tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33108168526403070962024-03-12T23:10:18.681-04:00the studio at lillehus art+design+craftBits of this and that about my teensy little creative design studio on the third floor of our lovely 1831 brick townhome, my studio work and process, my home, my family, and all the things I think of as I go about my day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-85538916792931739892012-05-14T10:19:00.000-04:002012-05-14T10:21:26.293-04:00Come play!I put my Etsy shop LILLEHUS on vacation while I rethink what I want to do with it, and I've started posting on my other blog<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"> <a href="http://karenanneglick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">(http://karenanneglick.blogspot.com).</a></span><br />
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I hope you'll come join me over there - I'd love to have you see what I've been up to!<br />
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Cheers,<br />
Karen AnneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-65416806916050919582012-03-08T21:28:00.002-05:002012-03-08T21:39:52.009-05:00Something new...I've been wanting to try drawing on china and the other day, when I was in Michaels, I found one of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pebeo-Porcelaine-China-Marker-Anthracite/dp/B00266MNGK" target="_blank">Porcelaine 150 pens</a>, so I got it and tried it out on an old white china dinner plate I had gotten at a garage sale. After you draw on the china you let it dry for 24 hours and then put it in a 300 degree oven for 30 minutes to make it dishwasher proof. Easy-peasy, huh?<br />
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Oh what fun! The pens come in colors, too - and in different point sizes. (I used the fine point on this plate.)<br />
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I think I'm heading back to the store tomorrow to get a few more. I've go more of the garage-sale china to practice on. I predict the day will zip by and none of the cleaning I had planned will get done.<br />
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So be it - I got creatin' to do! (P.S. If you'd like to, check out the small art quilts I've been making everyday in a new practice I started this week. They're over on my other blog <a href="http://www.karenanneglick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">here</span> </a>and for sale <a href="http://www.karenanneglick.etsy.com/" style="color: #e69138;" target="_blank">here</a>!)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-56308765098850980972012-03-01T20:08:00.004-05:002012-03-02T08:29:59.958-05:00Leftovers...Have scraps leftover from making a purse out of a sweater? Great! Make a flower! As in:<br />
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I'm having such fun experimenting!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-2205571801122642932012-02-28T22:13:00.002-05:002012-02-28T22:18:53.464-05:00Another little purse...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I used another striped sweater, but this time I cut it up and pieced it - and inserted an orange/yellow striped upholstery fabric from my stash. The off-white fabric is from remnants of the slipcovers I made for the living room sofas, and the button is a great ceramic one I found somewhere and hand on hand. The lining is just from a fat quarter I had on the shelf, but I like the color and pattern with the stripes.<br />
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It's cute, but I like the one I made yesterday better. This one is a bit fussy and I don't think the results are worth the extra time it took. The simplicity of yesterday's is just much more appealing. So tomorrow I'll make another and see if I can settle on a design and then maybe make some for the shop. Now to figure out price...<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-66154721294501735942012-02-27T16:16:00.001-05:002012-02-27T16:24:58.762-05:00What I did today...I'm still fighting a nasty cold, but I managed to make a little wristlet bag that I'm pleased with:<br />
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I made it without a pattern because it's more fun that way! Materials include a recycled striped cotton sweater that I fused with a lightweight knit stabilizer before cutting, a washed heavyweight linen that was in my stash, and, for the lining, a recycled striped linen shirt. All the recycled parts came from my favorite Salvation Army - love them!<br />
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I'm still working out some kinks, so this isn't something for the shop, but eventually something similar might get listed. (The colors in the bag are accurate, but the backgrounds sure came out blue today - better go check my camera settings!)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-46719189645349097212012-02-24T14:17:00.002-05:002012-02-24T14:25:05.067-05:00What I look like...You'd think I'd dress like this to further my "branding" of Lille Hus, huh?<br />
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Well sometimes I do. Just ask my friends and family who are often perplexed, amused, or really horrified by my choices. I take full advantage of be a Creative Type.<br />
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But this isn't me. This is <a href="http://www.hel-looks.com/20120210_01/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Karoliina</span>,</a> 34, as featured on one of my favorite sites, <a href="http://www.hel-looks.com/" style="color: #a64d79;" target="_blank">Hel Looks</a> that shows snaps of folks dressed for the day in Helsinki, Finland. It's a great site for inspiration. So many wear second hand items that they get for free. And a lot wear things that belonged to their mom or grandmother. I love that!<br />
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If I never need an employee, I'll call Karolinna. She'll fit right in around here.<br />
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You can check out her "before" right below this post - in yesterday's post. Better, yes?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-66253326007597209862012-02-19T14:47:00.001-05:002012-02-19T14:48:36.674-05:00More chickies...I'm having fun coming up with new designs and reworking some older ones. Here's the newest - a little Spring Chicken all decked out for the season:<br />
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I might give a try at making this little chicken in fabric - she just wants to come to life! And the flower, too.Or maybe both as little sculptures in polymer clay? Hmmmm!<br />
