Submissions: Orange and Brown

Every Friday, I put together a treasury of some of my favorite items made by other etsy sellers, post it on my blog and call it the Friday's Favorites.

Last week's treasury, These BLUE Me Away, had 128 views, 37 comments, 88 clicks and 28 admirers.

This week, I'm looking for ORANGE & BROWN. If you have any items in your shop with both orange and brown, post the link in the comments, then check back tomorrow for the Friday's Favorites.

Don't have Orange and Brown? Feel free to nominate a friend's item and help spread the love.

The "Joys" of Halloween

I think every year I post about how much I dislike working on and around Halloween. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the holiday itself, I just don't like working on it.

You see, as a performer (or enviromental entertainer as my job description says), I have to stroll around doing magic in costume at the Venetian.  Now for 51 weeks out of the year, this is fun, and it is very obvious that I work there... but then there's that one week where everyone thinks that I'm dressed up a little too early for the Halloween festivities. People come up and ask me where they can get a costume like that, or when I need to move people out of the way of the stilt walker, they just look at me like I'm nuts, when all I'm trying to do is keep their children from being stepped on.

Now as a kid, I loved dressing up, going door to door and getting candy, and having my parents pretend that they didn't recognize me in costume.  And today, I still love giving out candy at the door (unfortunately my neighborhood doesn't have very many kids, but I keep the goodies stocked just in case). I don't dress up anymore, unless I'm going to a party. Dressing up every day kind of kills the thrill of the Halloween costume.

This year, I'm off on the actual day, but I do have to work the day before, which is slightly less bad, and soon I'll be back to working just another regular day. Hopefully more than 2 kids will come to my door this year... I give out huge handfuls of candy so I don't get stuck with so many sweets the next day.

Friday's Favorites: BLUE

'These BLUE Me Away!' by AllThingsTangled

As the nip of cold begins to creep into the air, it makes me think of an icicle fairy land. From teal to royal, there are many gifts that will make you smile that the heat of summer is finally over.

Amazonite Gemstone ... philosophiacre... $30.00	Custom Sign - Breat... threelittlebir... $18.00	Blue Fabric Tote Ba... CocoBags $68.00	Crochet Jewelry SET... AmazingDay $20.00
London Blue Mystic ... FizzCandy $60.00	Ocean Dreams Swarov... NouveauDreams $64.00	Blue Mosaic Mirror GreenStreetMos... $24.00	Printable Pocket 20... Pininkie $3.00
Vanilla Tootsie Rol... justByou $8.00	Baby boy hat. Croch... LittlebitandWh... $20.00	Blue Leather Journa... boundbyhand $36.00	Blue Silk Square Sc... Schalrausch $89.50
Real Flower Earring... AmazoniaAccess... $14.00	Turquoise cuff. Boh... SinonaDesign $25.00	Wire wrapped Ring, ... CocosJewelry $22.00	Blown Cobalt Glass ... TeriSokoloffGl... $28.00

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Submissions: Blue

Blue Sparkle Beret

Every Friday, I put together a treasury of some of my favorite items made by other etsy sellers, post it on my blog and call it the Friday's Favorites.

Because of my work schedule, we had a one week break, however last treasury, Feline Groovy, had 85 views, 27 comments, 19 clicks, 7 admirers and 2 SALES!

This week, I'm looking for BLUE items.  If you have something blue in your shop, post the link in the comments and check back tomorrow for the Friday's Favorites.

Don't have blue?  Feel free to nominate a friend's item and help spread the love.

3 Day Gig

The gang and I at the convention. I'm in red.

For the past three days, I did a gig at the convention center, performing magic for a trade show.  The show was all printers.  Printers that printed on paper, that printed on fabric, that printed on wood, or printed on anything your heart desired. Who knew there were so many printers out there.

The gig was lots of fun. I performed with a hula hoop girl, a pole dancer, a juggler, a stilt walker and two other magicians who have been friends with me for a long time.  It was so good to see them, and since there was a lot of down time during the gig, we had plenty of opportunity to catch up with everything the others were doing, and got to make some new friends in the process.

The convention center is so huge, that even though it was an easy gig, my legs were really tired by the end of it.

Now for a much needed break... no... wait a minute... I have to do six shows at the Venetian today.

No Submissions Today

Hi everyone,

My work schedule is incredibly busy this week/weekend, and I won't have the time to promote the Friday's Favorites treasury properly, so this week, we'll take a break from it.

Be sure to check in next Thursday for the Friday's Favorites theme and submit your item for the treasury!

Book Review: Rule of Four

I know, I know, I've been slacking on my book reviews, but this one was so good, it gave me the kick in the pants that I needed to share it.

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason was a really fun book for those that like puzzles.  It's much better than anything Dan Brown ever wrote. The puzzles in this one reference renaissance art and humanism in Florence, and it has a compelling story line with fun subplots going on around it. It combines history and mystery in a wonderful sort of way. Definitely recommended.


Synopsis: 

Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two friends are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets—to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it.
 
As the deadline looms, research has stalled—until a vital clue is unearthed: a long-lost diary that may prove to be the key to deciphering the ancient text. But when a longtime student of the book is murdered just hours later, a chilling cycle of deaths and revelations begins—one that will force Tom and Paul into a fiery drama, spun from a book whose power and meaning have long been misunderstood.