Rainbow Mini Contest Winners

First Place

Joooha

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Runner Up

Scania78

        

Personal Favourite

Mifferson

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Spectacular Stocker

S-T-A-R-gazer - Sabrina. T

              

                   

Watcher Feature

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It's Friday the 13th! What better way to celebrate then a Mini Feature!

     

Don't forget to enter my Rainbow Mini Contest - Entries Close 30th of June  

CLOSED-Rainbow ContestIn celebration of my son reaching 1 month old (a milestone we were uncertain he would make only a few short weeks ago), I'm holding a mini contest - Rainbow.
During the end of my pregnancy I had a bit of a craving for not food, but colours. Lots of colours. Rainbows became a big thing for me. They made me happy. My baby shower was rainbow themed, with a big cake to match.
     
As I start to adjust to the ups and downs of motherhood, rainbows are still making me smile (as discussed in my recent Stock Account Journal), and I thought holding this little contest would bring some more happiness my way  
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Rainbow Mini Contest
Deviants are encouraged to be creative. See this journal

Dear Friends, Watchers and Passers By,
 
Back in December I posted with the exciting news that I was going to be a Mum and that I was hoping to spend more time on deviantArt (See below). With all the commotion of pregnancy that didn't happen, I didn't worry though as I was sure once I was a Mummy I would be able to find a little time each day to work on my art.
 
15 days ago my son was born. There were complications during the pregnancy and he had to be flown to the nearest big hospital for a lifesaving procedure. I won't go into more detail at this time as I'm still trying to remember what happened on what day and when/where/why. Today I was packed into the car and taken back to the hospital to have a long talk with the doctor who told me I was definitely going through Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, with a side of Post-Natal Depression.
 
Why am I telling you all this? Well firstly as part of the healing process I need to do things I enjoy, and the community at deviantArt is a wonderful one. I love being creative, I love good art, and I love being involved. So heads up, you'll be seeing a lot more of me. Secondly, I think I would like to be a professional photographer one day, as it's something I enjoy. So I will be creating another account shortly purely to upload photos which I haven't shared before as I wanted to keep the special ones to myself. I will make them available for purchase, and use any money I make to fund my interest in photography (new lenses, equipment, professional courses etc). I will also be donating some of the money I make to the charities which have saved my son's life - Ronald MacDonald House Herston, The Royal Flying Doctors & The Royal Brisbane and Woman's Hospital. I plan on doing a lot of fundrasing events for them - the least I can do since they all played an important roll in saving my son's life.
 
So in closing, expect to see more of me in between all the joys of being a full time Mum. Thank you in advance for your support  

December 7th 2013 

Somehow I look around and find it's been over a year since I was last active on deviantArt. How did this happen? I love art, I love the community, and I loved creating my own work.
 
I turned on the computer a few times after the Christmas/New Year Madness and turned my hand to drawing rather than photomanipulation. I wanted to give it a proper go and see if I could get any good at it. I felt I was making progress, but then I just ended up getting irritated and found myself at the computer less and less often. I turned my attention to my writing instead, and threw myself into working on my novel.
 
And then, something completely unexpected and wonderful happened; I found out I'm pregnant

I've been walking around in a surreal dream since September when my husband and I found out. We're due at the start of May, and on Monday we will be having our mid-pregnancy scan and hopefully will be able to find out the gender of our little one. Needless to say a lot of my time over the last few months has been dedicated to running to doctor's appointments, reading baby books and trying to work out how we're going to handle everything. We're first time parents, so this is going to be quite a change for us!
 
But I find I'm now once again looking towards art as a way to unwind after a long day at work, something to keep my mind off all the stresses and worries that inevitable come along with those first time pregnancy jitters. So expect to see me hanging around once more, commenting on your fine works and in time trying my hand at some more work of my own. You all inspire me so much, and I truly have missed dA. I'm glad I'm back