Welcome to the new subscribers!

I had a great weekend teaching for the Fairbank Calligraphy Society in Victoria last month. Check in and have a look at the
Class Photos
to see what they were up to!
Thanks for having me!

There are lots of things of interest in this issue of byhand!

The Anniversary Draw
The New Subscriber Draw
The Premium Subscriber Offer
The first byhand Products Sale

the Sarah Lugg Swap
the ATCs Swap
more Inspiration Journals
more Altered Book Project eye candy

as well as Stolen Moments and other great info!

Make sure you get to the very bottom of the newsletter, because it just keeps getting better!

What's New

You may have tried to email me recently and had your message bounce. My apologies for that, but I've made some changes to the website!

In the last few months, I've realized that all good things must come to an end - relax! it's not the end of this newsletter!
My website has outgrown the size my host is allowing me to have at a reasonable cost. So it's time to upgrade. In order to defray some of the costs of this upgrade and allow you to become a supporter of byhand,
I am offering a
Premium Subscriber Membership.
This membership will be $12 CAD or $10US for the remainder of 2004.
As a Premium Subscriber, you will receive a limited-release unmounted rubber stamp as well as first notification of new rubber and new byhand products!

Many people email me in surprise that this newsletter is free. I really love it this way, and it will not change. It is entirely up to you if you would like to be a
Premium Subscriber!

The 2004 Rubber Stamp will be:

The width of this stamp will be approximately 3.5"

You'll have to be a Premium Subscriber to acquire this rubber in 2004!
For more information on becoming a Premium Subscriber
(for less than it costs for a cup of coffee each day!)
click here!

This month the winner of the draw is:

Nadine A. Reposkey
Fairbank, PA
USA

Congratulations Nadine! Thanks for joining the byhand Family!

I am back for a repeat engagement on the New VI New Day breakfast show, scheduled for
March 24th, 2004.
(If you missed the buzz on this, it is in last months newsletter).
The show begins at 7 a.m. and continues to 9 a.m. during which time I will be interviewed intermittently.
The New Day can be viewed on The New VI (CIVI), Channel 12 on Vancouver Island and Bell ExpressVu #259.

Cross your fingers for me!

Important links at your fingertips!

Back Issues of byhand

byhand Products shopping cool stuff for the creative spirit!

Quietfire Rubber Stamps

Acrylic Blocks for Rubber Stamps

Stamping Gallery

Subscriber's Gallery Page

Class Photos page

Links Page

Quietfire Design

To be a regular subscriber to the byhand newsletter, click here

To be a Premium subscriber to the byhand newsletter, click here

If you wish to contact me, my email address is: suzanne@quietfiredesign.com

or Quietfire Design, Box 1231, Port Alberni, BC
V9Y 7M1  Canada

To unsubscribe: send me an email saying 'unsubscribe'. I'll live....
To change your email address: send me an email with both your new and old address. Thanks!

Come join us in our Yahoo discussion group, where we talk about artistic inspirations, make inquiries about techniques, and share quotes and resources. Subscribe to byhandartists   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/byhandartists/

Books to Inspire

Back next month!

 

 

Don't forget if you'd like to share some artwork that you have stamped with a Quietfire Rubber Stamp, please send me a copy and I'll be delighted to put in the Stamping Gallery.

Don't be shy!

 

If you're Canadian (like me!) and you'd like to order byhand products in Canadian dollars but don't want to wait for the mail system to deliver your cheque, there are alternatives! You can read more details here or email me. I'll try to make it easy-peasy!

 

A big
Thank You to Susan Ewart
for allowing me to add her
instructions for mounting Unmounted Stamps
on the Acrylic Mounts page of this website.

As well as her price list you can also find the Fitment Guide for the Quietfire Gentle Thoughts Rubber stamps.

If you'll be at Stampers Celebration you'll get to meet Susan in person (as well byhand helper Nancy Q!). Susan will be bringing a whooooole bunch of acrylic blocks with her and some of her hand-torched lampwork beads to sell. There might be some left after I get there......

 

 

Anniversary Draw

It's time to celebrate THREE years of publishing byhand!

Which means it's time for a draw.

Send me a
hand-decorated postcard
which must arrive before April 1, 2004 and your name will go in a draw for a fabulous prize! All the submissions will be displayed on the Subscriber's Gallery Page.
(We're way overdue for some more artwork on there!)

Here's the link to the
postcard back with address or http://quietfiredesign.com/postcard.htm.
You can print this out and use it if it makes life easier (and I'm all for that!) or create or alter your own! Or here's the address:

Suzanne Cannon
Quietfire Design Anniversary
Box 1231
Port Alberni, BC
V9Y 7M1
Canada

Gentle Thoughts

Favourite things