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Sally Jean Workshop in San Diego!

 

Announcing Sally Jean Workshops
in
SAN DIEGO!

October 15-19, 2012

Featuring:

Monday ~ Soldering for Virgins Christmas Garland
Tuesday ~ It's A Beary Beary Christmas
Wednesday ~ Collagemas...A Christmas Tree Collage
Thursday ~ Hark The Herald Angels Bling
Friday ~ Rudolphs Magical Mystery Tour

More Info & Register Now! 

 

 

The Softer Side of Spring

ship. drink. moth. bling.

I can’t change the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
~ Jimmy Dean ~ 

 

phone.

 I do not seek.  I find. 
~ Pablo Picasso ~

paint.

 Every artist was first an amateur.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

play

The happiest life is that which constantly exercises
and educates what is best in us.
~ Hamerton ~

drink.

 Life is a pure flame,
and we live by an invisible sun within us.
~ Sir Thomas Brown ~

lounge.

 Every day do something that will
inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
~ Doug Firebaugh ~

cook.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts.
To believe in the heroic makes heroes. 
~ Benjamin Disraeli ~ 

relax.

 There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, 
or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.
~ A. P. Stanley ~

swim.

Go the extra mile.  It’s never crowded. 

~ Unknown ~

drive.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go,
but almost always end up where I need to be.
~ Douglas Adams ~

 

indulge.

 What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.
~ Oscar Wilde ~

cuddle.

We make a living by what we get,
but we make a life by what we give.
~ Winston Churchill ~

n.y.c.

 Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
~ Jack Canfield ~

twirl.

 Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
~ Chinese Proverb ~

plant.

Why not go out on a limb?
Isn’t that where the fruit is?
~ Frank Scully ~

 Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.
~ Plato ~

party.

 Live each day as if your life had just begun.
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ~

pile.

 The difference between try and triumph is
a little umph.
~ Unknown ~

play.

 The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
~ Elbert Hubbard ~

fly.

 To me every hour of the day and night
is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
~ Walter Chrysler ~

style.

 It is in your moments of decision that your
destiny is shaped.
~ Anthony Robbins ~

beauty.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.
~ Joseph Joubert ~ 

fight.

 Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.
~ J. K. Rowling ~

sit.

 There are some things you learn best in calm,
and some in storm.
~ Willa Cather ~

knit.

 If we all did the things we are capable of,
we would astound ourselves.
~ Thomas Edison ~

bloom.

 Even if I knew that tomorrow the world
would go to pieces,
I would still plant my apple tree. 
~ Martin Luther ~

seat.

 Most of the shadows of this life are caused 
by our standing in our own sunshine.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

pose.

I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~ Edward Everett Hale ~

eat.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ 

map.

 Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
~ Helen Keller ~

shade.

 How wonderful it is that nobody
need wait a single moment
before starting to improve the world.
~ Anne Frank ~

 

 Sally Jean

 

 

 

 

 

What Happens in Vegas...You Bring Home from Vegas!

The ART & SOUL RETREAT in Las Vegas is nearly upon us and if you haven't yet experienced this special creative gathering (or if you  have),  you'll surely want to look into joining this adventure in June!

I'm teaching four fun Workshops including Ring Around Roulette ~ A Winning Necklace (wear it and you might win BIG!)!  Come play with me or any of the other fabulous instructors for 1, 2, 3, 4 or all 5 days.

One of the nicest things about this retreat in Vegas is the venue...The Green Valley Ranch Resort.  It is sooo nice!  How nice is it?  Last year, I had to take a photo of my bathroom as it was dreamy!!!  Really!!!  It's a very UN-Vegas experience (but there is still gambling if the Spa or Lounge or Shops across the street don't lure you away).  A great place to stay with your honey, your girlfriends, or alone if you just want to get away.

Make sure to check out Art & Soul Retreat in Las Vegas...

Art & Soul Retreat ~ Las Vegas

And if you can't make it to Las Vegas in June...consider Portland in July...  

Art & Soul Retreat ~ Portland

Or San Diego in October...

Sally Jean San Diego Workshop

Or...stay in your bunny slippers and take one of my online Workshops...

Sally Jean Online Workshops ~ On Demand

"Art is making something out of nothing." 

