Art Forty-Two

Beach Puzzle

2011-10-23T11:33:00.000-07:00

Here are the completed puzzles submitted for the Collaborative Beach Puzzle project. They all turned out great.

Artist: Reyo97

Artist: Snowqueen1426

Artist: Slheyer

Artist: PamB

Artist: FaithMarie

Artist: Empress Dragon

Artist: Dianetrew

Artist: Craftgal

Art Forty-Two Anniversary Book Two

2011-09-01T22:54:00.000-07:00

The book is done and ready on www.blurb.com. We hope you are all very happy with how it turned out.

http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2616148

Zentangle Pattern Swap

2011-08-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

Art Anniversary Swap 2011

2011-06-04T08:47:00.001-07:00

tannermom

Scrappydappy

Scarlet

Pyro

Pam

PamB

Mhoward

Lucy

Granny

FaithMarie

Eclaire70

Dianetrew

Billie

A bit late but an update!

2011-05-25T18:32:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago when we posted the last site updates I mentioned that I was going to have a baby. Well, since a few member's asked, I thought I would give you all the low-down on my little Mister.

Sebastian Danger Powers was born April 6, 2011. He was a week and a half late and weighed 8 lbs 3 oz. He was 20 inches long. He's been a joy and luckily came pre-programmed to sleep at night.

I've been on a bit of an art break while on my maternity leave and hope to be back to creating soon. In the meantime, I have been practicing some zentangles. I'm hooked.

Sebastian about 3 weeks with Art Forty-Two's
resident geek (and my husband) Atom.

The Art of Science

2011-05-16T16:17:00.000-07:00

The Art of Science Swap - Hosted by mhoward

Artist: slheyer

Arist sfasser

Artist: reyo97

Artist: mhoward

Thanks Mhoward for hosting such a fun swap

Art Forty-Two Site Updates on the Horizon

2011-03-30T14:55:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone!

We've been reading a few of the suggestions in the forum here and in the new feedback form and wanted to give a few updates on upcoming changes to the site.

1) Karma: Some of you have expressed a desire to easily see how much of which type of Karma users have. We've decided, as a tool for hosts, to split the karma on the project page so you can see the positive/neutral/negative karma each participant has instead of the total number. This leads to the next request.

2) Kicking participants: Some hosts have requested the ability to remove members from their project if they are non-responsive. Although, we feel there is a chance that this tool could be abused, we will be adding this feature soon. We have to prepare some auto-emails. Please note hosts will be required to state why they are removing a participant from the project. This will give the participant information and allow us to make sure people are not being removed for the wrong reasons. We want an open community but also want hosts to have control over their projects.

3) In our feedback form (upper right under "feedback", we've asked you if you think new members should participate in a few projects before being allowed to host one. Right now, it is inconclusive on how members feel about this so - we will be waiting on whether or not we do this.

4) We've heard that some of you hare having trouble joining projects due to a karma bug. Our resident geek is working on it and will have it fixed soon.

5) Hosts in e-mails. We've also saw that some of the hosts would also like to get the e-mail when they send a note to all participants. We will be adding that feature too.

So, in the next week or so there should be a few changes to the site (specifically 1, 4, and 5).

In other news: We are going to be doing a major site upgrade in a month or so to upgrade the back end(all geek stuff) and we have a redesign of the site that will happen about that time. We'll be asking for testers once we get it on the test site. We hope to add a few new features like a site-wide gallery and such to make the site a bit more visual.

We'd like to thank you all for taking this ride with us over the last two years! We are trying to make this community fun for everyone.

One last note, Aelios (our resident geek) and Empress_Dragon are due to have a baby any day. So things might be a little slower than suggested above if the baby comes in the next few days. (We hope!) FaithMarie will still be on alert for the site and we'll be here to answer questions. Keep up the awesome participation!

We also have an Art Forty-Two meet-up page (http://www.meetup.com/Art-Forty-Two-Meetup/) going on so if you are in the Washington area we'd love to see you!

