Thanksgiving & Holiday Shopping....

I'm so excited!! I was contacted today by the editor of "PeoplePets.com", which is an affiliate of "People" magazine. They want to use Ozzy & Lita's "Thanksgiving" picture on their website next week to celebrate "Pilgrim Pets" ~ she found the picture on "Flickr"! Is that crazy!!! Of course, I told her she certainly had my permission! She's going to send me a link when it's up, so I'll post it here {of course}. Ozzy & Lita are *stars*!!

Well, I've been thinking about the holidays and decided that I'm going to give a 20% discount from right now until midnight, November 27th December 1st! And between now and then, I'll be listing lots of new things, so the discount will certainly be one you want to take advantage of. All you have to do is type in "Thanksgiving" in the "comments to seller" section at your time of purchase from my Etsy Shop and then I'll send you an updated PayPal invoice for the total, less the 20% discount. No worries if you accidentally pay the full amount, I'll promptly refund the difference through PayPal. You can also type in "Thanksgiving" in the "Coupon Code" section @ checkout from my Artfire Shop ~ you will automatically get the discount there. Plus, you don't have to have an Artfire account to purchase things {which is awesome}.

***Holiday Shopping*** ~ the very last shipping day for holiday shopping will be December 18th for items shipped within the United States and December 10th for International Shipping. And, I'm offering "Free Gift Wrapping" and a "Free Gift Card" ~ just let me know that your purchase is a gift, where you want it sent and what you want your card to say and I'll take care of the rest. So these awesome little earrings ~ called "Blobbets" are the freebies for Monday's drawing!! Lita will be picking the winner, so good luck! And, of course, all you have to do to win them is comment on this blog post!

Has anyone seen "This is It"?? I'm wanting to go and heard it was fantastic! Let me know if you saw it and what you thought!!! I may go tomorrow. Ahhhh.. it's time to go relax now, though! I hope you are having a wonderful week!!!
♥ & peace always ~ Kathy

"The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common. If no one had ever seen a flower, even a dandelion would be the most startling event in the world." ~ Anonymous

Censored Art & Mountain Tops....

Ahhhh....the weather has just been gorgeous here!!! So yesterday, we hiked up to the top of "Black Balsam Knob" with Ozzy & Lita {mistake}. I don't know why Ozzy thinks everything {dogs, people, lizards, cats, etc.} need "herding". We got all the way to the top of Black Balsam Knob and I got someone up there to take our picture for our Christmas Cards this year {which I think turned out really good}:And then Ozzy decided that this little fat Jack Russell Terrier up there somehow needed herding. Well, the Jack Russell wanted no part of Ozzy, or his herding, so he started running and Ozzy started chasing....they went half way back down the trail and then half way up another mountain, with Wayne and the Jack Russell's owner on their tails yelling "stop, sit, stay, wait, etc." to no avail! They finally stopped, on their own, and just stood there, looking at each other. Well, the Jack Russell's owner was very upset {understandably, since Ozzy was about three times his size}. He started yelling at Wayne about keeping the dogs on leashes, if we can't control them, blah de blah. But, his dog wasn't on a leash either and obviously, he couldn't control his dog, so I think he was mad @ Ozzy, Wayne and his own dog. I just kinda giggled to myself, since nobody was hurt and both Ozzy and the Jack Russell certainly could use the exercise {hee hee}. It was a beautiful day, though and Ozzy & Lita had a great time:I think I'm going to get this one printed & framed.

So, the winner of the "Bird Girl Journey" necklace is Jen!!!! Yay!! Ozzy loves you!!! He actually "licked" #1 and then grabbed #2 and tried to eat it! Thanks for posting comments, everybody!! Check back Wednesday for holiday shopping updates/discount codes & shipping information. Plus, another awesome "freebie"!! Ya'll are the best!!!!

Well, I decided NOT to do the after Thanksgiving show in Cashiers @ the cute little cottages. Although, it's cute and a great idea, my art ended up being ridiculously censored. I was told that this venue is geared more towards "upscale" art, rather than "funky" and that they did not want any "New Age" or "Fundamentalist" items there, namely "Skulls, Shrunken Ex-Boyfriends", Peace Signs, Goddesses or Fairies". Well, all of you that know me, know that most of my items would fall in the "funky" category! Actually my banner, my business cards and the sign on my car say "funky jewelry for your inner flower child" ~ so "humph" ~ they can keep their "upscale" clientele and I'll keep my funky peeps, like ya'll!! And this was a "juried" show! So, I don't know why they waited until after they accepted me and then told me what I could and could not sell! Oh well, their loss ~ my gut feeling told me I wouldn't make much money there anyway and end up wasting two whole days right after Thanksgiving, which tends to be the time I get really busy.

So thanks for listening, and loving my funky stuff!!! I love ya'll!!!
♥ & peace always ~ Kathy

"Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression" ~ First Amendment of the US Constitution