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Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-32126520751706875702013-09-04T22:58:00.000-07:002013-09-04T22:58:25.749-07:00Disappointed bears and sad pandas.This morning I got up, made some coffee, read my email, checked my sites, and then settled down for a good browse through the Idea book.<br />
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I've mentioned the idea book a few times, and it's not just some nebulous cloud of post its or a sketch book I got on sale that turned out to have crappy paper and reason for its' clearance sticker. Nor is it a text file (although I do have a back up on my google drive that I can access to add things to when I find myself with phone but without book)<br />
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It's an actual book<br />
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The name comes from what I used to say to myself before I started keeping Idea Books, I'd come up with these great ideas and forget to make a note of them and then later, I could not recall what it was. So I started saying to myself and anyone else in ear shot, "I should write this stuff down". Naming the book that had the effect of me saying:<div>
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"I should write this stuff down... Oh! Wait! I have a book here called just that! This would be an excellent place to do just that!"</div>
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So basically I have this, or the text file on my phone, with me at all times.</div>
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So every once in a while I'll have a morning when I sit down to work, where nothing pops into my head. Occasionally I will have a really good morning where I wake up dreaming a good idea and I get right to work on that, but most mornings, once the coffee saturates the grey matter, and breakfast hits my stomach, something interesting will pop into my head.</div>
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Sometimes, when nothing occurs to me, I'll spend the day doing promotion work, tending shops, refining listings, or listing things that have backed up.</div>
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Other times, I will declare it a day off. I've gotten much better at forcing myself to take a day off (well, off-ish). </div>
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But usually this will prompt a stroll through the Idea Book.</div>
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Now, when I write these things down I try to be a little more exact about things, I try to avoid writing things like </div>
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"HATS! And also a moose!" Which I might look at weeks, or even months later and wonder what the hell I was thinking.</div>
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So there's a lot of detail, sometimes quick little sketches.</div>
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It's not the neatest little ordered list of things either. It's pages of ideas scrawled out, sketches here and there, random lists of items for set work.</div>
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When I browse through it, it's with pencil in hand, and I cross out things I did since the last time, make added notes, and new ideas if I see anything that spurs a new tangent.</div>
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This morning I came across a note under the lists of animals I want to make sets of illustrations for that just said "Bears!!"</div>
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So I set out looking at some bears pictures for anatomy pointers, and started sketching out some things.</div>
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I got a shape, and a pose I liked worked out, and sketched it onto a piece of watercolor paper that I'd taped down. I got as far as the ink outline...</div>
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And I HATED it. I mean once the ink was down I was screwed obviously, there wasn't much I could do about it. I don't have any liquid watercolor paper (which is a thing now) so there was no fixing it.</div>
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For clarification, I'd messed up the snout slightly, when going over the pencil line with the ink, and it was making the face look long, and sad. Since I was going for cute, and happy, this was a problem.</div>
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I tried altering the line, I tried deciding the brown bear could be the second of the set and maybe panda bear markings would fix it, but pandas are shaped significantly different than brown bears. So it just kept looking worse and worse. so then I just tore it off the drawing board and chucked it.</div>
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Then I engaged in some hardcore work avoidance, by cleaning the kitchen.</div>
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I've decided the bears need something, maybe more anatomical research, maybe a trip to the zoo with a sketch pad, maybe just a fresh start a week from now. Clearly bears were not happening today.</div>
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It's interesting that no matter how many ideas you have stockpiled, some days you just aren't going to get any work done. </div>
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Of course part of the problem may be that I have about 6 canvases swimming around in my brain I can't work on because my studio is currently inaccessible until well after I could reasonably start working and be done in time not to be wired and awake all night. I have to start working early in the morning, so that no matter how long I work I am still done in time to wind down, otherwise my brain keeps me up all night struggling to get "out of the painting" not to mention it's hot as hell in there when I can get into it.</div>
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So today was a bad day in most respects. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.</div>
Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-14109174244781238772013-03-04T22:53:00.002-08:002013-03-04T22:53:08.433-08:00When to be finished.I've been working on an oil over gold and silver leaf painting for the last few weeks, right now I believe that I may, in fact, be finished.<br />
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This got me thinking about the importance of knowing when to stop.<br />
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It's a hard lesson to learn in art. It's probably a hard lesson to learn in a lot of endeavors But it is an important one.<br />
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When you are painting and you are just starting with it, you're young. Not necessarily in age, but in art. There's an edge of youth to your concept design and execution as you learn how to handle your tools, and paint what you see. And there's a lot of things running through your head;<br />
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"This is going to be great"<br />
"This is going to suck"<br />
"I can't wait to show everyone my masterpiece"<br />
"I can never let anyone see this"<br />
"If I keep going I can make it perfect"<br />
"I'm going to be famous and rich from this *followed by five minute daydream*"<br />
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the cacophony when you are starting out is great and it's hard, very hard, to filter all that out until you are left with the two most vital things:<br />
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The meditative state of just "being in the moment" of the painting (what I often refer to as an artistic coma)<br />
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and the only thought you need to listen for - "It's done now"<br />
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That "voice" is there from the beginning, but learning to listen for it is a skill you need to practice.<br />
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For me, in my experience, I found that once I was able to slip into that meditative "working state" at will, that knowledge of being finished with a piece came to me at exactly the right time, often stilling my hand and forcing me to push away from the easel and put the brush down.<br />
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How did I get to that point, the point where that other world was always ready for me to slip into? And that voice was clear?<br />
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It's actually more boring of a reason than you might think.<br />
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Up until I was about 8 or so I mostly drew and doodled and sketched with dry media, pencils, crayons, and such.<br />
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My painting experience up to that point had been on paper, with good ole crayola kids' watercolors and a little set of pentel watercolor tubes (remember those? I'm old now) and I'd never liked them.<br />
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I always wanted them to be thicker and brighter and have more coverage and body. I would mix them to an ink like consistency, washes annoyed me... (looking back I can't believe I ever felt that way, because now, I love them for just that reason, but I still felt that way about watercolor as recently as 6 or 7 years ago)<br />
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So, for a birthday present my gramma (I'm sure my mom had some influence here) gave me a set of liqutex acrylics. A starter set of a beginner's palette, having a red, a blue, a yellow, a white and a black. I also got a few brushes and a package of canvas panels.<br />
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I <b>LOVED</b> it, it was bright, it was thick, it was colorful, it was exactly what I wanted painting to be.<br />
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And the problem with it, the problem that stunted my ability to really learn what painting should be, was this: It dried fast.<br />
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I could "knock out a painting" in a few hours. I didn't have to stop and think, there was no conscious reflection on each stage of the painting. I sat down, I painted, I was done.<br />
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When I was about 27 or so, I decided to take a class in oils. I just wanted to learn the basics, the tools the chemistry the theory of layering the paint, how to use it effectively, etc.<br />
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Once I started with that, and was forced to slow down, wait for things to dry, only do so much and come back to it later.<br />
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An oil painting is a lesson in taking your time. You have to learn how to build your layers, fat over lean, how to make corrections in form and line in the next pass, how to shade and highlight as separate machines of use. You have time to watch the paint dry, basically, to step out of that coma and really look at it between passes. You see the process happening as you go. Instead of being swept recklessly up in it. Instead of grinding away layer after layer in one sitting, and going too far, you see and hear and KNOW when it's done.<br />
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You become more connected to the piece, you have more awareness of the intimacy you are experiencing while painting. It teaches you how to slip into that head space whenever you need to.<br />
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Most art teachers will tell you that you need to have the basics down before you can throw them out the window. Well, this is the basics. This is learning to connect with what you are doing, thinking out each step and making a "to-do" list for subsequent steps. This is shutting out all thought that is not essential to the work, and learning to listen for the "stopping point"<br />
