Had a lot of fun making this piece! It popped into my head and I just ran with it! I love to see Anya happy. This will be available on my website and at Fan Expo Chicago in August, but for now, it is up on INPRNT!
INPRINT: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/jadebrightwind/anyas-wish/
Meet George the Giraffe. He has been well loved but now his family felt it was time for some rejuvenation:
As you can see, George couldn't hold his head up anymore. He'd lost his ears and horns, and his music box was broken. We agreed on a spa, a new music box, and new ears and horns.
Here's George in his bubble bath. I know, he looks a little suspicious of it:
George actually had internal boning for his legs, so that got straightened and went back in. We had hoped that his music box would say what song it originally played, but it didn't. So I sent his person a list of song options from music boxes I had available:
be a clown
i write the songs
chicago
over the waves
strangers in the night
i love you truly
brahm's lullaby
eine kleine nachtmusic
rockaby baby
twinkle twinkle little star
She chose Brahm's Lullaby, which is probably the most popular, along with Eine Kleine Nachtmusic.
So the music box went in, and so did new stuffing (including denser stuffing to help hold up his neck). And of course George got a heart with a bit of original stuffing:
I had to do a bit of research to find images of George's healthier relations and figure out what his original ears and horns looked like. He's an Eden giraffe, and hand his tag, which helped. Turns out his horns actually had blue tips originally, which I never would have guessed! Here he is all better and ready to fly home:
His person wrote "He looks great!" and so I packed him up and sent him home. Last week in fact. :-) But he was so cute with those blue horns, I couldn't wait to share his story with all of you.
(music on) Anna Lundberg on instagram: The music box version of this song used to be the only thing that would send Lyra to sleep when she was a baby #facts