Wonderful

Despite my horrible allergies due to the copious amounts of pollen and cottonwood floating around right now, things have been absolutely fantastic. Once the weather started looking up, I asked Roy if he would build a picnic table for us sometime this summer. A few days later, I had this:



You'll notice Evie in the background, hanging out in her new favorite tree . We have some very acrobatic squirrels who live here and she's obsessed with darting up the tree to watch them.

Also, Roy added this adorable little detail...


Last weekend, we decided we didn't have enough room for storage and Roy cut a small door into the attic from the outside (since boxes won't fit into the closet access!). Evie always has to be with her daddy, and when he does anything new she likes to sit on his shoulders so she can have a nice view for every step of the process... even when he's on the ladder!



Unfortunately she had to learn that it isn't a good time to take a nap on daddy's shoulders when he's busy...


In less exciting news, I have bangs now. I was sick of my weird, long and curly bangs from before. Of course, now that they're short, they're still weird and curly, so I have to straighten them every day... But it's a slight upgrade, so I can't complain too much.


One upside to my allergies keeping me indoors is that the past few weeks have given me a lot of time to work more on my freelance art. I've managed to finish several commissions and I was even contracted to do a book cover/illustration for author Susanne Saville for one of her upcoming historical novels. I've done some personal pieces for her in the past and I was incredibly flattered when she asked me if I was interested in doing some professional work for her. Not to mention, I finally get to do some realistic portraits... usually when people commission me it's for more cartoonish pieces, so it's always fun when I get to break free of that. Also, it encouraged me to finally get my website started... www.miyaedwards.com. It's still under construction, though!

Speaking of commissions... ever since people were sporting those t-shirts with my fanart on them to the JusInBello convention in Italy for Supernatural, I've actually been getting quite a few commissions specifically for cons! I guess part of the admission costs cover getting autographs from the actors of the show, and rather than bring in photographs of the actors for them to sign, a few people have been taking in artwork I've drawn of the characters instead! It's pretty much the biggest self-esteem boost ever. My only rule is that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES can they tell the actors my name/username or what my website is. When/if asked, they're only allowed to say "A friend drew it for me". I'd pretty much die of shame if any of them actually had access to all my ridiculous fanart sketches *faints*

Gah, my mouth is killing me right now... I had my braces tightened again today, and he really went overkill to make sure everything comes out perfect. The good news is, I get my braces off the day before Roy and I fly to Colorado! I'm ridiculously excited! Not only do I have straight teeth, but it feels so amazing to be able to close my mouth and my teeth just fit together without me having to wriggle my jaw around to try and find a decent fit whenever I chew. I know it sounds like a stupid thing to be happy about, but seriously... if you've gone your whole life and never had your teeth just fit together so well like this, obviously it's going to be a novelty!