That's all for now
Art Forty-Two

The Art of Jazz

2011-03-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

The Art of Jazz - Hosted by Maralena Howard (aka: mhoward)

Artist: Sythka

Artist: Sunnyrea

Artist: Strawberry

Artist: Scarlet

Artist: Mhoward

Artist: Lucy

Artist: Katkeeper

Artist: Janelleybean

Artist: Inspirecreatescrap

Artist: Cinabeena

Valentine Shrine Swap 2011

2011-02-22T13:10:00.001-08:00

Artist: Sythka

Artist: Slheyer

Artist: scrappydappy

Artist: Purrito

Artist: PepnJo2

Artist: PamB

Artist: Otterblue

Artist: OhYeah

Artist: Lucy

Artist: Lisa Vollrath

Artist: KatKeeper

Artist: Katina

Artist: FaithMarie

Artist: EmrpessDragon

Artist: eClaire70

Artist: Diane Trew

Artist: DesignsByDLR

Artist: Crescentwench

Artist: artsyclara

Carnival Chunky Book Page

2010-08-18T11:07:00.000-07:00

Artist: sfasser

Artist:Strawberry

Artist:FaithMarie

Artist: Artizlife

Art Forty-Two Anniversary Book

2010-06-28T22:29:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone! The book is done and ready on www.blurb.com. We hope you are all very happy with how it turned out. We like it, and are already excited to get started on next year's book!

Art Forty-Two:...

2009-2010

By Art Forty-Two

Book Preview

Art Forty-Two Anniversary Show and Swap

2010-06-05T19:57:00.000-07:00

Art Forty-Two's first show happened today! We had a lot of fun and enjoyed spending the time staring at art, talking about art and the site, eating snacks, and basically basking in the glow of of a successful first year.

We have loved hosting the site and getting to know our members. We are looking forward to more opportunities to show your work and meet up with members for in-person swaps. Things we hope to start happening regularly as we move in to year two.

Over the next month we are going to work on putting together our Art Forty-Two Anniversary Book: Vol 1. It will include all of the work we received from members through out the year via site-hosted swaps. We've been scanning all the images just in case we decided to do something like this.

There are more pictures from the Anniversary event on Facebook. We hope that as we continue to do events like this they will get bigger and bigger each time.

We want to thank our members from the bottom of our hearts for helping us make this site everything we dreamed it would be. With out you, it would not exist.

All our love!
Sandra (FaithMarie) and Danial (Empress_Dragon)

Site Update - Exciting New Features

2010-05-03T21:40:00.000-07:00

We've made many updates to the site this launch. A few things you will find with this new update.

Forums - pretty self-explanatory. We hope you like them. We have five main forums at the moment. Art Forty-Two site news - where we will be posting news about the site, events, etc. A Member Help forum, a Trades and Exchanges forum, an art discussion forum and a general discussion forum. We will add more as needed.
Project pages enhancements - we've added a tab to every project page. The tabs say "Participants" and "Discussion". As a participant you can discuss the project, ask questions, check-up etc. This is in addition to any notes you put in by editing/updating your status on the participant tab - or any left panel notes left by the host/ess.
Profile pages got a new tab. Your profile page now has a new Q&A Tab. This area is your own personal "forum" where members can ask you questions, you can make notes about anything going on in your life (vacation, illness etc). and basically allows a place for you to have personal discussions.
Project pages - images. We've added a spot on the project pages for an image. This will allow you to put a little eye candy on the page or to help explain what is expected of your participants. Soon, we hope to also display the images on the project page list but we ran out of time for this launch.

As always, we hope you like the changes. We'd love to hear your feedback. We make all the changes to the site we can to make using it easier for you. We love our members! Sometimes it takes us a little since we all work full-time day jobs, but hopefully, the site is bringing you some arty joy. It's certainly made out lives happier!

Art Forty-Two
Sandra and Danial
FaithMarie and EmpressDragon

Art Forty-Two Anniversary Show and Swap

2010-04-22T13:20:00.000-07:00

Date:	Saturday, June 5, 2010
Time:	5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:	LA Frames
Street:	309 S 3rd St
City/Town:	Renton, WA

Art Forty-Two is a year old! We'd like to celebrate with our members at LA Frames.

We will have light refreshments, an ATC Swap and a viewing of the art sent to us by our members - including the art from the Anniversary Swap!

We hope all of you in the Washington, Oregon, Vancouver BC area can make it - (of course, if you are out of the area and want to visit we'd love to see you here too!)

Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect. You can RSVP on the Facebook event, or by e-mailing webmaster@artfortytwo.org.

