HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY WEEK EVERYONE!!!!
CLICK THE PHOTO ABOVE TO WATCH THE PROGRESSION OF MY GARDEN FROM 1/09 till TODAY
Its hard to believe how fast this year is whizzing by and how much the garden has evolved since the beginning of the year. The photo above Steve took of me today from across the street. To the left is one of my banana tree clumps and I’m surrounded by the stars of the August garden……..my cannas. Diana….these are your red cannas you gave me years ago from your Iowa soil….. and they are still going strong. I thought I lost them last year but they were just resting I guess!!
Above is my new arbor Felix built for me this spring…photo taken the day it was finished in March. Now you can barely see the structure through the jungle out there.
Steve, totally getting into the garden spirit this afternoon
Actually Steve really enjoys the produce that comes from garden and his Negrone Black fig tree I bought him 2 years ago is finally producing a bumper crop!!!! How exciting to go out and clip a fig or two off the tree and serve it with a great wine and some mild goat cheese and grilled kebobs . Many a summer evening we call that “dinner”…YUM!!
Here is one of my hibiscus coming into bloom. A smaller flower but it ’s just packed with buds
I’m gearing up for our trip to Egypt, Turkey and France which is creeping up VERY SOON the end of September and have gotten into a BIG BOLD BOISTEROUS jewelry mood from looking at jewelry designs in the Egyptian jewlery history books!! OMG I’m on a roll with a lot of African and Egyptian designs in store the next two weeks…….AND more Bindi Birds too!! Keep up to date on available designs by making sure to sign up for the GRAFFITI GOSSIP UPDATES
This stunner above is of African influence containing many handmade beads from our Botswana journey. I wore it this weekend out to dinner to test how it would wear, and HONESTLY…EVERY woman who walked by me said “I LOVE YOUR NECKLACE”. Now that was the best feeling I’ll tell ya!!! It is very striking I must admit and light weight as well.
THE NECKLACE WILL BE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK. MATCHING EARRINGS TO GO WITH IT
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BELOW…My regular blog visitors know about my latest ZAZZLE additions already, but for those of you who haven’t seen all the new designs and mens’ ties, swing on by the TEAHOUSE MARKET to see what I’ve been up to!!
When we are abroad in Sept/Oct, I will be showing you all where we are ….LIVE …..via GRAFFITI GOSSIP , FACEBOOK and TWITTER. Wooooooo Hooooooooooo you will be coming on this vacation right along with us and can even help me pick out beads and souvineers!! Hoping like heck to take a hot air balloon ride over the Great Pyramids with you too!!!
So until my next newsletter which will most likely be in 2 or 3 weeks (things are coming at us fast and furious!!) I’ll sign off for now and wish you , my friends, a beautiful August full of melodious Cicada songs and sweet Summer Harvests. Thank you one and all for your continued friendship , blog comments and purchases !!
BIG HUGS, Sandra!!!
And don’t forget to add me as a friend on FACEBOOK!! I’m always on there updating whats new in the studio on a day to day basis on my wall.
Well this has been quite the busy and productive week in the studio to say the least!!! The photos you see are a few of the latest Bindi Birds and Flower bouquets which are available at the website. CLICK IMAGES OR..
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE STOREFRONT
NOTE…for a limited time there is FREE U.S. SHIPPING ON ALL JEWELRY AT THE SITE!!
AND BELOW: My latest design at the Teahouse Market. You an access this Zazzle store at the top of the GRAFFITI GOSSIP blog at any time or link directly HERE
And now…….the interviews!! I was recently interviewed by 2 different venues. One was for a book and ebook which was a very fun interview done via Skype through one of the authors based in Chiang Mai Thailand. The book focuses on a handful of “Unconventional Artists” and how they survive and thrive in today’s economy, and how do we use social networking and other technical “tools” to further our businesses.
I have not read the book or listened to the audio yet but have received dozens of emails this week from happy readers who have visited my site as a result of the interview! Thank you so much Zoe for the great experience and I wish you and your book and audio publications the very best of luck. From the feedback I’ve gotten so far…….the artists who have purchased the products are thrilled with the content!!
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS HELPFUL PUBLICATION
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CLICK HERE FOR THE PRACTICAL ECOMMERCE INTERVIEW!!
The second interview just hit the Emagazine “shelves” today. It was a “customer review” sort of interview regarding the shopping cart/website I use for my GRAFFITI JEWELRY
I thought I was one of many being interviewed, but it turns out I was the only one!!!! A huge congratulations to FLYINGCART for the awesome feature and thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the interview!!
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Have a fantastic weekend everyone!!! More updates to come next week
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO AS I KEEP ADDING TO IT
HUGS………..SANDRA
Oh my goodness it’s been a busy one around here these days!! The garden has me hopping 24/7 and believe it or not, I even got some glass work into the mix. Some adorable floral “vase” pendants will be showing up this week on the blog!!!
Above you see a screenshot of the homepage to my new photography portfolio site for GRAFFITIMAGERY. This website has been my pet project for the past month and I am just now getting the finishing touches put on it.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GRAFFITIMAGERY PHOTO PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
- If you click on any of the links next to HOME at the top of the page you will see some of my favorite photography subjects organized by THEME. These themes all have slideshows which use a little grey bar (not visible on the screenshot below) just above the orange arrow , to slide back and forth to view the images as
- If you click the SUN in the homepage sunset image once you get there you will see a more extensive list of photo categories which is a page I am still working on. All the categories in the right column on that page in CAPS/ORANGE are pretty much ready to enjoy.
- The site is Flash based and if your computer is extremely slow, you can find the link to all the albums at the bottom of THIS PAGE which load in a a more conventional manner….but be sure to give the site a try first. I tried to make sure things will load as fast as possible for most compter commections
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I just now came in the house from an extremely successful video shoot of the new arrivals to my garden!!!! It’s called INCREDIBLE PATIENCE and a glass of wine to wait for baby birds and their parents to wander into the picture. I scored bigtime with mom and dad chickadee feeding their brood, as well as mama robin shoving worms down her noisy fledgling’s beak!!!
CLICK THE ARROW ON THE VIDEO BELOW TO VIEW THE GARDEN TODAY…THERE IS AUDIO AS WELL
You will notice a pause after the robins but the video continues to show you my yummy rose and clematis
Baby Robin and his mom and Chickadee pair feeding babies from Sandra Miller on Vimeo.
Above is a Peony that reminds me of a water lily
Above, my “Impressiont” climbing rose in full bloom!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND A FANTASTIC JUNE MY FRIENDS!!
With any luck my next video will be the chickadee chicks leaving the nest!
