How I feel right now...

The past week makes me feel like the flower on the right hand side. Need a little break...

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Where is ArtMind?

Some time ago I saw a Googlemap in Flickr made by Revontulitikku. She made this map to see where all her passportcovers are in the world. Being a bit freaky about maps and all neat places, I wanted to make a map myself too. How fun that is! It was great seeing all the locations I send my items to. Most of my items went to USA & Canada but a fair amount of them are now also located in Europe. I have had a few customers from Asia and Australia as well.
Items of mine which found a new home in United States & Canada:Items of mine which found a home in Europe:

More growth

I love making these! Today, our home looked like a necklacefactory! :)
Turquoise/bluegreen
Light/dark red

Growth

This type of necklace has been on my mind for a long time, I just never found the time to actually make it. But now I have and I'm really happy because I like it.
It's a very diverse necklace with many posibilities. You can wear it classy like a choker or casual like a longer necklace since the bigger bead in the middle is mobile.
The little felt beads look like small seeds to me. That's why this line of necklaces is called 'growth'. I'll be adding more colors to my Etsy-shop soon.And a lime/turquoise version...

Madelaine

If you're an Etsy-addict, I'm sure you have seen the outstanding work of Madelaine.
Madelaine is two-hundred and seven months old.
She likes to write letters to strangers, find buried treasure and refer to herself in the third person. If you were to visit her she would probably be painting or sleeping or baking bread.
I saw a photograph of Madelaine on Flickr where she announced that she had new postcards.
You could enter a giveaway if you described her shop with one word by leaving a comment on her blog. I love Madelaine's work and I love postcards so no reason why I would not leave a comment. I left the word 'breathtaking' to describe her shop. I'm often in awe of her work and I'm glad nobody sees me sitting here when my mouth falls open and I'm gasping for breath! :)
Last week I got a convo from Madelaine that random.org picked the number of my comment as the winner. YaY!
It made me superhappy & excited.
I could pick an ACEO of my choice out of her collection, but I just couldn't choose because they are all so beautiful. Besides, I wanted it to be a surprise...
Today I received this beautiful set of postcards and my first ACEO ever. I'm impressed, the quality of the postcards is amazing and suit her work perfectly: brilliant, stylish and artsy.
And I think I need to start an ACEO collection now. How intriguing is that?
I'm also in love with her business cards... aarrggh, life can be so good!
Madelaine, you made my day! Thank you very much! :)

How was your weekend?

We did a fair bit of walking in this tiny village called Kanne (Belgium). Little as it is, it has great diversity, at one point I actually felt in a tropical forest. It was hot and humid and the smell of the wood was so overwhelming.
How I love the blooming flowers of spring, the colors and the smell...
Walking through forests and fields, meeting cows and sheep and lots of great scenery - arrgghhh, that's what I call weekend! :)