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Independent musicians are now supporting the Visual Artists with the Orphan Works Act given the way it is written right now.  The original intent has pretty much gotten lost .. and big business interests have taken over (my interpretation). There is a lot more information in the posts for the last 2 days. Here is one of my original ACEOs I made … I need to get back to making some more in traditional mediums beside digital.

Lace and Flowers - ACEO © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Visual Artists Go to Washington, Independent Record Labels Oppose
Orphan Works Act

Last week over two dozen visual artists, representing illustrators,
photographers, fine artists and the arts licensing trades went to
Capital Hill to explain to legislators how the Orphan Works Act
will harm creators and the hundreds of thousands of art-related
small businesses that serve and are dependent on them. At the same
time, independent music labels have joined the opposition to orphan
works legislation as it currently exists.

The Illustrators’ Partnership has stressed that Orphan Works
legislation should be limited to true orphaned work and not act as
an unwarranted compulsory license imposed on commercial markets.
IPA, the Advertising Photographers of America and the Artists
Rights Society have joined to offer amendments to that effect.

Excerpted from the Washington Internet Daily/Monday June 09, 2008:

The visual-arts community hit the Hill last week to protest what it
portrays as a hijacking of the orphan-works issue as it was
presented in a 2005 Copyright Office report…

The Copyright Office ran a bait-and-switch from its 2005 notice of
intent, which focused on facilitating libraries’, museums’ and
other nonprofits’ efforts to digitize collections to improve access
to them, [Illustrators' Partnership co-founder Brad] Holland said.
Artists want the issue narrowed back to that focus, scrapping
commercial use, he said…Copyright Office roundtables on orphan
works never addressed alternates to registries, an “untested,
untried, unaccountable market system” favoring Google, Getty,
Corbis and other commercial aggregators, Holland said. [Cynthia]
Turner [also of the Partnership] said artists would incur high
costs registering works, and they hesitate to hand over high-res,
commercial versions to Google or others.

In the same article, Washington Internet Daily also reports that
the leading group of independent music labels has broken with the
corporate music trade associations. The American Association of
Independent Music has published a position paper opposing the
current orphan works bills. The article quotes a music industry
executive: “I can tell you that nobody in the music business”
sought the bill.

… the executive said the bill is “de facto… establishing a new
compulsory license” by putting unregistered artists at a legal
disadvantage in court. The law can’t explicitly require
registration or it will violate the Berne Convention, TRIPS and
other treaties the U.S. has signed, the executive said. Book
publishers and music executives in the U.K. think the U.S. will be
in trouble, the executive said, citing a recent visit: “I can tell
you there are European commissioners that are looking at this right
now.”

-Excerpts from “Orphan-Works Bills Scorned by Visual Arts, Indie
Labels” by Greg Piper, Washington Internet Daily June 09, 2008

Also see
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27803/visual-artists-and-indie-rec
ord-labels-voice-concern-over-orphan-works-bills/

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 Mark Simon wrote this article about the Orphan Works Act and said it could be posted in its entirety other places.  It is published somewhere on www.AWN.com. There is more information in yesterday’s post and there will be still more tomorrow … and these three pieces are what I have new for now.

Purple Entrance, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

 
Does Congress Care About Your Creations?
Mark Simon
Artist Advocate

Mark Simon keeps trying to chip away at the Orphan Works Act.

When I found out about the Orphan Works Act I was astounded that
anyone in Congress would consider legislation that could so
obviously be used against artists and their original creations.

I started helping the Illustrator’s Partnership in getting artists
to write letters to Congress asking Senators and Representatives to
oppose the bill. (You have written a few yourself right? Every
voice counts!) So far artists have sent over 99,000 letters
opposing the bill through the system the Illustrator’s Partnership
set up (http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/ ). That
doesn’t even count all the letters sent and calls made to
Representatives and Senator’s directly.

Your voices are being heard!

