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Etsy feels like an addiction

And I should know because I am an addict.
Four and half years ago when I was being treated for GHB addiction my doctor asked me what I planned to do for money. At the time I was just discovering the beauty of blogging and all the possibilities that it held: a way to share my [...]

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Thank you Shayla Video

This video is in response to Shayla Maddox’s Video!
In late December 2009 when I began painting Christmas ornaments, Shayla began painting pretty ornaments to. We talked on twitter and decided to exchange ornaments with each other.
Hope we can make this an annual Christmas tradition Shayla!
Go see Shayla’s light reactive paintings in her Etsy Shop or [...]

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Happy Cyber Monday – Buy 2 Prints Get 1 Free Milestone Sale!

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I recently surpassed 1000 sales on Etsy and to celebrate I’m offering for the next 24 hours a buy 2 get 1 free sale on all open edition and limited edition prints listed in my Etsy shop. Thank you everyone who helped me reach that goal!
The top 5 sections in my shop that are marked [...]

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We Are Healthy – Collaborative Children’s Colouring Book

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Yaelfran from Argentina contacted me in late August to ask if I’d be interested in submitting a drawing to the We Are… series of colouring books she produces monthly. Of course I said yes! What artist doesn’t love illustrating for children! And to quote the listing:
I can’t tell you how exited I am about this [...]

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I Won – The Most Wall Worthy Art Contest!

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The best intentions to write this post yesterday withered as the day progressed, and sleepiness combined with the inability to concentrate swept over me. The excitement of winning first place and having three room rental tenants move into my house on the same day was slightly overwhelming.
I slept for 10 hours last night.

Thank [...]

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Please Vote for Me in the What Would You Hang on Your Wall Contest

Well, it looks like the Sassy Sea Urchin was nominated into the What Would You Hang on Your Wall Contest on Etsy. Yay! Thanks so much DailyThreads for nominating me and congratulations on winning the previous A Notebook for All Seasons contest.
And thank you to Lorrie, a good friend of mine for initially letting me [...]

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A Midsummer Sale

A Midsummer Sale – Buy 2 get 1 Free
Choose from over 100 Open Edition prints and ACEO mini prints from the top two SALE sections of my shop. All $5, $12 and $20 prints are included in the sale.
Simply write your free choice (of equal or lesser value to the lowest priced item within your [...]

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OLDisNEW Thursday – Circa 1900 Folding Metal Corkscrew

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Just a quickie antique corkscrew for this week’s OLDisNEW feature…
This corkscrew is solid metal and clicks into place when fully opened.
Opened Size – 4 1/2 inches /// 11,5cm
Closed Size – 2 3/4 inches /// 7cm
And this folding metal corkscrew made the front page of Etsy a few weeks ago! You can view alternative pics [...]

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ThinkBakery Blog Talking Shop Interview

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I was asked recently by the ThinkBakery blog to do an interview. It’s live now!
And to quote the opening of the interview:
I have had the pleasure of lots of email correspondence with successful self-employed artist Jessica Doyle. I posted about her on Design Milk, and she went above and beyond my “Do” list. She is [...]

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Spring Fling Print Sale

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All 5×7’s & 5×5’s are reduced to $9 in the Art Shop.
Happy Spring!

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Step by Step List – How I made a million dollars on Etsy!

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First I drew an ink drawing on pretty paper.

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Packaging 101 and how it’s related to 4000 Etsy hearts, feedback, cupcakes and being sick.

I glanced at my hearts on Etsy tonight and there were 4000 of them! It is also the first time I surpassed sales numbers per ratio of hearts. It used to be that every 500 hearts I made 50 sales. Well, I am at 470 sales.
Momentum rocks!
And each and every order gets packaged with extra [...]

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Etsy Elves in Indonesia are Helping Me Package this Christmas

Yesterday this email from Christopher Dewan of The Urban Sherpa arrived. He had found me about a week ago via Gawker Artists and proceeded to add me as a friend on Facebook and I in turn added him.
He bought Do You Love Me from the shop yesterday. I emailed him saying thank you and that [...]

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My art is featured in Canada’s Style at Home magazine

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If you live in Canada or have access to Canadian magazines go and pick up the December issue of Style at Home magazine and flip to page 59. My art is featured within the Shopping Etc section under the Sites We Love Column.
Best of All, Style at Home tried Etsy’s shop local feature and found [...]

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Custom Design work for Crochet Freeform Artist Sara Aires

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Very recently I was contacted by Sara Aires of Portugal to redo her Etsy shop banner. And again my illustrations and her free-form crochet art meshed as well as Star of the East’s jewelry and my artwork did. She found me from Esther and Estella’s blog post about the work I had completed for them [...]

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New Art & Craft Supplies and Introducing itsy-bitsy Greeting Card Sets

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Today is my Birthday

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Is 35 middle age?
Many of the women in my family live well into their nineties. I will not be middle aged until I turn 45. How grand is that; I have another 10 years before the infamous mid-life crisis!

Until then, I will continue living, creating and enjoying life all the while smiling wearing these sunglasses [...]

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Annabelle, isn’t she dreamy…

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Meet Annabelle, the newest member of the Fish family.
Annabelle came into being a few days ago. She was created with Faber Castell india ink, Windsor and Newton watercolour and Prismacolor Verithin colored pencils. She is an ACEO which stands for Art, Cards, Editions and Originals. The original measures 3.5 by 2.5 inches.
Reproductive prints in larger [...]

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Star of the East – custom design work

In September, Esther and Estalla from Turkey of Star of the East contacted me about doing a business card for them featuring the Sassy Sea Urchin illustration of mine.

And I agreed. Their jewelry is whimsically detailed and my illustrations seemed to jive well with their beautiful style.

I began working on the design initially using the [...]

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Tree Line

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Calm homage to the beauty and subtlety of autumn;
an unusual break from swirls and detail
to that of straightened lines and softened hues.
*ACEO Size – 3.5″ by 2.5″ or 89mm by 64mm
Medium – sepia india ink and lightfast coloured pencil on flower petal textured paper
The original is available here. If you are interested in a print [...]

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