Well that went badly didn't it?

So my last post's were all 'KINDA' FUNKY and POSITIVE.

Full of optimism, and pride for what had once been.

I made a promise and I failed to follow it through. 

I am deeply sorry for that.

The truth is I am creatively STRUGGLING. Well actually struggling is an understatement. Creativity was something that I needed to do, a calling, as natural to me as taking a breath. I suppose now without it, it is like suffocating. And it's scary. Like wondering if one could ever breathe again, I wonder if i will ever create in the way i did. Naturally, not forced. I am looking back at what seemed easy and wondering why now it seems SO HARD?? 

It's not the lack of trying. CRIKEY. I have tried, Many a time. And sometimes it works, it looks like what it's suppose to be . . . Except it lacks the FUNKY that once i could see and feel with each stroke of the pencil or brush.  That excitement, BUZZ, ENERGY. What it was I lived for. Each day.

I spend so much time now looking at wonky lines, out of proportion features and the wrong mixture of colours. It's just not working for me. How I so dearly wish it would. 

BUT I still feel it. That has to count for something, Right? It's faint. Very faint. The memories a little blured. But I do remember the buzz i felt, the crazy hand that HAD TO BRING CREATIONS TO LIFE. The way i looked at the world in cartoon form.
 Mishaps made into funny memories. Memories made into cartoon form. When we are children almost everything feels this way. Like a cartoon. Everything exciting. Bright colours that remind us of things, times, places. As adults we become desensitized to those 'perfect colourful memories' everything can easily become black and white with shades of grey. Colour is something we rarely notice. Unlike childhood when the smallest things seem colourful and are worth noting. And i felt so blessed to be able to see things in such humorous form, bring a simple thing to life with a FUNKY twist. Storymaking with my Funky GeeGee creations. And also meeting some fantastic people and their horses and ponies along the way and having the privalage to bring their best friends to life in FUNKY form. 

I think it is all these memories that keep driving me to try. I am filling in what used to be creative time with family life and my pets. I love each day I am surrounded by each of them. I am also horse riding and spending times with horses as regularly as i can. I'm surrounded some days by 'horsey people' 'Brilliant, lovely people' and I am forever thankful for this too. But there is that missing peice. I'm sure other people can relate to. And I NEED IT BACK! I really really need it back.

For now I look through my portfolio of older works. They do inspire me, as well as dishearten me. But the mixture of both emotions gives me the will to KEEP TRYING. KEEP DREAMING and somehow KEEP BELIEVING it WILL come back!!

Thankyou all for bearing with me. 

Here is a few of my older works to share for now. ENJOY

To see more please browse Galleries or past blog post's.

LOVE ~ Miss Funky xxx

Cutlery Heroes and Russian dolls??

Well the GeeGee's are on their way back to UK grass as we speak, and from the sound of their excited tone down the phone? I am guessing they have had a great time!!

I haven't had any messages or calls about any major
 mischief or mayhem -

 (Well other than the few things the Agent has told me, like Pillow fights and Segways and such like, BUT they don't know i know about that so Shhhhh!)

- They apparently got let off with the damage to the pillows though because last night they helped capture someone who tried to steal the cutlery tray from the restaurant at the hotel?!! I'm not sure of the details, i couldn't understand their excited speech as they tried to tell me . . . 

 . . . Apparently though they are now HEROES!!??

I'm looking forward to them coming home and telling me all about their FUNKY adventure,
I can't wait to hear their spin on these Segway things (Pun intended lol) lets cue every excuse under the sun, either that or fail to mention them at all?

 I also want to hear about how they felt when they were there, how was their FUNKY journey?
Was it magical being somewhere you haven't been before and seeing it all for the very first time?
Not just as a 2D picture in a glossy brochure, but as the REAL THING to be really there and to be able to touch it, smell it, hear it, and see it with their own googley eyes!! I bet it was AMAZING FOR THEM!! I can't wait to hear their stories.

My Agent says that they have been into the City again today and visited a little Art gallery and The Armoury to have a look around. Frog was a little clumsey and almost caused mayhem when he fell into the ropes surrounding an old fireplace with brass vases, the vases wobbled and as quick as Frog was trying to steady them his big butt would knock another!! Hattie apparently tried to help but before they knew it they were surrounded by security guards asking what their intentions were! OH DEAR! Nothing was broken from what I have heard, but they were asked to stand right next to the tour guide and not leave his side and if it happened again they would be asked to leave. All would of been well if they had just listened, but apparently further round the tour they came across a big carriage and couldn't help themselves from pretending to be the Queens horses pulling their golden carriage.

