Blogger hates me, and BEEKEEPER EGGLET!=)

Uuuuuughhhh!

Okay, so I have a lot to post on lately, but I never feel like it, since Blogger hates me like Voldemort hates Boys Who Live. I have more issues with Blogger, than old Zoobooks in my closet (and I have a lot of old Zoobooks!), but the thing that's been bugging me the most? 

Well...

 I keep trying to add blogs to my "reading list" but Blogger won't let me. Worse than that, Blogger DELETED all the blogs I WAS following, and it won't let me re-add them. I feel like a total jerk, since a lot of the blogs I was following were contest runners' blogs, and I owe them follows for all they've done (not to mention I like to read their posts!)! Ugh. To everyone I was following, I'm sorry! I don't know how to get it to work again. It's all so frustrating. I'm thinking I should switch to WordPress? I'm never going to really get into the blogging if Blogger keeps being a jerk. =-(

Blogger pictured above.

Any opinions on WordPress?

Any advice on HOW to get the follow thing to work again on Blogger? I don't appear to have anything blocking or messing with it.=-(

Not cool, Blogger. Not cool!

Beekeeper Egglet!

To end on something that makes it look like this post isn't just a complaint about Blogger, here is the newest Egglet from my shop! If you followed along with the giveaway contest (which you should have done! There were literally, dozens of awesome puns going on at Fairies & Finds!), you will have noticed that BEEKEEPER Egglet came in second behind the Mad Hatter!
Luckily, someone awesome ordered him anyway, so I got to make him in spite of him losing the contest!=)
I have more pictures, but I need to edit them. He has cute, drippy honey feather ears!=-)

2nd place? I don't think so!

Oh! I have another fun thing to post about too! I'm doing an illustration for a REUTS fairytale compilation! I am so excited to be working on the story I picked (it is amazing), and to be comparing sketches with other artists--oh yeah, and about GETTING PUBLISHED! AHHH!! I need to make a different post about that though, when I have images edited and blogs to tag (which is much harder...now that Blogger won't let me have a blog list....)!=-/

YAY!

Luna Lovegood Egglet!

Luna Lovegood Egglet! Or, Luna Lovegglet! Luna is one of my all time favorite characters, so I was so excited that someone commissioned a Luna owl!

This was so much fun to make!
The owl came with: turnip earrings, a wand, Spectrespecs, a mini Quibbler I designed, and of course, Luna's Epic LION HAT!=D

Luna Lovegood, Quibbler, Spectrespecs all (c) my hero, J.K. Rowling!

ASIDE: Posting photos on here is ridiculously complicated.=-/

Egglet Pitch Contest Pitches!

Herbie gets camouflaged!

Ok, sorry it has taken me so long to get the pitch winner underway. I've had a lot going on. Just look at my car! I had to dig it out of the snow! That stuff is cold! I know I've been in Idaho for over a year now, but my NOLA blood still freezes, and so does my car apparently. If I ever get a book deal...well, I won't replace my car, since I am rather attached to it (it was my mom's college car, and mine too!), but I will at least buy a heater for it. It was my dream in NOLA to buy an ac, but now I want a heater!:-)

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Other than digging my car out of snow, and "car-skating" around, I've also had a few Egglet orders that needed to be taken care of. These are some of the ones I just finished! I'm still working on the randomly selected winner's Egglet, and photos of that will be up soon on FairiesAndFinds! In the meantime, you should check out the winner's blog ! She's a very interesting writer I "met" on Twitter!=)

Hiker Owl!

AdventurOwl Family!

Mardi Gras Owl for Love-NOLA's giveaway!

My personal favorite: DracuOwl!

Anyway! On to the pitches! 

These are all (or most--some may have gotten lost if they were from random photo comments) of the Egglet pitches I received. If there were too many of the same theme, but someone pitched a second, I went with that theme for them (but don't worry, if a multiple-pitched theme is picked as the winner, I will draw from the pool of people who picked that theme!). 

There were a lot of cool pitches, so I will divide them into categories as best I can. I'm not sure how I am going to pick just one winner, so I am enlisting the aid of some judges! Until I get the system figured out, please leave a comment below on which pitches you would like to see make it into the next round! Yes, you can vote for your own!=)

Themes:

Swimmer

Mad Scientist

Irish

Ghost

Rock Star

Rainbow

Gamer

Writer

Planet Earth

Fairies

Hippy Flower Child

Teacher

Author

Bee Keeper

Hanukkah

Pirate Owl

Drunk Mardi Gras Owl

Confused owl that thinks it’s a penguin

Mathematician, Genius

Cheerleader

Adventure

Angel

Geisha

Scuba diver

Baby

Imgur

Lubitel Camera

Snowmen owls.  Also the Nativity Scene may be interesting. 

People/Team Themes:

Rob Ryan Flowing Hair Owl

Saints Owl

Rocketts or Flamingo Dancer owls

Marie Antowlnette with a Mardi Gras Mask,

Einstein

Beethoven

Characters:

Phantom of the Owlpera

Zorro

Mad Hatter

Santa/ Elves

Nightmare Before Christmas Sally

The Hobbit

Minion

Harry Potter Houses!

GoT Fire and Ice!

Harry Potter

Books, Wrinkle in Time

Anne of Green Gables

Custom Egglet/Owl GIVEAWAY

The writing world is filled with amazing contest organizers, blog hosts, slush zombies, critique-rs, and participating agents. These wonderful people have given me the warm fuzzies for contests.

So... I thought I would do a contest of my own!

My shop Fairies&Finds is doing a giveaway.

Details:

This will be a random drawing, so no stress for entries! 
Enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. You will have until November 18th to enter.
All the Rafflecopter extras are optional. Liking my page/Twitter through it will give you extra entries!  
    

The Prize?
One (1) custom Egglet (owl) from my shop! Egglets are wooden, hand painted, egg-shaped owls around 3-4 inches tall. They are all designed, painted, and signed by me.
---Note:
The winner is going to have to pick the theme they want. Anything from "I want a purple owl," to: rainbow, cowboy, doctor, Frakenstein's monster, African animals.... Yes, basically anything you can think of, so get your creative pants on!

Secondary Prize?
People can pitch their owl "theme ideas" via Rafflecopter, FairiesAndFinds' FaceBook giveaway post, or in the comments below. A second winner might be chosen if enough themes are pitched!
(Comment example: YOUR NAME:___ Theme: BALLERINA)  Get creative! =-)

Note:
Egglets take a while to create, so winner(s) should expect a week or two for their Egglets to be made.

Please like my shop's FaceBook page for updates! https://www.facebook.com/FairiesAndFinds !


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