tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77921222902376137322024-03-05T16:41:10.379-05:00jQ jewelry designshandmade jewelry by Jill QuisenberryJill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-16505001862305092932015-09-01T09:43:00.000-04:002015-09-01T09:46:30.920-04:00Dichroic glass Bracelet ... Bold & Modern Pop of Color!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chunky Dichroic glass bracelet is colorful, bold and modern with tons of
sterling silver charms. This shimmering glass design is sure to be a
real eye-catcher! The play of color over transparent glass is frosty
with lots of color change.</span><br />
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Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-82304849000755032722015-08-27T10:14:00.001-04:002015-09-01T09:48:23.924-04:00Dichroic Glass Necklace - Purple Fused Glass Pendant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dichroic Glass Necklace from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/jQjewelrydesigns" target="_blank">jQjewelrydesigns</a> ... Spectacular asymmetrical dichroic fused glass bead is black-based with
sparking rainbow layers of color shimmering from within producing a
wonderful depth and clarity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minimalist nugget of shimmering
dichroic glass is perfect worn with jeans and a T or your favorite
little black dress. Paired with delicate silver plated curb chain (as
shown) or one of the other chains, the lavender purple rainbow glass is a
fabulous pop of color!</span><br />
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<br />Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-75571471196024145902013-02-28T23:04:00.003-05:002013-02-28T23:07:10.201-05:005 Secrets to Your Best Product Photos Yet -originally appeared on <a href="http://designsponge.com/">DesignSponge.com</a>-<br />
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For better or worse, each photo in your store is a piece of marketing,
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1. Plan your photo shoot from a marketing perspective.<br />
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As anyone who has sold online before knows well, the key to making sales is to market your store. So as you’re getting ready to shoot your product line, make marketing your top priority. The best way to get photos you love is to create a “filter” for them. Ask yourself: “would these photos fit in a products post by Grace on Design Sponge?” or “Would they fit on a Unique LA flyer?” Create a list of the 10 or so outlets where you’d LOVE to see your products featured, and take product photos accordingly. Don’t hold back! The more aspirational, the better. Look closely at the types of photos that those blogs, magazines and events regularly feature. Now… COPY IT!<br />
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2. Create an inspiration board for your photo shoot.<br />
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Now that you have your inspiration images to copy, pull those images together in an inspiration board. Use Pinterest, or if you want a layout like the one above, use Photoshop. (For quick and dirty layouts, we sometimes even use Keynote and then take a screenshot). Look at what’s similar among the images you like, and take out the ones that don’t fit. Keep in mind what you can reasonably pull off. Ask yourself: What resonates with you most? Do you prefer plain white backgrounds or styled backgrounds? If you like styled backgrounds, do you have the props you need for your own shoot, or can you get them?<br />
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For example, the inspiration board and final product shot above is from my own (Janette’s) shoot. I realized I liked white backgrounds with a bit of texture and interesting model poses. I asked a friend to use his office space with painted brick walls, a friend to model and a friend to shoot. I shared my inspiration board with each of them in advance, including notes on lighting, poses and more.<br />
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3. Help people imagine owning your product.<br />
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In your store, once you get people to your product detail page, give them ALL the information they need to buy it. Help them imagine it in their world. Studies show that multiple angles increases conversions and decreases returns. If you’re selling a wearable item, show it on a person or dress form (it still surprises me how many big brands don’t do this, especially with shoes!). Show your product’s scale. You can communicate whatever vibe you want in your main product image, and use your additional images to provide context. There’s a reason Zappos shows seven angles of each shoe and has videos for most products. If you sell a giftable item, you might use one of your photos to show how you package your orders, so the buyer can envision their gift-giving experience. Storenvy lets you include five images per product. <br />
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Use your product description to give all the necessary product details — dimensions, what size the model is wearing, etc. <br />
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(The exception to this rule can be basic tee and tank styles. Tell shoppers what brand and style of shirt blank you print on, and photos of the shirt on a model aren’t as important. We’ve been known to keyword search for our favorite blank, the American Apparel tri-blend!) <br />
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The simplest advice for great lighting is one you’ve probably heard before: Use natural light, that’s soft and diffused. It will (almost) always be best. For small products, shoot by a window with bright but indirect sunlight — my favorite way of doing this is to curve a piece of white poster board against the seat and back of a chair, creating a seamless white background. For outdoor shots, shoot on an overcast day, in the shade or at dusk (what photographers call “the magic hour”). Shadows can be OK, as long as they’re not too harsh and don’t distract from your product.<br />