At least they are being heard by some people on the Hill. However,
I’m not quite sure what some of our Congressmen are listening to.
When artist Marty Kleva called the office of his Representative Tom
Udall, NM, Kleva was told “This is a very popular bill.”

Really? Popular? Have you seen the outrage in the online artist
communities? Has Udall read any of the tens of thousands of letters
sent to Congress opposing this bill?

Congressman Steve Kagen stated in his response to Kathy Glasnap,
“This bill has come under considerable scrutiny and criticism from
people in the arts community”. This statement completely
contradicts that of Udall. At least Kagen is listening.

As you may imagine I have gotten a huge amount of e-mails regarding
this issue. By far, most artists understand the problems inherent
in this legislation and they oppose the bill. Your letters are
working and legislators are starting to listen.

At the end of May I asked a number of artists on my Orphan Works
E-Mail List to forward the responses they have received from their
Representatives and Senators regarding Orphan Works. I got copied
on over 60 responses from Congress which show a combination of
support for the Bill, opposition to the Bill and a complete lack of
understanding of the issue.

Let’s talk about specifics in these responses from our government
officials who are supposed to be supporting our best interests.

Some members of Congress do support our position that the Orphan
Works Act is bad for the creative community. I have seen letters of
support from the following Congressmen. Let’s give them their fair
due and please let them know that you appreciate their continued
support in opposing the bill.

* Ron Paul (extremely strong opposition to the Orphan Works Act)
* Sam Farr
* John Olver
* Diane Feinstein
* Tom Feeney
* Diane DeGette
* Barbara Mikulski

Florida Representative Tom Feeney, and co-chairman of the
Intellectual Property Caucus, says about the bill, “I do have
several concerns. This bill provides for a potential haven for
those who are seeking to use copyrighted works but are unwilling to
undertake a thorough search for the copyright owners.” This is also
one of my main concerns and I’m glad Feeney agrees.

Many of the responses from our Senators and Representatives had a
common phrase regarding a limitation in civil action remedies if an
infringer “documented a reasonably diligent search in good faith.”

This phrase, or a portion of it, was included in responses from Tom
Feeney, Jack Reed, Vernon Ehlers, Sherrod Brown, David Wu, Lynn
Westmoreland, John Hall, Henry Waxman, Saxby Chambliss, Susan
Collins, Mel Martinez, Olympia Snowe and Ric Keller.

It’s rather easy to understand how someone could read that phrase
and think that a reasonably diligent search for a copyright holder
could be a good thing for artists. One problem, the proposed law
DOES NOT ENCOURAGE a reasonably diligent search.

In fact the legislation does the opposite. It makes it easy for
someone to do a quick search on a registry and then call a work of
art an orphan if is doesn’t show in the registry results. No other
searching would need to be done to orphan a work. That’s not a
diligent search. IT’S LAZY!

I’ve searched for artists to get the rights to use their work in my
books. I know what it can take to find someone and get their
permission. Sometimes you can’t find them. You know what I do? I
don’t use the work without their permission! My inability to find
someone doesn’t give me the right to infringe on their work.

Having a searchable registry to help track down artists is a good
idea.

Using any registry as a basis to orphan our creative works IS A
TERRIBLE IDEA!

The Orphan Works Act is NOT about grandma’s wedding photos.

Some supporters of the Orphan Works Act, such as Senator Ben
Cardin, use the argument that this legislation will help grandma
restore her wedding photos if she can’t find the original
photographer. Grandma’s photos are not what this bill is about.

As artists we are mostly concerned with unauthorized commercial use
of our works. Non-profit use of orphaned works is already protected
in our current copyright laws.

Senator Bob Corker states in his letter to artist Tony Beazley “I
believe that it is important for people to have access to resources
and materials without the unnecessary threat of a lawsuit.” I
disagree. The threat of a lawsuit is necessary to protect our work
from unauthorized use.

In fact, according to Florida Senator Mel Martinez, “The bill
specifies that monetary relief may not be made for damages, costs
and attorney’s fees.” In no way is this good for artists.

