Hey everyone!

Just want to reach out and let you know the TagVillage Bazaar, where you can purchase products from the likes of Apple, Sony, Amazon, and Ikea for 10 CENTS (no shipping charges), is about to go LIVE!! David Ruebush has sent out the following memo. To read more about this newest project in TagVillage, simply log into your backoffice and click on NEWSROOM. There have been several memo’s about it.

Attention: This memo is from our CEO

We will be running limited testing on the Bazaar all next week. After we are satisfied with the results and feedback from the limited test run, we will open up a special testing site for all members who are registered and active by June 30th. During the week of July 4-10 we will be conduction tests on the Bazaar with ALL ACTIVE MEMBERS that were registered by June 30th.

If you wish to participate in the testing of the brand-new Bazaar, you MUST BE REGISTERED AND ACTIVE by June 30th!

Thank you.

David Ruebush
CEO
TagVillage, inc.

Hope you all have an awesome weekend!  Please let me know if I can help you in any way with your TagVillage business.

With a smile,

I guess I am limited in my thinking sometimes or as they say, I need to start thinking “Out of the Box.”

I have always written in a journal to get through a problem or to record happy times to remember.  Before I started scrapbooking, I would buy all kinds of pens, pencils, markers, stickers, inks and stamps and decorate my journal pages as I wrote.  One journal in particular has so many stickers and embellishments, it almost doesn’t close any longer.

While doing some research for this post, I came across a video series about “water color journaling.”  I have never heard of this but since I am starting to begin my life-long dream of learning how to draw and paint, of course water color painting also comes into the picture (excuse the pun).

There are SO many ways of expressing yourself through drawing, painting, writing, photography, scrapbooking and even genealogy.  I am a big fan of each of these, as I envision using every one of these activities as a way to relieve stress, be creative and to also leave your mark on the world for future generations.

You can make your own journal, as shown in the video, How to Create a Watercolor Painting Journal or purchase them at a very minimal price at the Dollar Stores, Big Lots and many other places.

I have provided a lined sheet for you to print out and start your journaling with a number of different pictures of your choice.  Just click on the one you would like, save it to your computer and print it out.

• Journal Book
• Hibiscus 1
• Hibiscus 2
• Sunset
• Lighthouse
• Bear
• Kittens
• Pansies
• Cat
• Clock
• Birds
• Cow
• Baby Cows
• Beach Bull Rays
• Water Lillies
• Winter
• Blue Hills
• Mountains
• Rose and Cross
• Rose and Puppy
• Pink Rose
• Football Helmet
• Golf
• Sailboat
• Colt
• Blank With No Picture

If you are already experienced at drawing and/or painting you can embellish your pages with your own artwork as shown in the video.  Even if you’ve never drawn or painted before, it doesn’t matter; beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Teach yourself to draw and paint as I am doing.  These are some of my beginning drawings and paintings.

If you have considered journaling but just didn’t know where to start, what to write about, you might want to sign up for my writing prompts at the right and you will receive some encouraging words and ideas for prompts each and every day.

QUOTE: I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others’ work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now. ~Jonathan Carroll

I’ve always liked the quote, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” by Maya Angelou

Nathalie Villeneuve

Tammy Matthews

Today, I was honored to make a guest post on my friend Nathalie Villeneuve’s blog about a friend connection I made on the Women of Facebook group with Tammy Matthews.  Nathalie has been having a featured post every week like this and it has been very well received by everyone.

I am not that comfortable yet with making videos but I wanted to make this one to show Tammy how much I appreciated her friendship to me.

I did not realize that a few minutes of video time and stepping out of my “Comfort Zone” as they say, would have that much of an impact on people.

So today, the above quote has become even more cherished to me.  It made me feel absolutely giddy to see the response from Tammy, Nathalie and the readers and the comments that were left.  If I have made even one small “feel good” impact on any one person, then I have accomplished my good deed for the day.

Don’t misunderstand, I did not do the video for the response or the attention, I just wanted to do something special for Tammy

Today, I realized we can ALL make a difference just by doing one thing for one person and it reacts like a stack of dominoes and the ongoing effect; when one of them falls over, it spills on to others over and over again.

How about you?  What have you done today for another person?  Believe it or not, doing something good for someone else will make you just as happy as it does them.

Give it a try and let me know how it made YOU feel.

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How Do You Relieve Stress?

Many people have different ways of relieving stress in their lives; exercising, smoking, walking, eating, anger, depression, anxiety, shopping, hobbies and I’m sure there are more that I have not thought about.

While some mentioned above are good ways to relieve stress, some of them are absolutely the wrong way to deal with it.

Exercising, walking and working on your hobbies are excellent ways but they may not be for you.  As bad as I know it is NOT to exercise, I have such a hard time with exercising and always have. I do walk every now and then but again not as much as I should.

My preferred methods of relieving stress is writing in a journal and/or working on my hobbies such as scrapbooking, photography, genealogy and I am teaching myself to draw.  I’ve always wanted to draw but never took the time to work at it but I am doing that now.

Let me know how you relieve stress in your life.  Leave a comment and share with friends.

I am inviting you to follow along with me in your chosen way of relieving stress.

Sign up for my daily writing prompts and words of encouragement.

Start writing in a journal or diary each day and clear your mind of the clutter so you can proceed each day with renewed energy and strength.

Feeling Good

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If this is your first time visiting here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS at the top right side so you will be notified when I release my email series “A New Life Journey”.

As I sat working on the email series that I will soon be offering on my blog, I got to thinking about how much work I was getting done, very proud of myself and I wondered what happened different this week that made me “get moving forward with my plans?”

I’m still recovering from a bout of bronchitis, so that is one reason why I’m getting more work done.  My grand-kids stayed overnight with me last night and we had a great time.  That always makes me feel good, even though I got the bronchitis from my grandson in the first place.

Although these things contributed, ultimately it was ME, “Who Made Me Feel Good This Week”.   I realized this after reading a post by Evie Burke called “Throwing a Pity Party” My pity party was over and it was time to get to work.

We should not look to or expect anyone else to “Make Us Feel Happy or Feel Good”.  It is our responsibility to do that ourselves.  If we have to take a short time to Throw a Pity Party, then do it, be done with it and move on.

So if you are wondering why things are not progressing in your life or your business as you planned, then look to yourself.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.~Carl Jung

How about you?

Who Made You Feel Good This Week?

Did You Depend on Someone Else or Yourself?

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