 Yep, you guessed it . . . 

 . . . They were asked to leave!!

They waited patiently (Now there is a first) outside the building, My Agent said it looked like they were rather huffed and sat drawing pictures with their hooves on the pavement. When the tour had finished they rejoined the group and they headed off to the gift shop, Agent says it was small and full to the brim of Russian dolls and EASY TO BREAK plates and decorated eggs. OH DEAR!!

 I d aren't even doodle it in my FUNKY cartoon brain!  Can you imagine the mess they could potentially make in a GIFT SHOP?!

It looked like they loved playing with the Russian dolls, Agent says they seemed a little baffled when putting them back together though and hooves were not the best instruments for the job! 

Apparently though they were really well behaved and came out with a little carrier bag, so maybe they have bought themselves a lovely little souvenir to bring back to remind them of their adventure? Awwwww, how cute, i can't wait for them to come home and tell me all about it, As mischievous as they are, I MISS THE GOOGLEY EYED FUNKY'S!!

Here is a picture I was sent from My Agent of them both  'Gift Shopping'

I'm just so glad they kept control of them FUNKY, knobberly fetlocks!!

Catch up soon ~ Miss Funky

Planning and preparing 2016

Hello from a VERY WINDY Co Durham!! The weather has warmed right up, however i have this feeling it is just toying with us ready to throw us back into a deep freeze!! I'm sitting here tonight with my pencils at the ready to get cracking with 2016 collection of Funky GeeGee's and it is WILD outside that window!! Concentration is also very tough as everytime the gate slams in the wind or a branch cracks as it is blown, well i have a quivering in fetlocks GeeGee jumping on my knee, using my chin to push down their ears!! If it carry's on much longer i'm going to have to dig out the ear muffs and put them on each of them to block out the noise. Either that or throw them out into the garden and let them desensitize to the noise!!

I have made om progress though, and the pencils have been rather busy. It would however be alot easier if i didn't have to keep stopping to comfort a nervous GeeGee who thinks the fetlock eating monster is going to burst through a window at any given time. I do feel sorry for them, the stories that they scare each other with about seemingly everything at times . . . 

 . . . Well no wonder they have themselves in such a state when the wind is above 20 mph!!

Here are some WIP (Works in progress) to share with you, Hopefully should have more to come.

I have been keeping an eye on those two GeeGee's that are planning a holiday (Sounds like very soon!) I'm still unsure where they are going but i have seen their attempts at packing a 'Going away bag' and well all i can say is I do hope where they are going is warm . . .

 . . . I don't see many turnout rugs going in there!! I DID SEE SUNGLASSES THOUGH, oh and also i caught a glimpse of what looked like a bottle of sun tan lotion. It has put my mind a little at ease as they seem to be prepared. However i reckon as soon as they get there they best ask if there is anywhere they can borrow an iron for their clothes, MY WORD YOU SHOULD SEE THE ATTEMPTS AT FOLDING!!

Well i'm off to CREATE, HOPEFULLY in peace!!

Catch up soon ~ Miss Funky xxx

Snow and SUNSHINE, yes really some SUN!!

Well since my last post the weather has indeed cheered up a little, we have had a few COLD but dry days and today we were even spoilt with some SUNSHINE, YES, I did indeed just say SUNSHINE!

I have had a lovely couple of hours with the Ponies today, the sun was shining the ground was frozen solid so there was barely any mud so i thought i would let them have a nice breather without their rugs on to get some air on their little backs, bless my ikkle fluffy cobs. They have really enjoyed a good scratch and some air and it's nice to see them without all their clothes on au-natural, hahaha.

So then I hear you ask, 
What have the Funky GeeGee's been upto?

Well you wouldn't believe it if i told you, but i promise you that I am telling the truth, see i caught them red hoofed in the act!! PLANNING and PLOTTING . . . BEHIND MY BACK!!

