Artisans of Houston

We are now calling our mini team Artisans of Houston. Which is a great name for a terrific group of gals! Our new blog is up and running...check out my bloglist at the left. There will be a list of upcoming events for various team members, links to their shops and all of us will have the ability to post to the blog. Members who have their own blog will decide whether or not to link you to their blog and so on... There are so many opportunities to kill a day at the 'puter.

First Meeting for Houston Mini Team of Etsy Texas Crafters

Last night, six of us met to discuss plans for an active Houston area Etsy mini team. We will be setting up a blog for our team, once we've chosen a long term name for it. Some of the ideas discussed were having a trunk show, participating in some of the local art fairs, and an open house in one of the members homes. We will be meeting again on July 17 th. If you are a member of the Texas Crafters Team on Etsy and interested in more details, please leave a comment.

What Kind of Flower are You?

This is fun! Try it and find your flower.
I am a
Snapdragon


What Flower
Are You?



which means:
"Mischief is your middle name, but your first is friend. You are quite the prankster that loves to make other people laugh."


Wanda's Wanderings

PayPal isn't the only online money exchange

If you are interested in online exchange of money without the PayPal fees, click on the Revolution Money Exchange button at the upper left of my blog. You can get a $25. credit, and I'll earn $10 for recruiting you. You do have to give the same kinds of private personal information such as your birthdate, and social security # to set up your account. Just as you would for a bank account. This is partly to prevent terrorists from using false identities to set up accounts. Thanks! I've opened my account but haven't hooked it to a bank account yet. I believe in honesty so there it is... Jo

CPLG also means couplings

Life brings many surprises! If you search our cplg listings, you find an assortment of parts for plumbing? cars? lol These listings mix in with ours because in the men's shorthand, cplg means couplings! We enjoy the eclectic surprise of discovering these primitive listings mixed in with ours on ebay.

Beautiful Rugs

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery.fcgi?p=12&gid=19493197

This is a slideshow posted by one of the ladies in one of my groups. One look and I hope you'll understand why rug hooking is so addictive! Most of these rugs are primitive, and the colors, patterns, and designs, are all so different!!!! Please do not copy these designs, as the idea belongs to someone else. It is either a commercial pattern or someone's original. Either way, it is not nice to steal someone else's ideas...

Hope your week is going well!

5 things you don't know about me....

Thanks, for the tag Leanne! Hmmmm, I could type many things about myself, but the truth is most of it is just not that interesting.

1. I've been a teacher for 35 years, but started the job 40 years ago. (1968)
2. I didn't learn to drive until after getting married... my dh taught me.
3. Couldn't back up a car with a trailer hitched to the back of it if the lives of everyone dear to me depended on it. Some dyslexic brain thingie of overthinking which way to turn the steering wheel.
4. My favorite flowers don't grow in the state where we live, or at least not near where we live...lilacs, forsythia, peonies, all need much colder weather than Houston gets in the winter.
5. Students from my first year as a teacher are now in their 50s! I had this little revelation myself in the shower a morning or two ago...