Hey, it's snowing..... kind of

I can tell the holidays are here because it started snowing yesterday, not much, but enough to remind me that they're on their way. That's good too, because it reminded me to write this blog.

We are going to be at a few Holiday Markets and events this season. As always, you can find us at our usual spot at Skidmore Saturday and Sunday Market right up till Christmas Eve (Take the Max to Skidmore Fountain and you have arrived). We will also be at the Christmas Bazaar starting Black Friday! It's at the Portland Expo center, November 26th - 28th and December 3rd -5th. We will have a bit of a Holiday sale as well.


The 28th Annual America’s Largest Christmas Bazaar
@ Portland Expo Center
Nov 26th - 28th & Dec 3rd - 5th
Open Friday & Saturday, 10am-6pm, and Sunday, 10am-5pm
located just south of the I-5 Interstate Bridge. Take exit 306-B from I-5 north or south.
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Next we have Portland Saturday Market's "Holiday Artisan Market", where you can find your favorite Saturday Market Artists during the week, for one week only, December 7th - 12th. Visit us at Pioneer Courthouse Square!

"Holiday Artisan Market",
Pioneer Courthouse Square
December 7th - 12th 11:30am - 6:30pm

701 SW Sixth Avenue
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Windy Days of January...

Some news of late.
Tab and I went to Seattle last weekend, to a warm welcome from local Seatelites. Thank you all who came and said hello. :) As a side note, I had some of the most amazing steak chilly there and munched on fresh vegetables all day.

Unfortunately, we won't be coming back for the next two weeks as we have other things to do here in Portland.


January 21st and 22nd


This Thursday and Friday , you can catch us at the Sylvania PCC, setting up our booth. We will most probably have some sort of Student Sale going on...


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Last Thursday (January 28th)

As long as the weather allows, we're also planning on hopping over to January's Last Thursday in NE Portland, which we haven't been to since November I think, maybe even since October! I think it's high time we come back. The wind has been a little crazy lately, but as long as it subsides a bit, we'll be there.



Urban Grind (January 31st)


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The following Sunday, we will be at Urban Grind coffee house at 2214 NE Oregon Street 97232 with a group of artists and crafters. I will most likely have my new Numberism Valentines Day Cards as well as some Calendars I'm trying out. Come down and take a look and tell me what you think. We'll be there from about 12 to 4pm.



Let's see, let's see... what other news is there? Ah, Tab and I are nearly finished with The Teenagers Guide to Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse's first issue! Which I'm very excited about. It has been a long process, having started it during our busiest time of the year, but it's really come along, and I'm looking forward to having more time to hammer out issue 2 (which really jumps into the story!)

Yesterday I started to also dabble in some work that I'm thinking about using for my next series. I'm not sure yet if this will be it, but it merges my obsession with numbers and the chance to use more oil paint. I'll have pictures of it up soon. It focuses on the consequence of wasting a moment, rather than just the benefit of appreciating it.

Beyond that, I've gone sale crazy on our online shops. Not sure exactly what spurred this, but everything on every site has been knocked down.

At our FrogFaith Site, all work has been brought down to booth prices or lower, as well as our shipping and handling. (The collections and limited editions have been seriously cut)

I've taken half off shipping and handling on everything in my Etsy store (sometimes more). Etsy has a selection of my available works and prints. The full series, my paintings and Tabulanis's work are all available at FrogFaith.com/gallery


At my Redbubble shop, I've cut everything down 10%. This is where you can buy T Shirts, Greeting Cards, Redbubble Calendars, Posters, Framed Prints, Mounted prints and Canvas Prints. All of my work is available here.

That pretty much covers all news I think. You're always welcome to email me with questions. I hope that 2010 is proving to be a great year for all of you.

Last Minute Shopping at Saturday Market

Saturday Market will be open for this entire week up until Christmas Eve for all of us notorious last minute shoppers. We will be at our regular booth on the Skidmore side (at Ankeny and 2nd)- right off the MAX stop) with a few special large prints that we rarely print. We also have new work from Tabulanis!

The usual sales apply at the booth, and buying the Tree set is 15 % off when you buy the whole set at once. If you're trying to load up on gifts, we'll give you 15% off when you buy 4 or more. :)


We are pretty well stocked, but if you're coming into town to pick something up, send me an email and I'll make sure to print it and have it with us at the market to make sure your trip is successful.

Also, there are tons of great booths all around us at the market to fill the rest of your shopping needs with purses, jewelry, art, prints, T Shirts, a few electronics, great hats, Portland Paraphernalia and the like. I'm personally going to grab one of those cool Owl Purses I keep eying that are up the aisle from me.

So while we're at market, our gallery in NW Portland will be closed and will not be open until after the Holidays, so if you're trying to find us, look at the market. We'll be there! Also, after this week, Saturday and Sunday Market will be closed until MARCH! So come down while you still can!

Happy Holidays!



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Perpetual Motion Calendar

I just created my first Perpetual Motion RedBubble calendar, which has each piece from the series.

There are three calendars to choose from,

Original Series

The first calendar shows the series in it's Original Form, with the earlier graphite drawings, transitioning into pen and finally the full color tree drawing. They are ordered, month to month, as I originally drew them (to the best of my memory).

Sepia Series
The second calendar shows the series in sepia and original pen coloring

Color Series

The final calendar shows the series in sepia, special color pieces and pen coloring.

I also just saw a redubble notice on Shipping. If you are looking to purchase prints, calendars or TShirts from RedBubble for Christmas, here are your deadlines to get them to you in time:

• United States

  T-Shirts: 17 December
  Prints & Cards: 13 December

• Calendars: 13 December

Also, I noticed that if you buy 3 calendars (and possibly, 3 of anything), you get free shipping! These calendars are $32.50

26

This week, I am turning 26. Not a mile marker in life, not a turning point, historically speaking, but my birthday nonetheless. I'm personally quite happy with this year so far and am looking forward to the next one. Let's see a recap:

I finished my Perpetual Motion series (yay!), my husband, best friend and I opened up our first gallery, which happens to be next to an awesome coffee shop (Anna Bannanas), I've met a group of wonderfully artistic friends up here and am absolutley loving Portland life, and I'm now working on a comic book about zombies, which is something I've always wanted to do.



Last and not least, my amazing husband and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary just last month, and we continue to be a contradiction to the normal idea of a married couple.



I don't know what more I could ask for, really.So instead of a gift for me, I'm offering a gift to you.

This week (starting at Saturday Market), I will knock off 15% off everything when you buy two or more prints. Moreover, for just this week, I will bring all my online prices down to my special booth prices. :) These are found at www.SiennaMorris.Etsy.com and www.FrogFaith.com/gallery At the FrogFaith Gallery, you can order to pick up at our gallery while avoiding shipping and handling.

You get the 15% off at our gallery as well at 1216 NW 21st ave. We open at 2pm and stay open all night. We work upstairs, so feel free to holler if we don't come down.

Have an awesome week and happy Friday the 13th!