Hello there readers!

I thought, since its going to be 2010 soon, why not start the year with some festive cheer and a giveaway!

I hope you have all enjoyed your holidays so far! I know I have! We have had a new canine member join us over the christmas period. (we are looking after her for a friend) Its pretty fun to watch them both play and stomp around the house more like elephants than dogs!

So, this is how you can enter the giveaway:

Tell me a little bit about your holidays, have you enjoyed them?

You can also double your entry chances by hitting the retweet button at the bottom of this post.

Ah! Now, what will you win?!

The winner will get a FREE “Cowraffe Tote Bag” including the little cowraffe button you see in the picture below too!

Winners will be chosen on 2nd January 2010!!

Have fun entering and good luck!!

Just thought some of you might have wanted to take a peek at some of the details from my latest piece

Just click on the image to make it bigger

Sorry about the multiple blog posts today! I just couldnt wait to show you the finished product!

Some bits of this little guy were so hard to paint! Especially his little bunny plushie! Its so tiny! Not only that but because he is holding it… its very hard to get all of it painted without painting his arm too! I had to have two brushes on the go for each colour because it was so delicate! I hope you can see his little light blue patches!

His hat is special I’m not sure if you can see it properly in the picture… but you know those hats that have glittery fur? Well… thats what he has on his night time hat! Even the bobble! It is covered in clear glitter to add to the magic!

His little eye was another thing which needed a teeny weeny brush and a very steady hand! I hope it looks somewhat like his painting!

Here come all the angle photos!

And a little peek at my colour palette!

He was really fun to make! I kind of had super blurry vision after awhile… but thankfully its back now I think it was from focussing on such a little object!

Oh yeah!… He is about 2.5″ tall

I think I might sell him maybe? I was thinking of adding a little print of his painted version and a button for his lucky buyer! He is one of a kind remember! Hand crafted and Hand painted I will keep you updated!

Another little update from meeee

I started painting little cowraffe! Yesterday when I was baking it… It went in and out of the oven every 5 mins! The pack for the Fimo said it needed to be 110 degrees for 30 mins but my oven works in gas marks! That meant that it was 1/4 gas mark! Now… the lowest it can go is 1 so I had to keep a close eye to make sure it didnt burn!

I’m pretty sure it got a suntan in the process though

So here is what I have right now… as you can see, I still have quite a bit to do but some is better than none eh?!

Hello there! I just wanted to give you guys a little sneak peek of my current project!

I’m doing a little figurine of my Cowraffe character! Do you remember this little guy?

Well… here is the first step! Currently, he looks very pale! I need to put him in the oven and then hand paint him A lot more details will be added on that step! Then… I might think about possibly adding a little glitter? But I’m not sure about that one yet. We will see

Okay… so lots and lots of pictures coming now (You’ve been warned )

I tried to take all the angles so you can see everything!

He has been made out of Fimo. I’m pretty sure you could find it in your local hobby store!

I really hope you like him!! Keep a look out here for more updates!

Hehe! A new piece for the holidays!! I hope you like magical things?!

Heres a close up too…

And how cool does this look?!

Its the beechwood version of the Fine Art Prints on my DeviantArt Prints Shop.

I don’t usually like them as much as this one! The only bad thing is that they sell them so expensive I wish I could produce my own ones and sell them ALOT cheaper! But… I have no idea how Oh and shipping would most likely suck too! Rawr.

Apart from that… Have super holidays everyone! Ill put this one in my etsy shop later today.