Apparently they have managed to pay for, organise, pack, and prepare for a little short break away!
A SHORT BREAK AWAY? Where the heck to? I asked them. I'm yet to find out the details or logistics of this madness, I'm not even actually sure where they are going because there were brochures for all places all over the world on the floor next to them, and i didn't get a chance to grab the tickets to see where they were going, All I know is they are going to be flying there?

OMG !!! Please behave on the aeroplane GeeGee's,

 and whatever you do, 

DO NOT PINCH THE CAPTAINS HAT!!   

I don't really know much more than that, all i can do is hope they actually tell me at some point what their plans are, and i can somehow talk them out of it, I mean what if they get eaten by lions or something, last time a group of the GeeGee's went away without asking i was called by the coastguard to go get them off a banana boat in the pacific ocean !! Then there was a time after that when they went orienteering and I had to go find them on the Devon moors!! 

 I really do wish they weren't so impulsive!!

Catch up soon

Love ~ Miss Funky

Here we go again, the IMAGINATION is on FIRE wooohoo, lets do this :)

HELLO . . . So the Summer has ended and WOW what fun we have managed to squeeze into it, Just the Kids and Ponies and spending time with all those people who are really important to me. Especially my BESTEST friend (You know who you are <3 ). We even had a seaside trip away for the weekend to Whitley Bay and the weather couldn't of been better!! We LOVE going to Whitley Bay EVERY YEAR . . . It is something we have done every year since Mini Funky was a tiny Baby, and we have continued to visit every Summer now with Baby Funky too. It is one of those places that just fills you with a sense of peace.

Whitley Bay ~ St Mary's lighthouse

But back to school now, TERM TIME!!  The kids have got back into their routine of getting up on a morning and putting clean uniforms on, instead of the tracksuit bottoms, jods, or jeans we spent the majority of our summer wearing.
We still manage some time after school to fit in a quick hack, or a short lesson. But the nights are quickly drawing in and well soon it will be weekends only for the Mini Funky's :(
They have been learning about safety and low light, and we ensure that we can be seen when we are out on a hack.

Baby Funky and Sparky

So what have I been keeping my busy fingers doing whilst the kids are at school? . . .

  . . . Well it took me about 2 weeks to get the house back to what resembled a family home, instead of the Alladin's cave that it had become (Although it was not treasure you would find, more likely an odd sock or empty juice carton. Look hard enough you will probably find a stale biscuit and maybe a half packet of crisps!).  I have however managed to squeeze in some time for a nice hack out on my friends pony Toby, and do some lunging and longreining with Sparky to try and keep her in shape.
I'm failing miserably, and need to up her work some more and i've had to seriously restrict her intake of this lush Autumn grass we seem to have, Even Smurf has had to come in for a few hours to eat some hay and take a break for the seemingly PREMIUM GRASS GROWTH we have going on at the moment. We have very gassy GeeGee's on our yard at the moment!

Out for a hack looking over the countryside surrounding us.

I have also been keeping my creative brain active with some busy book work, I had the rough draft done, i just needed to read it and let the story flow to me (Well after a whole pack of jaffa cakes and an un-countable amount of coffee, but it came!) once written, it was that vital proofreading and basic edit stage, the stage where a short book becomes a feature length novel, and then of course you have the next installment and the installment after that rattling around up there too.  As i am reading my manuscript i have ideas of pictures wizzing round that i have to quickly sketch down the idea before another takes its place. It's very busy in Miss Funky's brain at the moment, but things are moving forward and productive and I have to say i cannot wait to get cracking building this book up and seeing it come to life.  It was so amazing the first time, the journey, the learning, the experience, the imaginative freedom to live in the Funky GeeGee world through my book creation. The frustrations, the tears and the tantrums which somehow all came together and i released my first book ~

The truth about PONIES. And i cannot WAIT to share the second installment with you all in the near future.  I shall share my journey, share my joys, and no doubt STILL tears and tantrums, however maybe milder? . . .I have to remind myself :

I HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, I CAN DO THIS AGAIN . .  .

. . . ENJOY,EMBRACE,CREATE, and IMAGINE.

      Above all believe i can do it, and it will get done!!

And on that note i am off to bed to dream it's process,

Night all xx

LOVE ~ Miss Funky <3

Wow and what a weekend

So Sunday night and all is quiet upon the FUNKY household :)

Its been a very emotional weekend. COR BLIMEY HAS IT!! From Friday onwards has been a rollercoaster of every emotion rolled into one big round bale and then rolled down a big steep hill.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee . . . .

