Changes...all these changes!!

Oh...it seems JUST when I finally

figure something out...

someone goes ahead and changes

things on me!!

I was not going to post about 'changes' today...

until I logged into Blogger and found

it TOO had changed.

I'm sure I must have had prior 'warning'...but

I must have missed it.

No doubt I will eventually get used to the changes...

but like the other sites that have made

changes in the past year...

it seems like when I finally get used to the

'new way of doing things'

they change things up...again!!!

I was going to add a few tags and 'schedule' this post for later....

but I have no idea what happened to those features!!!

My very small work space

I just finished two large 

(for me and my work space they are large)

24" x 30"

commissioned paintings.

This size canvas takes up almost the entire dining room table...and I have

to set up card tables for paints, brushes..etc.

I'm very pleased that I was able to accomplish this..and let me tell you

it wasn't easy.

With my limited space, I can only work on one painting at a time...

then I have to find someplace safe to put it

until I can work on it again.

I only have one closet...and that one is a walk through clothes closet that I

share with my son...so no room there.

Mostly...paintings are stored all over my bedroom...and when I get

to the point that I would have a problem walking there...I don't paint anymore

until I sell some of the older works.

You can see that I do all of my printing and painting in my dining room

and every other Sunday we have family day...

so things have to get put up

so they we can use it to eat a family meal at the table.

I'm not complaining...

when I moved to my last house...it was because we were living

in a second floor apartment and with my

husband's failing health, he couldn't manage the stairs anymore.

Anyway...

that house was quite a bit pricier than this one...

but painting sales were really good at that time

and so it was no big deal.

Since things have gotten a bit 'tight' for everyone...

I had to make a choice to downsize too!

It's actually a cute little place...

and I am 'making it work'.

Of course, I do have to have sales a little more

often than I used to...in the hopes of moving 

a few older paintings so that I have

room for new ones.

I'm finding all kinds of Fun Apps on Etsy

I hope this first little app shows up...I'm not exactly html proficient...

so I also included it on the sidebar. 

It's a cool little widget from Craft Cult that scrolls the items in my Etsy shop....

I thought it was very cool.

Another very cool app is the 'Etsy Theme Shop' for Facebook app.

 I've added this app to my Rustic Goth Facebook page

which is way more noticeable than the way it used to show up...

and the app gives you the option of

putting in a limited time discount

by going through Facebook...

I thought that was pretty cool.

And...I do use the 

Etsy On Sale

app everyday for my daily renews,

as well as whenever I have a sale.

These use credits...which you have to buy...but lately

it has been worth the money, as it automatically

renews the items I have indicated...at the intervals I want...

and I can do several days at a time, with only a couple of clicks.

It only costs me 5 credits a month...plus the renewal fees of course...

but it is fairly cheap...and I consider a source of advertising for my Shop.

My Week-End in KC

My two sisters, a niece and I

spent last week-end in Kansas City

at a Visalus convention.

I learned a lot

 (I've always loved the product...

and it helped to learn how nutritious

 and vitamin filled it really is...

and that one shake...just one single shake...

provides more protein, vitamins and minerals 

for underprivileged children in poor areas...

than they get in their diets in an entire week...

according to the food bank director that spoke

on one of the films we saw.)

I really did learn so much

and had so darned much fun to boot!!

It was a pretty big deal for me since I seldom leave my house.

It's not that I'm home bound or anything...

I just don't have a car

and my art keeps me pretty busy...

sometimes working from home keeps one rather 'tied' to it.

 

Anyway...my sisters live in Wyoming

so I don't see them often...

here lately it's usually for funerals and such.

So...while I left my home...

on the verge of "kicking and screaming"...

no..I didn't go willingly...

I came home with a whole new attitude...

and a desire to 

'get out of the house' more often:)

We saw Hulk Hogan...Carlton (from the Fresh Prince of BelAir)

a batch of VIPs and company gurus...

informative and fun.

 

So...the first evening...we headed out to stay at

the home of one of our cousins who lived only

thirty minutes away...

somehow or other...

we ended up going the wrong way on a busy one way street...

managed to get ourselves turned around..

 

...but ended up driving in a very secluded area

UNDER the Interstate...

it was pretty scary...but we laughed so hard

we almost wet ourselves.

My gosh...what an Adventure!!!

Can't wait till we do it again!

I'm hoping to be a few pounds lighter and in a whole lot better health

by then...

the product is so amazing I feel twenty years younger...

I really do!!

Let me know if you'd like a free sample.

My First Animated Creeper Video

My first attempt at animating my Creeper characters.

Still have a long way to go...but I'm

pretty happy with how

My First Animated Creeper video

turned out!

Enjoy!

Working on a New Alice in Wonderland painting

A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to paint

a two panel Wizard of Oz painting...

I've never done one that size for that story.

And...since the two panel Alice in Wonderland painting

sold...

I wanted to do a single panel Alice and another two panel

Alice in Wonderland painting.

So...I started with the single panel...and did an

Alice in Wonderland painting in greens...

"We're All Mad Here".

Well...I sold that painting within thirty minutes of listing it...

a record for me...

and have already begun working on the two panel Alice painting...

I ran across a picture of the Tea Party from Tim Burton's

Alice in Wonderland film...

and I'm using that as inspiration for my new painting.

I'm very excited with how it is coming along.

Alice in Wonderland - Encore has sold.

I was a little 'sad' to see it go...

but my

"Alice in Wonderland - Encore" painting has sold.

I was especially proud of this piece as it is the

first two panel 'fairytale/ storybook' piece that I've ever done...

and I had a hard time deciding whether to offer it for sale

or keep it for myself.

In the end...since it is how I make my living...I had to

go with 'selling it'.

I'm sure the buyer will love it...hopefully as much as I do:)