglected house. It’s in a sad state. But right now, I’m off to the post office to send out some goodies and then school to pick up August! Bye!

Today I’m finally going to get my cupcake fix… and bought myself an inexpensive (but surprizingly good!) red wine.  I find myself drawn to the labels when I buy wine.  It’s called Pillar Box Red, and it tastes yummy with my cupcake.

The above is by my very close friend Portia and she has finally started up her own Etsy shop.  Please check it out at www.portiarenee05.etsy.com.  I’m so excited for her!  She does lovely work and is just the most wonderful person I know.  I only wish she wasn’t on the opposite coast as me.  I miss her dearly.

I’m off to do some little sketches and eat my cupcake.  Happy Friday everyone!

Yet another heart and tree headed girl.  Today I nursed a cold, drank lots of tea and painted into the night.  If it wasn’t for the cold, I think it would’ve been a nice day.  I also had to stop by the pet store and picked up Bunny some little flower chews…

Aren’t they cute?   Soon Bunny will chew them into little bits, but they are so adorable now.  So many little dismal things are happening in the mundane life of Ann Whim… but I won’t bore you with them.  I’ll just say: Things usually come in waves don’t they?  And they usually involve lots of money leaving your sad looking wallet.  sigh…..  well, that is life.

Today was so beautiful.  I woke up and looked outside and everything was covered in white powdery snow.  There was no going to work for me today, and no going to school either for August.  I watched the news and watched stranded cars, dented and sad, and traffic moving terribly slowly… August and I were nice and warm and safe here in our house sipping hot chocolate.  I don’t particularly have a death wish, my cars are old and don’t take too well on icy roads, so I’ll call out from work because I don’t feel like risking my life or August’s, or yours.  Then I get another day to draw and paint and drink hot chocolate with my son and make footprints in the snow.  By the looks of the roads outside now, I think tomorrow will be the same.  I love the snow.  YAY!

I’ve had the idea for a horse girl for awhile.  My mother always immersed me in horses because I was born in the year of the Horse.  I always felt kind of awkward and horsey, so I wanted to draw a little horse girl.  I actually started a horsey painting first, but finished this drawing first.  She’s available in my shop now, and prints will be there soon too!

Happy Snow Day!

…at least in my little shop world.  Not only have I realized that I get the most visiters to my little store on the weekends, today someone told me that they got a warm fuzzy feeling when they were looking through my art.  That made me very happy!