Print Sale in my CMZ Art Shop

I have put a sale

on all of my prints

now listed in my

CMZ Art Shop.

These are some of my

favorite tree/nature pieces

of ALL time

and my shop has been filled

to it's current capacity!

Christmas Give Away at Greenpixey

Greenpixey

is having a

Christmas Giveaway drawing

for these very sweet...

not to mention..

CUTE..

little amigurumis

over on her

blog.

Just click on this link

and visit her site...

she gives very thorough instructions

in her post.

According to Greenpixey...

"Amigurumi is the japanese art

of making small stuffed crocheted or knitted figures. "

Curled up "with" Chef Novelli

I had a wonderful...but long...Thanksgiving week-end..

and even though I am now a little

behind in shipping

and getting things all caught up...

I needed to

'curl up with' a little

Chef Academy

and Chef Novelli...

I'm really liking that show.

Patrick caught the last one with me...

now he is watching them with me..

it's a fun show to watch with someone else.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Last Art Show of the Season

It has been a little 'difficult' on my body...

getting back into the arts and crafts shows.

My dear husband MUST have done most of the physical

work...setting up and tearing down...

all those years we did the shows together.

We started doing shows in the early eighties...

and

I hadn't done a show since 2004...so I had quite forgotten

the late hours doing 'finishing' work

the night before the show...the long hours of

'set-up'...getting our space

JUST right...

the VERY early hours (for me)

on show days..

but..in spite of it all...I am really enjoying it!

I love 'mixing' with the other artisans...

giving and receiving helpful tips and sound advice...

(we got SOOOO many comments from the other artisans...

saying we REALLY need to get into some Omaha shows...

we'll see.)

Here are 10 Things we have learned from the shows...

1. Try to have EVERYTHING ready a day or two before set-up.

2. Get to bed early, the night before the show...it is important

to be 'alert' enough to interact with others.

3. Don't judge the results of each show...just on show sales.

(We have sold a number of original paintings...as well as

commissioned paintings...through our Etsy Shops...

from folks taking our business cards at the show.)

4. Be 'open' to what others have to tell you...most of the time

they are just trying to help.

5. Don't get too excited when folks whip out their camera (or phone) to

take pictures of your 'stuff'...especially when they think you're not looking...

it's going to happen!

6. Have 'something for everyone'...at least in every price range..

not everyone brings hundreds...or even twenties..of dollars

to a show. Sometimes they've just come to 'look'...

and they're pleasantly surprised to come upon your space

and see how beautiful your 'stuff' is.

7. Be real! (This is important on sooo many levels.)

8. Share your experience with the

other artisans. If you think their 'stuff' is great

and would benefit from a larger audience..give them the benefit

of your own exposure.

9. Expect to do well...and bring a positive attitude.

10. Build a local following...and spread out from there.

So...we have just ONE more show

in 2009...

December 5th and 6th.

I look for it to be a

really GREAT show!

To all of the folks who have visited our booth

at the State Fair

and

all of the shows at the Event Center...

thank you!

We hope you have a wonderful

Holiday Season!

CMZ Art....What's New?

I have been asked by several

collectors

if I am going to reopen my

CMZ Art Etsy Shop.

Sadly...I am not.

Perhaps it was the turn of economy,

but I couldn't maintain both shops and Iopted

to keep the Rustic Goth Shop,

since it was doing better.

I still do business as CMZ Art

though...on Zibbet.

Presently I only have prints available

there, however....

I will be posting original tree paintings,

poppy paintings

and other 'nature-inspired' paintings

in my CMZ Art Zibbet Shop

as early as next week.

We only have one

art show left to do this year...

(getting ready for the shows have taken most

of my time the past few months)

and since I do like to keep myself busy,

I will be doing some original

paintings especially for CMZ Art.

I have a new Show to add to my Favorites!

I do like my "reality" TV....for the most part...

they are 'no-brainer' forms of entertainment.

I ran acrossed a new program

on

Bravo...called

"Chef Academy".

I find Chef Novelli to be quite

entertaining and somewhat charming.

He seems to love 'Columbo'...remember

the detective show with Peter Falk as Colombo...

Since I spend as much time alone as I do..

I do like to have some program or other running

for background noise if no other reason...

that's what I thought this program might end up being.

Who knew I would end up liking it so much...from the very first episode!!