I just love technology!  While checking out Amazon to update my wish list for Christmas I found out some new “toys”.  You can now add an icon to your toolbar that allows you to add items from other websites to your Amazon list.  That’s not all!  They also have an application that allows people to add an “Amazon Wish List” button to thier personal website!  Thanks to Leslie, my web Goddess, I now have that button on my Willow Springs store!!  Come look and try it out! 

Whether it’s jewelry from John Wind Maximal Art or Art by Amy, you can add it to your Amazon list.  Add items from Christina’s World or other ornaments and decorations too.  Now, while shopping for your friends and family,  you can let them know what they can get for you!  If you don’t already have a wish list set up on Amazon, it’s simple to do.  Once you have it set up, just start adding all the things that you would like as gifts.  Your friends can go to Amazon and find you wish list and never have to guess what to get you again!  How Cool is That?!!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Halloween.  I’m already counting the days until next year! 

As we move toward Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday shopping season, I have decided to kick things off with a sale!  I have a great selection of small ornaments and finials from Christina’s World and I have lowered the prices for a limited time–until 11:59pm Friday, November 19th–to make them even MORE affordable!  From traditional reflectors to Santas and everything in between, these ornaments are the perfect size for your table-top feather tree and would also be beautiful on the family tree.  Ornaments make great gifts and, at these prices, are perfect to keep on hand for ”emergencies.”  Get them before they are gone! 

And speaking of gifts, make sure you check out the selection of John Wind jewelry!  Items have recently been added and there are more to come soon!

Wow, I can’t believe we’re almost half way through September already! Ghoultide Gathering is just around the corner, will you be there? Connie and I will be.  I can’t wait to see all of the wonderful Folk Art and Artists!

Where has the summer gone?  Actually, the temperatures here are VERY summer like, but the time is flying by!  It’s hard to sit outside and enjoy nature when the heat and humidity so high, even in the evening.  How is your summer going?

Halloween is just around the corner and then Christmas…… I have SOOOOO much to do!  For those of you who are really in to Halloween, make sure you check out the 4th annual Ghoultide Gathering October 2nd in Michigan.  It features a lot of great folk artists of all styles, from traditional, to “way out there” and everything in between!  I was so amazed by the imagination to everyone when I went to my first one last year.  My sister, Connie Porcher, has featured many of these talented artists in Celebrate 365.  Hope to see you there!!

I’m sorry that I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve been a busy little beaver.  I have been working on several projects while watching the Olympics.  In addition to my feather trees for the Halloween Convention, I have been dying and painting silk veils and scarves to sell this weekend at Belly Dance Kalamazoo.  They are holding workshops and selling Belly Dancing items there….. it should be a fun weekend.  My daughter, Brenna, has been Belly Dancing for exercise (and fun) and really enjoys it.  I made her a veil as an early Christmas present several months ago that featured stars on a back ground of purple hues.   In addition to veils and scarves, I will also have an assortment of jewelry to sell.

The count down is on for the arrival of the jewelry from John Wind!  It seems like we’ve been waiting for ever to get it, but it’s just that I’m so anxious to have it.  I’ve never been one to wear a lot of jewelry, usually just my wedding rings, the same old earrings and the necklace my husband got me years ago, but between Art by Amy and John Wind, I am now!  Instead of just throwing some clothes on and heading out the door, I now have to plan my outfit to go along with what jewelry I feel like featuring that day….. kind of a fun change of pace.

As for my husband, he is slowly getting his energy back.  We have going to the mall and walking around to get his exercise.  I’m not sure when he will feel strong enough to go back to work, but each day he’s getting better.  Thanks again to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers for him…. and to my sister, Connie, and Leslie Kirk for keeping up with my website!

That’s it for now….. have a lot of errands to run today (and more walking), and best of all, Brenna will be home for Spring Break today!