tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329093200054516502024-03-19T01:46:50.403-07:00Atelier MandalineA catalogue of the artistic life and projects of an artist, writer, and mother. I have a goal of creating and posting something each day.Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.comBlogger721125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-21413081048525039292024-03-15T14:44:00.000-07:002024-03-15T17:49:05.448-07:00IF ONLY I STARTED THIS SOONER: THE KEY TO UNLOCKED SUCCESS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4T05hOkifFEx8iPf8kerJAotXh9YiGCClnlM9kdagVYPQsXsNL-fUt962MOro15672BlI_dEuTio0hthKzjAbLEeXfhvjRdUmVVfXZWx6mWzO0sfUwF8JwvXL_qAXP07VIeqG-06uTtVZCuykRvigLuZg8_jarW6s07bJ9tqOfCYYR5wEkOZr_thF1Be/s758/teens%20lying%20on%20hood%20of%20car%20talking.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="758" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4T05hOkifFEx8iPf8kerJAotXh9YiGCClnlM9kdagVYPQsXsNL-fUt962MOro15672BlI_dEuTio0hthKzjAbLEeXfhvjRdUmVVfXZWx6mWzO0sfUwF8JwvXL_qAXP07VIeqG-06uTtVZCuykRvigLuZg8_jarW6s07bJ9tqOfCYYR5wEkOZr_thF1Be/s320/teens%20lying%20on%20hood%20of%20car%20talking.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Do you practice manifestation?</span><p></p><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I never used to, at least not intentionally. Back in high school my boyfriend and I used to lie on the hood of my dad's old Oldsmobile 442, gazing up at the stars and watching jets flying overhead.</span><div><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><em style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: center;">If your lawn furniture isn’t a broken-down car at least some point in your life can you really call yourself an American?</em><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /></div><div><em style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><br /></em></div><div><em style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">We would imagine where those people were going ~ was it a vacation? Commuting to glamorous jobs? I would think of all the places I’d like to go in the future. Italy (</span><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;">check ~ I even worked there one summer</em><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">) California (</span><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;">tiny check; I’ve had two long visits since we moved away in 1977</em><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">).</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">I would plan the life I was going to have: live at the beach, lots of kids (</span><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;">with names all picked out</em><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">), artist and writer…</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">The problem is, I didn’t plan on the </span><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;">husband</em><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;"> part of the equation. Turns out they don’t just do whatever you tell them! Another thing I didn’t count on is how much the things </span><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;">I</em><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;"> want change over the decades. I did become an artist and writer, but working for myself and not the big fancy publishing company I once envisioned, since all the publishing companies basically went down in flames in the Y2K era.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">Fact is, although running my own business and publishing my own art and books is a lot of work and a little scary and much less reliable than a paycheck, if I could go back in time and change my career path I wouldn’t. I cherish my freedom too much. And my husband and I find our tiny cabin in the mountains better than the swanky destinations I once aspired to.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">When I got older the Harry Potter books came out and I fell in love with the idea of that magical universe. How wonderful would it be to wave a wand and create whatever you wanted? </span><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;">Mrs. Weasley’s dishes washing themselves especially appealed to me!</em></em></div><div><em style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;"><br /></em></em></div><div><em style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><em style="position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I never bought into “The Law of Attraction” or “The Secret” or vision boards or things like that but as it happens, even rejecting those notions, an amazing number of things I envisioned have come true. I had an epiphany a couple years ago when I attended a virtual summit where we were supposed to write out our life goals and rate ourselves on how satisfied we were with our progress in each area.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">As I listened to everyone else’s goals I realized how many of my dreams I had already achieved, many before I was 30 years old. The other people (mostly younger than I) wanted to own a home, travel to China, write a book, start a business… all things I’d already done. I was like, wait, am I good at this? And a little while later I was like, this is what I do!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">It hit me ~ how much faster could I make to the finish line if I was acting with intent rather than just puttering along, reacting to life? How much more successful could I have been if I hadn't rejected visualization?</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">That very day I started meditating. Now every morning I spend at least 20 minutes envisioning my ideal outcome for that day and the future in general. I got over myself and read </span><em style="position: relative;">The Secret</em><span style="font-style: normal;"> and found out everything I could about manifestation. If you're religious it's like praying, but very intense prayer, with a deep focus on gratitude for the gifts you already have. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">A lot of fitness trainers say, "If you fail to plan you plan to fail". I have always agreed with that as far as meal planning, home organization, workout plans and things, but I never before thought of applying it to the future. I just sort of blundered into things as they happened. Now I find planning out my life in advance makes me more successful.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">Does everything I want just fall into my lap now? No, not yet. But I find all kinds of unexpected opportunities have opened up. Now when I’m focused on a goal unconventional paths appear before me. Remember in my last email I told you how bad I felt my first attempts at webinars and challenges were and how I was trying to improve? Guess what? Today I had a free one-on-one call with a new coach to help me plan out a new one and he set up another meeting for us because he thinks my idea has great potential! </span><a data-cke-saved-href="https://builder.salesfunnelslaunchpad.com/webinar-funnel?aff=0d90275722f3e60758d657547fc62c2e7af203b6f2b76dda0c6fa9fb31e054fd" href="https://builder.salesfunnelslaunchpad.com/webinar-funnel?aff=0d90275722f3e60758d657547fc62c2e7af203b6f2b76dda0c6fa9fb31e054fd" style="color: #385880; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_self"><strong>And if you enroll to be a Beta Tester for the new AI funnel builder you'll get a free discovery call with a coach to validate your business idea as well!</strong></a><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">Things like that happen all the time now. I don’t know if I’m calling them forward or if it’s just that my eyes are open to recognizing them. It’s kind of like being a magician (</span><em style="position: relative;">I always have been so disappointed I’m just a muggle!</em><span style="font-style: normal;">); I think about my destination and a map appears! It’s just a tiny bit like having a magic wand.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">I invite you to explore this idea of manifestation. I know at first it might sound weird or crazy, but I can tell you firsthand if you can suspend your disbelief and try it you might find it helps you. I recommend the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZyj5csRYW-amhbgQnlwOc7vM0sKImVuu" target="_blank">Mindvalley YouTube channe</a>l. It’s free and they have a series of guided meditations for everything from making money to getting a good night’s sleep. I am not a Mindavalley affiliate and this isn’t a sponsored post: it’s just a practice that helps me and I want to share it with you.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-style: normal;" /><span style="font-style: normal;">And if you try it out, let me know ~ how did it go? What goals are you working toward? Drop a comment</span><span style="font-style: normal;"> and fill me in!</span></em></em></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-24819959987532505422024-03-14T12:04:00.000-07:002024-03-14T12:04:53.551-07:00It's Your Lucky Day!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0FWIUoznSt4Hhyphenhyphenh-ce3lGPMjABlYPWRHXxZ1jfG44qAJHVgvZ1K0fZLx0HK3UJHVJnjftHa-rP5GDRE2rKNw-Vg8SabTVzDPA9gN6bYzOG3ZHfR3Yk-pXw7yh2y9CGIJbJm5B_iCGMOWlH38qmjEBao8L1WiPpOTQ5nLD67FXlT5-omtiQdVMq5M-OUN/s334/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%202.58.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="334" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0FWIUoznSt4Hhyphenhyphenh-ce3lGPMjABlYPWRHXxZ1jfG44qAJHVgvZ1K0fZLx0HK3UJHVJnjftHa-rP5GDRE2rKNw-Vg8SabTVzDPA9gN6bYzOG3ZHfR3Yk-pXw7yh2y9CGIJbJm5B_iCGMOWlH38qmjEBao8L1WiPpOTQ5nLD67FXlT5-omtiQdVMq5M-OUN/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%202.58.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Just call me "leprechaun" because, just in time for St. Patricks Day I have a pot of gold for you! The Mandaline Lucky Sale is happening now on<a href="https://ebay.us/pAKFQe" target="_blank"> eBay </a>and <a href="https://ateliermandaline.etsy.com" target="_blank">Etsy. </a>Don't miss this chance to score great deals on one-of-a-kind dolls and other great pieces.</span><p></p>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-60782832058427695422024-03-13T15:16:00.000-07:002024-03-14T03:56:05.659-07:00Get the $297 Webinar Training FREE When You Sign Up As A Beta Tester<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eVacmHuqRgeflNJQBlhOCgMwAniYFUMOHwnHlG8d3nG8n_gWL2LwSgynB_F1pdOdr-1sGzON_IXlyuvfQYMfEopBbxVSrfZUf25fUjU1YzAbix5ImkhuYESt5Ejxzp2TnoGozT69a_BwfOatUv2ipDn5nxZI3o4GuLmOkYxWCIT6voIDiTqvdp5TTLAq/s2338/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%205.23.