Artfire Collections!

I'm so honored to have my mask featured in three different collections.


Masquerade opened today and it is curated by MidnightEternal. It features some of the most beautiful masks I've seen in ages, and I'm blown away by my inclusion in it.


Two others were created recently but I hadn't caught up blogging on them.


Among the Leaves of Gold opened on September 25th and is curated by Jeliza. Wow is the only word that can express the talent of the others included in this collection, and again, it amazes and thrills me to be a part of it.

BOOOO! also opened on September 25th and is curated by CatsWire. Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, and this collection has some cute, beautiful, spooky inclusions. I'm so proud of being a part of it!


Ladies, you've all inspired me by your choices, and I really am itching to make some collections myself. Such a wonderful, wonderful Artfire tool!!

Get in on Artfire's big Group Deal event!

I've mentioned before how much I love Artfire. Although I'm still trying to get back into making my stuff and building up my reputation, I've been very pleased with how Artfire manages their business and all the wonderful perks in my Pro Studio. Now they have a new incentive to stick with them.

The jist of it is, if they get 20,000 people to opt in for a Pro studio, they'll offer those studios for $5.95 a month (half of their normal price) for life. They have a 50,000 studio cap on it, so I've already signed up both my studios (gundowerks, and a new shop I'm going to try out, sassy chic). All you have to do is sign up with your credit card info at their group deal page.  They won't charge anything until/unless they reach their goal, at which point you'll be charged $5.95 a month. You can sign up with as many individual shops as you'd like. It's such a fantastic deal, because that's all Artfire charges, no per-listing fees at all.

Besides this, for the next 24 hours if you mentioned the Group Deal and link to the page (as I have), you'll be entered for a chance to win a Table Top Photography Studio.

On top of that, if you retweet the deal in the next 24 hours you'll be entered for a chance to win $100
 paid to your paypal account.

Needless to say I rt'ed from both my accounts (tdkgunderson, which is my personal twitter, and gundowerks) and this is my blog entry. I've also touted it a bit on Facebook.

I love Artfire, and this is just one more good reason!

Upcycling and buttons

As I slowly work my way through yet another studio revamp I'm uncovering things I used to do that I miss. One is "upcycling", where I take objects I buy at thrift stores, or people find for me in various places, and redo them. Right now I have three of the cutest handbags that are just dying for some painting and fixing up. I also have some girls clothing that needs a little fixing up and so on. I think I'll primarily work (as usual) in the "wearable art" area, doing clothing, handbags, belts, scarves and such. More on that later, I will probably be using eBay for some of those items.

A few years ago my sweet husband granted a lifetime wish for me and bought me a Badge-a-Minit. I just used my birthday cash to buy some more supplies and a new and improved piece of software that has tons of really cute clip art. I'm working on buttons that will capture the interest of the science fiction/fantasy crowd, the filkers, and general all-purpose geek and nerd types. Those will probably go up at a new Artfire store I'm plotting, one that will also serve for upcycled stuff and paper goods (note cards, gift cards, greeting cards and similar).