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Shining Service Worldwide™ Organization of Distinction

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:17:34 +0000

Linda Franklin Founder of Shining Service Worldwide

Linda Franklin Founder of Shining Service WW

Linda Franklin created Shining Service Worldwide™ in November 2010. She says, “it was destiny” The whole idea started to germinate when women serving in Afghanistan emailed her saying that they read The Real Cougar Woman™ blog every day and how powerful they felt when they did. They called themselves “The Combat Cougars” and they just wanted to say thank you for the valuable information she was providing them.

From that fateful day to this Linda has been committed helping all women connected to military service. Their sacrifices are many and appreciation shows has been limited. Like many women, they have fallen through the cracks.

Contd… http://www.therealcougarwoman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=232&Itemid=254

Shining Service WW Images of Ladies Serving jpg

Mission Statement – Shining Service Worldwide™

Shining Service Worldwide™ is an organization that shows APPRECIATION and SUPPORT to women currently serving in the military, military vets and military spouses. Too often our females in service fall through the cracks and don’t get the attention they deserve, or more importantly, they need. We want to help provide those resources for them.
Our program at Shining Service Worldwide™ is three fold:

Our Shining Service Blog is designed to encourage military women to use their voices and their stories to help reintegrate into civilian society. It is also a resource showing them the help that is available to them from other sources.
The Shining Service Bracelet™ is our way of bring attention to our military women and also helping to fund our mentoring services.
Our Shining Service Makeover Missions™ are two-fold:

The beauty makeovers, provided at salons all over the country, are the first step in reconnecting a woman to her feminine side
The 3-month mentoring program, following the beauty makeover continues to build her self esteem and showing her she does have a voice what she is capable of accomplishing. Each woman is provided with an executive mentor and a military mentor so all bases are covered. A corporate work/study component is also available

Shining Service Worldwide™ is proud to be a special project under the umbrella of our Fiscal Sponsor United Veterans Beacon House, Inc. – a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to provided transitional housing to our nations veterans.

Continue Reading—>

http://www.therealcougarwoman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=253&Itemid=275

Combat Cougar

What People Are Saying

A note from karen

Here I am again on another assignment that I volunteered for, a 53 year old mother of 3 adult children and Nana to 4 grandchildren. I arrived here at Camp Eggers, Afghanistan in May of 2010 dressed in my ACU’s, a Kevlar (helmet), IOTV (bullet proof vest), my 9M on my hip and rucksack on my back, to a small FOB (Forward Operating Base) near the city of Kabul.

Linda, I want to thank you for giving me what you have with The Real Cougar Woman blog. I think without it, a lot of women here wouldn’t be where they are today.

The “shining service bracelets” are a blessing. They have brought so many women together, not for a cause, but for women period.

http://www.therealcougarwoman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=272&Itemid=285

Shining Service Worldwide™ Makeovers

Shining Service WW Bracelet on the News

http://bit.ly/SSWMKVR

http://www.therealcougarwoman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255&Itemid=281

Links:

http://www.therealcougarwoman.net/

Blog: http://shiningservice.wordpress.com/

FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/shiningserviceworldwide?sk=wall&filter=2

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ShiningService

Follow the Link to Purchase A Shining Service WW Bracelet

http://www.therealcougarwoman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=226&Itemid=252

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Shining Service Worldwide™ is now featured on the Cellar Angels website. Buy wine from one of their featured boutique vineyards and then choose Shining Service as your charity. They will donate 10% of your purchase to help support Shining Service Worldwide™ makeover and mentoring programs. These people are fabulous and the wines are superb.

Cellar Angels

https://cellarangels.com/

Donnella Tilery Woman of Distinction

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:29:40 +0000

Donnella Tilery "Woman of Distinction"

Donnella Tilery is the founder of New Jersey Fashion Week and the owner of the online shopping portal DCShowroom — New York, a website that promotes and sells accessories from emerging designers. contd… http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/donnella-tilery

About Founder Donnella Tilery:

Donnella’s resume includes features and interviews with: Style Network , NJ Life Health & Beauty Magazine, Park Place Magazine, Modern Salon, NJ Monthly, 201 Magazine, Bergen County Magazine, Urban Style Network, Today MSN, Stylelist.com, AOL, Entrepreneur Expose, Real Beauty Real World, WWD, NY1, NJ News 12, WPHL 17, NJ Newsroom, Handbags to Know.com and CBS Detroit.

