Starting The Day With Creativie Inspiration

Do you do something every morning to start your day off right?

Something little that just makes you smile and gives you that extra little push to get you through all the must do activities, so that you can reach the can't wait to do ones.

I like to start my day with creativity. A little inspiration for motivation. 

Usually I flip through my sketchbook, read past journal entries in my modori, or flip through my art planner; while enjoying my morning coffee. I decide what goodies I want to create with for the day; pens, pencils, paper tape, journaling cards...an endless list of possibilities. 

This morning I started the day with my sketchbook. I have so many works-in-progress right now.

I want to polish them up, ink them, get them posted, and lets not forget color them.

I can't wait to color them.

Here's a peek at my morning of inspiring sketches.

Cuddlebug Cuties Art Girl Sketch

 

Cuddlebug Cuties Art Girl Sketch

Cuddlebug Cuties Art Girl Sketch

Cuddlebug Cuties Art Girl Sketch

My goal is to get these up within the next few days.

Starting with the bunny for the holiday.

I'd love to have that one up by tomorrow.

Have a wonderful and joyful day.

Hugs,

Anna

Crafting Time & Halloween Sticker Winner

I love the early hours of the mornings. I usually wake up around 5, giving me about 2 to 3 hours of quality crafting time before he rest of my house gets up to start their days. I have one very faithful dog that crawls out of bed with me everyday. After taking outside to do her morning business she'll lay at my feet while I work at my art table. If she's in a snuggly mood she'll crawl in my lap and I'll love on her with one hand while drawing or coloring with the other. I think we both consider this special time together. She's such a sweetheart, and I really consider her one of my best friends and my favorite crafting buddy.

The past several mornings have been so productive in regards to my artwork. I've filled nearly a dozen pages in my art journal this week. I have so many fun digis to polish up and get posted.

The Halloween season has been truly inspirational too. So many costume ideas to make cute illustrations of. And the best part is I get to do something I love first thing in my day, with one of my favorite buddies, all while watching the sun come up.

It's a beautiful and relaxing way to start the day.

And Berina RGA, I wanted to start your day of with some good news.
You're the lucky winner of my Halloween Crow sticker candy.

Congratulations!!!
Email me at cuddlebugcuties@gmail.com
and I'll get your stickers on their way to you.

And for all my wonderful members of Cuddlebug Cuties I'll more Halloween candy this weekend.
Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,
Anna

What Does Today Hold

Good morning everyone,

I had a long restless night last night. My son awoke at 10pm with a tummy ache and in need of cuddles and love. At midnight we were laughing, playing, and polishing off some leftovers from dinner. Around 1am he finally fell back asleep and I too laid down to try and rest for a few hours. 

I was awake by a few minutes before 5am. No reason, I just couldn't sleep. Not wanting to wake my entire home, I laid in bed and started surfing blogland on my ipad. I found a great mommie blog hop and went through every link that was attached. Some stories were great, funny, and interesting. One in particular tore at my heart strings and made me cry for quite a while.

And all of this made me wonder, What did today hold for my family?

Within moments of that though I made a decision that today would have hugs, laughter, and joy.

Today may not be perfect, but it is a gift and I'm going to enjoy it.

When my son awoke he gave me the sweetest smile, the one that says I remember last night and you helped make it better. Thanks mom, I love you. I melted a ton and told him how adorable he was and how much he was cherished. Then I told him that we were going to have the best day ever. He gave me the biggest toothy grin, and I think he's beginning to understand that the best day ever means we're gonna play and have lots of fun.

I hope everyone out there has a joyous day. 

And hopefully a new digi will help the day start out on the right track.

Summer Cuddlebug Cuties

Summer Cuddlebug Cuties

Enjoy coloring and crafting with Summer but please give me, Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her.

I'm off to play in the yard with my little man. To start snapping tons of photos to capture every moment of this day. To play, laugh, and love.

Have a wonderful day everyone,

Great Big Hugs to All,

Anna 

Dawn Free Digitial Stamp

 

My husband is on call this week. It's always my least favorite week of the month. His company has offices worldwide and it seems that the phone rings all night long. It rang last night at 8pm and the next time I see him it's a few minutes before 5am and he's crawling into bed. I layed there for a few minutes; debating if I could go back to sleep but eventually decided to giveup and snuck out of the bedroom, tiptoeing over my dogs, trying not to wake up the whole house.

 

After a morning cup of coffee, I was feeling bit by the creativity bug. I grabbed a handful of loose papers and got started drawing. When I finished my latest cuddlebug and put her on top of my drawing book I realized something. I have a whole stack of cuddlebugs that I haven't posted yet!

 

So we have to fix that. Gotta get them colored and shared, lol.

 

 

This cutie is Dawn. And she looks so much better than I do when she wakes up in the morning :)

 

Dawn Cuddlebug Cuties

Dawn Cuddlebug Cuties

Enjoy coloring and crafting with Dawn but please give me, Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her.


Hugs,
Anna