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="2338" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eVacmHuqRgeflNJQBlhOCgMwAniYFUMOHwnHlG8d3nG8n_gWL2LwSgynB_F1pdOdr-1sGzON_IXlyuvfQYMfEopBbxVSrfZUf25fUjU1YzAbix5ImkhuYESt5Ejxzp2TnoGozT69a_BwfOatUv2ipDn5nxZI3o4GuLmOkYxWCIT6voIDiTqvdp5TTLAq/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%205.23.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">I'm so proud to be a ClickFunnels affiliate, meaning I partnered with ClickFunnels 2.0 to offer terrific opportunities to my readers. Here's the latest from Russell Brunson (ClickFunnels co-founder): </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">My team just put the finishing touches on our </span><a class="elTypographyLink id-6Z-yA67gz-12" href="https://builder.salesfunnelslaunchpad.com/webinar-funnel?aff=0d90275722f3e60758d657547fc62c2e7af203b6f2b76dda0c6fa9fb31e054fd" id="link-54861" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px auto; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_self">BRAND NEW AI webinar funnel builder software!!<br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-14" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: inherit !important; outline: currentcolor;" /></a><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-15" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">And I wanna invite YOU to be one of the beta testers!!!</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-17" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-18" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">See, if you’ve run even a single webinar in the past… you know how much time it takes to set everything up and write all the copy.</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-20" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-21" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">I used to have to hire a dozen people just to get one launched (and it still took WEEKS…)</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-23" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-24" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">But it was always worth it since webinars can be so insanely profitable. (It was a webinar that built ClickFunnels from $0 to 9-figures!!!)</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-26" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-27" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Well with our new AI software, you can skip all the headaches…</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-29" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-30" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">And get right to the profits!!</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-32" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-33" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Leave the rest of the webinar funnel (pages AND copy) to </span><a class="elTypographyLink id-6Z-yA67gz-35" href="https://builder.salesfunnelslaunchpad.com/webinar-funnel?aff=0d90275722f3e60758d657547fc62c2e7af203b6f2b76dda0c6fa9fb31e054fd" id="link-25599" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px auto; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_self">our brand new generative AI softwar</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">e — I’m talking about the slides, webpages, emails, order-forms, everything…</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-38" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-39" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Written FOR you. 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caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Sound too good to be true?</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-47" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-48" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">If you go sign up to be a beta tester… you can go see the magic for yourself!!</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-50" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">AND unlock the $297 Perfect Webinar Training for FREE as well!</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-56" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-57" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Frankly, I can’t see a reason why you wouldn’t go try it out. ;)</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-59" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-60" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Doors are open right now… But won’t be open forever.</span><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-62" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><a class="elTypographyLink id-6Z-yA67gz-63" href="https://builder.salesfunnelslaunchpad.com/webinar-funnel?aff=0d90275722f3e60758d657547fc62c2e7af203b6f2b76dda0c6fa9fb31e054fd" id="link-13686" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: inherit !important; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px auto; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_self"><br class="id-6Z-yA67gz-64" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: inherit !important; outline: currentcolor;" />So go and create your FREE account now (and get your webinar funnel launched in the next 60 mins!!!)</a>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-4256529229855580742024-03-03T13:18:00.000-08:002024-03-03T13:18:40.258-08:00Shoe Story<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44hhX3VxLx_gsRDiThg2KGWBOzSTyBXwDg3tqSt9ahbJ5tvtCI9J1nchmXuAVJfmGQPxCo3xBKfmqUsAGGPP4eBtpEFF_zHO4pGEZc0gf9gDo31xjir-ecfkN_apg0fqh1PPFCL-SV_rfjsNagCSXxeHUAbpl8SeLuOnvay770T6msN8LT5xasI1QnnE2/s854/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%203.50.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="848" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44hhX3VxLx_gsRDiThg2KGWBOzSTyBXwDg3tqSt9ahbJ5tvtCI9J1nchmXuAVJfmGQPxCo3xBKfmqUsAGGPP4eBtpEFF_zHO4pGEZc0gf9gDo31xjir-ecfkN_apg0fqh1PPFCL-SV_rfjsNagCSXxeHUAbpl8SeLuOnvay770T6msN8LT5xasI1QnnE2/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%203.50.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="318" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Ah, it’s a tale both horrifying and heartwarming…</span><p></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Do you have a favorite pair of shoes? I do ~ my Fly Flot sneaker mules from Italy. They are SO comfortable and very hard to find in the USA. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Today as I write this my shoes are sitting in the trash.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Why, you ask, are they in the trash? Well, that’s thanks to Ming, our Himalayan rescue cat. Ming has recently taken to hiding in our closet. She’s very good at it. Even though I know she’s probably in there I can’t find her when I try to shoo her out before bed. Then, in the morning you open the closet door and she comes whipping out. We went through this last week and while she was trapped in the closet overnight she needed to relieve herself. My Fly Flot shoes were her litter box replacement of choice! I could smell as soon as I opened the closet she’d peed in there but the light is on the fritz and it was blinking and dim and I couldn’t see where. I stuck my foot into my shoe, planning to go out in the garage and get a flashlight and… it was wet! More than once the cat targeted my husband’s shoes, leaving dead or nearly-dead mice inside them. I think I would rather have that since it doesn’t smell as bad! I washed and washed my shoes but the smell just would not come out so I ended up throwing them away.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Life is kind of revolving around shoes here, lately. I am in the middle of a months-long project listing doll shoes. I got a huge tub of Barbie and similar dolls and accessories and there are many, many shoes in the mix. A lot of them are unsold deadstock, evidently straight from the factory and never packaged. I’ve been researching them and listing them for sale with the Mattel item number whenever possible so collectors can complete their outfits with the proper shoes. So if Barbie’s your jam check it out <a href="https://ebay.us/8R49jj" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Then there’s our track star. He’s 15 and growing like a weed. It seems like he outgrows his running shoes every week. So my shops are also getting full of barely-worn, very expensive athletic shoes. One pair of Nikes is still new because he outgrew those before he ever wore them! If you’re in need of men’s running shoes you’ll want to look <a href="https://ebay.us/XXguVG" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Don’t get me wrong; I’m grateful we can provide these shoes for him, but I do wish I could slow time down just a little bit! Shoes have a special place in our family. My great-grandfather came to America from Norway when he was 17, speaking no English and penniless. He found work as a sailor on Lake Michigan and worked all the way up to First Mate when he was struck by polio and paralyzed. My grandfather could remember riding piggyback around the yard one day and then his dad unable to walk the next. After that great-grandpa became a shoe salesman. He wasn’t very good at it and they had 8 kids so they were very poor. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">My grandfather grew up and went to visit Norway in 1980. His own father had never returned or saw his parents or siblings who stayed there again. Grandpa was surprised when he arrived to meet a cousin he’d never heard of and find out he had an aunt no one ever mentioned. It seems his cousin, Anna, was born out of wedlock. In Norway that’s no big deal (traditionally once a couple became engaged they slept in the same bed with a ribbon dividing the two halves) but in America at the turn of the 20th Century it was a scandal, so my great-grandfather just never mentioned he had a sister and niece. <br /></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It turns out he never forgot them, however. When Anna, by then a very old woman, met my grandfather she started to cry. She explained his father had sent her shoes all through her childhood because her family was too poor to buy them. She told him she could still remember the </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">fin skoen </em><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">(“fine shoes”) he sent her. So, Great-Grandfather, despite being so poor people left bags of food on the doorstep, sent shoes to Norway for the rest of his life unbeknownst to anyone in the family to the niece no one knew existed.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It’s hard to imagine our abundance compared to the lifestyle most people had just a couple generations ago. We are truly blessed, even if sometimes we stick our foot into a wet-with-WHAT shoe!