books – Beautiful Cuteness

What I’m Working On

Valerie — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:23:08 +0000

Currently, I’m working on my next book! I’m hoping to make it the first in a series. Although I don’t have a title for this particular book, I’ve decided to name the series C.A.T.S.

It’s about a group of animals that investigate supernatural and non super natural events. The idea came about because I like to imagine what my three cats are doing when I’m not home or they’re hiding somewhere in the house for hours.

Now for the tricky part. Do I want C.A.T.S. to stand for Caring Animals That Are Super or Caring Animals That Are Special? Personally, I’m leaning towards Caring Animals That Are Super. My only concern is that people will think its about pets who are super heroes.

What do you think? Which do you prefer? (Let me know in the comments!)

Also if you’re looking for a gift for the young ones in your life, feel free to check out my other books!

The Story of…Polar Bear Eating Ice Cream

Valerie — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 01:32:48 +0000

In the post, The Story of…Bears Flying Planes, I wrote about how I was in a design/creative rut and decided to get out of it by doing designs based on the socks I wore in February 2013. Well, what I’m referring to as The Sock Challenge apparently worked and I’ve had ideas flying around my head like crazy!

Unfortunately that means I haven’t been updating about The Sock Challenge as much as I would have liked to. However, I’ve finally gotten around to doing a design based on the socks I wore on February 2, 2013! Here’s a picture of the socks I wore:

Photo Credits: Valerie Waters 2013

I know, white socks. Not overly exciting. (I was traveling at the time and when I travel, I usually bring white or black socks to keep things simple. This way, no matter what I wear, I know I’ll have a pair of socks that goes with it without having to bring a lot of extra things.)

However, I did come up with what I think is a cute design:

Polar Bear Eating Ice Cream Napkin by ValeriesGallery

How did I come up with this design? Well, I use to be a computer teacher and taught computer graphics. When giving the students a graphics assignment, I use to say and don’t show me a blank screen and tell me it’s a polar bear eating vanilla ice cream during a snow storm!

So I wondered, what would a polar bear eating vanilla ice cream look like?

Did You Know?

Students actually did laugh when I said the polar bear line
Sometimes I would substitute polar bear eating vanilla ice cream with Beatles White Album
I make my own ice cream.
My favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip
Polar Bear Eating Ice Cream is available at Valerie’s Gallery on Zazzle, Red Bubble, Skreened and Imagekind

What’s the most interesting thing that you’ve been inspired by?

A huge thanks to Valerie of Abundance Love Trip for allowing me to promote my children’s book Cookie and the Frowny Face Day on her blog, Ask A Zombie House Wife.

Also, on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, you can get Cookie and the Frowny Face Day free on Amazon!

Here’s some other polar bear, ice cream, sock inspired art from some artist you might enjoy!

Chocolate Ice Cream Cone T Shirt by LittleThingsDesigns	Parfait Perfection Happy Sweetest Day Card by Olivia A. Kneibler	Cute Kawaii Ice Cream Postage Stamp by Supercutekawaii
Guilty Penguin and Crying Polar Bear Greeting Cards by curiosityshop	Happy Holidays- polar bear photo card with lights and tinsel card by Maria Dryfhout	polar bear mug by greendeer
Pink Ice Cream Cone Children Play Date Card Business Card by DizzyDebbie	ice cream social invitation card by asyrum	Strawberry Ice Cream + Sprinkles + Your Text iPad Mini Cases by TrastoFino
Ice Edge Polar Bear iPhone 5 Case by Bluestar48	Polar Bear Christmas Card by makiko kimura	Polar Bear Leap Note Card by FalconsEye
summer joy pins by almawad	Cats Eating Ice Cream Birthday (Bud & Tony) card by Betty Matsumoto-Schuch	Cute Ice Cream with Pink Daisies Tees by Amethyst_Mouse
TEE Polar Bears Custom Jewelry by teepossible	Big Bear Hugs For Granddaughter On Valentine’s Day Greeting Cards by Tammy Moody	Polar Bear Electronics iPhone 5 Covers by AnimalParade
Kitten Socks Tee Shirts by fstasu51	Missing Sock Funny Father’s Day Card by NobleWorks Funny Cards	Make Socks Not War Knitting Design T Shirts by Sideview
Neutrino Flavors Physics Fun Shirt by Pastimedesigns	good luck card by brenden howard	So Sweet Ice Cream Shirt by RoseFleurDesigns
Ice Cream Pattern Pillow by JenHoneyDesigns	Polar Bear Cubs T Shirts by fstasu	Save Me Polar Bear Shirt by ValeriesGallery

I Wrote A Book!

Valerie — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 18:28:09 +0000

I Wrote A Book!

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a writer. In elementary school, I actually wrote a series based on my dog, Betsy. She was an over weight beagle. The series was called Detective Fat and Furry. It starred Betsy as a detective. She had her own detective agency and every dog I knew (my grandmother’s dog, Bear, my neighbor’s dog, Rover, etc.) worked for her and together they would solve mysteries and crimes! I even went as far as making the pages the size of a paperback book and making a front and back cover for them.

So, I am very proud to say, that I have published my first ebook! It’s called Cookie and the Frowny Face Day. It’s about a cat who is having a bad day and tries everything she can to make it better.

The book came about because I was having a frowny face day (aka bad day) myself. It had seemed like I had been having a lot of them at that point and I was determined that something positive was going to come from this bad day.
I don’t quite remember why I chose my cat, Oreo to be the star of the book, as opposed to my other cat. It could have been for a couple of reasons. It may have been that Oreo was the cat that happened to be in the room when I started writing. It could also have been for a while, Olivia liked to chase Oreo around the house much to the black and white cat’s chagrin.

I changed Oreo’s name to Cookie in the book. The reason being I wasn’t sure if I could use the name Oreo because of the cookies. (And don’t worry, Olivia does make an appearance!)

For some reason I thought making a children’s book would be easy. It actually turned out to be tougher than I thought. Writing and illustrating the story was the easy part! Figuring out how to convert it to a format that could be uploaded and read on different devices was the tough part. It took me a while to get it right, but in the end it was worth it!

For those of you that are interested, Cookie and the Frowny Face Day can be found on Amazon.

I love writing and look forward to writing many more books in the future? Have you written a book? Have you achieved a life long dream?