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Instagram on the Web Or…Check It Out

For those not familiar with Instagram, Instagram is a social network and photo-sharing app for smart phone or mobile device users. With this app you can apply filters to your photos and share them with other I users and you can also share them on Facebook, Twitter etc.As of yesterday Instagram introduced web profiles for each Instagram User.

So if you want to see someones Instagram Photos you can do this without the app on a mobile device- which for some might be interesting. As an Instagram user you can like and comment on other Instragram pages from the web now too but you can still only upload your photos via the app on your mobile device.

I love Instagram and I like the new website…(think easy mosaics ;) ) as it is totally my thing and many others as I use it for taking photos of everyday life – like a visual diary.

But with all Social Media Platforms and especially every time there is a change there are some things to check and think about:

Users can set their photos to be accessible to anyone or just logged-in members that they have allowed to follow them. In fact- if you are an Instagram user who before had set everything to private- you should check if everything on your web profile is still private and maybe change it back to private in your settings! I do upload only photos that I would also share on my blog and I am comfortable sharing in the web. I also use the Location Map with some thought! For example: I would not post pictures of my godsons in their school tagging the school on the map with the name of the school for example – but that is really up to you. A lot of things that I share might be things that others never share at all either. Do what you feel comfortable about, but think about it!

You can find my new web Instagram page here

If you want to learn more about Instagram and how to use it in general and with some fun twists, I would love to send you to my friend Rhonda Palazzari who is doing a wonderful and really good series about how to use Instagram this week.

You can find it here and here and here and here.

If you use Instagram, why do you like it and if you do not use Instagram, what is the reason you might not want to use it?

Have a gorgeous day

nat

Nat

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Marsha.

November 13, 2012 at 9:33 am | #

Love, love, love Instagram!

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Rommel

November 11, 2012 at 9:43 pm | #

I love instagram, and i was really addicted to it! ahha serious… but, my iphone was stolen.. so sad! Hope to buy the new 5 one, soon! :)

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  November 11, 2012 at 9:52 pm | #
  
  oh no! bummer about your phone! crossing fingers for you new one!
  nat
  
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Dara Lynn

November 9, 2012 at 1:59 pm | #

Ronda has really helped me this week with her postings on Instagram! I feel like I just might be able to wrap my tech-challenged mind around it! :) Looking forward to following you on Instagram.:)

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mjmarmo

November 9, 2012 at 1:38 pm | #

I don’t use it because I have a stupid phone:) not a smart one.

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  November 9, 2012 at 9:45 pm | #
  
  LOL- this comment made me laugh so much! ;)
  
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Julie Short

November 9, 2012 at 3:52 am | #

Starting to use it and will now look at the facebook application. Great post today Nat!

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Antje

November 8, 2012 at 7:20 pm | #

I like Instagram because the main focus is on the photos, not so much on what you write. It’s so much fun to see what fun ideas people come up with…

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Meh…or How Facebook Page Updates can be seen again

After getting some emails by people before, telling me that they follow my Facebook n*Studio Page but they can’t see my updates , I finally saw this problem as a question popping up on other pages too and it turns out Facebook now requires “fan” page administrators to pay in order to get posts seen by all of the people who have liked their page – I simply don’t have this money..sorry Facebook. – 200 bucks for an update to show up…you might have to get this from bigger fishies than me. This means though that only 10% of the people that would liked my page are seeing the updates.

So if you are one of the subscribers and would still like to see my updates – here is what you can do. Go to my Facebook page n*Studio

STEP 1: go the page and click on the gear on the right side

Step 2: Select “add to Interest List” or in German “zur Interessenlisten hinzufügen”

If you have no interest list yet – you can create a new one. I named mine Artists/Inspiration.

Step 3: Now you can see your interest list on the left hand side of your newsfeed and you can see if there are updates too

I favorited my Interestlist- so it shows up on the top too.

I recommend doing this for all of the pages you are interested in seeing the updates…

Thank you to all of those that are following me on my Facebook page – I actually post a lot of photos during the day and from classes and other stuff on there too – so it is not all the same as the blog and vice versa :)

Wishing you a gorgeous Friday!

huge hugs

Nat

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Natalie Hall

November 11, 2012 at 4:52 pm | #

Thanks for this! I made a list with all of my favourite designers/artists (and, yes, that does include you!).