 . . . But here I am and it is Sunday night and I'm sat with a smile still upon my face and i'm wondering actually how to stop smiling so much because my cheeks are beginning to hurt :D 

But smile i must as i am so proud to see them googley eyed ponies out there in the big wide world :) I hope many enjoy their story as it unfolds.

I have read it over and over and the HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEKEND has been to sit with the children and read it to them on their tablet. Mini Funky grasped the story really well, He said that it was about the ponies of the world teaching children how to be caring and loving. How there would be plenty carrots to share with EVERYONE.  He said if the boys and girls are naughty then the ponies are naughty. And Ponies are REALLY REALLY FUNNY (Yes I think we can all agree there can't we) Baby Funky is a little young to quite grasp it yet but She enjoyed the rhythm to the story and she giggled at the illustrations which as a Mum brings tears straight to your eyes, when your children sit next to you snuggled in tight and you are reading them YOUR story on a tablet  OMG I'm just rather overwhelmed with emotions and pride i think would be the words!! 

 So lots of giggles have been had. As well as some amazing messages of encouragement from some special people who have shared my adventure as i chased my dream. So everytime i have opened my inbox i have had to make sure that i have tissues next to me at the ready, i'm just blown away by everyone's response. THANKYOU SO MUCH TO YOU ALL.

So i'm going to give myself a couple of weeks off to enjoy the Easter holidays with the children and to spend some time with the Ponies hopefully with Mr Sunshine wearing his big bold hat like He has today, It has been a beautiful day and I even seen my first ladybird this year . . . .SPRING COMING SOON TO A GARDEN NEAR YOU :D 

So after the Easter break I shall be getting back to the drawing board and back with the pen and paper and i will be trying to pull all these ideas wizzing round like a merry go round into some form ready for the second book i have planned in the series.  

So a little creative break to let my brain recover some. Although it is not a complete creative break as I have just been informed tonight by Baby Funky that she wants me to enter the parent egg decorating competition!!  Soooo tomorow i shall be busy busy boiling eggs and making them into something GREAT. Hmmmmm I'm yet to decide what and Baby Funky cannot make up her mind.  So GREAT isn't too GREAT at the moment but I am ever hopeful for some Eggy brainwave to come of some 3D masterpiece :)  I will keep you informed on how it goes :)

Well I'm off now to make a cuppa, put my feet up and watch some TV I have a busy week ahead with end of term stuff before the Easter break and I would like to try and organize my hazard zone . . .

 . . . I mean HOUSE ready for them to probably just turn upside down and inside out whilst they are off. But hey ho that's just how it goes!

Catch up soon <3 Miss Funky.

The truth about PONIES Release date.

Hello :) :)

AND I'M HERE WITH NEWS . . . Get me hahaha !! I have a release date for my book!! YUP it is complete and ready to go out and be enjoyed.  My goal was to spread humour and i hope that is what the GeeGee's do.

LIFE IS TOO SERIOUS . . . LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!!  

So here we go . . . RELEASE DATE for The truth about PONIES.

UK and EU ~ 21st of March 2015

USA and Non EU ~ 22nd March 2015

It has been an emotional journey with many ups and downs and times when i felt it was never going to happen.  But i kept going, small little steps and here I am and i can say I MADE IT TO MY GOAL . . . I'm chasing my DREAM!!

So here i sit at the computer with a smile that the cat from Alice in wonderland would be proud of and i'm a mixture of a ZILLION emotions all rolled into one.  WHAT A JOURNEY :)

I am so excited to see the Funky GeeGee's out there in the big wide world spreading the FUNKY VIBE and hopefully plenty giggles :)

I have loved every minute of creating the illustrations to go with my story, to see something come to life in front of my eyes is such an amazing experience and such a joy. And then when the last illustration was completed and they were all added into the book it was like seeing your baby born and meeting for the first time. YES I DID CRY, LOT'S!!  Happy tears though, and thankful tears for the ability, and the gift of creativity we are all born with.

So i guess I shall leave this blog post there for now and wait and see what you all think of the book. I can put my feet up tonight with a nice bag of minstrels and maybe even some maltesers because I deserve them after today's last furlong to that finish post . . . and CRIKEY my brain is frazzled!!  

