April Recap

Happy Tuesday. It has felt more like March than May this month. It even snowed last night. We got a taste of summer last week though. It was even in the 80's a few days. That was a little too hot for me but at least it was better than cold/snow and the sun was shinning, I wish mother nature would figure it out and Spring comes back soon.

Hello April. I made this piece on my Ipad pro using procreate. I got the idea from something similar I saw on Pinterest.
April started off with lots of celebrations. Emilia's Birthday was on the 2nd. Still can't believe she turned 21. She wanted to get a Tarot Card reading so I went with her.  It was a lot of fun and the cards showed a lot of good things to come for her. We had family over later that night for Cake and presents and she got a bedroom makeover too. Overall I would say it was a pretty good birthday. She is such a beautiful person inside and out and I am so thankful to have her for my daughter.

We also celebrated Indies gotcha day on the 7th. It is hard to believe she has been here for a year. Didn't she look cute in the hat that I made her?

We were also blessed to be able to celebrate Lily's 13th birthday on the 10th too.This was a day I didn't think I would see after her cancer diagnosis 7 months ago. It just goes to show you that there is HOPE! Cancer does not have to be an automatic death sentence. I even made a video about her journey living with this kind of cancer. It starts from the beginning and goes until the beginning of April. You can view it here or on Youtube. 

Here are a few more photos of her too. I made her a special crown and we got her a bobo and pupachino. She loved them.

She was doing pretty good except for a cough but things took a turn for the worse the beginning of May. She is doing better now but it is still a roller coaster with her. Just when I think we have one problem under control something else happens.  I am hoping to do another video soon with an update since it is a lot to write here. I will post it next month or you can subscribe to my Youtube channel.

Sales in our Etsy shop were terrible. This seems to happen every April for some reason. I hate it when things get like this. Not only do I need the money but working also helps keep my mind busy.
We did get a custom order form a return buyer though. She wanted a fish shirt and matching party hat, I think they came out really cute. Hope you do too.

I finally finished all the sketches from the Half Backed Sketches Challenges by Stefan Kuntz.

for some reason he has stopped them. I am really sad about that because I loved doing them, Still hoping that he will bring them back in the future though.

I also did these pieces for the April Floral's and Praise for his Glory challenge. I was only able to get the first 3 weeks done before April was over. I will share week 4 in next months post.

Finally I did not make anything new to eat but I did find a new product I love. It is called scoop by Nekter.  It is amazing! If you have one where you are you have to try it. It is also 100% Vegan

That's all for now I hope the rest of your May will be a good one and I will be back with more next month to share then.