</span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-59816135617682895292024-02-17T09:30:00.000-08:002024-03-16T14:38:56.427-07:00New Adventures in Doll Stringing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVI85VSf2sxGWez37IBU8ElanNLQDdaPJaT0xGTCG-tjZN68IlWOC6zp6yLAWZ4Dwjw1p6d0LAYnEq02ZaO85-2KeD53AYYNCo976RmtUUQ38mNuUabDyWwfhGwvjL2_vV7aypG9gO1baAijKgu2zKluMFRJCa2ahm4ewiIxWpCpDJiKtqnvYLL7d5Y6F/s1080/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVI85VSf2sxGWez37IBU8ElanNLQDdaPJaT0xGTCG-tjZN68IlWOC6zp6yLAWZ4Dwjw1p6d0LAYnEq02ZaO85-2KeD53AYYNCo976RmtUUQ38mNuUabDyWwfhGwvjL2_vV7aypG9gO1baAijKgu2zKluMFRJCa2ahm4ewiIxWpCpDJiKtqnvYLL7d5Y6F/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Years and years ago when I learned to re-string dolls I never imagined where that one skill would lead. At the time I was just trying to fix my mother’s dolls. Once I learned how I began buying dolls to repair and resell. It was a little hobby business; my children were very young then and I didn’t have enough time to make a living at doll repair.</span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I began recounting my adventures in doll repair in my Mandaline Artful Living blog, mostly just to keep in practice with writing as I felt I was becoming rusty. All of a sudden, people all around the world wanted to send me their dolls to repair.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I became overwhelmed with work, so I decided to sell stringing kits with instructions and supplies to enable others to repair their own dolls. Still I had people wanting to send their dolls to me. I raised my prices to encourage people to buy the kits. And I raised them, and raised them, and raised them… and now I’m charging $100 per hour to string dolls and people are STILL sending them to me.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Right now I have a studio full of dolls being repaired and I am expecting 18 more next week! It’s too much work for one person. I have now prepared a comprehensive stringing kit, with materials to string at least 5 dolls of all types and sizes and I’ve prepared and included a course to teach all the fundamentals.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">The stringing kit materials alone are worth $150 and it will save you over $200 in professional repair fees by teaching you to do it yourself. The course value is $197. I usually sell these kits for $65 but right now you can get your for $40 with free shipping (within the USA).</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Restore your dolls to their former glory, or start your own doll stringing business. Believe me, there’s plenty of demand! Just click<a href="https://www.mandaline.com/stringingkitoffer" target="_blank"> here</a> to get your kit.</span>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-45708445620993045542024-02-14T04:16:00.000-08:002024-02-14T04:16:12.952-08:00Be My Valentine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGebQeczwV86JcZ_n4sEAKoCzOaTdHQAKwTdywYK63dLC1R7CZYe7-2SxkL5eu5q6rJOzJjmgRJxyW6H53UFyI6BJ1iJylLjFblI91fzHnnaxwGwtw80g9YgCUHgHZnxLlezTp8rP_NBy0LF1OIGuzP5cru0QKKDGM6md_u2RUe_2jm-SIEiQoFpPU5R54/s684/Screenshot%202024-02-14%20at%207.10.36%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGebQeczwV86JcZ_n4sEAKoCzOaTdHQAKwTdywYK63dLC1R7CZYe7-2SxkL5eu5q6rJOzJjmgRJxyW6H53UFyI6BJ1iJylLjFblI91fzHnnaxwGwtw80g9YgCUHgHZnxLlezTp8rP_NBy0LF1OIGuzP5cru0QKKDGM6md_u2RUe_2jm-SIEiQoFpPU5R54/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-14%20at%207.10.36%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Happy Valentine's Day! Please be my Valentine... today only, I'm offering special treats for my closest friends. Click <a href="https://fancy-morning-157.myflodesk.com/lr5qrxjbda" target="_blank">here</a> to sign up & get your gifts delivered straight to your inbox.</span></p>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-42456225333425984412024-02-12T14:56:00.000-08:002024-02-12T14:56:26.856-08:00Motivation Monday?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RZ653pb4jk2LRZpdsnPowvRdDJlPt3ltrQk7FVSudP0QJjDtvcck9lpzFmsMrzc41M6ievNeMjjOF02coMFmQc5PjeYQnyFKEhnLROUXpeMoJpDECL5Pypk5yVmQdvBO8Bmo_qa__tEMbnJItzsc_jAHRzR0uz3HlUoF7Rlb3J1EeJ85jkGKD1GJvvRr/s848/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%205.37.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="848" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RZ653pb4jk2LRZpdsnPowvRdDJlPt3ltrQk7FVSudP0QJjDtvcck9lpzFmsMrzc41M6ievNeMjjOF02coMFmQc5PjeYQnyFKEhnLROUXpeMoJpDECL5Pypk5yVmQdvBO8Bmo_qa__tEMbnJItzsc_jAHRzR0uz3HlUoF7Rlb3J1EeJ85jkGKD1GJvvRr/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%205.37.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">How do you handle days when your only desire is to hibernate under the covers? That’s all I want to do today: sleep, or maybe curl up with a book or watch Harry Potter movies in my bathrobe. I certainly don’t want to stir myself into working. </span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">We stayed up late to watch the Super Bowl’s overtime conclusion and I could barely drag myself out of bed this morning. And it’s rainy and dark and colder than it has been. And my Hashimoto’s Disease has been flaring up lately, leaving exhausted.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I am supposed to be building my new funnel. I was doing great with it at the end of the week but then I put it aside and never picked it back up again. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">What</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">, you ask, i</span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">s a funnel? </em><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It’s a special type of website that sends customers directly to your offer instead of to your store or traditional URL with a maze of choices that misleads or distracts them.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I wasn’t sure I needed a funnel until my mother brought home its importance to me. A few months ago I published my new </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">Ultimate Zucchini Cookbook</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">. I listed it for sale on Amazon, in my shops, and on my website and promoted it (with links to the sale page) on all my social media channels. This cookbook is a re-write of my grandmother’s original, which she wrote and “published” in the mid-20th Century ~ she typed it out on her typewriter and had it copied and bound into little paper booklets at a copy shop.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I rewrote it with low-carb adaptations of the recipes included and published it as a much-sturdier hard cover book. My mother decided to buy one. I don’t know if hers fell apart over the years ~ more certainly did! ~ or if she wanted the low carb recipes but she tried to order one from my website. I was planning to give her one for Christmas so I would have told her not to buy it but she didn’t tell me about this until afterward.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Anyway, one night my mother caused me some angst because she called to tell me she pre-ordered my book when it was still in the pre-order stage. I hadn’t gotten any notice of her order so I asked for details and she said she didn’t have to pay because it was a pre-order. (</span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">That’s NOT how pre-orders work!</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"> She should definitely had to pay and it was discounted during that period due to the wait). Then she said she saw a notice when she ordered her book that my son also ordered a copy. I didn’t have a record of that either.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><strong style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><em style="position: relative;">Visions of hundreds of undocumented cookbook orders coming into my website flooded my brain ~ unfulfilled orders, customer complaints, Squarespace shutting me down…</em></strong><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">In a panic I texted my son to ask if he ordered my cookbook, which I thought would be rather odd because I don’t think he even knew about it… like most 25 year olds he doesn’t breathlessly follow his mother’s career! Turns out, he did not order it. Neither did my mother. What did she do? Why did she think she ordered it when she didn’t? Why did she think my son ordered it? </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">We may never know.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">You would think following a direct link to a product and ordering it would be simple but for a lot of folks, it’s not. A great many people just aren’t used to online shopping. Then if you have a storefront with a ton of choices they might get distracted and start switching between products and become overwhelmed with choices. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">And then many platforms try to offer suggestions of similar products a customer might want before they’ve even completed their first order. Sometimes these are helpful but I’ve noticed they often have nothing to do with the thing I’m ordering. They might even show buyers a lower cost for the same product which ends up in a race to the bottom, price-wise, for sellers. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">You may know the cheaper product will take 2 months to arrive or doesn’t include all the pieces yours has but many consumers don’t look at anything beyond the price. They may not even realize they are going to a different seller if they click on one of those links ~ I can’t tell you how many times over the years I’ve gotten an angry message from someone who</span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"> insists </em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">they bought something from me when they didn’t ~ even products I don’t offer at all!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">So, a funnel allows you to control the narrative, explain why your product is superior, and send buyers to an order form right there on the page without any distraction. It works for any type of business, from local services and restaurants to online stores. I’m making funnels for my best-selling products and then suggesting my stores for complementary items on the Thank You page.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I am such a big believer in this concept I partnered with ClickFunnels to bring you a 5-day business training from industry leaders, including Daymond John of Shark Tank. It’s free and it comes with a free trial of ClickFunnels 2.0. Just <a href="https://www.yourfirstfunnelchallenge.com/yffc?aff=55486335-c9a4-4c9f-9559-17e9a9466d48-1WzEwLDM0OTQ5XQ1" target="_blank">click here</a> to register.