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With the right natural lighting, the quality of your camera matters so much less. Use a basic point-and-shoot camera’s automatic settings — your camera will know what to do. For close-ups, switch to “tulip mode” and make sure your viewfinder is focused where you want it. This mode also gives you a lovely depth of field (when the focal point of your photo is crisply in focus, and the back- and foreground are blurry). <br />
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5. Devote as much time to editing as you did to shooting.<br />
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Your photo shoot is just half the fun. Literally — you could spend as much time editing your photos as you did shooting them. In post-production (which is what you call editing, because you’re a pro like that), focus on three things: Getting the right crop, contrast and color matching.<br />
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Crop: You most likely already cropped your image appropriately through your viewfinder, but even so, you’ll see on screen where you might be able to improve. Front-and-center photos are often best — for product shots, the classic photography “rule of thirds” doesn’t necessarily apply. Make sure your photo looks good cropped to a square, as Facebook and the Storenvy marketplace shows a square-shaped thumbnail of your image. And on Storenvy marketplace product pages, we have a set width but not height, so vertical pictures get the most screen space.<br />
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Contrast + Color matching: You love Instagram as much as we do, right? So you know the beauty of simple photo enhancements. Even iPhones have a simple enhance tool that brings out the best of any image. In Photoshop, I’m a sucker for Auto Levels and Auto Contrast. But trust your eye on these edits and don’t go too far. It’s easy to see each tweak as an improvement, but not always. I like to keep a copy of my main inspiration image up on my screen, matching the color tone in my edited image to the tone of the photo I’m aspiring to. And even more importantly, the first rule for editing product images is to make sure the color of your photo matches the color of your product.<br />
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For these more technical tweaks, as well as touch-ups if you need them, photo editing web apps have gotten pretty amazing. To find a free or cheap option that suits you, Google “free photo editing,” or search Mashable for their lists on photo editing apps. Photoshop now offers a scaled-down $100 version of itself called Photoshop Elements that will let you do all the photo editing tricks you need. The example above is my own — shot on my kitchen countertop! I broke some of my own rules, namely not using natural light. But obviously retouching made all the difference. In Photoshop, I tweaked Levels, Contrast and Saturation; used Selective Color to remove yellows, and Cloned white into the corners. (If you haven’t used Photoshop before, you’re going to love it.)<br />
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6. Bonus Marketing Tip! Make your promoters’ jobs easy.<br />
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After your photos are shot, edited and generally beautified, go back to the blogs you listed in Step 1 and figure out the widths of their main content column. (On my Mac, I do this the low-fi way by taking a screenshot — command-shift-4 — and pulling the hash horizontally across the column. The top number shows me how many pixels I’ve pulled it across.) Size each of your key shots to each blogger’s width and email those photos and a blog post written in their tone about your products. Whether they cover it or not, your efforts will not go unnoticed! Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-77297013635132748222012-10-03T09:43:00.001-04:002012-10-03T10:11:09.738-04:00Vintage Barbie + LUST = Doll Attic Auction 42<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And Here We Go Again ...</span></span><br />
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<b>In the Odyssey, the Sirens sing a song so irresistible that none can hear it and escape. Circe warns Odysseus of the danger and suggests how to avoid it. <br /><br />The Song of this Siren, aka Vintage Barbie, is extraordinarily compelling to many a die-hard collector. None can see her and not be drawn in ... and like the Sirens, she too is lethal. Particularly to your bank account ;D</b></div>
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<b><br />Four years ago, I swore off making any more purchases and have not felt any particular temptation ... until now! </b></div>
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<b style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you cannot even begin to understand this affliction, I attempted</b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u> </u><a href="http://jqjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/obsession-confession.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">an explanation</span></b> </a></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">almost a year ago ...</span></span></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-18476305884665515782012-03-08T08:25:00.000-05:002012-03-08T08:25:19.638-05:00Write Right!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Top 15 Grammar Goofs to Avoid ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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On the other hand, making some grammatical errors just makes you look bad and hurts your effectiveness. Sometimes we even misuse words simply because we hear others use them incorrectly.<br />
