Dab and Sip!

So this one time, I told you that I don't have any craftiness in my body which is totally true. However, my awesome friend Jeff is an avid Groupon purchaser. So when he said hey, I got this one for a BYOB painting class and I am taking you. I said deal.

Wine drinking with attempted painting commenced.

 Well we were wrong, time to concentrate on Key Lime Pie! Be one with the pie.

 We did it!!!

Well, it doesn't quite look good enough to eat, but we did our best and I can't wait to go back! We went to Dip 'n Dab, but if you google BYOB painting you can do your own for around $30 at a location near you.

Oh and a sneak peek of what the rest of my weekend holds...

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Soapbox Poster

Why do you blog? Post on Facebook? Tweet?

Is it to get your point across? 

Is it a journal of your life?

Via

This post by Seth Godin made me think really hard 

about what I am posting, commenting and following.

The Soapbox and the City

Cities work because they create collisions between and among diverse individuals. Ideas go to cities to be born and to be spread, and the chaos that bubbles just under the surface feeds those ideas. The web, at its most effective, is a digital city, a place where access is equal and ideas race and connect and morph.

If you want to find creative work, go to a city. If you want to find inspiration, expose yourself to diversity, not a bubble. The city is chaotic, without much of a filter.

The soapbox, on the other hand, is the amplified voice of a single speaker. The soapbox is the newspaper with subscribers, the Twitter account with followers, the blog with readers. A soapbox cannot ever scale to be like the city, because given the chance, the mob, attracted by the attention that comes with the soapbox, will grab the microphone and create nothing but noise. Open mic night is an interesting concept, but it never sells out Madison Square Garden.

Everyone deserves their own soapbox. The web has handed everyone a microphone and said, "here, speak up." But everyone doesn't deserve their own audience. That's something that's earned. Once you're on your soapbox, by all means take inspiration from the city. Learn from the diverse voices you hear. But your soapbox is yours, and the people who listen to you came to hear you, not everyone.

Access isn't really the issue when it comes to soapboxes. The issue is whether cultural and social forces will further push those with something to say (which is every resident of the city, which is all of us) to patiently and clearly say it, to build the audience that they are able to.

Your soapbox might be the reputation you have in the comments section of a favorite blog, or your page on a social networking site. It might be those that listen to you in the conference room of your organization. But it's yours.

For the first time in the history of media, those that are able to consume the media are also able to create it. That's a powerful (and thus frightening) choice.

One day soon, it's possible that corporate interests will impose barriers on soapbox access, all in an effort to reclaim power for themselves. Until then, the race is on to build your tribe, to tirelessly connect and to earn an audience that wants to hear from you.

You should follow Seth. He speaks volumes to my marketing soul.

One Word: Part One

Don't you just love people who love you? Well I certainly do and wanted to share with you some of the people who care about me and my blog in this multi-part series.

I asked them to describe themselves in one word. A tough task, but they were up for the challenge!

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\\\ Goof /// I can be pretty darn silly and I cannot take a serious picture for the life of me :) - Little Lady Little City









\\\ Serene ///  I strive for my life to have harmony, a symbiotic flow with the universe, because once that is in place, everything else will fall together. I chose this word because it not only describes what I want in life and what I surround myself with, but also who I've always been, the basis of my core.  I am serene. - Thirsty World Designs

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\\\ Joie de vivre /// Joie de vivre means “joy of life.” For some reason, my defining characteristic has always been joy.  When asked to describe me, others refer to joy or laughter; when seen in a picture, my mouth is generally wide open [like this one], caught in the middle of some moment that I clearly found hilarious enough to invoke a doubled-over-belly-laugh. -Sophisticate

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\\\ Passion /// I think passion describes me best because I try to fill my life with things and people I'm passionate about. From friends to writing to blogging and food, passion surrounds my life. -Beauty & The Feast

Thank you so much ladies! Stay tuned for some more love and words from fabulous people!

Makeover!

This is what happens when girls have slumber parties and bust out the makeup and bows.

You are welcome.

A more refined capturing of this wonderful weekend can be seen here.

Treat You

How much time have you spent loving yourself this week?

Being just awesomely good to you?

Don't worry about the little things.

You are loved.

Cheesecake, Laughing, Picnic, Tree Climbing, Coffee, Dreaming.

Treat yourself.