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I am really optimistic this will be my best year yet, but </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">only</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"> if I can manage to get myself back to work on this funnel. So</span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"> please </em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">hit the comments and give me all your best motivational tips! Oh, and don’t worry about Mom ~ I gave her a cookbook for Christmas.</span>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-16182418175277640092024-02-08T12:30:00.000-08:002024-02-08T12:46:19.014-08:00Amanda's Adoption Agency<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CsLEkmqQp1ALdswWOYljrYNZc8_uq7kUxsCCNngkc4EbdDO6AViX0UiUp4JzVNoywsP7DOPr4HfARY33-xtS4XbAI0RgWtn_TUKdIoY8IJ0PG1_FX-BxMJxX90ymbwLstBUTuLGLeOEa6oR3cjneRlyYrTh2cKJsF_gU943N_HpcTCUkH5w-ABbJOvgj/s2000/doll%20collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CsLEkmqQp1ALdswWOYljrYNZc8_uq7kUxsCCNngkc4EbdDO6AViX0UiUp4JzVNoywsP7DOPr4HfARY33-xtS4XbAI0RgWtn_TUKdIoY8IJ0PG1_FX-BxMJxX90ymbwLstBUTuLGLeOEa6oR3cjneRlyYrTh2cKJsF_gU943N_HpcTCUkH5w-ABbJOvgj/s320/doll%20collage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Here at "Amanda's Adoption Agency" (aka Mandaline shops; I renamed us temporarily to reflect the huge number of dolls currently available), we take immense pride in offering a remarkable collection of vintage and antique composition dolls meticulously repaired by our skilled artisan, Amanda Boggs.</span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Each doll undergoes a meticulous restoration process, where they are lovingly repaired by hand, re-painted, re-strung, and re-sewn to restore their original beauty and charm. What sets our dolls apart is the attention to detail, as some even feature handmade alpaca or mohair wigs, adding a touch of uniqueness to each one. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Adorned in exquisite clothing, these dolls are not only aesthetically pleasing but also ready to find their forever homes. However, it's important to note that there's only one of each doll available, so if you find a special companion that speaks to your heart, don't hesitate to make them a part of your family before someone else does. Click <a href="https://www.mandaline.com/compositiondollsforsale" target="_blank">here</a> to take home your bundle of joy.</span>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-21638535303953684812024-01-31T17:13:00.000-08:002024-01-31T17:13:37.898-08:00Adopt a Rare and Beautiful Restored Composition Baby Doll from Our Shop<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm_KLqQl5EJSrLEpITmE0Ru9Ha1r5U6J_uHUySQRZX2cLtyR7r-Uxxq2Buk_gCcZYHspp8p7vMLi_MGkEYtM_H_hHI4QCwWOHO3vYiq6qAEa6loeQw8gnwrj5whs8KvZ3gSoNCLeZEC1_cO7Z1c943rhKbxZpg40Y9oe_hpoogSyaWitrzksUYskO2w9h/s1350/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm_KLqQl5EJSrLEpITmE0Ru9Ha1r5U6J_uHUySQRZX2cLtyR7r-Uxxq2Buk_gCcZYHspp8p7vMLi_MGkEYtM_H_hHI4QCwWOHO3vYiq6qAEa6loeQw8gnwrj5whs8KvZ3gSoNCLeZEC1_cO7Z1c943rhKbxZpg40Y9oe_hpoogSyaWitrzksUYskO2w9h/s320/1.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /> <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Welcome to the world of Mandaline dolls, where each creation is a unique and cherished masterpiece. We are thrilled to present to you an extraordinary rare gem - a fully restored full-composition 12-inch doll with the delightful Horsman Precious Baby face. </span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Introducing the newest addition to the Mandaline collection of precious dolls ~ a rare full-composition 12-inch doll with the adorable Horsman Precious Baby face. This little darling has been lovingly restored with meticulous repainting and craze concealing, bringing baby back to its original beauty. This baby can be a girl or boy, as the new mother wishes.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Now available from </span><a data-cke-saved-href="https://ateliermandaline.etsy.com/listing/1653536950" href="https://ateliermandaline.etsy.com/listing/1653536950" style="color: #385880; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Mandaline shops</a><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">, this doll comes complete with a cozy layette set, including a soft flannel bunting blanket, cloth diaper, and a working rattle, all vintage. Fall head over heels in love with this enchanting baby, ready to bring joy and delight to any doll enthusiast. Don't miss your chance to welcome this extraordinary treasure into your heart and home.<br /><br />This one-of-a-kind beauty has been meticulously brought back to life by the talented Amanda Boggs, also known as "Mandaline." With her expert touch, this doll has been lovingly repainted and craze concealed, ensuring that Baby's original beauty shines through. </span><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">The petite size of this doll makes it easy to hold, perfect for cuddling and displaying. There is only one of these magnificent dolls available, so don't miss your chance to bring her home. Click this <a href="https://ateliermandaline.etsy.com/listing/1653536950" target="_blank">adoption button </a>now to make this lovable treasure yours today.</span>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-30238407871806019082024-01-26T12:08:00.000-08:002024-01-26T12:08:27.257-08:00DISCOVER NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS TO DIFFUSE ESSENTIAL OILS IN YOUR HOME<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpRRLIM_Yof7eSv6ComMAMdCheaUjqnONyDw86CYQ1plaEquEsvyh5IESgU4OyaD_fSdQXb0K0uQuBcmlo_aAMpNSyb4cgYAab_hju49x0TlWFjydvvOtkdp8gjQNuq1HWP-rLQ4RtVv-Lf2M0Mew2BPO5UG7II_E6OwwH5sc6D0q-eWNhe1M6Du3BN9o/s580/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%202.58.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpRRLIM_Yof7eSv6ComMAMdCheaUjqnONyDw86CYQ1plaEquEsvyh5IESgU4OyaD_fSdQXb0K0uQuBcmlo_aAMpNSyb4cgYAab_hju49x0TlWFjydvvOtkdp8gjQNuq1HWP-rLQ4RtVv-Lf2M0Mew2BPO5UG7II_E6OwwH5sc6D0q-eWNhe1M6Du3BN9o/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%202.58.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="303" /></a></div><br /> <span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">Have you seen all the ads for some super-exclusive home fragrance system? They feature celebrities talking about how everyone who visits their home exclaims that it smells like a high-end hotel. Whatever that means.</span><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;"> </span><p></p><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-261" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">Two summers ago I stayed in a very fancy historic hotel in Chicago’s Miracle Mile and it reeked of weed, inside and out. The one slow elevator couldn’t keep up with the guests’ demand so we took the stairs to and from our room. Unfortunately my allergy to marijuana had me wheezing so bad I could barely climb up the 2nd flight. So, that's not how I would describe it!</span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-263" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-264" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">Anyway, recently I was indulging in my bad habit of reading trashy online magazines about “famous” people and one article caught my attention. Some lady I’ve never heard of who is “famous” for some reason I can’t remember ~ she might be on a reality tv show I don’t watch or married to some sports player. Anyway, the reason I clicked on the article is the headline said amidst whatever controversy is going on with her right now (she might be declaring bankruptcy, getting divorced, losing her house, going to jail or all of these, I wasn’t paying attention to that part) she spent $100,000 on essential oils.</span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-266" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-267" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">So I was like “what?!” And that’s why I read this story about the lady I’ve never heard of. It seems she spent all this money on the home fragrance system currently blanketing the airwaves with ads. The premise of the system is it goes inside your air vent system. It seems basically to consist of a diffuser you put in your air intake so it blows all through your vents.</span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-269" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-270" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">So, first of all, I am on board with essential oils, specifically Young Living’s, because at least one study has shown the chemical fragrances in 98% of home products are carcinogenic. This effect is enhanced when these chemicals are exposed to heat, such as in the clothes dryer or those little electric air fresheners you plug into the wall or the ones you melt in a little burner. </span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-272" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-273" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">Pure, all-natural steam-distilled essential oils, such as Young Living’s, not only freshen your home but may have therapeutic benefits as well. I certainly don’t want my “clean” home giving us all cancer! And it’s a great decision to avoid heat dispersal, even for essential oils, because that can break them down. You want a diffuser that disperses the oil with ultrasonic vibrations or passive means, such as air flow.</span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-275" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-276" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">But seriously, $100K?! Are they insane? Diffusing essential oils is the most economical way to use them because only a few drops can travel all through your house as the tiny particles of oil are blown around in the air. That’s why I can justify my more expensive splurges on oils like lemon verbena or Melissa (lemon balm); one bottle lasts practically forever. I can’t believe anyone would spend so much, especially if they are facing all the troubles this lady has.</span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-278" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-279" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">I have an even cheaper way than traditional diffusion: use your vent filters. Just sprinkle a few drops of your favorite oil over the vent filter when you change it out and as the air blows through your home the oil will be dispersed along with the scent, no crazy-expensive “system” required!