Thursday!

I just discovered an amazing woman, Brene Brown.She visited my shop, and when she emailed me, of course I clicked on her siggy. It took me to her site, where I I became instantly mesmerized. I ignored my seven year old's morning needs (yes, honey, you look fine in gym shorts and a button down shirt), didn't unload the dishwasher, and barely tasted my own breakfast, and forgot about my coffee, all because Brene. She just seems to know me, and I loved this article especially. Her blog, Ordinary Courage is inspirational. Can't wait for my book to arrive!

April 23

Yay! It's another fun day in LadyBird Land! (hmmm... LadyBirdLand... I like it, I like it...) Now there's a new way to get your LadyBird jones... it's a GRAMMY pendant and print! And the fun thing is that it can be personalized for your Nana, or Grammy, or Grandma or Bubbie or Nannie or... so far I've had all of the above, and can't wait to see what comes next. Plus you can personalize the number of baby birdies... so far six has been the most I've put on... Check it out!

Here's the print:





and here's the pendant!

Happiness is...

a happy day! It has been so busy lately... lots of packing and shipping for Lisa, and a new LadyBird for me! I had made this little running birdie here: (well, you can't see it now 'cause blogger is being silly, but it's right here. Anyhoo, I had made her a month or so ago, and was waiting and waiting for the right saying to come along, and then sweet Sandra suggested "She Runs Like a Girl" (not knowing about this running birdie). And voy-la! as we french like to say, a pendant was born!


Also, I'm thrilled to welcome LynLivy's Arthouseto the world of LadyBirds! This store sounds totally amazing. It's run by a mom named Stacey, and here's a bit of her tres cool story:




LynLivy’s Story and vision
After being home with my 2 daughters for 7 years, I finally decided it was time to get back to work. But with a young family to care for, I wanted something that would allow me to be close to them and still make a difference thru our beliefs and vision. With many years of retail management experience, a huge desire to create, an artsy childhood, lots of crafty friends, 16 glittery girl scouts, and 2 very silly clever crafty kids - an ArtHouse seemed the only logical solution!




I'm excited to be a part of Stacey's vision... the store opens May 3rd in San Antonio, Texas, so if you live nearby, stop in and say 'hi'!

Yay!

Oh, so much has happened this week! It's been a funderful wonderful week! Where to begin, where to begin... well, if you live in the Long Grove Illinois area, you can now walk on over to Artist @ Heart to pick up your LadyBirds in person! As it should be, huh?



Let's see... oooh! I'm in a book! Rubbish, the best titled book I've seen in a long time...



See the little license plate charm up on the right - that's me! The book is actually a RIOT... I did not know the author, Kate Shoup before hooking up with her for this project, but she is absofreakinlutely hysterical in print. (Or, I'm easily amused.) I giggled at her topic headings, like "What a Tool" for the supplies section, and "Forage For Storage" for another. Okay, I am easily amused - but there's plenty of funnier stuff in there, I promise!


What else... we're planning our trip to England this June, and I'm totally wanting to find little wacky out of the way artsy fartsy stores to spend my pounds on - only 1000 american dollars buys a whole British pound - yay! (insert sarcasm there...) If you know of any shops, or cool artists who might know shops, post 'em here - we're traveling in a big circle - London - Cambridge - Edinburgh - Wales - Heart of England, and so on, so there's got to be great British art shops in all those places!