1/26/2008

#9 -new ATC


Working with some new ideas and new materials (for me.) Believe it or not I have not used oil pastels in my collages until now. I made a bunch of gel medium overlays last weekend. Haven't done those in a while and they always have fun results. The result are some new ATCs coming out of the studio- I thinking of putting them up on ETSY to sell.

1/25/2008

Playing with photoshop

thanks laurie! now i'm playing with photoshop. the banner's not perfect, but that was so much fun to do- i'll fix it up a little bit for sure. looking for a website with free fonts of old handwriting. if you know any let me know-
i think i will work on my etsy avatar and banner soon. a whole new look is coming my way!! Woo-hoo!!!

1/20/2008

Getting featured



i've just be featured as in a treasury on Etsy- frankly ican't believe it. i often feel very invisible on Etsy. i'm in it for the long haul- it's an inexpensive way of having an online store front and it gets more traffic than if i had my own website. so there you are. it's kind cool- even if the curator titled the treasury "SOS"....
Also, i was featured on a new blog Craftella. Totally out of the blue.
i find it interesting that my work is found randomly by complete strangers and they connect with it. This is why i started the counter, i wanted to get an idea of how many people cruise my babbling....more than i could have imagined... but who are all you people peeking in. drop me a line and say hi- i'd love to know who's lurking out there...

1/13/2008

disaster areas and new year's resolutions

so my big new year's resolution is to get my life parred down and organized. get rid of all the junk that is just weighing me down and keeping me from being successful. like the emotional baggage that i have been shedding, i need shed some material goods as well.

so the big clean up has begun. i started in the kid's room. we have made donations to the thrift store and freecycle. you can actually walk in jack's room and he has a place for all his toys. henry has been doing a great job of keeping his room clean, albeit he refuses to make the bed. what else do i expect from a teenager.

now the battle is with the disaster area that is my studio. this fall, it became a dumping ground. i was so busy and just didn't have time to keep up. thank god things have slowed down, no trips to asia for a while. that's a good thing.
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plus i just have more stuff i know what to do with. and then there is all the costume pieces and the vintage stock that needs to get liquidated. i just don't have room for it all.

so little by little the studio is going to be taken back. i've been tackling it a section at a time. sorting through every thing. getting rid of anything i don't absolutely need.

i'm selling almost every piece of vintage clothing in there. keeping only the really good stuff. i listed a bunch of isis jackets i haven't worn in about two years on ebay. so far they have all sold- there's one left, but there is still more to list after that. it feels great- starting the new year off with some extra cash.... need to pay for all those xmas gifts. plus if i want to take michael demeng's class at absolutely everything....i'm going to need to save up. yes, i'm a typical Aquarius, looking to the future. (that class isn't until June!! lol!!)

to help the clean up, i signed up for an art swap with one of my favorite on-line groups art-e-zine- share your stash swap. i have already put together my contribution. only i wish the requirements was for the bigger USPS flat rate box- instead of the envelope! i could send out a lot MORE.... i hope the lucky person who gets my envelope will be happy. i know i would be, if i got it. (that is if i didn't already have all that stuff already!!)





i decided that i have so much stuff that i am going to put together ephemera packs and try selling them on ebay and etsy. lets see what happens. magical and amazing things are going to happen this year, just wait and see.

1/03/2008

Healing


this is me sleeping-

yesterday i pulled this card from the Osho Tarot- very fitting

thank you my friends who have supported me and helped me find new level in my life. healing and growing and letting go of the past. joy in the new year for all of you- my heart is far reaching- open your wings and EMBRACE it.....