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Once I learned that, I found I missed the immediacy of the acrylics, but was so in love with how oils behaved during a piece, that I wanted to do "a la prima", one pass paintings, in oils.<br />
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So I took my new found knowledge of when to stop and went back to the beginning, reveling in the immediacy of doing a painting in one sitting, but applying the techniques and tools I'd learned from doing oils in the traditional manner.<br />
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Now that the "stop" was clear as a bell to me, it was easy to not overwork things, to let little quirks slide into the work and not obsess about digging them out. I can still see these little mistakes, but they no longer scream at me, like they used to when I was obsessed with perfection and ignoring the sound of the "stop".<br />
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I firmly believe that embracing that golden whisper has made me a better painter.<br />
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Snow Gentleman is ready for all the winter holidays!</div>
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Here's a preview of my 60 page art book available now in a soft cover and iPad edition, The link below the preview will take you to the page to purchase it!<br />
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They are available on any one of Spoonflowers' yummy cottons or their lovely silk.Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-83795592392929992522012-07-04T15:17:00.000-07:002012-07-04T15:17:51.121-07:00All of the things under the sun...So with <a href="http://thecraftstar.com/shop/the-art-of-amy-elyse-neer.html" target="_blank">The Craft Star</a> opening today, and the successful publishing of <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/amyelyse" target="_blank">37 new fabrics on spoonflower</a>, I am ready to write a nice blog post about the fantastic life of "Ditzy Sun".<br />
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Earlier this year I decided to sit down and do some elements for a series of ditzy patterns.<br />
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I cut some stock for the base designs, decided to go with watercolor and ink for them, and then made a list of elements I wanted each set to contain, this resulted in a <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/amyelyse/works/8728817-sea-tee" target="_blank">fish dtizy</a> , a <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer/gifts?cg=196951429362226140&rf=238212246456729739&CMPN=zBookmarklet" target="_blank">chicken ditzy</a> , a <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer/gifts?cg=196668902083564953&rf=238212246456729739&CMPN=zBookmarklet" target="_blank">pond ditzy</a> , and a <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer/gifts?cg=196133227049495250&rf=238212246456729739&CMPN=zBookmarklet" target="_blank">Celestial Ditzy</a> .<br />
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Then I started working on them. One element in particular satisfied me perfectly, I felt like it had come out really, really well. Which isn't to say I was unhappy with the others, it was just this one was exactly how I wanted it to be, there wasn't a thing I would change or a tiny mistake screaming at me in a voice only I could hear from it.<br />
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And that was this<br />
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I mean, look at that happy face! How could you not love it?<br />
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I went about getting it ready for various things, both as part of its' ditzy set and as a stand alone work. People seemed to like it, Then my friend from ArtFire, <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/CrossStitchCards" target="_blank">Gail Pither,</a> who is the needle genius behind <a href="http://crossstitchcards.com/" target="_blank">Cross Stitch Cards</a>, suggested this design would make a fantastic cross-stitch pattern. My sister had already been yammering at me to make a cross stitch pattern of "<a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/amyelyseneer/4044788/" target="_blank">SnowBot</a>", so I thought,<br />
"This is a good idea and if it works, maybe I can shut my sister up about "SnowBot"."<br />
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However the big hurdle for me, was: cross stitch is not my "thing". I like it, I think it's pretty and admire the handiwork of it, but I just don't do it. I sew, I make lace, but other needle arts have never really grabbed my attention, so my understanding of the ins and outs is EXTREMELY limited to what I have forced myself to politely listen to my best friend, Pinki, babble about (in much the same way she forces herself to listen to me ramble about art). So Gail was a bolt of fantastic out of the blue. She very kindly answered my excessively stupid questions, and did an amazing amount of patient work and tinkering (which I paid her for, 'cause (let's all say it together people) "it's not a fucking hobby<span style="font-size: x-small;">™</span>") and turned my design into a test pattern.<br />
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I sent the test pattern to my sister and said "Do this, or SnowBot gets it right between the rivets!" (or something like that... I may have been more polite about it, I can't recall now...)<br />
