Saturday, May 7, 2011

With over 600,000 British expatriates living in the U.S., it was inevitable that someday I would bring you this exciting news update:



Six Degrees of Separation Between


Steven James Keathley


and


William and Catherine,


The New Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

1. I have a Welsh Corgi.
2. My Corgi's vet is also the vet of the niece of the Royal Corgi Breeder.
3. In an unfortunate incident, nine Royal Corgis pulled too hard on their leashes, dragged Paul Burrell, personal footman at that time to Queen Elizabeth II, down the stairs and knocked him unconscious.
4. Paul Burrell went on to become the butler of Diana, Princess of Wales.
5. Princess Diana was the mother of Prince William.
6. Prince William married Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mother's Day Journal Giveaway!



Give your Mom flowers this Mother's Day...the kind that never wilt!


You can win the Cherry Blossoms Journal, or any other journal of your choice from my Etsy store, at Mom Always Finds Out.


Click here to see the contest page, and read how to enter to win.


Good luck, everyone!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Midnight


new original painting


available at www.sjkart.etsy.com.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

If Dogs Could Talk



...this is what mine would say. =)








available in my Etsy store.



Monday, April 18, 2011

Super Sized Art Journal!


An amazing gift idea!


Write in it on a desk, or display it on a bookshelf.




available in my Etsy Store.


Thursday, April 7, 2011

Journal Giveaway!



What better way to celebrate Mother's Day

than by winning a FREE JOURNAL! That's right, the winner of Retail Therapy Lounge's

giveaway contest will win the free journal of their choice





Good luck, everyone!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Amazing Saturday Night Specials!

The SNS Etsy tradition continues!


Last Saturday I featured talented Philadelphia artist

Barbara Rosenzweig's watercolor painting, "Blue Ribbons",



Check out Barbara's artwork on her blog, and at her Etsy store!
My vintage Sailboat Journal


is featured in StormsHandicrafts' wonderfully atmospheric treasury:




Journal available at my Etsy store.


Friday, April 1, 2011

A standing ovation to CGPGrey for his ambitious YouTube video:




Just in time for the Royal Wedding!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

I'm ready for the next power outage! I found my paperback books!


Including this one from Mark Twain, one of my all-time favorite authors.


Pretty appropriate title, huh?

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Monday, March 21, 2011

The storms knocked out the power in my neighborhood for 26 hours. A very long 26 hours indeed.

It was like the Stone Age. No TV. No computer. No Internet.

No lights. No matter how many times you hit the light switches out of habit, uh-uh, they're not coming on.

Fortunately I had a couple of camping lanterns. So I got my flashlight, and went looking for the batteries for the lanterns.

Then I had light, but nothing to read. I've got some paperback books somewhere. Couldn't find them.

I moved the cheese from the fridge to the freezer. (Gotta save the cheese.)

I remembered my cell phone. Smart phones! The world in the palm of your hand! The battery was running low, so I braved the storm long enough to use the car recharger. That bought me enough time to check the news headlines ("Winter Storm Knocks Out Power!" No kidding?).

When the power finally came back on, I celebrated by making toast. Ahh, the things we take for granted.

Thursday, March 17, 2011