Enabler Reminder and WIP's

Don't forget about the sale that starts tomorrow!! I've been invited as a guest to attend an OCAM workshop in the morning, but you can be sure that on my way back home I'll be stopping HERE.   UPDATE:  The sale is worth going to!


Still have WIP's (works in progress) going on over here . . .

Really cool hands I purchased from Absolutely Everything

some holiday charms for a necklace WIP

Vintage-Inspired Configuration WIP

Holiday Configuration WIP

I've decided this Canvas ZENtangle haired girl WIP is finished!

So what have YOU been working on this week?

SALE ALERT! - Right in my Back Yard and Hopefully Close to YOURS!

Ellison Warehouse Sale!

SERIOUSLY, I'm not sure how I didn't know about this event to tell you EARLIER, but "PHEW" - it's not too late!  Here are the details . . .

Address:  25862 Commercentre Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630

Date & Time:  THIS Friday 8am to 7pm and THIS Saturday 8am to 2pm

Shop on-site for two days of dollar stretching on discontinued, overstocked and out of the box Sizzix, Prestige and AllStar products.  NEW inventory will be added as WELL.  Door prizes and Product Demonstrations. 

This is a first-come first served event.  Cash, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express cards will be accepted.  No checks and all sales are final.

Question of the Day:  Do you think the Vagabond will be on sale!?

20-25% Off ETSY SALE and an Etsy Treasury!

I will be closing my etsy shop for a little bit while I deal with this "new journey" thing I've got going on.  So I thought I would have a sale to make room for new items when I reopen in late October/early November.

This sale is open to anyone that finds out about the sale here on my blog.  I am not advertising it on my Etsy Shop page.


Maybe you would be interested in some of these . . .

or maybe a charm necklace kit . . .

Here's all you need to do:

• Make a purchase as usual and pay through PayPal
• This part is important!  Let me know you found out about the sale here on my blog
• I will refund 20% off the price of each item you purchase (not including s&h) and put it back into your PayPal account
• And if you would like an additional 5% off each item, just mention my sale on your blog or on FB or Twitter or  . . . well, you get what I'm saying :)

Click HERE to get to my etsy shop and happy shopping!

This sale will end Friday, September 10th at NOON Pacific Standard Time

Update 9/8:  Black Sheep Beadery included me in an Etsy Treasury "Things in Boxes" this morning.  Thank you so much Lori!

Turn Your Printers On!

Aaron Brothers is having a sale, and through August 19th they've got some good coupons that can be used as well.  HERE THEY ARE.

So why Aaron Brothers you ask?  Well, I have found that Aaron Brothers has the most comprehensive selection of Tim Holtz products at any of the chain stores around - at least in MY neck of the woods. 

All mixed media art stuff is on sale at 25% off - that includes Tim's products!

Yes, Michael's and JoAnn's carry a few of his products, but it's hit or miss.  AND, check THIS out.  I found these Idea-ology Word Keys at Aaron Brothers - a FRACTION of the cost they were at Michael's!

And (things that make you go hummmmm) I thought that Aaron Brothers was a wholly owned subsidiary of Michaels Stores, Inc. ?  

But whatever the reason for the difference in some of the prices of identical items are, I guess WE make out if we know about it right? :)

On another note . . . did I tell you that I have to have one of THESE?!

Well, check out the videos that Tim released on his Blog today!  September/October can't get here SOON enough!! *sigh*

32nd Annual Sunwood Street Faire Garage Sale

Put this on your list of things to do this weekend if you don't have plans already.  It's the Annual Sunwood Street Faire Garage Sale!  This garage sale is held the last full weekend in July - both Saturday & Sunday.  

Every year for the past 31 years, the neighborhood near the intersection of El Toro and Toledo Way in Lake Forest has held one of the largest garage sales I've ever been to here in South Orange County, CA.
  
Thousands of people locally, from other communities and even from out of state come to this event!

There are only 237 homes in the tract but there are usually 125-150 participants over the weekend - with the majority of people on Saturday.  I will be there on Saturday.  One year I went on Sunday and just about everything was already gone.  See the photo below?

