Origami Wreaths

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Those people at Amazon are marketing geniuses, you know. They got me, yet again. I went online this morning to add a book to my Wish List because that's where I track what I want to read. Up pop a bunch of books I might like, based on previous visits to Amazon. Genius!

This is the first thing that catches my eye. Cool, huh? So I added that - and 3 other Origami books to my Wish List. So far so good.

What's this?? Origami Wreaths and Rings?? Who knew?? This has my name all over it - these things are perfect for my mandalas! Click - into the shopping cart.

More marketing genius - for just $5 more in purchases, I can get free shipping!

I think I might be somewhat rare in the art field, from what I read. I think I'm fairly evenly left brained (business side) & right brained (creative side). So I love reading both kinds of books. So I search 'craft business' books and find a bunch, some I own, some by authors I recognize.

Perfect! I'm all about craft shows these days. Good reviews. Written in 2000, so not too out of date. So what if I spent $13.95 on a new book when used books are available for $4.86? I got free shipping! (I'm actually a big fan of used books, by the way - have bought a number of them.)

Bummer, just checked my order - the books won't ship until end of May. That stinks. Oh well. I will have forgotten about them by then - what a pleasant surprise I'll be in for in another month! One of the few advantages of middle age mind-slip.

Before starting this entry, I Googled "origami wreath" to see what I could find. I had only been thinking of making wreaths in terms of my flat framed pieces. Isn't that a cool 3 dimensional wreath?

Here's the close up, from Creased.com.

Nothing like a couple of new books to cheer a girl up.

In other good news - today I received a call from a massage therapist who was given one of my framed massage mandalas as a gift from my massage therapist. Now she wants to buy one for another friend. She's going to come to the May 11 & 12 show in Victor and see what I have - or maybe order something custom. And I immediately emailed Mary, my massage therapist, telling her she rocks!

In even more good news, today's mail brought me the application for the Gro-Moore Farms Craft Show in November. I had spoken with the organizer months ago. She said after they give previous vendors first shot at the spaces, if there are any left, they send out a mailing to new vendors. That was supposed to be the end of March so I was getting nervous about not receiving anything or getting a response to my email. The deadline for this 2nd round of applications is May 1, but my check is written and I'm mailing it on my way to work tomorrow morning. I'm hoping the unique-ness of my work buys me a little edge.

So the day job is still kind of boring this week but these other events in the more important side of my life certainly put a little spring in my step today.

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