Come make something. Or nothing.
It's all in the experience.

Sally Jean

 

Trunk Show ~ Bracelets

Just launched....Sally Jean Trunk Show....Bracelets!
Little labors of love for your wrist.
TRUNK SHOW ~ Click Here 

 

 

Color My World

 

Now and then it's good to pause in our
pursuit of happiness and just be happy.  

~ Robert Brault ~
 

blingaliscious bouquet

 

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns;
I am thankful that thorns have roses.  

~ Alphonse Karr ~

 

bearded man
via
more design 

 

Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges,
but eventually you find a hair stylist you like.  

~ Unknown ~

 

kitchen splendor 

 

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

~ Grandma Moses ~

 

celebrate 

 

I've decided that the stuff falling through the cracks is confetti
and I'm having a party!  

~ Betsy Cañas Garmon ~

 

 tipsy toes

 

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.  

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

 

delish 

Above all, try something.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~ 

 

style gal 

 

What if the hokey-pokey is really what it's all about?

~ Unknown ~ 

 

what if all garbage cans looked like this?

 

What if the hokey-pokey is really what it's all about?

~ Unknown ~

 

 icy finish

 

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things. 

~ Robert Breault ~ 

 

 woof

Wag more.  Bark less.  

~ Unknown ~

 

 toe dancer

 

Work like you don't need the money,
love like you've never been hurt
and dance like no one is watching. 

~ Randall G Leighton ~

 

something blue 

 

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths
you took, but how many moments took your breath away. 

~ Shing Xiong ~

 

tell him not to forget to manscape

 

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.  

~ Lady Blessington ~ 

double bubble-iscious

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.

~ Iris Murdoc ~

step right up

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

~ Dr. Robert H. Schuller ~

 

 she plays with dolls...that's ok

 

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.  

~ Berke Breathed ~

 

let them eat cake

 

There are many wonderful things that will never
be done if you do not do them.

~ Charles D. Gill ~ 

 

 home sweet home
 

Live with no excuses and love with no regrets 

~ Montel ~

 

don't forget your rubbers 

 

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
it's learning to dance in the rain. 

~ Unknown ~

 

be artful

 

Different shades of life make the painting more beautiful.  

~ Mike Dolan ~

 

oh nelly!  

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.

~ W. J. Bryan ~
 

stylish 
via
here 

 

Don't wait. Make memories today. Celebrate your life! 

~ Unknown ~

 

 somewhere over the rainbow

 

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end,
and I told him that was a stupid bet
because the rainbow was enough.  

~ Rita Mae Brown ~

 

like grandma has 

 

I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?  

~ Henry Moore ~ 

 

 dinner time

 

Sometimes life's Hell.  But hey! 
Whatever gets the marshmallows toasty.  

~ J. Andrew Helt ~

 

dish it up

 

Joy is not in things; it is in us.  

~ Richard Wagner ~

 

you're a queen

 

I  believe everyone is born into the world to do
something unique and something distinctive.

~ Benjamin E. Mays ~

 

collecting or hoarding? 

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.
The way you deal with it is what makes the difference.

~ Virginia Satir ~

color your world 

 

Life is a great big canvas,
and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

~ Danny Kaye ~

 

 castle in the air

 

Life's a party.  Invite yourself.  

~ Gary Johnson ~

 

have a drink on me 

 

The human spirit is stronger than anything
that can happen to it.  

~ C.C. Scott ~

 

let there be art 

 

A bird does not sing because it has an answer;
it sings because it has a song.

~ Chinese Proverb ~

 

nighty night 

 

To drink the sunshine and to dream at night....

~ Unknown ~

 

zero calories...I promise 

 

Life is the sum of all your choices.  

~ Albert Camus ~

 

self-assured 

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.  

~ E.E. Cummings ~

 

for footsies and tootsies  

It is not the years in your life
but the life in your years that counts. 

~ Adlai Stevenson ~

 

really...it's for the cat 

 

Life isn't about finding yourself.  
Life is about creating yourself.

~ George Bernard Shaw ~

 

from the heart 

 

Some pursue happiness, others create it.

~ Unknown ~

 

 sit-n-zee-duetch

 

That whisper you keep hearing is the universe
trying to get your attention.