Look at THIS!  Yep, I've GOT to go Saturday morning!

I didn't see this guy the last time I went.  I remember a mother and her girls selling homemade tamales though . . .

Gotta go pick out something comfortable to wear and the bag I will carry that can double as a purse.  I think I'll stop and get a bunch of $1 and $5 bills as well.  The sale starts at 6a.m. which isn't a problem for me since I'm up every day around 4:30am anyway!  It's good to be a morning person :)


Post Script:  Perfect Pearls Mists?  http://blog.rangerink.com/blog/2010/07/new-perfect-pearls-mists.html

Memorial Day - Closed Mouths Don't Get Fed Etsy Sale!

I'm "borrowing" an idea from Carmen Torbus who is having a pay-what-you-can weekend for her Spill It Revisited on-line workshop.  

Since I don't have any on-line workshops, I'm going to offer you anything from my Etsy Shop today through midnight Monday (Memorial Day).

Here's how it will work:

Let me know what you would like to purchase from my shop. It can be one item or several combined


Make me a reasonable offer via e-mail (include shipping & handling in your offer)

And if your offer doesn't make me say "what the heck was she/he thinking?!" then I will e-mail you back and give you the thumbs up.

You can then pay me through PayPal and select the "gift" option so it doesn't cost either of us any additional monies

Pretty cool, huh?  So what are you waiting on?  The sale ends at midnight Memorial Day!
PSS  Be sure to check out Carmen's generous offer as WELL!

Friday & Saturday Happenings

So today started out with a drive to Arcadia to teach a class for "The Day Job" . . .

Once I was back in my neighborhood earlier this evening, I got a text from Lezlei (sil/bff/transplant from CA to TX) reminding me of the April 9th Tuesday Morning nationwide store sale.  


I had first learned about this sale on the Tim Holtz Yahoo Group I belong to, but I didn't put the date in my calendar, so I am soooo glad that Lezlei reminded me! . . .  . . .

Oooooooh, DOUBLE packs of Tim Holtz Idealogy Grungeboard for $7.99!  Oh yeah . . . I picked up Basics Dots, Basics Swirls, (2) Stripes Elements, Shapes Swirls, and Stripes Digits & Punctuation . . .

I picked up a couple of the Tim Holtz embossing powder tins for 7.99 each and there was even a little random mini tin on a shelf for 1.99 that I picked up . . .

Thanks for the reminder Lezlei!


When I got home from Tuesday Morning, this was at my front door . . .

Remember the Amy Hanna book I won over on Jenny Doh's blog?  Yep, well it arrived today :).  Here are a couple of pages inside the book . . .

Ooooooh I can hardly wait to sink my teeth into THIS book!  

Tomorrow I'm getting up early to go to a garage sale in Nancy Jamar's (owner of Gilding the Lily) neighborhood in Fullerton.  Hoping to find some good vintage ephemera there!


Saturday evening I will be celebrating my friend, Linda Bucci's birthday at her home along with her husband - Bob and friend - Martha.  

Whatever YOU do this weekend, make it art-filled and fun!

Reflections

Notable events:  January 20, Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th President of the United States of America.  Mr. Obama is the first African American ever to hold this office.


Miracle on the Hudson

Comments or Maybe Not .  .  . Tiger Woods . . . Jon and Kate + 8 . . . 5-year old Shaniya Davis . . . fog seen on Saturn Moon, Titan . . . H1N1 . . . Balloon Boy hoax . . . Chris Brown . . . Sexting . . . Jaycee Dugard . . . Nadya Suleman . . . Susan Boyle . . . Dr. Conrad Murray . . . iPhone3GS and Motorola Droid . . . Panasonic G10 Series Plasma HGTV . . Mo'nique as Mary Jones in Precious . . . Massacre at Fort Hood . . . Bernie Madoff . . . South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford . . . David Letterman . . . Northwest Flight 188 pilots Timothy Cheney and Richard Cole . . .

Some that have passed on this year. . . 