Please RSVP by May 22, 2010

Also - Sign up for the Art Forty-Two Anniversary Swap and have your work to us by the due date (June 1) to have your work displayed at our event! You can send in any theme or the one suggested on the project. (Check out the project page http://www.artfortytwo.org/projects/161)

Help us test the forums

2010-04-18T22:14:00.000-07:00

We've been quietly working away on forums. We are loaded them to our test site - different from the active site. We would like to have some members help us test the heck out of them so we can find any bugs that might be there before we push it to the main site. If you are interested please e-mail webmaster(at)arfortytwo(dot)org with "I wanna test!" as the subject. We'll send you information later this week.

Thanks for the help.

Art Forty-Two Anniversary Swap

2010-04-12T20:54:00.000-07:00

Hello Members!

Art Forty-Two is going to reach its one-year anniversary in a little over a month.

Our next swap will celebrate that and the community we've started here.
(Check out the project page http://www.artfortytwo.org/projects/161)

If there are enough participation we will create a Year One Anniversary book on Blurb.com. Proceeds going to support the site.

Instructions:

1. Create a piece with a mailart, community theme
2. Make either an ATC or a 4x4
3. Send it in and get art back!

Fishy 2 x 2

2010-04-12T09:31:00.000-07:00

This was our latest site hosted swap. The returns were all fantastic as usual and a big thanks to those who participated. The next swap will be up soon. Happy trading.

Pat Jones

Nicci

Katina

Ginnybelle

Faithmarie

Cellissimo

How to make Marble Paper

2010-03-31T14:19:00.001-07:00

Materials
Liquid starch
Water color paper
Acrylic paint
Paint brush
Paper towels
Shallow container (big enough for your paper)

• Fill the shallow container about half way with liquid starch.
• Water down the acrylic paint so it is a little runny.

• Use the paint brush to drip the paint onto the starch

• Swirl the paint so the colors are slightly mixed (try not to over mix)
• Gently place the paper on top of the starch and run your hand smoothly over the back of the paper, pressing it down slightly.
• Let the paper set in the starch for 30 seconds and or so and then gently pick up the paper.
• Let the paper set for about 5 or ten minutes face up and then run it
under tap water to rinse off excess starch and paint.
• Pat the paper dry and then set aside to air dry completely.

Handmade Paper tutorial from Nicci

2010-03-20T11:15:00.000-07:00

Hello Members! We received another fun technique from one of our members. Nicci has shared a fun handmade paper technique that creates unique final product.

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Swapped on Art42: (http://www.artfortytwo.org/projects/89) - Handmade Paper Swap

In order to make the handmade paper above, you need cardstock (white), watercolor, thinned down glue or mod podge, acrylic paint, gesso, and found papers with text.

1) First, apply rolled up tape to the back of your cardstock (or bristol board), and affix to a surface. In this case, I used folded up boxes. Apply watercolor to your paper in a streaky wash. It will still warp a little as it dries, but taping it down on the back helps minimize this.

2) Cut up your tissue paper into circles which are slightly larger than circles of cut up paper with text on it. You can use dictionary pages or pages from a novel for your text. Just freehand cut your circles. They don't have to be perfect. I folded papers over several times and cut out multiple circles at once. Apply with mod podge or thinned down white glue. brush some over the top. Apply one circle or tissue over. Apply mod podge over that as well. (Tip: if you brush too many times over the wet tissue, it will tear. If it does, simply apply another circle of tissue and be more careful with that one!)

3) Step 3 is optional. If you would like to tone down the color of your tissue a little, apply a layer of white tissue over the color after refreshing the mod podge on the color (you can wait until it dries, or apply when still wet, so long as you're sure you add more glue between the two pieces. Then, apply glue over the white so it seals down well. You can also trap threads or ephemera between the layers of tissue for added interest. (Have scrap threads from sewing projects? Those are perfect!)

As you can see from the photo, a wet brush is perfect for picking up tissue paper circles. It makes the process easy and fast!

4) Once you've finished your dots, with or without the optional white layer or ephemera, allow them to dry. This should only take a few minutes.

5) Mix acrylic paint into a nice creamy consistency. Use a color similar to your tissue color, but slightly lighter or darker. Apply with a brush in loose circles around the tissue. Have fun with this! It doesn't have to be exact. In fact, it looks better if it's not!

