now tweeting

Some folks like to change out throw pillows for a quick, fresh look.  I like to design new business cards.  I scanned a drawing from my sket...

Follow Me! Creating a Personal Brand With Twitter by Sarah-Jayne Gratton, @grattongirl #FollowMe

Stars: ★★★★★ John Wiley & Sons (2012) Social Media Marketing Summary: It’s not what you say to others that makes your brand successful...

Brandwashed by Martin Lindstrom

Stars:★★★★★ Summary: Martin Lindstrom reveals pervasive marketing practices used by some of the world's largest companies to manipulate...

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Wordpress by Susan Gunelius

Stars: ★★★★★ Summary:  With more than 22 million users worldwide, WordPress is the #1 blog WordPress publishing application in the world. T...

press- now and then

I woke up to a nice surprise this morning.  Elle Decoration Indonesia featured my blog in their new "Online" section, and they sen...

Angel's Laws of Blogging: What You Need to Know If You Want to Have a Successful and Profitable Blog by Angel Laws with Carole Moore

Stars: ★★★★★ Summary: Self-taught Angel Laws, the founder of ConcreteLoop.com, created a successful and profitable blog, one that receives ...

more sites to add to your blogroll

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my phone talks to me!

I like gadgets even more than my husband does.  I was bummed in middle school when I couldn't get into Shop class, and I was always a ta...

How to recover deleted and lost digital photos

Technical glitches from time to time are expected for a regular computer user.  Unfortunately, I had my most serious tech calamity while in ...

So you want to start a blog

Thanks to an ever growing high tech world, thousands of new blogs are born each day.  Most of these blogs, however, fall by the wayside with...

Artists at work

I finally took advantage yesterday of the movie setting on my camera.  Here's a 30 second video of me working on my latest mixed media p...

Gadgets for your iPhone

I try not to get sucked into the tech-gadget vortex, but I'll admit it takes a lot of self-restraint.  Here are a few new favorites that...

Free wallpaper designs for your desktop

[image source: shannamurray.typepad.com] Each month, artist Shanna Murray teams up with another creative talent to design a new desktop cal...

My new website is live!

My new website just launched today!  It has been quite the project the last few weeks, but it feels great to finally have it up. I am using...

12 ways to promote your Etsy shop

Fellow Portland artist, Anna Joyce , was featured last week on Etsy's "Quite Your Day Job" series .  She has invested a lot of...

For Spring Break, I was able to escape to the beach for one day.  It was rainy, windy, and cold, but still so beautiful.  That's the Ore...

My Week

added a couple new pieces to the shop // this one is called Escape leisure reading // book review to come my friend brought back goodies fr...

Tools for the Etsy seller

Just a few of the many apps for the Etsy enthusiast.   I came across a great article today, "Top ten etsy web apps," written by ...

10 tips for opening an Etsy shop

Enhabiten If you've been thinking about selling some of your handmade goods, the online marketplace "Etsy" is a great place ...