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So as you can see here<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then because neither Gail or myself had the forethought to discuss it before we did the actual work, we discussed how to sell it and settled on me paying her for the pattern work and just offering it for digital download on <a href="http://thecraftstar.com/commercial-supplies/patterns/ditzy-sun.html" target="_blank">The Craft Star.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So fabrics can be had for making pillow backs or whatever to coordinate with the cross stitch. fabrics start at around 15$ a yard depending on amount and type of fabric. (or if you can work it smaller, 8" x 8" swatches of fabric are 5$ a piece, not really sure if that's a thing you can do with cross stitch, make it smaller or larger, but I <i><b>am</b></i> pretty sure if I ask Pinki again to try and explain it to me, she will stab me in the eyeball with a knitting needle)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So leaving the land of needle work and back to my native hearth of pretty pictures... I also have this design on various items on zazzle, including</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/celestial_ditzy_bag-149209021468028940?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"> <img alt="Celestial Ditzy Canvas Bag" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/celestial_ditzy_bag-p149209021468028940enl4g_125.jpg" style="border: 0;" /> </a> <br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/celestial_ditzy_bag-149209021468028940?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Celestial Ditzy Canvas Bag</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a><br />
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So the other day SU-UCKED, so to cheer up I asked my fellow ArtFire Artisans to show me their happy.<br />
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Take a moment to check out this collection!</div>Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-12845990457884773512012-04-13T13:46:00.000-07:002012-04-13T13:46:35.169-07:00The Entire SetI made a collection for JUST the birth flowers so you can view them all at once even after they get pushed off my front page. As they sell the plan is to replace them in different styles or with the alternate flowers for the months that have alternates. Of course as with all AF collections there's a handy "Buy the entire collection" button if you want them all!<div><br />
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<a class="title_brown" href="http://www.artfire.com/users/amyelyseneer" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;" title="Curated By: amyelyseneer">Curated By: amyelyseneer</a></div><div style="float: left; padding: 15px 15px 0 0; text-align: right; width: 85px;"><a href="http://www.artfire.com/"><img alt="Buy and Sell Handmade on ArtFire.com" height="24" src="http://static.artfire.com/modules/my_collections/images/artfire-logo-white.png" style="border: none;" title="Buy and Sell Handmade on ArtFire.com" width="69" /></a><br />
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Score this design: "<a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/409794/Scrollwork_Lace_in_Pink?utm_source=share&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Scrollwork_Lace_in_Pink&utm_campaign=designstreetteam=amyelyseneer">Scrollwork Lace in Pink</a>," to help it get printed on <a href="http://www.threadless.com/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Scrollwork_Lace_in_Pink&utm_campaign=designstreetteam=amyelyseneer">Threadless</a>!<br />
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What they do basically is steal my images, descriptions and keywords to make their meta data weight their site over the actual site where you can buy art. they do not credit me or link back to me or sell the art, they are using it without my permission to get people searching for me or the type of things I paint to land on their page which is an ad farm.<br />
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Basically they pay godaddy a dollar or whatever, register a domain, then steal content that google's search algorithm likes, do not link to the actual sites and instead link to a ton of unrelated ads hoping to trick people into clicking on stuff so they make referral money for the ads.<br />
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Over the next few weeks I will be linking a lot of legitimate links on my social media sites to my products and my pages in general.<br />
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I've already filed DMCA's for the ones I've found so far, which that and trying to reassert valid links, are just about the only things I can do on my end to try and get my search results back.<br />
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You can help in two ways.<br />
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When You see a link to a product from me take a moment to click through to the hosting page for the product, this will help on the social end and give more weight to the correct link in search results.<br />
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When I post links you can re-tweet and share and like them and +1 them, this will again add more weight to the legitimate links.<br />
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The main problem is Panda SEO from google required us to pretty much redo everything , so the more optimized you made your content the more panda rewards people who steal your content. Cause these sties are not JUST my stolen stuff, but the stolen art of thousands of artists who have all been scrambling to make sure their listings can get found, they take them and concentrate all that panda bait in one place, and this forces them to the top of the search ranking whenever someone goes looking for art.<br />
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so over the next few weeks, any time ANY of your friends or pages you fan post their art links on social media, click like it's going out of style! It will take you two seconds and cost you nothing and support your local artists by helping them reclaim their search results from the thieves.<br />
