The Micawber

I Am Now Officially.....

.......MARRIED!!!! YAY! Thank goodness! All the stressing, all the planning, all the MONEY....no more! I am now a married woman....lick it, stick it, stamp it!! All of the madness of the last 2 months has really made my blog suffer, hopefully now that things are beginning to return to normal, I will be able to win back a few readers again. This is really just a short update because I am swamped with backed up work, but I thought that I would leave you with a couple of photos from the wedding. I'll be back soon.....don't worry!! :)

I'll be back soon gators!

Cheers,

Crystal

and the winner is...

CONGRATULATIONS go out to MaLinda Gunderson! Your 2 favorite prints, The Girl with a Stretched Earlobe and Bird Girl will be coming your way soon.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered, keep your eyes peeled for the next giveaway, I enjoyed running this one so I'm sure there will be more in the future. Have a happy Sunday!

Later my gators!

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone that entered my first ever Giveaway! If you haven't entered yet, you still have until 11:59 PM Atlantic Standard Time tonight to enter, after that, all bets are off! :) I will pick the winner with a random number generator and I will post the winner here tomorrow. Good luck to everyone! :)

Now I'm off to gather with family and celebrate my mother's birthday with her. Have a wonderful night!

Later my gators!
Crystal

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The Micawber GIVEAWAY!

FREE! FREE! FREE! Who doesn't like that word!!??

Ok, this is my first ever Blog Giveaway, hope you'll all join in!

What I am giving away:
2 FREE Micawber Prints of the winners choice!

How you can win:
Visit my Micawber Shop and look through all of the prints. Come back here and leave a comment on this post saying which 2 prints you would like to receive if you're the winner.

Who is eligible:
Anyone, Anywhere will be eligible. You don't have to be a blogger to win, just supply a valid e-mail address where you can be reached in the event that you do win. Only ONE entry per person, any duplicate entries will be deleated.

When the giveaway ends:
Thursday, May 1, 11:59 PM Atlantic Standard Time.  I'll e-mail the winner and the results will be posted here on The Micawber blog.  If the winner doesn't respond within three business days, a new winner will be drawn.

I am currently working on a new Micawber piece, if I finish this piece by the contest deadline, the winner will also have that print to choose from as well. Good luck to everyone!!! Here's to hoping that my first Micawber Blog Giveaway is a success!

Later my gators!

***********************************WINNER: MaLinda Gunderson!!****************************************************

Keep Your Eyes Peeled....

.....I will be hosting a GIVEAWAY on The Micawber Blog this week. Be sure to check back because, gosh darn it....free stuff is COOL! :)

I came across this site last night, and I have been completely mesmerized by this wonderful artist, Stefan G. Bucher and his Daily Monsters. Stefan has been drawing a new monster a day for the last 189 days and he documents them in double time on video. Check it out!

Later my gators!!!! See you soon with some free goodies! :)

Not So Cute....

I just thought that I would mention our newest tee over at The Tee Party, it's called Not So Cute.

Paul designed this tee and I think it is hilarious...and so, so true! So, if you're looking for a cute and witty t-shirt for the summer, which is rolling in fast, then head on over to The Tee Party.

Get The Lead Out

I'm happy to announce that I have been invited to submit some of my pieces to a group art show called "Get the Lead Out" which will be showing at the Black Maria Gallery in Los Angeles this coming July.

The show will mostly consist of artists' sketches and pen & ink works which is super exciting to me because I have been mostly working digitally lately, so it'll give me a chance to slip back into my traditional roots for a few pieces. I have some concept sketches on the go already, I'll be sure to keep you all posted on my progress with the pieces.

The gallery will be donating 10% of the show sales to www.lunchforlife.org  to help raise awareness and research dollars towards a cure for neuroblastoma pediatric cancer. Ally, the shows curator, has been touched personally by  neuroblastoma pediatric cancer, a year ago today her beautiful daughter, Ava Jaymes, succumbed to the disease.  If you will be in the LA area, please go check out the show, and if you can't make it, please consider making a donation to Lunch For Life.

R.I.P.   Ava Jaymes Cipriani

I'm Still Alive....

So, it's been awhile, but I'm back my lovelies! Paul, Avie and I were away for the last few days for our Wedding shower. We had sooooo much fun gathering with family and friends and we had our fair share of beer too! YUM! Well, at least Paul and I did....not Avie! :P We got a lot done there as well for the wedding, thank goodness. It's hard enough planning a wedding as it is, let alone planning a wedding in another location. It's difficult to do so many things without being there to SEE what it is you're trying to do, like the flowers or the cake. We DID manage to get the flowers all arranged though, which I was soooo happy about. Paul's and the grooms men's tux's are all dealt with and my dress is with the seamstress having some slight alterations done to it. We're having the flowergirl dresses made by a wonderful lady, Janet, that I found through Etsy. Check out the stunning theme dresses she has listed in her shop, she's truly talented! I am so excited to see how the little flowergirl dresses turn out!

