ETSYTEXASCRAFTERS 1st Monday Sale

99 Shops are participating in this months sale. All sorts of bargains are available just in time to start your Christmas shopping. Check out the forum to see the sales of all these wonderful ETC shops.

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6335114

Go Texas!

Christmas cards

Block printing, painting and glitter---getting ready for the holiday season. It always comes so quickly and I'm hardly ever truly ready. These are a few of the cards I just finished.

trick or treat

one of my favorite Halloween shots. And I carved them all. My first date with my husband was on Halloween. He wasn't sure he was getting a trick or a treat. I think he is still wondering about that.

holes?

a fun treasury I made at 3AM Tuesday morning. Maybe I should make more at that hour. I really love the colors and all the fabulous artists.

EtsyTexasCrafters 1st Monday Sale

1st Monday rolls around again. With over 90 members participating there are bargains galore. It's a fun time and place to pop in and visit and see what wonderful work our group has. My sale in earwingsandthings is offering 20% off. I have lots of fun jewelry and wire hearts to enjoy.

1000Markets Promotion

I'm really excited about 1000 Markets. The site is beautiful. A team I'm on is called Asia Inspirations. The work of the artists there is incredible.This week they are featuring Diane Ferguson, Manny beads and emerlye Arts. Some of their art works are featured above. Manny's jewelry celebrates the feeling of Asia as does the beautiful and colorful work by Diane ferguson. Her Mandelas sing.

link: http://www.1000markets.com/groups/asianinspirations/

Imagine

In Central Park NYC there is a memorial to John Lennon, "imagine", a mosaic in stone.
That word is fantastic. Imagine. Just to think that if you can imagine, you can do anything. The mind is a curious thing it hides ideas and dreams in little corners, waiting for action, or non action as it were. It doesn't forget, not in the way we forget. It lies in wait, wanting wings to be spread and a soaring of spirit and imagination. Yes just "imagine". John Lennon left a spirit and footprint for us to ponder and follow. It is a unique tribute and monument to someone who embodied the idea that to dare to imagine is to take winding roads to dreams. I wonder, I wish to imagine, I dare myself to be open to the width and breadth of the universe. Thank you John (and Oko who was the force behind this tribute)

phone home

well its been awhile since I've made a post. Just a little tired. we had a terrific time in Boston and NYC. And that trip went really fast. I fell in love with this telephone in Boston. I drive my husband nuts when I keep stopping and taking photos of things. But what could be more exciting than things, especially yellow telephone things. Across the street from Boston Commons. I'm getting pretty good at navigating the trains of Boston. (and unlike Charlie on that old MTA, I did return). It was weird be away from my shops for 10 days and even weirder to have them empty. I'm not sure I like that away system.

Pushing into holiday mode here. Seems so far away but I think that it's just around the corner, artistically. My plans are to make some lino cut holiday cards, part printed and part painted by hand. I love doing those, although they really take a long time to do. I have 3 different blocks so probably will get started this week. I also have some ornaments I'm working on. So despite the heat there's snow inside my studio. Luckily for my studio the invisible time.

EtsyTexasCrafters--$5 5th Monday sale

August 31....the 5th Monday and as always the EtsyTexasCrafters are having their special 5th Monday sales of $5 items. This month we have 61 members participating and just imagining all those wonderful $5 signs is mind boggling. Lots of yummy items so check them out. Look up tags teametsytx and ETC5 to find sales, everythings turning up 5s.

hot

Boy has it been hot, the kind of hot that just saps the energy right out of you....makes me feel like I need a freezing swimming pool to lolly gag around in. The poor air conditioners work like mad but still can't catch up to cooling down that relentless heat. Of course, it doesn't help that I spent 10 days in Colorado last month where the heat was reasonable and some days it was down right chilly.

Next week I'm bound for Boston and New York. I'd like to think it will be cooler there, but I think they call their weather "the dog days of summer" Don't like the sound of that. But nevertheless I am look forward to the trip. I'm ready to travel again and hope that both cities have wonderful photo ops.

So here you have it, I'm living in a minor hell. The devil is probably laughing at the moment. The Angels grimacing, and well, me----I'm doing the "cooler day dance". So far I don't have the steps down pat.