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This is happening to fine art america artists, zazzle artists, redbubble artists, it's all over the forums on those sites. It's also happening to deviant art artists, (although I do not use that site, so I do not know if the forums are abuzz over there, but I imagine they probably are) Pretty much any site where a lot of fine, visual and graphic art is shown off or for sale or PoD.Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-44882931269659217582012-01-19T13:02:00.000-08:002012-01-19T13:02:58.053-08:00Front page!Today and Tomorrow I am the featured artisan on <a href="http://www.artfire.com/" target="_blank">ArtFire</a> The interview will be available archived from now till the end of ArtFire <a href="http://www.artfire.com/nosh/artisan-spotlight-amyelyseneer/" target="_blank">at this link</a> and will be on the front page today and tomorrow. Stop by and check it out!Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-55761716161442046312012-01-17T17:22:00.000-08:002012-01-17T17:22:03.053-08:00Contest... win a free tee from redbubble!Step one... Check out my tees <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/amyelyse/shop/t-shirts">here</a> Pick the one you like most make sure you are following <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/redbubble" target="_blank">@redbubble</a> on twitter<br />
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Here's a little sneak peek, not everything is published yet, but this should give you an idea of what's coming!<br />
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Where I live, on January 1st 2012, shops will no longer be allowed to give you plastic shopping bags.<br />
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A lot of the retailers are going to try to get you to buy an equally earth destroying amount of crappy 99 cent net or poorly made canvas bags. They will assume you will forget the 5$ worth you bought last time to cart your groceries home in and sell you a new set, soon you will end up with a closet full of poorly made, torn grocery bags. Eventually you will chuck them. They will end up in landfills, where they will biodegrade faster than plastic obviously, but they still have a pretty high plastic content (a lot of them are "coated" on the inside or made from part nylon, which, HELLO? is a plastic!) and will represent a lot of money you chucked out into a landfill.<br />
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The Solution? A really NICE grocery tote! A sturdy, well made cotton canvas bag with a nice graphic (by me, of course!) that you will remember to take with you, care enough about not to leave on the bus, and if that sad day comes when it somehow gets a tear in it, feel it's worth the effort of stitching up!<br />
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Plus today you can stock up and save in a big way on totes!<br />
Besides the every day bulk discount (which applies to mix and match, you don't have to get all the same design to save), today you can get 50% your bags with coupon code FINALHOLIDAY entered at checkout.<br />
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Plus there's still time to get them delivered by Christmas! (they make great gifts)<br />
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So without further ado, here's what I have up SO FAR, I plan on getting more up and will quick post them as they happen to the Fb Fan Page, G+ and twitter, and if you have a request for any of my art on a bag leave a comment below and I will add it to the list of bag designs I am working on. (I'll make every effort to get requests up in time to take advantage of the coupon code so they will go to the top of the list)<br />
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<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/super_hero_bag-149077234955862587?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Super Hero Bag</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/skull_lace_rainbow_tote_bag-149908812783389088?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Skull Lace Rainbow Tote bag" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/skull_lace_rainbow_tote_bag-p149908812783389088z85nv_500.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/happy_tail_tote_bag-149564635464737592?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Happy Tail Tote Bag</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/butterfly_heart_lace_tote_bag-149409878021160616?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Butterfly Heart Lace Tote bag" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/butterfly_heart_lace_tote_bag-p149409878021160616zva7p_500.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/butterfly_heart_lace_tote_bag-149409878021160616?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Butterfly Heart Lace Tote</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/earth_bag-149323046657357216?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Earth Bag bag" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/earth_bag-p149323046657357216z8j78_500.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/earth_bag-149323046657357216?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Earth Bag</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/garden_royalty_bag-149792083169037529?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Garden Royalty bag" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/garden_royalty_bag-p149792083169037529zva7p_500.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/garden_royalty_bag-149792083169037529?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Garden Royalty</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/yarn_organized_bag-149252242747185090?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Yarn Organized bag" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/yarn_organized_bag-p149252242747185090z8ubo_500.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/yarn_organized_bag-149252242747185090?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Yarn Organized</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div>Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-66710695441533768112011-12-08T11:25:00.000-08:002011-12-08T11:25:40.358-08:00Recipe BindersA popular gift to the birds as they leave the nest, is the time honored tradition of the "Mom's Cookbook."<br />
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Newlyweds, college bound teens, Housewarming your young adults' first apartment or house...<br />