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But first I gotta conquer the blasted light box challenge. I tried turning my IKEA Lack table on it's side and draping fabric over the legs and it would be super for earring-sized things, but it's just not big enough for my needs. Doing the same thing with a card table as described<span style="color: magenta;"> </span><a href="http://farragio.blogspot.com/2012/02/worlds-easiest-light-tent.html%20" style="color: magenta;" target="_blank">here </a>is a bit too big. So...I found part of a white plastic bookcase (the base and one shelf) that might just do it. Fingers crossed!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-69206067240923570252012-02-16T20:27:00.003-05:002012-02-16T21:17:52.728-05:00Getting Hoppity...Spring is coming. That means I need to be thinking NOW about designing a few cards that would be appropriate for the season. Did two today (I watermarked them):<br />
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But that's the name of the next show at the <a href="http://www.carlislearts.org/" target="_blank">Carlisle Arts Learning Center</a>: The Blues. The opening is next Friday, the 17th, which also happens to be my sweet husband's birthday!<br />
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I submitted a photograph of a big fish that I had taken with my Instamatic camera (!) when we lived in Hawaii years ago. I scanned the photo and then digitally adjusted the color, intensifying the blue. Then I added a bright red horizontal line and two lines of red dots - one going up, the other down. The red really jumps on the blue.<br />
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The large mat has an offset opening. I like how it emphasizes the smallness of the "pond" the poor fish is trapped in.<br />
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A self portrait if there ever was one! Me: waiting for a sale from someone I don't know.<br />
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It <i>will </i>happen. All in good time. Until then I'll be sitting here...tapping my toes. La-dee-dah, la-dee-dah.<br />
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Such a relief to have a clearer idea of what I want the shop to look like! Take a peek <a href="http://www.lillehus.etsy.com/" style="color: #c27ba0;" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> - doesn't it look nice?<br />
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I started adding a few vintage items. Good photos with white backgrounds are tying things together and making the whole look cohesive. Crisp. Fresh. Contemporary. (My new mantra, remember?) Even the vintage things look fresh. I like the mix of products so far. Now to figure out how to make new goodies I want to bring in look like they belong...<br />
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In between all the other things I've been doing, I did some experimenting with materials yesterday, trying to find something that will suit what I have in mind. These photos give you an inkling of what I'm doing, but aren't finished pieces - just experiments:<br />
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Experimenting with materials - particularly ones that are usually used in some pretty mundane crafts like these materials are - is one of my favorite things to do. My goal is to use them in a way that the finished item has a certain quiet sophistication to it.<br />
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The workmen that have been installing the new a/c on the second and third floors of our home (read: my studio) should be finished on Monday. I'm looking forward to being able to be in the studio full time again! But, boy, will it ever be nice to be cool up there come summer; it will be worth this temporary disruption.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-39548364899162031632012-02-07T13:07:00.000-05:002012-02-07T13:09:23.490-05:00NOOOOooooooooo!Geez. This figuring out the shop stuff ain't easy!<br />
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As I was running errands yesterday I just about had an anxiety attack when it hit me that, as much as I like the little quilt I made and showed you yesterday, it just wasn't right for the shop. Too cutesy. Too country. Too wrong.<br />
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I took it down this morning. I also took down all but one print because having things available as both prints and cards just looked too confusing. Waaaaaay too confusing.<br />
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So.<br />
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I left the cards and will be adding some new ones soon. I will add several new prints, too - but they will be available as prints only.<br />
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And I'll be adding some original work - some small collages to start and then some small drawings perhaps. Not a lot, but enough to give some choice.<br />
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I want the shop to look fresh, crisp, contemporary. I've been repeating those three words as I go about the day. Fresh, crisp, contemporary. Fresh, crisp, contemporary... <br />
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But enough fiddling with the shop today - I'm off to get a frame. Carlisle Arts Learning Center is having a show and I'm entering a piece and have to have it ready tomorrow.<br />
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Later alligator!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-21278722108329983042012-02-04T22:26:00.000-05:002012-02-04T23:32:49.363-05:00Fiddling around...How many ways can you waste time?<br />
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Waaaaaaaay too many.<br />
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I can get totally lost in Photoshop making layers and patterns and twists and turns.<br />
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At least I have something to show for it:<br />
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I don't know, I don't know...<br />
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Maybe what is supposed to be "the world" looks too much like something my sister's cats might cough up, you know?<br />
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Eh. Not my best. But I sure had a good time wasting most of a perfectly good Saturday! And maybe I'll take parts of it and do something I like more. I have a whopping big file of "parts" from this, believe me!<br />
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And, yes - I even watermarked this hummer - that's what the faint "lillehus" is on top of the image<br />
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So what did I miss while I was doing this, huh?<br />
