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Many of you have written asking for a Daily Art Muse button to put on your blogs and websites.  I finally had a little time to create the buttons and you can find them in the sidebar.

Choose the button you like, copy the code beneath the button, put the code into your html page and the image (with a link to daMuse) will automagically appear (or, if you have a WordPress blog, you can put the code in a Text Widget for your sidebar).

If you love this blog, sharing Daily Art Muse is a great way to show your support – grab a button to put on your website!

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[private_archives]One more announcement:   Did you know that there is a quick and easy way for you to find out what’s new in my Etsy shop?  Simply click on the ‘Subscribe to shop feed‘ link and get the latest listings by RSS Feed.  How cool is that?

Over the next few weeks I will be listing my own handmade text-related supplies – you won’t want to miss that so be sure to subscribe to the feed!

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Polymer clay image transfer pushed through a post office box door

Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letter to a Young Poet is one of my favorite books.  There are many passages that move me to tears, to a place of comfort, to a state of mind that allows me to take a deep breath no matter what is going on in the world.  I took one of my favorite passages and created a collage sheet just for you!

Rilke: Love The Questions {Collage Sheet in PDF* Format}

This little present includes the sheet of quotes/sentences you see above, the same sheet in reverse (for easy image transfers) and one page of the excerpt alone, framed for your viewing pleasure.  I hope it brings you many hours of art-making joy!

*The PDF is a large file (so that you can print it with no problem).
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I opened an Etsy shop!

textmessages.etsy.com offers text-related materials for artists and crafters.  I love words, text, quotes and use them often in my art so this was a natural progression for me.

I’m pushing polymer again!  This time through vintage brass.  Click the image!

At textmessages.etsy.com you will find vintage typewriter keys, brass letter stencils, vintage vocabulary cards, text collage sheet downloads, letterpress wood type and a variety of other text-related supplies to help you add another layer of meaning to your art. It is still evolving and I have lots more to list so visit often! You can access the site through the links in the sidebar on the right or the links in this post.

Vintage French vocabulary cards.  Click the image!

Come back this afternoon for my regular post featuring smashing good art and tomorrow morning I’ll be announcing a BIG BOOK giveaway to celebrate textmessages.etsy.com. Stay tuned!
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From my collection of vintage letterpress wood type.

More letter.text.words fun to come soon…stay tuned.