</span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-281" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-282" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">Some more tricks: Add a drop or two inside the cardboard tube in your toilet paper when you change the roll. When the roll turns it will release the scent. Or put a few drops on your vacuum cleaner filter and you will release the scent when you vacuum. Or a few drops on a cotton ball inside your trash can… etc etc. The more you think about it the more opportunities you’ll see. A note of warning: undiluted essential oils will eat through plastic and take the finish off wood furniture so don’t use them on or in anything like that.</span><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-284" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><br class="id-6Z-D4Wkwg-285" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; outline: currentcolor;" /><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;">I made a short video showing how I add fragrance to our air system to keep our home smelling fresh. And people do always comment about how great our house smells but they usually just keep asking “What </span><i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; cursor: inherit; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px auto; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is</i><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;"> that that smells so good?” No one has ever said it smells just like a “high-end hotel”! Watch the video <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2krPLUOODC/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><div><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Then, I made another video while suffering from having stinky wet dogs running in and out of the house on a rainy day. Don't let bad odors rain on your parade – let me show you how to reclaim your home's scent and enjoy a clean, odor-free living environment. Watch that video <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2iD1PQuLTd/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></div><div><span face=""Plus Jakarta Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 47); color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 20px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-89304969962076198412024-01-24T14:45:00.000-08:002024-01-24T14:54:29.783-08:00Critical Warning for Online Sellers: Protect Your Business on Etsy and Thrive in the Competitive Online Marketplace<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf40VvxF6qyr9Vip456q15XNodzEJXTRxv5RdqDTx-yfOSNbDDoCGnR405MTZXU2OiLGz0wKI-rXltrRwarnqjK6BZe8XpWlar-5MEKBL6KiA2SyWk88GdVLou086lZAWmzVz3zI6NIquTYvP-x-iujNXwqADc0e_Pt8NvjmTqtJ3DNPNyfTWcFdvFj-Os/s1038/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%205.42.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1038" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf40VvxF6qyr9Vip456q15XNodzEJXTRxv5RdqDTx-yfOSNbDDoCGnR405MTZXU2OiLGz0wKI-rXltrRwarnqjK6BZe8XpWlar-5MEKBL6KiA2SyWk88GdVLou086lZAWmzVz3zI6NIquTYvP-x-iujNXwqADc0e_Pt8NvjmTqtJ3DNPNyfTWcFdvFj-Os/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%205.42.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p> In this alarming blog post, we shed light on a disturbing new trend that is leading to the closure of Etsy sellers' shops and even legal action against these small business owners. Read the post <a href="https://mandaline.myclickfunnels.com/blog/critical-warning-for-online-sellers-protect-your-business-on-etsy-and-thrive-in-the-competitive-online-marketplace" target="_blank">here</a>.<p></p>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-48998529963528140212024-01-23T15:37:00.000-08:002024-01-23T15:37:58.918-08:00Making It With Mandaline<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RtGDiEMaxRA6sN5Tb-za_d4SPVt6qc4eNnSnvPsgVYTcJdcRlqX-WXFdbN6Q7L8yTr-67RSNqSt2VQT0mzhV7xFyialhCfmCuYjV5a7-C4i6Eu8t43l7PJvvOWs-FeLkela5OwuxZ7SMy78I9GTAmnTe8lpsa5W1llVCE5RG3RLtC9IZ5rAlDkMzF_mo/s1080/Untitled%20design-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RtGDiEMaxRA6sN5Tb-za_d4SPVt6qc4eNnSnvPsgVYTcJdcRlqX-WXFdbN6Q7L8yTr-67RSNqSt2VQT0mzhV7xFyialhCfmCuYjV5a7-C4i6Eu8t43l7PJvvOWs-FeLkela5OwuxZ7SMy78I9GTAmnTe8lpsa5W1llVCE5RG3RLtC9IZ5rAlDkMzF_mo/s320/Untitled%20design-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Those of you who get my newsletter were just introduced to the new </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">Making It With Mandaline</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"> blog (which will soon become a podcast or vlog or maybe both; I haven't decided yet!). I'm so excited to build this movement! We will, I hope, learn to make it together, whether "it" is money, dolls, art, diy essential oil creations, business success, etc, etc. I am currently putting together a private membership site where we will have our own community to take course talk and just hang out.</span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Today's post is about a rare doll, something of a mystery to many, the Marilee or Mary Lee doll by Effanbee. Some people think she's a version of Patsy-Ann but she's not... find out all about it from my <a href="https://mandaline.myclickfunnels.com/blog/vintage-delight-exploring-the-history-of-the-mary-lee-doll-by-effanbee" target="_blank">new blog post here</a>.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">And to be the first to hear about all these wonderful new developments, <a href="https://fancy-morning-157.myflodesk.com/c7810af2-92a8-4fa6-b324-41aa9e99dc01" target="_blank">sign up here</a> for my updates and freebies. Pick your passion and get messages tailored just for you.</span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-29796571526836280432024-01-21T13:36:00.000-08:002024-01-21T13:36:50.250-08:00The OG American Girl<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8Y4BzDzaVlf-3D253Rh98YRyoibLxWT5PW6gPSZLqjEyxKKyMF5r415Y5uzjak0ixEZPaGH6VSQ9XzYnuSv9XYCydnxrGUagHQ0L27jdQ9pdcHLi4ab77_Fe85_OjvNIvJOiGXjWPFXBFRbe4NFnk-6gBV39QETFP95JX_s3fTU4rPHCjvQo70zeAM3e/s1178/IMG_8970.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8Y4BzDzaVlf-3D253Rh98YRyoibLxWT5PW6gPSZLqjEyxKKyMF5r415Y5uzjak0ixEZPaGH6VSQ9XzYnuSv9XYCydnxrGUagHQ0L27jdQ9pdcHLi4ab77_Fe85_OjvNIvJOiGXjWPFXBFRbe4NFnk-6gBV39QETFP95JX_s3fTU4rPHCjvQo70zeAM3e/s320/IMG_8970.jpeg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Here's a doll mystery for you: did Horsman make a full-composition version of Baby Precious? The large head is the Horsman Baby Precious. I have only ever seen documentation of Baby Precious as a cloth body doll with composition limbs and head. Precious came in several sizes but all were supposedly cloth body.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Well, the other day I got this smaller doll, a full compo baby similar to Baby Patsy. Look at the face though ~ doesn't that look just like Baby Precious? Now, Horsman sold their molds like all doll companies did back then, so this could just be a different doll made from the mold. It's not cheaper doll like they often were; it's every bit as high-quality as the Horsman doll, so it might have been produced for a department store. Montgomery Ward and FAO Schwartz and pretty much all the regional department stores had their own private label branded dolls made by the big doll companies. But if you happen to know who produced this smaller Baby Precious please let us know in the comments!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Besides Baby Precious I am working on a bunch of different Patsy family and similar dolls. I have Effanbee Rosemary just about ready to go. Supposedly Rosemary was the precursor to Patsy and her friends. That's according to Effanbee so I guess they'd know, but she's so different from Patsy ad Patsy Ann; I feel like Dainty Baby is a much more similar doll. Dainty Baby came out in 1912 and is a cloth body doll with molded hair. She looks more like a child or toddler than a baby but maybe Effanbee still considered her a "baby doll". </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Rosemary (sometimes sold as Rose Marie) came out in 1926 and looked much more Victorian than Patsy. She has teeth and originally had long dark curls and a cloth body with compo limbs and head. Patsy came out in 1928 and was followed by Patsy-Ann. Both those dolls are composition dolls with molded hair and painted eyes.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">They were popular enough that Effanbee made a whole line: Patsy Joan, Patsyette, Baby Patsy... and then Patsy's friends, like Mary Lee (who was also sold as Marilee by a department store). Mary Lee reverts to the Rosemary type, with sleep eyes, teeth, and a wig. It's very confusing because Effanbee recycled different bodies for these dolls, so I have a 1935 Mary Lee I'm working on right now who is marked "Patsy-Ann" on her back and uses the bent arm Patsy-Ann full composition body.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">At any rate, these were apparently ubiquitous. Patsy and her friends are all around 20 inches tall or even larger, but they eventually released all different sizes, even a miniature 6 inch version. These were fashion dolls as well as play dolls and there were many different styles of clothes you could buy, even equestrian sets! Just like the American Girl dolls of today. I made some videos showing these dolls and you can watch them on Insta (and if you recognize any of the unmarked ones please let us know in the comments who they are). Watch the Rosemary & Mary Lee video <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2Sgx4bOrXS/" target="_blank">here</a>. Watch the similar dolls video <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2V2g8UJyx3/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><p></p>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-2554866607461246692024-01-21T13:01:00.000-08:002024-01-21T13:01:09.669-08:00The Ultimate Zucchini Cookbook Is Back<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfvL47NuF7xO_2031V_2OvQUIeud2vsXopaF7W5Vgzxdph3EIm9aCRSJaCPffsd-gTrgIby9CQSL44o3Mfw6bUFw_oGZKZBu-WdrIji41VxpXnrBrP4vlC1BWpdsYOUY5pZQ0SI12FE650l2wB4i9Aod8FG9oI3poUE8LZsxu9eQfTLlKXPcHqfMcO5_E/s1500/IMG_9004.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfvL47NuF7xO_2031V_2OvQUIeud2vsXopaF7W5Vgzxdph3EIm9aCRSJaCPffsd-gTrgIby9CQSL44o3Mfw6bUFw_oGZKZBu-WdrIji41VxpXnrBrP4vlC1BWpdsYOUY5pZQ0SI12FE650l2wB4i9Aod8FG9oI3poUE8LZsxu9eQfTLlKXPcHqfMcO5_E/s320/IMG_9004.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Great news! Signed copies of </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; position: relative;">The Ultimate Zucchini Cookbook</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> are back in stock! You can order this unsigned from Amazon or signed from my shop. I sold out of my first printing of signed copies and had to order more and for whatever reason they were nearly a month late. But they're finally here. Thanks so much to everyone who bought one so I required a second printing! I truly appreciate it and hope you love the book. In fact, if you do love it please leave me a review on Amazon. When you send me a screenshot of your review I'll give you a FREE eBook! Buy the book <a href="https://www.ateliermandaline.com/store/p31/theultimatezucchinicookbook.