New Found Talent

Yes!
Guess who's treasury made the front page again! Yup!
I think I might have a new found talent for picking things to go on the front page :)

I am also at my 199th sale!!
Wow! I have had almost 100 items sell since April. That's almost 100 items to sell in three months...which is not a lot for some people...but that is A LOT for me...

My 200th sale will get something awesome with their order! Yay! Presents.

Alright. I have been printing almost all day...mostly doing a special order. It seems as though some of my plates are really well behaved and some want to cause nothing but agony for me. But, I got a few really good ones and I am overall very happy with them. I love my press. I love love love it.

I am hungry and I think Chloe needs a W A L K.

Yeah.

So I haven't really left the house other than to walk Chloe and to go to the Dairy Queen by our house in about a week...weird...I am not really sure how I feel about that.

Isn't Dairy Queen a really weird name when you think about it? Dairy. Queen. Like the Queen of all Dairies? Hhhmmm...weird.

Anyway, I am leaving the house today! Michael has been teaching this painting class to some high school students the last few weeks. It's like this summer program that Cranbrook offers, which os pretty cool. So tonight they are having a little gallery opening for the students and their paintings. I think that's pretty cute. So I am going to go check it out! yay! I love that kinda thing.

Not a lot going on this weekend. I got my wheat paste and paper yesterday so I will be spending most of my weekend with my press! I might do some screen printing too. We shall see.

Dude! What is up with Etsy sales this month? It's actually really depressing...I am trying to stay positive but it's kinda hard...

I am using this time to get my shop all stocked up and ready for the holidays, and I also have applied to a couple of really big art/craft fairs in the area, so I am trying to get ready for those too. If I am accepted that is...but even though I am really busy, it's hard not to get bummed out about sales...oh well. I am sure things will pick up soon. I KNOW they will!!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!!

Printing printing printing

It came!

My press came! yay!
It came on Tuesday actually...but I wanted to post pictures of it when it was all set up and ready.

So we got it all set up and ready and I printed all weekend :)

I am so happy that I got it. Even if I can't really afford it...it makes me so happy.
So happy.

So yeah. I will be adding a lot of prints to my shop over the next few weeks.
I am also working on a group show that I will be part of in New Hampshire in September.

Printing and painting...I am happy.

Now...if my Etsy sales would just speed up a little bit faster...it's been pretty slow this last week. I am thinking positive thought thought. Positive thoughts positive thoughts.

Also! Something else really really exciting came in the mail on Friday!
Trish Grantham, one of my very favorite Portland artists sent me something :) A little portrait of my Chloe Bologna!! Yes, it's true!! How very cool of her!! I L O V E it! So much.
It looks just like her, and yes, she even painted her little tongue hanging out a little bit.

Holy Moly

I did it.

I bought a Dick Blick etching press.
Good God!

It will be here in 7-10 business days. I totally wiped out my paypal account.

Please reassure me I haven't totally lost my mind!! Eeeeeeeksssssss!!!

Etching!

I want an etching press.

Yes!!

I am researching table top presses...and so far most are really expensive.
There are ones that are 700-800 dollars, but I know what you get when you buy one...

I want a Takach...but they are $4,000 :(

I have always used a Griffon, but those are $3,500.... :(

I did find a Conrad...for $1400, but it has a resin laminate bed plate, and I really hate those....

*sigh*

Maybe, just maybe, there will be a million dollar check in my mail box tomorrow :)