Just be Happy!

Good day my dear readers,

The weather has been soo lovely lately! An instant boost of happiness. I kid you not. It's really nice to see how the world outside my window is slowly being warmed up by the sun. I do hope it stays this way and that the Spring has come a bit early. (You see Sensi...the sun does like me haha!)

But on to drawings! Yes, this post is all about staring at pictures! Okay the first one, I created this one for my friend Cathy and her husband Rory. Cathy is a sweet lady who embraces positivity in life. I created something a while back, but I never got around to finish it. It's so easy to create smaller sketches amongst all my paperwork *sigh*. But it's done and I'm really glad she liked it!

Enlarge it for better view and Claire, relax! These aren't bubbles hehe!

I thought working with a lot color would be nice and I even came up with a slogan to fit it all. Main idea was to create a colorful, happy illustration. So being happy: I do think, that you have to start at yourself by being positive and this will be noticed by others. So in other words Start with your own sunshine to illuminate the world around you. Of course this can be strengthened if you surround yourself with things that make you happy.

On to....mystical creatures ha! Another friend of mine mr. Lonewolfrepose, asked me if I could draw unicorns for email buttons. Say hello to...oh shoot! LWR...what are their names?

The blue one is inspired by Disney's Pegasus from Hercules.

On to the next one! When I still had classes last year, I drew something with a cupcake and birdies and girls. My friend asked if she could have this as a bigger drawing. How can I refuse an opportunity to draw :D. So I created what you can see below:

The next one is a stamp design that I created for Nicx. This time a chibi boy. Up till now I only created chibi girls. I think I need to start drawing more chibi boys...

Peace!

Last but not least, I received the 'Happy Blog' Award from Mystique Earth. Many Thanks Mystique Earth ^_^! I do have to apologize that I won't answer the questionnaire that came with it properly. I had to state 10 things that made me happy. Well, there are a bunch of things that make me happy. Drawing!! And of course a sunny day, a good book, music, cookies, doing something unexpected for a friend etc. My list can go on and on. I also had to pass it on to 10 other bloggers, but I can't choose -_-'...

But! I would love to know what makes you happy?

So this concludes this week's post! Hope you liked all the drawings! Believe me, there are a bunch more that I can show you guys. If there's something you would like to see or know, just...let me know.

Wish you all a wonderful week & take care everyone!

Cya!

PS.: Oh yeah! You can find the pages under my header and in the side bar you will see a 'Tweet' button!

A few of my favorite blogs

To complete the post about awards, I shall present to you the other two awards. The first one from the lovely Timethief from This Time, This Space. From her I got the 'One Lovely Blog' award. And also from the awesome Guys from The Guy's Perspective, I got the 'Best Blog Award'. Many Thanks to both of you!!

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Well, for both awards there are no additional questions to be answered (did I hear a sigh of relief there...*looks around*). The only thing I have to do is to pass it on to my favorite blogs ^_^.I will be happy enough to do that of course! Oh wait, you sense something different huh? Well that is...I give two awards to all my favorite blogs. But of course if you already received this award then you don't have to post it again on your blog. Then again, you don't have to post it on your blog at all. Again, it's all up to you. No pressure whatsoever.

So my fellow bloggers, who I included in the list...the above awards I pass on to you! If you like it, you can take the image for your own blog. A few of my favorite blogs in no particular order are:

Fleur de Cendre
The Guy's Perspective
Bringing Bitchy Back
Aspotofblog
The Mind of Derek Bowles
Melindaville
Une fille Americaine
A little piece of me
Of Cabbages and Kings
Everything but the Fur
The Daily Doodles of a Daydreamer
Kenneth Anderson
Abz Hakim
Encaracolada
Happy Fun Hour

The blogs are all very divers in content. Some are filled with humor, others with personal experiences. Some have witty stories and others are filled with doodles & illustrations.

If you have the time check them out! Have a nice Sunday!

Honestly, I'm honest here

Hey Guys!

