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Prepare for showers of flowers this month.  Mother's Day is around the corner.  Do you remember those sweet hand drawn cards you gave Mom? Let's make her cry again this year...with tears of nostalgia. 4 diverse card personalities.  My focus was to use color groupings, and flowers of course. The supplies can be eclectic and endless: Papers, all types    Flowers    Embellishments    Fibers and ribbons    Gel Press prints    Glitter, mica, etc...    "Instant relatives" photos    Inks    Adhesives    <Don't forget the one-of-a-kind>    Here is a shot of my stash for this project. I challenged myself to use a standard 4.25" x 5.5" card. Adding papers and ephemera in a collage format. My pink choices: My natural tones: My bohemian: My modern yellow: I adjusted my choices as I went along. Like adding mica glitter to ...

Breast Cancer Awareness Do you know what to look for for healthy breasts?   Do you have any idea how very important mammograms are?    ACCURACY OF MAMMOGRAMS Mammography is good at finding breast cancer, especially in women ages 50 and older. Overall, the sensitivity of mammography is about 84 percent. This means mammography correctly identifies about 84 percent of women who truly have breast cancer. Sensitivity is higher in women over 50 than in younger women. It is also higher in women with fatty breasts compared to women with dense breasts.   http://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/AccuracyofMammograms.html Do you have any family history of cancer? Some Friends who have survived.....      My  BFF Patty                             My Pal Kris (daughter Jenna)                     ...

There is a checklist for today   I love To Do Lists, they make me feel accomplished when I check the items off.   It gives me a sense of satisfaction....so let's begin October by checking some things off the list! 1.    The last week of September Winners are....EVERYONE who participated in our ATC event.    Everyone gets 5 digital collages.    2.     October brings us BOXES for our art...  BIG BOXES, little boxes, all in between boxes!    PAPER, TIN, FABRIC..... 3.     October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  One Sunday this month we will publish photos of BC survivors, Our Team dressed in Pink and all good things Pink.   4.     We are introducing our NEW website this month.   YIKES! Thank YOU to our entire Design Team, the ATC participants and our Blog Director, Lyneen Jesse, for making September artfully memorable. Remember you can contin...

October is such a great month for so many reasons.     Fall, Halloween and Breast Cancer Awareness are a few important items. It seems we have covered them all with our fabulous Design Team Artist's work. We hope you have enjoyed the projects and tutorials.  We are also hopeful you have done your self exams..... That said......we have three winners of lovely Pink items this month.    The pink palette goes to -  Rita Sue Chambers The Pink Journal goes to - LINDA Plummer  The Pink Acrylic Art Kit goes to -  Doris McDonald Congrats and Thanks for your orders. Jean says be healthy!   NOVEMBER BRINGS SOME VERY INTERESTING PROJECTS FROM OUR TEAM.   Be sure to check in and find a new art form that we hope catches on!     We are always Altering your Creativity!

Join me in Celebrating the many Breast Cancer survivors and honoring those who fought long and hard.   We want to pay tribute all the women (& men) who have made the BC journey. Therefore, we wear our PINKNESS with pride to say HOPE is always there;  never, ever give up!       If you send us your PINK photo, we will add it next week!  Let's show everyone how many PINKYS we can get!  Email to: artsociates@gmail.com PINK STANDS FOR HOPE Be well, do  your self exams and take care of YOU.