Wow. Just Wow.

I was contacted by admin today about having one of my items featured in tomorrows Etsy finds!
Yay! It's one of my illustrations :)

So...last night something happened on Etsy that I had only heard stories about. I guess I never really believed that it did happen.

I really don't want to get into details here. I try to stay away from drama at all costs, but this really was hard to believe. It made me feel really hurt and sad.

Anyway, like I said, I don't want to give any details, and I don't want to dwell on it. It's time to move on. I just wanted to get it off my chest...

Since selling on Etsy I have had nothing but a wonderful experience. Everyone has been very supportive and helpful, and I have made some really great friends, and that is what is important.

So Michael's presentation went really well last night. One of the highlights of the evening was Paintings intro skit. I'll just say that at the end of the skit they projected a Thomas Kincaid painting on the screen that had $$$PAINTING$$$ written across it in gold letters with gold $$ signs surrounding it. Yes. It was awesome.

Oh!! Another happy note! Today is Wednesday the 24th so that means tomorrow is Thursday the 25th which also means that it is the season premier of The Office!! yay!! I wonder when Jim is going to propose to Pam, and how he's going to do it. I know I am going to cry when it happens, because I am a nerd like that. Anwyay, i am really excited about it. :)

Alright, it's about 2pm which means that it's time to take Lucy, my neighbors dog, out.
Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday.

C O M M U N i T Y

Yay for community!

I never really thought about community and what it means until I worked for New Seasons.
New Seasons is a locally owned grocery store that strives to proved local produce and products to the community. They want to create a store that not only provides groceries for the neighborhood, but also support the community by creating jobs and supporting local farms and food peeps. New Seasons really stress the idea of knowing where your food comes from and learning about the people that provide it.

Bringing people together through food! It's a wonderful way to connect with people and learn about each other.

And with that I would really like to introduce a fellow Etsy peep's newest endevor a cookbook that provides receipies from all of your favorite Etsy sellers :) JJM Finance has compiled a cookbook that features Etsy sellers best recipies :) What better way to bring a community of artists together than through food! Yay!!

The cookbook Sharing Recipies...Sharing Life not only provides some really great recipies, but also stories behind the recipies. I am really happy that he decided to do this. I love being a part of the Etsy community, and I think that this is a wonderful way to take part in that.

After reading the intro to this book I really started to think about community and about this little internet community that I have been taking a part in. I have come to the realization that there is a really amazing community that exsists through the internets, and without it it would be really difficult to make a living and share our work with so many people.

One of the things that I miss most about Portland is it's strong community, especially within the art scene. It's a really tight knit group of people where everyone pretty much knows everyone, and I really miss that. However, with the internets I still feel like I am part of a really great, talented, group of people and that makes me feel a little less lonely :)

Alright...I am going to go see if I have all the ingrediants for AnnieRexic's easy vegan apple crisp :) Hope everyone has a great weekend!