Cathy Michaels Design by Cathy Bluteau

A sale and a giveaway???

Next week I will start to stock my shop with new items as I showed you this week in my last post.

I want to try out a few new things in the upcoming months and so I need to "clear out the old" and in with the new.

For this reason I have am having a 20%** off sale in the shop:

• Yep,  20% off Sale** in my Shop for the next few days only. 
•  When you get to check-out  enter SUMMER12 in the coupon code section and your discount will automatically be applied!
  (Note that I cannot apply the 20% to the online classes - sorry)

I am offering this to you, my faithful readers, before I post it in the shop section too, just a way of
saying a little thank you to you by giving you a head start (wink wink)

Here's a mini view of some of the items in my shop right now:

 

 

Next week when I will launch my new journals I will also be offering a free giveaway. These journals are really beautiful, personal and there is a surprise with almost every page you turn.  But more on that next week at the same time.

So head on over here for a good discount and stay tuned next week for the giveaway and my new journals.

Have a great, creative day all,

 

 

 

Slowly coming along ...

My bound journals are coming together slowly and I don't know if I am having more fun making the covers or filling the insides.  They should be up in my shop in the next week or so and I will launch them with a free giveaway so stay in touch.

Some sneal peeks:

They are filled with little surprises throughout ...

Stay tuned - also a sale on items in my shop coming up tomorrow

 

Have a great creative day all

Rebirth

You can feel the summer in the air. Things are getting quieter on the internet and blog hopping is kept to a minimum as we spend our days outside. Thank god they are still making it difficult to see our computer screens in the sun!

While I will still be around (alot) this summer and talking with you I will take some time to renew/refresh/relaunch my etsy shop.  I want to spend some time sharing a lot more of my artwork and by that I mean my painted pieces, my sketches and my of course my dooodles. 

I will make these availble as originals and if you don't want to spend that much I will also make them available in reprints of all sizes!  It's going to be fun and interesting and inspiring.

I will go ahead and also make some updates to my blog, again, showcasing more of my artwork, and adding some fun freebie and fun stuff sections.  I want to offer kits again and may do this on a monthly basis - kinda like a kit-club!!!  What do you think?

So along with the rebirth of my garden there will be a rebirth here of Cathy Michaels design.  The time invested will be well worth it.

Again, I will still be here to talk about whatever you want to, to share ideas between us, and to continue to inspire each other.  Do let me know if there is anything/something you would like to see more of on my blog or in the shop - after all, this is between us  ; )

Have a great, continued creative day

 

Summer Blossoms

Well summer has finally emerged here in Canada bringing my last years beauties to full blossom.  Some are annuals come back alive and some are new this year but all of them bring me a lot of joy!

 

Bougainvillea

Scientific name:Bougainvillea

Family:Nyctaginaceae (bougainvillea, four o' clock)

 

 

Columbines

Aquilegia (Columbine; from Latin columba "dove")

 

Geraniums

Confusingly, "geranium" is also the common name of members of the genus Pelargonium (commonly known as 'storksbill' in distinction from 'cranesbill'),

 

Have a great summer day

 

Summer turquoise etsy favs

Okay well turquoise isn't necessarily a "summer" color but it is my favorite color and we did have summer-like weather this weekend so now its summer turquoise okay!  lol lol

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  I know I did.  I was in Toronto visiting my lifetime BFF - it had been a long time since we had seen each other but we just picked up from where we left off last time and it was a great weekend.  (Hi Kitty - how are you!)

So here are my etsy favs  - in turquoise - for the summer

 

Have a great, creative day all