Monday Marketing Minute #17 Single Avenue Marketing

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Do you have just a single avenue of marketing your art…a gallery, online gallery, magazine ad, direct mail? How’s that working for you? Today it is easier than ever to drive buyers and collectors to your online sales venues with social media marketing. And it is mostly free,except for your time. Action Steps: Take a [...]

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Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun…

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Halloween Time…. Tonight upon your pillow Close your eyes and hide your head For the fairies and the goblins Will be hovering around your head… My card to you… just click on image, then copy This is an original 6″ x 6″ digital painting from original artwork, doodles and textures and some PhotoShop brushes from [...]

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Natures Vignettes…

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i am filled with joy and peace after my morning ritual at the beach…this is one reason: my first glimpse of the sunrise this morning… a couple was taking pictures with their cell phone…i captured them… the breathtaking awe… i often take these little snaps of beach treasures i call nature vignettes….i take them as [...]

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Simple Truths – The Push You Need

Simple Truths – We Hope You Enjoyed the movie!.

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Prayer is speaking to God, meditation is listening!

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Prayer is speaking to God, meditation is listening. -Jennifer Toma-Young Inspired Girl Blog Jennifer leads an inspired life. I met her during my recent visit to New Jersey for Enchanted Makeovers. It was an amazing event where The Cre8tive Sisterhood painted a mural for the girls of Kenmare High School at the York Street Project [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

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Life Stacked Like Alter Stones

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be your natural, wonderful self… Your ability to charm others may be heightened today, and you may wonder if this developing allure is the result of some modification you have made to your physical appearance or a trait that has emerged within you. More likely than not, the enchantment others feel while in your presence [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #18 Blogging Video

Here is a little video that explains blogging visually. It is a big help for artists who are visual thinkers and it’s pretty cute too….enjoy… Feline Playful is have a great 500 Blog Candy followers check it out and tell her I sent you A Midnight Fly Over friend me on FaceBook

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Sunday Inspiration

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The Fortune You Need

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“A candle throws its light into the darkness. In a nasty world, so shines the good deed. Make sure the fortune, that you seek, is the fortune you need.” – Ben Harper, Diamonds on the Inside This quote really made me think about the fortunes I seek versus the fortunes I need. Sometimes what I [...]

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C8C Blog Available on Amazon Kindle

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I am pleased to announce that Cre8tive Compass Blog is now available on Amazon.com for Kindle. If you like this blog, please click on the picture below and leave a review…I would be very grateful to you!!! Don’t forget to sign up for my webinar Blog for Arts Sake it starts next Monday 10/25-10/27…you do [...]

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Artist BE Vitamin – BE Expressive

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Your Artist BE Vitamin this week is BE Expressive…in all you do…but especially your artwork!!! Carolee Clark wrote this on her blog…”the happiness that comes from living expressively and authentically is on a whole different plane than the happiness that comes from a new outfit or new car” how true..how very true…living expressively may be [...]

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leçons de vie-lessons of life

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My French Muse Sophie has much experience with leçons de vie-lessons of life. Her life journey(voyage de vie) has been strewn with learning experiences, small and large and huge. You can see the wisdom of the lessons learned (la sagesse des leçons a appris) written on her face. She has known, she has grown, she [...]

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Journaling with Jennifer Tuma-Young

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I was blessed to be a part of a journaling experience in New Jersey last weekend. It was led by the ever-so inspiring Jennifer Tuma-Young of the dreamy Inspired Girl dot net for the girls of Kenmare High School at the York Street Project in Jersey City, NJ. Journal keeping is a tool to find [...]

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Monday Marketing Minute #16 Do You Have a Tribe

Real change comes from small groups of people who will get you more people…who will become your tribe!!! Your message must be anticipated, personal and relevant!! It is not difficult to get your message out…it’s to get people to care about your message. You need a better message!!!

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Sunday Inspiration

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Blog Hop…I’m in New Jersey and BIG News!!!

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We are Havin’ a party…spooky party… scary party…  witchy party… a Frequent Flyer Party over  in my other blog Cre8Tiva in Cre8Topia come join in too …it’s the original Halloween blog hop … and Cre8Tiva takes a  A MidNight FLY OveR… my Freebie is ready for all visitors to download.. just click on image, then [...]

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Dream Doer Friday

My Dream Doer this week is Terry Grahl of Enchanted Makeovers….the doer behind the dream of creating beautiful spaces where abused women and children can find respite. A beautiful dream indeed. I and my Cre8Tive Sistas are in New Jersey this week helping with a shelter makeover. We are painting murals and changing our lives… [...]

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Your Computer is a Great Creative Tool

If you are not currently using the computer as an art tool, you are missing out on a world of creativity! I use it every day to create digital paintings with my original artwork, doodles and photographs. I can show you how to use it too…below is a recent digital painting for the season!! I [...]

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Off to New Jersey

I am off to New Jersey to paint murals in a women’s shelter in Jersey City this week…with my Cre8Tive sistas. It is part of our yearly give back and we are working with Terry Grahl of Enchanted Makeovers. Our mission is to bring friendship, paint dreams and create spaces the viewer never thought possible [...]

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Somerset Digital Studio Submission

I am way excited this morning. Yesterday I saw an issue of Somerset Digital Studio. I was smitten, but also was led to submit some of my artwork. My spirit was screaming at me that I should be in there…so this morning bright and early before I went to the beach, I submitted one of [...]

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Sunday Inspiration

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since it is a special day 10-10-10…I am publishing at 10:10 AM photos tken at sunrise this morning on Amelia Island Florida… some interesting facts about 10-10-10 and the number 42

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Wicked Halloween Wreath

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Add prickly charm to front doors with a wicked glowing Halloween wreath made from plastic gutter screen and orange surveyor’s tape…can you believe it? A great decoration from things you find at Lowe’s!!! The directions for this fun project are on Lowe’s website. It really super easy and pretty inexpensive… So all you creative minds, [...]

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Dream Doer Friday Alisa Burke

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Mixed media artist Alisa Burke has an artists heart with a business mind…a magical combination for making dreams come true. She was on FAMM Live yesterday (you can listen on the player in the sidebar at right) and is scheduled to be on Artistically Speaking on the 24th of this month. She leads an amazing [...]

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Artist BE Vitamins…BE YOU Make your art, your way

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Everyone needs vitamins and minerals to live. Artists need the BE vitamins to thrive… This week’s BE Vitamin is Vitamin BE YOU… Sometimes this is the most difficult one for me to swallow. You know those voices in your head that say, “You are not good enough.” “Your art will never sell.” “Your art is [...]

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