Things I've been up to lately

I'm posting a few pictures of things I've created for a fundraiser I'm co-chairing in one of the yahoo groups I belong to, Fiber Art Traders, to raise money for the American Heart Association. The AHA is something that I hold dear to my heart because my father, who is now 63 and healthier than he's ever been, had his first heart attack at age 40 and just about 7 years ago he had a quintuple (5) by-pass. Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States? I want to keep raising awareness about this killer.

We are holding an online auction on February 21, 2006. The theme is You Gotta Have He"ART" and the concept was to create what we call Heart ART and auction it off to the highest bidder. 100% of these proceeds will be donated to the American Heart Association. These auction items were created by various members of Fiber Art Traders and what we have so far have turned out beautifully.

If anyone reading this blog would like to donate to a wonderful cause you can visit our auction site and watch it as it progresses and then bid on a piece of Heart ART! The instructions for bidding are on the site and it is quite simple. http://heartartauction.tripod.com/you_gotta_have_heart_auction/
Forgive the pop ups - this site is a free site so hopefully you will have a pop up blocker so that they don't bother you too much.

I hope you enjoy my Heart ART - remember it will be available to bid on when our auction takes place on February 21, 2006.

A Journey to Create

I think this title to my first entry is pretty appropriate. Within the last year I have taken steps to get back into being my creative self by picking up my pen and writing again, learning how to quilt, and joining a two wonderful online quilting/writing/fiber art groups that are helping me along that path. I have also decided that the voice of motherhood is calling to me and I am beginning that journey now as well with the wonderful man in my life. 2006 is going to be an amazing time for me...for us. I think there is nothing like changing your life for the better by creating life.

So here goes.....