I love selling through Etsy and eBay, but I really want my customers to buy directly through my website, so I've been thinking of a way that I can direct them there, and I thought that offering FREE SHIPPING (Worldwide!) in my online store only would be the best way to do it. Everyone hates paying for shipping don't they? I do. My eyes seriously light up when my favourite sites offer free shipping. So there you go.
Free shipping on EVERYTHING in my store except original paintings.
The shipping on my originals can cost anywhere from $15 - $550 depending on where I'm sending them, so it wouldn't work out to offer free shipping on those. Everything else though - postcard sets, signed art prints, ACEO cards etc - will all be shipped anywhere FREE.
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It's raining here today, so our open home was a bit of a flop this morning. :(
But...it's perfect weather for painting. So I'm going to be getting some print orders together this afternoon and then hopefully getting the brushes out!
The supplier I've been printing my new prints on has discontinued their paper. But...when one door closes, another opens, right? Over the past few days I've trialled some new papers again, and I've found another beautiful gloss paper that is actually cheaper, but still amazing quality! This means I can pass the savings on to you too! So my A4 size art prints will now be $14.99 and A3 prints $24.99. It's a win-win.
Speaking of winning, Orlando Bloom has been announced for Comic Con Brisbane! Woo hoo! I wonder if I can sneak him a painting? lol.
That's all the news from me - I'm off to make dinner and organise a "book week" costume for Miss 5 for tomorrow!
I'm excited to announce that I will have a table in Artist's Alley at Comic Con Brisbane this year! I've never been to Comic Con before, so I'm really excited (and a bit nervous!).
As you know we are currently selling our house and looking for a new place to buy. That's how we came across "Castle Rumble" on realestate.com.au. It's nowhere near where we are looking to live, and it's probably completely out of our price range, but we had nothing better to do on Saturday so we decided to go check it out. I'm so glad we did! It was magical.
Eccentric for sure. But I really admire the way some people refuse to live inside the parameters of what's socially acceptable, for the sake of bringing more magic into the World. I do hope that whoever buys it keeps it as it is and doesn't demolish it for redevelopment.
Speaking of gothic elegance...I've been drawn to sugar skulls lately and I was sipping out of my new favourite travel mug when I decided I should paint a girl with sugar skulls around her.
A bit of history...
Sugar
skulls are historically used to celebrate Mexico's "Day of the Dead"
(Dia de los Muertos) in November each year. They believe that on
Halloween Eve the gates of heaven are unlocked and the spirits of their
loved ones return to them once more.
I find this concept fascinating and
I love the idea that sugar skulls are colourful and bright, and while
they symbolise death, they also symbolise the celebration of life.
Just starting to paint in some details...
I
wanted the painting to have a Mexican 'folk art' feel to it, so I knew I
wanted to use lots of bright colours and little details like flowers,
diamonds, pearls, hearts etc. I made the girl look like she had her face
painted like a sugar skull rather than actually just having a skull
head. I wanted her to look like she was just a normal girl who was
decorated as a "Sugar Skull Princess" for the day!
I'm off to bath two babies and make some dinner now. We're having gourmet nachos for dinner (how appropriate!). By gourmet I mean, you know, added taco mince, sour cream...the works. Hope you enjoy the new art! Adios amigos!
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