Where has the Time Gone?

I really can't believe we are 2 months into the year already! Where has the time gone?

I had a C.F.S./Fibro relapse in January; I guess too much partying over the Holidays. Not really, I take it relatively easy most of the time, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to what will trigger a relapse. I only know that the past 4 weeks have truly sucked. I haven't had the energy to do much but rest. It is exhausting to sit at the computer for long, so no blogging :( 

It is too exhausting to sit and hold a book to read and even then my mush of a brain can't retain anything so I find I read the same thing over and over :(     I can't really tolerate a lot of noise so watching TV is out for any length of time. Life gets very boring and frustrating and isolating. It is impacted by the fact that all my workspaces are in my home, my art studio, my sewing room and my office. So, with lots of projects sitting around calling to me to finish them and with no energy to do anything but ignore them it becomes downright depressing. Thankfully, I am starting to get a little energy back but it is a bad relapse and will take a few more weeks before I can try to start doing anything like photo shoots :(

So, what have I been able to do?  Here are a few photos I was able to resize or play with. Let me know what you think :)

Art Sculpture DownTown P.Town

Stack of paper serviettes in a restaurant added my fav. PINK :)

 

(BEFORE) I love this :)

(AFTER) This was fun but I do not think as good as the original

(BEFORE)

(AFTER) This one I loved creating. I added one of my fav. layers to this and added a little pink tones :)

(BEFORE)

(AFTER) Just cropped and added a little colour, I love how it just pops :)

(BEFORE)

(AFTER)  Way more interesting :)

These were a couple of photos I took in restaurants before the Holidays. I love the challenge of taking photos of Lights :)

So, what do you think?

I also wanted to share a couple of other things. As a lot of you know Etsy, in their infinite wisdom, closed down some of the community forums from their site. These were, what I believe, to be the very HEART of the Etsy community. Not sure what their thinking was behind this but it was dumb in my opinion. Anyway, some smart Etsians opened up The Unofficial Etsy Forums. My Blogger Buddy Aquariann blogged about it a few weeks ago, thankfully, I still feel in the loop. YAY! Here is the link 

so pop over there to share your blog links, promo or just chat to your Blogger and Etsy buddies.

One more thing, one of my fPOE (Female Photographers of Etsy) Ladies is having a giveaway of a beautiful 2011 calendar with such gorgeous photos I just had to share it. If you have a min. pop over and check it out :)

Amy Longberry Photography Giveaway.

Well, I hope you all have a Lovely Day!

It is nice to be back Blogging :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Thank you.

I just wanted to say a BIG "THANK YOU" to everyone who wished me a Happy B.Day, that was really sweet :)

Small section of artwork by Brian Miller.

I would also like to say "Thank you" to my Blogging Buddy Annette at So Many Memories blog for posting about my Photo Giveaway! Still time to enter :)

And lastly, I am intrigued to know how people feel about blogging. So, I posted a thread in the Etsy forums just to hear people's thoughts. Mainly, I am interested to know if anyone feels there are any unwritten protocols or etiquettes to the process of blogging. Here is the link to the thread or please leave me a comment with your thoughts here on this posting :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Lovely Things!

Good Morning, it is Hump Day for some, for me it feels like the week hasn't even started yet, maybe that is Hump Day? Who knows! What I do know is that I won the October giveaway at http://www.dutchtouchbeads.etsy.com/ I am a lucky girl. These are gorgeous! Thanks Jenni! :)

To see Jenni's blog click HERE :) and her Etsy Shop HERE :)


Then last week in the forums I came across http://www.frenchrevelation.etsy.com/ and couldn't resist buying these tags from Jane. They are amazing and I love, love them and even though we are a few continents apart they arrived in less that a week. (how come it doesn't work the other way around USPS?)


So, if you would like to check out Jane's Etsy Shop click HERE :)


Happy Painting/Creating! :) T

In a Treasury on California Blue's Blog.

Yesterday California Blue asked Etsians (in the Forums) to match items in their shops with a beautiful flower photo she posted. I responded and she was sweet enough to include my yellow scarf from my Esty Shop http://www.designt.etsy.com/ in her Treasury posted on her blog.

Here is the link to her blog post: http://californiablue.tumblr.com/post/180493638/photo-inspired-treasury-this-is-the-first-of if you have time check it out it is inspiring! :)

This is her Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7047793

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.