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From Mad TV episode - makes me laugh…
This was shared courtesy of the Etsy Mud Team. Somehow, I really relate to Antonia - enjoy!

Meanwhile, I had a small Etsy milestone. The dawn of 2008 brought my 500th ? and my 100th sale. Thank you to everyone!

I know it’s not really a popularity contest - but it just means I have to keep on keepin’ on to continue to build my business. I’m doing something right, albeit slowly.

After spending all day in the studio yesterday, I have to switch gears today - I’m subbing for the special ed department at school. Although, it’s still a creative endeavor, it doesn’t involve making anything with my hands.

Happy Wednesday,

Cynthia

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My daughter’s Birthday Cake purchased from Mulberries Cake Shop in Denver - Almost too pretty to eat!
This time of the year is, I am sure, busy for everyone - and so true for me. My daughter was born in December despite all my efforts to dislodge her at an earlier date. We try to keep her birthday separate from the Christmas festivities, including decorating the house for the holidays, so that she doesn’t feel like she’s cheated out of her special day.

As a result, she’s enjoyed a school birthday celebration, a family celebration and yesterday we hosted a proper party for her & her girlfriends. We okayed a sleepover despite knowing that we would all pay for it today due to lack of sleep. It helps that I enjoyed a piece of birthday cake for breakfast - so I’m living on caffeine and sugar today. Hopefully, I can ward off the crash till after dark.

I may be skilled in the clay department, but after last year’s birthday cake baking debacle, I decided to buy one this year to save everyone from my baking abominations. Do you know what it looks like to try to “glue” broken cake back together with frosting? Not pretty is all I have to say. We settled on Mulberries Cake Shop after I discovered the quaint Pearl Street Bakery this past summer. Last summer, my running cohorts and I used to slog through our 10 mile runs whilst talking about food. Someone mentioned the best cup cake in town - and I just had to try it out. Maybe that’s why I exercise, so that I can indulge. But, this pastime gets me into trouble in the winter months when my training slacks off.

Photo Credit from blog reader Aura Lee from the beautiful coast of Oregon
Apparently, I’m not alone in cake making finesse or lack thereof. Today, I received a lovely email from one of my blog readers, Aura Lee, who shared a photograph of one of her baking masterpieces with me. This was a cake for her daughter’s 20th birthday - one she hasn’t forgotten to this day! Aura Lee did tell me that despite appearances, it was delicious and enjoyed by all. Thanks Aura Lee! I think next year, I’m going to attempt another one - it’s sort of a reminder to me that perfect isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Birthdays should be about memories.

Meanwhile, I received phone calls and email updates from both the Art Student’s League and Anderson Ranch Arts Center this past week, confirming the kid’s art classes that I’ll be teaching next summer along with dates and times. See Below:

Class	Age Level	Location	Dates	Times
Mixed Media Marionettes	Grades 3 - 5	Art Student’s League of Denver	July 14th - 18th, 2008	1:00 to 4:00 PM
Image Transfer on Clay Surfaces for Kids	Grades 3 - 5	Art Student’s League of Denver	July 21st - 25th, 2008	9:00AM - 12:00 PM
Moveable Parts: Figurative Clay Sculpture	Ages 9 - 12	Anderson Ranch Arts Center	July 28th - August 1st, 2008	1:00 - 3:30PM
Make Some Noise with Clay	Grades 1 - 2	Art Student’s League of Denver	August 11th - 15th, 2008	9:00AM to 12:00 PM

The Arts Student League’s catalog will be coming out after the new year and Anderson Ranch already has a PDF calendar posted on their website. I love that both organizations schedule early so that I can get a glimpse of what my life will be like in 6 -7 months time.

In other unrelated news, I was perusing the Etsy Forums today and came across a link to a New York Time’s article about the whole arts and craft resurgence phenomenon and Etsy’s roll in the movement that is a good read if you have the time.

Have a great week,

~Cynthia

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Moi at the Fancy Tiger Holiday Handmade
Thank you to everyone who visited me at the Fancy Tiger Holiday Handmade Craft Fair this past weekend! Mike otherwise known as Mudpuppy on Etsy was kind enough to snap a photograph of me with some of my work at the show on Friday night right before the event opened to the public. Thanks Mike! I was so impressed with Jaime and Matthew, owners of Fancy Tiger, and their organizational skills and event planning. I was stressed out getting ready for the show, but if they were stressed, it sure didn’t show. There were fabulous crowds, lots of sales and best of all lots of connections made.

I even made a few trades and purchased a great screen printed T-shirt from Vital Industries for my daughter. Their screen printed vinyl toilet graphics are great too - I might have to purchase some for gifts for friends this year. One of my good friends and I always try to come up with the kitchiest gifts to exchange for Christmas every year. So far she has outdone me every year with a weather predicting stick from Maine (it actually works) and a hand sized plastic gnome that sits on a small tuft of plastic grass - you can even change out the background image placing him at the beach or even Paris.

Anyway, I digress. I submitted my application to the Colorado Potter’s Guild last week. Now I just wait to be interviewed - if they’re at all interested. I also have a tentative interview set up with the Art Student’s League this week to teach a kid’s clay workshop next summer.

I plan to relax these next few days, visit everyone’s blogs, maybe start Christmas shopping and get ready for our ski trip this next weekend.

Till later,

~Cynthia

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Tags: art student's league of denver, colorado potter's guild, etsy, fancy tiger, mudpuppy, vital