Senator Saxby Chambliss in his letter to artist Brian Laframboise
says “Under this legislation, owners of works would be able to
receive compensation for the use of their infringed work.” This is
a misleading statement. The legislation actually severely limits
our potential compensation from infringers, to the point where it
may not be practical to go after infringers at all.

When a law limits the penalty for theft of our work to less than
the expense of penalizing the thief, there is very little incentive
not to steal our work.

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison contradicts herself in her written
response to Mrs. Matthews. In the same sentence she says “I believe
copyright protection is a foundation of innovation”, in which seems
to oppose the legislation, but then she continues to say “copyright
law should work to ultimately protect the best interests of
consumers.” Copyright law is not about protecting consumers, it’s
about protecting the rights of creators!

Don’t let Congress orphan your work! Write letters and call NOW!

Take two minutes and write Congress. Go to
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/.

GET ON AN ORPHAN WORKS E-MAIL LIST:
To be notified of the latest information on the Orphan Works bill
and how to easily contact your legislators, send an e-mail to
illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com and ask to be added to the
Orphan Works list.

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I thought we all needed a little Shimmering Joy in dealing with life’s realities - such as the Orphan Works Act.  Clearly this bill started out with good intentions of allowing, for instance, museums to photograph their collections … it has turned into a monster  that wants artists’ right to be fairly caput!!  The breadth of creative types against this is amazing!! Please once again take 2 minutes to take action.

Shimmering Joy, Digital © Diane Clancy

 
FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Over 100,000 letters have gone out to Senators and Congressmen from our CapWiz site.
Opposition to the Orphan Works Act continues to grow. 
Here are some of organizations who oppose it:

http://illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00273

And here are some of the excellent position papers written by some of these groups:

NUJ condemns “free for all” US Orphan Works legislation
http://www.epuk.org/News/863/nuj-opposes-us-orphan-works 

The American Association of Independent Music
A2IM Position on the Proposed Orphan Works Legislation in the United States
http://www.a2im.org/newsDetail.aspx?newsID=117

Association of Medical Illustrators Denounces ‘Orphan Works’ Bills Before Congress
http://www.examiner.com/p-175592~Association_of_Medical_Illustrators_Denounces__Orphan_Works__Bills_Before_Congress.html

Two Cartoon-Group Presidents Slam Possible ‘Orphan Works’ Legislation
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003802183

The Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications
Orphan Works Update: The Orphan Works Debate in the US
http://www.capic.org/copyright.html

Advertising Photographers of America 
APA Position Paper on Orphan Works
http://www.apanational.com/files/public/APA__On_Orphan_Works.pdf 

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work
2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and fight for your copyright: 
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

Please forward this message in its entirety to every artist you know.

~ Diane Clancy

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I am making progress … I hope tomorrow I will be able to start moving on licensing again. Licensing is when someone or some company wants to use your images on their things - whether a yoga CD for someone’s class or Hallmark on their cards or place mats for your table and everything in between. Since many of my paintings are popular, I would very much like to license my work so lots of people can enjoy them. 

Cyan Portal, Digital © Diane Clancy

With licensing the artist gets some amount of money each time her image is used. Once that is set up, it becomes passive income - like royalties from a book.  I am sure you can see why I like this idea. I can feel the internal changes happening that mean I can getting ready to tackle licensing.  I am realizing that I am worried I will get rejected .. well, we know for sure there will likely be more than a few of those unless I hit the heart of the target right off!

With all this commotion about the Orphan Works Act, I also have been discouraged to move along on the licensing … people were saying that places wouldn’t have to do licensing any more.  But at this point I am convinced that reputatable places will stay be paying. So now it is just about time to get started … and to bill once again the place that I did work for in January that still has not paid me.  Thanks for coming by!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Do you  see the Leaf Earth Goddess I do? The right part of this image looks like a goddess to me … do you see her? I love the purple here .. how about you?  Today at Etsy.com there was quite a discussion about how to categorize art to make it easy to shop. Whew!! Quite a discussion!!  My shop is http://dianeclancy.etsy.com. If you ever see an image that you want as an ACEO or any other size, just let me know and I am glad to create it for you!!

