Author Chris Guillebeau talks to a packed room at Books & Books about The $100 Startup

“Imagine a life where all your time is spent on the things you want to do.”

Author/entrepreneur, Chris Guillebeau discussed his latest book, The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
with a packed room at Books & Books in Coral Gables last night.

Lucky for me, I had read about it on Alyson Stanfield’s post and got myself over to Books & Books in Coral Gables, FL in time to hear Chris Guillebeau talk about “The $100 Startup”!
Perfect timing. Already working on my re-Startup. Thanks Alyson and Chris and Books & Books :-)

 

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3 artists, 3 exhibitions, 3 months

"Buy Me Love" fiber art by Pamela Palma

Miami Beach fiber artist, Pamela Palma opens the TRIAD shows at VALMAR ART on Saturday, May 19th during the Bird Road Art Walk.

Palma’s exhibition explores the subtle innuendos of the values of money by weaving together shredded US currency with common expressions.

Karen Deilke headlines the June 16th opening with her mixed media collection of “Hot Tropics” paintings, and on July 21st, Debra Cortese is the featured artist showing her new “Seeds of Intention” mixed media art.

VALMAR ART is located at
4150 SW 74th Court, Miami, FL 33155
just one block south of Bird Road (turn onto 74th court at the Shell Station)

White Orchid by Karen Deilke

 

Artistic Threesome

Palma, Deilke and Cortese will each have works on display throughout the entire run of TRIAD. The official opening is this Saturday, May 19th in conjunction with the monthly Bird Road Art Walk. TRIAD ART runs throughout the summer until mid- August, 2012.

Garden Blues Angel by Debra Cortese

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Hey, are the angels and gnomes on vacation?

I think my helper gnomes and angels are on vacation. I’ve been working overtime and over-overtime putting together new pages and promotional options to get your input on new designs. Ideally, I’ll be able to tie together blog posts, web pages, facebook posts and ads and of course new designs that you will help me to create. Then, when there is some serious shopping taking place, I’ll also be able to offer some fantastic sale prices to list members and fans.

Like I mentioned, my helpers are away and I’m attempting to put this all together on my own. Will let you know as soon as everything is working in the right sequence. In the meantime, I think I’ll call it a day. Already logged in 42 hours in 3 days. This is not ok, but I am enjoying the process :-)

Oh, and there’s a TRIAD exhibition coming up real soon. Can’t wait to share the details of this exciting show!

 

 

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NEW Wild Creature “Mink, Leopard & Zebra” Faux Fur Prints by Debra Cortese Designs

Finally got the new Wild Creature Collection started and am very happy to say no animals were, or will ever be harmed to create these new hipster bags! Click on any of the images for full information on the bags and place your order by this Friday, April 20 if you want it for a [...]

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Beauty, power and mystery of nature. China Bear top of the nature totem

  I wanted to create a custom background image for some of my new blog pages and since I didn’t really have a specific image in mind, I experimented with many variations of nature’s textures and colors from images taken in my back yard. The deep contrast and texture of the bark on our avocado [...]

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Revisiting Manatee Waters at Deering Estate

Manatee Waters Revisited mixed media gicleé on canvas with acrylics – 30″ x 18″ – by Debra Cortese “Manatee Waters Revisited” is a new derivative image of an earlier Manatee series that was created in 2008. The following is a brief description of the story behind the Manatee art. To read the original 2008 post [...]

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