tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186161792024-03-13T04:24:54.882-06:00Scribbles and DoodlesCelestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952952695460692845noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18616179.post-70678471443955985672013-03-02T11:19:00.002-07:002013-03-02T11:19:36.479-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I now have a new site, complete with Portfolios. So I will no longer be posting on this page. To keep following and seeing my posts please visit http://celestegagnon.wordpress.com/ Thank you very much!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Wheel</b></span> - <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital illustration</span><br />
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This week's Illustration Friday word is Wheel. This is the real reason the groundhog said we'd have an early spring ;)<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Wings</span></b> - <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital doodle</span><br />
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It's been a long while since I've participated in <a href="http://illustrationfriday.com/" target="_blank">Illustration Friday</a>, but I did want to start up again. The nice part of I.F. is that you can practice drawing using an idea that is not your own. It's good to be practiced doing this since clients never say "Draw whatever you want" ;) <br />
Anyway, here's my interpretation of the word Wings. Books, in my mind, give children wings!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The Sketchbook Project 2013 </span></b><br />
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This year I wanted to find a project to work on with my 6 year old. She loves to draw and tell stories. When I mentioned this to her and asked her if she wanted to do a sketchbook, she got really excited. I was going to get her one of her own and I would do one, but she said no, that this would be a sketchbook we would do TOGETHER. I have to admit I like this idea even more! So we looked at the tour topics and choose together, and discussed our plans for the chosen topic.<br />
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As soon as we get our sketchbook in the mail we will start working on it, we have until August 15th to hand it in. So stay tunned, we plan on posting our progress as we go! In the mean time, if you are interested in participating in the Sketchbook Project, <a href="http://www.sketchbookproject.com/" target="_blank">here's the link</a>. It's open for all ages, so a great project for kids and adults alike :D </div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Christmas Place Mats for Kids</b></span> </span>- <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital, printable</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">For those of you with kids, and a lot of holiday dinner plans with friends and family, here's an idea...<span style="font-size: small;"> printable colouring place ma<span style="font-size: small;">ts for the kiddos (or easily bored adults ;) I have two kids, and I know how <span style="font-size: small;">fast they eat, and then how <span style="font-size: small;">quickly they lose interest in being at the dinner table. Why not have printable place ma<span style="font-size: small;">ts (<span style="font-size: small;">like they do at <span style="font-size: small;">restaurants!)<span style="font-size: small;">. Have a cup of wax crayons at the ta<span style="font-size: small;">b<span style="font-size: small;">le</span> for the k<span style="font-size: small;">ids to share. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/116295976/11x17-printable-woodland-Christmas-place-mat" target="_blank">11" x 17" Woodland in colour</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/116296055/11x17-printable-woodland-Christmas-place-mat" target="_blank">11" x 17" Woodland line only</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/116295800/8-5x11-printable-woodland-Christmas-place-mat" target="_blank">8.5" x 11" Woodland in colour</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/116295828/8-5x11-printable-woodland-Christmas-place-mat" target="_blank">8.5" x 11" Woodland line only</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Spoonflower Winter Animals</span></b></span> -<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> fabric</span><br />
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I got my winter animal series done as throw pillows... and have the fabric available for sale on my <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/celestegs" target="_blank">spoonflower site</a>, for those of you who sew :)<br />
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I envision these as the fronts with some fun geometric patterned back fabric, or maybe faux fur (in fun colours, maybe light blue for the polar bear?) I still have to sew mine (this one is just pinned to another pillow for the photo). For those of you who know me, I am trying very hard to learn to sew, but it's a work in progress, eventually these will be my throw pillows!<br />
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They would also work well as shoulder bags as reusable shopping bags. They measure 16" x 16" (I chose this size because it's easy to find pillow inserts to fit this size (Walmart and Ikea both have them). <br />
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Here are some close ups of a couple of the fabrics, I got these printed on Linen-Cotton Canvas. The print job and detail are terrific, I also love the texture of this fabric, something very natural feeling about these.<br />
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Here's the <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/celestegs" target="_blank">spoonflower link</a> again if you are interested! Feel free to send me pics of your sewing jobs too, I always love to see what you guys do with my fabrics!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Advent Calendar</span></b></span> -<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> craft time</span> <br />
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Happy December! Elliott and I made an advent calendar last week, to help us countdown to Christmas. I made the cards out of card stock I had in the house, and Elliott decorated them with glitter, stickers and buttons (again, whatever we had kicking around the house!).<br />
