Do you ever get those email jokes that say “I’ll bet you pass this on.”?
And you want to “pass it on” because every once and a while there is that good joke that comes across your desk. You don’t because you would just be another tool in the spam email line.
So, I think instead of emailing, I am just going to post this one on my blog. Why not.
The Bathtub Test
During a visit to the senior’s home, I asked the director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized?
“Well,” said the director, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.”
“Oh, I understand,” I said. “A normal person would use the bucket because it’s bigger than the spoon or the teacup…”
“No.” said the director, “A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?”
So don’t pass this one on, just give them the link to my website instead! 
I’m working on a new watercolor painting. I rearranged the furniture in my living room and fell in love with the way the light hits the sofa. I normally have my sofa covered in fabric, like a slip cover, because the fabric is so antiquated. However, I am falling back in love with it again.
Of course what watercolorist doesn’t love the light. I thought this would make a good painting and so I started a sketch.
I am undecided whether to have Piwa in the foreground (as I have drawn) or have a cat sitting on the sofa (like Frida is doing in the photo)?
I think were I to have the cat sitting on the sofa, it would be a more upright pose rather than laying down because of the perspective. Although, I like the look of Piwa in the foreground because it sort of tells a story…do you allow your pets to sit on your furniture? If you don’t, I bet you catch them pining to sit there. Because of the nature of watercolor, I really need to make that decision now, hence why I always do a sketch. I am leaning toward the pining pose of wanting to sit on the furniture rather than the prima donna pose of sitting on the sofa with the light falling on her back… and of course there is a third option, of no cats at all. Let the sofa sit empty waiting for a visitor. Actually, that is sounding good too.
So you tell me.
What would you do? It’s nice to get a second opinion, rather than a nosy one…
Yay! Congrats to me on another Front Page of Etsy. Thank you to sweeteverythings for featuring my ‘Guilt’ Painting in your treasury. Here’s to hoping you receive a boost in your sales as well. Prints are available of this painting, as are all original paintings. Feel free to contact me and ask. Also, all reasonable offers will be considered. Thank you.
I’ve got a new line of prints up and a few more to come later in the week. I am truly happy with these prints and the color profile came out so perfectly. The paper I am using probably absorbs a lot of ink, but it is worth it for reproducing original acrylic art. The paper is a velvet rag at 190gsm. The touch and feel of the paper alone makes it such a worthy archival print. I think I may experiment with other papers for my watercolor reproductions, like using actual watercolor paper.
Well, the latest addition to my aemcdraw.etsy shop are the World Map Art Prints. You may have already seen the North and South Pole prints. Now listed are South America and the United Kingdom.
'South America' (print 5x7" velvet rag paper) ©aemcdraw
'United Kingdom' (print 8x10" velvet rag paper) ©aemcdraw
So last night I made a treasury and today it made the front page! My original theme was ‘Around the World’ and I had curated in Poster Sketch a bunch of goodies that I loved from around the world. Either the seller was from somewhere or their item was a nod to a somewhere. I tried to include as many places on the globe as I could. Then it hit me, after I plugged in the Treasury title that my Treasury would be live during Valentine’s weekend! I rethought some of my items to fit the Holiday. Hence, ‘Around the World with love’. Since my Poster Sketch, didn’t quite fit my new idea, I shut down the comments and curated it live and spent a good deal of time on it. Mind you also, this was at Midnight last night! So, it was a late night for me. But it is so worth it after making the front page!
I feel validated as a curator and someone with taste. And to my surprise, (as I write this) 8 out 16 items sold after appearing on the Front Page! So, my hope is that Etsy notices this too and will allow more of my Treasuries to appear. I made money for 8 people and for Etsy (and PayPal). As for myself, a great lesson I learned is to spend some time curating rather than quickly plugging into Poster Sketch. Not that my past treasuries were bad, but maybe I could have put more effort and time into them. Or who knows, maybe it’s all a luck of the draw.
(Oh yes, and once again I was not online to see it for myself so I have the CraftCult screen cap. That’s alright though as you get to see the alternates too!)
Happy Valentines!
I’m so excited about these prints for sale on aemcdraw Etsy!
I don’t know which I like more. The map of Greenland or the map of Antarctica.
Obviously, they would make a great pair in your home.
‘North Pole’ (print 8.5×11″ velvet rag paper) ©aemcdraw
‘South Pole’ (print 8.5×11″ velvet rag paper) ©aemcdraw
I’m absolutely in love with these paintings and how they came out as prints.
The color is great and the detail is perfect. The velvet rag paper feels more like a upscale print, than just a poster quality image.
I think I’ve said it before that if all I could paint were maps, that I’d be happy with that. I have plans to produce more prints of my map paintings. But for now I love the message of ‘The Poles’ paintings. It’s a balance between the land based ice and iceberg and a snap shot of the current state. Who knows the future ebb and flow of the climate change.
Go check it out at my Etsy shop.
Arg! I did all that hard work on my landscape this summer. And it’s all gone now. (I’m being a bit dramatic, but I did lose 3 plant types. I planted three Shasta daises, a Rose Champion, and a Table Mountain Ice Plant that was thriving! It’s to be determined if the rose champion roots survived or the Lavender bush.) I thought I planted far enough away from the water meter, or at least gave them enough room in the event they would have to access it, but apparently not. The City said they will send someone out this Spring to replace the plants. I cannot believe they have been working on my street now for a solid month! It hasn’t been everyday, but they have the street blocked off and I can’t park in front of my house. For a Month now! Hurry up City.
I am the VIP of Super Bowl night at Etsy.
May I present to you my debut on Etsy’s Front Page. That’s not Pre-game folks, that’s kick off time!
And yes, the print sold, but I already have it re-listed here.
If you notice the small text below, you will notice this screen capture is not from Etsy, but from CraftCult. I missed the Front Page when it happened because I was busy taking pictures and listing a new item. As glued as I am to Etsy, I never thought I would miss myself on the Front Page. But alas it happens. And thank god for CraftCult. MagicJelly is the Best!! (Her work is featured in Urban Outfitters, so you should definitely check it out.) She and Julian created the best API for Etsy. It records so much information, that if you missed it on Etsy… the archive is there. I think every buyer would love to know of this website as well. It’s almost a library archive of the webmagazine of Etsy’s front page, and Storque articles. Good Info.
To the lurkers of my blog and lurker customers of my Etsy shop, and to my future clients, I want to Thank you. 2010 is turning out to be a great fresh and new outlook on life. And I am not taking that for granted.
-Anne
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Inspired by the sweet note that Etsy gives when viewing recently listed items, ‘I Sleep When You Leave Me’ is a 5×7 Print of an Original watercolor illustration.
The cat in the painting, I named Eggy. She was a sweet Feral that came around my home for food. I captured her in a TNR to have her fixed. Sadly, she had to be put to sleep due to being diagnosed with feline leukemia. I like to think she is sleeping soundly now in kitty heaven. RIP Eggy.
Printed on an Archival Velvet Rag Paper 5.5×8.5″ with Epson Archival inks.
‘I Sleep When You Leave Me’ (print 5.5×8.5″ velvet rag paper) ©aemcdraw
