Early blog!

I have a million things that need to be done this morning, so I thought I would blog now.

I have had a few questions about the "voting" on Paper n' Stitch so I thought I would post a little blog about that.

It is a little confusing seeing as there really isn't a little "vote here" button or anything.
Basically you just want to clock on that little heart with the number on it. And here is where you click on the little heart. That's it!

So far I have 14!! Yay! That's great! Thanks to everyone who has given me a heart so far :)
That's awesome. For those people who maybe missed yesterdays blog, I have an opportunity to win $150.00 and a free month on Paper n' Stitch. The person with the most hearts by January 18th wins both :)

I'm really hoping to use the $150.00 to go towards supplies, and the extra month on Paper n' Stitch would be a great help to.

Okay, I have to get started on the million things I need to do today. Well, know it's only 999,999 things to do :) Thanks everyone!

Monday!

It's Monday.

Not the most fun day. I had a 9 am dentist appointment, and a trip to the PO after.

Eh. It was okay. I wish dental work was free. I use my Care Credit card for my appointments. It has a very low interest and can only be used for medical work and some vets take it too.

I wish it was free...

Anyway, I don't want to talk about the dentist.

Um...it's almost Christmas! Holy cow! 10 days! :)

We aren't really doing anything fun. We are staying home this year because we can't afford to travel. Anywhere. It should be fun. We might go see a movie, and of course lots of food to be eaten. I'm thinking we should eat all the food that is REALLY bad for us. Mike and I eat relatively healthy, so I think we should go all out for Christmas :)

um...if you haven't checked out Paper n' Stitch yet, you really should.
I just signed myself up for another month. I really like it.
I can't really tell if it's added to my sales. Mostly because I am also signed up over at Trunkt this month too, and Etsy doesn't provide any stats as far as how people find your shop...

It's funny that a site like Flickr provides awesome stats. For free...

Anyway, I just really like the ladies who run it, and it's really easy to manage.
Also, I love the layout. It's really cute.
So check out my shop and leave a heart! Just click on the little heart up in the left hand corner.

The person who has the most hearts at the end of the month wins a free month and $150 bucks! Sweet! :)

Alright, hope everyone had a great weekend!
Chloe did. She got lots of playing and napping in. Tough life...

Other Things

Yesterday was not good.
I didn't sleep very well the night before...too many things going on inside my head.
Money, relationships, home, art...blah blah blah.

So the next day I was in a pretty bad funk all day....
Well, until I caught Chloe sleeping on the bed with most of her tongue hanging out :)
She made me laugh, and put me in a better mood. I'm so glad we decided to get a dog, and I am so glad we got her. She really makes a difference.

Anyway, my self portrait paintings are still not dry. Which means that I cannot spray them with the finishing varnish, which means that I cannot put a layer of beeswax on them...which means they are not done yet.

In the mean time I have been trying to improve my photos a little bit.
I tried printing yesterday, but that was bust. There is nothing more frustrating than when you are in a bad mood, and the art you are trying to make is also bad. I just couldn't get a good print, and it was really upsetting...mostly because the paper is so expensive and every time you mess up it's like throwing $2.00 away. I think I am going to try to make some books, or something out of the bad prints. I just hate throwing them away...

Let's see...oh yeah! I found out about this really cool website called Paper And Stitch.
It's $45.00 for a month, and it's curated...but I think it's really promising. I submitted my work and will be one of the artists from mid November to mid December!
So, we'll see how that goes :)

Anyway, I gots some works to get dones.
Have a great day peeps.