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Newsletter 8 - ArtMind - February 2010

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Feb 26, 2010, 2:41:19 AM2/26/10
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Hello all,

Can’t believe how fast the weeks pass and I seem to have too little
time to get it all done. In about a week and a half, I have a fair
and I still need to stock up with bits and pieces. Not even to think
about all the mini-art that still needs sanding. I made many over the
past months and left them in boxes so that I could sand them outside
in the sun. But of course, the sun is nowhere to be found so I suppose
I’ll put my coat on and go sit outside with a cup of hot tea and do
the job sometime next week.

Last saturday was spend with two of my Etsy friends: Kim from
ViltalaKim and Mariana from Florcita. We spend the day chatting,
eating cake, felting, drinking coffee, eat some more and in the
evening we went to a Pecha-Kucha evening together. Read all about what
it is here: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/ It was fun to spend some time
away from the studio – it made me feel less like a hermit too! J

I had hoped that I had the kiln firing but I was still half empty on
sunday so I got back to the studio to finish up some more work. Did
the same on monday and fired it late at night. Sometimes I wish I had
bought a smaller kiln ‘cause this is making me work really hard.

Tuesday we had a massive cleaning day at home. Felt good to have
everything shine & smell clean again. I love it when I can then sit
back and relax with a nice cup of tea. I also sewed some more tokens
for my greeting cards. When that’s done, I have a nice selection of
Dutch and English cards in stock so that will be easy for a while.

I emptied the kiln on wednesday. It was filled with bunnies, feelings,
buttons & some dishes. I did sand the bunnies right away since I
wanted to put them in my shop. Too bad I’m such a bunny butcher…
http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/2010/02/bunny-butcher.html
So many people wanted to ‘fix’ the little guy that I’ve decided that
I’ll put him up in my shop at shipping cost today. At a random time so
that everyone that is interested has a chance to grab him. Check out
the new bunny section in my shop if you want to see the other bunnies:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtMind?section_id=6828879

One of my customers let me know that the display boxes I have in my
mini-art-feeling listings, are not available in IKEA anymore. Thank
you, Ikea. That means that I’ll have to change 99 listings with
description and picture.
Bweurk! It is a good time too to change my packaging a bit. After a
year of lime green boxes, I’ll change to kraft color boxes with a lime
ribbon. I’ll concentrate on that after the fair. Not looking forward
to it.

And I’ve decided to take part in the merry go round which I was
invited to.
Have a look what it is about here: http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/2010/02/merry-go-round.html

Happy weekend to you all!
Love,
Mitsy

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