Rising Star in Retail – Nominee with Fashion Group International
Fashion Group International – NYC Chair of Membership
Featured in “The List” NJ’s Exclusive Magazine Park Place

NEW JERSEY FASHION WEEK GOAL IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL EMERGING FASHION TALENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR SEASONAL COLLECTIONS ON A GLOBAL SCALE TO THE INDUSTRY, MEDIA, RETAILERS, PRESS AND CONSUMERS.

SPRING/SUMMER SHOWS ARE HELD IN OCTOBER DONATING A PORTION OF TICKET SALES TO OUR CHARITY PARTNER, SUSAN G. KOMEN – NORTH JERSEY AFFILIATE.

W Hotel in Hoboken to host New Jersey Fashion Week 2011

Hoboken will be home to the Second annual New Jersey Fashion Week,officials announced in a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Fashion Week, which will benefit the North Jersey Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will run from Oct. 9 through Oct. 13 and will be held at W Hoboken, 222 River St Hoboken, N.J. 07030 www.whotels.com/Hoboken

A general one-day admission ticket for NJFW is $100.

SUSAN G. KOMEN - NORTH JERSEY AFFILIATE

A portion of the ticket sales will be given to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.http://komennorthjersey.org/

For Tickets and More Information, Visit: http://newjerseyfashionweek.com./

2011 Sponsors & Supporters Include:

Jersey Gardens, LA Sunset Tan – New Jersey , Dove Chocolates, Eric Alt Salons , Affordable Closets Plus, Bliss, Paradise DJs, Elegant Eyes, Neiman Marcus, Studio 25, Inc., Shine by Colle Products, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Runway Passport, Fashion Edits, NJ Entrepreneur, We Connect Fashion (formally Infomat), Accessories Magazine, NJ Wedding.com, Frame Me, Celebrity Magnet.com, W Hotels-the Store, Kim Baker, Association of Image Consultants, Fashion Group International, Vitamin water™ zero, Pink Suede and additional brands, designers, consumers, and other supporters will attend this special conference.

Dove Chocolate A Sponsor of NJFW

For more information on New Jersey Fashion Week, visit: http://www.newjerseyfashionweek.com/.

Eric Alt Presents Show at New Jersey Fashion Week 2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011 from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM (ET)

Carnivale By eric alt has Moved

Update from Eric Alt-Salon: New location for Carnivale this Sunday!!

Johnny Weir is scheduled to walk in this runway show–don’t miss it!

Get tickets here: http://ericaltsalonsnjfw2011.eventbrite.com/

A sexy, high octane, carnivale-themed runway show with performances that will tickle your senses. The show will be full of celebrities and some of the world’s top fashion designers. With hair direction by celebrity hairstylist Eric Alt http://ericaltsalon.com/ and fashion styling by the newly launched ALT. Fashion by celebrity stylist Kristen Lohman. Join us for an evening of fashion, music & fantasy and let us know how Eric Alt transforms a regular Sunday night into a magical evening full of surprises!

More Links:

DC Showroom produces New Jersey Fashion Week.

Follow DC Showroom and see what they are up to next! http://dc-showroom.com/

FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/newjerseyfashionweek

Twitter: @njfashionstyle http://twitter.com/#!/njfashionstyle

Email: donnella@newjerseyfashionweek.com

Donnella Tilery – New Jersey Fashion Week March Mixer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csCUO6DKIpw

New Jersey Fashion Week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvDPFU4ka5E&feature=related

New Jersey Fashion Week Video 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUvce-akRc&feature=related

Chef Jennifer DePalma “Chef of Distinction”

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:02:55 +0000

Chef Jen DePalma "Chef of Distinction"

In July 2011, Chef Jennifer DePalma competed on Bravo Tv’s hit new series

Rocco’s Dinner Party http://www.bravotv.com/roccos-dinner-party

Chosen the Winner!

She is the first woman to win this Distinctive Honor. Along with bragging rights she received the Grand Prize of $20,000.00!

The goal being to see who would throw the best dinner party for Celebrity Author and Chef Rocco DiSpirito and his celebrity guests. http://amzn.to/ptFWx3 Now EatThis9/27/11

Three Chefs compete for the honor to be 1 of 2 Chefs chosen to cook for Rocco’s Themed Dinner Party for that particular evening by preparing and presenting their signature dish for Rocco to taste.

