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A new year.  The first week of January has become difficult for me.  Two of the people I have been closest too died on the 4th & 5th of January: my grandmother in 2002, and my ex-boyfriend Taylor in 2009.  It's hard not to get weighed down by remembrance and lingering grief.  

Despite the inauspicious start, I like January.  It's a month bursting with the possibilities of the new year.  

There's a lot on the calender this year.

My five year wedding anniversary will be in May.  One of my best friends will have her second child sometime around the end of August.  I am preparing for major elective surgery of a personal nature, which will hopefully alleviate the excruciating back pain I live with and enable me to find tops that actually fit.  

Artistically, I don't have much planned.  I'm taking part in a big handmade gift swap sweeping through Facebook.  Actually, I wonder if I can get the same sort of thing going here.  

Alrighty, a challenge to myself and others:

I will send a gift handmade by myself to the first three people who comment to this journal, provided that you do the same thing in your journal.  Whether it's a piece of art, a print of a photo yet untaken, a piece of beaded jewelry, a knit scarf, a hang-tooled bit of leather working, or some other art or craft--it must be produced by yourself.  

I will request address information for those people interested and eligible. I'm setting 2011 as the time period for this, meaning that as long as the gift gets sent in 2011, it's all good.

As a side note, I'm an artsy jack-of-all-trades, so I could make anything I just listed or anything I can check a tutorial out for.  I won't be taking requests, but I will take a look at your DA page and try to gauge your interests and an appropriate gift from that.  

Happy 2011!
  • Mood: Optimism

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  • Current Residence: Fair Oaks, CA
  • Interests: music, art, dance, cooking, rpg's
  • Favourite movie: Studio Ghibli, heist films, LoTR, Happy Feet
  • Favourite band or musician: too many to list
  • Favourite genre of music: Pretty much everything
  • Favourite artist: Brian Froud, Waterhouse, Mucha, Rebecca Guay
  • Favourite poet or writer: W. B. Yeats, Charles De Lint, Tad Williams
  • Favourite photographer: My husband
  • Favourite game: Scrabble, WoW
  • Favourite gaming platform: PS2, computer
  • Personal Quote: Prrr-reow?
  • Tools of the Trade: Me brain, me hands, anything else I can use

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=ChisSweetArt Feb 5, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you for the :+fav: I appreciate all the support :)

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~superbill22 Jan 8, 2012  Student General Artist
Thanks for the fav :+fav: on Quetzalcoatl!

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Yeine thanks you for the fave. She'll send a god to play your favorite game with you. This one hates to lose. Gets messy when it does lose. kekeke [link]

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:iconnuisancebeareull:
Hi! Thanks very much for the watch! I am honored! :heart:
Your ID pic is fantastic, by the way!

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~PachecoClaire Oct 12, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks for the fav :)
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*TimareeZadel Sep 25, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
thanks for the fave :nod:

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*FireLilyCosplay Apr 7, 2010  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Thank you so much for the :+fav: !!

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Thank you for adding Alligator Snapping Turtle to your favs

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St. Francis said,
“A man who uses his hands is a laborer. One who uses his hands and mind is a craftsman. He who uses his hands, and his mind, and his heart is an artist.”
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:iconbear48:
Thank you for adding Alligator Snapping Turtle to your favs

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St. Francis said,
“A man who uses his hands is a laborer. One who uses his hands and mind is a craftsman. He who uses his hands, and his mind, and his heart is an artist.”
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:thanks: Thanks for the :+devwatch:
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