Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wow!

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes for little Yashar!  I read them all out to him and then he started singing happy birthday to himself - it was so funny!

Yesterday, thanks to this post from Ida, I was listening to some old 'Creative Thursday' podcasts while working on some originals for The Light Garden and she talked about the importance of support and surrounding yourself with people that can celebrate your successes with you.  When all your messages came in for Yashar it reminded me of her words.  It's so amazing to be able to connect with all these wonderful people from around the world through this blog.  So thank you!

Did you hear the New York Times 'Best Illustrated Books for 2009' is out.  Yesterday I quickly got online and (half for me, half for Yashar!) ordered All the World - written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Marla Frazee.   Something about a windy scene always gets me!


A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis and The Snow Day by Komako Sakai both look gorgeous too!

2 comments:

Mum in the Making said...

Thanks for the recommendations! I'm heading over to check them out now! :)

And your blog make-over looks great!!!

Ida @ Tea for Thoughts said...

I'm so glad I could inspire you to listen to them! They are so helpful I think (and I loved the Fishbowl course which just finished, so if you ever get a chance to catch it, you should!)

I just saw your elephant print in the Etsy Gift Guide for babies - congratulations!!!!
(http://www.etsy.com/gift-guides/baby/7?page=4)
I hope it will yield a lot of sales for you!
Have a great weekend!!
xxx