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Cooking is one of my favorite things, a lot of it I taught myself but nothing is more dear to me than the handwritten book of my mom's family recipes. She included all my favorites from when I was a kid, and each recipe has wonderful mom notations only she would make. She gave it to me when I moved into my first apartment, and it was supposed to be in exchanged for a finished "Joe Donut" comic, which I have, sadly, yet to finish. (I suck)<br />
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What better gift to give them (and yourself) than the gift of not having to call you every five minutes to ask how to cook something?<br />
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I suggest filling them with at least 2 pages of kitchen tips, (how to do general prep, how to care for cookware, measurement charts, and cooking times for basics like boiling eggs or potatoes, how to parboil, how to counteract missteps in seasoning, substitutions, and how to make a white sauce base are excellent suggestions for tips pages). Then, I'd suggest including at least 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 7 dinners.<br />
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I am a firm believer that no child should be considered ready to leave the home on their own without already knowing how to cook 7 of each, sew a hem and a button, change their own cars' oil, tires, battery, wiper blades, head lights, and, know how to balance their bank account. (boys and girls alike should both know ALL of these things before moving out.)<br />
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I would also suggest including instructions on roasting a turkey, as holiday cookery is the leading cause of panicky phone calls home from the kitchen.<br />
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To assist you in making this culinary masterpiece for your progeny; I've published two binder designs (so far) for your homemade cook book. I would recommend putting clear vinyl sheet protectors in to protect your wisdom from the odd spill, and including a few empties for their own additions, or any additions you want to make later.<br />
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The titles, spine, and back cover are template, so you can name it how you like and include a personal bit of wisdom printed on the back cover.<br />
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/apple_for_a_snack_cookbook_binder-127925522573064117?gl=amyelyseneer&view=angle0_outside_front&view_hack=fvbv&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Apple For a Snack Cookbook Binder binder" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/apple_for_a_snack_cookbook_binder-p127925522573064117zvmv9_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/apple_for_a_snack_cookbook_binder-127925522573064117?gl=amyelyseneer&view=angle0_outside_front&view_hack=fvbv&rf=238212246456729739">Apple For a Snack Cookbook Binder</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and there's matching filler paper ruled for handwritten and un-ruled for printing from your computer</div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/apple_for_a_snack_ruled_binder_paper_letterhead-199855626913733823?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Apple For a Snack Ruled Binder Paper letterhead" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/apple_for_a_snack_ruled_binder_paper_letterhead-p199855626913733823zvkn1_125.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/apple_for_a_snack_ruled_binder_paper_letterhead-199855626913733823?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Apple For a Snack Ruled Binder Paper</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/apple_for_a_snack_binder_paper_letterhead-199738685529785644?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Apple for a Snack Binder Paper letterhead" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/apple_for_a_snack_binder_paper_letterhead-p199738685529785644zvkn1_125.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/apple_for_a_snack_binder_paper_letterhead-199738685529785644?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Apple for a Snack Binder Paper</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/onion_cookbook_binder-127122163976299554?gl=amyelyseneer&view=angle0_outside_front&view_hack=fvbv&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Onion Cookbook Binder binder" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/onion_cookbook_binder-p127122163976299554z39wo_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/onion_cookbook_binder-127122163976299554?gl=amyelyseneer&view=angle0_outside_front&view_hack=fvbv&rf=238212246456729739">Onion Cookbook Binder</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">And matching papers for "Onion"<br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/onion_binder_paper_ruled_letterhead-199448323931617628?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Onion Binder Paper, Ruled letterhead" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/onion_binder_paper_ruled_letterhead-p199448323931617628zvkn1_125.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/onion_binder_paper_ruled_letterhead-199448323931617628?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Onion Binder Paper, Ruled</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/onion_unruled_binder_paper_letterhead-199079881357234889?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Onion Unruled Binder Paper letterhead" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/onion_unruled_binder_paper_letterhead-p199079881357234889z88mz_125.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/onion_unruled_binder_paper_letterhead-199079881357234889?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Onion Unruled Binder Paper</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
