AN ARTIST'S LIFE AND JOURNEY THROUGH THE UNIVERSE OF CREATIVITY.
My online journal of the process of making goals, turning negative to positive, artistic visualization and practicing gratitude for the talents I've been given.
Be the creative person you are by practicing The Secret of Universal Law, visualization and gratitude.
Without art life is gray - Art brings color to the world!
Here's where I blog about my newest art pieces, how they came to be and how I am creating a better life as an artist through a new attitude.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

MAD MEN and MERRY GO ROUNDS

I'm resting today since my back has been in and out all week but I discovered this funny bit from Saturday Night Life - it's "Don Draper's Guide to Picking Up Women" and it's a take off on the great show Mad Men - a wonderful retro show on the ad world in the 50s and 60s.

You might also want to check out my newest online store Carousel Corner - soon you'll see my entire carousel and mime, mask series that I created in the eighties as original colored pencil drawings for the art shows. Now you can get them on posters, tees, cups and other goodies too!

Carousel Horse, Mimes, Mask & Circus Gifts & Store

Enjoy and btw, Happy 40th Anniversary to fellow Woodstock attendees (read about my Woodstock experience here)!





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What Kind of an Artist Will You Be? Define Your Product First.
Creating Your Booth - Making a Portable Gallery That Works
Preparing To Do An Art Show - Getting your art, your booth and yourself together
The Most Important Sales Techniques for Selling and Marketing Your Art

Friday, August 7, 2009

Like Forrest Gump says: #@!% Happens - especially with kittens!

I have neglected this blog for the last several weeks and I apologize. I just honestly couldn't face it. Sorry, but it seems as though my life is falling through the cracks a bit and I have a whale of a wonked back on top of it - or because of it!

But life and work go on so I toughed it out and got the redesign of my homepage on Pop Art Diva Dot Com finished - and with it I created a whole new look to my logo and masthead which I am in love with because it's so totally retro pop art looking! I love it so much I'm going to use the right side for a new design for the Pop Art Diva Gift Gallery later this week (oh, okay maybe next week when my back isn't humpty dumptied).

BTW, I'd love it if you would click the masthead and give me your opinion on the look of my homepage - I'm redesigning the whole website to integrate my stores and might use this look if ya'll like it!

I have also created six new online stores (which means new mastheads for all) and been designing new art and redesigning some of my existing art for them. Check them out to see the new mastheads and the new product art below:

The PopArtDiva™ Gift Gallery

The Martini Diva™ Boutique

The Brat in the Hat RANTORIUM EMPORIUM™

Cocktail Napkin Wit & Wisdom

The Normal Challenged Artist™ Shoppe

TweetleBirdie - Twitter Stuff

I am also working on a web design for another artist - it's really looking good and her work is just fantastic which helps.

And yes, there were quite a few new Martini Recipes and the graphic design for their recipe cards at The Martini Diva - I did 2 whole weeks of Think Pink (including a design for tees, aprons, cups for breast cancer awareness and that graphic was really cute:


So, I've been busy even if you haven't read about it here!

VISUALIZE VISUALIZE: Right now I'm visualizing 2 things: a heating pad and the bed and hoping to take the ache out of my back!

IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU LOOK AT IT: You never see all that's going on around you - even though I haven't been posting here it didn't mean I wasn't creating! - sometimes things are going on in the background that you're not even aware of! I think it is wise to always consider those hidden things when we make our life decisions. Just consider that wheels are turning even when you think they aren't!

ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE: Even though I'm in pain I'm grateful that it is something I'm familiar with (sadly too familiar with back pain), something that I know will go away if I take care of it. Not everyone who suffers pain is that lucky are they?

I'm also grateful (well, I think I am) for my new family member - Kitty Tink! This tiny ball of grey and white fur adopted me about a month ago and though her kitten schizophrenic behavior drives me batty it also serves as a wonderful source of laughter and entertainment - especially since I got a laser pointer to tease her with!
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Unless otherwise noted, all images and art on this site are © PopArtDiva.com 2002 - 2009. All Rights Reserved.
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LEARN HOW TO DO ART AND CRAFT SHOWS FOR PROFIT AND FUN STEP BY STEP
Click the links below to download my articles for a nominal fee of only $2.50 each:

What Kind of an Artist Will You Be? Define Your Product First.
Creating Your Booth - Making a Portable Gallery That Works
Preparing To Do An Art Show - Getting your art, your booth and yourself together
The Most Important Sales Techniques for Selling and Marketing Your Art

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Ooops, My Bad - PopArtDiva works 24/7!

Just a quick note to apologize for my last bunch of posts - I had accidentally checked off this blog for automatic posts from my ping account and I didn't meant to!

So you were getting silly weird little posts meant for my Twitter account - so, my bad and I've turned them off!

And, yes, I will be back posting my new art and more creative inspiration but right now I'm so busy doing the art I can't blog about it, lol. Follow me on Twitter for my very latest day by day: @popartdiva - faster to tweet in under 140 characters than write a blog post and right now I have little time left for anything but resting between contracts!

ON THE UPSIDE: That of course means more money which I've been visualizing for ages now, lol. Okay, gotta run - sorry but I will be back. In the meantime check out:
The PopArtDiva Blog
The Martini Diva
The Diva of Tiny Foods
and my newest online store:
The PopArtDiva Gift Gallery

Unless otherwise noted, all images and art on this site are © PopArtDiva.com 2002 - 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Buy Great Art Inspired Products at The LIFE IS LIKE ART Shop!
---------------------------
LEARN HOW TO DO ART AND CRAFT SHOWS FOR PROFIT AND FUN STEP BY STEP
Click the links below to download my articles for a nominal fee of only $2.50 each:

What Kind of an Artist Will You Be? Define Your Product First.
Creating Your Booth - Making a Portable Gallery That Works
Preparing To Do An Art Show - Getting your art, your booth and yourself together
The Most Important Sales Techniques for Selling and Marketing Your Art