I'm Back!

Yay, after almost 8 hours, my web site is finally working again, and so is my e-mail.

web site problems

Hi folks, just a quick note to let you know I am having web site & e-mail problems right now. This is a hosting issue, and seems to be happening more and more. I'm sure it'll be back up soon. I can't contact my host about it because their site is down too. But I wanted to let you know in case you have tried e-mailing me in the past hour, or have tried going to my web site . . . All I can say at this point is try again later. If you need to get in touch with me, you can post a message here. I'll let you know when it's back up.

been crazy busy

I see that It's been quite awhile since I posted! Since you last heard from me, I have taught at Art & Soul in Portland, and also Journalfest in Port Townsend. So I've got a lot of catching up to do. And the day I got home from teaching at Journalfest, I had to buy a new car and a new laptop. SInce then, I've been getting everything from my old, dying laptop switched over to my new laptop so that I could actually work. So if you've e-mailed or ordered something, and haven't heard form me, that's why!

I'll post more soon with photos about my teaching adventures. How great to go to my 2 favorite places in the Pacific Northwest in the same month!

Oh, and my birthday is coming up November 14th, so feel free to send me a fabulous birthday gift! Last year I got to go visit my best friends Juliana Coles and Karla Winterowd for my birthday. That was really my best birthday ever. I'm not sure how I'm going to top it (or even equal it!) this year. Any suggestions?

Pre-Order my book Print & Stamp Lab

I noticed yesterday that my book "Print & Stamp Lab" is now on Amazon.com. I noticed today that you can now pre-order it! I've put a link in the right column at the top for you to easily pre-order it through Amazon. Please use my link because I'll get a tiny bit of credit if you do! As a self-employed artist, who wants to stay a self-employed artist, every little bit helps! I'll paste it in here as well!



Also, thanks to everyone for voting on which photo to use with my bio. Hands down, the one of me at my art table won. I agreed with everyone on that--even though a lot of people wanted me to use the Super Traci photo, which was fun. I think the artist photo is the best choice.

My book is already on amazon!

Today I received the first round of proofs of my book to go over. This is the first round with the book laid out. I am so excited. then I looked on Amazon.com and saw that my book is already listed! It's too early for pre-order, but it's exciting that it's there already. I am not sure about the cover that is shown. I had suggested some changes to it to better reflect what the book is about. So I'm not sure if the picture of the book is the final cover or not.

I stamped "Print & Stamp" using the Blind melon stamps that I sell. And I made stamps using the techniques in the book to stamp "lab". Up near the top, I stamped the subtitle of the book using Cheapskate.

I'm not sure when it will be available for pre-order, but I'll announce it here and have a link to make it easy for you.

yet another non-veg friendly love gift from my cat

Goliath & meat3
Originally uploaded by Traci Bunkers

My cat Goliath is a hunter . . . but he frequently brings back odd gifts for me. He just brought this to me today. He still doesn't understand that I'm a vegetarian. Aside from animals and bugs, here's what he has "found" and brought to me so far (that I can remember):

* large, round, waffles, appeared to be home made (2 different times)
* a large piece of fried chicken
* a tube of meat from a slaughter house (he brought this onto my bed)
* either a a large potato skin or onion skin--I couldn't tell because I was in a car leaving as he brought it up
* and this piece of meat-it looked like there had been eggs with it

I have no idea where he is getting these things: if he is going into a house and stealing them, or finding them in a trash, or stealing them off of a picnic table somewhere. None of the items looked like they had been in the trash with other things stuck on them. They have all looked "fresh".

Anyone Tried Compatible Toner Cartridages?

I need to order more toner cartridges for my Color Laser Printer, and they're expensive. I'm leery to try the "compatible" toner cartridges--they are much cheaper (by half!), but I wonder if the color & quality is as good, and if they will last as long. Or, if they will mess up my expensive laser printer. When I've tried the compatible ones for my regular b/w HP laser printer, I don't think they last as long, so it's not really saving anything.

Has anyone had any experience with them (toner--not ink jet)?