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Want to try before you buy? Just click <a href="https://fancy-morning-157.myflodesk.com/5de5bd82-e20b-4016-af6f-52b45b72e492" target="_blank">here</a> for a FREE recipe that will have your kids begging for zucchini.</span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-75503528506231592502024-01-15T15:00:00.000-08:002024-01-15T15:00:56.670-08:00A Clean Start to 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGRRb_mEFJZANBcp2iLJhljr8dXV3rwQhzeR2gB0TVzPvlN_7VDxrXPjVZlgcgW3u5wwzkyto0tPx4h8Squ3xI2w2Wjf4kPjKSz9p4C0SBFMG7DWf0LlindGk_bELjPiGNcuTBCXSQmIzq45DFtIGYy1Fth9dE_nL7Qr1ZktZ6p-rm_idVOJNFeIDbgV0/s2048/Split%20Selfie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGRRb_mEFJZANBcp2iLJhljr8dXV3rwQhzeR2gB0TVzPvlN_7VDxrXPjVZlgcgW3u5wwzkyto0tPx4h8Squ3xI2w2Wjf4kPjKSz9p4C0SBFMG7DWf0LlindGk_bELjPiGNcuTBCXSQmIzq45DFtIGYy1Fth9dE_nL7Qr1ZktZ6p-rm_idVOJNFeIDbgV0/s320/Split%20Selfie.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It's been a while since I've posted about my transformation. It's my new normal and I forget you might not have heard about it. </span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">That's me in 2017 on the left. At the time I was basically going incognito because I was so ashamed of my weight. Bleached hair, sunglasses, hat, scarf... I tried to smile but I was hot and miserable that day. That's not even my highest weight; I'd already lost some weight after switching from a raw vegan diet to keto after my son's diabetes diagnosis.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Despite all the hype, the plant-based diet was a disaster for me. I blew up to the highest weight of my life and suffered from debilitating arthritis. Once we found about our son's Type 1 Diabetes I researched the disease exhaustively trying to learn to keep him healthy. I even started testing my blood before and after each meal like he did and found out I am extremely sensitive to sugar, even the "healthy" sugar in fruits and vegetables. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">For a while strict keto and low-carb diets worked well for me, but then my weight plateaued. I tried extended fasting and that also worked for a while but then it stopped too. It turns out, I have an autoimmune condition called Hashimoto's Disease that is triggered by strict diets and fasting. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Over the years I've settled on a more moderate approach, combining intermittent fasting and carb cycling. I am completely transformed! Although I will turn 50 in a couple months I look and feel younger than I did 7 years ago, back in 2017. I want everyone to know about this lifestyle.</span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5orb4iEFhgQqLdCx5LZZwCeKg94oKSskqzPCnZmEgg2hruOvyalt4YQ-g7RudlDkuqRn5uDWN-5VlVsWVSaDdSRkZCLx2XTCgAX56L6IA605KXF0IbUbvH_cE5rUEEN4MTiBtsEbDMjn7cP4-4ZubhcDuaJ-Jl5XyaYON40xiI2Tk5ltRy55hPGMBRHv/s1600/cleansetiltedtablet.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5orb4iEFhgQqLdCx5LZZwCeKg94oKSskqzPCnZmEgg2hruOvyalt4YQ-g7RudlDkuqRn5uDWN-5VlVsWVSaDdSRkZCLx2XTCgAX56L6IA605KXF0IbUbvH_cE5rUEEN4MTiBtsEbDMjn7cP4-4ZubhcDuaJ-Jl5XyaYON40xiI2Tk5ltRy55hPGMBRHv/s320/cleansetiltedtablet.png" width="293" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Happily, Young Living devised two different plans to ease people into intermittent fasting. I am so thrilled to be able to offer the 5 Day Nutritive Cleanse plan free of charge! I even devised a mini course to go along with it. You'll get a free membership to my Customer Center as well. I hope you enjoy this lifestyle as much as I do! Just click <a href="https://www.mandaline.com/optin--c9ff1" target="_blank">here </a>to get the </span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 17px;">plan.</span></span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-35305471061077565212024-01-12T15:37:00.000-08:002024-01-12T15:37:19.629-08:00My Weight Loss Secret<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0SfcvgDC5aiJVtZY-h-1mcE37PTsLaKUMhpTwHElHIQ4F77GxRQIuSErOX17VnUke9v9Uc1cZW7XeBSHXmFMpcyLl_3lhAzEP8vdzC39VPIOFvsX84M11-lyh4H0-seukulY97WqhaZRiqgGaVVklPJAwaqNbeA-mFS3Ni4d_0snI78ph27WmS5R0ymI/s1252/Screenshot%202024-01-12%20at%206.34.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1252" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0SfcvgDC5aiJVtZY-h-1mcE37PTsLaKUMhpTwHElHIQ4F77GxRQIuSErOX17VnUke9v9Uc1cZW7XeBSHXmFMpcyLl_3lhAzEP8vdzC39VPIOFvsX84M11-lyh4H0-seukulY97WqhaZRiqgGaVVklPJAwaqNbeA-mFS3Ni4d_0snI78ph27WmS5R0ymI/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-12%20at%206.34.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">If you've been reading this blog for a while you know my "secret" isn't really secret at all. But I have refined it over the years and I wanted to update you. You might remember in 2019 I lost 50 pounds with extended fasting and following a pretty strict keto/carnivore diet. I was in a fasting group led by a doctor. </span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Well, after a few months the doctor got more and more extreme. He started recommending dry fasting for a week at a time. By the time I left the group he was advocating drinking your own urine and doing 40 day fasts. That wasn't the only reason I left (although it was certainly the main reason!). I had stopped losing weight and even gained weight during a five day fast. My hair was falling out. I was having extreme stomach discomfort as well. None of it should have been happening; fasting researchers typically find regular fasts help digestive issues. A couple years later I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Mystery solved! Hashimoto's Disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own thyroid. It is triggered by stress, including stress on the body caused by extreme dieting and exercise, Vitamin D deficiency, and pregnancy. I had been dealing with the symptoms for 23 years before I was diagnosed. It started during my first pregnancy when my husband nearly died and became disabled in a work accident and unbeknownst to me my son was sucking all the vitamin d out of my body because I was following the no-fat diet recommended at the time by my obstetrician. So I had the trifecta and every single symptom, but no amount to doctor visits amounted to a diagnosis, much less a cure.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">After experimenting on myself with essential oils and various diets over the years I got it somewhat under control. Then in 2021 a COVID bout brought back all the symptoms and this time my treatments weren't working. I went to the doctor but after $600 or tests was told I was "fine". At that point I had been bleeding heavily for almost 4 months. The doctor's own testing showed I was anemic and deficient in vitamin B-12 but that was apparently not a cause for concern to her. I was complaining to my son, that very same baby I was pregnant with when this started, about the lack of treatment.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">My son is now a biologist and he ordered me some tests. Within 3 weeks I had a diagnosis and all-natural treatment plan from Dr. Westin Childs and within a few months I felt amazing. Learning about my disease taught me to stay away from extremes, so now I just skip breakfast some days and breakfast and lunch other days instead of doing long fasts. I do a 24 hour fast no more than once a month. Instead of following a strict diet I cycle carbohydrates and foods, so I eat keto 3 days a week, medium carb 2 days a week, and high carb 2 days a week. Nothing is off limits but I am steadily losing weight. I even lost weight over the holidays and I didn't deprive myself at all. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">The best thing is, I look younger than I did 7 years ago. I will be 50 in a couple months and this is working for me. It even worked for my 75 year old mother! Stay tuned if you're interested in starting a plan like this because I have something great in the works! </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I made a short video about it but this site is glitching and haven't been able to load it here. You can click <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/niR9ZEaaSjM?si=tDaZyOP3t92tQ86P" target="_blank">here</a> to watch.</span>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-71764033108687391202024-01-08T10:20:00.000-08:002024-01-08T10:20:50.760-08:00Marketing Mentors<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumZfNFPKbNduSTTRBIV5aXMH5i_WUD5D9tCwVy3FVkFHT8TxBT6iQ0VY4UKcVq6CXl9jtoW1-8_3N53ZWTzt1J6KTmuitmTEBv1BQjs79445HdAKYhpikgGnynavHrBVSxNhNjYNV9gbAse_MZmby6Lf1QMQRoxInwd2bfCWdMFIq0T3OlYhqeqaR1m59/s1835/IMG_8829.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumZfNFPKbNduSTTRBIV5aXMH5i_WUD5D9tCwVy3FVkFHT8TxBT6iQ0VY4UKcVq6CXl9jtoW1-8_3N53ZWTzt1J6KTmuitmTEBv1BQjs79445HdAKYhpikgGnynavHrBVSxNhNjYNV9gbAse_MZmby6Lf1QMQRoxInwd2bfCWdMFIq0T3OlYhqeqaR1m59/s320/IMG_8829.jpeg" width="204" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It's Quarter 1 of 2024, usually a quiet time in the life of a retailer. A typical year sees the 4th Quarter pushing me to the limit packing and shipping orders. I run a lot of sales in the period: early Black Friday, Black Friday, last minute gifts, after-Christmas, etc, etc. Usually that works like a charm. Last year was an exception, unfortunately. While my doll hospital business was way up, more than I could handle honestly, my sales were flat and disappointing. It's not that I don't appreciate my doll hospital customers; I do! I love bringing someone's doll back to life and hearing about the happiness they feel when they watch their mom or daughter open it as a holiday gift. However, doll repair is really labor-intensive and I can only do so much, so I am limited in the amount of money I can make.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">And I REALLY needed a great 4th Quarter of 2023 because of all our unexpected expenses (son's broken wrists, furnace and A/C and water heater replacement, daughter's college tuition, etc). It didn't happen, despite me working as hard as I've ever worked. I just marketed myself to the bone, but it wasn't enough. Or maybe it was too much of the wrong thing...</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Because over the past month and a half I worked with some new mentors and took some new classes and as of today my sales are up more than 200%! I'm not running any discount offers and this is usually a dead time of year but I'm doing a lot better. I made a short (less than 60 seconds!) video and tagged my teachers. None of these are affiliate links or sponsored links; just great people I recommend. Click <a href="https://fancy-morning-157.myflodesk.com/nb1yc8d1ka" target="_blank">here</a> to watch.