flying under the radar

look what's new in my shop....Mixed Emotions V.

sorry I have been absent on the blog, again....there are puppy and sleepless night issues. He's spoiled you see, and totally adorable and impossible to be mad at.

anyway....enjoy a glimpse of book 5.

xxoo

Taking Nyquil during the Day

sorry for the no post yesterday....I'm sick, and groggy in the head and achy in the body.

I went back to "sleep" for most of the morning, and by sleep I mean covered up in every blanket in the house, space heater on full blast, and non stop shivering.

you see my problem was I took DayQuil and tried to sleep....so then a little later in the afternoon when I wanted to sleep again, well I took a NyQuil (just one) and was able to have one of those fabby coma naps.

anyway, that was how I spent yesterday. Asleep.

a giant part of me wants to go back to bed now as well....but then I remember that I need to make things in order to make money in order to do the fun things in life, like pay my bills, and eat.

so I am up, though admittedly I am not sure how long it will last, hopefully all day, there is lots to do.

Oh and before I forget, you loyal commenters will notice that I have finally moved to comment moderation, something I really did not want to do as I know when I comment on blogs I like to see it pop up right away (I'm like a child), anyway....I have moved to moderation of the comments for a couple reasons, one being I keep getting strange spy ware/virus links left as comments on my blog and I don;t want any of you to click on something by accident. My second reason is that I received yet another negative Anonymous comment on my blog....something I am sick to death of, seriously if you hate me or you think I am not funny, or if you have serious problems and cannot take an f-ing joke...then please I beg of you, stay the f away from my blog OR have the courage to say what you want with your real name and website....don't just be a coward.

ok...moving on. The other day I mentioned that I had book #3 out of the Mixed Emotions Series, the image today shows the cover!!

enough babble, sorry if it made no sense, I blame the fever, or the medicine, or something.

xoxoxo

another day

morning!

sorry for the lack of blog yesterday, I really intended on a celeb letter yesterday but then got caught uo with packaging and then most of the day was filled yet again with little doggy drama.

Scribble had to go in for shots yesterday so he was a mess when he came home, groggy and clingly...later in the day my bubs and I decided we should cut his nails while he was still out of it...yes he hates it but we figured we should do all the bad stuff in one day and get it over with.

Well while cutting his nails he freaked, lots of scared whimpering. It was hard to watch and my poor bubs who was cutting his nails was dealing with that and wrestling him into place. To keep him calm I gave him a special training treat that he likes to lick....so he was nervously licking and licking when all of a sudden....another tooth fell out.

The poor beast is falling apart.

so once all that was said and done he just wanted to cuddle and frankly so did I, I will be honest.

Oh and for the record....my blog will not just become "cute things my dog does" stories, well...sometimes it will but not always, I do have some self control so will try my hardest not to add funny text to my pictures of le pup.

photos today are some of my newer pieces listed yesterday in my etsy shop, today I will once again be working on some more art cards, you see I had them stocked up but seeing as people get an art card with every purchase of my book, they dwindled fast.

ok....and on book news, book #2 has already sold half it's print run, so that means there will only be 10 more printed of this volume, so those of you who might want it, let me know to hold one or snag it now. Book 3 is already put together and will be coming out soon too, I am stifling the urge to release it right away, I am always so excited about them that I can hardly keep it all in.

ok, now to work, to work.

hope you are all having a god day, it's going to be almost 45 here today...I can feel spring aching it's way back into my life.

xoxo

slowly

morning

well I am slowly returning to "normal", being the featured seller was a short but wild ride and I am still digging out from the massive amount of orders in a short period of time, I would be done but having the mean cheese this weekend ensures that very little work can get done, couple that with a horrible cold on my part....well sadly things have been miserable.

Shop news!

ok things in my shop that are "new", I do have lots of new originals that went up around the time of being featured seller, I also have some new reproduction prints, many of my reproductions that I already had are sold out, or close to being sold out, so if there were ones you wanted snatching them up now might be a good idea, as some of the designs are really close to vanishing.

Mixed Emotions volume I is completely sold out of it's limited run of 20 books, of you missed out on the book I am very sorry, though....Mixed Emotions volume II is currently available, and this one is just as beautiful, please feel free to send me a convo or email if you want to know which pieces are included I do have a thumbnail pic, I know other people like to be surprised so I did not want to post it here.

Supplies....I have gotten more vintage optical lenses and I still have some old keys and more old letters will be added soon, currently I am totally in love with anything with optical lenses AND keys, combine the two and I am in heaven.

ok, so how are all of you?? I will be honest and say that life after being the featured seller has had that day after Christmas feeling, there is a bittersweet relaxation to it being done, but that anticipation and rush of excitement are gone, and I would be a liar if I said I did not miss it, though now it's time to focus on feeling better and the puppy and my poor bubs who is also sick.

a conversation between me and my blog

me- so...how are you? I'm sorry I haven't been around much

blog- whatever, it's no big deal

me- no I really am sorry, I can tell your mad

blog- I'm not mad, I just feel like whatever we had...it's over

me- it's not over, I just have a lot going on right now

blog- and there's no room for me

me- I didn't say that, I'm here right now, right?

blog- out of guilt

me- not out of guilt, I missed you.

blog- really

me- yeah, of course I did

blog- I missed you too

me- things will get back to normal you'll see, it's just been a rough couple of weeks, the puppy was sick and things are busy at my shop, hey...I'm planning a big shop update, later today and tomorrow.

blog- really? that sounds cool, and you're letting me in on it first.

me- of course I am

blog- so we're good.

me- yeah, we're good.

