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    <title>Morsels: 3x3" Art Auctions</title>
    
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    <updated>2010-10-30T14:09:12-04:00</updated>
    
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        <title>We're baaaack!</title>
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        <published>2010-10-30T14:09:12-04:00</published>
        <updated>2010-10-30T14:11:54-04:00</updated>
        <summary>With an alternate name, even. So, if you see the name "Edible Paint-ies &amp; Co.", it's me! Facebook Group! Anyway, production is ramping up for more paintings - hooray! Stay tuned, ya'll. In the meantime, gaze upon the reason I've...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>With an alternate name, even. So, if you see the name "Edible Paint-ies &amp; Co.", it's me! <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edible-Paint-ies-Co/152988494745095" target="_blank">Facebook Group</a>!</p>
<p>Anyway, production is ramping up for more paintings - hooray! Stay tuned, ya'll.</p>
<p>In the meantime, gaze upon the reason I've been MIA:</p>
<p><a href="http://redmeg8.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c251753ef01348895afd2970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="47121_426066246462_507341462_5435081_6976491_n" border="0" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c251753ef01348895afd2970c image-full" height="492" src="http://redmeg8.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c251753ef01348895afd2970c-800wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="47121_426066246462_507341462_5435081_6976491_n" width="549" /></a> <br /><br /></p></div>
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        <title>Paintings are now on Etsy.com!</title>
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        <published>2009-05-04T22:10:23-04:00</published>
        <updated>2010-10-30T14:28:40-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Removed ad... sorry :)</summary>
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        <title>What's happening...</title>
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        <published>2008-09-21T14:22:07-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-09-21T14:22:07-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Hi everyone - Sorry for "falling off the face of the earth". It's been real busy around here. I wanted to update everyone and say that I will be moving my MORSELS auctions from ebay to a new home. It'll...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hi everyone - Sorry for "falling off the face of the earth". It's been real busy around here. I wanted to update everyone and say that I will be moving my MORSELS auctions from ebay to a new home. It'll more than likely be Etsy, but, I'm not entirely sure.</p><p>Thanks for your patience!</p></div>
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        <title>Fifth batch of MORSEL paintings is ready!</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-53844758</id>
        <published>2008-08-06T13:44:58-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-08-06T13:44:58-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Fifth batch of MORSEL paintings!, originally uploaded by redmeg8. If you're interested in owning one for yourself, go here: http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8 Thank you all for your support!!</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2739202874/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2739202874_0c462d284b.jpg" style="border: 2px solid #000000; width: 452px; height: 303px;" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2739202874/">Fifth batch of MORSEL paintings!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/redmeg8/">redmeg8</a>.</span></div></div><p>If you're interested in owning one for yourself, go here: <a href="http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8%20">http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8</a><br /><br />Thank you all for your support!!</p></div>
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        <title>4th batch of MORSELS!</title>
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        <published>2008-07-23T11:52:01-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-23T11:52:01-04:00</updated>
        <summary>4th batch of MORSELS!, originally uploaded by redmeg8. Are up on ebay now: Charleston Chew, Skittles, Good 'n' Plenty (one of my favourites!), a gummi cherry, a wax bottle &amp; some candy corn. :) BTW - I've added little thumbnails...</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2696189944/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img  src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2696189944_b6784b6fd6.jpg" style="border: 2px solid #000000; width: 450px; height: 300px;" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2696189944/"&gt;4th batch of MORSELS!&lt;/a&gt;, originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/redmeg8/"&gt;redmeg8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are up on &lt;a href="http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8"&gt;ebay&lt;/a&gt; now: Charleston Chew, Skittles, Good 'n' Plenty (one of my favourites!), a gummi cherry, a wax bottle &amp;amp; some candy corn. :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BTW - I've added little thumbnails &lt;em&gt;(with direct links to each ebay page)&lt;/em&gt; in the right-hand column on this page and that of &lt;a href="http://redmeg8.typepad.com"&gt;my regular blog&lt;/a&gt;. I'm all about easy-to-find info ;p&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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        <title>Two paintings re-listed and more coming soon!</title>
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        <published>2008-07-21T12:57:08-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-21T12:57:08-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Sorry for the quietness - I've been in Indianapolis for the annual Association of Medical Illustrators meeting. It was a BLAST, but, I didn't have time to list anything new last Wednesday. Relisted: Bottle Caps! Napolean Hard Candy!</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the quietness - I've been in Indianapolis for the annual &lt;a href="http://www.ami.org"&gt;Association of Medical Illustrators&lt;/a&gt; meeting. It was a BLAST, but, I didn't have time to list anything new last Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Relisted:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&amp;amp;item=160263939545"&gt;Bottle Caps!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&amp;amp;item=160263939478"&gt;Napolean Hard Candy!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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        <title>Paintings on their way!</title>
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        <published>2008-07-12T12:01:12-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-12T12:01:12-04:00</updated>
        <summary>The whole package, originally uploaded by redmeg8. Off go the first batch of paintings to their new owners. Thank you everyone for your support of my little project! (the envelopes and cards are from paper-source &amp; used a Speedball kit...</summary>
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            <name>redmeg8</name>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2660657977/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img  src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2660657977_9a5e82430c.jpg" style="border: 2px solid #000000; width: 450px; height: 338px;" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2660657977/"&gt;The whole package&lt;/a&gt;, originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/redmeg8/"&gt;redmeg8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Off go the first batch of paintings to their new owners. &lt;strong&gt;Thank you everyone&lt;/strong&gt; for your support of my little project!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;(the envelopes and cards are from &lt;a href="http://www.paper-source.com"&gt;paper-source&lt;/a&gt; &amp; used a Speedball kit to make the stamp.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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        <title>Third batch of MORSEL paintings!</title>
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        <published>2008-07-09T17:34:37-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-09T17:34:37-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Third batch of MORSEL paintings!, originally uploaded by redmeg8. http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8 Click to bid. Hand-picked by my brother-in-law, Jeff, in honor of his securing a brand new job really close to us! Hooray!</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2653776918/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img  src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2653776918_93255372e5.jpg" style="border: 2px solid #000000; width: 450px; height: 298px;" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/2653776918/"&gt;Third batch of MORSEL paintings!&lt;/a&gt;, originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/redmeg8/"&gt;redmeg8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8"&gt;http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Click to bid. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hand-picked by my brother-in-law, Jeff, in honor of his securing a brand new job really close to us! Hooray!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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        <title>Blogged about on roadside scholar!</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52327256</id>
        <published>2008-07-06T18:49:14-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-06T18:49:14-04:00</updated>
        <summary>I'm so flattered! Creative writer and collector of fine images, Gigi Leonard, blogged about the Morsel project at the end of June. Doesn't she rock? Thanks, Gigi!</summary>
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            <name>redmeg8</name>
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I'm so flattered! Creative writer and collector of fine images, &lt;a href="http://www.roadsidescholar.com"&gt;Gigi Leonard&lt;/a&gt;, blogged about the Morsel project at the end of June. Doesn't she rock? Thanks, Gigi!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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        <title>The second batch of MORSELS is available on ebay!</title>
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        <published>2008-07-02T17:00:57-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-02T17:00:57-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Second batch of MORSELS!, originally uploaded by redmeg8. Starting in the upper left: a Hershey's Kiss, a circus peanut, mini jawbreakers, candy buttons, a starlight peppermint &amp; a gummi strawberry. http://myworld.ebay.com/redstipe8 Hooray!</summary>
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