Sunday Night Mish Mash

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Do I need to say anything? Oh happy day pink zinnias! But I will add this: isn't this a great use of salt and pepper shakers? A friend bought a case of them at an auction--I don't think she spent

$ 5 for them--and what fun to turn them into instant little vases!

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On October 2nd JB and I will host the 3rd Annual Art Fair in our side yard (more on that later, for sure). I wanted to hang a vinyl banner announcing the event on our fence, which sits on a main road. But when I priced them, I couldn't justify a cost of $ 75 or more dollars for one banner.

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This kind of thing frustrates me because I wish I had the skills to create things like that. I thought about what I could do and I came up with this:

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It looks pretty darn good! I'm now working on another piece for the front fence.

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Conversation with my Mom:

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Me: How's Carmen, Mom?

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Mom: She's fine.

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Me: Do you remember her?

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M0m: (sheepish grin) Not really.

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Me: How come you're saying she's fine if you don't remember?

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Mom: (wide grin) To keep you quiet!

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This is a pretty good book for artists who have an interest or could use some help in marketing, promoting and selling their goods. It covers a good bit of blogging--a subject any one reading this already knows!--but it also has some good suggestions for giveaways, etsy, house parties, advertising, etc.
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Scribbled on a bridge: Noah & Annabelle. I look up at it and think I want to write a story about Noah and Annabelle. I just like the whole sound of it.
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In Provincetown, squeezed in a corner of Commercial Street, a man named Scott began selling pink icing cupcakes for $ 2 each. He would bring about 200 in tuperware containers and within two hours he would have sold all of them ($ 400's worth).

This got JB and me thinking. A cupcake business. A sidewalk cupcake business. We are thinking enough that I am going to call our local Board of Health to ask about kitchen requirements, and then City Hall to ask about sidewalk licenses.

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I like that JB and I aren't afraid to consider ideas and possibilities. It is in this spirit that we bought our little place in Provincetown (we rented it out full time for three years so we could afford it); when we opened our short lived and shockingly successful restaurant, when we think about how we will return to the Amalfi Coast in Italy and live there for three months).

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Thinking like this reminds me of a quote I've never forgotten: A ship in the harbor is safe but it doesn't see anything.

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And finally, here again is the scene of the upcoming YART (Art plus Yard). Did I mention that SIX friends born from the blogs will be here? I find that unbelievable, amazing, and totally wonderful.
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It's autumn in New England. I think I'm ready.
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Love
kj