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margaeli

November 4, 2012 at 8:53 pm | #

This is a great tip & I thought that I (as a subscriber) was missing “stuff”/posts from some of my “commercial” friends. I’m going to add many of my likes to similar lists so I can keep up. Thanks again.

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Lisa Flaherty

November 2, 2012 at 4:19 pm | #

Thanks for the tip! I didn’t realize that my interest list would show up on the left side of the page and that I could “favorite” things over there!

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Deborah Crouse

November 2, 2012 at 2:44 pm | #

Thanks so much for the tips! I appreciate you.

Sent from my iPhone

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Riikka

November 2, 2012 at 2:26 pm | #

Great info! I have your FB page added to my reader, so I’m sure not to miss anything! :)

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  November 2, 2012 at 6:31 pm | #
  
  Thank you so much Riikka! huge hugs to Finland! Nat
  
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france papillon

November 2, 2012 at 10:14 am | #

thanks Nath! very useful info :)
i already did it for your page, and i hope you won’t mind me ‘copying’ this message on my blog :)

bereknuffel!

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  November 2, 2012 at 6:30 pm | #
  
  totally not honey- I am not the first to post this – so go on :)
  
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Fall is the Spring of Winter…or Blogover

I did some spring cleaning in fall and redesigned my blog. And no…it wasn’t really planned..ahem…don’t even go there…don’t even ask- LOL.

So anyway, two days of nonstop tweaking, hair pulling and some smiles in between resulted into what you see around here.

There are some new things- there are some old things, some moved, some are maybe new to you, some are redusted..well…let me show you a little video :)

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Let me know what you think about the new blog look – I love your feedback :)

huge hugs

Nat

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Andrene

October 19, 2012 at 2:43 am | #

Love it!! Very clean, inviting and easy to navigate. You did an awesome job. I started creating my own page and it took me forever to just get the header and a sidebar set up. Haven’t even posted on it (BLOG FRIGHT!!!) Maybe one day.

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sylvia

October 18, 2012 at 11:34 pm | #

well done, i like the new, clean look!!!

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mjmarmo

October 18, 2012 at 10:25 pm | #

Looks great!! Very sharp!

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Deborah Pierro

October 18, 2012 at 5:20 pm | #

Hi Nat–I like your new blogover. It’s great that you get so many comments. I know I’m not anywhere near as well-known as you, but I wish people would comment on my blog. They did when I started it in August and now I only get views and no comments, or people comment in an email because they can’t figure out how to comment on my blog. Oh well, what do you want for free–I use Google’s Blogspot!
I’d love to hear your input. Thanks, Deb Pierro

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 9:55 pm | #
  
  Hi Deb, thank you so much for your words! I am sorry you are disappointed about not getting that many comments.I know that can be so discouraging and I so hope that it won’t. Don’t take it too close to your heart!!! Let me say a couple things in the hope that makes you feel a bit better:
  1. I have many many posts that have not ONE single comment or only 1 – sometimes I post a tutorial and put a lot of heart into that and still get only 2 comments…so that happens to many of us…
  2. I never post for comments- yes I love them but I also post because I want to share things…just keep it up…don’t give up because of comments- you do not post solely for comments, I am sure. If I would…I would have given up sometimes ;)
  3. People have busy lives and I know that too. So I don’t blame people for not commenting. For example I have over 1000 blogs in my feedreader, I cannot simply all the time leave comments for all of them – and I am sure that is the same vice versa sometimes for my blog. Also you never know how people read the blog posts- if they read it on a mobile divice – ipad, phone etc. it is really tricky and heart to comment sometimes. And a lot of people read blogs via the feed reader and that makes them too lazy to do the extra click to leave a comment.
  4. When I was going to click on your name to go to your blog I got a message that the blog was not found. Not really sure why – but maybe something is off with your blog? That could be a reason too ?
  In any event- never never give up if you really enjoy blogging. I blog since 2006 and I could not imagine not doing it anymore- it is my voice, my outlet and my memory keeper. That thought helps me through the not so many comment times – maybe it could help you to!
  
  Send me your blog addy- so I can take a peak and once in a while leave you a comment.
  
