Let me introduce...Gabi...the Snail

There she is! She has finally made it to paper! whoop whoop!!! It took a while since she first appear in my sketchbook but I am so happy to be able to show you my latest illustration! I have a very strong feeling that this will be first one of the series.
Ladies and Gentelmen let me introduce to you my latest creation-Gabi The Snail ;)
So there is: above- Gabi in my sketchbook when she was 'born' few months ago and below finished illustration...



...I am really happy with the outcome.

Ah and I was working on Name Canvas last week as well so considering that I have had busy week with my girls I am hmmmm proud of myself for managing these!



And now I cannot wait to paint more!!! so many ideas in my sketchbook waiting to make it onto the paper and even more in my head...Canvas here I come!

a little update

OMW! I have just realised that the last time I have updated my blog was....more than a year ago!!! Can someone please tell me what has happened?
The time goes by so fast that I really have problems remembering what was I doing a week ago,
(hope it is not an early sign of some serious memory problem).It is scary as I always have so many plans and things that I cannot keep up with my schedule.And now I have even less time than I used to. I am yet to work out how to deal with this overload of tasks with the little time I have got to do them.
But first to everyone who ever wondered where am I and if I am still alive and if this Cushy Cow blog really exist,let's think where have over 12 months of my life gone?
Well I was pregnant for 9months (which actually felt like 2years and I really felt compasionate for all those pregnant elephants out there-2 years -nature is cruel!!!) Very very long pregnancy it was and my impatient personality didn't make it any easier.I was due beginning of May'10 but in my head,for some reason (ok lets face it the reason was my size) I was certain that the baby would be born on the 17th of April,then 28th of April and then 1st of May.Well it didn't happen on any of those subconciously chosen dates! In fact my very patient and happy daughter have decided to arrive 10 days late!!! Yes!!! WHOLE 10 DAYS LATE! and these 10 days felt terribly long,longer than the whole 9 months.According to my Filofax I was supposed to be showing this baby off by now for about month and a half...
During that time I just made sure my toddler was happy ( sort of) and that I've had blanket ready on the sofa so I could nap the whole day long while my darling daughter watched tons of telly...not ideal,I know but I just simply couldn't find this extra energy to do all the good things and telly was a blessing.It helped us both stay sane I think.
Than ( in May that is) the baby was born....My lovely daughter Tallulah. Little I knew how busy and exhausting my life would become! Even though I prepared myself for the worst I wasn't prepared enough.
So the last four and a half months I have been incredibly busy with my two lovely daughters. Desparately trying to do some work at the same time with little luck.
I am slowly getting some 'me time' back so I can start focusing on my work and hobbies. Even though I think it will take few more months till I can really focus on things I will try my best to be disciplined and organised enough to stay in touch and keep you all updated on my work progress.(This is where I find all those busy and active mummies I've met on Twitter so inspirational! All you supermummies you know who I am talking about 'Thank you for being such an inspiration!')

And this is what I've got to show for all those months where not so active at work...
I know it was one very busy year... ;)