great sale, great look!

Wow! My daughters and I are drooling over this one - and they will have a black Friday, Cyber Monday sale!

http://www.shopruche.com

Countdown!

Tomorrow is the day! My first venture into the craft market....selling cards at a one-stop-shopping event in downtown Fort Myers! Sweet Melissa, of Lissy's Cupcakery, will be selling her yummy cupcakes there, too. I hope that everyone can come out and get a jump start on holiday shopping!
St Francis Xavier Church
Parrish Hall
4:30-7:30
with vendors such as Pampered Chef, Park Lane Jewelry, Tastefully Simple, Avon, Black Cat Embroidery, Sent-sations, Creative Memories, and MORE!

Door Prizes, too!

New artist "friend"!

One of the most amazing things about Facebook is connecting with artists I admire. Yesterday I requested the friendship of K.C. Willis, whose art reminds me of my 18 years in Wyoming. Her work is truly interesting, informative, and inspiring. Here is a link to a new class she is offering - check her out! http://http://www.marketingmindset.ning.com

Nothin' but blue skies.....and a manatee!

Debbie says we always have an adventure at the beach. She wasn't with me this morning, Tom was, so she missed one of the best adventures ever! We were biking in the packed sand, I with my camera over my shoulder, of course, when I spotted a dolphin. I jumped off the bike, prepped the camera, and waited. And waited. And waited. The dolphin didn't resurface, which seemed odd. By then, Tom had caught up to me and informed me that he saw the back fin of a manatee, not the dorsal fin of a dolphin! Just then it came up again! My shorts, visor, and sunglasses came off, and I was in the water to get close - hopefully close enough to feel its huge presence. Now, I have not worked out in way too long, and don't consider myself a swimmer (although I know how), so chasing something that doesn't show itself very often should have intimidated me. I tend to be impulsive when it comes to critters. I found myself in much deeper water than I have ever ventured into, and a bit of current pulling me out, but with Tom's coaching on the manatee's location, and the help of the waves, I was able to come in and get about 10 feet from it. Truly awesome. Exhausted after only about 10-15 minutes, I had to give up and swim on my back (so that I could breath because it was quite an aerobic workout) until I found bottom again. What an incredible weekend! Heavenly!

More....

Would you buy this card?

In preparation for a "one stop shopping" evening with vendors at a local church on November 21, I have been diligently creating cards to sell. I am over 100, and feel as though I should have at least 500 in order to offer variety to shoppers. However, I wonder if the ones I have made are marketable - they are "crafty", not exactly art. So I am posting pictures of them and would appreciate your input - are they marketable?

Please comment here, or to my email, and know that I am grateful for your honest opinion.

To the critics of the world....

In this time of criticism of public persona (whether it be teachers, principals, or the like), here's a quote worth thinking about, from Theodore Roosevelt, "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."