  Huge hugs
  nat
  
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  - sylvia
    
    October 18, 2012 at 11:32 pm | #
    
    Nat, you’re the sweetest really… what a lovely reply!!
    
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Sue Clarke

October 18, 2012 at 3:29 pm | #

You know that I love to leave you comments Nat.
It is a more professional, clean cut look.
Mind you I loved the old one too.
It is more intuitive and I think that categories are a bit easier to find.
At the end of the video did you say “shoes” or “toodle ooh’s”…LOL?

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 4:56 pm | #
  
  Thank you Sue- you are the best- I look forward everyday to your comments!!! hahahaha- at the end of the video I say : Tschüss ….which is the German word for Bye If Americans say it….like Julie ;) it sounds like Shoooeeesss huge hugs nat
  
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sandy

October 18, 2012 at 2:20 pm | #

If I am already a subscriber to your blog, do I have to re-subscribe to get the N-Studio blog?

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 2:22 pm | #
  
  Hi Sandy,that shouldn’t be the case as my url did not change. But did you get the new blog post in your reader? If so, then you do not have to do anything.
  Have a gorgeous day!!!
  Nat
  
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Milagros

October 18, 2012 at 12:46 pm | #

A very clean and fresh but will miss your cheeks rosy.
hugs

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 2:22 pm | #
  
  LOL Mila – like Cuchy said…guess I will have to put a little picture in the sidebar ;)
  Hugs
  nat
  
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Cuchy

October 18, 2012 at 7:38 am | #

I like it, I also find it cleaner and easier to read. I’ll miss your pic with the rosy cheeks though :)

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 9:56 am | #
  
  LOL….I can make a little sidebar picture with it ;) I miss it too a bit
  
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lynnmcmvt

October 18, 2012 at 2:58 am | #

I like it, Nat! It’s good to clean house once in a while and same with blogs. :)

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Julia

October 18, 2012 at 2:48 am | #

I like this fresh and clean look! Well done, Nat! :)

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Martha Richardson

October 18, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

For some reason you have disappeared off my blog reader…is this why? Love the new look and now you have me thinking…hmmmmmm!

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 9:57 am | #
  
  Whaaaattt, LOL- you don’t like me anymore :( mmh – weird about the feed reeder, I hope it wasn’t a glitch. It is lot’s of fun withe the Blogover…welll….at least when it is done ;)
  
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Barb

October 18, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

I like the new look!!!!!

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eSeN

October 18, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

My first thought was that it was much easier to read, so usability is improved right away! Love the dropdown menus. I’m assuming ‘students about workshops’ are your testimonials. I would label them as such, and maybe place them in your ‘about’ menu rather than the ‘workshops’ menu. As others have said, a nice and clean look! I like it!

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 9:58 am | #
  
  Thank you for your input – usability is important . Mhhh- that is a good point you brought up about the Testimonials- I think I did it because not everyone from other countries knows what a Testimonial is – translation wise….but I like your idea about putting it in the About Menue- I will think about this! thank you!
  
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suzannebouchard

October 18, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

Well, the important thing is that you like your new look. Honestly I would like to see more of your artwork in the leading banner. I find clean and simpl cold. But I love your artwork a lot and all you do is interesting to me.

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 9:59 am | #
  
  Ahh Suzanne, thank you for your sweet words. I do like simple when I read stuff…but I was also a bit hesitant on the blog, because I still wanted to reflect that I am an artsy painty person…I hope I somehow managed to keep that. Have a wonderful day!!!! hugs
  
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Trish

October 18, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

Very nice, Natalie!

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Vicki Chrisman

October 18, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

Very cool Nat.. clean and crisp. Man… doing a blog revamp is something I have been thinking about for …oh….. 2 years atleast..but I’m SCARED.lol You go girl!

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- nathalie-kalbach
  
  October 18, 2012 at 10:01 am | #
  
  vIc, it is not as bad as it looks…kind of…LOL. I knew what I wanted but the lack of html knowledge makes it a bit hard if you know what you want. Kind of like when you have the picture of the perfect pair of shoes in your head and then go shopping….not too easy. But if you are open in the result I think it is a bit easier.
  
