Orange Tree

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5" x 5" Hand Stitched Framed Art, $22

Finally I'm able to start the process of photographing my framed art. I want to re-do the framed art already in my Etsy shop plus I have some new ones to add, like this one above. Orange used to be one of my least favorite colors, but it's starting to grow on me. I've been trying to combine it with colors other than black. It looks very nice and fresh with white, I've noticed.

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I'm going through another simplify phase. Actually my life is always in that phase, I like to think, but it ebbs and flows to degrees. Especially with magazines. You too? Last year I subscribed to several art magazines. But I'm always dreadfully behind in reading them. Before vacation I sorted them all out, put them in chronological order and have been plowing through them, deciding if it is a keeper or not. Rather than wait for the subscription to run out, I've canceled a couple, asking for refunds. That will improve my cash flow and not increase my reading pile.

I run through phases with email newsletters too. I'm trying to weed out the marginal ones. They are mostly from vendors I've used and want to keep an eye on - but sometimes they are just too darn prolific. I sort of say all this cautiously, since I too produce a newsletter for Pine Tree Designs though I don't think anyone can accuse me of being prolific. I've said before that I worry about being considered a spammer, which I know is ridiculous. In fact I've heard from 2 friends lately on unrelated matters - that have said how much they enjoy my newsletters and seeing what's new with my business. Cool!

(If you want to join my newsletter mailing list, there's a sign-up right on the front page.)

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