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Elliott was very proud of his work, and couldn't wait until his big sister got home from school so she could see and share in the fun. If you are not crafty there are lots of places you can get some really beautiful pattern or ready made calendars (check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/search?q=advent%20calendar&view_type=gallery&ship_to=US&ref=auto1" target="_blank">Etsy</a>, or if you are good at sewing there are lovely patterns at <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/spelunks?type=&q=advent+christmas&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a>!) </div>
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In the pockets I like to to do something a little different. Sometimes there are treats for the kids (chocolate, or stickers or a small toy...like a lego man), and sometimes it's an activity we will do that day (bake a Christmas cake!). But because Christmas is not only about getting things (something I work really hard to teach the kiddos), at least 3 times a week the message in the calendar is something they do for someone else, for example...<br />
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- Bake cookies for a neighbour</div>
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- Complement 3 people today</div>
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We love Christmas here, and try to make the most of out it for the entire month. This is just one way we like to have fun with it. Hope you all have a happy December, and take time to enjoy it throughout all the busy time that comes with it! </div>
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Hi everyone! As requested on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CelesteGagnonIllustrations" target="_blank">my Facebook</a> poll here are some holiday gift tags for you to print and download! I had a lot of fun making these, hopefully you will have a lot of fun using them! Feel free to share the link, everyone likes free stuff during Christmas time! </div>
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/114386826/gift-tags-2012" target="_blank">To Download printable page click here!</a> Please remember all illustrations are copyright and the property of Celeste Gagnon Illustrations. These are for your personal use only. </div>
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These past few weeks I have been working by hand, which is something I haven't done in a very long time. Since the kids were born I found working on the computer easier and more convenient (since they can't get into anything!). But I've missed working with traditional tools, this one being the most basic, then pencil :) It's made me very happy and given me something new to show you! </div>
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I am selling these as prints on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CelesteGS" target="_blank">my Etsy store</a>. I am also in the process of making fabric versions for you sewers out there. I think they would make fun winter themed throw pillows or shoulder bags. I will keep you all posted on the fabric versions. </div>
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(All prints are on Hahnemuhle fine art Inkjet paper. It's made with bamboo and cotton, is a warm white, archival grade acid free paper. Because it is bamboo paper it is also made out of a renewable resource so earth friendly too!<br />Prints fit the RIBBA frames at Ikea, for under 10$.)</div>
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This is the other project I worked on with <a href="http://www.maplelea.com/en/" target="_blank">Maplelea</a> this past spring and summer. They've come out with an entire selection of high quality Canadian dolls that you can pick from. These dolls don't come with ready made stories, but do come with a journal (just like the other girls) where you can create her story, as well as a section for your child to fill in about herself! I had the pleasure of doing the illustration work for the clothing (shirt and shoes) as well as all the art and design work in the 148 page journal!<br />
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As well as the other dolls you can choose from! (images from <a href="http://maplelea.com/">Maplelea.com</a>)</div>
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This past summer I've been working a lot on new merchandise with the fine people at <a href="http://www.maplelea.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Maplelea</a>! These hard working women come up with cool fashions for these dolls, and the quality of the clothing is terrific! I wish many of the outfits came in sizes for my kids (and the above outfit for myself!)<br />
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This one does come in kids sizes! So there is a matching pj for the doll and the child :D<br />
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<a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/clothing-accessories/by-category/oh-canada/strong-and-free.html" target="_blank">Strong and Free</a><br />
Kaleidoscope PJs <a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/kaleidoscope-pjs-for-dolls.html" target="_blank">for doll</a> <a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/kaleidoscope-pjs-for-girls-536.html" target="_blank">for child</a><br />
<a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/clothing-accessories/by-doll/for-all-maplelea-dolls/brilliant-bedding.html" target="_blank">Brilliant Bedding</a><br />
<a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/clothing-accessories/by-doll/taryn-1/night-owl-nightwear.html" target="_blank">Night Owl Nightwear</a><br />
<a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/clothing-accessories/by-doll/saila-1/ice-cap-backpack-set.html" target="_blank">Ice Cap Backpack Set</a><br />
<a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/clothing-accessories/by-doll/saila-1/clam-digger.html" target="_blank">Clam Digger</a><br />
<a href="http://shop.maplelea.com/clothing-accessories/by-doll/taryn-1/green-team.html" target="_blank">Green Team</a><br />
