Happy New Year!

So, I know it's almost a month into the new year, but I figured if I got it in before Feb 1, it can still count as a New Year's post.  Besides, it's Chinese New Year this weekend, so I have that going for me to, haha

By this time, it seems that the holidays are long gone and a thing of the past....at least it does to me anyway.  But I am really trying to live up to my New Year's resolution, which is to come up with more artwork and not let the day job get in the way of that.  Hope you are all are doing well and keeping up with whatever resolutions you've made for the year.

Gingerbread House Contest

Earlier this month, the bunnies had a gingerbread house contest.  I was too busy, so I didn't get to do one, but which of these is your favorite?  Clockwise from top left:

1.  Brian and Pierre's Candy Classic - candy really is the best theme for a gingerbread house

2.  Roger, Manny and Pawvi's Jolly Nick - inspiration is obvious

3.  Karl and Number Nine's Gingerbread Castle, inspired by Karl's love of all things fabulous

4.  Iris and Pourvabunny's St. Basil's Cathedral, inspired by their love of the game of Tetris

Happy Birthday Beethoven!

Today is the birthday of one of my favorite composers, Beethoven.  And in honor of his birthday, the bunnies and I thought we'd start up blog updates again after silence for over 6 months.  It's been a busy time with ninja training and the day job, but I'm reminded today that you need to make time to do what you love.  For those of you who have gotten this far and are thinking "wait, isn't his birthday the 17th???"...that was the day he was baptized, his birthday was the 16th.  Why do I care so much?  Because I've always really enjoyed the fact that we share a birthday.  I often use it as my "fun fact about me" for meeting ice breakers when I fee like it might not be appropriate to share the story about how I met Alice Cooper when I worked at Hot Topic.  

Yeah, so Beethoven....he's one of my favorite composers/pianists not just because of the music, but because he's such an interesting character.  I remember thinking as a kid, "man, that hair!"  As far as favorite pieces, here are the top 3:

1.  Moonlight Sonata (#14):  Beautifully creepy; the song that Shroeder plays in the Peanut cartoons.

2.  Sonata Pathetique (#8):  A commercial success, though considered eccentric at the time

3.  Fur Elise:  First Beethoven piece I learned; it's the one that you hear in music boxes and in babies' mobiles.

Well, there you have it, today's post!  More to come and more often too.  Thanks for checking in :)

Happy Easter! (aka Bunny Day)

Hi there!  Hope everyone is having a fabulous Easter and no matter how you choose to celebrate, hope there is lot's of candy : )

Just a note on the drawing of the day...despite what some people might think up on viewing, the bunnies have not turned into eggs.  Those are candy eggs that the bunnies decorated.  I was gonna post a behind the scenes pic of them working on these eggs, but they didn't want me to ruin the magic, haha...

The bunnies and I are going to take the day to work on some stuff we have on the "to do list" - which includes working on our merchandise storefront, so stay tuned for more on that.  People have been asking where they can buy some of the stuff featured in the merchandise section so apologies for lagging on that! 

Ninja Training

This is my first piece of artwork for 2016!  Admittedly, I started it a week before the New Year, but that's just a minor detail.  It depicts the bunnies on a typical day of ninja training.  I made this one quite big (40" x 60") because I want to put it on the wall above my sofa, haven't put it up yet, but really hoping it looks okay because I have no idea where else I could put this one!  If it works out, I'll share a pic.  It was a lot of fun to make this one....hope you all enjoy it!

Nicki

This is Nicki -  my visual opposite.  I thought two things when I first met her.  1.  I've never seen someone wear so many contrasting colors...it's so bizarre to me because I only wear black and purple...and 2.  That can't be her real hair.  I guess she's sort of like what you'd get if Martha Stewart and Sporty Spice raised a child together.