By elizabeth patch, on February 2nd, 2009
So thrilled to open the flyer from a mainstream department store in the Sunday paper and find a plus-size model with real curves (and not just a skinny women advertising plus-size clothes!)
Did you know that nearly 62% of women in America fall into the plus-size category?
I got this fact
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By elizabeth patch, on January 26th, 2009
Here is a close up of another of the revisions I’ve been working on to correct the color shifts and bring out more of the detail that got lost when the illustrations were shrunk to 5 x 7 from the original 9 x 12 paintings.
I actually like this version of
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By elizabeth patch, on January 18th, 2009
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I am just guessing/hoping/crossing my fingers that these revisions will look better than the first versions, as my monitor refuses to calibrate to match what the printed proof looks like(notice how I shift blame to
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By elizabeth patch, on January 12th, 2009
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This has been a busy weekend trying to get all of the revisions finished before the work week starts again. I am way behind on my grading, but I really need to get this completed
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By elizabeth patch, on January 4th, 2009
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The proof came back from the printers this week…many of the pages were too dark and off-color, so its been back to the drawing board. I was sorely disappointed, as I had thought I would
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By elizabeth patch, on January 1st, 2009
Happiest New Year to Everyone!May you all be blessed with more happiness,more love, more prosperity and more of every good thing!
2008 New Year’s Post
By elizabeth patch, on December 29th, 2008
Now that all the traveling, cooking, shopping, visiting is over, and all that remains is the cleanup, it’s time to find a quiet corner of the house (no Wii! no TV! no Netflix! no annoying Christmas music!) to reflect about the year that has passed and imagine the year that
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By elizabeth patch, on December 20th, 2008
We are in the middle of a big snowstorm…I love being snowed in: unable to leave the house, its an excuse to sit & knit, read, make soup, take a nap,and finish my Christmas card illustration!Tomorrow we will finally get our Christmas tree, just in time for the longest night
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By elizabeth patch, on December 14th, 2008
I am still teaching high school full-time and spend much of my weekends/evenings grading, updating my class websites, and working on new lesson plans. I am a bit frustrated that I have so little free time, or much energy left over, to work on my next book and preparation for
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By elizabeth patch, on December 7th, 2008
I live in an old farmhouse that is surrounded by suburban homes built in the 1960s & 1970s. Its always kind of cold & drafty in my 1906 house, which is part of its “charm”, but for the past few days the furnace has not been not working properly. Its
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