So I shall catch you all soon :) Please leave me some feedback after you have read it as i am really looking forward to hearing from you :) And Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek exciting times and many more books to come in this series, COR BLIMEY im gunna need plenty chocolate!!

Catch up soon ~ Miss Funky <3

Getting ever so close now and the excitement is rocking the kitchen

Hi Funky's hows it going ? 

It is getting ever so close now to release and i'm hopeful i can give a release date in the next day or two just a couple of last things to be sure of first :)  BUT i can safely say the excitement is ROCKING THE KITCHEN . . . LITERALLY.  The Funky GeeGee's are pacing back and forth causing tracks in the kitchen lino i have threatened them if they do not stop i will have to sell their carrots to pay for new flooring. Hmmmmm that did not go down very well and within minutes they had changed route and direction to compensate for the tracks already there.

NOW MY FLOOR LOOKS LIKE AN ABSTRACT PAINTING!!

Sooooo what else has been going on in Funky studio?  WELL this week was world book day for the children at school and i was rather gutted that their was not an opportunity for them to dress up. It was pj's for Baby Funky and for Mini Funky it was school uniform and a book quiz trail (Which was fun, but could of been more fun if we had lots of little characters running round school) But we had a great time answerng the quiz questions together and rattling round all the corners of school looking for the answers.  These early years are just so precious.  And Mini Funky is growing so so quickly and seems to know so many things and some of it just VRrrrrooooooms straight over my head.
Baby Funky has had a growth spurt so as well as trousers with ankle ventilation.  She also looks like a little lady,She's a proper little princess. Very girlie UNLIKE HER MUM :)

The children are doing the end papers for my book. We were walking to school one day discussing them and what they may like to create and share. We somehow went from the idea of carrots and apples, to spaceships with neon lights and princesses with magic powers . . . .Hmmmm I did try and explain to them that it is a HORSE book.  And their reply?

Well you make the Funky GeeGee's wear 

dresses and fly spaceships. 

Smurf has even been seen on a broomstick!!

OK FAIR ARGUMENT. Yes indeed the GeeGee's have been seen in space shuttles and wearing tiara's and long frocks.  So I suppose this matter has some room for compromise. And it is still a WIP.  But i promise when you read the book and you see their little end papers they have painted pictures for.  Their hearts, imaginations, and creative spirit has gone into them. And they are both proud and over the moon that they can have this opportunity to share them with you.  I love my little Artists <3

So we shall have the end papers ready by Sunday night ready to go into the manuscript too :) And I am ever hopeful that the 3rd week of the month is going to be when i can let the Funky GeeGee's Freeeeeee with their story :)

This coming week will be finalizing everything and getting the GeeGee's all spruced up ready to meet the world.  And WOW are they excited. And so am I :) :) Eeeeeek MASSIVE GOOFY SMILES :)

 Finishing off the final few Illustrations for the book last week :)

 FAR TOO MANY LATE NIGHTS!! . . .Makes Miss Funky look like THIS. YIKES.

I think i best get myself FUNKY'd up a bit for the book launch.  Can't be sprucing the GeeGee's up and then have Miss Funky stand there like a neglected shetland pony in full winter coat. lol.

SO NOT LONG NOW THEN . . . . And I shall guarantee some GIGGLES OUT LOUD:)

Catch you all soon <3 Miss Funky xxx

The GeeGee's require a horsebox

HELLO :)  Me again.  And this time I have something to share in the way of a BOOK TRAILER for my new up and coming book THE TRUTH ABOUT PONIES.

I have really enjoyed the process of making this movie for the GeeGee's even if i have had to put up with their millionth great idea that frankly would not fit into the storyboard at all!! You try teling them that a big picture of a carrot should not follow every slide!!  NEVER MIND, Manage I did and proud i am and i think it has really boosted me for this final furlong and give me that creative kick i needed to get this book into creative shape ready for release :)

So here is the link for the video

THE TRUTH ABOUT PONIES BOOK TRAILER

So now that the book trailer is out and the book is getting formatted ready for release my stress levels have become almost an energy of their own!! To avoid becoming overloaded, and blowing up like an old kettle left on the hot plate too long and the house filling with steam as it pours from my ears. I have been trying to learn how to switch off, relax and breathe. This is still very much a WIP.