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I have nary a clue...(but, shhh, don't tell: I don't even <i>care!</i>)<br />
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Here's a little landscape I did - time in nature seems to make <i>everything</i> slow down:</div>
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<i>Let go. Just let go of what you thought was real or important. Allow
what is truly real now to enter your space and your reality. Take time
for yourself…make it all be about yourself now and what you need to do
to rest, self-nurture, exhale, be in the moment, let go of
responsibilities, and just stay in your own sanctuary and bask. Find a
way to re-charge your battery, rejuvenate, and allow time for you. Say
no to commitments, gatherings, appointments and have-to’s as much as you
can.<br /><br />Allow yourself time for you, have a willingness to no
longer make anything happen, and you will find that everything will
simply happen on its own without you needing to be at the helm. Letting
go of what no longer feels good or right will allow the new to arrive
and place you in a very new space at the same time. TRUST.</i><br />
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I needed this reminder.<br />
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Funny how you find the things you need just when you need them, isn't it?<br />
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I was in just that relaxed place she writes about for the two months after I broke my foot, but it got away from me as soon as I was able to get around without my boot and crutches.<br />
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Life got a little crazy and tense when I decided to finally open Lille Hus. But I know I can have the shop open <i>and</i> do it in a way that still allows me to breathe and really enjoy the <u>process</u> and leave the <u>outcome</u>, well, <i>out</i> of all the rest of it. I simply need to remember that as I go about my day.<br />
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<i>This isn't a marathon. I'm not carving David.</i><br />
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I will dance with my creativity and enjoy each day. Simply. And with an open heart.<br />
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Que sera sera.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-46681512340701667162012-01-28T20:14:00.003-05:002012-01-28T20:19:00.986-05:00Yes. I'm weird.I don't think there are many other people who get the thrill I do out of putting their work into cellophane sleeves...I just love that part of having a shop!<br />
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I love putting the work in and making sure it's "just so" in its little package.<br />
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And I love turning it over and pulling off the tape and exposing the sticky stuff.<br />
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And I love c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y folding the end over and sealing the packet shut.<br />
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And I love turning it back over and putting a sweet little round Lille Hus sticker on the front.<br />
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And I love putting the black grosgrain ribbon around orders of multiples and then putting a sticker on <i>that</i>.<br />
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It just thrills me no end! <i>All </i>of it!<br />
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And tonight? (Be still my heart!!!) I get to print out a <i>mailing label</i>!!! <b>OMG!!!!</b><br />
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Yes. I'm weird.<br />
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Now, please, quit reading this and go buy something at <a href="http://www.lillehus.etsy.com/" style="color: #a64d79;" target="_blank">Lille Hus</a> so I can have some more fun putting things together to mail to you!<br />
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Thank you. (Very much.)<br />
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Today is the day Lille Hus opens and I'm a bit giddy! Here's what the shop looks like right now:</div>
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I figured 9 pm would be a great time to hit the "publish" button for all my listings, pop open the champagne, dance a jig, and then hit the hay and dream of waking to lots of orders! </div>
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It will be fun to see how this goes, but right now I really, truly, feel like any sales are just a bonus. I've gotten <i>so</i> much out of the whole process of getting to this point, you know? And, while I've done as much as I can to prepare, I'll feel better once I get the first orders sent since I can't test out the whole sale and send portion. I'm prepared to handle the glitches that might pop up, but hope there won't be<i> any</i>!</div>
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One thing that really excites me about having the shop is my intent to donate a portion of Lille Hus's
profits to KIVA <a href="http://www.kiva.org/" target="_blank">(www.kiva.org) </a>- a terrific organization
that provides micro loans to entrepreneurs around the world, helping them
realize their dreams. I got the go-ahead yesterday from KIVA headquarters to share that intent with my customers. I hope it will make them feel even better about their purchases - I know it will make me happy to give even more support to KIVA than I've been able to thus far.</div>
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I'll be spending my day doing a super-duper cleaning of my studio in anticipation of the opening. Even though no one can see it, it's important to me to have everything all organized and lovely; the perfect setting for the start of a new venture!</div>
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So...get <i>your</i> champagne ready, and join me at 9 tonight! (And get those fingers ready to hit the "Add to Cart" button! )</div>
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But I did! All by myself even!<br />
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Turns out it had to do with having to switch my browser to Explorer from Firefox to download some free software from the US Postal Service...software that really wouldn't have done much anyway, so I deleted it. Lordie, I can't even remember all I did - including holding my mouth in various ways and standing on my head multiple times - but whatever I did it finally <i>worked</i> because I'm <i>b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-c-k</i>!<br />
