Happy New Year, everyone!

Ah, another year has gone by and I am once again thinking about what I can do to improve my work in the new year! I received a few beading books for Christmas and decided I've missed doing that, so I think I will be going back to my roots and adding some beaded pieces to my website in the near future!

I will be closed until January 5th! See you in the new year!

REALLY? It's been THAT long???

Since I have posted? In case you missed it, my 7 year old daughter is in a major theater production of A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre. It's taken over our lives for the past 2 months! What a wonderful ride it has been. However, it has lead me to neglect this blog!

There is still time to see the show! The show runs until December 26th. Click the links below to check out the website and buy tickets!

Buy tickets!

Check out A Christmas Carol 2010's website!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a GREAT Thanksgiving! Take a minute to let everyone know you are thankful for them, even if they can't pull themselves away from the new XBOX Kinect.

Keep and eye out on the blog or my Facebook page~~ I'll be posting a coupon code later on in the day to use on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday! Not a Facebook fan yet? Click the link below and become one! I do all kinds of giveaways!

I want to be a pink papillon Facebook fan!

The new pink papillon site is LIVE!

It's up and running! Go check it out......come back and leave a comment about it and I'll put you in the running for a SWEET surprise! Hurry though, the winner will be announced the morning of Black Friday!

PS If you are on Facebook, if you could take a minute and "like" the new site, I'd appreciate it! There is a link to do this at the bottom of the homepage!

Click me to visit the new pink papillon website!

Small Business Saturday & the New pink papillon Site!

You've heard of Black Friday.....you probably have even heard of Cyber Monday.....but what about Small Business Saturday? That's right, this Saturday, November 27th is Small Business Saturday. Why have you never heard of it? Because it's the first one ever!

It's designed to get you to help out your local businesses, or any small online business! There are so many cool people out there selling all sorts of cool stuff. Go out there and find them and boost the economy!

And guess what? The *NEW* and *IMPROVED* pink papillon site is ready to rock and roll! Keep checking as it will go LIVE in the next day or two, right in time for Small Business Saturday! And keep on eye out on the blog here as well......I am feeling a coupon code coming on!

I'm a Team Beach Body Coach!

Yes, I finally did it. After years of being addicted to Chalean Extreme and Shakeology and sending all kinds of friends and acquaintances to *other* coaches for help, I decided I was enough "in the know" to become a coach myself!

Trust me, I'm no fitness guru. I didn't lose 100 pounds on my own or anything amazing like that. I'm not totally buff or totally skinny. I don't always eat what is good for me. I love margaritas and Dairy Queen. I'm just like you. BUT, I *am* totally addicted to fitness. I'm committed. As a matter of fact, I'm supposed to be doing day 19 of TurboFire RIGHT NOW, and it's giving me agita since I am blogging instead. People always think I am much younger than I am, and at 44 years old I still wear a size 4, so I figure I must do doing something right.

I found Chalene Johnson through the Beach Body site while I was searching around for P90X. I'm sure you've heard of it......*everyone* is doing it. It's supposed to be amazing. As a runner, I didn't think it was right for me~~ I also have nerve damage in my left elbow from a kindergarten swing accident (side bar: tell your kids NOT to jump off the swings!) which makes things like push ups and chin ups almost impossible for me. (I end up doing them with my right arm alone!) Enter Chalene. I love this woman. What a fabulous set of DVDs. By the end of the series I was lifting weights heavier than I ever thought possible. I was RIPPED. And ready to move onto the next level.

Enter TurboFire. It just came out in July. Again, I run, so I was going to wait until the winter to buy the DVDs so I could use them in the cold months. WELL. I couldn't wait and bought them about 3 weeks ago. They. Kick. My. Butt! Holy COW.....I thought I was in pretty good shape! I was WRONG. I am sweating like I've never sweat before and I LOVE it!!!

Now I need a BodyBugg. Don't get me started. I'll save it for another time. In the meantime, check out my Beady Body website. Click on the Shop Team Beach Body link and look around. Read about Chalean Extreme and TurboFire. Check it out. I'm here if you have any questions!

Okay! Got to run and do the Fire 45 EZ class......don't let the EZ fool you!!

Click me to check out my Team Beach Body Coach website!

I am Featured Over on Artfire!

That's exciting!

My Copper and Sterling Peace Sign earrings are featured in the "Give Peace a Chance" collection over on Artfire. Ever hear of it? It's a bunch of artists selling cool stuff. After you checkout the other peace related items posted in honor of John Lennon's birthday, take a minute to peruse the site!

SHAZAM! Take me to Artfire!