I got the greatest email yesterday! Remember when I was scrambling to finish my sketchbook?
Well check this out:
Hello (TJ)!
We just wanted to let you know that Fabi N. just viewed your sketchbook (#24474) at Brooklyn Art Library in Brooklyn, NY!
Your book has been viewed 1 time so far.
Sincerely,
The Brooklyn Art Library Librarian
Is that cool or what? I'm sitting here in Germany snarfing peanut buttered toast and wondering what some fabulous person named "Fabi N" is like. What prompted Fabi to choose my book from the thousands of others surrounding it? Is Fabi German? Is Fabi male? Female? Is Fabi N a clever way to spell Fabian? What did she think when she viewed the Studio Mailbox book? How long did she look at it? Did she like it? Did she hate it? If you asked her about it today would she even remember it? Did she take one of my tear-offs from inside the book and will she visit the blog? Will she find me on Facebook? (My word for 2011 is CONNECT - and don't you forget it)!
Or will this be the single asynchronous interaction Fabi and I have in this one wild lifetime? Fascinating. I could lay around and think about this all day.
Who will be next?
Did I ever show you the accordion perforated tear-offs I attached to the pull-out cards? Just another shameless attempt at self-promotion. But will they work? There are nearly 10,000 books on exhibition with the Art House Co-Op and this was the only way I could think of to give folks a "take away" and the possibility of finding me again. We shall see...
This is awesome, I take my hat off to you for getting this sketchbook completed and sent off, who knows how many more lovely surprises like this you're going to get, it must be so exciting :)
Posted by: Veronika | March 31, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Yay! And I love your tear-off cards, too. I hope you hear from Fabi N.
Posted by: Anne | March 31, 2011 at 01:27 PM
what a great idea of tearouts, did you ever show us your sketchbook that you sent
Posted by: lee | March 31, 2011 at 07:18 PM
Thanks gals! Yeah Lee photos of my Sketchbook are in my Flickr stream, and I linked up to it when I posted about my "Flickr Phobia!" This reminds me though that I should put my Flickr account in the sidebar of my blog. Man the work never ends!! LOL
http://studiomailbox.typepad.com/tales_from_studio_mailbox/2011/01/flikr-phobia.html
Posted by: TJ | April 01, 2011 at 05:29 PM
Dearest sweet TJ, it's wonderful to be back in the swing of things here on blogland! This is awesome...truy! I am so happy for you! :) Your sketchbook looks and sounds inspiring and thanks so much for sharing! Have a lovely merry happy weekend and love to you!
Posted by: Jacqueline | April 02, 2011 at 12:08 PM
I'm a bit behind on my blog reading. Seeing this has encouraged me to sign up for 2012. I'm still thinking about it, but it sounds like fun.
Julie
Posted by: Julie Stenning | June 06, 2011 at 09:36 PM