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Hey all! I very rarely update my journal. I figure it's time for an update.

This has been a rough couple of years for us. We lost our dog, and two of our horses. We adopted Thunder as an 8 year old, and had 3 great years with him. I'm glad we were able to give him the home he deserved in his golden years.

Rags was worth his weight in gold. He was my 4H project when I was kid, went on to teach a lot of eager young girls how to ride as I leased him out while I was in college. He became my husband's horse after I got married. He was always a gentleman, a sweet boy and a little bit goofy. He lost his life after a short battle with cancer. He was 28. I miss him every day.

You see a horse named Echo featured in many stock photos on this account. She was an OTTB owned by my grandfather. She was lost to an unexpected colic episode last spring. Her memory lives on through your art.

I'm still working on fixing up my old house. We rebuilt the front porch and foundation due to structural issues. This is the biggest project we'll do, and I'm really pleased with the result!

I've been role-playing and messing around in Photoshop a bit more now since I had ankle surgery in October. It's on the mend, but it going to take a while to get back to normal. I'm not riding right now, so this leaves more time to sit in front of a computer. I got a new laptop. It's a shiny new MSI. I'm mostly just amused by the rainbow keyboard! ๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŒˆ

Ursula is fat and happy and enjoying some time off. She turned 15 this year.



Commission slots:
CURRENTLY CLOSED
I need a break ><

If you would like a commission, just note me details!


PHOTO MANIPULATIONS*
Full body: $50
Add a horse: +$30
Add wings: +$25
Add horn/adornments: +$10

DIGITAL PAINTINGS*
Full body -no background: $60
Full body -with background: $70
Full body -Add a horse: +$40
Full body -Add wings: +$30
Full body -Add horn/adornments: +$10

Headshot -no background: $50
Headshot -with background: $60
Headshot -Add a horse: +$30
Headshot -Add horn/adornments: +$10

*I specialize in equine art but other species can be done at similar price points upon request.

FORUM TABLES
Basic table: $15
(includes incorporation of 1-2 images, a place for stats, quote and/or word count, and post body. Done using HTML and CSS.)
Territory headers, and other small projects can be completed at a similar price rate. Please note me with details of any request.
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Hey all! I've left my DA sitting almost untouched since 2013. I've decided to breathe some life back into it, because I'm at a point where I have some free time again.

I'll be clearing out a lot of my old stuff and uploading some new stuff, so be on the lookout. I'll also be leaving a lot of the groups I'm in, just to cut back on notifications. How many of my old friends are still around?

Gosh, so many things have changed since I last wrote a journal entry. I bought a house! I have a dog now, a third cat, and a small parrot. I still have the same two horses. I job-hopped a few times but ultimately ended up doing something similar to what I was doing back in 2013, working in a microbiology lab doing diagnostics, QA, and food safety. With horseback riding, I got out of the pleasure world and started doing dressage. It's been a slow process since owning a fixer-upper house has cut into my lesson budget, but I'm having a lot of fun learning new things. I mentioned a new computer in my last journal entry. I'm still using that same computer, but I did get a new tablet!

I'm not doing commissions or adoptables of any kind right now. I have a lot of old requests floating around in the thousands of notifications I haven't checked yet. I'm deleting everything, because there are just too many, and most of them are hella old. If you want a commission later, then you'll have to resubmit a request. When I'm ready to open up shop, I'll be posting another journal entry to let everyone know.
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Hey guys! Guess what? I got myself a new computer and I'm loving it! I had a 5-year-old Toshiba Satellite that was just having trouble keeping up with my games and such, and it was having monitor black outs. I was worried the monitor would just completely die on me, so I sprung for a new one to avoid a catastrophe. I loved that Toshiba dearly and I will miss using it, but I'm glad I made the decision to upgrade. I now have an ASUS laptop with a 3rd generation i7 processor, a NVIDIA G force graphics card and 8GB memory. This thing is super fast! I also had no idea what I was missing with that display. I now have a high def display. Everything is so crisp and clear, and I found out after having both computers on beside each other, that my Toshiba's display was tinted green... I also upgraded from PS CS3 to CS5. It's taking some getting used to but so far I like it!