I also completed a new Little Beanz custom piece, this one is of a little girl named Sophia. How cute is she? :)

I have a couple more custom pieces that I will be starting tomorrow. Too many cutie patooooties!

I finally finished another Micawber painting as well, it seems like it's been forever since I had the time to work on one of these. This one is called "The One With The Antlers." I really like her, now I just need to figure out where to hang her in my place! :)

I didn't do my usual "time lapse" video of the process for this painting. It takes a little while to put it together, but, if anyone really wants to see it....then I'll get off of my lazy butt and do it.

I have another Micawber sketch ready and waiting to be worked on, maybe I'll get a start on that in the next day or so. It's my birthday on Friday....so I might be a bit busy this weekend sitting on the deck with some friends and a cold one though...but we'll see!

Lastly, since I last posted, Paul and I got the beautiful Canon Rebel XTI that I was talking about! YAAAAAAY!!!!!!!! It's such an amazing camera, I can see the difference in the images already, and I still really have to learn how to use it. Here are a couple of "first tries" with it of our favorite subject, Avie!

Here she is this evening trying corn on the cob for the first time....she LOVED it!

Here's another picture from a couple of days ago at the park. She thought the dinosaur was the cutest, I think it might have reminded her of Baby Bop from Barney. What kid doesn't love Barney?

You'll be seeing tons more of these in the coming months! :)

Later my gators!

April, April!

Wow! I can't believe that it's April already! Crazy how time flies! I hate to be a pessimist, but at this rate winter will be rolling back in before we know it! Ok, ok.....I guess I should enjoy the spring and summer first before I start worrying about that. Hahaa! The weather still hasn't been very good here, maybe that's why I still have winter on the brain.

So, I did another quick Little Beanz illustration today just for fun. Her name is Lexi, I think she's super sweet!

Yummy bubble gum! I remember always trying to blow the BIG bubbles when I was younger, it was so much fun....right up until the darn thing would burst....all over my face....and all in my hair! Oooopsie! Really mom....I didn't mean it! Hahahaa!

So, Paul and I have been eying a this little beauty:

The Canon Rebel XTI. Want....soooo....bad! Mouth....watering! Hahhaa! Really though, we both would love to have this awesome camera. I've been wanting a higher end camera for quite some time now, well, Paul actually bought me a very nice Canon digital camera a couple of Christmases ago. It's great for the everyday type of photography you would do, like a kids birthday party or a good old gathering of friends and beers, hehehe, although it smacks an evil red eye on everyone. Avie is growing like a weed and I would love to start having some more substantial photography of her, not to mention all the amazing landscape photo shoots we could do around here. It would also help tremendously with all the promotional photography that we do for The Tee Party. I could go on and on with the list of reasons for wanting this camera and with all the expenses of our upcoming wedding, it might not be the best time to dig that deep into our pockets....we'll have to see how long Paul and I can hold out. :P

Speaking of how fast Avie's growing....check out my smart little bean!! These 2 video's were taken of her today and are the CUTEST!!!!

Hahhahaa....it's so funny when she points out her HAIR...ehehhee....all 6 strands of it! :P This next video shows the different signs that she knows. We've been teaching her the signs for certain words to help her communicate a little easier and she's really catching onto it...it's quite amazing!

*Sigh*  My kid's too darn cute! :)

Later may gators!

Freshly Baked..

I completed two brand new Little Beanz illustrations today and have a third one inked and ready to be coloured. Here's the first one, little Megan:

She makes for a great addition, I think, I especially like the fall leaves around her feet! The second illustration is a bit different than what I usually do for the Little Beanz shop because it's of ANIMALS! :) I decided to add some animals to the Little Beanz shop because every kid loves animals, both boys and girls. Paul and I never found out the sex of our daughter, Avie, during the pregnancy, so when we were decorating her nursery we went with somewhat of an animal theme since that would work with either sex. I had fun with this piece, so, I think I will continue to add some animal prints to Little Beanz every so often.

So, without further adieu, here is the first official member of the Little Beanz Animal print family...it's called Mommy:

Ok, now it's time for bed....Avie has a doctors appointment in the morning to get her needles! Boooooo.....not fun! I need to rest up and get prepared! Hahaha!

Later my gators!