~ Oprah ~

 

 playing dress up...literally

 

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love
and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.  

~ Henry Van Dyke ~

 

I am SOOO napping here 

 

Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you.  

~ Unknown ~
 

get charmed

 

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness
and just be happy.  

~ Robert Brault ~

 

bite me 

 

Every now and then, bite off more than you can chew. 

~ Kobi Yamada ~

 

 jot it down
 

Ride the energy of your own unique spirit.  

~ Gabrielle Roth ~ 

 

 

peanut butter cups & tea
via 
here 

Take the time to come home to yourself every day.  

~ Robin Casarjean ~ 

 

adoring anthro 

 

If you want to be happy, be.  

~ Leo Tolstoy ~

 

 bff

 

Oh, my friend,
it's not what they take away from you that counts. 
It's what you do with what you have left.

~ Hubert Humphrey ~

 

european painted ladies

 

There are souls in this world which have the
gift of finding joy everywhere and of
leaving it behind them when they go. 
~ Frederick Faber ~

 

whoa nelly!

 

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. 
I am.  I am.  I am.  

~ Sylvia Plath ~

 

 not your mama's vw

 

A truly happy person is one who can
enjoy the scenery while on a detour.  

~ Unknown ~

 

 wall art

 

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it,
change the way you think about it.  

~ Mary Engelbreit ~

 

the next best thing to fireflies 

 

Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm
and be at peace while at war.  

~ Mike Dolan ~ 

 

bloom

 

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back. 

~ Unknown ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Become an Un-Virgin when YOU want to!

Yes...that's what I said!
You can deflower yourself from the comfort of your
own home (in your Bunny Slippers) when you want to!   

Announcing
SOLDERING FOR VIRGINS 1   &    SOLDERING FOR VIRGINS 2
now ON-DEMAND!

Get a 2-week all-access pass to these Online Workshops 24/7...beginning when you want them to begin!  Want to start this weekend?  Register today!  Want to start in 3 weeks?  Register today!

For More Information....Click Here:

SOLDERING FOR VIRGINS 1

or

SOLDERING FOR VIRGINS 2

 

And don't forget these other Online Workshops:

CHANDELIER-ELLA....going on now!

and

CROWNALISCIOUS...begins February 1st

 

 

Gray - Grey

Gray Gray Go Away
'cause this is how I feel today 

Velvetty soft...mmmm

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

~ Oprah ~

 

SOOOO totally lovely!

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.  
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ~

 

Bad girl with style!

Tomorrow is fresh, with no mistakes in it.  

~ L.M. Montgomery ~

 

Winter white -n- grey

Someday is not a day of the week.  

~ Unknown ~

 

Antique-aliscious! 

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

~ Gandhi ~

 

B.L.O.W.

 Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. 
~ Washington Irving ~

 

The new black.

 I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. 
~ Author Unknown ~

 

Pretty in Polka-Dots

via

Here 

The future is always beginning now.  

~ Mark Strand ~ 

 

For casual Friday

And in today already walks tomorrow. 

~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~

 

Runs with Scissors

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts.  

It's what you do with what you have left.  

~ Hubert Humphrey ~

 

Happening Now! Online Chandelier-Ella Workshop!

Live in rooms full of light. 
~ Cornelius Celsus ~

 

To be a fly on the wall... 

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.  

~ Alice Walker ~

Colour 

A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.  

~ Rachel Carson ~

 

Serenity

I like these cold, gray winter days.  Days like these let you savor a bad mood.

~ Bill Watterson ~

 

 

She's got legs...

One is not born a woman, one becomes one. 
~ Simone de Beauvoir ~

 

Shades of Gray

Everything in life is gray, you know.

~ Jeanneatte Walls ~

 

An early coffee mug?

I'd like mornings better if they started later. 
~ Author Unknown ~

 

The elephant in the room.

Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying,  "I will try again tomorrow."

~ Radmacher ~

 

Party favorites 

I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?

~ Henry Moore ~

 

Laid back 

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

~ Spanish Proverb ~

 

A castle in the clouds

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

~ Duke Ellington ~

 

They're Back!!!! Glass Double Bubbles!

