Showing posts with label cross stitch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross stitch. Show all posts

Friday, August 08, 2008

Would You Like Something From Starbuck's?

Today was one of "those" days. My very good friend called me from the Starbuck's drive-thru and asked if she could pick something up for me. Normally, I am just perfectly content with my cup o' ordinary black coffee from my home brewing machine (aka. coffee maker) but today was one of "those" days. I normally don't do soy. I just don't do it. But I had her bring me a grande-vanilla-soy-latte. So, thanks, friend!

*Note: One of "those" days generally means one or both of my lovely children are involved in doing things that are driving me absolutely batty. Thank God I do not have too many days like this. Sometimes it seems as if everything just builds up to a certain point and my patience runs out and then I have one of "those" days. I think everyone wants to get back to school (not just me wanting eldest son to go back to school... he has wanted to return to school since the first day of summer vacation:)

In other news... my mom has a plan. She wants us (her, my sister, my sister in law) to set up a booth at the upcoming Artisan Fair for our school. We will make baby/children clothing items and blankets. I have this idea of doing kids aprons with cross stitch animals, bugs, etc. on them and then selling them. We'll see how this goes. I took a cross stitch class this summer at the Greek church and made a very nice bookmark (class was taught by a wonderful Greek woman who really can cross stitch (like my yiayia)). So I am getting "in" to cross stitching (with all my spare time...HA!). I will definitely keep you posted because if this goes well, mom has plans. She wants to expand, go to other fairs, maybe even open an online store?!?!

I leave you with a somewhat recent picture of the family (we rarely have pics of us together). Oh, and I added an Amazon widget to the ole blogging page. These aren't necessarily books that I recommend, more like books that I have read this year.

Nevermind the picture... blogger won't let me post it for some reason. I will keep trying.

Oh, and I added a picture to my page. It is called The Secret School. It is a famous Greek painting. We are hoping to buy a copy of it for our living room, someday. It is our favorite painting (it shows a priest teaching children secretly under the Ottoman Occupation while a Greek soldier stands guard).

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Artists/artisans Wanted....

If you know anyone who is an artist, jeweler, musician, etc. please forward this information to them. This is actually a great deal for them and it is a fundraiser for our school. Artisan Fair will take place in Portland, Oregon November 8-9. Thanks for spreading the word!!!
-Christina
PS: please leave a comment and I will get back to you if you are interested.

Note***Feel free to link to this page or post it on your own blog... Just get the word out!!!

Artisans Wanted!!

The Artisan Fair committee needs YOUR help acquiring Artisans for our showcase.

Looking for artists (watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc), potters, jewelers,
to sell their products as well as musicians willing to play in exchange for advertising and selling their music.

Here’s what we have so far:

Chair Massage/Paraffin Treatments
Partylite
DeMarle at Home
Artists (3)…we need more!
Jewelers (3)…we need more!
Iconographer
Eikona
Kid/Travel pillows
Cards…more is welcome
Soaps (2)…more is welcome

Cost for Artisan to participate:
10% of all sales go to Agia Sophia Academy. Profit increases to 15% if the artisan registers after September 15.