Littlest Elle has a new feature, namely: the tip jar. The tip jar enables y’all visitors, people who presumably enjoy my comics, to donate $2 (or more) towards my website hosting bill (so don’t be alarmed when the payment goes to dreamhost.com, it’s supposed to do that. They notify me of the transaction once it’s complete ^^). Nothing will happen if you don’t donate, I’m not in danger of losing the site, I just figure I’d toss it up there and if I’m doing a good job and you feel generous, it’s a way you can show appreciation.

As incentive for donations, however, anyone who donates can request subject-matter for a bonus Wednesday Elle strip. Anything you want. I won’t break the rules of the comic (autobiographical stories and something I could show my parents without blushing), but I will do my damndest to incorporate your request in some way. Bunnies? Done. Unicorns? I think I have stories about stuffed unicorns. Keanu Reeves? Um. That one will take a minute, but I’m sure I can come up with something.

And if you don’t have a request… well, I’ll still post an extra strip that week because of your donation, it just won’t be specially themed. If I’m already planning to post a Wednesday strip that week because of my own storyline, I will post TWO. Just for you. For $2. Can’t beat that bargain.

There’s a meme floating around livejournal where you need to post a happy thought each day in your journal for something like 8 solid days. I decided I’d give it a try, so I drew 8 or 9 days of “something good that happened to me today” comics based on the first week of December.

I’ll be posting them starting Monday and leading up to Christmas, alongside the usual Monday-Friday strips. It’s no epic holiday special, but I couldn’t think of a better time of year to post a string of happy thoughts.

So, watch this space! Happiness is a comin’!

(Also, in case you missed it, yesterday’s post introduced the tip jar… which I will be adding to the sidebar shortly)