Monday, February 17, 2025

The Angel's Name--Spanish Translation Available

 

A tree topper angel made of wire and netting is shown next to a book. The book title is "El nombre de la angelita."


The Spanish translation of The Angel's Name is now available on Amazon! El nombre de la angelita was translated by Amy Hernandez and has illustrations only slightly altered from the original ones. Here's a picture of the new book with the angel that inspired the story--she's not made of glass, but she did belong to my grandma when I was a kid, and I remember once asking my grandma why her angel didn't have a name. She was eventually christened Faith, perhaps because I wouldn't sit down to dinner until the angel had a name. There was also a glass music box that used to sit on my grandma's electric organ, with the angel next to it at Christmas time. One day the music box fell off and broke, and I guess that became part of the story, too.


English and Spanish versions of the same picture book are shown together, with tree topper angels next to them.


You can see from this picture that the Spanish and English versions are meant to match each other. I added a banner across the bottom with the translator's name, but otherwise it's pretty much the same cover. 


Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Realistic Heart Valentine 2025

 

A realistic heart in a frame is colored black, gold, and red.


Happy Valentine's Day! Here's another silly valentine with a more realistic heart on it. (Two I've made in the past can be found here and here.) This one is just a heart I found and a frame that I colored to match it, but it might come in handy if you want something bold and a bit unusual. Below is a sheet with eight small copies of it that can be printed out and cut apart.




Friday, January 10, 2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 


I'm a bit late this year, but I still wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! And I'm posting my apparently now-traditional group photo of Christmas tree angels, because I think that's fun (here's a link to last year's). I spent Christmas with my sister, and between us we found four matching tree angels this year (or mostly matching, since one of my sister's is blue). The one in the back middle is my grandmother's original angel--the one I thought ought to have a name when I was a kid, which eventually inspired my first picture book, The Angel's Name. I actually misplaced one of my angels and didn't find her in time to pack her for the trip, but my sister recently bought a new one, so the choir is growing anyway.

I had a particularly wonderful Christmas this year, as we were able to spend it with my parents and sister and also my husband's parents. Also, I unexpectedly got a new job right after Christmas and New Year's, so I've been preparing for and starting that instead of blogging. I'll have less time for writing for a few months, but I'm close enough to the end of a couple of projects that I'll be posting about them soon enough anyway. I'm looking forward to an exciting 2025!