Saturday was the Children Today 5k/10k fundraiser event!

Blue Windows was there to sup­port our 3rd quar­ter charity.

The Blue Windows team con­sisted of me, my best friend Keena,

two of my employ­ees Holli & Alyson, and Holli’s hus­band Tom!

Pancake break­fast cour­tesy of our Long Beach Firefighters!

Lots of peo­ple came out to support!

I feel so for­tu­nate to have peo­ple that sup­port me in my business

so I can in return help sup­port others.

Heather

My favorite jew­elry artist, Jeanine Payer, came for a visit last week. Not my typ­i­cal appoint­ment. I have been sell­ing her jew­elry for almost 12 years now and her jew­elry line remains my favorite. She is a true artist and I admire her cre­ativ­ity and thought behind each piece. There is truly always a story to tell of how, why and when she designed each piece in her col­lec­tion. I love espe­cially hear­ing about where her inspi­ra­tion for each new col­lec­tion comes from. The poetry aspect of her jew­elry always intrigues me. I love to see the instant con­nec­tion when a cus­tomer is struck by the words on a par­tic­u­lar piece. This is after all what this line is all about. I have quite the col­lec­tion myself from over the years and can tell you why I chose each one at a dif­fer­ent time in my life. We change as indi­vid­u­als so of course poetry is going to affect us dif­fer­ently at each stage in our lives. I hope to con­tinue to sell her jew­elry for another 12 years and I look for­ward to adding to my per­sonal collection.

I think this may be in my per­sonal collection!

“We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the cen­ter hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the empti­ness inside that holds what­ever we desire. We ham­mer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liv­able. We work with being, but non-being is what we use.”

~Lao Tzu

Thank you Jeanine,

Heather

http://www.childrentoday.org/

JULY-SEPTEMBER

10 % of our prof­its will be donated to

Children Today

Children Today pro­vides free day care ser­vice to home­less fam­i­lies through­out Long Beach. I chose this orga­ni­za­tion for my 3rd Charity because of the com­pas­sion and secu­rity they pro­vide chil­dren on a daily basis. The one thing chil­dren should feel is safe. They can­not con­trol the cir­cum­stances around them and it is up to adults to pro­vide that secu­rity and love. My goal this year is to donate to local orga­ni­za­tions so my com­mu­nity knows first-hand where their money is going when they shop at Blue Windows. I believe it also allows all of us to see what is hap­pen­ing in our com­mu­nity and opens doors to help finan­cially and through vol­un­teer­ing. Please check out Children Today’s web­site to learn more about what they pro­vide to Long Beach families!

Children Today’s 3rd Annual 5K/10K Run/Walk

Blue Windows is form­ing a team to run/walk the 10k in sup­port of Children Today.

Please come out and join us.

Thank you for con­tin­ued support,

Heather

PROVERBS 31 + BITS OF PAPER = 31 BITS

The Trunk Show was a great suc­cess and I enjoyed every minute from start to fin­ish. The cre­ative process was so much fun. Inspiration came from so many sources I found it hard to restrain myself from doing yet another project for the show. I was inspired by the women’s sto­ries in Uganda, the vibrant col­ors of the beads and the sim­plic­ity of the use of recy­cled paper. I know my employ­ees were just as excited as I was to cre­ate for this show. I cer­tainly could not have done it with­out them. I hope the women of 31 Bits real­ize the color they are bring­ing into our lives.

Thank you to all my cus­tomers who con­tinue to sup­port Blue Windows.

HEATHER