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I am very happy to be part of this Holiday blog hop organized by Katie Cahill.

Today is my day, and I want to present you Kristi Parker VanDoren from BK Design Studio.
Kristi is an artist, she also writes. She creates beautiful mixed media pieces from her home in Missouri. She is in the paper crafting industry for more than 35 years !
She loves creating cards, altered arts, home décor, and scrapbooking.

She is very eclectic and you can see it through her shop where she sells mixed media altered photo frames, jewelry, journals and plenty of other products.

Go check her blog: http://kristiscreativecafe.blogspot.com

For the occasion, I regrouped my favourite artworks from the artists participating in this bloghop on Etsy:

Skull Cameo KatieCahill $19.99	SALE Angel of Peace, Di… artlovejoy $12.75	Amelia, the protective … InnerWorlds $16.00	Heaven & Hell BKDesignStudio $600.00
Truth in Word RubyShea $30.00	Folk Original Painting … MyArtistWithin $50.00	thangka budda collage: … digit13 $18.00	Keeper of The Secrets A… CasaCantamar $700.00
Jack Skellington Puppet… nancyperennec $45.00	AWAKENING 12 x 12 Mixe… sunblewis $105.00	Raven clock bottle cap … AlicesSecretDo… $22.00	Mixed Media Print of th… AngelaDiGiovan… $22.00
Red Angel Girl- waterpr… eltsamp $70.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

I love how it includes several media and that styles are very different from each others. I hope you will enjoy discovering them as much as I do.

Here is our hop schedule:

November 25th – Katie Cahill
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/KatieCahill Blog: http://katiecahillart.wordpress.com/

November 26th – Wini Dougal
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/artlovejoy
Blog: http://www.artloveandjoy.blogspot.com/

November 27th – Nolwenn Petibois (you are here right now ;))
Etsy Shop: http://InnerWorlds.etsy.com/
Blog: https://www.inner-voices.net/

November 28th – Kristi Parker VanDoren
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BKDesignStudio
Blog: http://kristiscreativecafe.blogspot.com/

November 29th – Emily Cline
Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/RubyShea
Blog: www.emilyclineart.com

November 30th – Jennifer McGee Urbanek
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MyArtistWithin
Blog: http://urbanekdesign.blogspot.com/

December 1st – Alicia Caudle
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/digit13
Blog: http://alteredbits.wordpress.com/

December 2nd – Tracey Verdugo
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CasaCantamar
Blog: http://artoftracyverdugo.blogspot.com/

December 3rd – Liza Baker
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LizaZeni
Blog: http://www.lizazeni.wordpress.com/

December 4th – Sun B Lewis
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sunblewis
Blog: www.sunshinebarlowe.com

December 5th – Angela DiGiovanni Kemp
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AngelaDiGiovanni
Blog: http://AngelaDiGiovanni.com/

December 6th – Sharon Rowland
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlicesSecretDoor
Blog: www.alicessecretdoor.com

December 7th – El Tsamp
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/eltsam
Blog: http://apinkdreamer.blogspot.com/

December 8th – Katie Cahill (Katie is closing and opening our circle)
Blog: http://katiecahillart.wordpress.com/

Most of us our celebrating by offering a sale, mine is 15% off everything with the coupon THANKS2011 at checkout.

Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

Hello !

I hope all of you celebrating Thanksgiving in the US had an amazing time with your families.

This week, I am thankful for:

• The new order of candles from ZenaMoon I received today. My favourite one ? “Get off your butt” 😀
• The encouragements about the launch of my Nixies Subscriptions’ packs.
• My family tree has growing branches… I have a big sister. Always knew she existed, now she has a name and a face and this is the beginning.
• My creative juju is back despite the pain. I have been quite productive this week and ooooooooooooh it feels good !!!
• My lunch today, perfect comfort food to me (if you wanna know, I cooked sushi rice, I ate it with grilled salmon, a bit of furikake, and half an avocado).
• My mom is helping me like crazy, with the home, with my work (she is much a better sewer than I am).
• Monster energy drink, zero calorie.
• I miss my Art Journal, I put apart all the pages, taped them together, bound them with a coptic binding method but as there are a lot of pages the binding is quite weak. So I need to reinforce the spine, and to figure out how.
• I watched Heidi Swapp episode on My Craft Channel about making a scrapbook calendars. It is simple, I think we will give it a try.
• I am going to have a date with my husband. Movie and restaurant just the two of us. Thank you Mamounette.
• My dear friend Alice posted this Koala photo on her facebook wall, totally made my day 😀

Oh, did I tell you I am having a sale on Inner Worlds ? Enter the code THANKS2011 at checkout and get 15% off your order. Yep 😀

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I know that some of you, like I do, enjoy collecting art postcards. So I decided to add some Nixies postcards in Inner Worlds.