Rocco DiSpirito loved Chef Jen’s Signature dish Chicken Amore so much he chose it as the winner of the signature dish challenge. Since then fans around the world have been asking for her Chicken Amore recipe!

The winner of the signature dish challenge then has the opportunity to choose 1 of three of Rocco’s dining rooms to serve their dinner party as well.

The two Chefs then meet with Celebrity Event Producer Jes Gordon http://jesgordon.com/ and author of ”Party Like a Rock Star” http://amzn.to/PRTLKRCKSTR to discuss and plan the décor for their chosen dining room. Jes Gordon then designs the chosen dining room based on the input of the chef. Jes’s Blog also gives further design details of each dinner party. http://www.bravotv.com/roccos-dinner-party/season-1/blogs/jes-gordon/finding-your-focal-point

Jen chose the Terrace Room for her dinner party and had it decorated in a South Beach theme with white sofas, a tented dining table, tiki torches – a real Miami vibe. When everyone walked in Jen’s party, they fell so in love with the stylish Miami-South Beach décor. http://www.bravotv.com/roccos-dinner-party/season-1/blogs/rocco-dispirito/anything-for-jeff-ross?page=0,4

Jen started out with her Coco Loco Spritzer, made with vodka and coconut water. Jen’s Pork Tenderloin was a good choice. “But the best dish of the night was what she prepared to accommodate Jeff: Matzoh Brei. This traditional Passover dish is an omelet-like mixture of eggs and pieces of matzoh fried together. You can put other ingredients in it, like vegetables. It’s open to interpretation, and Jen’s was as Jeff put it: “Matzoh brei’s greatest moment!” It can be fattening too, but Jen brought hers in at 190 calories and 8 grams of fat.” http://www.bravotv.com/roccos-dinner-party/season-1/blogs/rocco-dispirito/anything-for-jeff-ross?page=0,4

Chef Jennifer DePalma and Rocco DiSpirito

http://bloggingbravo.mypodcast.com/2011/07/All_Top_Chef_Interview_with_Jen_DePalma-354088.html

Chef Jennifer DePalma has over a decade of professional fine dining experience, trained at the The French Culinary Institute (Class of 2000) and is licensed in food handling and safety. “I offer polished, professional gourmet service to your doorstep”. Chef Jen’s experience includes working for the magazine La Cucina Italiana, Hotel Plaza Athenee, owner of gourmet health food restaurant The Power Grill and teaches for The City University of New York. http://www.nyccooks.com/p/email-me.html

NYC Cooks owner Chef Jennifer DePalma

NYC Cooks Logo

Chef Jen is a NYC private chef and owner of Jen DePalma’s Catering – specializing in fine dining dinner parties. Servicing the tri-state area. http://www.nyccooks.com/p/hire-me.html

PANROASTED HALIBUT

Chef Jen is also the editor/creator of http://nyccooks.com a food blog featuring her latest recipes, cooking tips, restaurant reviews and product food reviews.

Chef Jen wants all of her fans to know that she is dropping a cookbook later this fall (the title is still in the works)

Dark Chocolate Souffle with Creme Chantilly and fresh berries

Chef Jen DePalma's Aprons

Chef Jen has custom chef aprons available for sale and – the hottest selling item is I’m a Chef Not a Magician”, now Chef Jen’s famous lines from Rocco’s Dinner Party http://www.nyccooks.com/2011/07/im-chef-not-magician-bling-ed-out-chef_20.html

She will also be featured at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens October 15^th 2011, for Tuscan fall Harvest Festival Chef Jen will be doing a cooking demonstration on healthy Italian Cooking, samples will be provided!

Chef Jennifer DePalma’s Personal Invite to all:

Come out and taste my food October 15th!

http://www.snug-harbor.org/special.html.

Chef Jen DePalma Chef of Distinction

Remembering 9/11 by Katie Shea Design

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:16:42 +0000

9/11 Remembrance Rose By Katie Shea Design

9/11 Remembrance Print By Katie Shea Design

Remembering 9/11

Brooklyn ….Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Surrounded by Family, Friends….!

