Here are some of the more famous stores to visit:
(there are so many more though)
Here is what you encounter when you walk in a store:
(big messes to dig through)
This is the stash of ties I bought to make my quilt:
This is the idea that is taking shape:
Keep Coming back to see MORE of my quilt as it takes shape.
In a recent study, women who ate a small apple or pear before each meal lost more weight than women who skipped the fruit but followed the same reduced-calorie diet. Fiber-filled fruits help to satiate hunger, which probably results in lower calorie intake from the meal, researchers speculate.
Check out this video on an apple and a worm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd_JYe8Tm7M&mode=related&search=Apple%20Worm
KING OF POP
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TAP DANCERS
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GATOR AIDE
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A POOL TABLE
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I-POD
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DOCTOR PEPPER
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CARD SHARK
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LIGHT BEER
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KNIGHT MARE
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WHOLE MILK
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Why do athletes spit? Have you ever asked yourself that question? I went to take some photos of my friend's son Adam playing a little league game. It was his first time to pitch. All of the boys are so cute at this young age. Do they know that soon they will be the handsome JOCKS of the future?
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Now that I have finally received my business cards I feel that I am a legitimate artist ready to go out and pound the pavement for venues to show and sell my work. I wish it was the easy part of being an artist. I find it to be the hardest part.
The most important first step towards becoming a full-time artist is to keep making art. Being an artist is never easy and the temptation put your art career on hold and focus on other interests instead can sometimes be overwhelming.
Once you're in the habit of regularly making art, you've got to get it out in front of the art buying public. Your art is your business card. It works for you 24 hours a day. It's your single best form of advertising and it's not doing anyone any good gathering dust in your studio. The more art you have on display at outside locations and the more locations that show it, the more people see it and the greater your chances are of making sales. Even when you're not generating sales, you're still sharing your art with others and maintaining a public presence.
Display your art at places that make it look good, places where art buyers tend to congregate, places where you know the clientele can afford your asking prices. These include the hard-to-get-into places like art galleries, museums, corporate lobbies, and public exhibition spaces, and the less-hard-to-get-into places like juried and non-juried shows, local and regional art fairs, local businesses, and other less competitive public spaces.
Places like restaurants, coffee shops, hair salons, clothing boutiques, bookstores, hotels, bed and breakfasts, and furniture showrooms may or may not be suitable for your art. The problem with displaying at these locations alone is that people don't visit them in order to see or buy art. They go there to eat, to spend the night, to buy clothes, to get a cappuccino, or to look at couches.
I AM READY TO POUND THE PAVEMENT!!! ANYONE OUT THERE WANT TO DISPLAY MY WORK? HA...
If you hurry, you might catch the current world record holder. Mr. Duschl's chain now includes over one million wrappers, is over nine miles long, and has taken forty years of effort! (see link below)
http://www.gumwrapper.com/
Someone besides me has too much time on their hands. Check out this funny video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI4yz3PnQWg
"I have a dream..." -- a phrase immortalized by Martin Luther King. "...I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character...." It was a dream that he did not live to see realized; a dream that is still not realized. But a man who dreams is a man who cares. And a man who cares is a man who makes a difference. We Jews also have a dream. A dream that we have dreamt for almost 3500 years. And Rosh Hashana is the day that we remind ourselves of that dream.
Rosh Hashana is a day to ask the all important question: What am I living for? If we know what we are living for and it is something that matters, God will give us life. If we're wasting life, God may give us a little more to waste, but then again, He may not.
Let's not take the chance. On Rosh Hashana, let's make sure we have a dream.
Check out the link below to hear the shofar blowing for Rosh Hashana. La Shana Tova and Happy New Year!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofTZByxaKhA&mode=related&search=
Here is a picture of Brent with his grandparent's Phyllis and Sandy that was taken about five years ago. Sandy was a wonderful person who inspired others and had great advice for anyone who wanted to listen. I will miss him very much! Here are others that will be in heaven with him that have passed away this year.
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Here are some cliches about people that either have been used in the past or could be used in the future.
Zoey and I were taking our morning walk and I noticed that some of the tree's bark was peeling off. I pulled on it and found that it was in so many unusual shapes that I thought it would make an interesting subject for a quilt. I thought if I laid them down on a piece of dark fabric, then sprayed them with bleach, I would have some unusual outlines to play with. That is my project for today.
Yesterday my daughter, Avery, had her first recreational soccer game. Here are few pictures I took during the game. I love capturing those action shots!
I missed the actual shot of Perry dumping all of the ice cold water on Avery's head after they won the game. He re-enacted it for me.
CHECK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE WHEN YOUR CITY IS HOSTING A COMPETITION.
http://www.canstruction.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=usersList&Itemid=44
http://www.contemplator.com/america/littlejug.html
This was something I put together for an art quilt a long time ago. My friend named her "REGGAE WOMAN". Her head is pinned to my design wall waiting for some inspiration. If you look closely there are two women represented. Any ideas what to do with her (them)?
You can see that my brain hasn't been very creative these past few weeks. It is so darn hot and humid where I live. When is the relief coming in the way of cooler weather?
Keep Austin Weird. It's only three words, but it's spread like hot Texas butter from the original blue-and-white bumper stickers to the fronts of T-shirts, Koozies and even themed 5K races.
And like its predecessor, the state's famous anti-littering campaign slogan of "Don't mess with Texas," Austin's unofficial slogan also sprung the city into the national spotlight, with people nationwide now associating Austin with its "weirdness."
This is a link to the campus newspaper. Check it out when you have time.
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/
THINGS I LEARNED LIVING IN TEXAS
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store " or "I'm fixing to fix supper."
4. All festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
6. You know what a "DAWG" is.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
8. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.
9. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but, require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
10. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".
12. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
13. You know what part of Texas another TEXAN is from as soon as he opens his mouth.
14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as"goin' to "Wally World".
15. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean (or chili) weather.
16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"
17. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
18. We don't need no stinking Driver's ED....if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.
19. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from TEXAS (and those who just wish they were).
20. Not EVERYONE can be a TEXAN, it's an art form and a gift from God!
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