</span><p></p>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-39688487463552905342024-01-04T13:09:00.000-08:002024-01-04T13:09:39.163-08:00Year of Content<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsGwMBhk3ZLqKogtIHG2h4Qj_r5B6SvN6BN8kuwlYcCgAQSDwCt-o_3tKudq7YyFXc6IxwxffHuaYn4TV9B5CvOF6Y67xcM0CPcjTfKizKX-fT6_AXc2-CBq6nj5P_MVPy1Q7yIuGpQ_aVUxaJvp22_FzhJ_IkY0BMi1l74UYNfAtsKIkc5ACchuGIad7/s1260/IMG_8797.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsGwMBhk3ZLqKogtIHG2h4Qj_r5B6SvN6BN8kuwlYcCgAQSDwCt-o_3tKudq7YyFXc6IxwxffHuaYn4TV9B5CvOF6Y67xcM0CPcjTfKizKX-fT6_AXc2-CBq6nj5P_MVPy1Q7yIuGpQ_aVUxaJvp22_FzhJ_IkY0BMi1l74UYNfAtsKIkc5ACchuGIad7/s320/IMG_8797.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwU6kjiZfFy8UEeYhTN2A-eoL1ie4I2qNtIJPpWJbsUIuorAiUVTL3NNeVl32Lh2yupymrzO6N1vAK8IzT_yA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">You might remember, last year Meta hired me to make Instagram Reels. I had to make 5 Reels each day and I threw myself into it. After all, I was already doing social media so I might as well get paid fr it, right?</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Well, that turned out to be a bust. I did make money and that was great, and sometimes I still get payouts for content from Meta, but it really hurt my engagement. Like, it PLUMMETED to a tenth of what it had been. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Why did this happen? I have no idea. At the time I wondered if Meta was hiding my Reels so they wouldn't have to pay me since the payment was based on the amount of views and engagement. Just before Christmas last year they announced they were ending the program, so I think it must not have been working for them either. Then they rolled out their verification program, which you have to pay for just like Twitter's. I am refusing to pay for it because it's a terrible way to authenticate accounts, which was proven when someone made a fake Elon Musk account and paid to get it verified and started trolling him constantly. (But don't think I feel sorry for him; I think he got exactly what he deserved. I can't stand that guy). So then I thought maybe they are restricting traffic to unpaid accounts.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">If you've been in business for a long time you can remember a time before social media, when you just ran your business. I have mixed feelings about it; on the one hand, social media is incredibly valuable. I can still remember when I started writing my blog and then posted about it to Pinterest, how my business just blew up. That was all free, just sweat equity, and it's still more effective than any paid advertising I've ever tried.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">On the other hand, the amount of time you have to spend seems ever-expanding. When there was only blogging and Pinterest it was no big deal, but now there's blogging and podcasting and YouTube and TikTok and Tumblr and Instagram and Facebook (both groups and pages). My various coaches advise 3-5 Instagram Stories per day, at least one Live (typically filmed on Facebook and shared to Instagram and YouTube), at least one Reel or Short, and Instagram Carousel posts too. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Then there are the platform requests. Right now Instagram is asking creators to make at least one Story per day. TikTok and YouTube have both contacted me asking for more long-format videos (why I don't know, since mine get virtually zero views). TikTok is really pushing creators to sell things in their "TikTok Shop"... it's just endless.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">So I was really happy to discover Eric Thayne during the One Funnel Away Challenge. Eric has one framework he uses to create one post each day, which he then shares to three platforms. It's SO much easier and his clients are getting great results. His free Year of Content class is happening right now. If you missed the first couple days it's okay; he sends out replays. Just click <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ericthayne/?hl=en" target="_blank">here</a> for his Instagram profile; the class registration is his link in bio. This is NOT a paid post; I just wanted to share a class that's helping me feel free of the onerous requirements I've been laboring under. </span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">And if you're wondering about One Funnel Away, I can't recommend it enough! Besides 30 days of class walking you through building a funnel (with LIVE training!) you also get several free software accounts to help you with everything from video editing to copywriting and business training. Then you get bonus days with more training on ad creation, social media content creation, and using influencer marketing. The course is only $100, just an amazing value, and you get lifetime access to it as long as you're a ClickFunnels member. Click <a href="https://fancy-morning-157.myflodesk.com/s9kj1tgygk" target="_blank">here</a> to sign up for One Funnel Away.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">I AM a ClickFunnels affiliate, which means if you sign up for ClickFunnels with my link I may get a payment. There's no cost to you!</span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-70713974374836676312024-01-03T15:26:00.000-08:002024-01-03T15:26:37.388-08:00Today's Happy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyarojnH6ScULbIOEpo-jF0Nz9ocX_FMG58sed561OQQwBYa09fi_Sg2cHYem-hvr7fMPgz8DhGUoJEdZXhpQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqOWylkcViv9FKIMVJObSLOjejnQwFsrL4tXblz5qprpFuDmx07X5NceX-jbgCkQcq18iM9aN6Z3CD0r_nD5bIXqAeGcZKvPiTaoq78PgJJ2njfgmNgrw-XGY32q_KnQsRY3nFcOOvcw9hXd65au3O8EqZElJSOv3p7QiaR4hycGwquJWNcblMiwIfpQz/s1506/IMG_8775.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqOWylkcViv9FKIMVJObSLOjejnQwFsrL4tXblz5qprpFuDmx07X5NceX-jbgCkQcq18iM9aN6Z3CD0r_nD5bIXqAeGcZKvPiTaoq78PgJJ2njfgmNgrw-XGY32q_KnQsRY3nFcOOvcw9hXd65au3O8EqZElJSOv3p7QiaR4hycGwquJWNcblMiwIfpQz/s320/IMG_8775.jpeg" width="249" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Do you want to feel happier in 2024? Me too, so I'm doing a thing. Every day I'm just coming up with as many positive things in any situation.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2023 knocked us down, big time. We decide to remodel our kitchen after saving up for 10 years. Literally a few days after we ordered the materials and new countertops... our son broke both wrists, our water heater died, our furnace died, our air conditioner died, and then our daughter's first tuition payment was due. Then for a finale, my mother got a possible cancer diagnosis and our cat got a heart disease diagnosis for which there's really no treatment. We needed a way to pick ourselves back up.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Do you want to join me in this project? Should I make it into a challenge? Every day, please tag me with your "happy" list. After I made the video above I thought of a few more things to be happy about: I got my social media done in the down time and my son told me all kinds of things about his life during the commute, so it's an opportunity for us to be closer.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Also, if you want to learn to monetize your talents and work for yourself like I did, get my ebook for free, by clicking <a href="https://fancy-morning-157.myflodesk.com/vokay871f3" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><br /> </p>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-3313800688357844232024-01-01T18:17:00.000-08:002024-01-01T18:17:05.313-08:00Lucky for 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yf8FUDnvMsYhFTJNP3uJ4HddbI53JwWiOHWyzK7gxxVc5cs_okHwhRZTvSiqQHcVr01daNy9rjFyvI_bASduHdiA23CzU2h-FZTZFxQMjJ_buv67Co83WPXKMYBAkevWIg8fDaodrJLafHqC7N7UUhqyZw1OG8pe98hmgoI1Ub5B37LQfutxm9K3SPzT/s2520/IMG_8760.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2520" data-original-width="2494" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yf8FUDnvMsYhFTJNP3uJ4HddbI53JwWiOHWyzK7gxxVc5cs_okHwhRZTvSiqQHcVr01daNy9rjFyvI_bASduHdiA23CzU2h-FZTZFxQMjJ_buv67Co83WPXKMYBAkevWIg8fDaodrJLafHqC7N7UUhqyZw1OG8pe98hmgoI1Ub5B37LQfutxm9K3SPzT/s320/IMG_8760.jpeg" width="317" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Each New Year's Day we eat our lucky foods to make sure we have luck in the new year. Our foods are traditional for luck in the Midwest (sauerkraut ), South (black eyed peas) and China (noodles and oranges) to represent all our family roots. Sauerkraut is for cash money and black eyed peas are for coins. Noodles are for a long life and oranges are for a sweet life. This year we made the sauerkraut into a sausage Alfredo casserole and every year we make "Carolina Caviar" with the black eyed peas. We had noodles and rice in a cream of chicken sauce. Just in case you want to try your luck with the Carolina Caviar, I'm sharing my recipe, a family favorite for many years!</span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div><strong style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">Carolina Caviar<br /></strong><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 can black eyed peas, drained</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 can corn, drained</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 small jar (about 1/3 cup) diced pimentos, drained</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 TBSP minced garlic</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 small sweet onion, chopped</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 TBSP Italian seasoning</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">3/4 C olive oil</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1/4 C white wine vinegar</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 tsp lemon juice</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 tsp salt</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1/2 tsp black pepper</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1 tsp red pepper flakes</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1/2 tsp garlic powder</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">1/2 tsp onion powder</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">Mix all ingredients and chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">Serves 8-10</span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-79455394157707322982023-12-30T11:04:00.000-08:002023-12-30T11:04:40.439-08:00Year End Sale<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip847DB-TTqomC1j6zrNhOoO51k93BKW6GycZ1H59Yy2kLPGbhjJ-xPpNcMcJssOPMCfGXLRP018vSh16wjGnoT1aBbV1hpBfH8eLRaAO6SF7rMSaKGRkadg4Sm0izAvOheqitlFYt4DgvRsIL7Oh22JdaOBggjawLwE0Gl2IhnGrobKxz32nTT2-QxqON/s1395/IMG_8743.