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| "Love yourself. The rest comes after." -- Lori Anderson |
This summer, I went pink!
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| Author, artist, designer Lori Anderson |
Participants in Lori Anderson's "Bead Soup Blog Hop Party 6" were invited by jewelry designers Shelly Graham Turner and Sandra McGriff to a secret Facebook group celebrating Lori Anderson for all she does in the community, and to thank her for her group, the "Bead Soup Cafe" on Facebook, and for hosting the 400 person 6th Bead Soup Party!
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| Join us at Lori's Facebook group, "The Bead Soup Cafe'! |
The idea: go pink for Lori by dying our hair pink for a surprise online book of participants' sentiments of appreciation and pictures of everyone's pink hair. The "in the pink" online tribute is a great way to let Lori know how dearly she is appreciated and loved for being the generous artist she is! Additionally, today is "In The Pink" day for Lori!
The "In The Pink" group was wonderful! Thank you for your hard work and technical savvy, Sandra McGriff, and for the online keepsake you've created. And thank you Shelly Turner for your hard work organizing and mediating the secret group and project! Likewise, special thanks to Ambra Chicandfrog, Lea Avroch, and Audrey Bélanger for all their hard work too! You all did such a wonderful job and gave so generously!
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| Lea Avroch's special in the pink goddess "Lori" bead ! |
Going pink
with Lori as a way to honor her courage and creativity has been a great
experience. The wonderful community of jewelry and bead artists made it
so much fun.
The incredibly talented and lovely Lea Avroch of LA Jewelry designs even created a beautiful goddess bead with pink hair just for Lori! Isn't it awesome?
As friends posted pictures of their pink hair in the secret "In The Pink" group, people cheered each other on and a spirit of freedom and courage and fun touched everyone. Pictures were shared as friends "went pink" -- including some adorable furry friends! My chihuahua also wanted to "go pink" so Pancho is happily playing with his pink hair puffle today :) I'm so glad that we all get to go pink and pay tribute to Lori today!
Lori Anderson is the reason for this very blog! I created it just so Jewel School customers could know about Lori's Bead Soup Parties:) Lori is an uplifter who inspires people to create, connect, and grow. She cheers emerging jewelry artists on to try new techniques, to publish their work, and to believe in themselves. Lori treats all artisans with honor and respect, and she is kind and real. She is physically challenged, and makes being differently-abled Ok. Many artists, like me, with disabilities find courage from Lori; she exemplifies that persons with disabilities can do!
My Pink Tribute & Reveal:
Lori,
Thank you for your creativity, for your encouragement, for giving people the courage to believe in themselves, to try, to become more than they might have imagined.
Thank you for being a leader, a winner, a mother and sister -- and
most of all -- a friend!
Namaste, Toltec Jewels
IN THE PINK Tributes & Pink Reveals
Gail Vanderster-Zwang http://angelmoose.blogspot.com
Lea
Avroch http://lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com
Leslie Wayment http://www.aabeadsonline.com/blog
Kelley Katherine Hagerty-Fogle http://www.mylifeonebeadatatime.blogspot.com
Sheila
Davis http://www.stonedesignsbysheila.blogspot.com
Solange Collin http://www.blog.ahowinjewelry.com
Jennifer
Chasalow VanBenschoten http://www.vanbeads.blogspot.com
Isolina Perez http://IsolinaPerez.blogspot.com
Sherri Stokey http://www.knotjustmacrame.com
Mary Howell Govaars
http://mlhjewelrydesigns.com
Bee
Kuhlman http://mixedmayhemstudios.blogspot.com
Lynnea Perry Bennett http://designsbylynnea.blogspot.com
Alicia Marinache http://www.allprettythings.ca
Heather Otto http://www.thecrafthopper.com
Kimberly Flood http://www.goddessesandbeads.blogspot.com
Courtney White Breul http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com/
Lisa Liddy http://lisaliddy.wordpress.com
Marianne Baxter http://www.simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com
Marlene Cupo http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com
Mária Horváth http://horimarikabeads.blogspot.hu
Mária Horváth http://horimarikabeads.blogspot.hu
Andrea Beth Trank
www.heavenlanecreations.com
Heidi Mansfield Kingman http://www.mybeadtherapy.blogspot.com/
Emoke Schmidt http://emoke1.blogspot.com
Lupe Meter
gesmpccorner.blogspot.com
Tanya Boden
http://fusionmusebangkok.blogspot.com
Ambra Chicandfrog http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com
Malie Kai http://maliekaidesigns.blogspot.com
Sandra Young
http://blog.gypsyroadbeads.ca
Sandi Marinaro Volpe http://www.sandivolpe.com
Gretchen Nation http://www.artfoodlodging.blogspot.com
Mimi Gardner http://www.othercuriosities.blogspot.com
Sonya Ingersoll-Stille http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com
Marian Hertzog http://mhertzog-msplace.blogspot.com
Terry Matuszyk http://pinkchapeau.wordpress.com
Sonya Ingersoll-Stille http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com
Marian Hertzog http://mhertzog-msplace.blogspot.com
Terry Matuszyk http://pinkchapeau.wordpress.com
Audrey Belangér http://esperianterra.blogspot.com
Sandra McGriff http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com
Shelley
Graham Turner http://www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com Big Hugs, TJ
WOW Rita...you writing is so deep and loving. You have a real talent in expressing how you feel and encouraging others.... Love you! Shelley
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post. Love all the pink inspirational pic. Sure Lori will too!
ReplyDeleteLove your post Rita! You have many of the same qualities as Lori, both creative and giving.
ReplyDeleteTotally and completely bawling. You look lovely in your pink, and I wish I had the proper words to thank everyone! I can't believe it was kept a secret for so long!
ReplyDeleteYou are wonderful and beautiful person. Loved your post.
ReplyDeleteNamaste,
Ambra
Wonderful post, Rita!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post. I wish I would have thought to include my golden retriever, Bella, in the pink thing. She's definitely a girly dog - she would have loved it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely idea and a great post too
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous post! I had to speed read past some because MY eyes were beginning to water so I KNOW Lori had to grab the tissues ;)
ReplyDeleteWow your post was so touching. I love your pic with the pink hair, it really looks good on you :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderfully touching post! Now I'm a teary mess. All I can say is that between someone with a sweet spirit like Lori's and the beauty of beads, must be some magic that brings together some truly fantastic people. I am honored to have become a part of it and to be associated with such fantastic, caring, and thoughtful people like you! Namaste! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet! Love your post and your pink.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely tribute to Lori! You describe her so well! --Sharyl
ReplyDeleteRita, It is an honour to be your beads friend. I am so touched with your post, I almost cry. Very deep and Thoughtful.
ReplyDeleteHow beautifully you've captured the heart of this tribute. So well done - thank you ~~Tricia
ReplyDeleteRita your post was so touching! You have done an amazing job writing a heartfelt story :)
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