Party, presents and precious people [that's you all]

December is an especially festive month in my family, we have many birthdays to celebrate on top of the holidays:) Here are a couple of photos of the most important day: MY BIRTHDAY \o/

I'd like to thank everybody who sent cards / posted well wishes / gave me presents;) Special mention for cassiopeia7 who surprised me with an awesome drawing of Magic City JDM! *smishes* Check it out below!

( Pictures of party, decorations, family and goodies )

Also fangirlthanks to sillie82 (who not only sent me chibi Supernatural and CSI guys, but also came over for an CSI/SPN marathonweekend and made me those very cool skulls) and tanisafan for the JohnGreen-Nerdposter and the package with even more presents:) and all the other flisters who sent me cards or virtual gifts: bflyw, carolinecrane, eledhwenlin, marciaelena, tmn1966 & felisblanco!

Hope you all had awesome holidays as well:)

More vampires

To round up my artwork for 2012, here are some wips and sources I promised of my final project Vampire J3. I didn't make moving gifs this time, in stead you get to spot the difference in the before and after photos of the guys;)
( Fiddling with Jeff, Jensen and Jared! )

(Had I already warned you I was going to spam you with posts today? There will be more;)

Counting down to 2013

I finished the final load of laundry of the year, cleaned dirty dishes for the last time and am now ready to cycle to my mom's to celebrate New Year's Eve together. She's working until about midnight, but I'll waiting to light the sparkles as soon as she gets home and then we will enjoy the neighbour's fireworks from her balcony. (Thanks to new laws people have been allowed to light fireworks since 10 a.m. this morning, it's impossible to ignore all the noise and I'm not looking forward to cycling, grrr)

After the broken elbow in 2011, I hadn't thought 2012 would become an even more turbulent year. Fortunately it also had many beautiful moments with family and (new!) friends to treasure. Thank you all for being there for me during the crisis at work. The issue is still not resolved, but I learned that I have more important things in my life than my job. The new year will no doubt bring more stress, but I now know whatever happens won't be the end of the world.

I got a lot of comfort and joy from participating in several (online) projects, so my best wishes come with one of my favorite artsy creations, especially dressed up for the new year:)

As we say in my country: ( Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! )

J.

Booklist 2012

Hello! This was my sort of comment-to-be-added-sticky-post for 2012.
It is now being saved as a list of the books I read this past year and as my first masterlist of artwork. You can find a fresh version on top of my LJ in 2013:)

ETA nov/dec2012: Regretfully I had to disable anonymous comments, due to the massive amount of spam that even CHAPTA won't stop. Until LiveJournal sorts out its issues only registered users* can comment (*=people with an online identity, not just LJ;)

CURRENT FANDOMs
I'm a moderator for the nickngreg community
and I make artwork in the Supernatural fandom.
( Here's a masterlist of my artsy creations: )

To remind myself there is more to life than being online,
I keep my booklist at the top of my LJ. That's ironic, Alanis.
( What I'm reading in 2012 )

What I read in 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
My book reviews (alphabetized!) / You can find my latest reviews in readingcommunity thej2bee

Happy Reading! ~ J.