Showing posts with label The Story Keeper and MORE!!. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Story Keeper and MORE!!. Show all posts

Friday, September 5, 2014

0 Frivolous Friday 9/5/14 (WINNER, Green Purple and Pink, Kickstarter)

 

It is Frivolous Friday, so, let's do something Frivolous!! How about I start off by announcing the winner of my give-a-way??  Yep, I think that has to be done right off!!  Well....


The winner is Ms. Beth Gibson Rumbaugh!! Congrats to YOU!! The email has been sent and you now have 48 hours to respond to claim your prize!! 


And since I can't break the streak of this week, there are two new creations for today! Yep, one is green and one is purple with pink!!!

www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/10036556#

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/10036595


Who hasn't seen my new bracelet that I am working on?  If you haven't, you should!! Here is where I am starting off today...and you can come on over to my Fan Page or Google+ page, I post 'working photos' throughout the day!



Yesterday I was honored with several new Pledges.  They were from $6 to $25 and let me tell you, no matter the amount they mean the same to me!! I am so honored to have such great followers and fans!!



Please remember that I LOVE to feature other handmade artists!!  If you know anyone that might like to have their creations shown off to my followers and fans, simply fill out this interview and send it back to me.



Today I would like to leave you with this thought;

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.  ~Mark Van Doren

Thursday, September 4, 2014

2 Traditional Thursday 9/4/14 (Monster, Dinner, The Story Keeper and Kickstarter)


Another day, another few hundred beads....what a wonderful life!! I have been so lucky lately to be able to show off some wonderful things...and today is just the same!  I realized that with the holiday I forgot to show off my son in his uniform on his way to his first week of school....so, here he is!!




I wont even bother to show you how he came home....they have a dirt playground and he found a worm which he built a home for!! :)  But, he is happy - dirty, but happy - and for all of us, that means a lot!! 

I also wanted to show off this dinner I made the other night.  It doesn't look like much, but it is veggie pasta, trimmed steak and spinach....and even the kids liked it!! :)



 I am still trying to gather pledges, so please, even if it is only $1, PLEDGE.  Taking Krafty Max to the next step is something I have been dreaming of over the past couple of years, and now, it might just work....with your help!!  If you can't pledge, a comment or to share the link - http://kck.st/1ryafwb - with everyone!!


Just look at how this bracelet has come along!! Come on over to my Fan Page or Google+ page, I post 'working photos' throughout the day!



 I am on a ROLL!!  I have 2 new listing for today again!!! They are both FUN and on sale!!

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/10029783

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/10029537


Remember, there is a SALE in my studio, but only until the end of the week!! 
So, now is the time to buy!! 

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/KraftyMax


Today is the last day to enter....hurry!!  There are SO many points you can get....so come on and enter! 



Today I would like to leave you with this thought;

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.  Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.  ~Ella Fitzgerald

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

0 What's New Wednesday 9/3/14 (Fire Mountain Gems Feature, Last Days of Give-A-Way and NEW Listings)

 

It is Wednesday!! I posted yesterday as Monday, but it wasn't....I think! THIS is the only thing I hate about holidays being on Monday, it throws off my whole week....it is Wednesday, right??  

No matter what day it is I am still doing the 'happy dance'! Why?  Well, I'm featured!  Yesterday I was beading a way when this message 'popped' up on my computer -


At first I didn't understand, but then.....I checked my emails!! And here is what I found - Isn't this COOL????? I am so excited!!  And if you follow the link (click on the clip art) you will get to see the story about my Reaching Tranquility Miniature Dressing Screen  and the 'happy dance' started!!  Do you know how many people see this news letter each day??? (I don't, but it is a LOT) ;)

http://www.firemountaingems.com/jewelryartists/jewelryartists_bio.asp?docid=MAXK&doccat=jewelry+artist&WT.fmg_linksection=26G0VBFQ0BNST&cid=&WT.mc_id=NL140902W


You know that I am having a sale, right???  YEP, until the end of the week, so NOW is the time to buy!!  Want to know what the sale it??  You'll have to click to go see!! ;)

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/KraftyMax


I worked on this new bracelet yesterday....but no one guessed what it was...want to guess?  Want to follow me along? Come on over to my Fan Page or Google+ page, I post 'working photos' throughout the day!