Leaf Earth Goddess, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

Today I prepared and printed many ACEOs … it was a lot of work and a lot of fun!!  I played with this image and made several other variations of these unusual birds. Please all US residents take the action suggested below to try to stop this irresponsible version of this well-meaning but mis-guided bill. Clearly my local US Representative, John Olver, does not understand the importance of this bill. He supports it for the museums. He doesn’t realize how much this will hurt all the artists in his district.  So please, please write!

Spring Birds, Digital © Diane Clancy

Totally quoted from an email sent to me:

A quick update about this bill. It is poised for a final vote (date not yet announced) so please try to get your final “shots” in.

What illustrators and designers and photographers etc. are doing now is a postcard mailing blitz… (many of them are using their postcard mailers or printing off something quickly)

On the back they write: “Please vote NO on the Orphan Works bill– H.R. 5889 for the House; S-2913 for the Senate” and sign it with their name and contact information.

No explanation necessary just “VOTE NO TO THE ORPHAN WORKS ACT.”

**But here is the important part: **

**Any correspondence needs to be addressed to the DISTRICT OFFICE. **

Apparently, mail received at district offices, gets to the congressmen faster than it would if sent to their actual offices.

You can go to this link:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Just click on the name and it will take you to his or her website where the mailing address of the district office can be found.

Check out this article printed by the Boston Herald

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1095637&format=comments#CommentsArea

-the cartoon that accompanies it is great!

~ Diane Clancy

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The Orphan Work Act has been filed in Congress.  I did not check this myself, but I heard it from a very reputable source.  I will work to have things for you to do tomorrow so you can help protect the rights to your own artwork and to others’ art. Even if you just fool around and post these images on your blog, someone can use them (IF this is passed)~ and potentially make millions while you get nothing.

Harem, Digital © Diane Clancy

I am going to put the original of this pastel (framed and matted) in my Etsy Shop .. as soon as I can get it to the top of the list. I absolutely love the purples, blue and teals … and the colors and the blends of that fabric in this pastel painting.  Thank you for stopping by … I still an at half steam … but so much better!

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Here are more links … This is compiling all that I could find about the Orphan Works Act to make it easy to find the info. Certainly it is only few places that is saying it is baloney (really only one) and another says we are over-reacting. So I would say that it is real - one is a US House hearing link - so hopefully it can get disappeared before it gets going … but it will only do that because we care and act.  I hope you will sign the petition - I am putting it first (you can sign this if you are from ANY country).  Please also contact your legislators (if you are US residents.)

The Empty Chair, Pastel © Diane Clancy

Ths is a link to sign a petition against this act;
(http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/no-to-orphan-works-act.html)

from this link:
“One thing to keep in mind, though, is that in law writing, as in law practice, the battle is often won in the drafting stage. Multi-billion dollar industries that stand to benefit from harvesting others’ intellectual property have been pressing Congress on this issue for years, and you can be sure that the pressure did not relent between 2006 and today. Speaking as a historian as well as a lawyer, I would observe only that the blogosphere’s insistence that artists wait in silence while elites write the law is not lacking in irony.”

(http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/07/?p=7811)

Orphan Works Bills Blog
http://orphanworks.blogspot.com/

Information: Crafts of Texture feels it so important, they put the article in today.  (Just information that other artist groups are taking this seriously.

You can read more about it here;
http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=Columns&article_no=3605&page=3

This is a link with the contact information for the president and all US senators, representatives, state governors and legislators;
(http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml)

US House Hearings
(http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=427)

Resource Page for Artists
(http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00185)

Illustrator’s Partnership is saying:  (directly quoting - I understand that they want this passed around)  

“The language in the draft confirms our warnings. If this bill passes, you’ll be forced to clear all your secondary licensing rights through at least two government certified databases –

“The language in the draft confirms our warnings. If this bill passes, you’ll be forced to clear all your secondary licensing rights through at least two government certified databases – or risk orphaning your art.

