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My 2K FB 'likes' Thank-you letter ^_^

Posted by Alicia Eskanos on July 19, 2015 at 9:53am

Well I had a pretty cool day yesterday. I am just about a week away from my first anniversary of starting Lemon Drops Art. My FB page reached 2 thousand likes and I created my first ever 'tutorial' (I'm still uploading said tutorial...this part takes forever apparently but I will post a link when its all finished....that is, if I haven't slipped into a coma waiting for this thing to upload. In which case please send coffee!)

I wanted to share with you guys my "Thank You" post from my fb page. Here we go:

Yay...!!! Today Lemon Drops Art hit 2000 LIKES!! You guys are just amazing and I LOVE you! This comes just 5 days from the first anniversary of Lemon Drops Art! How cool is that? (It's cool right? I'm not just being weird like 'OMG OMG 2K OMG!' ) So... I have been trying to think of what to say to all of you in a way that expresses my gratitude for you and your support in my first year on this way cool adventure.

I could say I am humbled by your support, I could say I never thought I'd be looking back on the past year and realize just how far the LDA has come. I could mention that the friends I've made and the talent I've met on our art forums are absolutely top notch and I can't wait to see what the next year holds, but what I really think I want to say is thank-you.

Thank you for bearing with me on my first few fumbled online auctions. Thank you for graciously answering all of my relentless questions throughout the year. Thank you for allowing me to blow up your walls with 500 pictures of the same art piece 'just because' I wanted to be sure I got the best angle/light/color & the planets were aligned properly. After all, I work for like, ever on it and I want to show it off damnit!

Thank you for being you. I couldn't be here without you... Well, ok... I 'could' but it would be very lonely... and I would have waaaay too many little creatures in all of the nooks and crannies of my house, which would probably lead to my husband wanting a divorce because he couldn't cope with so many little 'eyes' watching him from every where in the house, and that would cause me to be destitute seeing as I spent ALL my monies on art supplies! Which might lead to my daughter dropping out of high school to get a job to help mom pay the bills and turn to a life of stripping because it was easy money and the next thing you know I have grand babies before I turn 39! *YIKES* So thank you for not making me a 38 year old destitute divorced grandma! Ya'll are the best!!

Whats the BEST part of a 2K Likes day???? DUH! FREE-STUFF!!!!! Every person who likes/ comments on this post between now and Friday at 7pm EST Will be entered into my 2K drawing for this little Unicorn! She is super-sweet =)  I haven't given her a name yet, so if you're bored (not sure how you can possibly be considering this post is a MILE long) leave a comment with name ideas. If I chose the name you post, I will also send you a 'free-beeeee' unless you win the unicorn, then I will send you the unicorn  XoXo~ Alicia 

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Meet the Artist/Creator of LDA

Posted by Alicia Eskanos on January 31, 2015 at 11:35pm

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Welcome to Lemon Drops Art. I began this business with a deeply-rooted love of art, a newfound love of sculpting and a shoe-string budget. I grew up around horses from the time I could walk. They were my escape, my solace and my heart. My mother taught me how to draw when I was a little girl. From there, nothing with a blank surface in our house was sacred. My school books were often doodled all over, my homework, jeans, shoes, even my walls... oy! {sorry mom}

 

I attended college in search of an Associate's Degree in Commercial Arts. At the end of said college, one of my art professors said to us "Commercial Art is an extremely difficult field to be successful in. For every talented artist wanting a position with a firm, there are 100 equally talented artists vying for the same position. Have a back-up, because most of you will not succeed in this field." As you can imagine, I was devastated. I changed the direction of my education and decided to go into computers. The horses went on the back burner and eventually out of my life. I finished my education, got married had kids and so... the journey through life took hold, and there was very little time for sight-seeing along the way. 

 

The extent of my art had been reduced to playing tic-tac-toe with my daughters on the white table paper at restaurants. Although things were going well for us, there was something missing in my life. I decided to purchase a cheap sketch pad at a Walgreen's,  grabbed a pencil and began to sketch. It felt like I had never quit! Most of the art I did ended up G_d knows where. I hung on to some of the best pieces and just tucked them away in the closet. I Continued life as usual. Now however,  I had a little bit of my old self again.

 

When my oldest daughter began to exhibit a talent for art, I encouraged her. Cautiously, because I didn't want to get her hopes up for a future of making a living through art, so I stressed the importance of math and sciences, languages and history. I introduced her to horses. We purchased a mare with new foal and my husband built a barn {It was so nice to have them in my life again}. Art, kids and horses. Life was good! The more I exposed her to the world, the more she illustrated it. Everything was art. She has a talent that has far surpassed my own. Her artistic gift paved the way for a literary gift as well. This talent has been true for both of my girls. It has been through them and their passion for the arts that I had gained the courage to try again. I no longer proceed with caution where art is concerned with my children, or myself. I tell them to shoot for the stars. Because it is in the stars, in the vast openness of the universe, time and space are limitless. It is in the stars, our imaginations are free.

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