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Do WHat You Love

There are a lot of changes coming in my future…stay tuned as I alter, adapt, adjust, amend, change, commute, convert, cook, cook, correct mid-course, denature, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, make over, metamorphose, modify, mold, mutate, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renew, renovate, repurpose, reshape, revamp, revise, revolutionize, shift, shift [...]

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I just returned from a thrilling photographic adventure through the wine country and high desert of southern California.I was visiting my son who lives northwest of San Diego. You know I have been taking photographic staycations and short day trips to save money and gas of late. I did the same while in California.
Creative inspiration [...]

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Clear your calendar for Sept. 15-17 2011
Artist/Bloggers simply CANNOT miss

This year’s event will be filled with FABULOUS Keynote speakers, creative classes, hands on workshops, INSIGHTFUL panels, shopping at the WONDERFUL TCC Market Place and AMAZING event meals.

Plus, this year they are offering four different tracks….
BlogHer Handmade
Vogue Knitting
MaryJanesFarm
and
TCC Handmade
 
BlogHer is  partnering with The Creative Connection to [...]

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It’s DIY (Do It Yourself) Project time again!!! I decided to spruce up, refresh…okay totally makeover my in-home art studio…and make over I did…this is the story of how drab beige walls (there when I moved in trust me) were transformed into a riot of color…here is the result:
here is a virtual studio tour of [...]

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Why All Artist-Bloggers Should Use Twitter
Are you using Twitter?
From Facebook to Twitter to Flickr, social media is taking hot, hot, hot!!! As a blogger, you should already know this! If your blog is your primary social media platform, should you use other social media resources?
That a BIGGGG YES!!!
At the very least you should be using [...]

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July 8, 2011

Dream Doer Judi Hurwitt

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

Mixed-media textile artist, Judi Hurwitt, will be on Artistically Speaking Talk Show this Sunday 6:30 PM east/3:30 PM west.
Judi is a dream doer living and working near Houston, TX. She specializes in developing rich textures and colors with paint, paper and entirely hand-made tools.
I never use commercial stamps, paper, etc, only my own.
Judi Hurwitt’s Art

 
 
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July 5, 2011

Monday Marketing Minute #47…Sell Art on FaceBook

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by Rebecca E. Parsons

Caren Goodrich sells art on FaceBook often. She has a unique way to accomplish that feat…she posts purchasing information in each photo caption like most of us do. Plus she  instructs potential buyers to be the first one to leave a “SOLD” comment below the painting to purchase it.
Simple idea that works = good marketing!!!
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Listen to the Still, Small Voice

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From time to time you hear the persistent whisper of a still, small voice. It asks you to respond, sometimes before you fully understand what it is calling you to do.

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Dream Doer Cheryl Malkowski on Artistically Speaking Talk Show

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Cheryl Malkowski will be the guest to Artistically Speaking Talk Show with Rebecca E. Parsons Sunday May 22, 2011 at 6:30PM east/3:30PM west.
Cheryl has been quilting since 1993 and began designing quilts for publication in 1998.She has her own pattern company, cheryl rose creations. Her first book with C&T Publishing came out in 2005, and [...]

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An Artist Arising from the Uncertainties

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A Page from My Journal:
Around the bend, in the unseen…arising from the very uncertainties that may now seem to taunt you, there are some amazing surprises, awesome twists, and spellbinding coincidences about to emerge that you can’t even now imagine. ~Note from the Universe (Tut.com)
As an artist I often find myself in a struggle with [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #36 Twitter Demystified Series

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This is Part 2 in a series of 10 MM Minutes about Demystifying Twitter.
A strong brand is invaluable to artists. Twitter is one of the quickest ways to build brand recognition for you and your art business. A strong and recognizable creative brand is invaluable to an artist and serves to communicate credibility [...]

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My Flutterby Illustration in New Patti Digh Book

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It’s official…I am a published illustrator! One of my artowrks (Flutterby #1) was chosen to illustrate the poem “Find the Beauty” in best-selling author Patti Digh’s new book, what I wish for you – simple wisdom for a happy life. If I were any better, they would stick me in the gumbo!!!

Find the Beauty
Find the [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #33 Art Marketing

“If you don’t have a website you are invisible. Not just hard to contact, invisible.” Lori McNee, Artist and one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter
For any artist a website is a must…a blog is even better.
Social media is already changing the rules of the marketplace and the way we do business [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #32 Build Your Brand

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Social Media is the quickest way to build brand recognition for you and your art business in today’s world.

“Americans are eager to deepen their brand relationships through social media,” said Mike Hollywood, director of new media at Cone. “It isn’t an intrusion into their lives, but rather a welcome channel for discussion.”
Being [...]

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