My Hive Creative Challenge Entry..."Spring Has Sprung!"

My official Hive Creative Challenge Entry 4 Spring!

"Spring Has Sprung"  by Joni Nickrent   copyright 2011

Fairies, Frogs, Flowers and Birds

"Spring Has Sprung" and needs no words

Step outside and enjoy the sun

Beautiful colors . . . fields bursting with fun

Butterflies, Bumble Bees buzz by with glee

Oh what smiles Spring can bring to you and me!

Hope you've enjoyed my entry for Spring on this day we spring ahead.

Oh, one last thing before I go if you like what you see

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Happy Spring!

A little video from beginning to end!

A Little Elfin Pixie Fun . . . Do YOU Believe In The Magic of Christmas?

A little elfin pixie fun and some holiday day magic too

That's what this little guy would like to bring to you

Ornaments and holly surround his silly feet

Definitely one of happiest elfin fairies you'll ever meet

So join him as he celebrates the yule and Christmas Cheer

One of his most favorite and magical times of the year!

Believe in the magic of Christmas . . . it's a childhood delight

Spreading good tidings of love, peace, hope and a shining light!

The spirit of the holidays is definitely in the air and I couldn't resist sharing this little character that is full of colorful magic and fun! Hope he brings a little smile to your face and a twinkle of delight!

Watch for him soon in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

And if you're looking for some creative holiday fun that lasts all  year long come join us in a most magical place called The Hive !  Plus, don't miss out on your chance to get in on a chance to win one of the awesome goodies in the 12 Days Of Christmas Giveaway Going on right NOW!

Wishing you a very Merry Magical Elfin holiday season!

Snap, Crackle, Pop . . . Work In Progress . . . Time Marches On!

Thought it might be fun to share the 7 months that are completed for the Pop Art Minis 2011 Calendar.  I pretty much have been going in order except for the one day that I had a brain freeze and it sent me sliding right into the month of December! Luckily I quickly recovered and got back on track when I finished up June last night! Hoping to get a chance to work on July today and than with a big push finish the up the last 4 months over the weekend! That's the plan anyway and you know what they say . . . "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray"!  So here's a quick pic look at the

Pop Art Minis 2011  "Snap, Crackle Pop" Calendar!

January

February

March

April

May

June

December (WHAT...hehehe)

Coming Soon . . . July, August, September, October, November . . . Time Marches On!

Have any ideas for the remaining months?  Please share!

The calendar designs will be available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store upon completion!

What's All The Buzz About A Place Called The Hive?

A few weeks ago I was on one of my typical google search and find missions and came across this new blogging site called The Hive. With a natural curiosity I started buzzing around and decided that hey, it's FREE why not join. After a couple days of reading posts and throwing out a couple of my own I realized that I could import my blog from my blogger account and with a couple quick clicks wha-la . . . 10 posts imported and all of a sudden the points started racking up...too fun, I thought!

I was hooked . . . a part of the The Hive . . . a true bee-liever. . . one of the working blogger bees! Ok, you get the picture! beehehehehe! (sorry I can't resist the bee-puns)

Creator's Melissa and John Marro (along with some other beehind the scenes creatives) are the geniuses behind creatingthehive.com . . . a social networking community for everyone who enjoys, works, lives, breathes the world of arts, crafts and hobbies! This place called The Hive has become a daily, sometimes hourly, well actually sometimes every few minutes read for me! With so much action you can become quite involved or if you only want to stay in the background and buzz quietly around that's perfectly fine too! It's fun, it's interactive and I can honestly say that I've made some amazing contacts through the site!

So what's so special about this blogging site over some of the others?

There's ALOT of interaction, support and encouragement.

Members take an interest in each other and really seem to care about reading your posts and actually leaving comments. I know that my personal blogger site can go weeks without a comment, but in The Hive you'll see comments and encouraging words daily!

There's also The Points! A definite motivation to keep blogging, commenting, sharing and interacting . . . and as much as I try and not think about it, well I do! LOL

So if you're looking for some good old fashioned fun, alot of interaction and encouragement from some amazingly creative and ingenious people you should check out THE HIVE!
You'll BEE glad you did!