Newsletter 42 - November 2009

[ArtMind]

Hello all,

After I posted a picture of my Babette blanket in my blog with the
question if people had thoughts on the border color, I did not expect
such large response.
Funny thing is too that lots of answers are different so I still had a
hard time deciding which color to use. I have decided now but I can’t
finish off the blanket because the shop did not have the yarn in
stock.
So I finished another project which I will show on satuday – make sure
to check it out, it’s fun!

I managed to fill up the kiln and fire it over the weekend which meant
that my week started with unloading the kiln. Oh joy, all came out OK:
samples, secret squirrel gifts, buttons & new sculptures. What a good
start of the week. I knew I would be busy sanding and photographing
the new ‘Oh Deer’- line before I could list them on Etsy.
It was so much fun working on these – I think I was smiling all the
time!
And more fun is that I got so much sweet comments on them too. I’m so
glad that my work makes people smile.
I still have some other holiday goodies waiting to be listed but it
needs a porcelain firing first. I realise I need to do it quick
otherwise it will be too late to list on Etsy.
I hope to get it done this weekend.

Last sunday I made and posted a fun ‘how to make recycled bags’-
tutorial in my blog. Perfect little bags to use for fairs & markets.
Check it out if you have a chance.
http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-make-recycled-bags.html

In case you want to see the sample tiles I fired a few weeks ago, I
have put ‘em on my wall in my studio now. Such a colourful sight! Love
‘em!
http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-creative-space_12.html

On wednesday, I have been busy retrieving old images from my recycle
bin on my laptop. A publisher from HongKong wanted to use some images
from me to publish in a book. Well, some was quite a lot: 28 images.
The stupid thing is that as soon as I have edited the pictures, I
throw the RAW files away as they take up too much memory. But they
needed the RAW files. *sigh* Oh well, I did manage to find and send
most of it so I hope that some of them will be used.

Yesterday I wrapped up the secret squirrel gifts. They will be flying
off to Norway, Turkey and Australia & I hope they will be loved.
I also got an invitation to take part in an art exchange. I have so
much work right now that I should have said no but I could not resist
so I decided to do it.
Should be fun though & I’ll be blogging about it to keep you updated.

And don’t miss out on this weeks Secret project post, it might set you
on the right track guessing who my partner is…
http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/2009/11/secret-project-work-in-progress_11.html

Have you ever read the Secret Santa posts I make in my blog? They are
for giggles, so if you need some of those, hop over here:
http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/2009/11/secret-santa-wants-to-know_13.html

Hope you are all in good spirits and enjoying life!
Happy weekend to you all!
Love,
Mitsy