Shop Update & Heart-Love!

Phew! I've been running around town trying to grab more stickers for you guys...and I finally did today! Whoohooo!! 

The sticker sets are back up, along with a new, big gel print set! And while chatting with a friend today on Skype, I discovered that y'all think these are those flat Avery labels, huh?

NOPE! They're glossy and thick and just look AWESOME! I really love them, and have them all in my journal and on my laptop...I'm sure my iPad case will be covered soon, too! 

I also found some journals I'd made in the spring during my first run as a bookbinding teacher here in Tempe...both are made with awesome Strathmore mixed-media paper, and are 6"x9". I made the covers all pretty with my gel plate, some Catalyst wedges, and my new feather stencils (that I will be sharing soon, promise!)! They look so awesome, I'm tempted to keep them....but I'll just let them pile up, and why not share them instead?

I also made some postcards! EEEE! One set is gel prints, the other, pages from my most recent journal (I just can't let it go!). These prints look amazing in person! And they're not too expensive! So if you've wanted some of my art but don't have a lot of extra money to spend, then here you go! There are only 5 sets (that I cut down all by hand last night!), so grab 'em fast! 

Check out this full moon!

I have affirmations to concentrate on during this gorgeous moon. Things I hope happen next year. I realized that all the stuff I've been sharing on Etsy isn't reactive as I've been - that is, whenever my bank account would get low, I'd scramble and put stuff up online in hopes of making enough to pay for meds. I've been like that for the past few years, and it's a stressful, disappointing way to live (you can't help but compare yourself to what others can sell/fill/have sign up for classes). 

Now that I'm teaching successful, fulfilling classes here in the city (and at my first retreat in a week!), I find that I don't need to run here for engagement and feedback, which makes everything....*content sigh* It just makes interactions so much nicer and looser. 

All that I'm doing online is now coming from a place of wholeheartedness, of wanting to share because I want to share. I know the path from a possible diagnosis or illness to being thankful and happy can be long, scary, and full of unseen dangers, and I want to be a guide. I want to come take your hands and show you the safe places to step. I want to share my creative process and continue to prove that you don't need a fancy education or art classes to create beautiful art! 

Next year, I won't be doing as much online, but the stuff I am offering, well...it's coming from deep within my heart. I'm really excited, and just love being able to put stuff up and walk away to go play!

(I'm working on embroidery right now...I tend to work in cycles like that!)

Don't forget this week's coupon code: Enter happyweek2012 at checkout!

Cyber Monday WEEK!

Originally, I wasn't going to do anything special for the holiday season - my Etsy shop hasn't had a sale in two months, and I had lost faith that people even wanted to purchase anything from me! - but then I started reading Daring Greatly by the amazing Brené Brown, and realized that it doesn't matter what others are thinking, or how they're engaging or disengaging...what matters is that I'm down there in the arena, fighting the good fight, doing what I believe and what is fun -- that is what matters. 

I can't grow a tribe by lamenting over the quiet. I need to keep making noise. And I'm not alone in feeling this way.

(For example, this week, I'm adding feather stencils, a few artist's papers, & a new weekly discussion to The Studio. Even if no one sees it all, I'm making noise, drumming the drum, making the music. And soon, people will hear it and come looking, curious.)

So then, I figured, why not roll out all those things I've dreamed of sharing, of making? Why not make them anyway? Why live with the regret of not doing those things? 

Today, I'm rolling out the first day of thanks: a 20% discount across my digital and Etsy shops, and the new art sticker sets!

My most recent journal was a love-letter. I adore it. And I want to keep hold of those favorite images with these stickers, as well as my favorite paintings in the smaller set. I remember coming across these blank sets at Jo-Ann's with Carissa while in Florida, and how we both squeed with delight, quickly discussing ideas. And now, I've finally made them! I've already started putting them on everything and know I'll be making more! 

Now, would you like 20% off anything I'm selling? Enter happyweek2012 at checkout!

I'll be adding gelli print postcard sets tomorrow, ORIGINAL art, as well as a few new painting and journal page prints later this week. And Thursday, I'll be announcing my classes and year-long projects over at The Studio - with local and national events and video projects taking up much of my time next year, I'm only doing a few things online...but they're grand, helpful, deeper-than-just-tutorial bits that will get you creating, sharing, and seeking authenticity not only in your art, but in a larger Creative Life.

(Have you wondered about the Creative Warrior bit in my header? Because you, too, will soon become one! And with opportunities for YOU to start making money off your art, hearts, and ideas!)

I'll only be running these specials this week, so if you're ready to go further, or grab some of my artwork, this is the week to do it!