Original Post: http://kathydecosmo.blogspot.com/2010/05/brooklyn-memorial-day-weekend.html

The conversations were heartwarming, diversified and comedic. My husband even had one of the guests prank phone call our daughter asking her just one more time “Is it All about Trendz” a jewelry store in Manhattan that we all could not get straight in our heads. Maybe it was the sun or the wine or just both. We laughed so hard we could not breathe as our daughter called us all jerks and hung up for the third time!

My husband’s family have their roots in Brooklyn so many of the guests were from “The Neighborhood” and there was a lot of reminiscing. Our cousin Big Art joined in and the conversations ranged from how his hearing became impaired by the gunshots that were fired by his ears during his career as a NYC Transit cop to the POW bracelet he wears on his wrist.

We all examined the copper looking piece and discussed the names and inscriptions. Big Art can appear to be rough and tumble but is in fact a kind and deeply caring man. The bracelet has been worn by him since the late 60’s. The POW represented on the bracelet was dated as missing since 1965. My husband, myself and a few others recalled our grammar school years during the Vietnam War there were many bracelets worn with names inscribed representing men serving and missing in Vietnam. Upon further inspection we became aware of another name inscribed more recently. Big Art explained it was one of “His” that perished 9/11. We all fell silent out of respect for the fallen. My heart was silently breaking for him. Big Art is immersed in taking care of “His own” meaning the families of the 9/11 fallen. He is extremely proactive in preserving the memories of the men and honoring them. Big Art, although retired for many years was one of the first responders arriving at the BIG Hole and piles of rubble hoping to rescue any survivors.

All of us briefly flashed back at the mention of the fallen man represented on Big Art’s bracelet to that day of horrifying tragedy, loss and uncertainty. My mind flooded with the images of the second plane hitting the second tower and then both towers imploding shortly thereafter!

My husband and I had the longest phone call that day since he was blessed with one of the only working telephone lines. He was awaiting his assignment from the Hospital he works for. There were thousands of body bags arriving throughout the city hospitals and all were bracing for a rising death toll and injuries galore. He was mandated to stay and work for however long it took to take care of the injured. Phone service in NYC was at a minimum if any, so I was the conduit from the hospital staff to family members informing them of their loved ones safety. We kept the line open for hours as I dialed on my cell phone and even put the cell phone to the receiver so people could connect and be comforted by the sound of the live voices.

Hours went by and finally my husband said we had to free the line. I was deeply troubled since I did not know if this was going to be the last time I would ever hear his voice. I became immobilized and kept repeating myself in an effort to keep him on the line. Hanging up with him was like letting go of a drowning man. I told myself I had to keep it together since we have 3 children and if I looked worried they would be worried. I left them in school while all this was going on because I needed to collect myself to present to them a calm, confident mother.

Our drive home from Brooklyn brought us right past the World Trade Center site. I usually do everything I can to avoid that whole area and today of all days we HAD to pass by because of Holland Tunnel traffic. This time I forced myself to face the Big Hole and the beginnings of rebuilding.

Our friends James and Shea were snoozing in the back of the Van unaware that they were in the presence of a sacred ground. All of my senses became heightened and I became acutely aware of utterances, murmurings and physical pain just being in close proximity to this tragic parcel of land.

I feel sad and guilty at the same time. Sad for all the loss that is still being felt throughout our surrounding area and guilty because I was not in the midst of the first responders.

I want to do something of significance in remembrance of all those that were lost in the 9/11 attacks.

This Memorial Day let us remember the Men, Women and Children that have FALLEN on our own Soil.

Let us Never Forget!

September 11th, 2001 – 2011

Claude Bouchard Author of “Asylum” Author of Distinction

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:23:34 +0000

Dr. Matthew Russell is married to Cassidy, father of Jennifer and Stuart, also the Managing Director of the Montreal Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

The story opens introducing Dr. Russell, an extremely overworked man who seems to be losing it in both his work life and his family life. A story played out so many times in so many homes.

Dr. Russell’s wife Cassidy becomes distant and distrusting of the promises Matthew makes to become a better “Family Man” and Russell partly blames Cassidy for him becoming unglued at work. He feels he is only doing his best by working hard and providing for his wife and family. Matthew promises to work harder on his family life and decides to take a long, overdue vacation in hopes of rebuilding what he has lost with Cassidy and the Children.

