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M4R to iPhone Ringtone

November 9, 2016 ellen@actsofpaint.com Uncategorized

How Turn Your Custom .m4r Files Into An iPhone Ringtone In 4 Steps   You’ve gotten to this page because you just dropped a bunch

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Elements Of Creating An Adult Coloring Book

March 21, 2016 ellen@actsofpaint.com adult coloring, adult coloring book, adult coloring diy, animated, animation, coloring book creation, coloring book tips, how to coloring book, how to createspace, make an adult coloring book, Uncategorized

Here’s what I’ve learned from self publishing via Amazon’s Createspace: Look at what’s popular.  When I started, the most popular books included mandalas, cats, and the famous “Secret

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3 Important Tips For Showing Your Paintings In A Gallery

March 21, 2016 ellen@actsofpaint.com art, artist tips, gallery showing, Gallery Tips, painting how to, painting tips, restaurant gallery, showing in gallery, showing paintings, showing work, Uncategorized

If you’ll be showing your work at business establishments (restaurants, galleries, community centers…etc.), here are a few things to keep in mind: 1 – Secure your

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Juggling Gif

Joggling Newbie

March 10, 2016 ellen@actsofpaint.com health, jogging, joggler, Joggling, joggling newbie, juggle, juggling, marathon, minimalist, minimalist running, road running, run, runner, running, slow runner, slow twitch, trail running, ultra, Uncategorized

In late January 2016 – I decided to take up juggling and got myself a pair of balls.  Ironically, I share a last name with

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Breakfast Salad

September 17, 2015 ellen@actsofpaint.com 100 miles, 26.2 miles, 50 miles, apple

Ever since I read “Born To Run”, I’ve been making these salads for breakfast.  Mind you, that isn’t what the book was about.  It was

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Windows 10 Update

August 13, 2015 ellen@actsofpaint.com favicon, LastPass Windows10, OneDrive, OneDrive Stopped Working, OneDrive Windows10, Uncategorized, Windows 10 upgrade, Windows10

I decided to update my Surface Pro 3 running Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.  Here’s how it went (roughly): I first noticed the cool interface.

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Squid

Surface Pro 3 (Artist Review)

June 29, 2014 ellen@actsofpaint.com N-trig, SP3, SP3 firmware, SP3 pressure sensitivity, Surface, Surface Pen, Surface pressure sensitivity, Surface Pro 3, Uncategorized, wacom

Pre-order drama I might as well start this story from the very beginning.  I pre-ordered the i5 128 with the keyboard maybe a few weeks

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Caffeine station

The Job(s)

February 28, 2014 ellen@actsofpaint.com Uncategorized

I’ve been working on a short film called “Ogre & The Mermaid”.  You can find out more about it here: http://ogremermaid.blogspot.com I’ve also recently picked up

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Looking Down

the latest projects

August 26, 2013 ellen@actsofpaint.com art, Blue Cat Groove, Blues, cat, Cd cover, design, illustration, music, paint, painting, Rhythem, Soul, Uncategorized

For those of you who’ve been wondering: I’m not dead, between projects and other things, I just haven’t had much time to blog. While diving

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Fish book

My First Publication!

April 15, 2013 ellen@actsofpaint.com childrens book, education, fish, Fish on your Dish, menhaden, orange roughy, paddle fish, red list, red listed, shark, Uncategorized, youth book

For the first time, and from my blog to your eyeballs, I’d like to present to you: “THAT FISH ON YOUR DISH” (A book for

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