You'll have to stop by and check it out! :) Kristi asked me to contribute to a new regular column called "PEEK" over on her blog. I shared a before and after picture of my studio space in the kitchen, as well as a few afters you haven't seen yet. :)
Thanks Kristi for asking me to participate!
...not that I have any REALLLY big secrets, but I do have some strategies that seem to work for my etsy shop. A few weeks back Jamie from Handmade News asked to interview me, and I was more then willing! The interview has been live and I've been meaning to share the link! :)
handmade news is part of artfire, and Jamie was super sweet through this whole process. In addition t my interview, there is LOADS of other helpful information on the site. If you have an etsy or artfire shop, you can benefit from the shared knowledge available there.
If you get around to it, vote/rate/comment my article! It will bump it higher to the top, and hopefully help more people out! :)
The BLOG that is? :) If so, you may have seen that Shannon was kind enough to feature the lemon themed birthday party I did for Journey in July! :)You can see the post here.
Suuuuper neato! :) While brainstorming ideas for the party, this blog was a HUGE inspiration. If you havent stopped by, you'll have to take a peak!
Holly from decor8 (link has NOW been fixed!) wrote up a super cute post this morning on trailers. :) She was kind enough to include my remember happiness print! Anyone up for smores? ;) You really should check out the post, it will make you want to go camping!! :)
Morning everyone! I have a couple posts planned for today, my first post is somewhat of a thank you to two very sweet people. :)
First of all a great big thank you to Tess for giving me the idea and inspiration for the piece... "you only live once."
It is safe to say that it is one of my personal favorites, and has been pretty popular among you guys as well. :)
My second thank you is for Lori of Elvie studio. She chose vol25 as her inspiration this monday! :) She had only the sweetest things to say and it really really made me smile this morning. Thanks a bunch!
I am finding her blog to be a source of inspiration. I mean, how cute is this mixed media tic tac toe piece? I love it! :)
Well, thats it for now... I have some things I am needing to get done around the house, I'll try and pop in a little later for that second post. I just finished listing some more Christmas cards... postcards to be exact, and some of you who followed my blog before I became vol.25 may remember these from my previous shop "sparksfly" :)
A recent "mention" over on apartment therapy was super exciting last week. I have been meaning to share this good news with you, but I have been staying SO busy trying to keep up on everyone's orders that I haven't had a chance! :) I knew apartment therapy was big in blogland... but I had NO idea how big. :) Things were starting to slow down from last weeks mention, when the original post resurfaced last night as one of the "hot posts for 8/16/08." So, once again it has been directing some super sweet new customers my way. :) Yay!
Now, I have submitted my work to apartment therapy for review, with no luck of a mention... so I really have to give the credit to ana from rearrangeddesign. You may remember my original post about a couple months ago, where she interviewed me and did a house tour of our home. Well, shortly after that she purchased "remember Happiness" from me, (You can see it here framed in her home. Doesnt it look amazing!? I love the other art she paired it with) and apparently apartment therapy seen her post about it on her blog, and then blogged about her post. :)
So, anyhow thanks ana, and apartment therapy. :) I have a coordinating print in the works, and will be offering the two in a print set. Its a trailer I have already drawn and uploaded on flickr, it just needs a facelift, and then paired with the perfect quote. :) So, I will keep you updated on that.
Also- I have been trying to finish up another project I have been excited about... making my own scrapbook paper for a little scrapbook I am doing for journey. I will be sure and dedicate a special post for it, cause its a really neat idea I think you may want to try!
Well, Journey is napping... and I think I may try to take a nap myself. Although she has now slept through the night 2 nights now! Although they were not in a row... I am grateful! :)
What a terrific surprise! Last friday I submitted my newly listed "we are shaped by our thoughts" postcards to Grace over at designsponge. I really really didn't expect it to turn into a feature... although I must admit I was sure hoping. You may know by now where this is probably going... YES! I have now been seen on design*sponge. While I appreciate all the exposure and support from every blog feature I receive... designsponge seems like the ultimate of features, and I am sooo thrilled!
Believe you me... it was ALL I could do to sound someone professional as I tried to compose a thank you e-mail to Grace. Although, I am sure she gets a ton of "weird jumping up and down thank you typeish e-mails"... Well, I fear mine was no exception. :)
A BIG thank you to Grace for the mention.... it completely made my entire year. :)
Then to make the morning even better, projectgrabbag sent me a conversation this morning alerting me to etsy front page exposure! Yay!! What a good day.
I also listed a new piece into the shop last night. I'll be back later today to post about that. :)
Yay! Here is a little peek at the progress made over the weekend...
The wall has been cut, and the floor has now been built up to be level with the kitchen now. How exciting! Jaydon will be working on the walls, taping, and textureizing this week. Hopefully this will be wrapped up before baby decides to come. If not, I suppose it wouldn't be the end of the world. :)
Also: Another good design blog you may not have heard of yet....rearranged design. Its another good one I have bookmarked. :) and Ana just posted an interview with me today. She has some older pictures posted of our house, and it was kinda neat looking at them again. :) Thanks for the interview Ana! Love the blog...
I cant begin to understand why I havent stumbled across this blog yet. It is definitely a new favorite of mine. :) After purchasing the above print, the customer was kind enough to tell me how she found me. (which of course resulted in her free mini print!) She has said it was via the creature comforts blog. So, of course I head on over to check it out... and was super impressed! For starters I absolutely love the design of the blog. Ez the writer/blog owner is so sweet to talk to, and I think I can say I like her taste in style! Although, it was actually guest author Melissa that handpicked my print "hope is only" to be included with some other super sweet indie finds. :) Thanks so much Melissa!
If you haven't stopped by Creature Comforts' blog yet. You should certainly take a peek. :)
Also, a special thanks to everyone signing up for the mailing list. I have thoroughly been enjoying receiving everyone's submissions. An extra little thanks to everyone filling out the extra questions. One of the popular answers to "any new product ideas" has been more colors available in the "Remember Happiness" print. I promise to try and do this within the next couple of days. :) It has also been interesting to read how ppl have found me. I have come across some older blog features I wasnt even aware of, which is of course, really exciting! So dont miss out on your opportunity to win the goodies bundle being given away this month.
My first newsletter should be going out around the time baby is due to arrive, so I have been working on the design/layout early. Hopefully it goes out without any mistakes! :) Or rather... "too many" mistakes. I hope everyone has a nice weekend planned. Our plans are to stay home and get a little (long overdue) work done on my utility room. It is currently just sheet rocked and my washer and dryer are on seperate sides of the room. SO hopefully by monday they will be side by side and I can start dreaming over paint colors of the yellow variety. I have always wanted a yellow room, but my husband has a negative thing for the color yellow. BUT, he did agree to let me paint my utility room yellow. I am super ecstatic. If one room could be a bright sunny cheerful welcoming color... I would want it to be that room. Who knows... maybe I will actually keep up on my laundry. ;)
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