Art, Home Education, and a Positive Cash Flow?!

For a while now, I had been feeling unsettled and needy for some extra income to give our family more peace of mind financially speaking. We want to not only be able to take care of our own needs and wants, but also those of others who are worse off than we are. I know God provides, but sometimes it is hard to remember when we are so fully aware that 1-3 months without salary could cause several of us to lose our homes.

I am teaching art and doing other artsy things. This is growing and I love the work. The only problem is that the rate of growth is not quite fast enough to see a large enough dent to our monetary deficit.

It is no wonder that my interest was peaked when I went to pick up some Home school supplies that were posted on the local Craig's list, and in conversation with the lady ended up talking about a healthy nutritious juice product, and also the business part.

Now I'm no health nut, but I do try to keep our family eating healthy as a rule as opposed to the exception. This lady, her name is Janet, started telling me about people she knew that saw a difference after drinking 1-2oz in the morning, and 1-2oz before bed. She then handed me a bottle of juice to try for myself. I did so, for about a week. At first I didn't even notice that my achiness that I usually woke up with was gone, until the 2nd day or so. Then I stopped taking it for a day to see if there would be a difference, and sure enough! I was sore and achy in my joints again. This stuff had my attention. I actually liked the taste, but had to get used to the texture of the 19 different fruits, the most important of which was the açai berry that has gotten so much attention lately. In any case I immediately thought of friends and family that I thought could definitely benefit from the "healing" properties in this mixture. One is not allowed to say that food or diet can heal, I'm not sure about that, all I know is that I was achy and now I'm not.

Speaking of which, just today I realized that I finally have some major relief from the pain in my neck I had been carrying since last December when I went to do some recreational, literal bouncing off the walls(it was a place with trampolines on the walls and the floors). Some how during the first practice fall they require of you in order to see if you know how to fall correctly, I injured my neck and it hasn't stopped hurting until this week! I was in the car tonight when I had to turn my head rapidly and had no pain. I was pleasantly surprised and wondered if this was the work of this juice I have been drinking since about 2.5 weeks.

All this is splendid of course, but when I left a bottle after sharing some with my family and especially my grandmother (who seems constantly riddled with aches and pains), When I saw her a couple of days later, my grandmother raved about the black juice, as she dubbed it, and how it alleviated some aches she was having across the upper part of her back. For me that was good news, because it meant that this stuff was going to be able to help my grandmother!!!

SO, that's it right, here is great stuff that I can share with people I know and see them feel better and stay healthier. They say that the 2-4 oz a day is like eating the 4-5 FDA suggested servings of fruit a day! I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get all that in, anyhow, you can hear more about what it does or can do for you health wise here: http://www.realhealthanswers.com/features/acai-berry-testimonies.htm

In the meantime there is a financial element that is just staggering! This is what got me thinking that I may need to try something out of my league a couple of weeks ago I went to a juice tasting with Janet, and listened to a young man talking about it, and how it had changed his life. He didn't have such an exciting background, as far as being qualified to make a ton of money. What I was told though, was that he has been in the business for just over a year now, and that this time last year he was only making $50,000 dollars a year. According to Janet's husband he is currently making upwards of $500,000 dollars a year! How many of you know that even $50,000 dollars would be a welcome income for working only part-time?! So, yes, I am excited and wanted to share this with you all because I know you can benefit, and I don't want anyone mad at me for not letting them in on what is happening. I'll be investigating this from the inside out. :-)

Much Love and Peace!

This is a tiny little illustration I made a while back in reference to Psalm 1. It is a very visual Psalm, and this was my interpretation of what I "saw".

Besides making art, theres nothing more rewarding than teaching it to others and having them actually get it. I have been teaching art for now over 10 years professionally, in a variety of venues with people from all backgrounds and ages.

I recently started a studio of my own in the DC area and am looking forward to many years of motivating aencouraging several groups of students on towards reaching their visual goals.

In the last 2 weeks of January I am having half price days for regular and potential students to come and and check out the studio for themselves, without the commitment to a regular 4 week period. People can come and on one or more days.

I will be teaching my "Mimic the Masters" classes, where students choose a famous piece of art that they would like to inspire them into a work of their own.

As well as a new class that I am calling "The Drawing Wishlist" Where the students name a few things that they have always wanted to draw, and they get some guidance and insight and fast and easy tricks to help them draw like never before.

check out the website: www.art-smart-studio.com The updates will arrive there shortly. In the meantime, there is a link for contact if you are interested and someone will contact you asap.