If you're an artist trying to sell on Etsy, or elsewhere, life can be busy. Not only do you have to make your art and do it well, but you have to photograph it, manage your on-line store and write about your art. Not all of us are good at everything. Maybe you can paint, but not write. Maybe you can write but don't know your F stop from your shutter speed. Even if you are multi-talented, it's great to get some get a helpful critique. That's why I was thrilled when Joanna from At A Glance Graphics picked one of my listings for her re-write project. She does an amazing job! I highly recommend her if you want to improve your descriptions. Be sure to visit her blog and take a look at her great ideas!
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She got more treats when she wore the blue ribbon. It's time again for the great POD challenge! Do you remember? It's been afew months since I've done one. This is the blog challenge where Lisa gives me "something" related to the theme and I give her "something" and then we each have to create a collage with what we are given. Lisa gave me the four little dogs that you see above. I don't know if I am rusty, or perhaps unused to Victorian dogs, but I had much trouble with these dogs! They look simple enough, but these dogs had minds of their own. When I was young, one of my favorite toys was a set of 24 little plastic dogs. Each one was a different breed and they all came in little boxes. So my first collage attempt was to put these little dogs into bright little boxes. I may be going crazy, but I swear, they did not like it. Now normally, when I have to collage something, I think to myself, "What does this want?"... meaning...does it want contrast, texture, lines, highlights etc. When my first collage didn't turn out, I asked the little dogs what they wanted. Of course, they said they wanted their masters! I eventually found four masters, or rather mistresses for them. All kinds of stories about them and their mistresses popped into my head. However, I'm not writing a novel here. After completeing two collages I also figured I didn't really need to do a set of four. The other two little dogs will just have to wait for another day. "Old-Fashioned" is a word that has so many possibilities that I didn't know where to start. However, once I got the cocktail idea in my head, I couldn't think of anything else.
I like the idea of cocktails more than I like drinking them. They make me think of the old Thin Man movies of the 1930's. I'd like to do a whole series of cocktail ACEOs. |
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