Fellow Artist's Blogs

You may have noticed a list of blogs over there on the right side of my blog. These are blogs from fellow artists who are a part of the VAST team on Etsy. VAST stands for Visual Artist Street Team. You'll find some great art and art information as well as some nice personal information about a lot of great artists by following the links. They are sorted by who posted last. Come back often and check the links to see the latest from the VAST team.

A Test Post

I edited the html in my template to try to add a follow me on Twitter button. This is a test post to see if it worked.

Facebook Fans and Twitter

A few weeks ago I remade my facebook page for Bear Hollow Creations. It's pretty exciting to see that I have 305 fans!

Today I made a tiny url and I picked out the end part myself so it fits my page

http://tinyurl.com/bhc-fbpage

I hope to pick up a few page fans by posting it here.

You can also follow me on Twitter.


http://twitter.com/LyndelLittleton

I need to find out how to make those little buttons to put on your posts. Anyone know how?

Free Day at the Frist

Free Community Day at the Frist
Mon, Jan 18. Frist Center for the Visual Arts. 919 Broadway. 244-3340. 10 am - 5:30 pm. Free day at the Frist in honor of Martin Luther King Day! Click here for a list of exhibits on display.

If you live in or near Nashville you should take advantage of this great offer and take your family or friends with you and enjoy some great art.

"Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times" and "Thomas Hart Benton in story and song" are two of the exhibits right now.

Ebay follow up

I didn't sell the Ebay painting for as much as I have sold other paintings, but it was fun watching the bidding. And I picked up a sale in person so I won't have to pay Ebay or Etsy fees.

I'm not sure I picked up any bidders that weren't people I already knew either, so I'm not sure if I'll do much more on Ebay. There are so many THOUSANDS of paintings on Ebay it's difficult to know how you get your painting noticed. I guess you have to get the word out on Facebook and get some bidding going that way. That's how it happened this time.

If I do another Ebay sale I'll let you all know. hahaha.

Trying Out Ebay

I've noticed how many of the fine people who sell things on Etsy (http://www.bearhollowcreations.etsy.com/) call Ebay "fee-bay." Ebay charges for everything. They charge to list, charge to add an extra line in the title, charge for all kinds of things.

I also know that some people do very well selling things on Ebay. I'm not sure art is one of those "hot" categories where the bidding is wild and crazy and people are making tons of money.

I noticed that Ebay now lets you list - hmmm, I think - five items a month without a fee. Of course there is a fee if you sell your item and it is a higher fee than Etsy. But I thought it might be fun to put a painting on Ebay and to advertise it through Twitter and Facebook.

So I put this painting I did for the First Annual Autumn Challenge on Facebook.

It is designed to fit in a 11x14 mat, but it larger than that if someone wanted to make a custom mat that was larger. It is watercolor on 300 lb. paper.

It is an original painting - not a print.

The soft muted water colors bring a gentle reminder of the beauty of Autumn leaves. I'm selling it without a mat or frame so you can coordinate them with your homes decor. This picture has it framed in a 11x14 mat.

Here is a close up of my signature. You can see a little more of the detail here.

The bidding on Ebay ends Friday, so if you like it you better go bid. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220511942158&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling

Repurposing and Goodwill

I like going to Goodwill. It helps others and I find some nice bargains. http://www.goodwill.org/

When we first moved into our new home I needed some bookshelves. I found some at Goodwill!

I also found this. It's the top to a china cabinet.

I pictured it as a really nice bookshelf.

I added some feet that I bought at Lowes. Here are the feet waiting to be stained.

Here it is with it's new legs. Later I realized it needed two more in the front.

It needed a top for it since the top was open.

First I used a router to make a lip for a top to sit on. I later decided it had to have more support than that and I added some cross beams.

I cut a template from cardboard and then traced it onto some plywood then cut it out with a jigsaw.

A nice sturdy top.

Then put a mosaic made from cut stained-glass on the top. It has some roses and some violins.

I'm very pleased with how my $60 purchase at Goodwill is now a $1,000 glass bookcase!

(and yes, I know the flowers in the vase need help. Those were bought to check the color.)