TheIcePixy

So far this year (2010) has been pretty good. (knock on wood.) Lots of life improving things have come into my life within these past few months. Mostly in the form of great books. I went through a bit of postpartum depression after my baby was born last December and I really feel like one of the main things that helped me pull out of it was reading lots of good, and/or fun books. Aside from all the fun one's like books by; Jessica Day George, Gail Carson Levine and of course the final Fablehaven (Brandom Mull), the new "Theif" book (Megan Whalen Turner), as well as listening to Harry Potter, and Spiderwick on CD . . . There are a few books

I decided it was high time to update this again.  2009 was an eventful year for me, there were a lot of sad things that happened, deaths and other losses, more than I can ever remember there being in a single year.  There were good things too.  I did a lot of portraits for my sister who's an Interior Designer so she could promote her business and try to make ends meet after losing her house.  I think most of them turned out really well so I thought I'd better post some of them to show that this is something I do. In other news I had another beautiful baby girl at the very end of the year.  Hence I will be even more busy, but also more poor s

I had a crazy idea a few months ago and came up with these hand painted pillows. They aren't the best paintings I've ever done, but it was a fun project, and it was good to paint again. Anyways, they are now on my Etsy shop in case anyone is interested in seeing them here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18079317 And Here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18080897 Let me know what you think, and if anyone has any ideas for cool painted pillows I could do, it would be much appreciated.