Despite its masquerade as the “last resort” to search for a rights owner, these databases will likely become the only source many users will rely on for finding a rights owner. Reason: it will give users the legal right to infringe any copyright not in the databases.

We’re working with our attorney now to prepare opposition letters.

We have contracted CapWiz, a service that will allow you to send these letters to Congress with a push of the button.

CapWiz will also provide us with “digital stickers” that anyone else - organizations, individual artists, blogs, etc. - can put on their sites that create a direct link to the command center to write their Congressman and Senators to defeat this radical change to U.S. Copyright law

Please stay tuned and we’ll tell you in a day or so what you can do to register your opposition.

For additional background on Orphan Works, go to the IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists
(http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00185) ”

Links that say this is baloney or Overkill

Baloney Link
(http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/12/countering-the-fud-a.html)

Overkill Link

(http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/07/?p=7811)

You may copy this, forward this and/or post it on your own blog.  You may link your blog or forum or anything to here so that people may have access to these links.  I would like this word to get out!!!  Thank you for caring and being involved!!!

~ Diane Clancy

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Primitive. I hope you like this primitive, untouched area … this is where all the bubbles actually are born … it is top secret to protect this pristine bubble nest.  Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Primitive, Digital © Diane Clancy

Primitive

Untouched, unblemished

Primitive is sometimes used

As a putdown

But I don’t know why

I love naive art

Also called primitive

This sophisticated stealing

From artists (see below)

Is a real problem - 

Please read and then write!!

TO ALL ARTISTS AND ALL SUPPORTERS OF CREATIVE WORK:  Our work is at risk of being stolen ….  legally!!  Here is the article with the details Mark SImon and Orphan Works Act. Quoting from the article … “This is not just about professionals…it will cover amateurs, hobbyists, your grandmother’s hand made quilts…even family photos posted on the internet will be fair game to be “orphan images” and swiped up and used by companies WITHOUT YOUR OKAY.”

They want a sophisticated registration system where …  ”These registries are companies that you would be forced to pay in order to register every single image, photo, sketch or creative work.” ….  ”With the tens of millions of photos and pieces of artwork created each year, the bounty for forcing everyone to pay a registration fee would be enormous. We lose our rights and our creations, and someone else makes money at our expense.”

These are just highlights … please go and read the whole article and contact the appropriate people.  They are also considering this in Europe.  Out rights would be lost so that big business can use our art as theirs!!

“Two proponents of this new legislation are Corbis and Getty Images. They are large stock photo and stock art companies. They sell art and photos inexpensively and are trying to build giant royalty-free databases. Do you see how they could benefit from considering most works of art in the world orphans? Do you know who owns Corbis? Bill Gates. He doesn’t do anything unless it can make a huge amount of money. Helping you lose the copyright to your art is big business for Gates.”

~ Diane Clancy

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Each month Worldwide Women Artists Online (WWAO) have an exhibit (online of course) of members’ work based on a theme. This month is Beautiful Mother Earth. I encourage you to go on over and look at this great exhibit!

Beautiful Mother Earth, April WWAO Exhibit

I am sure regular readers have already identified my painting. Besides being in the online exhibit, this is also listed as a ACEO in my Etsy Shop. Here is my Etsy Shop.If you would prefer this in a different size, let me know and I will do one up for you!! Each of the paintings or items in the show can be purchased. Thank you for looking at my being showcased!!

WWAO on the site says “Worldwide Women Artists is an international collective of women artists showing and selling our work through the worldwide web. As women artists, we give birth to our ideas in a variety of styles and media. We embrace the diversity of each other’s work, celebrating the joy of creating our art and sharing it with the world. We welcome female visual artists from all over the world who create and sell their own original art.”

This ends the interruption in our regular programming … tomorrow will be a Fanciful Animal Image and hopefully by Thursday I will have figured out how to do Homage in bubbles!