****sorry, I am insane. In all seriousness, there are lots of cool things coming to my shop, including, new originals, new art cards, new prints, new collage blocks...and even...Mixed Emotions II, seeing as Mixed Emotions I is almost sold out. keep checking back over the next few days and you will see it all.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!!!

Good Morning!

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!!!

I know there are lots of Valentine Humbugs out there but you must forgive me, I love, love...so this is one of my favorite days.

I was not always like this remember I did survive a disaster of a first marriage so I too have had plenty of "I hate Valentine's Day" moments.

Now...it's not that keith and I are doing anything special, remember he works is a nice restaurant, where tonight they have over 400 reservations, so by the time he gets home he will be tired, but he will be home, with me...and that my dear friends is why Valentine's this year is wonderful!

Are you all doing anything romantic???

oh, before I forget...my book....I am very quickly running out of them as I decided to do only a print run of 20 on them to keep them rare and collectible.

I am on book 16 now, so if you are interested I would snatch them up.

ok sorry to post and dash but I hear a puppy barking like a lunatic downstairs AND I have some work to do today as well as a Valentine to make.

I also posted a new piece in my shop, that I just love, it is called "The Ghost on Nantucket Island"

so.................

SO yesterday, I think I cracked under the pressure...what pressure you may be asking....well, the pressure I put on myself.

you see....I blogged yesterday, twice in fact but as you can see now I deleted them both.

1st I blogged a celeb letter, it was hilarious and about Brooke Shields, and it of course led to a negative comment left by anonymous...which really once again was devastating to me, this being my blog and my forum.

If people do not like the letters or my blog I would hope they would stop reading instad of coming here and spewing negativity.

now because this "anonymous" won't ever give their name, I am not sure...is it the same person all the time, is it a group of people that just hate me.

now I would be lying if I said I did not care, I do...that is the problem, but I am trying to just get over it.

Now.....yesterday and all this week and last week I have been incredibly busy working on lots of projects, one being quite large and it took a lot out of me, more than I thought it could so I have been living without my "wall of protection" around me, I have been vulnerable...so when the comment happened I deleted.

Then I wrote a post apologizing for the letter....that met with a lot of response as well....(which I love by the way....you loyal readers are wonderful), the people that told me to never apologize and never stop just being me....and you know what you were the ones that were right, not anonymous....

so, then I deleted my apology.

SO there you have it. In case you were wondering if you were here and saw things that now are not here.

I should not have to apologize for things on my own blog, especially for jokes...jokes that are not hurting anyones feelings....and if you don't like it then maybe those people should spend their time writing mean letters to David Letterman, of Conan O'Brian, or John Stewart or any other countless comedian who uses satire as a way to make people laugh.

ok, moving on.......................how are all of you?? Good??

I have been overwhelmed by the response to my limited edition self published art book - Mixed Emotions . Thank you all....as it stands there are very few left of this book coming in, so if you are thinking you NEED to have one, then you should snag one now.

Though....if you miss out don't despair there will be another book coming sometime, again it will be limited edition and again all books will be ever so slightly different and come numbered.

also be on the lookout there will be more Moleskine sketchbooks coming too.....starting today and tomorrow there will be another batch, the last ones went pretty quickly.

ok now I must do the million things I have to do today and with any luck I just might be able to get some creative time in tomorrow.

xoxo
jenn

lots and lots

good morning~~

I have been a bad blogger and blog friend again, you see all the times that I would be in bloglandia, I now find myself with the pup, mister Scribble Gerard (Gerard is said with a thick French accent...my bubs hates it).

The pup is doing well, most of the time....he did have a trying day yesterday when he got so excited to see me, and when I say me, I mean the dog food I was holding, he started to hop on his back legs, like a circus bear...he hopped and hopped and then he fell backwards into his water dish knocking it over and covering him and the floor with a giant splash of water...the poor funny face just shivered and whimpered. I of course panicked and scooped him into my arms and immediately dashed for a cozy towel to blanket him in before he got too cold.

:(

So anyway this weekend apart from dog playing I also hit a huge milestone and got to click off something (sort of) from my New Year's list.

first, I hit 2000 sales in my shop, which is seriously hard to believe on every level, I know I need to thank so many of you for helping me get to this point, I think of all my wonderful buyers and friends everyday and how lucky I am that whatever I am doing is speaking to some of you.

Second I spent a ton of time this weekend working on a book...yes a book of my art.

Now, one of my resolutions this year was to self publish a book of my poetry and art, and this...well this is a step in the right direction.

This book will be just art, no poetry yet.

I am really excited, the pictures today show the cover and a hint of the interior.

now the book will measure 7x7 inches and will be in full color, pages are full bleed with the photos. The books will be VERY limited and will all come signed and numbered, and with an original aceo...tucked in the pages somewhere as a surprise....hey you can even use it as a book mark.

anyway, the books themselves will arrive in about 2 weeks, a little less if I am lucky. I am hoping too that i will be able to get a series of these books.

The book itself it titled "Mixed Emotions" and it will be available in my shop for "Pre Orders" starting today at 9:00am EST.

ok that is all for now, my brain is a little fuzzy as my bubs and I went for dinner and drinks last night and it's been a while since I drank a couple glasses of wine.

xoxoxo