July update<3 packing the rewards and taking a break

I love the flower keychain and I’m so happy to get it especially since my grandpa accidentally broke my bear cult keychain, he sat on it in the car lol (just the white beads broke but it’s still so sad)😭😭😭😭

I haven’t had any time to create art that I love and an proud of so I completely understand about wanting to take a break. I’m really happy you’ll still be posting stuff like sketches, I love seeing those cuz they’re so simple but inspiring

I’m new to this so I’m not sure if I missed a step. I didn’t get a tracking number but I got charged for the June box. Sorry for messaging about it here I wasn’t sure how to reach out 😅

Aw yes and it’s much needed🥰

Sonia Stegemann

Aw thank you!🥰 I‘m also already excited to get back into it!!

Sonia Stegemann

Same hehe❤️

Sonia Stegemann

Aw thank you!❤️ and yes those sound fun!!☺️ I definitely want to do more sketches and also share more of the progress and process of making the rewards!

Sonia Stegemann

Yay and thank you🥰🥰

Sonia Stegemann

Aw same, but the festival theme might still happen in the future since I already have lots of ideas prepped☺️ and that sounds like a great idea actually!! Maybe a little more often than quarterly but having breaks in between sounds nice!!

Sonia Stegemann

Aw thank you and yes haha it’s a whole mood😄

Sonia Stegemann

Thank you!❤️ and yes omg I feel that so much, traditional art feels so foreign now haha, it’s time to get into that again☺️

Sonia Stegemann

I’m happy you are taking a break!! Reconnecting with yourself always feels good.❤️❤️❤️

I'm so excited for the rewards, and hope you enjoy a well-deserved break Sonia! &lt;3

Sammie

It’s so admirable that you can recognize when you’re feeling burnt out and in need of a break, that’s so hard to do sometimes. I hope you enjoy your hiatus, you deserve it 🥺 I think if you did something like temporary tattoos or a small coloring book based in the witchy theme it would be so fun! I think the fun extras have turned into one of my favorite things in the boxes!

Can’t wait for the witchy rewards honestly

Very glad you are putting your physical health and mental health as a priority! I know how hard it can be to try and have a work-life balance when you are working for yourself, especially with creative things. Its easy to feel frustrated, so im happy to hear you're letting yourself have a rest. I like your idea about the calendars though! i think that could be really cute. I hope you can have some relaxing times in your break and feel refreshed when you're able to return&lt;3

Hey Sonia! I am kinda sad, but also I can totally understand your point. You have really worked so hard the last couple of months. I only can imagine how hard it must be sometimes to run a small business all by yourself. But let me tell you, you are doing great and we all love your content so much! &lt;3 I am more than excited for your coming back with a witchy them. I know I will absolutely love it. And I always appreaciate all of your content and if I could wish for something, I would go for some time lapse videos and just some random sketches and maybe inspiration moodboards that you use. I always find it very intersting to see what inspires other artists &lt;3 But really take care of your health and never loose the love for art &lt;3

Sina

Take your time Sonia. Health is more important than everything else!💚 Uuuh witchy themes are my favourite and all your witch stuff you did before was so great! 💜 So I ‘m really looking forward to the witchy theme!😍

Sabrina College

Witchy theme 🌙🥰

Aww I was looking forward to seeing the summer music festival theme! But I totally understand and definitely important to put yourself and your well-being first!! I hope the break will give you what you need and make it better for the future! I also know some people do physical rewards as a quarterly thing, so there’s more months in between and more time to have things done in your own time. Just wanted to suggest it as getting stressed out over work isn’t fun! And I hope you have a nice summer time!🌸🌸

Zara

When you said "maybe I'm just hangry" I really felt that 😭😂 Enjoy your break, Sonia, I'm excited to see what kind of exploratory work you'll be doing during!! 🤩

Brittany Kelly

You have worked so hard and have been putting together amazing rewards with such high quality, you really deserve a break! Take as long as you need, everybody gets burned out or over worked, you have to listen to your body, we'll still be here when you are back ❤️ I am also thinking about taking a little break from digital art to focus a bit more on painting with watercolours and such. I feel like I've neglected the traditional art alot since I started digital art 😂❤️

Aw thank you so much💗💗 yes just after a few days now I already have so many new and fresh ideas and I‘m excited for the break and what the future will bring☺️

Sonia Stegemann

Thank you!!💗

Sonia Stegemann

Aw thank you Sarah, you are always so sweet and amazing and know exactly what to say!☺️ and I love your ideas!!! That all sounds so fun and also goes in directions I‘ve been wanting to go in for so long!

Sonia Stegemann

Oh wow yes that sounds so fun!!😍✨ and is perfect since I‘m testing a manufacturer for gold foiled books right now!!

Sonia Stegemann

aww sonia i’m so happy for you to be looking after yourself like this. you work so hard you definitely deserve the break 💕 literally though you’ve been doing it on short notice and still killing it so i can’t wait to see what you create after your break!

take your time &amp; good care of yourself &lt;3

Sonia! Everything in your video made perfect sense and all your feeling are completely valid! I'm so happy you're taking a break for yourself and reconnecting. It's always good to check in with ourselves from time to time. I recall the last break you took and I feel like when you came back your art had definitely leveled up so I know this pause will be the best thing for you. Also I'm so excited you'll be back for September because that's my birthday month! 😍 And I love all things witchy. 🧹🪄 Maybe in the future you could do like something birthstone inspired? Or maybe dragons?? Or a theme that resembles the post you made with the girl in the red outfit with the tiger behind her ? Maybe a fairies theme or just a month surrounding the life of one of your OCs? Like things she'd use/carry, etc. Ugh sorry for the long post but take care of yourself! 💕💕

Sarah Sapphire

I would love a spell book or grimmoire type of notebook for witchy themes!

Aw thank you for being so sweet💗 just let me know if you have any wishes for digital content since I‘ll still be posting that kind of stuff here☺️

Sonia Stegemann

No worries I'm still so happy to be here!! 🥰☁️ I'll probably be using the code for your shop soon 😉

lilygrace_draws

Hi and welcome💕 no sorry the charges for June went through right before you signed up! So you won’t be charged until September first when that parcel also goes out! That’s also why I want to change things up, so this is less confusing 🙏🏻 but you still have access to all the content here and can also use my Patreon discount code for my shop to get the items there with 15% off💕 („CUTIE15“) I‘m sorry the timing is so bad for you right now!

Sonia Stegemann

I'm a new patron and I joined yesterday, does this mean I will be receiving a package this month? Or after your break? Sorry I'm still not really sure how physical rewards on patron work 🙈

lilygrace_draws