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March 31st, 2010

Question of the Day – Why Don’t You Draw Cats??

I’ve gotten this question a few times: Where are the Kitties?!

People have even flat out told me if I draw a cat (or a dog, too, actually!), they will buy it. So how can I turn down a guaranteed sale?

I don’t know…

I’m kind of struggling with the notion of what inspires me versus what’s profitable. [...]

March 30th, 2010

A great forum and a great cause

I am so excited to tell you all about this.

I’ve found an online guinea pig forum that is SO friendly and helpful and supportive. I wasn’t sure a forum in the world existed where people weren’t constantly being all snippy and rude to each other, but I think, at the risk of speaking too soon, [...]

March 26th, 2010

Three Guinea Pig Paintings in Three Days…

Who is this Lesley girl and what have you done with the other one?? I am three for three, with hopes to continue this streak today/tonight. I’m finding the more I paint, the more I want to paint! It’s kind of like exercising…so hard to get motivated to start, but once you do, you realize [...]

March 25th, 2010

New Art! Double Dutch

Am I on a roll or what? Two paintings in two days?? I tell ya, maybe I’m out of my creative slump yet.

Maybe the 100.whatever fever I have burning is fueling some artistic inspiration, haha. This came to me in the bathroom, of all places… I like to zone out in the bathroom and think [...]

March 24th, 2010

Back in Business!

I feel a bit like I’ve been hit by a bus. But that didn’t stop me from making a new painting last night. Woot!

“Puddle Jumping” – available in the Etsy shop in 8 x 10 size (or any size you like if you want to send a message. just click the picture and you’ll be [...]

March 15th, 2010

Oh dear…

::sigh:: I’m having a slight crisis. OK maybe not really a crisis, but an annoying nagging thought about my blog.

I’m wondering if I should have had my blog hosted on Blogger or WordPress or TypePad, etc. instead of appending it to my Web site URL…

It’s a WordPress install on my server that I’ve configured, but [...]

March 10th, 2010

I’m alive, I swear!

Ugh…my apologies to anyone who’s recently started following this blog and who’s been greeted by silence, haha. My poor hubby and I are sick with colds (possibly strep? eek I hope not) and I haven’t felt like doing much of anything other than compulsively checking my twitter/facebook and zoning out eating cadbury mini-eggs.

But this brought [...]

March 1st, 2010

How to NOT Succeed on Etsy #5 - Bash Your Competition

Wrecking on your competition is a great way to accelerate that ever-awaited Etsy fail.

You know when your mom told you that the kids that made fun of you in middle school were just jealous and felt threatened? Well… that might not have always been the case, but when you do that in a professional environment, [...]