The author succeeds in making me fall in love with the Russell Family and the Vacation Dr. Russell takes them on. I became absorbed and envious of the fairytale vacation that is so vividly portrayed by the detailed descriptions of the sights, sounds, tastes and jubilant emotions the family begins to feel for each other. Needless to say The “Vacation” is colorful, adventurous and filled with intrigue.

Each page rendered me hostage to the drama that was subtly unfolding and also making me beg to know the conclusion.

This Novel is sheer genius! I would love to see this acted out on screen to only heighten the drama of the emotions of each character.

I was introduced to the author’s writing a few years back when I read his first novel “Vigilante” http://amzn.to/BouchardClaude I had downloaded it one night and ended up staying up all night to complete it. My advice for Claude Bouchard Novel readers, get comfy and enjoy the ride it is worth it!

Please Visit Author Claude Bouchard’s Website http://www.claudebouchardbooks.com/

You may also stop By Author Claude Bouchard on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/ceebee308 and join his 192,000 Plus followers who find him interesting, engaging and entertaining.

“Chef of Distinction Robin White” and follow #ColdSoupWeek on Twitter

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:57:11 +0000

#ColdSoupWeek AUG 21 - AUG 27 2011 with CHEF ROBIN WHITE

Meet My friend Chef Robin White

and

Follow

#ColdSoupWeek on Twitter

#ColdSoupWeek / Aug. 21st / Here’s what you need to know!

http://www.chefrobinwhite.com/

The Cold Soup Week Menu & Schedule – Here they are; 7 scrumptious, easy to make cold soups for summer and each one is pair with a varietal perfect for sipping on a hot summer night. This is our cold soup week menu and the recipes will follow.

Pick a night. Make a soup. Invite some friends.

When does it begin?

Sunday, August 21st @ 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Need more details? Check here.

Passaggio Wines A Proud Sponsor of #ColdSoupWeek

To watch all the #coldsoupweek tweets go by, go to http://twitterfall.com/ on the night of the tweet up. Put the hashtag “#coldsoupweek” into the search box on the Twitterfall website, hit the search button and all the twitter stream relating to the tweetup will appear in real time. This is so much fun to do with a bunch of your friends, eating the soups, and tweeting with millions around the world! Make the soup(s) and buy the suggested wine pairings ahead of time and invite some friends to you house and have a house party (last event there were over 27 house parties in 13 different countries!)

Check out interview with

@canapes45 AKA Chef RobinWhite

http://t.co/76xXxTv #coldsoupweek

See you at 8PM EST

#coldsoupweek tweets go by, go to http://twitterfall.com/ on the night of the tweet up.

Put the hashtag “#coldsoupweek” into the search box on the Twitterfall website, hit the search button and all the twitter stream relating to the tweetup will appear in real time.

Jane Winslow Eliot “Woman of Distinction”

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:25:24 +0000

: Jane Winslow Eliot ” A Woman of Distinction”

Three Weeks ago today my dear friend Winslow emailed me that her Mother, Jane Winslow Eliot passed away peacefully in her California home with Winslow beside her.

I never had the honor of meeting Jane Winslow Eliot but I feel I know her through the stories my friend Winslow has shared about her with all of us.

I have designed a Rose of Distinction as a Memorial for my friend Winslow and her family.

Winslow has been a dear friend and such a supportive inspiration to me and of my work.

I have used the following Excerpt borrowed from http://janewinsloweliot.com/ as my inspiration for my Memorial Rose Design:

“We were traveling with you in Scotland…and we ran down to the boat house and there, sitting on a stone wall, was Aunt Jane in an elegant, deep blue gown with glittering, silvery threads, with her hair long and loose. You were so delighted to see her wearing this and called it her Robe of Starry Brightness! She looked like a goddess, smiling at us and laughing with joy to take a break from traveling, to be in a calm, lovely, easy place where she could refresh herself and array herself as the Wisdom Tree Woman that she truly is.”

Jane Winslow Eliot and her family have made enormous literary contributions that continue to impact so many lives.

