My EBSQ Portfolio

I was updating my EBSQ Portfolio

recently

and noticed something a bit

disturbing.

I have 53 pages of art listed in my

portfolio...and

more than 40 of those pages are

for paintings I painted while I had a shop on eBay...

and I haven't been there since 2007.

I only have about 12 pages of art

since joining Etsy...

(so...out of the 1254 pieces of art on EBSQ

only

about 288

are for pieces on Etsy.)

What that translates to is...

how hard I had to work to keep my head

above water while on eBay.

point being...I am planning on painting a lot...lot...LOT more

in 2010.

Merry Christmas!

I checked You Tube...for what I felt a 'heartfelt' Christmas
story to share...though I may certainly be among the last to hear
this poem...I thought I'd share these 2 little videos anyway.

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year!!

UPDATE on Calendar Giveaway....

I wanted to give a quick update on

the Giveaway...

The 3 hard copy calendars will be

sent to the winners right after the Christmas Holiday...

via USPS First Class Mail.

I have sent the

Printable Calendar

to all of the other entrees

as a zipped JPEG file.

(The PDF files weren't sending so I had

to switch to JPEG.)

PLEASE let me know if you

entered the giveaway

and still have not received your

Printable Calendar

in your email.

Email me at my

RusticGoth

email address.

Have a Wonderful Holiday Season!

List of Prints...Being Retired

I've made my decisions

about which Rustic Goth prints

will be retired in 2010.

I've shown a small sampling of those prints

in the picture here.

Last year, I didn't retire nearly as many

pieces but...as a result...

my computer has gotten really 'bogged' down

because of the space it takes

to store so many prints at such large sizes.

(I need the large size...to make the best prints possible.)

And...since I do have more than just

my Rustic Goth site

offering prints...I have somewhere between 175 and 200 LARGE prints

stored in my computer.

At least, that many more large prints are stored on my

little Zipfile thingy I recently purchased...but it's already full

and I'm going to have to get a couple more.

Anyway...I do go on and on at times...

yes..

I'm retiring the following prints for

Space reasons...but also for...'freshness' reasons.

Those pieces are…

1. Heart Strings
2. Sweeney and Jack
3. Are We Running Out of Time
4. Another Time…Another Place
5. The Waiting Begins
6. Desdemona
7. Gathering Stars
8. Where My Heart Lies
9. It’s Here If You Want It
10. A Long Forgotten Past
11. I’ll Give It To You
12. Show Me Yours
13. Birds In The Winter Woods
14. I’m Only Trying To Get A Better View
15. Alone On My Swing
16. This Isn’t Something You Play With
17. Burying My Past
18. Requiem for A Lost Friend
19. My Paradise Lost
20. Going Fishin’
21. A Melancholy Spirit
22. Give and Take
23. Inside My Asylum
24. Creeper Joe Walks His Crow
25. This Won’t Be Easy

Rather than post individual links for each print..
it is easiest for me...
and possibly for you..
 to click on this link to my Shop
and type the title of the print
into the search bar.

A Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It is a 'most wonderful' time of the year...getting ready to spend

time with family and loved ones...

wrapping up what has been a pretty good year...

making new friends...

I've packed and shipped all of the items

purchased from my Rustic Goth Shop

so that ends my

free upgrade to Priority Shipping

special

I was having.

My house is still a bit "upside down"...I needed to clean

it really good

for the Christmas Holidays...and the beginning of the New Year.

The Babylonian believed that

'what you do the first day of the year...

has an effect on the rest of the year'

led me to make a New Year's Resolution last year...

and I don't usually make New Year's Resolutions.

That was to 'become better organized'....

and I have.

I have a more specific list of resolutions

for 2010..

and I wanted to 'begin my New Year' very organized

with a Clean House!

I recently had my

2010 Creepers Calendar giveaway

and

Carol...(one of the winners)

at Drearydom Larks

wrote a wonderful blog post

featuring a few pieces of my art...with her

superb dolls.

Check it out here.

And...the WINNERS of the GIVEAWAY are...

It was a bit after noon...

okay..it was almost 2 p.m....

but..

I've drawn the winners

of my

2010 Creepers Calendar

and they are:

Carol Mae

MoonArt Design

Drearydom Larks

Even though these were the names drawn...

all those who
entered the drawing
(by the 12/17 deadline)
are
WINNERS
of

a Printable

2010 Creepers Calendar.

Just shoot me your email address,

if you haven't already...

and I'll send you

3 emails with a Zipped File JPEG Download

(the PDF files are coming throug
so I've had to send a high resolution JPEG file instead)

ALL Winners

please send addresses

to:

RusticGoth@yahoo.com

If you didn't get your name in
for this drawing
keep an eye on my blogs and I
will be having new drawings in the coming weeks.

Nightmare Before Christmas -- Carol of the Bells

I haven't seen the movie, so I decided to go and watch a few 'clips' on You Tube...enjoy!