Update on Enchanted Glass...

I didn't want to 

"speak" for Jaci...the lovely proprietor of

Enchanted Glass

in my previous

post..

by saying that she would be

willing to take on 'special requests'...

Turns out she is very open

to that...so

if you have a special piece you would

like to have as a pendant...

you can contact her

through her Etsy Shop...

and let her know.

If you are seeing this...

...it means my cable is still down.

I've seen this message far too many times...

and the 'kicker' was losing it during the week-end of the

Lost finale.

Course...even though I called and was told that 10 homes in

my area were down..

the cable guy that came to fix my service...

had to do something with the connection on my house..

and said he hadn't heard of anyone else being down.

Not sure why the Tech folks would tell me one thing...

after checking whatever it is that they check...

and the cable guy tell me something else.

He also assured me at that time...that the fix was only

'temporary'...

so if I'm still 'down'

I hope this is the last time.

Thinking Positive

I am one who does believe in the 

'laws of attraction'

for one thing...

I've seen it 'in action'.

Now...I'm not a 'positive' person by nature...

so I do tend to attract more

negatives than I care to.

My daughter...on the other hand...

is a positive person..

(she got that from her dad)

and she attracts more positives than negatives.

That is really the only 'proof' I need to 'convince' me.

Now I am 'working' on trying to be more positive...

but I do have a difficult time 'convincing myself' that I am 

positive...when 'deeper down'...I'm feeling a bit negative.

I've always had a hard time 'pretending'.

So it leads me to the point of this post...

I do try very hard not to purposely call 'negatives'

into my life...

and I wondered if..by thinking,

"I'd better get some internet work done...

in case I'm without internet for a week"

that I would end up ...without internet for week...

instead of a few hours. 

My rationalization of this thinking is...

'preparedness'.

"Just 'in case' I'm without internet for a week...best to get as much

internet work done as possible."

I even went so far as to print out shipping labels for prints that

haven't been printed yet.

Mostly I think...I just don't want to fall too far behind...

"just in case".

I believe this is just another way of...

'thinking positive'.

The Creepers Carnival Prints

Well, it rained some yesterday...

so I guess that delayed the cable company's scheduled plans...

and I ended up with cable and internet all day after all.

So...I figure they'll decide to do the work on

Friday..or Monday...

or whenever I least expect it.

So..I'm still working in the mind frame that I will

lose my service at some point...soon.

I just wished they'd stick to their schedule...heck, I planned

for that.

Anyway...I had received a couple of messages asking

when I would be listing my

Creepers Carnival pieces as prints.

I don't usually list any prints of my paintings...

until after the painting has sold.

But..I made an exception in this case...

and even included them as part of my 72 Hour Sale.

If I should still have the internet late tonight...I will be ending

the Sale then...

if I don't...then I'll take it off as soon as possible

once it has been restored.

The Creepers Carnival --and-- An Internet Break??

Well...I got the first four paintings in my new series...

"The Creepers Carnival"

painted and listed in my Etsy Shop.

They are...

Top Left -- Conjoined Twins

Top Right -- Fortune Teller

Bottom Left -- The Tatooed Lady

Bottom Right -- The FeeJee Mermaid

'Fortune Teller' sold to the lovely Bree...

thirty minutes after listing

(a 'record' for me.)

I am so very happy with the paintings thus far...

and will be starting on 4 more in the series.

I'm also working on a

'Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum'

for my

Alice in Wonderland Series,

a framed Phoenix,

and a new 

Whimsical Creeper painting.

I'm playing around with a couple of

Moleskin Journals...hoping they will turn out...

*Quick note..
I may...or may not...be without Internet..

as of today.

I got a call on Monday, from the cable company...

(I've had so many problems related to wiring..etc..)

They told me I would be without cable

(and I'm assuming internet)

anywhere from an hour...upwards of a week..

depending on what needs to be done.

I'll be able to watch the local TV channels...so I'll have TV..

and while I'm 'down'...

I plan on getting a lot of new pieces done...

and

I really..really...really need to clean my computer.

It's bad enough that I lose connectivity on a semi-regular basis...

now I've loaded it up with so many pictures that it has slowed to a snail's pace.

So...being without Internet...may end up being

"a blessing in disguise."

If I can't get into my shop to take off my
72 hour SALE...
I forgot that the cable was going to be affected
when I put the Sale in my Shop...
and I didn't want to end it early...
so not sure how many hours over it might run...
again...I am at the 'mercy' of  TWC.

I am doing a few 'scheduled posts'...so it won't seem like I am

M.I.A....

it's just going to throw off my usual 'me' day activities

if it is not back up by then.

Wordless Wednesday 10

I Got One Done

Here is the first painting in my series

"The Creepers Carnival"

This piece is titled...

'Conjoined Twins"

I was able to get the backgrounds and sketches done

on 4 Carnival pieces,

1 Alice in Wonderland piece

and a 'regular' Creeper piece.

So...I've got a lot of painting to get done in the coming days.

There's a lovely elderly gentleman who lives across the street.

To keep himself busy he attends a lot of the

estate auctions in the area.

Then a couple week-ends a month...he has a 

yard sale.

Jaime and I wandered over there this past Sunday

and I scored several frames to use

with some of the canvas sheet,

watercolor and acrylic papers

I like to use for some of my paintings.

So...I want to get the frames all repainted

and paint some pieces that will fit into these frames.

So...it looks like I have a really busy week ahead of me.