Hello! I honestly cannot believe I have not put a post here yet. It's almost the Spring Equinox, lol. Which means it's my loves birthday tomorrow. I will have to be prepared to do something to celebrate, but as I have no idea if he reads my blog I won't be able to tell you what I am hoping to do.
It's been a cold winter for us, a couple batches of snow but I think we've turned the corner. We got most of our yard spring cleaning done, just to turn the garden over and figure out which plants I want to plant this year. I'm not sure why I would plant plants as I'm not eating them.... hmmm But Terry still enjoys some vegetables so I guess I'll ask him what he would want me to plant. We had a 5 day trip to Vegas with the in-laws, it didn't start or end very well but the middle part was good being with the peeps we love! So my FCA chapter is having it's Spring Show in April, I have 2 pieces that were accepted. My 'Charlie Imbibes" and my newest piece, 'Dewy Lacecap". I feel like I've won already just being accepted. Both pieces are for sale, I am still working on getting a digital copy of Dewy Lacecap. I also ordered some new paper to do Cyanotypes on, I've had a little go on them but the jury is still out. I'm thinking this paper might be good for doing little tealight boxes but I'll have to figure out if they can be easily made. For the summer I'm thinking of ways to sell my art, cards, magnets and anything else I can make. I did make an Etsy shop but last month I was a victim of a scam and long story short, I deleted my account with Etsy. I just don't trust a company that lets scammers in. We have a roadtrip planned to Alberta in August, we are having our family's golf tournament there this year to celebrate the 25th Year. We're looking forward to seeing everyone in Alberta! Well, that's about it for this first blog of 2024! Happy Spring Solstice .... tomorrow! It's that time of year, busy with commissions (meh, not so much) busy getting Calendars organized and Christmas card ordered... YUP! I already have my first order of calendars sent in and apparently they are already on their way back to me! Yay for Vistaprint for such a quick turn around. I'll post a pick of the haul once I get it. I also ordered calendars for shipping direct to my customer... so yeah we'll see how that goes. I have one more commission to do but at the time of writing this it is NFL Sunday and Grey Cup to boot! So it's a little hard for me to focus when the tv is on, but I love being in the same space as my husband and if that means I don't do art when he's home so be it!
The Christmas season is coming fast, seems earlier every year and it makes me anxious as I think I'm a keeping up with the Jones's kind of gal... but alas, I will collect all my marbles and organize them to calm the anxious feelings. I do this by making lists! Yes LISTS! It does me good to see that I accomplish things in order. My first one is my calendar list... who wants what and making fancy envelopes for them, and figuring out deliveries. Next is my Santa list, no not for me but my Santa Giving List. I have a little less stress with this as most of my gifts are handmade items or ordered items that I've had a part in making. But, this can wait until I come back from a quick trip to Alberta that I'm tagging along with my MOM and SISTER... Just one more hug for my boys this year. Alrighty peeps, I hope you all have a lovely Christmas holiday season and I'd be happy if you check back in in the new year!! Summer fun times are over, we've had numerous trips this year and now we'll be settling in for hopefully a rainy fall. The island is dry and our yard is parched, hopefully our plants will recover over the winter.
Art is happening! I've accomplished a number of commissions this year, all with great success! My summer was also filled with my Cyantype art, but alas with less sunlight at this time of year I put the chemicals away and concentrate on doing a few pieces of art I can use for my yearly calendar. What will my Mom do without her Christmas calendar? The family will be getting all their birthday cards late or not at all...lol. I have entered the FCA Arrowsmith Chapter's Fall art show, but at this point I'm waiting to see if I will be juried in with two pieces. I thought it might help my odds if I put two in for jurying... If I get juried in I'll post the image(s) and results. I would like to also say, as far as commissions... please if you would like a commission for Christmas, request sooner than later and please have good detailed images. |
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