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So, here's what's considered to be the 15 most egregious grammar goofs in one helpful infographic. With this handy reference, you’ll never look silly again.<br />
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The promotional Frenzy Team on Etsy has put together a fantastic Event that lasts the entire month of November ... just in time for the Holiday Season❣</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All you have to do is search through their shop and find the “treasured” item. It won't be the main photograph, so you will need to click on the item to find the special picture. But that's the fun ... getting to see some of the wonderful items that our talented team members have to offer! </span></div>
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<b> TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,<br /> And sorry I could not travel both<br /> And be one traveler, long I stood<br /> And looked down one as far as I could<br /> To where it bent in the undergrowth ...</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beautiful poem, right? And it brings forth such lovely visions in your </span><a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080622144306AAeKmdS" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">mind's eye</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, right? Uhhhh . . . <b> <span style="color: #666666;">Wrong</span></b><span style="color: #444444;"> <b>!!!</b></span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What pops into <u>my</u> mind is the subdivision next to mine when I lived in St. Louis. My son and new DIL live there now. It's a great area with the high property taxes to prove it, which only adds salt to the wounds in this completely outrageous situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I lived on a pretty tree-lined street, and about three blocks away, the street splits off and goes into another subdivision. That's where I met this guy ... right where the "two roads diverge"! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He was a lot younger then, of course so was I. I was pregnant and out taking walks so I wouldn't gain too much weight. It didn't work all that well ;D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyhow, he was an art teacher on summer break and lived & breathed cycling. I'd never layed eyes on him before, but he decided to be my new best friend, and showed up almost every time I was out for exercise. He kept it up even after I had Paul, and would pull up on some expensive racing bike or other while I was pushing pQ in the stroller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Being an art teacher, I guess he fancied himself some sort of genius, because he started to 'share' his art with his entire neighborhood in the form of <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/shop/outdoor/accessories-pillows-outdoor/outdoor-garden-decor/?page=viewall&bnrid=3360501&cm_ven=NonBrandSearch&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=OutdoorHomeDecorDecorativeAccentsExact&cm_ite=yard+art&OVMTC=Exact&site=&creative=7036340285&OVKEY=yard%20art&url_id=135348933" style="color: #bf9000;">Yard Art</a><span style="color: black;">. Only NOT in a good way. It was colorful metal and had all sorts of sharp pointed edges that I considered a law suit waiting to happen and outright dangerous. A lot of children lived on his street! At least there was only a little of it, though. This guy's yard art consisted of only a few pieces back in the day. </span></span></div>
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<tr style="color: black;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His drawings seem a little chaotic & dare I say ... frenzied! (courtesy of St. Louis Real Estate News)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I thank the heavens for the fact that living three streets away in a different subdivision has saved me from having to look at that mess or suffer loss of property value. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">case you're curious about what happened ... not much!</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> He finally got convicted of littering and storing hazardous material, with an order to clean up his yard - he refused, of course! So the judge gave him 20 days in jail, a $1000 fine and six months probation. He has yet to serve a single minute while his case is being appealed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As for the poor souls who live on his street, not one has been able to sell their home, although some have moved away.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Word that he's caused his neighbors terrible financial losses has spread near and far, and I don't know of anybody within 25 miles of his 'Art Gallery' that will even speak to him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And visitors? The newspapers report nobody ever comes to see this guy ... I mean who would want to look at that mess he's created? The street going past his house is definitely "THE ROAD NOT TAKEN" !!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You've already spent your valuable time and maybe even some money attracting customers, so what are you doing to make sure they stay with you as repeat customers? You've got to give people a reason to come back. One way of doing this is through an <a href="http://mailchimp.com/resources/html-email-templates/" style="color: #bf9000;">email newsletter</a>.There are free templates available at <a href="http://mailchimp.com/" style="color: #bf9000;">Mail Chimp</a>, the same host of our Team Newsletter.</span></div>
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I've done quite a bit of reading up on the subject, and I would encourage you to do the same. Newsletters have been a valuable tool for me, and I believe they are the reason I've gotten custom orders on Flickr. My customers know they will find a lot of my designs posted on Flickr that are not listed in my Etsy shop.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Etsy PromoFrenzy Team is having a very special Sales Event. Over 50 members are offering a variety of Specials in their Etsy Shops. You may view the individual Specials here - </span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/7512/promotional-frenzy-team/discuss/8773512/page/2">MEGA-PromoFrenzy-Special</a> </span><br />
