"the time has come, the walrus said..."

(.....love that poem)
The BOOK is READY!!!!!!!!!

Want a sneak peek? click here! You can see about 8 pages of it, and it is now for sale on Blurb.com also. So, this means that your copies are on their way to my house for signing and pampering before they come to you.
There will also be an e-book version available at the same as link I shared above. But that takes about two weeks!

I couldn't be happier! I feel like I just had a baby ( I suppose a lot of people say that about dreams that become real and are then let go into the world)...I also have butterflies in my stomach and I wish I could bring it back and add more to it! I'm worried there isn't ENOUGH! I think I was looking at it for WAY too long on my computer screen and laying in piles around my studio. I cut SO much out....I am just hoping I left the right stuff IN!

Well...I will be excited when it gets here! And I will let you all know when the box arrives!!!!! Because that will mean yours will be following right behind!

Big Love to All on this rainy Wednesday!

xoxo

Oh...and some link love to share...
make sure to visit Amanda at Kind Over Matter
and, while you are at it keep an eye out on the site after the 15th! I just did my first Sponsorship ad, and it should run on Amanda's page for a month. YAY!

last but not least...I don't think I've shared My Mothers shop address with you yet!
Like it on Facebook or visit the Frog & BEE website...we're not completely finished yet...so bee kind :)

I  stumbled onto a completely NEW (to me) string of bloggy goodness and I've been lost in it during coffee time each morning all week! So, I want to share....Below you will find an intro and then the link to an article called " 5 ways mindfulness changed my life" on a page called Creative Spiritual Women.

Check it.

"It’s incredible to me how mindfulness has changed my life.

When we understand on a very real level that everything we focus on we are bringing into our lives, we begin to see that there are fewer and fewer things that really deserve that kind of power.

This is incredibly liberating and powerfully creative..."

and here is the rest...http://creativespiritualwomen.com/5-ways-mindfulness-changed-my-life/      

OH! And don't forget to listen to this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I

I have 2 blessed days off before I start my 14 days of straight every day mother's day flowershop madness. boo. 

The book was sent thru the interweb yesterday!!!!!

and i'm off to water my peas and cucumbers and peppers...oh my!

xoxo

figuring out downloadables!

i am currently in the process of figuring out how to put downloadable images and fun on this blog for everyone.
the book goes to the publisher today....well...to the self-publisher....

i can't wait to to send it out to all of you who helped make this possible!
xoxo
have a lovely weekend!
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OK! For all of your amazingly wonderful Kickstarter friends/pledges...the book will be sent to Blurb for publishing this week! Then it's shipped to my house...signed...and sent your way!
THANK YOU for being PATIENT! I have never self published a book before and never realized it would take as long as it did!

Second on the list...I wanted to share with everyone who is following....

TERRARIUMS!!!

I have been selling these at Frog & BEE  www.wix.com/violasbees/frogandbee for about a month now, and they have been doing really well..so i thought i'd share a few photos. The lids/ metal bases are made by More Metal Welding, in Camp Hill, PA.

So...enjoy!

bugs and clover...

sometimes, all thats left to do is...

                                                                           ...dance.

"In Search of Dessert"...

...which of course I always am!
(sweet tooth!!!!)
I found it in the form of a girl named Jessica and her blog,  "In Search of Dessert".

(photo c/o insearchofdessert.com)

actually I was poking around on another blog ( thank you for the hook-up Christine Mason Miller) and saw a post about a project that looked right up my alley! I wanted  something to bring to my art group night ( better known as Basement Therapy), and this looked like the perfect experiment. A deck of cards and a lot of ideas later, we sent our deck to Jessica Brogan of said "Dessert" blog....and had so much fun doing it!
( Embarrassingly enough I got an email from Jess this morning, and realized that I hadn't signed the card I put in to thank her for letting us be a part of this wonderful experience...not did I send the proper mailing stuff in the card...sorry to make you wait Jessica!).

But...please check out her blog http://www.insearchofdessert.com/...you won'r have to go digging far for treasure and inspiration!

Thank you Ms. Brogan :)

xoxo