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Etsy finds

Bright, colorful and simple, a few of my recent finds @Etsy

All items would make great holiday gifts, hmm wish I had a stocking to stuff!

In order of appearance: 

 Mobile Homes made out of paper mache and found objects by LA artist jikits 

Turkey Collage Card by Chicago artist essimar

Notebook 9 by San Francisco artist minniemia

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Guest post today @Etsy featuring tips on How-To Photograph Your 2D Art! Find out more about displaying your work via our Pikaland Bootcamp Course How to Survive and Thrive as an Artist Online! Classes start in October, there's still space left!

Grass Fed

and free range!
Happy Friday
(find the print above @The Dancing Cat)

accompanying soundtrack for busting free with legs that are too stubby to run (better hope that whatever's chasing you is not fast!):
Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun (Into the wild soundtrack)

Keep it light

keep it light, originally uploaded by jamieshelman.

New print now included in the set Tips For Good Social Media Networking

A set of 5 prints illustrating simple practices one can follow to stay on top of your game! OW-Ow! View the full set at my Etsy Shop The Dancing Cat*

*If you're from my Pikaland Class receive a 10% discount- e-mail me for more info :D

ps This week only receive this print FREE with all orders, woot woot! Now that's something to dance about! And check out my print The Dedicated Gardener recently featured on this Etsy treasury entitled Happiness!

pss More to come on our recent trip to NYC, which included complimentary mimosas @Rapha NYC to celebrate Stage 17 (Tourmalet!) of the Tour de France!

over reaction to imaginary fears

over reaction to imaginary fears, originally uploaded by jamieshelman.

selection of new cards just added to my etsy shop! Check it out here

Cat in bag cat out of bag

Cat in bag

Cat out of bag

or something like this!

8 x 10 in. print made on 100% cotton rag paper- signed and dated limited edition print just re-listed at The Dancing Cat 

His insatiable curiosity will get him killed, he enjoys fish sticks and long evenings by the fire. His mental instabilities led him to medication.

@MoMa

(images above by Ferdinand1977 , ginmartini and Santi LLobet)

hot off the press!

sleeping jacques, originally uploaded by jamieshelman.

New print of this sleeping beauty! Find him here

Etsy Round-up California Style

Good Luck Factory- ON SALE!  by SoCal artists PearsonMaron (who also happen to have 3 mean cats)

Breakfast Pocket MIrror by supercoolspyclub (I wish my breakfast was so cheerful! Plus I love inanimate objects with faces)

1960s Moody Girl.. Sterling Silver Mood Ring by SweetNirvanas (I still secretly love mood rings! And from the looks of it these beauties are selling fast!) 

Also be sure to check out my recent round up of cats today at Pikaland !

and musings on independent curating at 2Modern Design Talk

Win Us! Trois chats du peeps cleanere!

I love these Chenille Cats Christmas Ornaments by Stephanie of Old World Primitives with Victorian cat heads, fat huggable bear bodies (not too hard or you'll crush them!) and a lot of funness going on who could resist! I had to have them and now you can too! Simply visit Stephanie's etsy shop and leave a comment below, winner will be announced on Friday!

Tomato Cat Time

"We need more tomatoes for our soup!" 

These little cats are throwing a tomato party! 

new painting now in shop Tomato Cat Time - Original Illustration

Cinque Pomodori

Tomatoes- Original Painting
ok I had to sneak one more painting in here! The Giro d'Italia cycling race is going on now through the end of the month and travels all over Italy from Venice to Rome, fantastico! I'd love to be there to follow the race! For now I can only catch clips online and paint giant red tomatoes in sympathy of all things Italian! Que Sera Sera

Waremelon Plaid

Waremelon plaid, originally uploaded by jamieshelman.

Watermelon Plaid- Original painting 10 x 10.5 in.

by jamieshelman

New Painting in my etsy shop!
I hope the photo does the hot pinks and lime greens justice!