You may want to include some ruled or unruled blank paper with your cookbook as well for when they make their own additions.Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-54266811617396845172011-12-06T07:02:00.000-08:002011-12-06T07:02:51.669-08:00Latest Progression Video<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zWxBrxsaLRg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-62586454660631077232011-11-27T20:11:00.000-08:002011-11-27T20:13:03.896-08:00Sci Fi or Fantasy Prize Package that includes an iPad2 anyone? Cyber Monday Deal On redbubble!<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/amyelyse/portfolio" target="_blank">My Redbubble</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/121156847995898/" target="_blank">The Sci Fi Mob</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/281587431880513/" target="_blank">The Fantasy Mob</a><br />
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Okay there's a 15% off Your entire purchase redbubble sale coupon just rolled out for all cyber monday (now that it has started being cyber monday in some places and lasting till it's not monday anywhere anymore 'cuz the bubble is international)<br />
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Here's how it works: you choose a fan mob, and the more people who join a fan mob, the more stuff gets thrown on the prize pile, so to help the prize pool get more awesome than it already is (they started with a kick ass limited editon <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/281587431880513/" target="_blank">LOTR for the fantasy pool</a>, and some super <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/121156847995898/" target="_blank">Awesome Star Trek Swag in the Sci Fi pool</a>)<br />
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Now here's how you enter for the contest to WIN, Use a code,<br />
Either <br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SCIFI99</span></b><br />
Or<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">FANTASY22</span></b><br />
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to get 15% <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/amyelyse/portfolio" target="_blank">off your entire purchase</a>. The discount is the same either code. The Only difference is you are entering to win the Sci Fi Prize package OR the Fantasy Package<br />
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So joining a mob helps the prize get more awesome, and using the code enters you to win the prize, But my understanding is you do NOT have to join a mob to use the code, or make a purchase to win (<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEdwZW81c1lZWXpQTUFwdHFJMV9aX1E6MQ" target="_blank">you can enter the code here instead</a>)<br />
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Basically you could by a <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/amyelyse/works/4966749-lemon?c=11590-tees-and-stickers&p=sticker" target="_blank">sticker from me</a>, use the code, get 15% off your <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/amyelyse/collections/73523-stickers-sheets" target="_blank">sticker</a> (on top of any bulk discounts the system automatically applies, for instance at 6 <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/amyelyse/collections/11590-tees-and-stickers" target="_blank">stickers</a> you are only paying for 3, and this would be on top of that discount, and that all comes out of redbubbles' chunk of money, I still get paid the same) and then on top of that you would be entered to win the prize package.<br />
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Now these aren't any rinky dink prize packages, these are major swag boxes of extreme awesomeness.<br />
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The sci fi package starts off with<br />
a Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess Set by the Franklin Mint with William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy signed photographs<br />
1 × iPad 2<br />
1 × $50 iTunes gift card<br />
1 × iPhone case<br />
1 × Poster<br />
2 × T-Shirts<br />
10 × Stickers<br />
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the fantasy package started off with<br />
A 1st impression of the one volume De Luxe Edition of the Lord of the Rings, published by Allen & Unwin in 1969.<br />
1 × iPad 2<br />
1 × $50 iTunes gift card<br />
1 × iPhone case<br />
1 × Poster<br />
2 × T-Shirts<br />
10 × Stickers<br />
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and as the mobs growing they are adding UP to<br />
25 Stickers, 3 Hoodies, 4 Posters, 4 iPhone cases and 6 T-shirts to the packages!<br />
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<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/redbubble/journal/8106691-cyber-monday-giveaway-the-ultimate-fan-mob-face-off?utm_source=Home&utm_medium=Site&utm_campaign=FanMobElvVul" target="_blank">(for more details on the details see this edition of the weekly wrap on redbubble)</a><br />
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</div><div>These codes are for EVERYTHING I sell on redbubble, Stickers, kids tees, adult tees, prints, cards, posters, and, iphone4 cases</div><div><br />
</div><div>And the discount is off your entire purchase! Plus you are supporting the arts and don't have to go anywhere, and everything will get there in time for the holidays!</div><div><br />
</div><div>So I hope you find something you like, and I also hope one of you wins the fantastic prizes!</div>Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-70005197624441770802011-11-16T17:18:00.000-08:002011-11-16T17:18:29.176-08:00Coupon code and new SnowBot Items!<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 22px; line-height: 30px;">Remember, you can use coupon code CARDNPOSTAGE for 50% Off Cards & 10% Off Stamps Offer is valid until November 20, 2011 at 11:59pm PT !</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_snowflake_card-137784222258785621?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="SnowBot Snowflake card card" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/snowbot_snowflake_card-p1377842222587856219j8_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_snowflake_card-137784222258785621?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">SnowBot Snowflake card</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_envelope-121587351726087989?