Saturday, June 27, 2009

July Etsy Giveaway


Join me in July to celebrate my one year anniversary on Etsy. I will include a free gift with all purchases starting now and during the entire month of July.
My first customer to receive a gift was Judi, from KY.

Tell all your friends.

(note that the image on the right does not represent what you will actually receive for free)

Celebration!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Sweltering Weather

Bleh. The temperatures have finally turned warm--to warm--and now every creative bone in my body feels drained. I started doing some embroidery and I had to force myself to stay engaged at least until the end of the thread I was using! Not a good sign.

Isn't it amazing all of the diversions that we can create for ourselves? What are your favorite diversions?
The computer seems to be one of mine...maybe I should be creating rather than blogging. I read today that as an artist I should be breathing in life since art is made entirely about everything else. Ah yes, another reminder.

love, e

Friday, June 19, 2009

Seven Days Until My One-Year Etsy Anniversary!

Yeah! this is my first blog ever. I know--its about time!

Over the next week will be the countdown to my One-Year Etsy Shop anniversary (http://www.ecolemancruz.etsy.com/). I hope to have some fun promotions up my sleeve.

A little about me and why you should join me in my blogging adventures: my appreciation for making art and curious objects from junk and recycled materials goes back to when I was a kid. I think I was always very deliberate in my choices to reuse something to make it into something new. I squirreled away pieces of jeans when we cut them into cut-off shorts and I would make purses for my friends when i was only 9 or 10 years old. Puffy t-shirt paint could transform any old t-shirt or canvas shoes into clothing fit for a queen. I learned from a very early age from my mother how by wielding a hot-glue gun you could be creatively empowered. I owe a lot to my mom for her careful savings of pennies: clipping coupons, collecting old and very used antiques, and hitting every garage sale, thrift store, clearance isle and craft store in her path. This instilled a desire in me to preserve, save and collect, and out of that my art making practice was born, and has since flourished (with some encouragement from mentors and academic training--I am also a certifiable nerd)!

So yeah, I am going to say it, "I liked to make recycled art way before it was even cool."

Yep!