This is a quick post about one of my awards. Yes awards, I've gotten three of them in the past few weeks. And even though you can't do more than following the rules, it's really nice to know that people actually read your blog (or skim through it...), that they like it and that when they get an award, they think of you!

These award thingies, you always have to pass it on to other bloggers. I don't have enough time this week to pass this award on and tag others. Sorry about that, but I highly doubt that the circling of this award stops if I don't tag you this time...

With that being said. Let's have a look at this award! A few weeks ago I got this award from Nicole aka Nicx. Yes indeed, the girl who turned my designs into stamps!

THANKS NICOLE!
(yes yes just a very quick sketch this time)

Well this is part one of what you have to do when you get this award. Pass a Thank you to the one who gave it to you (check!).

Next, I have to tell 10 things about me. Oh dear, what else can I tell to you. I already did a 10 things I can tell you about myself and then an additional 50 things about myself haha. Curious about them? Just clickety click the links.

But okay let me see;

1. I can talk very animated, you know with hand gestures and accents. Sometimes I think I have multiple persons in my mind...

2. Yes. I'm usually happy, positive and cheery, but I can be quiet as well. And if I am, there is nothing to worry about, because I'm usually thinking about stuff or I'm creating a new story haha. And even I need a break sometimes from myself hehe. (You see, really multiple persons in my mind...)

3. I can be very indecisive. I mean I'm indecisive, really I am. Choosing ice cream flavors...so many lovely choices! My fave color...aah which one too choose! I think if you read the 50 things about me...you saw that I usually have two or more things where I actually only had to state one hehehe.

4. I love talking to kids. They can come up with the craziest things! And usually on family gatherings, you can find me somewhere talking to them and creating new stories.

5. Speaking of parties; what I really can't do is small talk haha. And this is more for parties where there are lots of strangers. Have to say, that it depends on who I speak to. I have days that I can talk about a bunch of stuff and sometimes I just can't come up with a single subject...I blame the weather for that.

6. I'm not a big fan of shopping (did someone faint while reading that?). It's not that I don't like it, but if I don't have too, I just stay away from the shops. I'm not a girly girl for that matter. What I often have, is that my mind goes black when I go into a store. Really it does! I just can't recall why I was going inside in the first place. But thankfully I have my sister to remind me again.

7. When I'm following a recipe, I always tend to give it my own twist. Yes, so much for following a recipe huh? What I always do is, cutting back on the sugar. Lots of recipes are just way too sweet!

8. I'm a big big fan of anime and currently I'm following Naruto & Bleach with my little bro. I will also start on Death Note pretty soon.

9. Oh the first thing I do when I wake up, is putting on music! I can't live without music. I love soundtracks from movies and animes, but my music taste is really big. So I'm always on the search for new music.

10. Last but not least, I have the habit to give nicknames to my friends and family ^_^.

Woohoo! That's 10!

Okay, the third and final part is that I pass this award on to fellow bloggers, I won't this time. But! I have to tell something. Yes come a bit closer, just a tiny bit. Noo stop! That's too close! You're drooling all over the screen...

Okay, when I first read Honest Scrap award...I didn't really know how to interpreted it. I mean Honest Scrap, is it dedicated to people who are scrap booking? I don't scrapbook, so then I thought, maybe it's for people who are creative in one way or another. Yeah, that's pretty vague I know, because you can be creative in art, music, writing, designing etc.

So I turned to my faithful professor. The one who is always there, Mr. Google! Yes, there I found many other explanations. The Honest scrap award is an award for bloggers who are honest in their content on their blog and where the one who is tagged tells 10 honest things about themselves and then pass it along. Well I'm just wondering how do you define honest? How honest must one be? I can tell you, you can be honest in things you make up. I'm just saying...

Well I bundled it all together and do you know what you get...the blogs I love to read! Oh it's all sooo subjective huh hehe ^_^. You can find blogs I love to read in my 'Blogs I stalk' section on to your left.

That's it and hope you liked it. I'm off to school now -_-'
Ciao!