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Wrapping up the Year or Cleaning up Artistically

There are a couple fun things that are coming up that I was asked to participate as a guest poster in and that I would like to give you more scoop about :)

Starting October 1, Artists in Blogland is hosting a challenge called “Fall Fearless and Fly.” Every other week, there will be artistic prompts designed to get you thinking about setting intentions and shedding emotional baggage to step into 2013 as your bravest, most fearless self. Have you ever done a juice cleanse? Think of this as an art cleanse! Any medium goes, and AIB has great prizes and giveaways. Each week, there will be a guest artist participating! Look for my challenge response on January 15th, 2013. So go over to AIB and grab a button for your blog. It looks like a lot of really cool challenges and I love the topics, and the guest artists are also pretty cool ;) So get ready to “Fall Fearless and Fly!”

….but Wait there is more……

In December something extraordinary is going to be happening at Riikka’s blog Paperiliitin(Paperclip). Together with an amazing cast of talented crafters she’s going to share inspiration and joy all the way to Christmas and even beyond. There’s going to be giveaways, tutorials, step-by-step photos and a great amount of creativity! Welcome to join the fun!Keep your eyes open over at blog land – this add or a button of the event is going to be popping up here and there! Feel also free to spread the word or grab a button from Riikka’s blog .

Looking forward to seeing you in December!
Have a gorgeous day :)

nat

Nat

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Carolyn Dube

September 30, 2012 at 3:28 pm | #

What a creative season this will be! Thanks for sharing about Fall Fearless and Fly and introducing me to Creative Christmas Calendar! Can’t wait to see what you create!

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Jessica

September 28, 2012 at 4:12 am | #

Thanks Nathalie! We’re so looking forward to your participation. Thanks for letting your readers know about Fall Fearless and Fly! I’ll check out the Creative Christmas Calendar too.

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Behind the tears of sorrow lies the smile of memory

My friend Kimmy- you will be truly missed! It is hard to believe. A friend set up a Donation Page for Cancer Research UK in her memory . If you knew her and would like to send out condolencses to her family, contact me for the address.

lot’s of love
nat

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Dear Oma …or Guest design for Once Upon a Sketch

I had lot’s of fun participating as a guest designer for this months’s challenge at Once Upon A Sketch. And I tell you it was a real Challenge- LOL. Once Upon a Sketch teamed up with CSI: Colors, Stories, Inspiration this month, so not only did I have to incorporate the sketch, but also certain colors and prompts. FUN :)

For this challenge, you must use :

*the SKETCH provided – CHECK

* all the colours in the SCHEME – CHECK

* at least 2 elements from the EVIDENCE – CHECK – I used mesh, leaves, tone on tone, scattered elements and used curved organic shapes.

* at least 1 element from the TESTIMONY! – CHECK – I journaled in form of a letter

Supplies: Heidi Swapp Vintage Chic Textbook, Vinyl Single, Scrapware Frame, Dusty Attic Chicken Wire Panel, Prima Flower, Prima Say It in Chrystals, Basically Bare Chipboard and Canvas Leaves, Prima Alpha Stickers, 7Gypsies Tag, ICEResin Transparent Ribbon, Liquitex Spray Paints, Derwent Artbars, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Pads and Crafty Power Tape

Check out Once Upon a Sketch and CSI: Colors, Stories, Inspiration – they are both wonderful challenge sides that give a prompt and a way to step out of your box. These challenge blogs also offer you an awesome way to play along when you are stuck and having a problem getting Mojo to pay a visit. Plus seeing what all the design team members did with the Challenge also is pure eye candy :)

Have a rocking day!

Nat

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Sue Clarke

September 12, 2012 at 3:13 pm | #

I especially like the flower that you used Nat.

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Caro

September 12, 2012 at 2:39 pm | #

ein schönes Layout ist das!! ich muß auch mal wieder bei den Blogs vorbeischauen …

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mjmarmo

September 12, 2012 at 2:32 pm | #

So pretty!

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Martha Richardson

September 12, 2012 at 1:52 pm | #

Love the LO and what a beautiful phot ;)

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Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner

Time to announce the Winners of the giveaways last week. Let’s start with the Revlie Postcards :)

Zeit die Gewinner der Give-aways der letzten Woche bekanntzugeben. Lasst uns mit den Revlie Postkarten anfangen :)

And the Winner of the REVitup postcards is…..

Und der Gewinner der REVitup Postkarten ist….