6) Mix a little gesso with water, unless it's already a creamy consistency. Repeat the process of applying circles. I like to swoop them on fast so they have a little extra energy to them. Again, you don't have to worry about perfection here. It's just for fun, and looks better streaky.

Allow this to dry, then cut up and use in other projects, or use them for ATC bases!

I received a paper similar to this from a paper swap a few years ago (from Kirsten W. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirstenwilliamson/), and made a small handmade book with it. This stuff makes a pretty nifty cover. Below you can see what her paper looked like, and what I did with it!:

xox nicci
(http://www.artfortytwo.org/profiles/nicci)
Come join some swaps!

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If you have a technique you would like to share with the rest of the Art Forty-Two members please send it to webmaster@artfortytwo.org!

Very Late: New Year Resolutions

2010-03-07T21:38:00.000-08:00

Way back in January, (I know, can you believe it is March ALREADY!), the site hosted a New Year Resolution ATC swap. We had some fantastic resolutions for 2010. I am quite tardy in posting the images for this swap. I'm sure FaithMarie - who is in charge of the current site-hosted Fish 4x4 swap - will post the images much sooner than three months after the end of the swap. Now, with out more carrying on....

Chy Marshal (Mecachy)

Kathy Cawthon

K. Marshall (Kage)

Lucy Mannion

P. Marshall (PoeMars)

You all inspire me. I love seeing what you all come up with!

EmpressDragon

Cereal Box Background Technique

2010-02-23T15:01:00.000-08:00

One of our members sent us this great technique for creating interesting and textured backgrounds for your ATCs (or really, anything you wanted). Mary (Tannermom) writes:

One of my favorite techniques for making ATC's is to start with a "Motherboard" collage, then cut the board into the 2-1/2 x 3-1/2" sizes for my ATC's.
You will be happily surprised at the wonderful backgrounds that come out of this technique.
1.) Start with a piece of 8" x 12" (or any other like size) of light cardboard (I use cereal boxes) or heavy paper.
2.) Glue tissue paper, scrapbook pieces, string, and little things cut out of magazines to make one big collage. There does not have to be a theme yet, just use what materials you have.
3.) Cut it into the size for your ATCs.
On top of your background, you can add more embellishments to finish your ATC for whatever project you need them for.
Confused at this point? Please don't hesitate to contact me; I'll be glad to help.
Mary (tannermom)

Thanks Mary! You have inspired us with a great new way to create fantastically textured backgrounds.

If you have a technique you would like to share with Art Forty-Two members e-mail us at webmaster@artfortytwo.org.

Techniques and such...

2009-12-23T10:58:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year members!

FaithMarie and I have been talking about opening the blog to member submissions. If you have a great technique, tutorial, video, cool art site, or question you would like to share on the blog e-mail it to us at webmaster@artfortytwo.org.

If you want to add pictures or video to your post please make sure to include them or links to them and where they should go. Also, feel free to include a brief bio/links to your site etc.

As long as your submission is art related or educational we will probably post it. If it wouldn't be of interest to our members we probably won't post it. Easy enough right?

Also, our lovely and delightful member Nicci set up a flicker pool for Art Forty-Two members. If you use flicker here is another great way to share some eye candy with other members (besides on our facebook fan page and the site.)

Link-a-doos:

Flicker Pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1256747@N24/

Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-Forty-Two/103114689923

We hope you all have a fantastic end of 2009 and here's to a faboo 2010.

Happy Holidays

2009-12-22T09:23:00.001-08:00

We wish you a ton of fun mail and wonderful Christmas.

Profile Images expanded

2009-11-08T12:48:00.000-08:00

Hello Arty Members!

Our resident geek treated us to mini-galleries for all members. You can now upload up to 15 images on your profile. A full site gallery will be coming later. Enjoy!

<3 Empress Dragon and FailthMarie

Profile Images

2009-11-03T21:53:00.000-08:00

Hello Members!
We launched a new feature this evening. Finally, a little eye candy - profile pictures! So get yourselves posted - we can't wait to see you. Next up - one to one exchanges and an image gallery.

FaithMarie and I are so happy with the community of artists the site has created and every day we talk about how much we love you guys!

Happy Swapping.