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Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-31848187627531470602011-07-26T16:50:00.007-04:002011-07-28T16:35:43.012-04:00MY NEW FAVORITE GEMSTONE!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Collectors and jewelry lovers from all over the world are fast becoming aware of this uniquely American gemstone. This is really, really unusual material. There's nothing like it available anywhere else in the world, and I can't get enough of the unique metallic glitter that comes from the patterns of copper inside of this gem.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Peachy-pink, pale with a lot of schiller, this bracelet has a beautiful soft ethereal look to it. It's gorgeous . . . it glows</span>! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's next to impossible </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to capture the beauty of this gemstone with a camera ...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've had the pleasure of seeing ... all the gorgeous rare colors. It's unlikely I'll be working with the strand you see above anytime soon ۞ bargain-priced at only $795!!! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">No ... seriously, it <u>really</u> was!</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This past Sunday, Bruce and I went to a little wingding for a good friend of ours who was having one of those Big birthdays!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So his wife figured she'd whip him up a peachy birthday bash out in the country at a Pick-Your-Own Peach Farm. It was a wonderful day, we all relaxed after she put us to work picking our own juicy party favors ... a basket of the freshest, most aromatic peaches ever! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Next she served us up ice cold bottles of something called Lambic Belgian Peche, which translates into a pretty darn good peach beer. We had a nice meal and finished everything off with an amazing cheesecake. Yes, of course it was peach!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After that we took a tour around the place. Only one couple had been to a peach orchard before. They grew up in the South. The rest of us were all transplants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Only been 22 days since the first day of<span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span><a href="http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/2011.html" style="color: #bf9000;">Summer</a>, I'm already looking forward to getting it over with! I'm Hot and Sticky and getting a little bitchy about it ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yesterday I was enjoying a leisurely look around <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #bf9000;">Pinterest</a> and ran across a person who had filled one of her Boards with photos of her daughter's wedding. One in particular caught my eye. It was a photograph taken at the reception of the cake table, but instead of the beautifully decorated confection we're used to seeing, it was an absolutely stunning rendition of a wedding cake sculpted in ice!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Absolutely massive sculpture of King Kong complete with bi-plane!!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Yo, V.I.P. let’s kick it… <b>Ice, Ice Baby</b>" </span></div>
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<br />Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-29598051463129500032011-07-06T22:34:00.000-04:002011-07-06T22:34:15.357-04:00Promo Frenzy Team WINS the HandmadeTop 10 Contest!<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Promotional Frenzy Team has been declared the winner of the very first Top 10 Etsy Team Challenge!!!</span></span></div><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Contest was designed to give Etsy Teams more exposure as well as a chance to win an advertising package worth $450. The Top 10 Team Contest was sponsored by Tim Adams, the Etsy seller who created the well know website, Handmadeology.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way to go!!! You know, I'm pretty sure I heard Galla say if we win, nobody gets on the Naughty List for six whole months!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where do you go to buy 112 jewel-encrusted Crowns?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dude ... couldn't you find a BIGGER sign? This thing weighs a ton!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">. . . and I heard they all get a <span class="st"><i>Mercedes-Benz</i><i></i></span> AND a trip to the Caymans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey! All these guys except me are wearing a Fan Button :((</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look y'all ... that one over there next to the champagne fountain is my mommyღ Well, if there's a fountain, why is she drinking out of that bottle?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's start a Wave and light some candles. Okay, but after that were gonna sing Kumbaya, aren't we???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I heard those poor ladies all turned into Robots! No dummy, they turned into robot-VOTERS!!!</td></tr>