Today though was one of those smiley proud mama moments.  The GeeGee's were taken to the studio for their professional photo shoot ready to be uploaded into the book manuscript.  Carrying them in my portfolio smiling from ear to ear like a cheshire cat on a sunny Sunday morning i carefully transported them to where they needed to go.  My portfolio is a big black case.  Bigger than A3 not sure exactly what size it is, but its big enough for the fattest of Funky GeeGee.  Anyways back to what i was saying.  So my big black portfolio just isn't quite right for the GeeGee's.  They are FUNKY characters and require FUNKY transport, And being GeeGee's well kinda needs to be suitable for such? Or that's what i think anyways. And what the FGG'S have moaned on about since i suggested it !  SOoooo it has been decided that i need to change the boring black case into a horsebox suitable for the FUNKIEST of FUNKY GeeGee!! So after they come back from their litte adventures tomorrow we are all going to sit down round the kitchen table WITHOUT fighting over chairs and TOGETHER decide on a design for this FUNKY automobile that these quirky characters require.

 I shall post photos after we have . . . 

 . . . . PIMPED THEIR RIDE!!

Until then?  Boring normal portfolio it is, but i'm sure not such a boring photographic studio tonight.

I really do hope that the photographer knows what she has let herself in for, having them lot over for a sleepover?!! OH MY WORD . . . Imagine the mayhem!!

It is VERY quiet here tonight in Funky kitchen studio. It also turns out that my air freshener is quite nice now i can smell it and the flooring is actually quite nice in contrast to my kitchen now i can see it without so many chunks of half eaten carrots all over the floor !! BUT I am indeed missing them.  By now i would of heard the word carrot about 2 million times. I am missing it so much i said it a few times to myself whilst sitting working just to make it less weird of an atmosphere.

  CARROT ? . . .There said it again.

I am missing them, I wanted the peace but now the peace feels weird. LIKE WEIRD KINDA WEIRD!!  I am indeed (may regret saying this) but I'M LOOKING FORWARD to their return tomorrow. Shhhh don't tell them i said that :) Lets just hope their return is without a bill for damages and replacement of goods??? AND Pleeeeeease don't eat the camera!!

Well I am off to make a cuppa and chomp on a carrot. I am missing the taste, i've normally chomped through half a bag trying to half them to share round by now.  BUT there is a whole bag in the fridge tonight untouched and well one won't hurt will it?  Shhhhhhh best not tell em GeeGee's they will be after me with the yard broom and shavings fork . . .  YIKES!!

Catch you soon <3 Miss Funky 

Book almost complete. . Yes I said BOOK !! Finally !!

Hello, And yes again i am repeating myself when I say It's been a long time I know !!

So lets skip that one and get straight to the NEWS . . . Yep I actually have some ! And hey I think it's canny good news to be sharing with you all :)

So Cough, cough, HANG ON WAIT . . . . I need to go get my official hat on, and maybe find the hairbrush. HA You really should see me, I look like a pretty good interpretation of a scarecrow.  Amazing how your whole image can change when you forget about it.

 WHY ?? I mean surely the hairbrush is not an epic challenge ?  NOPE no challenge just boring in comparison to what i am on with.  What, what, what are you on with ? I hear you say.
You mentioned the book word . . .  what does that mean ?


WELL, Exactly that . . . . I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED MY BOOK !!

Only a year later than i wanted to, or maybe two or three, 

I'm really not sure. Bluuuur of all sorts and that

 four letter pain in the hindquarter word 'LIFE'.

 BUT now I can honestly say . . . .IT IS COMPLETE . . .  COMPLETE . . .  DONE, and I'm actually happy with the final result. WOW, aren't I doing well?
Changes, Miraculous things they are. Making them has the side effect of doing something.
Make them positive and you have DONE SOMETHING POSITIVE.

SO WHERE IS IT ?? 

It is in its final stages now, and this is erm . . . Headache mazes of html code and formatting stuff that frankly goes STRAIGHT OVER THE FORELOCK !!  It seems that the easy bit was actually the writing of the story and the pictures.  Computer stuff? YA LOST ME !!
So it's not quite there.  But the journey to get there I would like to share with you so I shall blog a little more often in these final few weeks to book launch.

 Date for launch is still to be determined, BUT it is going to be in March 2015

 . . . YES INDEED THIS YEAR, I promise.