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Photos of the dolls are from the Maplelea catalogue and are the property of Maplelea. To order a catalogue of all their items <a href="http://www.maplelea.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank">visit their site here</a>! <br />
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Halloween is always fun with little ones. Now mine are old enough to be having Halloween parties! So I had to put my baking hat on and make some cookies for the kiddos. For those who know me, I've been forced to get in touch with my domestic side since I've had kids ;) Not doing too badly for someone who never fit this definition (just don't look at my laundry room!). <br />
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These cookies were actually a lot of fun. Once they were baked I just thought of them as tiny artworks instead of cookies and had a blast! The kids loved them too ;)<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Halloween Pumpkin icons </span></b>- <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital illustration</span><br />
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Happy Halloween everyone! Feel free to use these icons for your avatars if you want :) (Just click on the one you want and save to your computer!) Have a safe and fun Halloween! xo<br />
<br />(if you want to share the love please post where you got them! Always love to have new visitors to my page. Thanks! ) <br />
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Hello everyone, it's been a busy month, lots of work (hooray!) and family stuff. Since I haven't had a lot of time to do any freebies, I though Halloween would be my perfect excuse to push aside some work and do a little something with Echo for all those of you who continue to visit and encourage me.<br />
There are two different Echos in costume. And one that is Echo without a costume (not in photo) to download the pattern please click on the following links for the two page pdf.<br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/110438317/Echo-Mummy-Paper-Toy" target="_blank">Echo in Mummy costume</a><br />
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Thank you, and enjoy! (if you take cute pictures of your paper Echo send them my way, I'd love to see them and might even post them with your permission!).<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Ginger's Cupcakes & Desserts</b></span> -<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> logo and character design</span><br />
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Here it is! The wonderfully fun project I got to work on this past month. I was asked to create the character Ginger as well as a logo for a local bakery. Anna, the very talented baker who runs the shop (I know this because I got to sample the cupcakes today!) didn't want to go with the traditional pinks and browns that seems to be the trend right now with baked goods and cupcakes and chose a really cool clean retro feel to her bakery. So Ginger had to also have a very cool retro feel! Here she is! I am very happy with how she turned out :D <br />
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It was so much fun to work on this project with Anna, if you live in the York region, or the Toronto area, you need to stop by. Her bakery is colourful and cozy and smell WONDERFUL! Here is a link to her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GingersCupcakesDesserts" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, and her<a href="http://gingersdesserts.com/" target="_blank"> website</a>. She does custom cakes and cupcakes too, her entire bakery is peanut free, and she can meet other dietary needs as well, because, let's face it, everyone loves cupcakes! Her grand opening is September 14, 15 and 16 with samples, colouring pages for the kids, sweet deal, and did I mention samples?! ;) </div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">Playing in the veggie garden... Honey I Shrunk the Kids style</span></b> - <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital photo</span><br />
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This summer has been a busy one so far. With both kids home full time, and work I've not had much time for just playing around art. But here's a fun one. The kids have planted a veggie garden. They love "playing" in it, I took it one step further. Gotta love Photoshop ;) I know my kids get a kick out of it!<br />
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(these veggies are doing amazingly well too, I bought the seeds from <a href="http://cubitsshop.com/" target="_blank">Cubit's</a>, check them out, great varieties available! )Celestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952952695460692845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18616179.post-34812610703675104112012-06-29T06:15:00.001-06:002012-06-29T06:32:42.637-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Happy Canada Day Eh!</span></b> -<span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital illustration</span><br />
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Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends! Have a safe and fun long weekend! If you use these (and feel free to do so, for icons or personal use only) please reference back to this site. Thanks a bunch! and Enjoy!Celestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952952695460692845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18616179.post-21421268457227432552012-06-21T09:24:00.002-06:002012-06-21T09:24:28.701-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: #b45f06;"> Echo Book Journal pages</b> - <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital </span><br />
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Hi Everyone!<br />
It's been a very busy couple of months, I've haven't been able to work on any of my personal projects. I like being busy and work is really picking up. I am also trying to figure out a plan for my summer with both kids at home! With this in mind, I created some <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/97817830/Echo-Book-Journal-Pages" target="_blank">book journal pages</a> for Amelie, to continue her reading and writing. I am sharing these pages with you guys! Obviously they are geared to younger readers. I hope you guys can use them, or share them with people who can. Click <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/97817830/Echo-Book-Journal-Pages" target="_blank">this link to download the four page PDF. </a><br />
