Snow Day, Catching Up

Well, we finally got a bit of snow this season. Not much, more than anything it was wet and icy; but it is a good excuse to stay inside and catch up on things. Yesterday I got my geek on and upgraded my machines installing new RAM (6GB in each, zoom zoom!) and updating to OS X Lion.

Things are mostly the same on the drawing board, they haven't changed dramatically.

 

But as of very recently I got in my head that some things would look better with a bit of embroidery on them. So I've started teaching myself how to embroider with the help of You Tube. I love the internet! Not too bad for just winging it freehand for the first time... 

 And I recently took a trip to visit my Grandparents and help them out a bit (more so than I initially thought).

Here are a few pet portraits I did over the holiday season, which I couldn't share until they made their way to their respective recipients.

And then here is some stuff from the sketchbook this fall...