Jane Winslow Eliot

Truly

“A Woman of Distinction”

September 27, 1926 – July 31, 2011

Wine Twit of Distinction

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:30:44 +0000

#GDandBurgers Wine Tasting/Pairing

Look at these great Twitpics from last night's #GDandBurgersevent

http://www.winetwits.com/events/images/5931

Our Dessert, a Cupcake by Mr. Cupcakes http://mrcupcakes.com/ wearing a Cupcake Wrap designed to commemorate our WineTwits Virtual Wine Tasting/Pairing!

Tuesday July 26th, my husband and I participated in a

Virtual Wine Tasting Event Which was hosted by http://winetwits.com

Georges Duboeuf’s Export Director Yann Bourigault and Chef Bob Waggoner, host of PBS’s Ucook with Chef Bob, conducted a live Beaujolais and Burger Tasting on Tuesday, July 26 from 8:00PM EST, which was also streamed out to hundreds of other tastemakers from around the country. Chef Bob demonstrated three mouth watering burger creations, and Yann paired each burger with a fantastic Beaujolais from the cellar of Georges Duboeuf. Contd…http://winetwits.com/events/5931

What is a Virtual Wine Tasting you might ask…..?

How did we participate in a Virtual Tasting?

WineTwits.com shipped 3 Bottles of the selected wine with wine tasting placemats, information on each wine to be tasted and recipes for the burger/sliders to be paired with each wine.

We were instructed to sign on http://winetwits.com a little bit prior to the start time, have our burgers ready for the tasting/pairing and be ready to tweet as we followed Yann Bourigault and Chef Bob Waggoner live during the live tasting/pairing.

This was both I and my husband’s first ever virtual event and we thoroughly enjoyed it. There was tremendous participation virtually and the tweets were flying as we all followed along tasting our creations and sipping each wine.

We enjoyed listening to the live stream and reading the tweets from all who participated. I also received tweets from people in my stream wanting to know what was going on with this hash tagged event. I then had the opportunity to answer briefly with a tweet.

I applaud http://winetwits.com, Export Director Yann Bourigault and Chef Bob Waggoner, host of PBS’s Ucook with Chef Bob for a successful Event.

I recommend stopping by http://winetwits.com

And/or Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/WineTwits and perhaps consider attending an Event either virtually or Live!

Wine Twits is an easy to use twitter-powered community bringing together wine enthusiasts to talk about wine, events and special offers. Wine Twits takes wine-related messages, using Twitter as the content platform, and organizes those messages by wine type, varietal, region, pairings and user ratings. You’re encouraged to rate the wines you’ve tasted on a plus scale. Use the plus symbol “+” (didn’t enjoy) to “+++++” (extraordinary). Contd… http://www.winetwits.com/about

Wine Twits serves up insider info, deals and special offers on wine & more!

http://winetwits.com

Auntie’s Day™ Auntie’s Rose of Distinction for Melanie Notkin a.k.a Savvy Auntie

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:23:24 +0000

Auntie's Day Rose of Distinction

Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Marks the Third Annual

Auntie’s Day™.

My Gift to Melanie is also a Virtual Cupcake.

Wrapper Designed by Katie Shea Design wearing the Savvy Auntie Logo.

Cupcake is a “Stuffed Cupcake” http://www.stuffedcupcakes.com/press/

Like the tradition of Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Grandparent’s Day, it’s a day to honor and celebrate the women in the American Family Village who love and give to children not-their-own. On Sunday, July 24th, 2011 give the Auntie in your child’s life a call, send her a card, or acknowledge her in whatever way you can to say thank you.

Aunthood is a gift. This day is theirs. And they deserve it. To learn more http://bit.ly/qGw4Yp

Melanie Notkin (a.k.a Savvy Auntie) is the founder of http://savvyauntie.com/, author of the national best-seller: SAVVY AUNTIE: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts , Godmothers and All Women Who Love Kids (Morrow) http://bit.ly/SVVYANTE and the creator of the popular Savvy Auntie lifestyle brand – the phenomenon heralded by fabulous kid-friendly women everywhere as a celebration of modern, cosmopolitan aunthood. These PANKs (Professional Aunts No Kids) aren’t childless – they’re child full ! And their love is a gift.

Melanie Notkin is America’s premier Savvy Auntie, empowering the nearly 50% of American women—who are not moms—to celebrate all they do for the children in their lives, while living their own lives to the fullest. She launched http://savvyauntie.com/, the first online community for aunts and godmothers, in the summer of 2008 to wide acclaim. The website includes expert content designed specifically for aunts, activities, community features, and trendy gift ideas.