A woman wears her tears like jewelry. 
~ Author Unknown ~

 

Treasure

Thinking is like loving and dying.  Each of us must do it for himself. 
~ Josiah Royce ~

 

Button up

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize
they were the big things. 

~ Robert Brault ~

Can you see me now?

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.  

~ George Moore ~

 

Over the top

Weather forecast for tonight:  dark.  

~ George Carlin ~

 

Hung up

Tomorrow is a promise to no one.

~ Eastwood ~

 

The isle of misfit toys

If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found.  

~ Author Unknown ~ 

 

Wrap it up

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.

~ Gibran ~

 

Where squirrels end up

If you don't like something change it;

 if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.  

~ Mary Engelbreit ~

 

Rad ride

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

~ Anthony J. D'Angelo ~

 

Happy Holidays 2011!

Order by December 15th for Pre-Christmas Delivery!

CLICK HERE to see the COLLECTION

 

 

 

Announcing...Spring in San Diego...Workshops!

Five fabulous days of Sally Jean Workshops in the San Diego area!
March 19-23, 2012

SOLDERING FOR VIRGINS ~ BABSALISCIOUS BRACELET
THE MAKING OF A MARIONETTE
PRETTY AS A PRINCESS
DRIVING MISS DAISY
MUSIC BOX MAYHEM

For Details, Click Below:

INFO & REGISTRATION

 

 

 

Thankfulness

Let us be kinder to one another.
~ Aldous Huxley, on his deathbed ~

what the turkey said

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, 
and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. 
~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton ~

 

a place to eat

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them.
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~

 

pinterest pretty

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
~ Ralph H. Blum ~

 

stairway to heaven

I think I learned
to appreciate and treasure each day,
because you don't know
how many you're going to be given.
~ US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ~

 

needs a home

When I started counting my blessings,
my whole life turned around.
~ Willie Nelson ~

 

fancy food

If you haven’t all the things you want, 
be grateful for the things you don’t have 
that you wouldn’t want.
~ Unknown ~

 

scavenged

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners
who make our souls blossom.
~ Marcel Proust ~

 

lovin' me some derian

Some people are always grumbling 
because roses have thorns; 
I am thankful
that thorns have roses. 
~ Alphonse Karr ~

 

ticktockvintage via pinterest

Gratitude is something of which
none of us can give too much. 
For on the smiles, the thanks we give,
our little gestures of appreciation, 
our neighbors build their philosophy of life.
~ A.J. Cronin ~

 

homey

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
~ Aesop ~

 

playful

You won't be happy with more
until you're happy with what you've got.
~ Viki King ~

 

gather

We should all be thankful for
those people who rekindle the inner spirit. 
~ Albert Schweitzer ~

 

bring on the bling

One can never pay in gratitude; 
one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life . . . 
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh "North to the Orient" ~

 

vintage home via pinterest

Blessed are those that can give without remembering
and receive without forgetting.
~ Unknown ~

 

you have the key

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. 
~ Jacques Maritain ~

 

vanity not vain

People who live the most fulfilling lives
are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.
~ Richard Carlson, PhD, "Shortcut Through Therapy" ~

 

printable

No one is useless in this world 
who lightens the burden of another.
~ Charles Dickens ~

 

cannot be saved

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. 
Do your duty in all things. 
You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.
~ Robert E. Lee ~

 

pattern

Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, 
and if we didn't learn a little, 
at least we didn't get sick,
and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; 
so, let us all be thankful.
~ The Buddha ~

 

at dinner

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, 
universal to all ages and all faiths. 
At whatever straws we must grasp, 
there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.
~ J. Robert Moskin ~

 

its all about the candy

Things turn out best for people who make the best
of the way things turn out.
~ John Wooden ~

 

absolutely beautiful

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation,
you will discover that your life will
suddenly be filled with gratitude,
a feeling that nurtures the soul.
 ~Rabbi Harold Kushner ~
in the essay "God's Fingerprints on the Soul", 
Source: Handbook for the Soul

 

they went that-a-way

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; 
but let the thankful heart
sweep through the day and, 
as the magnet finds the iron, 
so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! 
~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

 

its time

You cannot do a kindness too soon
because you never know how soon it will be too late.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

 

Appreciation for Gratitude Quotes