Monster Swap 09

2009-11-03T21:11:00.000-08:00

Sonora

Phonenix, AZ

PoeMars

Joliet, IL

Nicci

Cincinnati, OH

Lucy

Crystal River, FL

Khatti

Vashon, WA

KittyMao

Hollister, CA

Namtac

Steilacoom, WA

Icequeen07

Vallejo, CA

Empress Dragon

Renton, WA

Craftgal

Pontiac, MI

Coffeelatte

Eugene, OR

Mecachy

Carthage, TN

Cocoanap

Minneapolis, MN

Viridianmuse (youkers)

Butler, PA

This was a fantastic swap and everyone did such a great job. We had so much fun looking at all the unique ideas. It was tough to pick samples to post but here is some inspiration for future swap. Keep up the fabulous work and stay creative.

Karma Update

2009-10-18T17:35:00.000-07:00

We have given project hosts more control of who can sign up for their projects. By leaving the karma box blank the default will allow anyone to join a project. This includes anyone with negative karma. By setting the karma to “0” people with no karma and positive karma will be allowed to join. Of course for those projects very dear to your heart you can still require more karma by adding in a higher number.

How to redeem yourself after receiving negative Karma?
Usually, project host give negative Karma for people who don’t participating after signing up for a project and then are non-responsive to any correspondence.

Life happens, and even though the karma won’t be erased, there is a way to gain positive karma to show other traders your credibility. You may do this by

* signing up for site-hosted swaps

*signing up for swaps open to anyone.

* remember to fulfill your obligation once you’ve signed up

* Don’t take on too many projects if you’re feeling overwhelmed

*If something happens- COMMUNICATE with the project host and, if necessary, withdraw from the project.

The key is to COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, oh and COMMUNICATE.

2009-10-16T08:02:00.001-07:00

The leaves are falling and the weather is getting colder and it definitely feels like fall in the Northwest. It’s a great time to clean the office/studio and get creative. Have wonderful artful weekend.

2010 Calendar Art Call!

2009-09-22T20:17:00.000-07:00

It's almost 2010 --and you know what that means, right? Yep, a new calendar!

Art Forty-Two is calling members to submit art for our 2010 full-sized calendar.

Details:

Submissions should be digital and follow the specs outlined below.
Submissions are due by November 15th 2009
The permission release form needs to be included with your submission.
E-mail submissions to: Webmaster@artfortytwo.org, Subject: 2010 Calendar Art Call
Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Submissions specifications:

Submit a PNG, PSD, GIF, JPG, TIFF, AI, or PDF file that is 14.25 x 11 inches (or 2850 pixels x 2200 pixels) at a resolution of 200 dpi. The work can be digitally created or a scan of an original work - but scans must be of the specified resolution (or better) to ensure a fantastic final product.

How work will be selected:

If we receive 12 submissions each will be included in the calendar.
If we receive more than 12 submissions, Art Forty-Two will select 12 for the calendar.

The Fine Print:

Each artist will submit a permission form that will provide Art Forty-Two with the following permissions regarding your work.

If the artwork is used in the calendar, Art Forty-Two may:

Upload the work to Zazzle.com for inclusion of the 2010 Art Forty-Two calendar
Use my art in icons for the sole purpose of promoting the calendar
Not use my work for any other purpose, besides the 2010 calendar, with out first obtaining additional permissions.

If the artwork is not used in the calendar Art Forty-Two will not use it for any other purpose without first obtaining additional permissions from the artist.

That's all. Have fun and happy creating!

Artist News

2009-09-05T15:31:00.000-07:00

Monskey contest opportunity

The Monskey Project was designed to provide a platform for Artist and
Designers from all over the world to share their creativity. To date,
we have designs from over 10 countries. Check out the new website at
http://monskey.us

Monskey is heading to Target and wants you to come along! Your custom
designed Monskey could be part of Target’s new Designer Toy section!
So grab a template and get to it!

Contest ends October 31.

PRIZES

1) 12 winning designs will be chosen and included in the Target Monskey series.
2) Winners will receive 100 toys with their design.