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Back in December I had the opportunity to work on something new. I was hired to design and illustrate characters and background by Untold Entertainment. They were doing a hunting game for Newfoundland and Labrador. Now, you have to understand I don't agree with sport hunting... in fact, I do so much work for WWF Canada, and other environmental organizations that I almost didn't take this job. BUT the concept of the game was actually a little funny. The animals fight back (and when I tried it, always win, but then again, I am not the greatest gamer there is....). It was also my first chance at doing any kind of animation work. So an experience I didn't want to pass up. </div>
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The technical aspects of the job were interesting, making puppets out of my illustrations. Working with Untold Entertainment was also a pleasure. The characters were also fun, because as you can see, they are not my usual style. It was nice to break out of what I always do and try something a little different. I am pretty proud of how these worked out, looking forward to seeing the game online! </div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Fabric Patterns ~ Alice </span></b>- <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital illustration</span><br />
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These past two weeks have been incredibly busy work wise, which of course is not something I would dare complain about! But I've had to put my personal work aside for this week to try and finish a couple contract pieces. This is one project that I was working on, but it didn't end up happening, SO I am going to go ahead and use these fabric patterns for myself. This one was inspired by Alice from Alice in Wonderland, maybe I will make a series of fabrics to go with this one, some that get a little crazier once she goes down the rabbit hole. Below are fabrics that are meant to complement the one above (the actual theme was cherry tree).<br />
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And finally to accompany the jacket that this pattern would have been a lining for, there was a bag, which they wanted to be plaid. So I came up with a couple plaids that would go with these (colour wise). </div>
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You can see how fun my job is :) I love coming up with fabric designs!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Echo's Countdown to Bedtime Spread #6</span></b> -<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> digital illustration</span><br />
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Echo is joined by 5 friendly squirrels!<br />
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<b style="color: #0b5394;">Elliott and Amélie in Wonderland</b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> - </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">pencil sketch</span> </div>
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This week the kids were watching Alice in Wonderland, they like the real life Tim Burton version, so I was doodling while they watched the movie. It's one of my favorites too, both the Disney Cartoon version and the Tim Burton one, just so much imagination in the world they create! I think this doodle might have to become clean art at some point, I quite like it! Feel free to click the above image for a larger view! </div>
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<b style="color: #990000;">Echo Visits her Nation's Capital, Ottawa! </b>-<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> photo, digital illustration </span></div>
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Echo visited Ottawa last week. She had a great time. For more details on her trip visit her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CelesteGagnonIllustrations" target="_blank">album on her Facebook Page</a> :) Celestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952952695460692845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18616179.post-12183825634664173252012-04-19T13:57:00.000-06:002012-04-27T13:06:48.401-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Payneful Feat map</span></b> - <span style="font-size: xx-small;">digital illustration </span></div>
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I am posting this instead of the regular Sketchbook Friday illustration. I've been working on it in my free time this week, and wanted to share it with you all. </div>
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This July myself and 3 fantastic ladies are doing the <a href="http://www.oxfam.ca/trailwalker/oxfam-trailwalker-canada-2012" target="_blank">Oxfam Trailwalker's 100 km hike</a>, sound easy enough? We have to do this hike in under 48 hours! We've been training for the past 2 months, and are hiking a minimum of 30 km an outing now. This is an illustration of last weekend's hike. As you can see we have a lot of fun, and are getting quite the workout. Our support person is in charge of keeping track of our time, since we need to stay on target, but we are easily distracted. Perfect set up for a Family Circus style map non?! </div>
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If you are interested in <a href="https://oxfamcanada.akaraisin.com/pledge/Team/Home.aspx?seid=4407&tid=38113&mid=10" target="_blank">sponsoring us</a>, or checking out our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PaynefulFeat" target="_blank">Facebook Payneful Feat page</a> here are the links! Thank you all! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*The Family Circus logo is not mine, I am using it for parody purposes only on my personal site. </span></div>Celestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952952695460692845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18616179.post-81144779809429630892012-04-18T10:13:00.000-06:002012-04-27T13:07:08.513-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: #0b5394;">Echo's Countdown to Bedtime Spread #5</b>-<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> digital illustration</span> </div>
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4 beetles join the scene. </div>
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