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I'm feeling a bit vulnerable with Skipperdee (my laptop) and opening the shop which is dependent on him working. And working a <i>lot</i>. Skipperdee is really getting up there in age and seems to be struggling a bit with all the demands I'm putting on him - even though I've had his RAM increased. Poor lil' guy. What am I going to do if he goes kapoot???<br />
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I've backed everything up on my external drive, but still...<br />
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Yikes. <br />
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Maybe the Good Fairy of Computers will visit me and leave me a 17" MacBook Pro. With Adobe Creative Suite installed.<br />
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Wouldn't that be lovely????<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-37728612577514135302012-01-23T23:02:00.002-05:002012-01-23T23:02:11.961-05:00Fun stuff...It's fun rediscovering work. Like this watercolor I did a while ago:<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-34005256701560413392012-01-18T19:16:00.001-05:002012-01-18T22:28:45.482-05:00Changes...I decided to take down my professional website, karenanneglick.com - so if you click there, or type in the URL, the site won't show up anymore.<br />
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Figured it was a good way to save some money as I set up the shop and figure out where I want to go from here.<br />
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Truth to tell, that gallery site was more about my ego than anything else, and it was created out of the insecurity I felt and a need to prove something. What? Who knows...and who cares? Not me. That's how much I've moved away from the Karen Anne who needed to have it.<br />
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So anyway, I guess I've come to a time and place in my life where I don't feel insecure anymore. And where I don't feel I have to prove anything to anyone. Ever again.<br />
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It feels really good to have made the decision to nix the site.<br />
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I feel free. Really, really free.<br />
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And that is a very, very nice way to feel!<br />
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P.S. I've been re-learning a lot about photography the past two days. I've also learned that at some point I need to make a light tent. But not right now or I'll <i>never </i>get the shop opened! <br />
Here's your sneak peek at Lille Hus:<br />
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Trying to complete all the details needed for opening Lille Hus is proving to be a bit of a challenge, but I'm nothing if not persistent. <br />
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It <b>will</b> happen.<br />
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I'm checking the blocks one by one but, most importantly, I'm listening to my little voice who has been telling me to take this a bit more slowly and to: GET SLEEP. (That would be the same little voice I ignored when she told me to take the black rug up - and so I ended
up not seeing Jake, tripping over him, and breaking my foot...THAT little
voice! She knows her stuff.)<br />
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The past few days I've walking around like a zombie from not sleeping well and it was definitely beginning to take its toll. I got a great 8 hours last night, though, and feel much the better for it. Getting things done right the <i>first</i> time 'round is much better than having to re-do it later like I've been having to do. All that stuff I did in the wee hours that I thought was perfect? Not so much...<br />
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Back to work. Have fun. Take a break when you need it.<br />
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Everything will get done in good time. Especially when you're having a good time doing it!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-30379396676427845062012-01-14T13:56:00.003-05:002012-01-17T11:33:08.735-05:00Coming soon to Lille Hus...<i>Three Vases </i>is one of the images that might be offered as a print and card when the shop opens (soon!):<br />
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I'm busy getting images formatted, photographing each item, determining prices, and coming up with descriptions, postage profiles, and - oh yes! - a Facebook page! You can check that out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lille-Hus/355379504488304?sk=wall" style="color: #741b47;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I'm still trying to decide if I want to keep it - it just seems, I don't know, maybe just a bit pushy to try and get people to "like" it. But it would allow me to easily let fans of the shop know when new things are in, and I could offer coupon codes periodically. What do you think? Any strong feelings one way or the other?<br />
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And I've decided (I think) to have all the cards open at the bottom rather than the side so they can more easily be displayed by whomever might want to. Both the cards and the prints will be initialed and dated in pencil. They <i>are</i> little works of art after all, right?<br />
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It's absolutely freeeeeezing in my neck of the woods this afternoon, so it's good to be able to stay inside and work. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13352624276369338211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310816852640307096.post-50504994603175451882012-01-12T00:13:00.002-05:002012-01-12T00:13:33.456-05:00Encouraging words...A big thank you to my friends and family for all the encouraging words about Lille Hus this week.<br />
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The universe seems to be supporting me, too, given my horoscope for today:<br />
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<i>You might feel unsure of yourself at first today, but once you overcome
your own hesitation you will be glad that you took the initiative. Don't
try to convince yourself that inaction is a better strategy than taking
a calculated risk, because you may miss out on a very meaningful
experience. Being practical is always a smart idea, but you could have
regrets later if you restrain from expressing yourself now.</i><br />
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So...guess I'd darn well better get back to the business at hand. I sure don't want to have any regrets!<br />
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See you later!<br />
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