RULES

1) Enter as many times as you like. Use the template from http://monskey.us.
2) You can use up to 6 unique colors in your design. Please include
the PANTONE swatches along with your submission.
3) Accepted file formats: ai, eps, psd, jpg, pdf
4) Submitted work must be original and may not contain work previously
published, trademarks, logos, copyrights, or any other intellectual
property from a third party (If you didn’t draw it, you can’t submit
it).
5) Artists retain rights to their design and may use it for other
private or commercial uses if your design is not chosen once the
competition is complete. If your design is chosen, by submitting, you
grant Octopus Design the exclusive right to use your design on vinyl
toys.
6) 12 winning designs will be chosen by Octopus Design’s art team.
7) Winners will be contacted via email.
8) Contest ends October 31. Winners will be announced November 14.
9) Send entries to jason@bigatron.com with the subject line “Monskey
Target Design Entry.”

New Additions - coming up.

2009-08-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Artists.

Last week at our Art Forty-Two meeting we talked about the next features to roll out. FaithMarie and I want to keep you all in-the-know so here is what's next.

First priority: one-to-one exchanges. We plan on adding an exchange tool on the profile page, and on a new exchange page, that will allow members to add items they would like to exchange with other members, such as random paper, stickers, or whatever.

Second priority: icons on profile pages. We want to give you all the ability to add some personality to your profile pages with a profile icon/avatar/picture.

So, basically, this next update will give you a new tool and a new bit of eye candy. We chose to do one:one exchanges first because it was the most popular request according to our feedback survey. We've prioritized updates based on that survey - thanks to all who have responded - your ideas help a lot!

Now, our resident geek (aka: my husband), who generously donates his time to help do the back-end work on the site has said he would not be able to begin on these two changes until September. We hope to roll these changes out sometime in October. We may even call out to members in late September or October to help us test.

Keep creating - we love you guys!

PS: I would like to apologize for the slow response on some of the e-mails that have come to our webmaster e-mail. We try to respond within 24 to 48 hours but sometimes it may take a little longer. We will try to improve the turn around.

Addresses

2009-08-06T16:29:00.000-07:00

Hello arty members!

We are pleased to see the site membership growing every day. We have noticed there are some member accounts that have minimal contact information. So I thought I would offer just a few words on addresses.

In order to protect member privacy, we added some "confidential" features, so each member can choose how much of his or her mailing address to reveal to the entire Art Forty-Two membership.

This week a member e-mailed and asked, "how will participants in a project with me know what my address is?" The answer consists of two options:

- Enter your mailing address and make it public to members. Note members must be logged in to see any member or project information.

or

- Keep your address confidential and e-mail it to whomever needs it.

The choice is yours. :O)

IMPORTANT: Sometimes, FaithMarie and I like to mail surprises to our members. So make sure your profile is complete as possible - even if the address is confidential. This will allow us to send treats out. During Art Forty-Two's first month, we sent collage packets to about fifty members. We wanted to send them to the first 100 members but several of the profiles were incomplete.

Also, FaithMarie and I like to celebrate birthdays so make sure you enter yours into your profile.

Site Updates

2009-07-26T11:53:00.000-07:00

Our resident geek has been hard at work this week. The following updates have been made to the site.

Mail Participants - now, you can send a message to all of the participants of your project at one time.
"Active" and "Show All" for Profiles: projects you have marked as "completed" will now be hidden. Choosing "Show All" will show hidden and active projects. This feature was added to the Hosted and Projects tabs of member profiles.
Added the "Due" feature to the Hosted tab on member profiles.
All projects on member profiles are sorted by due date. (If the date was entered/properly entered).

We are working on several other features including one:one exchanges, integrating this blog into the site, and QA messages between members on-site.

Happy Swapping!

Art Forty-Two Blog

2009-06-30T09:08:00.000-07:00

Well, we don't have it integrated into the site yet, but we thought we should at least get the blog started. I can't tell you how many days I've wanted to get our blog set up so we can talk to our members. We are currently in the works for what we call "version 1.1". There are several things on our to do list, but most importantly we are working on integrating this blog, and creating a forum for the site. (That's just two of the things.)

All of the feedback from the site has been fantastic. The things we've planned, or talked about the site needing, are exactly what you have requested - and you've given us a few new ideas too!

FaithMarie and I have talked about the site, and how we want to run it, and we have decided to communicate with our members as much as possible. We want to tell you our plans for the site and we want to hear your ideas. Our objective is to create a positive and fun mail art community where people have a great time and feel safe exploring new ideas and stretching themselves artistically.

We are all on this journey together - welcome along - and thank you for coming.

Empress Dragon