I have 2 new listings today!!  PURPLE earrings....aren't they wonderful?  And also a wonderful Teal and Black set that is just perfect for any season!! Click on the photos to go see the actual listings....remember, everything (including new listings) are on sale right now!! 
 
http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/10024814

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/10025065


This give-a-way is coming to an end soon, so please enter...the book is wonderful!  If you weren't sure about the story before, here is a great into.....but I am telling you, you'll love it!! 


The History Mystery Behind The Story Keeper

Who were the Melungeons of Appalachia?

Click here to watch The Story Keeper mini-movie trailer 
Click to watch The Story Keeper mini-movie trailer

The Story Keeper is a tale of two women living over one hundred years apart, yet connected by a mystery. The story shares ties with The Prayer Box through a long-held mystery involving the mountains of North Carolina and the Outer Banks. You'll also see a very different form of prayer box in the story. In 2015, a third novel will wrap up the series.

But before we get ahead of ourselves, let me share a bit of the mystery that inspired The Story Keeper...

Long ago, the first British explorers to push into the Appalachians reported the strange discovery of "blue-eyed, reddish-brown complexioned," people. The explorers were baffled by what they referred to as "blue-eyed Indians," who spoke a language neither the explorers nor their Native American guides recognized. In future years, this group, known as Melungeons, would suffer the stigma of prejudice, myth, and unflattering mountain lore.


Who were these reclusive people? To this day, no one knows for sure.

After reading about them late into the night, I fell asleep and  literally dreamed a story. I saw the tale of a busy New York editor who finds an old manuscript She's captivated by the story of Sarra, a young Melungeon girl being sold off in a card game in turn-of-the-century Appalachia. The search for the manuscript's author takes the editor on a journey to the heart of The Blue Ridge... and into the secrets of the past. 

I've never "dreamed" a story before, so writing The Story Keeper was a uniquely wonderful experience. It literally fascinated me.  If you've never heard of the Melungeons (or even if you have), take a minute to Google the word. I think you'll be as caught up in the history as I was!

 

And now, enter while you can!!!



 

Have you visited my KickStarter Campaign yet?? A Comment - or a $1 Pledge - can make the difference in being funded and not!! Also, the more it is SHARED, the better!!




Today I would like to leave you with this thought;

If you don not start, you won't arrive!

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

0 Making Monday 9/2/14 (New Creations, Kickstarter and Lisa Wingate)


My goodness, what a weekend it was!! I hope that your weekend was as full as mine!! There was family time, friends time and so so sooooo much food!!!  But, it was a good time by all!

There wasn't much time for beading, but here is what I did at class on Friday Night.  These are so quick and fun to make....but I left them at Blended Treasures to be sold there....if you want a pair, just let me know and I'll custom make them for you!! :)

https://www.facebook.com/BlendedTreasuresJax

One of the other things we did was go to a local car show.  There were so many cars there...mostly older, but some new!  They were all wonderful, but this one really caught my eye.  I love the plate, if you look closely it says 'horseless carriage'!! And it's story! It was in a barn for many many years and then brought out to show off to the world and not much has been done to it since!  I also just love the simplicity of the engine! Just think, that is all it took to actually make a car go.....now when you look at the engines you can barely tell what is where!!





I have two new listings for today!! One is another NO HUSBAND NEEDED Klasp Helper.  These are selling like crazy!!! I will be making more this week, so let me know if there is a special color you would like!!

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/KraftyMax/10017611/green_miracle_beads_-_no_husband_needed_klasp_helper/handmade/accessories

I also finished and listed this beautiful necklace!  I am very proud of the way this one turned out.  It has two different looks - click on the photo to go see more photos - and it can be 'dressed up' or 'dressed down' depending on what you want to wear it with!

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/10017650


And what always happens when I finish a creation?  I get to start a new one!!  YEP!! So, another fall bracelet is what I am going to do....for some reason fall is hitting me hard (in a good way) this year!! So, here are the colors... come on over to my Fan Page or Google+ page, I post 'working photos' throughout the day!



Each $1 makes a difference! So, if you can Pledge even that $1, SHARE the link to your friends/family or even just leave a comment it would help!! I am trying to take Krafty Max Originals to THE NEXT STEP!!



Have you signed up yet????  Have you done your 'daily' entries? Now is your chance....the winner will be picked in a couple of days!!






And if all that wasn't enough, look at this amazing collection I have been included in!!



Today I would like to leave you with this thought;

In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are. ~Ovid

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