Here are current to-do's by category:

Commissiona
-- Rurisk
-- Solgar

Just for Fun
-- Rusalka
-- Vodnik
-- Arcana
-- The Abduction Part 2
-- Moar Rienzi

Requested Tutorials
-- Manes and Tails
-- Eyes


Feature: Great Horse Stock That Needs More Love

:thumb287374455: Play 3 by HappinessStock Horse Stock 188 by BannerGraphix Horse Stock 45 by BannerGraphix horse 33 by Dark-Wolfs-Stock Saylor Stock19 by blue-eyed-book-lover Chestnut 12 by jiphorse-stock Chocolate Miniature Horse - 01 by horsiexstock Horse Stock 182 by BannerGraphix


Stock Accounts

:icontilt-stock: & :iconwax-wing:


Journal Credits

Forest by Erik at flicker.com
Horse by kiltsrhott.deviantart.com
Original css by duhcoolies.deviantart.com
css rework by kiltsrhott.deviantart.com


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OCTOBER 8, 2012

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It's time for an update! I've been a bit inactive lately and I can tell you why. I've been super busy, with something big planned every weekend since August, and evenings after work haven't been much better. We've had company visit us and we've gone to visit some mutual college friends. My husband and I just went on our honeymoon too. It was five months after the wedding. We only went an hour away from home and only for a long weekend, but it felt like a vacation and that's what counts! We went to Gettysburg to visit the battlefield and museums. My husband will be uploading some stock of the battlefields soon! We went horseback riding on the battlefield and went on a ghost tour. It was much fun but I'm glad to be home and not have any more trips planned!

In other news: I had mentioned my grandfather's farm in previous journals. My grandfather bought a farm for the family a few years back and progress has been slow. The place was trashed when he acquired it. The houses and barn were old and run down. There were piles of trash and debris everywhere. He got the place cleaned up and built himself a house. He also built a 10-stall horse barn, and a utility building. Construction and the decision making process has been so slow but things are finally coming together! The fencing was finished last week. Hay from our own land has been cut and bailed. We are expecting bedding and feed delivery on Wednesday and then the horses can start moving in! This is very exciting for me! I've been trying to board two horses on a starting salary and it hasn't been easy! Now I'll actually be able to afford my horses by working off their cost on the family farm. This may mean less time for role playing and picture making. I'll be caring for eight horses. I'll try to keep you guys posted as I get into the swing of this change!

Here are some pictures of the new barn:


Here are current to-do's by category:

Art Trades
-- The-Vandalist ?

Just for Fun
-- Morena
-- Arcana
-- The Abduction Part 2
-- Moar Rienzi

Requested Tutorials
-- Manes and Tails
-- Eyes


Feature: Stock by wax-wing



Stock Accounts

:icontilt-stock: & :iconwax-wing:


Journal Credits

Forest by Erik at flicker.com
Horse by kiltsrhott.deviantart.com
Original css by duhcoolies.deviantart.com
css rework by kiltsrhott.deviantart.com


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I have been making a lot of freebies lately and I really shouldn't. I love all of my DA fans and I have trouble saying no when someone asks me to make them something. However, I am a poor newly-wed, making a starting salary, and living on box maccaroni and cheese and leasing out my horse to make ends meet. (Student loans are a bitch!) As much as I want to, I can't afford to be spending 10 hours at a time making something for a stranger for free anymore. :(

So, here's the deal. If you've already asked me and I've already agreed to make you something for free, I'll stand by it. Otherwise, from now on, I will charge regular commission price for any requested images.

Please see my "Commissions" widget on my profile page for further information.

Here are current to-do's by category:

Orders - First Priority
-- for Trepidation at LI
-- for uplifting-stock?

Just for Fun
-- The Abduction Part 2
-- Moar Rienzi

Requested Tutorials
-- Manes and Tails
-- Eyes


Feature: Humming Birds

Humming bird by Feanturien:thumb304303427::thumb302515503::thumb301380509: Birds of Paradise by DeGatto eclipse on 5th by tea Humming Bird in Flight by cokehead666:thumb291533570:


Stock Accounts

:icontilt-stock: & :iconwax-wing:


Journal Credits

Forest by Erik at flicker.com
Horse by kiltsrhott.deviantart.com
Original css by duhcoolies.deviantart.com
css rework by kiltsrhott.deviantart.com


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