Friday, November 26, 2010

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales!

Ah! It's been so long since I've posted! So much has happened, including me getting pregnant (EEK!!), that I haven't had time (or felt well enough) to keep up here. But better late than never, huh? :)

On to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales!!

At ArtsAfire everything is 20% off through Monday at midnight. Facebook fans (visit http://www.facebook.com/artsafire) are receiving special codes throughout the weekend for extra percentages off for limited time periods, so be sure to head over to ArtsAfire on Facebook and hit "Like" so you can receive the discount codes, too!

Newsletter subscribers also get a special extra discount this weekend! Unlike the Facebook codes, it's good ALL weekend! To get that, sign up for the newsletter to the right and I'll send you the Black Friday edition of the newsletter so you can take advantage of that secret code!

TiddelyPoms, my newest shop for nursery and children's art at http://tiddelypoms.etsy.com, is also having a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale! All of my Winnie the Pooh art and Classic Pooh quotes are now located at TiddelyPoms, so be sure to check it out for some wisdom from Eeyore and Pooh!

Happy Shopping, everyone! Have a wonderful Holiday weekend and a wonderful Holiday season!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Guinea Pig Giveaway!!

Anyone who knows me knows I love my piggies. Let's just take a moment to look at them and savor the adorableness.



Perfection all wrapped up in a guinea pig package. :)

Anyway, Patricia Ann over at Patricia Anne's Shenanigans is hosting a giveaway of one of Ellencho's adorable cuddle cups for small animals.


Every piggy needs a cuddle cup or a cuddle sack. So if you have a guinea pig and you love them, head on over here and enter.

Also, don't forgot about my shop closing sale. I'll pop back up around the holidays--I've done the accounting and the math and I can't continue to afford my shop for the rest of the year until the holiday season, when my shop actually pays for itself and makes a profit. Any thing in the shop now, will not be back. It's all drastically reduced. So definitely take advantage of the prices if you've had your eye on something!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Shop Closing

Frankly, I'm too stressed right now to run the shop and keep up the paintings at my current rate. My husband is in his last semester of college so I'm applying for jobs for him, I have a day job and I usually don't get home until 7 p.m. or later, and I need more time to spend with my husband and my guinea pigs.

I might come back with new stuff for the holiday season, but for right now, the shop is most definitely closing. Everything is already marked down. Most definitely priced to move.

I also have some new Winnie the Pooh alphabet prints up. I'm still going to continue to do those until the shop closes--they're relaxing and fun.




Even these are on sale right now!

So everything is 50% or more off. Feel free to shop. :)

http://artsafire.etsy.com


P.S. Facebook fans get an extra 10% off. Become a fan for the code--it'll be in your updates

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Disneyland! And new paintings!

We just got back from Disneyland last week. It was great. It always is. Here, I'm enjoying dinner at Naples Pizzeria in Downtown Disney with Jeremy.


We also happened to be there on the weekend of the Annual Annual Passholder sale. And no, "Annual Annual" was not a typo. So since we're annual passholders, that sale applied to us! So we got up at 5:45 a.m. on Saturday and went to Downtown Disney to see what we could get for our limited souvenir budget for this trip.

The getting up that early was SO worth it. $50 items for $5, limited edition Pluto's for $5, dresses were 50% off and then another 10% off with our annual passes, t-shirts were $6. Basically, we cleaned up. I'm wearing my new dress in the photo above--it was a steal. And I've never received so many compliments in my life on any other article of clothing.

I have more pictures to come, but I just need to download them from my husband's phone. I'll be doing that tomorrow.

And I also have three new paintings in the shop (with more to come tomorrow):

There is Nothing... - 12" x 12" original painting


Red Flower Fields - 11" x 14" original painting


Ancient - 18" x 24" original painting

Monday, July 19, 2010

What I'm working on...

GETTING MONEY FOR DISNEYLAND!

So in pursuit of that goal, my prints are all Buy One Get One Free--two prints for $14! This includes my pointillism flowers, my Japanese character print, my Classic Pooh quotes, and the majority of my paintings--even my new one is available as a print. Just purchase one and put your choice for the second in the Notes to Seller. I'll send them both!

Also, I'm working on a new line of abstract trees against really cool backgrounds. That and some acrylic flow paintings.

Here's the first of the tree paintings:

Wind on a Blue Day - 11 x 14 - $40 for Christmas in July sale


I'm working on an 18 x 24 one today, as well as some Classic Pooh alphabet prints that are great for kid's rooms!

And here's some cuteness to brighten your day!

My boys, Darwin (bottom) and Einstein (top)

Friday, July 16, 2010

Nobody Can be Uncheered by a Balloon

Sometimes, I think this is probably true. I do like a cheerful balloon.

Nobody Can be Uncheered by a Balloon 8 x 10 print - $16


And then sometimes I think that $100 would probably cheer me up more. Especially this weekend, with my Disneyland trip coming up this week! A vacation is much needed right now! I'm out of my mind excited about it.

In the meantime, I've been soaking up the rays at the pool here. And this weekend will be a great pool weekend. 106 degrees here in Utah today. In-sane. Supposed to be around 100 tomorrow and Sunday. I think I'll just invest in some snorkeling equipment and stay underwater all day. :) Oddly enough, we'll be escaping the heat by going to California next week. Supposed to be about 20 degrees cooler there next week than it is here. 78 degrees with no chance of rain. Could there be a more perfect vacation weather forecast?

Has anyone reading ever been on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland? Have you ever noticed there is no happy ending? He drives drunk, sets off explosives, goes to jail, escapes, gets hit by a train, and then goes to hell. And hell is hot (which is particularly nice in the winter time!). And then the ride is over. Absolutely no "Disney" ending. It makes me laugh every time.

Me with Mr. Toad


Don't forget about the "Christmas in July" sale at Etsy.com! In my shop, all prints are $16 or less, the majority of paintings are $25, and large paintings are up to 70% off!

We Hope, 16 x 20 original painting for USAA Magazine - $75 down from $135


And at ArtByJay all prints are $14, ACEOs are $5, and originals are marked down 30%!

Canyon Landscape has been a huge hit as an ACEO and a print, and the original is now only $175! Other paintings are as low as $122!


So be sure to check out the sales before Christmas in July ends on July 25th!

To see the gorgeous Christmas in July treasuries I've been featured in, visit my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/artsafire. While you're there, hit "like" and you'll receive special sales and discounts exclusive to my Facebook friends.

Last but not least, I want to put a new freezer where this painting is currently being stored:

Complementary Crashes - 30 x 80 original painting - $225


It's currently $525 off. It's a great focal point painting and fits perfectly over any couch. Looks great in just about any room--especially if you have a neutral room. Surprisingly, the tones of blue and orange in the painting balance each other out to give a neutral effect when viewed in a room.

So as much as I love it and wish I could keep it for myself, I have another 3' x 5' painting in the works akin to the latest custom painting I did. So to move it in order to make room for a freezer, I'm offering not only the sale price of $225, but a free $35 gift certificate to whoever buys it. Just enter "GC35" in the notes to seller when you check out and you'll get the $35 gift certificate with your order (valid on your next purchase from ArtsAfire).

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I'm going to the pool. :)