'Eat Real's mission is to make real food as accessible and as affordable as fast food at events held in strategic communities across the United States. Eat Real's success will be measured by increased public awareness of and respect for the craft of making good food and by the growth of green collar jobs in America's growing regional food economies. Eat Real's vision is of an America where food's crucial importance to the health of our bodies, communities and economy is universally recognized, and where access to healthy and affordable real foods is a right, not a privilege. Also, in our ideal America, food tastes a whole lot better.'
I can dig that.
One of the booths that I stopped at was the SFBA booth, you can find their website: HERE. Charlie recently mentioned an interest in beekeeping and I thought I should learn more. Membership to the association is $15 for an individual, $20 for a household. Many of the classes through SFBA are free, but there are several other perks to having a membership.
I am still a bit jumpy from my recent wasp sting, so this may have to be a one man show in our household. But I have no problem reaping the benefits of having all the honey I can handle.
Tonight... heading to the Sonoma Premiere of The Wine Guy at Jacuzzi Family Vineyard. If you have nothing else to do, or even if you do, you should come out. Reception starts at 6:15pm.
While perusing the internet on the lookout for unique resources for my brides (and grooms) I stumbled upon Rethink Ink Design. Yes, it may be true that my green side is peaking through, but they also have stunning design. 
From Judy: 'Rethink
ink designs
are all original hand drawn illustrations, purposefully designed so
there will be minimal ink coverage, which also reduces waste produced in
the recycling process. I create as little waste as possible in day to
day operations as well. All paper scraps are recycled, reused or
shredded for my chicken's bedding! Everything else is composted or
reused whenever possible. From the website: 'All of the designs are printed on 100% post-consumer waste (PCW) recycled papers and envelopes, no new trees are used in the process. These papers are Forest Steward Council (FSC) certified. FSC tracks paper from forest to final product to ensure it comes from legal and well managed forests. The papers used are also made with renewable green e-certified energy and manufactured chlorine free.' You can find Judy's website HERE. She does stunning work, it is definitely worth a look! Enjoy! |
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In her words: 'Welcome to my wedding shop! I love creating unique organic metal jewelry and custom nature inspired wedding bands in 100% recycled gold and sterling.'
My little green heart skipped a beat. Not only are they hand made, beautiful, and really different: hey are made of recycled gold and sterling!!! They are inspired by nature and good for nature.
This is just one of the sets that I love. There are many more designs and other types of jewelry. If you are interested, you can see how she makes the rings on her Jewelry Blog. Beth thank you for your creativity! Your product is beautiful, I wish you the best of luck!
I love Etsy!
(04.06.10)
Yesterday my sister-in-law and I spoke about some ideas about how she might create a grouping of photographs for the wall in my niece bedroom. It got me to thinking that this is probably something that everyone could use a little creative help with. So, here is a little inspiration....
(8) 11x14
Ravi is thinking of doing a set of mounted prints something like the grouping above. It will be fun to see how it comes out. She is using a series of photos that I took of Priya with and umbrella on the beach. You can see them HERE.
(2) 24x30
(2) 10x20
These groupings would look great in frames or gallery wraps.
(12) 10x10
(2) 20x24
(2) 8x10
(1) 11x14
(1) 16x20
(2) 8x8
(1) 11x14
(2) 5x7
(3) 8x10
Have you created any wall groupings that you think works particularly well? I would love to hear how you have been creative or any ideas that you have that you think might work well. If you come up with a good one I will create a mock up like one of the ones you see above and post it.
I recently went to Costco and noticed that they already have holiday gear lining the aisles! Crazy right? Well, it got me to thinking that if anyone wants to take advantage of my super cool holiday cards, they better start planing their photo sessions now.
That is right, it is time to start thinking about holiday cards, and I would love to help you to create your perfect card! Take a peek at some sample cards I have this year.
If you want to take advantage of these cards, or have me create something totally different for you let me know! If you act quickly, I still have sessions available so we can create a new memorable portrait for your family.