Socks the Cat (February 20) - The official pet cat of the Clinton's lived 20 years


Anne Brown, (March 13) a pure soprano who literally put the Bess in “Porgy and Bess”

Bea Arthur (April 26) Emmy award winning actress/comedienne, star of Maude and Golden Girls tv shows

Chuck Daly (May 9) an American basketball head coach that led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990 and the Dream Team to the men's basketball gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Wayman Tisdale (May 15) was a three-time All-American at Oklahoma in the mid-80's before playing 12 years in the  NBA and then later becoming an accomplished jazz musician.  Died at the age of 44.

Michael Jackson (June 25)

Farrah Fawcett (June 25)

Walter Cronkite (July 17) an American broadcast journalist often cited as "the most trusted man in America"

E. Lynn Harris (July 23), literary pioneer who introduced millions of readers to the "invisible life".  E. Lynn was 54 years old when he died while on a business trip in Los Angeles.  (I miss you E. Lynn)

Gidget The Taco Bell Dog (July 22) famous for his tagline "Yo quiero Taco Bell" was used in a number of television and movie spots, died of a stroke this year.

Naomi Sims (August 1), one of the world's first Black supermodels.   She became an icon of the "Black is Beautiful" movement when she appeared on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal in November 1968.

Les Paul (August 13) inventor, musician and song writer credited with inventing the electric guitar which made rock music possible


Patrick Swayze  (September 14) 


Alaina Reed Hall (December 17) actress best known for her role as Olivia (Gordon's younger sister on Sesame Street) and Rose Lee Holloway on the sitcom 227.


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PS   My 50% off etsy sale ends at midnight on the 31st

It's That Simple and More ATC's

Everything in my Etsy Shop is now 50% off (not including the shipping & handling).  This sale will end on December 31st at midnight.

1. Make your purchase as usual
2. E-mail me and tell me that you saw this sale on my blog
3. I will refund 50% off each item you purchase and put it back into your PayPal account  It's That Simple!

Still haven't completed the 12 Tags of Christmas, but I DID work on some more atc's today . . .

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Biedermeire Doll For Sale

This is another one of my "For Bloggers Only" sales. Today, I am offering this approximately 13 ½ inch porcelain Biedermeire doll. We'll call her Miss Biedermeire for now.  You can name her whatever you'd like if she becomes yours.

Miss Biedermeire has a porcelain (china) head with black painted hair, hands and feet.  Her eyes are blue and her lips are red.  

This lady wears a beautifully sewn red dress that is trimmed in white lace with a matching hood with a fitting bow with red feather.   Her neck and waist is tied with a black velvet ribbon. She wears cotton underclothing including a petticoat and pantaloons. 

The porcelain legs include black heeled boots that have a chip on each toe. The porcelain head is in excellent condition with spider-like cracks inside that you can't feel when rubbing your fingers across her face. 

If you would like Miss Biedermeire, just purchase her at the price listed in my etsy shop by noon Sunday and remember to let me know you saw the sale here.  In return, I will credit your PayPal account with $10.   Your doll will be packed and shipped on Monday! 

Sunday Sale

The etsy items listed below are on sale for those of you that stop by here TODAY.  If you are interested and purchase any of these items, I will refund the difference in the price that is currently listed in my etsy shop, back to your PayPal account.

The prices listed below INCLUDE shipping and handling for U.S. residents only

Pillow $18.00

"Write"Altered Composition Book - $15

"Take Note"Altered Composition Book $15

Ok, you can blame it on my excitement for the upcoming cruise (only 9 more "sleeps"!) or you can just say I've lost my mind. But WHATEVER it is, feel free to take advantage of me before I get my senses back.

I just added some new items in my etsy shop, so please stop by and see if there's something you just can't live without. AND, if there's something you see and the price isn't "just right" for you, e-mail me and Let's Make a Deal!

This offer is only good until Sunday midnight, so I have time to wrap, pack and get the orders in the mail on Monday morning - October 5th.

And if you feel the urge, Spread the word!

PS . . . Did you read the blog post about Sarah Fishburn's giveaway below????