PAY IT FORWARD 2013

I have always been fond of "paying it forward".  I'm looking for someone to join me in the fun of sharing handmade gifts. 
Teresa

 on your mark... get set... let's have some fun!

Do you like to RECEIVE handmade gifts? Do you like to GIVE handmade gifts and bring joy to others? Do you want to join a blog hop that involves giving and receiving in a PAY IT FORWARD manner?

PAY IT FORWARD 2013
I am participating this project because I believe that giving handmade gifts is important in many ways. Not only does it bring joy to others but it helps us as artists stretch our creative bones, make new friends and connections, and spread the handmade movement further and further into our world.  I commit to giving a handmade gift to one person who signs up to participate in this project and who is willing to "Pay It Forward" on ther own blog.  Ready to join the fun?

GUIDELINES

1. If you would like to participate, please sign up by leaving a comment below on this post.  Follow up by emailing me at smileee001@gmail.com with your contact/address information.  The first person to show commitment to the project will receive a handmade gift from me!!!

2.  Post this project on your own blog--I will email you a simple cut-n-paste to make it easy.  Gather one new participant and be willing / prepared to follow through with the "Pay It Forward" part!!!  (I will send your handmade gift once you've shown commitment by gathering one new participant)  Please link back to this original post: ("JOIN THE FUN! Pay It Foward 2013").  I will include a link to your post so we can follow the project from its origin.

3.  I will give you a small, heartfelt handmade gift.  In turn, you give a small, heartfelt handmade gift to your participant and bring on the joy!  (please wait to send a gift until your participant has gathered their own new participant)

(also please only enter under one blog... unless you are willing to perpetuate more than one chain)

(If you want to join but my slot is filled, follow the link below until you find an open slot)

My participant and her "Pay It Forward" blog link: 
Kara Monroe (click on her link)

my word for 2013

"to apply oneself to improving or developing"

Last year I was introduced to the idea of choosing a word and applying it to the year, using the word to motivate and guide me through out the year.  In 2012 my word was New Beginnings click here to read more  I had many new beginnings. 

This year my word is cultivate.  You may associate the word with farming and agriculture and that's OK.  My creative journey, as well as my life,  and farming have a lot  a similarities.  The definition I am referring to is "to apply oneself to improving and developing".  All the seeds I planted, all the new beginnings I have started, I am ready to tend to them and develop them.  It feels calmly exciting!  

 

I belong with a group of artist and we are all sharing each other's 2013 word as just another way to encourage each other.  If you want to read more words just click on this link.

Did you choose a word for 2013?  Tell me if you did and what your word means to you, I really want to hear.

Keep Smiling!

Teresa

 

 

the learning curve

Have you ever had enough "learning curve" stuff that you felt like your head was going to explode? 

That's how I have been feeling.  

2 weeks ago John surprised me with an iMac.   I was so frickin happy!  What I wasn't expecting or prepared for was all the adjustments it would take.  I would consider myself to be a very patient person but this is trying my patience.  My studio is a mess.  I've had  both my PC and Mac running, which takes up a lot of space.  I feel cramped!   My programs that were on my PC, of course, do not work on my Mac.  I've been busy installing all new programs and learning about them since they are newer versions than what I had on my PC.  Learning about the Mac is an adventure in itself.  When I finally get it,  I know I will love it! It's just the process of getting there that isn't very fun.  Sorta like life, huh?  In life it is often said to "enjoy the journey".  Maybe it would be good idea to apply the same principle to what I am experiencing now.

In a few days I will begin learning how to set up a website.  My friend, Heather, says it's fairly easy.  I'll might just be calling her with new formed swear words if it isn't.

By the end of the week I will be installing my new Adobe Photoshop CS6, then learning about how to use that on my new system.  I wipe the sweat off my brow because  I am familiar with Photoshop so I trust it will go smoothly.

I am making head way on my "special" project that I will be letting everyone know about after the first of the year.  Sometimes I get so anxious to share it that I have to practice what I teach my granddaughter, to zip my lips.  

Have I been sounding like a cry baby?  Maybe!  

I wanted to let you guys know what I am going thru.  I know some of you have been there, done that, and probably even bought a T-shirt, so you can relate.  I have been absent lately in cyberspace, but now you will understand why.

Thanks for listening to me.  I feel better now that  I got this off my chest. Now I can fill-in the hole in the wall from shoving my fist thru it.  (just kidding!)

visit my Etsy shop

If you

BELIEVE in supporting small businesses
come on over and see what I have to offer.
You will be glad you did!

www.etsy.com/shop/teresacash

I just posted 3 new prints in my Etsy shop.
All my prints are 8x10 and printed on archival, photographic paper.
Each print is matted and ready to be framed in an 11x14 frame.  

How easy is that?

You will be giving a gift along with an inspirational message.  

Thank You from the bottom of my heart for your support.

Teresa

Thanks Linda Kinnaman

My friend Heather and I were featured on this site, today. (the link is below)

Take a moment and head on over to read it.

http://lindakaysart.com/blog/2012/11/19/mixed-media-mondays-nov-19th/

Thanks to Linda. She is helping me share the stories of some incredible women who are proudly proclaiming to be a creative Late Bloomer. If you are a creative Late Bloomer I'd be honored to share your story, too.  Visit my site at http://www.imalatebloomer.com

This painting is by Linda.
Isn't is awesome?

Thanks Linda!

Linda Kinnaman regularly posts 3 times a week ~ she has Mixed Media Mondays + Wet Paint Wednesdays + Fighting Fear Fridays. Each post is a good read and I always leave with a smile or something to apply to my life.

he did it again!

John and I  went into the Apple store so I could  ask some questions about their Macs.  I had my list of questions and I was determined to get my answers.  An Apple employee came up to me and asked me if my name was Teresa Cash, I said YES and he said,  "here is your new computer". 

Then I look up and there was John, grinning from ear to ear, taking my picture.  John surprised me again!  I have got to have one of the most loving and supportive husbands in the whole wide world.

Take a look at Ron's face (the Apple employee) he looks like he was having fun with it as well.

dream

I've given alot of thought to how amazing things can happen when you believe, with all our heart, that something grand can happen to us.  Grander than we can ever imagine!

My resolve has been to, Dream what seems to be an impossible dream. 

Wanna join me?

Tell me what your dreams would be. 

 I really want to hear them!

(this print will soon be added to my Etsy shop)