Updates
I am back on an airplane tomorrow morning, headed for a long weekend in Chicago with two foxy ladies and an Ordinary Sparkling Moments event at TT Patton.  I’ll be there Saturday, November 22nd from 11:00am – 3:00pm and I hope to see you there!

Many of the 3″ x 3″ tiny original collages in my Etsy shop will be taken down the Monday after Thanksgiving for another show, so if you had your eye on any of them now is the time to snatch them up.  Ditto for the framed original collages.

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I attended a lovely event sponsored by Hewlett-Packard (HP) last week that was an evening filled with all of my favorite things – girlfriends, creative time, inspiration and plenty of chocolate!  I have been using HP printers from the day I became a professional artist and will always be one of their most loyal customers.  When I was printing my Swirly cards in-house, it got to the point where I had two inkjet printers going all day everyday and I worked those printers until they sputtered their last breath.  I’ve lost track of how many HP printers I’ve gone through, and I now have two that I love.  HP printers helped me build my business and without them I would have never been able to accomplish what I accomplished.  (For the record, I am not receiving anything from HP for talking them up here – this is all me!)

HP just launched their HP Creative Studio, and it is filled with fun ideas & resources to help you get your creative juices flowing.  From there you can head to Snapfish for great personalized holiday gifts, cards, photo books and more.

The delightful Karen Cage hosted last week’s Girl’s Night Out event, which was only the second such event they have held.  If you are interested in helping her organize an event in your area, be sure to let her know.  You can reach her at karen.cage@hp.com.

Thank you again to Tracey Clark for inviting me to this sparkling event and to Jen Lemen for her beautiful, inspiring talk about Charitable Living.  These women are astounding!!

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My interview with Creative Thursday is up!  I had so much fun being interviewed by my very dear friend Marisa Haedike and hope you enjoy our conversation if you head over to have a listen.  Besides the fact that I say “you know” way too much, I think it came out beautifully, even with all of our giggle fits.  Marisa is a rock star in every sense of the word and I cannot say enough wonderful things about her spirit, wisdom, passion, integrity, talent and sense of humor.  In a nutshell, I adore her.

Have a happy weekend…hope to see you in Chicago.