Contd….. http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/About.aspx?authorid=37160

An Excerpt: Auntiepedia
Melanie Notkin’s Official Website
Savvy Auntie Melanie Notkin on Twitter
Savvy Auntie on Facebook
SavvyAuntie.com

“How I Sold 1 Million EBooks in 5 Months” By John Locke

Katie Shea Design Roses of Distinction — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:24:55 +0000

How I Sold I Million EBooks in 5 Months

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“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison

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“Two roads diverged in a wood,

and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost

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John Locke recently became the eighth novelist to sell a million books through Amazon, and the first to do so completely as an independent, non-traditionally published author.

September, 2010 to March 2011, John Locke increased

his total Kindle monthly sales

from 63 to 369,115!

He is the first self-published author to hit #1 on the Amazon/Kindle Best Seller’s List!

He is the first self-published author to hit both #1 and #2 at the same time!

He is a New York Times best-selling author!

He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Entertainment Weekly!

He has had: contd…. http://newbookjournal.com/2011/07/how-i-sold-1-million-ebooks-in-5-months-by-john-locke/

The character Donovan Creed has a philosophy of fighting…. He say, “Never fight your opponent the way he wants you to fight…. Page 11 “How I sold 1 Million EBooks in 5 Months” By John Locke –>> http://amzn.to/AmazonJHNLCKE

John Locke has been my Twitter friend for almost as long as I have been on Twitter. John is the Author of many best Selling Novels and a southern gentleman who is kind to all and a true friend for so many of us.

I received an email and a post to my Blog yesterday that did not fit the character of the person I have known as my friend for so long. I was going to investigate it further today but woke up to an alert from our mutual friend Author Claude Bouchard http://www.claudebouchardbooks.com/ and his Blog Post http://bit.ly/rhWyUd about someone posing as our friend John Locke. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. The person obviously admires John Locke & his success but brought it way too far.

I read “How I sold 1 Million EBooks in 5 Months By John Locke” the day after it came out. I have been “sitting” with all that John wrote, pondering so much of the tremendous content he shared with all of us.

John Locke has broken through the new frontier of self publishing . John in his book said “the phrase “vanity publishing” was almost certainly invented by traditional publishers years ago in order to squash the competition from entrepreneurial authors”.

John has demonstrated with his persistence and drive that a self publishing author can succeed.

Where there is an established market to sell a product it is very difficult to go against the grain so to speak.

Ebooks are starting to explode in the market place especially with all the new devices that support them becoming more and more available.

I have found that creating and marketing a new product is difficult but creating a “New Market” to sell your “New product” is extremely challenging. I know this first hand from my own experience actively creating a market for my Roses that I invented and are the only ones of this design in the world! http://www.katiesheadesign.com

I hope I can achieve creating my own market for my Roses and be the “New Frontier” for successfully marketing a brand New Product with the help of applying John Locke’s business plan in areas that I can.

I applaud John Locke and his success and am grateful for his friendship and the experience, wealth of knowledge and all his Novels that he has entertained us all with.

I obviously highly recommend “How I sold 1 Million EBooks in 5 Months” and all the Novels that preceeded this Manual for Success!

Links for my first Blog feature of John Locke last Year….. http://rosesofdistinction.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/john-locke-author-of-distinction-2011-update/

My review of one of John’s earlier Novels …….

http://kathydecosmo.blogspot.com/2010/01/donovan-creed-main-character-has.html

Please visit John on his website @ http://www.lethalbooks.com/

You can also find John Locke on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/DonovanCreed.

Update August 22nd, 2011

Another self-publishing phenomenon goes traditional: John Locke

Self-published author John Locke has signed a deal with a traditional publisher. The print editions of John Locke Books will be sold and distributed by Simon & Schuster, the company announced Monday.

Locke was the first — and so far, only — self-published author to sell a million Kindle ebooks. He writes thrillers starring the character Donovan Creed, and has published a popular how-to book, “How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months!”

It appears from Simon & Schuster’s announcement that Locke will retain control over his ebook publishing, while print editions of his books will be sold and distributed by Simon & Schuster. The company’s vice president of client publisher services, Stephen Black, said in a statement: contd… —> http://lat.ms/JHNLCKLAtimes