Congratulations Genya :) Please send me your addy so I can send you out the cards! my addy is nathalie(dot)kalbach(at)gmail(dot)com

And now as it is only in Germany, Austria or Switzerland living readers could be…lets move to German and announce the winners of the little Liquitex Spraypaint bottle…we have five winners :)

Und nun, da es nur Leser aus Deutschland, Österreich oder der Schweiz sein dürfen…lasst uns Deutsch sprechen und die Gewinner der kleinen Liquitex Sprühfarbe verkünden …wir haben fünf Gewinner :)

Und die Gewinner sind:

Monika, Daniela, Gwen, Maria und Gaby -Herzlichen Glückwunsch :)

Schickt mir doch bitte Eure Postadressen an nathalie(punkt)kalbach(ät)gmail(punkt)com bis Freitag den 07.09.2012, nach diesem Datum, werde ich andere Gewinner ermitteln müssen !

Huge hugs to you all

Nat

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Gabriele Pawlitzek

September 3, 2012 at 9:56 pm | #

Freu mich schon so auf die Möglichkeit diese Farbe auszuprobieren. Nachricht mit meiner Adresse ist raus. Danke für das tolle Blog Candy, Gaby

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Sue Clarke

August 31, 2012 at 3:11 pm | #

Congrats to the winners and thanks for keeping us hooked up to fun supplies Nat.

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Lisa Flaherty

August 30, 2012 at 5:16 pm | #

Congratulations, All! :)

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REVitup postcards giveaways ! Cards that make you happy :)

The creative and sweet Revlie is guest blogging here today to show her awesome new post cards that are now available in her Etsy store! She sent me a set and I really love them and already sent some out for some special persons :)

Revlie sent me an extra set to give away, so leave a comment here and let me know: “Do you write postcards and if so, to whom?”

I will draw a winner on Friday :)

hello gorgeous souls,

Revlie from REVving it up here to show you my 8 gorgeous unique postcards, created from my own design canvasses. just for you to enjoy :)

these (14,8 x 10,7 cm / 5,8 x 4,2 inch) postcards are printed on 285 gsm plywood board. the finish is matt dispersion varnish.

too pretty to send out? order two sets! one for you to keep, frame & enjoy, one set to send out to your lovely friends.

they are 8 postcards for 10 euro’s -> go check them out in my Etsyshop. what are you waiting for? make yourself happy!

life is good. let’s send your loved ones a postcard!
rev

Nat

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Cindy from Holland

August 26, 2012 at 2:25 pm | #

I send postcards all over the world on a regular basis. I am a member of postcrossing, so I do not know who they are, but it is lovely to sent and receive funny postcards from all over the world. Lovely to be able to win this set of card, they look beautiful.

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waiting on Him

August 23, 2012 at 7:34 pm | #

I want to start writing them to my daughters. :)

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Julie Bonomo

August 23, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

What beautiful postcards…..love the sentiments and colors. Simply beautiful! What an inspirational coup should i win…..thank you for the chance.

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Note to self…or Cocoa Daisy July Projects

It was so fun working with this kit! I love all sorts of text and office themed papers and embellishments so I totally fell in Love with the Cocoa Daisy Kit.

I can’t stop

The photo shows my grandmother and the quote is from the Cocoa Daisy business card. I love it!

Lot’s of paper tearing and distressing here.

*my story*

my husband is a real goof- LOL- every time we go hiking, he does those things, it is actually so predictable and still I can’t stop laughing about it.

I handcut five circles, cut some slits to the middle and added a brad as a flower center to create those flowers.

I added also some Ranger Crackle Paint to the paper and the photo to get some more texture.

*the roof*

Seeing the roof when I climbed the chimney ladder in 2004 sold the yet to be built apartment to me. I still love our our roof and the view and the picture reminds me on that day when I came up the ladder and was able to visualize the terrace on top.

some faux stitching inside the circle stamp and the border.

I also had fun playing with the twine and for better contrast I traced the letters.

*Wochenend und Sonnenschein*

the 7Gypsies picture holder in the kit was the perfect little gift for my great aunt who is in short term care right now – attached one of her favorite pictures (and mine too) of her brother and sister (my grandmother).

What would be a “note to self” for you today? My note to self today is “BREATHE ” ;)

hugs

Nat

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