I made the Etsy Front Page...

My "All In The Moment" Bookmark

made the Etsy Front Page

in the wee hours of the morning.

Since I don't get to the front page

too often... I

thought I'd share.

And a little note for my reader friends whose

comments I really do appreciate...

I've had to enable the comment approval.

Last night I received more than twenty comments in

about 5 minutes from the same user...

I'm sure it was all spam...

it didn't quit until I enabled the comment approval...

so sorry for any inconvenience

but after all of the problems I've had lately with

my computers...

I really didn't need to risk any new ones.

Rustic Goth Shop UPdates..

I will soon be taking my calendars

out of the shop

along with all of the

other digital downloads

I have listed.

I have sold a few downloads...

but I find that they are rather

time consuming to put

together..

and I just don't have the time

to do them

 for my Etsy Shop.

(And...it turns out...I didn't get them

off of my old computer before

it went completely down.)

I will occasionally

list new downloads in my

 Rustic Goth Artfire Shop.

And these I will save to my

zipdrive

so that I don't lose them.

No Fear of Flying is Featured..

My "No Fear of Flying"

is featured

on a wonderful 'finds' blog...

"TotusMel's Wunderkammer"

Check out this very cool blog.

My calendars are FINALLY being delivered.

My apologies to all who

had to wait a month into the year

for their calendars.

Forever we have taken packages to

the post office in the back seat

or trunk of our cars.

And none have ever gotten

lost in those small

but

sufficient little vehicles.

Suddenly...one of us has a

very roomy van with more seats

than they really need

and plenty of room for all packages

large and small.

Well...some of the smaller packages

found their way up under the very

back seat and were

temporarily lost.

(One of the packages that disappeared

was a painting that needed to

go to England.)

We've decided...ALL small packages now

must go into a larger bag

before they can ride in the new van.

Lost files...what a bummer!

Last fall I made up some background

images to sell as digital downloads

to folks who were wanting just the backgrounds

for use in collages,

pendants...that sort of thing.

Well..mostly I had decided to offer them in my

Rustic Goth Artfire Shop

but to have a limited run in my

Etsy Shop.

Well...losing my computer last week

was a real bummer for me

but, I thought I had gotten everything that I

had listed

put on my little zipdrive...

I hadn't.

So...today...I sell an ACEO tree background

digital download...

and I put in my little zipdrive

so I could get it promptly sent out...

only..

they are not on my zipdrive.

I lost my calendars..

all of my digital downloads..

my works in progress..

my digital resources

and

ALL of the digital brushes I had created

and used all the time.

Bummer..bummer..bummer.

I did get everything else that

I have listed though...

so that was something.

So..I spent all afternoon and evening

working on 'similar' tree backgrounds

to send in place of the originals that were lost.

They're close..but not exact.

A work in Progress.

Occasionally I like to show some of my

art...as it 'progresses'.

While I was without my computer

I did a lot of sketching...

this is one of those sketches

that I am currently 'painting'

in Photoshop.

I'm not sure what I'll do with the background...

but it is a bit different than what

I've been doing lately.

New Paintings

Now listed in the Shop.