1. I love Chocolate & Steel's stacking rings over at ShanaLogic.
2. Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon
3. Rachel Gardner: On Life as a Literary Agent
4. Emma Alvarez Gibson: Whip-Smart Wordsmith. Media Maven.
5. Scrapbooks: An American History looks fascinating. Check out The Daily Scrapbook blog too.
1. Courage My Love :: Persisting Stars :: Madelyn Mulvaney
3. Check out the latest from Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
4. Survival of the Hippest: Custom necklaces, so fun! (Brought to my attention by the Daily Muse - a daily email newsletter I love!)
5. Orglamix Pure Mineral Makeup.
Sending help to Haiti
1. Artist Rebecca Sower was recently in Haiti, and has stories and links over on her blog about the experience, as well as information and links to send help, including her Haiti by Hand Etsy shop.
2. Photographer Nicol Ragland was also in Haiti last year working with Haiti's only Film School, the Cine Institute. Visit her website and click on Haiti to read more about her journey and make a donation to help rebuild the school.
[Photo by Melanie Ford Wilson]
This week is Squam-errific: Five new offerings for Squam Art Workshops in 2010.
1. The Spring Session (I'm on the teaching roster!)
4. The Fall Session (On the teaching roster there too!)
6. And two of the Fall Session's teachers are starting their new e-course next Tuesday, January 12th. There are still a few spaces left for together :: 2 perspectives :: on how to live a creatively fulfilling life with Marisa Haedike & Sean Hogan. There's still time to enroll!
This Week: So Proud of my Peeps!
1. Marianne Elliott has Exactly What You Need.
2. A new etsy shop from Doorways Traveler.
3. Get ready for the WishFull Virtual Art Retreat next spring. P.S. I'll be teaching!
4. Congratulations to Jennifer Lee on a dream come true.
5. Head to McCabe's etsy shop for lovely little stocking stuffers.
[Photo from Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping, #12 on today's list.]
Today's Theme: Giving Back
It deserves a bigger list, n'est pas? To bring things full circle, I'll go with Twelve Things today.
3. Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship to Youth
4. Girls, Inc.
5. Just Give
8. Working Proof: Creativity. Charity. Community.
10. Wrap Up Africa
11. Salaam Garage
12. Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping, for stories, insights and a variety of projects that need support.
Today's Theme: MishMash
1. I need to take a journey to Pasadena, because Gold Bug looks like my kind of place.
2. Chromix creates custom color profiles for your favorite papers and printers.
3. Lots to explore at Durweigh.
4. Phootnotes Photography on Etsy.
5. I love Junot Diaz's story about Becoming a Writer.
Today's theme: Two Wheels
1. I love Basil's Bicycle Baskets & Accessories.
3. Vintage Bike Tees at JNewburyLLC on Etsy.
4. Total Radness has tees for the serious gearhead.
5. Because after a long bike ride, you want this.
Today's theme: Etsy Favorites
1. Moxie and Oliver Leather Goods
2. Aggie Ray handbags, wristlets, & pillows
3. Madlight 13 velvet treasures
4. Rough Edges glass pendants
5. I love Jana Associates's Favorites List.
Today's theme: HodgePodge
1. The Woolly Pocket Garden Company
2. Women's Book Reviews: For Women Who Like to Read
3. The Art House Co-op always has something fun going on.
4. Ice-Qube Preparedness Kits. If you saw The Road, you'd buy one today.