And so the hard work I thought i had done, seems to be just beginning.  I must treat it as an adventure, avoid becoming disheartened and SMILE . . . .Must remember to smile on through there.  And soon I hope to pat my self on the back and say WELL DONE you did it.  Now go take a long bath, find the hairbrush, and GO TO BED.  SMILE and be pleased with One's self :)

So keep your eyes peeled. NEXT WEEK will see Book trailer launch.  I really enjoyed working on the book trailer. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

AND THE BOOK ?? If you giggle half as much reading it, as I did writing it.  I'm gunna be over the moon.  In a serious world ? Humour is much needed. And humour and the GeeGee's ? WELL Thats pretty easy, they go together like a saddle and a numnah . . . Cosy !!

 And these GeeGee's they are full of humour.  They never cease to surprise me with their antics and mischief.  After helping bring their story to life i have had to work alongside some of the most funny but at times TOTALLY annoying characters. Who if you take your eyes off them for more than two minutes they will be eating the manuscript or pooping on the illustrations. And at this stage I'M JUST NOT HAVING IT !!
I literally have to have eyes in the back of my head and at times it has come to the point where i have had to say GET OUT . . .Go and chew on the grass in the garden. I can't have you guys in the studio anymore.
Of course then every two minutes you get . . . TAP, TAP on the door and a 'feeling sorry'
 for himself  GeeGee waving his hooves at you through the glass with them big googley eyes and pet lip. Pleeeeeeeease Miss Funky, I promise to be good.
       
How can i not let them back in when they do things like that ??

After all im telling their story, and beleive me when I say, It's interesting ! Oh yes, these GeeGee's are rather interesting characters ! Soooo I need to tolerate their ways, and they have MANY.
Including the dancing to the can can along to the tunes playing through my speakers.  Believe me it is VERY HARD to try and draw straight lines when the ground is shaking like a mini earthquake.
 Im trying to pursuade them to try some yoga.  Theoretically then it should be quiet in the studio as they stretch and open chakras.  But well with the relaxation comes the side effects of flatulence .

Have you ever tried to edit a word document when the room is full of a distinct rotten grass smell ??  Not to be advised.  It plays havock with your eyesight when trying to read the letters of a sentence !! And as they tend not to be of the steadiest on their hooves these GeeGee's.  Well there usually ends up a whole heap of alphabet and numbers on screen to delete back out.  VERY FRUSTRATING.

But tolerate it I must.  They are fun characters to have around.  And I am loving bringing their story to life. Even if it means putting up with the mayhem that comes along with it.

And here i am creating one of the Illustrations . . .  Like I say, I must brush my hair lol !

Sooooo hopefully my next blog post should be a very positive one. And the book trailer will go live.

 And I'm hoping to also be able to give a final release date for the book . . . . Eeeeeeek exciting and nerve racking all at the same time.  Thankgoodness for these GeeGee's cheering me up with their antics or id be crying all over the watercolour . . .  

. . . OH MY, Imagine that, I'd be dooooomed !!!

Catch you soon

<3 Miss Funky.

The Christmas Letter

Hello, And I know it has been a VERY LOOOOONG TIME !!  But here I am :)
and  A BIG Googley eyed FUNKY Hello to you all friends <3 <3

Every Christmas since starting to create the Funky GeeGee's I have enjoyed creating Christmas Cartoons. It really helps to Get me into the spirit, All festive and Jolly.  And as the Children have grown they have started to look forward to them each year and watching them from blank paper, Sketch and then painted has been a very enjoyable experience for them this year.  So much so that they too have been enjoying some creative writing so we have had some extentions on the Frozen story from my daughter.  And my little boy is Minecraft mad so he has been writing about Steve and Santa . . .Bless them, So special !!  AND WE MUST really appreciate their little imaginations and help to nourish them as they grow.  Our Imaginations are so important to us, They help us to beleive.  And through life as we grow older it becomes harder to beleive with all the mis-trust we find around us..l It is these times when we really must access the imaginary, to help us to beleive and to give us hope and courage and above all . . . .  TO INSPIRE OTHERS to do the same <3

So this year, Instead of just some Christmasy illustrations (Although I really did enjoy Smurfie and the Snowman and Robin last year, and I definatly plan to add to these in the future, Cute little threesome they are <3 BUT  This Year I thought I would add to the normal Festive illustrating and also create a Christmas Story to go along with it.  A magical journey I allowed my mind to take me as I created the story and characters, Beleiving i was there, it was really happening, Controlling it but also letting it just take me with its intrusive magic . . . . And here is the result :)