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="SnowBot Envelope envelope" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/snowbot_envelope-p121587351726087989jl49x_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_envelope-121587351726087989?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">SnowBot Envelope</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_stationery-229917015359270689?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="SnowBot Stationery stationery" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/snowbot_stationery-p229917015359270689zv7ur_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_stationery-229917015359270689?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">SnowBot Stationery</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_address_label-106971832678675054?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="SnowBot Address Label label" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/snowbot_address_label-p106971832678675054z85od_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_address_label-106971832678675054?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">SnowBot Address Label</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_sticker-217906575161868406?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="SnowBot Sticker sticker" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/snowbot_sticker-p217906575161868406f9j_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_sticker-217906575161868406?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">SnowBot Sticker</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_stamp_postage-172399710012810162?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="SnowBot Stamp stamp" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/snowbot_stamp_postage-p172399710012810162z8j7u_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/snowbot_stamp_postage-172399710012810162?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">SnowBot Stamp</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div>Amy-Elysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149971513751100823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195309244700909977.post-60191710400462467662011-11-15T13:10:00.000-08:002011-11-15T13:10:14.413-08:00Coupon code & More new Christmas Items on ZazzleHere's a new design for zazzle stuff and remember, you can use coupon code CARDNPOSTAGE for 50% Off Cards & 10% Off Stamps Offer is valid until November 20, 2011 at 11:59pm PT<br />
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so here's what I have for you so far with this new design:<br />
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<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_gift_tag_stickers_label-106120507249191053?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Gift Tag Stickers label" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_gift_tag_stickers_label-p106120507249191053z85od_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_gift_tag_stickers_label-106120507249191053?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Lights in Tree Gift Tag Stickers</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_stickers-217113776408012313?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Stickers sticker" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_stickers-p217113776408012313zv2dh_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_stickers-217113776408012313?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Lights in Tree Stickers</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_postage-172591282298852253?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Postage stamp" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_postage-p172591282298852253z80fn_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_postage-172591282298852253?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Lights in Tree Postage</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_notecard-137964298902622048?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Notecard card" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_notecard-p1379642989026220487uu_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_notecard-137964298902622048?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Lights in Tree Notecard</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_envelope-121465120571121595?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Envelope envelope" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_envelope-p121465120571121595k03b1_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_envelope-121465120571121595?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Lights in Tree Envelope</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_stationery-229628112822219950?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Stationery stationery" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_stationery-p229628112822219950zv7ur_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_stationery-229628112822219950?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Lights in Tree Stationery</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_notepad-133876292265545527?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Notepad notepad" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_notepad-rfc0b6c7092d645e0bd482799f1c36c28_amb08_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_notepad-133876292265545527?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739">Lights in Tree Notepad</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/amyelyseneer*">amyelyseneer</a></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lights_in_tree_plate-115044989490551416?gl=amyelyseneer&rf=238212246456729739"><img alt="Lights in Tree Plate plate" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/lights_in_tree_plate-r3e76369093114cbb8854029359eb7517_ambb0_325.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></a><br />
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