I t  feels like all I have been doing of late is working at my office job, which explains why you haven't seen any new paintings from me since April.

I really want to start a new painting but have been a little too exhausted lately. At least I have the day off tomorrow though its my birthday so I will be doing birthday stuff. :)

One cool thing that I found out recently as a result of spending so much time at my office job was that someone that works in my office runs and ETSY shop!  A lovely lass by the name of Jordanna and her shop is called Mankie&Frankston. It's cool having someone at the office that I can chat about blogging and selling stuff on ETSY with. 

I saw via her blog that she had created these cute little make up bags made out of different fabric designs and I had commented to her that I thought they were very cute. The next day I arrived at work and she had left one for me at my desk, which was very sweet! So I thought I'd share a link to her blog and shop because she is very clever at what she does and I like her stuff.

Here is a pic of one of Jordanna's purses.




And here are some Links:

Mankie & Franskton ETSY Shop
BLOG

Wow Im up early today..
 
Was checking my emails this morning and received a message that one of my Fairy ACEOs was put is this STUNNING treasury. I LOVE this one as its all blue (one of my favourite colours) and its just put together so beautifully by this clever person. She has featured my work in a treasury before so I thought Id add a link to her too.

Here is the link if you would like to have a look


Speaking of ETSY, I love etsy by the way - I have found it a great place to shop online for cool things that you wouldn't normally find elsewhere, I was never really a big online shopper not that I am now either but I have bought some lovely things on etsy and its just such a fun and easy experience.

If you like make up but DON'T like all the gross chemicals that most brands put into their make up these days check out this brilliant shop on ETSY, it is called PURE MINERAL SOURCE,

All her make up is natural Vegan & MIneral make up (no chemicals) and I have bought myself a few little pots they last for ages and they go on so smoothe and light, it feels like your not wearing any but it stays on all day and you dont have to apply lots to get the colour showing, so far this is the best eye shadow I have ever tried better than any of the supposed top of the market brands that I have tried before and its all very affordable too. 

well I have to get ready for work and eat some brekky too :)




 

Just a quick note to share this.

Checking my emails this morning while waking up with my lovely cup of coffee (mmmm coffee) and was notified that my 'Crystal Water Sprite' print was added to this Treasury on etsy today!

Link:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=42058

Things have felt sooo busy lately, I felt like I have'nt posted in a while, but I have been keeping updated with most of the posts here. Is it just me but the days this month have really felt like a blur, seems to be going quite fast.

This month has been a little testing for me, so I'll be happy to see the end of Feb and start March with a fresher feeling.

Those of you into astrology ( I had some rough transits) Chiron square Venus (not fun) believe me, but trying to integrate these life lessons as best I can.

Anyway, just wanted to update that I have some new prints of my recent painting 'The Lotus Pond Fairy' at my etsy store as well as some of my works from 2008.

To visit my store: http://SusanRodio.etsy.com

I am currently working on a new fairy painting, its in the early stages so probably wont be finished for another week or so. I should get a chance over the weekend to make some headway with it. I dont know where I got the motivation to start a painting yesterday it was sooo hot in Sydney around, 35degrees celcius and I just felt so sleepy all day, but I made a start on it so thats the main thing.


Also I wanted to share a treasury that I was put in today on ETSY, it is one of the nicest ones I have been in, its all owl stuff, and I LOVE owls.

Here is the link
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=40406

I was just notified that one of my fairy paintings "The Music Of The Faeries"  made it into yet another treasury.

I spotted also the lovely art of Rachel Anderson - AKA two silverstars in there too.


Click here to view!

 I received some nice suprises this morning when checking my emails.

Looks like overnight I was added to 2 more Treasuries on ETSY. Wow that's a first, I thought it was cool that I was in one the other day, now a 3rd one!

Really nice groupings with other artworks too

click links below to view them.

Treasury 1: Titled "Ive got Fantasy"

Treasury 2: Titled: "Faerie, Fairy, Fae"

I have recently been slowly adding more items to my ETSY shop - its taken me a while to find a printer that I was happy with and the quality I was after hence the delay in getting prints done of my work.

I started my etsy store back in Feb this year, but I didn't do much with it until about August.
My newest item is my painting "Earth Sprites" as a framed ACEO edition ( see pics added here)...and.... I have 15 ACEO editions now for sale there as well as some other prints and items made from my art that I am testing out selling. I will be adding more products as I sample them from suppliers.

To visit my ETSY shop to see items in more detail go to http://SusanRodio.etsy.com

Click on images to see larger pic.