Springtime characters

Bird Lover- 8 x 10 in. Print by jamieshelman

Recipe Cards

10 Cat Recipe Cards and 4 Cat Cards- 4 x 5 in. each

I love that Joyce from A Perfect Beginning sent me the recipe for dark Irish soda bread for St. Patricks Day and I wanted to write it down on something special so i made up a batch of new recipe cards! I know my mom used to keep all her recipes on file in a little yellow box and it was so special pulling out those index cards with flour, grease and memories still clinging to them! Our favorite thing to bake was chocolate chip cookies except we had to make a batch without the chips because I didn't like chocolate then! Can you believe it?! Now I eat way too much! hehe
ANyways, they're something you'll keep for a lifetime and pass on to family and friends so I thought it would be fun to make up my own kitty version! Plus y'all put up so many good recipes all the time... here's the shop link Dancing Cat Recipe Cards aka Can't Sate the Beast!
I also included some cards to go with- fun for dinner invites or thank yous!
Thanks for the recipe Joyce!

New Mini Cat Cards in shop!

8 Mini Cat Cards- The Dancing Cat- 2.75 x 4 in. each

by jamieshelman

I've been updating and photographing all day! I love these new little mini cards I made- great little fun. Cindy if you're reading this I wish I had your mad good photographing skills! I did my best, will post more soon!
To purchase your own little set of dancing cats head over to The Dancing Cat here. I thought these would make great little thank you cards, gift cards, or just fun to give to a friend and say hello! (would also make a great gift as a set!)

Hope your weekend's off to a great start! I keep listening to Vivaldi's Spring since I put it on my blog below (even though I have the whole album with all the seasons-doy!) I'm going to go turn it up real loud now on the bose until I can feel the cellos shake the room and the strings pierce the air and I'm grinning from ear to ear at the beauty of it all! YAY SPRING (again)!... (ok and maybe the other seasons as well since they're all so good!)
I'll leave you with one more pic from my photography session today..

ciao!

Spring Cleaning at Jamie's Cats

Since today is the last day of winter, I thought I'd get a jump on my spring cleaning by cleaning up my shop! New prices, new card sets, new fun! Check it out! I've been having a blast with my new printer and the prints look amazing!

Holey Font

"After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well."

I discovered this new font via the blog of Jennifer Squires it’s called Ecofont. It was designed by a company called Spranq in The Netherlands and it’s said to use up to 20% less ink when printed. This is done by cutting small circles out of the characters that, at regular print size, can’t be seen.

I think the font with the holes is quite attractive itself! To learn more and download the font for free click here


btw I love this photo by jennifersquires - the color is stunning, reminds me of the pink in my zebra stripes below... check out her etsy shop for more!

I've also stocked my shop with a few more silly cats

"Keep Calm and Carry on Franz"
I've been seeing these posters all over etsy so decided
to do my interpretation via Franz's reaction to the
order... ambivalence perhaps? His tripod-like rear
legs might slow him down but cause him great angst...

Reinventions

ok you might have seen these crocheted rocks floating around the blog world and Raina's recent rant on her blog ifthelampshadefits has me posting this painted version of the crocheted rock by recent etsy featured seller Geninne! I actually love the painted version as a fabulous paper weight and decorative piece, maybe a great door stop as well? Would love to see a giant rock painted a la doily style- just imagine stumbling upon a giant rock on the beach or forest all crocheted up! Calls to mind the urban knitters of NYC who go around covering lamposts and trees with their knitting!

Also I love this look below, I call it "Wearing Your Breakfast"
Love the bold presentaiton of the baguette worn directly on the head...

Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Fall 2009

If only breakfast were always this fun!

Art I'm Loving- Hanna Konola

by Hanna Konola
purchase this print in her etsy shop Hannapaivik

I'm loving all the artwork by Hanna Konola- swoon!! Check out her website and blog- so simple, so beautiful ahhh...j'adore