  I really hope you enjoy it and it fills you with a little bit of magic.  Its a continuing story that is uploaded each day from now til Christmas so please do pop back to follow the story :)

And I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a

Merry Christmas 

and a fun filled 

FUNKY New Year <3 

Please Enjoy the Christmas Story :

(Please respect my copyright)

You may find it easier to read if you 

Press Ctrl and + and zoom in until you can read it.
Or view on your Tv if you have internet :) 

ENJOY :) Merry Christmas

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The Christmas Letter 

~ By Stacy Green 2014~

Click on Image to enlarge. 

And then click Ctrl and + repeated to zoom in.


I hope it brings you some MAGIC this Christmas *

Happy valentines Funkies

Hello friends, Just a short one to say Happy Valentines day <3


I hope today as with every day brings you the potential to give love and be loved.

Spread this powerful emotion to all those around you, Love is powerful, Love can move mountains <3

<3 Miss Funky xxx

Wow and woosh !! Where did the time go !!

Well helloooooooo my funky fans :) 

And I would like to take this opportunity to 

wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR :)

Gosh, It has been a really long time since i posted last. Eeeeeek and Ooooops.  I Didn't mean to leave it so long to post but I've just had sooooo much going on with Baby funky starting school (OMG . . . . Emotional wasn't the word, Seeing her in her little uniform and waving goodbye to my baby and picking up my big girl was a Yank at every emotional string there was inside of me, Both Children at school, Huuuuuge emotional Milestone. It was very tough for me, but i'm getting used to it slowly, and filling my time slowly and getting into new routines as you have to, just curb and adapt to change the best you can . Looking at the positives,  I have more time now to create lots and lots of  funkyness : )

Then once i got over the initial shock of that, I found myself not very well for a while and took some time to get back on my feet, So of course not much happened creatively for a while.
And then the Christmas build-up Absolutely brilliant, but busy, busy. Coupled the emotions of Both Children in their Christmas nativity, THIS WAS A TOUGH ONE . . . .  . Eeeeeek teary moment indeed. But i survived hahahaha, and i must admit after the mayhem of Christmas, tiredness has allowed me to enjoy the time now they are back at school after their Christmas break.  We have had a fantastic time, really have enjoyed every single magical moment with them.  Making memories :)

So a good start to the winter, Magical memories and making plans.

So then what are the plans for 2014 with the Funky GeeGee's ??


Well I sat after the New Year, with my coffee as i debated over ever letting another drop of alcohol pass my lips (I had a few drinks at New Year and lets say the next day was just not worth it hahahaha).

ANYWAYS  . . . . I wrote down a list of the things i'd like to achieve in 2014, I think i got bit carried away, and well maybe ive planned the next decade. But hey . . . . At least I'm forward planning hahahaha.  Anyways, re-evaluating my list into priorities and deciding what,where, when, who, and how well I have now devised myself a canny little work planner to get through week by week. Ive also made time to have time off from creating to write, and expand on my photography skills.  Im also going to make my health my main priority, i really need to keep myself in a healthy routine this year and not try and do 100001 at once.

So 2014 I plan to hopefully FINALLY get this book finished, I also have another book written that I need to illustrate which I hope to publish in 2014 ( If life behaves itself, and time takes it's time hahaha ).

I also had a think of what paintings I would like to do this year, And last year my theme was SUMMER FUNKY HOLIDAYS so i was thinking this year we would be a little more traditional but just as FUNKY, and just as many Giggles :)

This years theme is going to be ' INSIDE THE MIND OF THE COMPETITION HORSE' As we journey through the seasons, from the Weekly showjumping qualifyer to the Big County fair with all the hustle and bustle and mayhem we will find there :)` It's guarenteed to be full of Giggles, and hopefully plenty of chance for reminissing.

I'm really looking forward to these, And im hoping to capture the seasons from winter through spring and summer and beyond. With mishap, mayhem and madness all along the way.

So, Id like to share with you my work from the End of 2013, A very Christmasy time indeed :) ENJOY :)

I will post another blog post with the first of the 2014 collection.

Catch up soon <3 Miss Funky