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</span></div>Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-34334855463377758702011-06-23T22:58:00.006-04:002011-06-23T23:22:09.388-04:00Promo Frenzy Team Enters the HandmadeTop 10 Contest!<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There's a new site called Handmade Top Ten List recently started by the same Etsy seller who runs the very well know website, Handmadeology! Tim has announced the very first Etsy Team Challenge designed to give Etsy Teams more exposure and give them a chance to win an advertising package worth $450. </span></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Promotional Frenzy Team has gotten on the bandwagon in a big way! Our goal is for every member to add two items to our Top 10 list and promote, promote promote! And we're definitely rocking out The Vote :D</span></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'd never heard of <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #bf9000;">Pinterest</a> until <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/glitterbirdglamour" style="color: #bf9000;">GlitterbirdGlamour</a> sent me an invitation to join. Just over a year old, there seems to be a lot of positive buzz out there about this site! You can sign up all on your own, but you'll have to wait several days before being accepted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I adore Pinterest!!! And I <a href="http://pinterest.com/about/etiquette/" style="color: #bf9000;">PIN</a> pretty much anything that I would normally bookmark or save to my desktop. I've got quite a few BOARDS going, each with a different sort of theme. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pinterest isn't complicated . . . it's kind of like the bulletin board I had in my room when I was in high school. I cut cool stuff out of magazines, kept ticket stubs from a rock concert and pressed a lovely flower I'd gotten from a special guy ... and ALL of them got pinned to that bulletin board!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sound familiar? Maybe you had a board like mine, and maybe it was full of all the things you found interesting or just plain loved.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Well, that's what Pinterest is - a place to catalog the things you love. You could compare it to hearting items and shops or creating a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/?ref=fp_nav_treasury" style="color: #bf9000;">Treasury</a> on Etsy. But it's not just about one venue, it's about the entire Internet! Think of it as a virtual bulletin board — a place where you pin almost anything you find on the Internet to that board. You can create collections of things you love and 'follow' collections created by people whose great taste you admireღ </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">~ Pin Etiquette says to "Avoid Self Promotion. Pinterest is designed to curate and share things you love. If there is a photo or project you’re proud of, pin away! However, try not to use Pinterest purely as a tool for self-promotion."</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No disco balls at the Reception! This effect was caused by the tiny crystals on Jen's dress.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So what was a bit Wacky and a whole lotta fun about the much anticipated nuptials?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the things these kidz have in common turned into the theme of their wedding. I was relieved that they didn't go over-the-top with baseball shaped invitations or feel driven to have a Cardinal-shaped cake, complete with red frosting. But they definitely had fun with it!</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridesmaid and Mom helping out Paul with some dressing details</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jen and bridesmaids had hair & makeup done in-home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinal baseball team - I can only wonder what the fee was for this!!!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm pretty excited! My son, Paul, is getting married in just over a week, and that will be here before I know it!!! I adore his fiance, Jen. She's a gal after my own heart ... ducks all in a row, the model of efficiency complete with a bit of an over-the-top love of organization and lists. And you all <u>know</u> how I love organization and lists!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The only thing I can't quite figure out is how she and Paul picked the date. I mean Friday is getting to be a more popular day to get hitched, as the competition for the coolest venues becomes more and more fierce. In order to avoid a waiting list of a couple of years or so at the <a href="http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov//parks/jewelbox/"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Jewel Box</span></a>, they gave the thumbs up to a Friday evening wedding.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But here's the rub ... I know it's only a number, but that number is <a href="http://www.whats-your-sign.com/number-thirteen.html"><span style="color: #7f6000;">thirteen</span></a> . . . </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Friday the 13th</span></a>. Yes folks, I know it's hard to believe, but Friday - May13th is the day of the wedding. The day my only child marries a young woman my husband and I are just crazy about. You heard me right - defying convention, and possibly all common sense, they signed up to <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/tie-the-knot.html"><span style="color: #7f6000;">tie the knot</span></a> on what is considered the unluckiest day of the year!!!</span></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">That being said, gaining your sympathy isn't why I'm writing this post!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I can admit, that although I don't truly believe Friday the 13th is a scourge upon us, it makes me a little nervous. I sort of think of it as the one day of the year <a href="http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-true.html"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Murphy's Law</span></a> is in full force . . . "Anything that <u>can</u> go wrong <u>will</u> go wrong"!