Remember this:

... funny how the full circle often comes just in the nick of time ...


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The following is copied directly from Rebecca's March 19th post

sometimes

opening

your

heart

is as simple

as

filling

an

empty

box

Shrine auction for Oaxaca Streetchildren Grassroots 2010

artist entry deadline to submit to shrine website April 9th.

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The link on my sidebar goes directly to the auction site ... there's still time left to create a shrine to be included in the auction, though time is running out.

As I type this, there are FIVE days left.

Cigar Box Shrine - A Call to Artists

Last week I learned that our local smoke shop sells empty cigar boxes for $.50/each, so I stopped by to see if they had any and walked out with five boxes. For years I have been intrigued by the magic that can happen to a cigar box & just a few random art supplies, odds and ends. How fun it would be to try my hand at making a little of that magic myself?

The boxes have been sitting in a stack since I brought them home. I keep looking at them & sometimes grab one to open and close it a bunch of times before returning it to the pile ... where to begin, right? As the fates would have it ... I have a starting point and a purpose now.

I know that most everyone is knee deep, in holiday planning/creating/shopping, but if you have a moment, check out the link above (the image) and read all about the Dia de Los Muertos Art Exhibit & Sale (or click HERE). There is also the Cigar Box Shrine Gallery located HERE that has pages of inspiration ... AND the final deadline for recieving them is January 10, 2009.