I don’t exactly pinpoint why, but listing them in the shop simply made me happy.

My mom and I created beautiful envelopes to accompany them, cuting and glueing, I could have done it with my kids too (or is it considered as child slavery ? lol).

I decided to be a bit… different. I made sets of 5 cards, randomly, and you won’t know which Nixies are in your pack until you receive them.
The good things is there was plenty of different Nixies and no set is like the others. It may be the Christmas Spirit settling in that makes me a bit more childish than usual 😉

You can see it in the shop for more info.

Oh, if you are an Inner Whispers (my newsletter) subscriber, look for the first edition tomorrow or Friday (I don’t know when is the best, regarding Thanksgiving ?), with a special sale in it.
Not signed up yet ? It’s not too late to do so ========>

Hello !

I have been thinking hard about this idea that blossomed a few weeks ago on an early morning car ride.
I asked a ofew of my close friends and family members and they all agree I should reaolly propose it.

I am announcing the Nixies’ subscriptions. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

What is it ? It is simple: you can sign up to receive a Nixie print (8×10″) at a determined lapse of time (there are three packs available for you to choose) during 12 months, 6 or 3 months.

Maybe it will be clearer if I explain to you the different packs:

Nixies’s Wonderland Pack

• 12 prints of my choice (once a month during a year)

Price: $199/year

Nixies Fan Pack

• 6 prints of my choice (one print every other month during a year)

Price: $ 99/year

Nixies Love Pack

• 3 prints of my choice (one print every four months)

Price: $49/year

And it includes the shipping, no matter where you are in the World. Sounds good, doesn’t it ?

I will choose randomly between the newest prints available, shipping them to you around the 15th of each month.

I think that Art is something we should surround ourselves with but that it can easily be very expensive. I see my subscriptions as an investment you could make for your well-being because my Nixies make you feel good inside, the little something that pleases you every month or so. I know it can seem like a lot of money because it is big numbers, but if you put them out a bit, I sell my prints $16 each + shipping, which makes each print at least $20; for the Wonderland pack it would cost $240 for 12 prints so it’s like you have 2 prints free in the pack. Does it make sense ?
And of course, we can arrange payments if you need for the Wonderland and the Fan packs.

↦ And because I think it would make a great gift, if you sign up for one subscription AND another one for a friend at the same time, hers/his will be 25% off (for a pack of the same value or less).

Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

Hello !

What a week, what a week, what a week… A positive one. I learn that I should never trust the beginning of a week to be the same day after day because it all can shift suddenly (does it make any sense ???).

This week, I am grateful for:

• The amazing week-end in Seattle with my lover. The workshop was fantastic, my husband caring and loving. Our dinner at The Cheesecake Factory more than good (and we stayed reasonable in what we ordered so I did not feel guilty).
• The missing branches of my family tree are finally blossoming. I had unexpected email, unhoped for news. Maybe I won’t stay a ghost anymore ?
• My mom was with me to greet my tears of “wow” and joy.
• The realtor from the realty thing that manage our home, that understands us.
• The nice guy from the gas company that looked for the issue and resolved it.
• Snow. I love snow, just not at ease when my husband has to drive under/over it.
• I am so grateful to be part of the teaching team for the next 21 Secrets !!! Thank you Connie.
• ZenaMoon doing a sale. Packing up on new positive candles. It is a real treat for me.
• Anu and Alli for their friendship and their good advices.
• I ordered a few 2012 Inner Voices calendars for Inner Worlds (my Etsy shop). I can’t wait to receive them and to put them in the shop. Hoping some people will feel called to have them in their home for monthly positive messages.
• I created my husband’s birthday gift (shhhhh don’t tell him)
• He’s going back from his business trip to Texas tonight. YAAAAAAAAAAY.
• I am writing my first newsletter, planning to send it next week. It is not too late to sign up. The box to do so is in the right sidebar========>
• Sewing with my mom.
• My husband is bringing me home a gift that will simplify and ease my life 😀

How was your week ?

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