Exposed!

Oh my gosh!! You've caught me still in the trying to figure out how to design the space both here and there (re: the "new" and "improved" blog - though I'm not so sure about improved).  And its not so new as I've been neglecting these this year.  But it is the "Season of Change" for me this year, so everything in its time.  It'll all get there, slowly but surely! I worked a little on this one last night and jump back and forth trying to experiment.  In the process I lost my followers - well they're not lost really, still there in my settings but not displaying for some reason.  I deleted the old Sketchbook 2011 gadget and added a pic of the logo for 2012 and in doing that somehow it has affected Followers displaying properly.  I'll figure it out eventually, I'm sure! But I'm ALWAYS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS AND HELP.  I'm probably over thinking of course, and this original Flutterbugartgirl blog here holds sentimental value in my heart, but I'm torn because I like the clean lines of the other one.  We'll see as we go.

Speaking of going I must for now, thanks Sonja and BIG Brother who's always watching over me!!

Ciao-Main

I've been over at my Flutterbugartgirl's blog site and entered an entry.  Thought I'd check over here too and see what more I need to do.  I'm trying to figure out how to merge the two so I have just one.  This side will probably be the newest and one I decide to use.

Ciao for now,
K

Editing and Power Outages

All right, this is how it works with me:  I carve time out today to dedicate to working on my blog.  Who knew a big wind storm was going to come blowing through?  First thunder rumbling in the distance, getting closer; lightening every so often, getting brighter; then rain, and lots of it (Hallelujah!!).  Soon the howling wind caught mine and Sancho's attention so we ran to the door and opened it to watch the system moving through.  Exhilarating until this ever louder howling continues and a huge WOOOSH! follows with a wall of rain -- literally pushing it at high speed across the yard.  The front porch door flies open, the side ways rain turns into a huge wall of water, almost wave like, and the little dog and I run to an inner room, no windows.  You can never be too careful, home alone, a girl and her dog.  After the big woosh! the lights fell dark.  My net book was on its last charge - plugged in about 10 minutes.  Lost all my edits!!!  Just recently got the power back and and jogged over to see if I can see my new page.  Nope.  What is this love/hate relationship blogger has with me?

I'll hunt those pics down.  I'm trying to make tabbed pages, one will be a Gallery of Work to share.  That's the plan.  So I won't keep you any longer.  Check back soon and maybe I'll be successful and there'll be something interesting to look at.  Hopefully inspiring!

Ciao!

Wednesday Evening, September 14, 2011

Tonight I conquered one more battle:  Adding pictures to the Gallery over on the new Kate Owens blog spot.  Its not quite set up like I want, but there's tomorrow to see if I can make it work the way I'd like.  If not, I may just settle back here, with my original blog spot.

The past few weeks have been quite productive for me.  I've been following my muse and bright colors called to me so that's what the majority of pieces have.  I'm leaning toward abstract with thread sketching.

The current theme is Sketchbook Doodles. These four postcards were part of an exchange with fellow artists.  The final one should be arriving at its final destinations this week.  So far one has made it to Hawaii, one to New York and the third en route to an old pal in Oregon.

The fourth postcard art gets to stay in the studio with me in my collection.  I have several bigger projects in process, not quite ready to show here.  I'm catching up on commitments and am working on a commissioned piece in addition to these current works.  I like bouncing back and forth between projects - it keeps me fresh and helps prevent burnout. Do you prefer working on one piece at a time or many at once?  Or does it vary, depending on your mood and your deadlines?

Tomorrow is my brother's birthday (technically I see we're already 39 minutes into "his day".  He thinks he's way too old for birthdays, but I think he's missing out on a really great excuse to have cake.  Any kind, flavor, frosting, filling, ice cream.  Or LOTS of cupcakes, for that matter.  We'll see how his day actually unfolds.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!!!!  Bet he's sleeping right now even if he is two hours behind me, timewise.....Is it logical for me to eat a cupcake on his behalf or in honor of him on his day?  I think yes...

Off to sleep then back up to play with my Muse and the little Art Dog too --

Happy Artful Day, all!

~Kate 

Editing This Blog

Tonight I conquered one more battle:  Adding pictures to the Gallery.  Its not quite set up like I want, but there's tomorrow to see if I can make it work the way I'd like.  If not, I may just settle back over with my original blogspot: flutterbugartgirl.blogspot.com

The past few weeks have been quite productive for me.  I've been following my muse and bright colors called to me so that's what the majority of pieces have.  I'm leaning toward abstract with thread sketching.

The current theme is Sketchbook Doodles. These four postcards were part of an exchange with fellow artists.  The final one should be arriving at its final destinations this week.  So far one has made it to Hawaii, one to New York and the third en route to an old pal in Oregon.

The fourth postcard art gets to stay in the studio with me in my collection.  I have several bigger projects in process, not quite ready to show here.  I'm catching up on commitments and am working on a commissioned piece in addition to these current works.  I like bouncing back and forth between projects - it keeps me fresh and helps prevent burnout. Do you prefer working on one piece at a time or many at once?  Or does it vary, depending on your mood and your deadlines?

Off to sleep then back up to play with my Muse and the little Art Dog too --

Happy Artful Day, all!

~Kate