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As Mother of the Groom, we all know I'm suppose to look fantastic. And we also know that I'm in direct competition with the Mother of the Bride ... a distict disadvantage for me due to the fact that the bride is way more important than the groom! Therefore, the M-of-the-B is in an elevated position right from the get-go.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So let's get down to it, people! I'm going to post a photo of what the M-of-the-B is wearing and another of what I've chosen, and you won't know which is which. They are completely different - like day and night, hot and cold, boys and girls. I'm convinced that the direction I decided to go is the one that's right for me, my own personal style . . . . . . . well, <u>almost</u> convinced!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">Please take a sec and vote for the outfit you think is right for me. You'll have to look past the young, tall skinny models and think of a not so young, 5'4" semi-slender woman. But I know you can do it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And what if the vote doesn't go my way? </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, I've still got a week to re-evalute and SHOP!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Not everything, like <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hoarding/DS00966"><span style="color: #bf9000;">hoarders</span></a> do, but when I really, really like something I want to collect it. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">And I want to collect a whole lot of it! That's probably why I own a pretty significant selection </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of preccious metals, high quality gemstones, vintage beads and hand torched lampwork from a wid</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">e assortment of talented glass artisans. While technically a business, I know that it looks suspiciously like a collection to my husband. Nope . . . It's NOT All About the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jQjeelrydesigns"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Jewelry</span></a>.</span></div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To me, it's not about the doll ... it's about the CLOTHES & ACCESSORIES. This outfit is made of silk taffeta! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the way the vintage Barbie booklets resembled haute couture designer sketches</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. . . and up until about five years ago, I was pretty much obsessed with collecting said doll, along with her miniature haute couture wardrobe manufactured by Mattel between 1959 and 1972. I no longer actively collect, but after ten years of doing so, I have quite a hifalutin collection, if I do say so myself. I hope you'll enjoy a few examples seen below.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just as she came off the toy store shelf in 1961 - Mint condition with orginal box </td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it's only my opinion, but I'm pretty darn sure that Barbie was the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermodel"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Super Model</span></a>! What's my proof? When launched in 1959, she was marketed as a "Teen-age Fashion Model". Now she's a lot more famous (<u>and</u> wholesome) than <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Janice_Dickinson__Did_you_know_she_was_the_first_Supermodel"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Janice Dickinson</span></a>, and I'll put her up against even <a href="http://nndb.com/people/506/000023437/"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Cindy Crawford's</span></a> longevity any day. Case Closed.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the most sought after vintage outfits includes a politically incorrect, REAL fur stole</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Items that are unused and in original condition are called NRFB - Never Removed From Box</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first bubblecut hairstyle was released in 1961</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When launched in 1959, Barbie wore a black and white zebra striped swimsuit and signature topknot ponytail, and was available as either a blonde or brunette. A mint example still in its <a href="http://www.marlbe.com/barbie_dolls.cfm?prodid=VINT-3F11"><span style="color: #bf9000;">original condition with box can sell for $10,000</span></a>. ... BTW, I <strong>don't</strong> own one !!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1960 Ponytail wearing "Busy Morning"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This doll is considered Rare with her near-white Patinum hair and amazing white lips!</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I must let it be known that I Do Not Love Pink. I don't even LIKE it all that much.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The real reason for my obsession was the wardrobe. That spectacular, haute couture-inspired ever changing reflection of American fashion. Tiny zippers that really worked, fabrics like silk, satin, linen, taffeta and even chiffon. Didn't exactly make much sense for a child's toy . . .</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This gown is made from satin and chiffon ... for a CHILD'S toy! What were they thinking???</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equally amazing were the accessories. The miniature cats eye glasses with working hinges have always impressed me the most, but Barbie's jewelry was nothing to sneeze at - pearl studs and gold hoop earrings, a pearl choker, pearl pendant on the tiniest chain I've ever seen, and a gold charm bracelet.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbie really knew how to dress back in the day! Nowadays ... not so much.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barbie is a <a href="http://www.style.com/trendsshopping/stylenotes/090710_Top_Ten_Fashion_Icons/slideshow/?play=false"><span style="color: #bf9000;">fashion icon</span></a> with the most detailed wardrobe ever made for a doll.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't forget, Barbie was billed as a teenage fashion model. Notice the short, bob hairstyle of 1965-66</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1966 Barbie with a longer bob hairstyle and high-color makeup is highly coveted!</td></tr>
