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Soaps are now ready!

Soaps are now ready!

There will be more to come for sure but there are some that are finally ready and if you order now will make the perfect gift this holiday!

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New Adventures!

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New Adventures!

I am making as many batches as I can right now of old fashioned cold pressed soap, many will be made with no chemical additives including the fragrances that will be used in them and the only alcohol that will be in them will be vodka or something similar, like the one I made with cherry liqueur (pictured).

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Practicing With Student Grade supplies vs Professional Supplies

Practicing With Student Grade supplies vs Professional Supplies

Ok my dear and loyal readers, you may have noticed this was not done on the day I said I was hoping to have it done. Cut me some slack I had surgery and a rough few days, but I'm doing better now, so as promised here is my feelings on whether or not you should practice with any ol' thing you can get your hands on or use professional quality stuff even for practice. Use the best quality you can afford. Quality products are easier to use than most student grade stuff. It takes way less layers of a...

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More Artist Lessons Learned

More Artist Lessons Learned

This has more to do with marketing and social media etiquette then technical skills. One of the first things I learned about was how not to spam my family, friends and fans with multiple posts that are the same all over the place. There are a few reasons for this, It is annoying first and foremost! If you post the same link or picture every 2 hours throughout the day, people are just going to ignore you or worse yet, block you! What is relevant on one platform is not always relevant on another. Seriously tagging people to thank them...

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First Year of a New Artist

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First Year of a New Artist

So if anyone thought a year of doing art on a part time basis, in multiple medias was going to make them a master, I really hope they think twice. I started this journey a year ago and because I work full time, I only have 20 hours a week in a good week (and getting nothing else done) to hone my skills, I really thought I would have come along further along but I get it, I am just not putting enough time into it. What have I done in this year to improve? 1.) Draw - I picked...

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