Thank YOU!…or…wow my blog turns six today

It is hard to believe- six years ago on June 3rd, 2006,  I started blogging about my hobby and then it turned into my profession…

Besides that I love writing – in my limited english way – what do I know?- like 400 words or so, LOL – I enjoy doing this because I love with how many people all over the world I connected through blogging!

In other ways: YOU! are the reason why I love writing my blog and do so continuously. Your comments make my day, the conversations with YOU! inspire me and I love to get to know YOU! wherever YOU! are !

My Blogaversary is actually a celebration of YOU! Thank you for reading, thank you for coming by, thank you for subscribing and thank you for commenting or emailing me sometimes!

To celebrate YOU! I have two give aways!

I give away two class seats in my Über*Media Gesso Class!

The 1st seat: I picked the receiver already! Don’t call this unfair…I actually checked on my blog stats who in all this years commented the most on my blog and I think this person deserves my thank you and first give away :)

SUE CLARKE! Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, you make me very happy and I love to read your comments and I so hope one day I will see you in person over the pond and get to hug you and thank you in person. :) Please email me and I send you the access to the class!

And the 2nd ?

Let me know which topics on the n*Studio Blog YOU! would like me to write about.

If you also subscribe to my blog in a reader or via email (sidebar) you double your chances – let me know and I will put your name into the drawing two times :) You have time till June 7th, 2012 midnight CET.  I will have a winner for the gesso class randomly picked. ( If you already took the Gesso class as a student let me know and we can work out a different class ;))

Again- Thank YOU! and have an amazing day

Hugs

Nat

Comments (44)

  • Lisa Flaherty

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    Oops! Forgot to mention that I subscribe to your blog via email! Definitely want my name to be entered twice for your lovely giveaway! I really don’t like gesso (trying not to be judgmental!) and I know it is because I do not know how to use it, so I KNOW I would greatly benefit from your class! Thanks again for the chance!

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  • Sue W

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    congratulations! I am fairly new to your blog and enjoy it immensely. I subscribe through RSS so I don’t miss anything. Choosing your most dedicated reader is a great idea!
    I would like to learn more about colour.

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  • Natalie Hall

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    Congratulations Nathalie!! I love your heart!!!

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  • Rhonda Zamora

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    Since Creative Jump Start, I have visited your blog every afternoon. Thanks for all of your instruction and inspiration! I would love to win a spot in your class. I would like to learn more about Gel Medium and Gesso etc..

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  • Anne-Mette

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    Congratulations Nathalie…. I just recently discovered your blog (you had a fast forward post on Julies blog) and I’ve been by almost daily ever since :-) Right now I’m taking your acrylic class and I’m having so much fun learning all theese new tecniques and incoorporating them in my paintings. learning new stuff and putting your own spin at it is GREAT :-) If I had to choose a topic other than the ones you’re allready doing it would be composition. Looking forward to coming back….

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    • Anne-Mette

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      oops… didn’t think my comment had been posted. sorry for the duplicate :-)

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  • Anne-Mette

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    Congratulations Nathalie. I’m a fairly new reader of your blog, but have been coming steady since I discovered you (since you had a fast forward-post on Julies blog :-) ) I’m know taking your acrylic class and I’m enjoing it so much and have been incoorporating different techniques in my paintings. always great to learn new stuff and put you own spin at it. If i had to choose a topic other than the things you’re allready doing, it could be composition…. I would love to hear your words on that :-)
    thank you for the opporunity to win a spot on the gesso-class. (also a medium a just discovered recently….)

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  • Angelika Westermann

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    Hi Natalie,
    I only recently dicovered your blog – Julie Fei-Balzer pointed me to you some weeks ago and I immediately subscribed to it. What I really loved so far was your discourse on colors. This leads me to the interesting question if you could also give some informal lessons on the integral parts of design – line, space, contrast etc. This is a topic which always seems to be thought of as “has to be known”, however, having no artistic education whatever it often leaves me confused.
    Oh, and by the way: Congratulation to your anniversary and thank you very much for that giveaway. Would love to win it.
    Angelika

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  • Maria Schmidt

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    Wow, du altes Eisen! ;-) So lang bist du schon dabei und so lang les ich schon deinen Blog! Wahnsinn! Ich finds super das du Schritt in die Selbständigkeit gewagt hast und so erfolgreich bist! Jaja, auch ich gehöre zu den Leuten, die meistens nur lesen, aber leider keinen Kommentar hinterlass – schäm!
    Ich gelobe Besserung! Ich trink dann heut Abend ein Gläschen an dich und wünsch dir weiterhin viel Erfolg und viele glückliche kreative Ergüsse!
    xoxoxoxoxo Maria

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  • Lynne N

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    Congrates. That shows dedication on your part. I love your blog.

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  • Lisa crofts

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    Congrats on 6 years natalie. I love all the posts i have read this year. I might have to go back and check out vintage stuff.

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  • Nancy C

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    Congratulations to Sue! How sweet, Nathalie, to recognize her so! And congratulations to you with your 6 year blogoversary!
    As to topics? Hmmm…I’d love to learn more from you about texture, gesso, acrylic paints … ok, anything! (lol)

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  • Sue Clarke

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    SIX years is a long time to be giving out free information to the crafty world.
    I am so pleased that you are able to make it your career!
    One day we will meet and I can not tell you how honored I am that you have picked me to receive the free class Nat!
    {BIG HUGS}…your biggest fan:-)

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  • jjsobeyj

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    COngrats on 6 years! I’ve been subscribed for a quite a while through google reader. I’m one of those ones who lurks a lot but forgets to comment. I enjoy your tips & tricks kind of posts, but I have to say… my favorite type are the ones when you show something you weren’t satisfied with and then change it to make it something you love. Thanks for all the great posts!

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  • Marjie Kemper

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    How fabulous, Nat! Congrats on six years of this… bet you had no idea with that first post where you would be, how much in your life would change, and how influential you would be to so many artists and would-be-artists around the world. I am delighted to have met you in person as well as connecting this way on a regular basis! As someone who has taken your class in person as well as online I think my suggestion would be… any thing YOU want to teach, girlfriend!

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  • Liz Thayne

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    Ni Nat, Happy Blog-aversary! I only discovered your blog a few months ago but I now eagerly await the Email with a new post. I have learned so much from your tutorials and find your post amusing and inspirational. Heres to the next 6 years and more. I must say your English is a million times better than my German! Keep up the good work.

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  • Patricia Huber

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    Natalie!

    I ALWAYS read your blog and often get a big chuckle from them. You have such a nice sense of humor! I’ve especially enjoyed the “color” stories this past week or so. It was good to get a little theory mixed in with your usual comments (not that I don’t like your usual comments ha ha).

    I wish I could take one of your classes in person but unless you come to the east coast of the United States, that might be difficult. Keep up the good work with your blog!

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  • ___Caroline___

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    Congratulations Nathalie,
    We love reading your post, they are always very inspirational. Thank you for sharing so much…

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  • christy comstock

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    I have been loving your posts! The color tutorials have been awesome!!

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