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip847DB-TTqomC1j6zrNhOoO51k93BKW6GycZ1H59Yy2kLPGbhjJ-xPpNcMcJssOPMCfGXLRP018vSh16wjGnoT1aBbV1hpBfH8eLRaAO6SF7rMSaKGRkadg4Sm0izAvOheqitlFYt4DgvRsIL7Oh22JdaOBggjawLwE0Gl2IhnGrobKxz32nTT2-QxqON/s320/IMG_8743.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Just a couple more days to save! My eBay & Etsy shops are on sale with the deepest discounts of the year. Link from my <a href="http://ateliermandaline.com" target="_blank">website</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to all my shops. I will resume shipping orders on January 2nd. Happy New Year!</span></p>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-3744742262438242592023-12-23T09:55:00.000-08:002023-12-23T09:55:20.532-08:00Merry Christmas!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YjH-8QgR9D_t1kYrwEacIs2zZnNtnUjbhyphenhyphendxpzivZ3Y_DbxhuUZqjt-s-mWlPPYuwonBNR9NvtYeXjP7Ilew8ps73mmzCpwmBsUuKcCHweGWYB7uJcuFlNSY1p3M_WQfiBvAOSwWMSzTKM7LE0t9ZMmFf5FtTfaohbfJFJwuxSSnSImPF3WyZLLDLEwr/s840/Screenshot%202023-12-23%20at%2012.50.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YjH-8QgR9D_t1kYrwEacIs2zZnNtnUjbhyphenhyphendxpzivZ3Y_DbxhuUZqjt-s-mWlPPYuwonBNR9NvtYeXjP7Ilew8ps73mmzCpwmBsUuKcCHweGWYB7uJcuFlNSY1p3M_WQfiBvAOSwWMSzTKM7LE0t9ZMmFf5FtTfaohbfJFJwuxSSnSImPF3WyZLLDLEwr/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-23%20at%2012.50.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="184" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Something you might not know about me, unless you’ve been reading my blog for many years ~ I’m a California girl, originally. I was born in Northern CA. My dad was an optometrist by trade but a scuba diver at heart. He closed his office every Thursday at noon and we would head for the beach where he spent each weekend diving for abalone. I didn’t find out until adulthood abalone is an expensive delicacy; we ate it like hamburger! My mom would say, “I don’t know what to have for supper tonight; I guess we’ll have abalone.”</span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It was a beautiful life. But when I was three my dad died in a freak pool party accident (only in California, right?) and we moved to my grandparents’ house in Ohio. I stayed really close to my grandparents for the rest of their lives and after we moved to North Carolina we always traveled back “home” for Christmas. </span><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51LiSnKKGPQm8O4d_1tHtOr5E9Hru8qcscapO2V_4cc-AoETQA7KC4nNQALVCScR-Dy0ZJUSpB52hg8fwwf8NAMYQ6xn7SaZKIlBb_KB8Eh4F5vPvKUWQQkL5OG87jxwufJKbhzCYKgh_AxRC9unav0xaL0DTTrBw5eFyDET0XEIENpxescoA1KaXoW3j/s840/Screenshot%202023-12-23%20at%2012.51.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51LiSnKKGPQm8O4d_1tHtOr5E9Hru8qcscapO2V_4cc-AoETQA7KC4nNQALVCScR-Dy0ZJUSpB52hg8fwwf8NAMYQ6xn7SaZKIlBb_KB8Eh4F5vPvKUWQQkL5OG87jxwufJKbhzCYKgh_AxRC9unav0xaL0DTTrBw5eFyDET0XEIENpxescoA1KaXoW3j/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-23%20at%2012.51.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="184" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">The road to Ohio took us through misty Appalachian hollows and huge cities, through flat plains and rolling hills. Everywhere, though, were Christmas decorations. Lit-up crosses high on mountain peaks. City boulevards festooned with lighted garlands. Lone blue stars shining from the tops of grain silos.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It always struck me, the sense of community. Everywhere, in every way, people bringing light to the darkness. No matter whether you celebrate Christmas or not, it’s no coincidence every winter religious holiday from Hanukkah to Diwali honors illumination. The days are dark and short, the nights long and even darker.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">After my grandparents died my husband and I agreed to stay home for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, giving our children the chance I rarely had, to hang their stockings on their own mantle and open their presents under their tree they helped decorate. We travel to see their grandparents and cousins after breakfast and presents on Christmas Day.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Still, each Christmas Eve, that old sense of adventure steals over me. That feeling of journeying through the darkness, peeking into others’ celebrations, enjoying their decorations, wondering about their everyday lives when the sun is bright and the baubles packed away. That feeling of solidarity with strangers.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">This Christmas Eve, no matter what holiday you celebrate, I wish for you to feel that solidarity, that togetherness. We will light our candles and eat our rØmmegrot (“cream porridge” my Norwegian-American grandparents’ traditional Christmas Eve supper) and I hope you feel the warmth of my regard in your heart. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">It’s a magical night, when anything might be around the corner. What will you find in your stocking? What might you see on your travels? Who might you meet? Please know I am thinking of you and wishing you that sense of anticipation as well as all the joy of the season.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Merry Christmas!</span></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-38475721821936092212023-12-20T15:43:00.000-08:002023-12-20T15:48:29.572-08:00Calling All Authors!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiot36I93w34DpvGDiaGNV_zLRUu4eEb0-XOlmt8f6PjT-SpzrO7jLYyJTTl0mzJlEWCg6hATQgtiHoEqLGjiPu_iYufPxaY9BoCByxemDJP2RL2TFwyWUmTsXrSLM9XyYSQq_ycDEviK4458yFxeDY67WiW0nzhRAkC3kQ0KIVG1q-Ezr0jYBcp_7pRb/s1242/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%206.28.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1242" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiot36I93w34DpvGDiaGNV_zLRUu4eEb0-XOlmt8f6PjT-SpzrO7jLYyJTTl0mzJlEWCg6hATQgtiHoEqLGjiPu_iYufPxaY9BoCByxemDJP2RL2TFwyWUmTsXrSLM9XyYSQq_ycDEviK4458yFxeDY67WiW0nzhRAkC3kQ0KIVG1q-Ezr0jYBcp_7pRb/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%206.28.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">You still have time to get one of the coolest bundle of author tools I have ever seen! </span><a href="https://authorsuperbundle.com/?orid=460625">https://authorsuperbundle.com/?orid=460625</a><p></p><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br />Even if you're not yet an author, <em style="position: relative;">you could be</em>! 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text-align: justify;">Hope you are able to take advantage of this great offer! Oh and use <span style="font-weight: 700;">SUPERDISCOUNT </span>at checkout to save more on the total price!</span></div><div><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://authorsuperbundle.com/?orid=460625" target="_blank">Click Here</a> </span><b>to learn more and claim your lifetime deal spot before it's gone</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i>*This post is sponsored by Author Super Bundle</i></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-36807648661346720852023-12-20T15:25:00.000-08:002023-12-20T15:25:27.338-08:00Gambina Doll Restoration<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekJvX0nFBMQPX1S2keX-C2tUQneGS9c1QMmuEsgaiNh2x6CkwlAUr-hnsbvfEU3SVcxRem32biiiWFtiB3jb3K0ZyCzTDa7Vt0TCq1nwKjXjz3zp61Jwt_5RXLG7axxWLvnLz6eV97MSRvmeKdY9GOF8-41b2oCLSRUcHW7ipveniBR4wbad5lNE4ogxs/s1276/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%206.23.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1276" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekJvX0nFBMQPX1S2keX-C2tUQneGS9c1QMmuEsgaiNh2x6CkwlAUr-hnsbvfEU3SVcxRem32biiiWFtiB3jb3K0ZyCzTDa7Vt0TCq1nwKjXjz3zp61Jwt_5RXLG7axxWLvnLz6eV97MSRvmeKdY9GOF8-41b2oCLSRUcHW7ipveniBR4wbad5lNE4ogxs/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%206.23.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Here's my Christmas Doll Challenge result: this Gambina cheerleader doll was a gift from my grandmother around 1985 when I became a cheerleader. It was displayed in my room for years and then I passed it on to my daughter, who displayed it in her room. Over time the vinyl face faded. My daughter and I decided it's time to pass the doll on to another special girl.</span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">See how to re-blush faded vinyl dolls and make other repairs in The Christmas Doll Challenge group: </span><a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1479326626218612" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1479326626218612" style="color: #385880; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1479326626218612</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> </span>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032909320005451650.post-6544013462855925262023-12-18T17:16:00.000-08:002023-12-18T17:16:35.648-08:00You Still Have Time!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtQJOy72RjHrsLTreXJ-TOd2ma6CxWdz8nD6r26d9jFDJxugEbofcQwN4aU2PRlZr6H2hlPEdvOJ_WAahFCNhN2w0FsNWB9N4x0fW9qR0MwaMqNyV9vgATwlvEPrsz34PtkaVrrSqDDCKnZVHfUBmBPfGEYo8rTwieUfoRxtWGa33pP_wgS3cXN6SQqb3/s1152/Screenshot%202023-12-18%20at%208.08.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1152" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtQJOy72RjHrsLTreXJ-TOd2ma6CxWdz8nD6r26d9jFDJxugEbofcQwN4aU2PRlZr6H2hlPEdvOJ_WAahFCNhN2w0FsNWB9N4x0fW9qR0MwaMqNyV9vgATwlvEPrsz34PtkaVrrSqDDCKnZVHfUBmBPfGEYo8rTwieUfoRxtWGa33pP_wgS3cXN6SQqb3/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-18%20at%208.08.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Christmas is just one week away but that means you still have plenty of time to complete the Christmas Doll Challenge or the Christmas Cash Challenge or both! </span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Imagine yourself on Christmas morning, gifting your precious doll as a family heirloom or flush with cash to shop the big after-Christmas sales. It's possible, but time is running out!</span><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;">Take the Christmas Cash Challenge <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAF0E5o3co0/Cenep7uRRy9t3qAeKYzghA/view?utm_content=DAF0E5o3co0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor" target="_blank">here. </a>Take the Christmas Doll Challenge<a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFzm7xEdh4/Q7ufC9Z2Wkp4c449JAhcLg/view?utm_content=DAFzm7xEdh4&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor" target="_blank"> here.</a></span></div><div><br /></div>Mandalinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761902923407817145noreply@blogger.com0