~ Diane Clancy

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This is part of the Simple Pleasures series - this one is Nightfall … for resting for all of us! Any healing sent my way is still appreciated!! I am going to have to catch up tomorrow with your blogs …

Nightfall, Digital © Diane Clancy

Remember that ACEO book that I am part of? I am on the cover!! Here is the blog about it … it looks great! And here is the listing in case you would like to buy this exciting book.

~ Diane Clancy

I do not feel well at all today … and I wanted to do these Treasuries because they expire and then are gone forever … so I like to make them more permanent. So please forgive just treasuries today ….

I have mentioned the VAST group (Visual Artists Street Team) that I belong to at Etsy. Here is the VAST Blog if you would like to know more. We also help each other market-our art work - we are an online, international group that is creative, loves art, creates original art and has an Etsy Shop.

I also belong to BBEST - Boomers and Beyond Etsy Street Team. This is a very active group who work hard at marketing and being visible. Here is the BBEST Blog … The Boomers are 40 and over … lots of fun!

Etsy has a very cool thing called a Treasury - someone puts together 12 items of people’s work with some common theme. This theme is Dreamer - A few of my favorites! I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! This is not a bubblescape - so look again for one of my Fanciful Animal Images. Thank you Artmixter!! She has lots of bright, colorful items in her shop.

Dreamer Treasury, Etsy

This theme is Life in the Glow - beautiful colors!! I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! I bet regular readers of this blog will identify my piece without reading my name. This treasury was put together by Ever So Dear. Her shop has delightful jewelry.

Life in the Glow Treasury, Etsy

This theme is Here’s what I think about .. pink, black and a little silver!! The colors thrill me!! I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! I bet regular readers of this blog will identify my piece without reading my name. Thank you Chauncey!! Chauncey has lovely fused glass jewelry in her shop!!

Pink, Black … Silver Treasury, Etsy

This theme is Lemon and Lime! I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! Thank you Sue Bleiweiss!! She has beautiful handmade journals in her shop.

Lemon and Lime Treasury, Etsy

This theme is These Dreams go on ….when I close my eyes … I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! Dancing up and down with joy!!! This is not a bubblescape - so look again for one of my Fanciful Animal Images. Thank you Nonnie’s Teasures!! She has incredible stained glass in her shop.

These Dreams Go On Treasury, Etsy

I am also part of the ACEO Street Team group (ACETSY) at Etsy. Here is the ACETSY Blog if you would like to know more.

Here is one more Etsy Blog. Anyone with an Etsy Shop can join this blog … so there is a great variety of items. I hope you enjoy finding out about these wonderful shopping opportunities!

Thank you for looking at my being showcased!! Here is my Etsy Shop.

~ Diane Clancy

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I have mentioned the VAST group (Visual Artists Street Team) that I belong to at Etsy. Here is the VAST Blog if you would like to know more. We also help each other market-our art work - we are an online, international group that is creative, loves art, creates original art and has an Etsy Shop.-

Red/Purple Treasury, Etsy

Etsy has a very cool thing called a Treasury - someone puts together 12 items of people’s work with some common theme. This theme is Red and Purple. I am so so excited because I am in this Treasury!! This one expires today. Dancing up and down with joy!!! I bet regular readers of this blog will identify my piece without reading my name. Here is my Etsy Shop.

I found out the other day that I had 2 pieces in another Treasury - and I never saw it!! I just found another Treasury I am in - I am in this Treasury!! This Treasury is up for a few more days … Next time I will have to add a link to the shop of the person who featured me … a little bit at a time is what I can do and learn!

Dreaming of Spring Treasury, Etsy

I just found out that I am in a third Treasury!!  Here is a post about it to my other blog and here is the link to the Treasury.  I am so excited!!

I forgot to tell you yesterday that I spent a bunch of time putting in awards and getting the sidebar of my blog up to date … it took a loooonnng time!! But I am glad to have your awards in the place of honor. Take care!! Here is a bubblescape for your pleasure.

Spring Love, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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