brass tacks

I'd like to take a moment and pat myself on the back for completing three blog posts previous to this.

Pat, pat, pat.

New Painting - Brown Feather on Grey

Okay, so now that it seems that the good ole bloggie is getting into a seemingly acceptable rhythm, I'd like to get on to what my little business should focus more on...art.  My art, specifically.  

If you are new to this blog, or are a completely oblivious previous reader, I actually produce and sell my own artwork.  I sell it on Etsy.com.  I currently have 54 paintings in my online shop, 7 of which are at reduced rates in the clearance section.

I also have a secret stash of 31 brand new paintings that will be added to my shops stock! Whoa...

New Painting - Blue Birds on Yellow

So, here's the plan.  For 31 days, I am going to add one brand new painting per day to my shop starting one week from today, on May 28th.  On every third day of these 31 days, I will either add a current painting to the clearance section at a reduction of 30, 40, or 50%, or further reduce a painting currently in the clearance section.  Major whoa...

If you would like to become one of the, oh so special, people on the Dirksen Dabbles mailing list, you can get a jump start on all the action.  Here's how.

New Painting - Ginkgo Leaf on Teal

The May 2012 Newsletter will be going out tomorrow, May 22nd.  Current and new subscribers will receive a special promotion code that will take 40% off ANY painting currently in stock.  This promo code will be good until the new paintings hit the shelves on May 28th.  If it's past May 22nd and you are just now reading this, never fear!  Sign up and I will still send you the May 2012 edition (don't worry, newsletters take work to make and I only send out a handful throughout the year).

So, let's recap.

• 31 new paintings are going to be added one day at a time, starting in one week, on May 28th
• 10 paintings of the current stock will be reduced in price and placed in the clearance section (or current clearance items will be further reduced), throughout the 31 days
• Dirksen Dabbles Newsletter subscribers will receive a discount code for 40% off any current listing

Who's pumped?! 

(funny side note...when titling this post, I thought "brass tacks" was "brass tax"...who knew?)

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