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</div>Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-82877401311153787772011-04-12T22:22:00.000-04:002011-04-12T22:22:47.067-04:00NOBODY LIKES A TEASE . . .<div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Unless It's a Brain Teaser!!!</span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Each time you remove a letter, it still remains a word. From nine letters, all the way down to a single remaining letter!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div>Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-44720467617832958432011-04-05T21:56:00.000-04:002011-04-05T21:56:36.637-04:00RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS ...<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wikipedia defines a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_act_of_kindness"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Random Act of Kindness</span></a> as a selfless act performed by a person or persons wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual - either spontaneous or planned.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd like to express my heartfelt thanks to Kelly, of GaleazGlass who created such a beautiful & inspired treasury this past Monday with the loss of my mother in mind and to celebrate the bond between mothers and daughters. I find her gesture perfectly amazing and tremendously kind!</span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span> Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-61145198614357462622011-03-29T21:53:00.007-04:002011-04-25T09:38:08.107-04:00Gone From My Sight<div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To those of you who have been supporting me these last several weeks while my mother has been in Hospice, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You know me well, and therefore understand that it's not easy for me to talk about this. And so I write instead.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have kept silent to all but a few, not because I don't value you, but because I<strong>'</strong>m not comfortable when others are <u>un</u>comfortable. So difficult to know what to say or what to do! Accordingly, I have disabled comments. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is gone now, and I've chosen this particular photo, because a wedding is a special day between mothers and daughters, filled with all the hopes and dreams a mother has for her child! Her <u>only</u> child.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I hear someone say, "She is gone!" Gone where? Gone from my site, that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull as she was when she left my side, and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Her diminished size is in me; not her. And just at that moment when I hear it said once again, "There, she <u>is</u> gone!", there are other voices ready to take up the glad shout, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Here she comes!" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Jill Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990763978739702684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792122290237613732.post-68495920704043335562011-03-22T23:26:00.001-04:002011-03-22T23:32:47.771-04:00DOES YOUR WORKSPACE WORK?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we moved to Atlanta from St. Louis at the end of 2003, I left behind a house with enough storage space to comfortably store three decades of collectibles gathered by a certified 'Collectoholic' . . . that would be yours truly! More on my favorite collection at a later date . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had started creating jewelry and selling locally about a year earlier, but had no special place to work. I used the kitchen table and would drag out all my tools and supplies each time I went to work, and got into the habit of cleaning everything up when I finished for the day. What was I thinking? Who needs a kitchen table, anyhow? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, old habits die hard, and even though I now have an entire second bedroom in the apartment for my office/workspace I <u>still</u> clean up at the end of a day I've spent creating </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black;">jewelry </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">for <span style="color: #bf9000;">my Shop on Etsy</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The cubicles stay on the messy side until I get sick of looking at it, but for the most part there's </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">a place for everything, and yada, yada, yada.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">PS All this storage space courtesy of my favorite Collection that is packed up and stored for the time being.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two large windows provide excellent lighting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cubicles hold paperwork, incoming supplies and finished jewelry . . . <span style="font-size: small;">Do you see my Treasury Timer?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shelving with glass doors keeps the most expensive supplies dust-free<br />
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Rolling cart has a canvas cover and contains gemstones and tools</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tower shelving containing sterling components and canvas-covered cart are portable</td></tr>
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