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Christmas presents reveled. This year a group of the Lovely Lula girlfriends met out for some holiday cheer and we exchanged handmade gifts. I made each of my friends and lovely little painting with words that I felt reflected where each individual is currently at in her life. I wanted to mark this time by noting it in paint. Here are the paintings that now live in my girlfriends homes. Ready for a new year!
“EVERYTHING IS FREE IT ALWAYS WILL BE” but we need your help to keep it that way! 2014 marked our 10th Anniversary providing art worthy materials for creative minds free of charge.
The Art Resource Center (ARC) helps any non-profit to facilitate their art needs.
The ARC has saved thousands of pounds of waste from going to our landfills by collecting materials. When a teacher calls and says they are a new hire but the classroom is empty we fill the shelves with art supplies. When volunteers from March of Dimes want to do a special project we help with ideas and send them away with supplies. When Head Start needs tactile fabrics and inspiration for young minds we are the ones they come to for help. When a homeless artist walks through the door we give her paints and canvas and brushes.
The ARC touches well over 20,000 lives a year and our reach into the community and around the state is growing annually.
Please consider supporting the work of the ARC. Your dollars are needed to increase our space, build a gallery for recycled art exhibits and to offer classes to the community and so that we can be self sustaining.
If everyone on in our network donated $25 we would reach our 2015 goal and fulfill our dreams.
THE ARC is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit your donation is tax deductible.
Please write your check to:
THE ART RESOURCE CENTER
1860 W. University. Suite 102
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Or go to our website www.artresourcecenter.org and click on the donate button.
Thank you and may you have the happiest of holiday seasons,
Sherrie Zeitlin
Director
Here is a sweet little gift from us at Lovely Lula, some free holiday printables. These gift tags are the perfect way to spruce up any gift, with minimal effort. Simply click to download the free PDFs we’ve provided and print them out. Make yours are unique and print them on a nice piece of card-stock or your favorite paper then cut around the designs, hole punch and tie a ribbon through the hole. You can have fabulous handcrafted gift tags in minutes! Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Green Christmas Gift Tags-Download
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Black and White Gift Tags-Download
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Cyber Monday is just a few days away! That doesn’t mean you have to wait, you can shop online now with one of our favorite local stores. Visit Changing Hands Bookstore online and purchase The Little Spark By Carrie Bloomston. This is a great gift for artists, art lovers, girl friends who get together, self help fans and lovers of all things local!
If you order the book now from Changing Hands you’ll receive two free tickets to meet Carrie Bloomston in person at the Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix on Tuesday December 2nd, at 7pm (Details below) and get your copy autographed by the author.
Local artist and author Carrie Bloomston interviewed a dozen local creatives who are featured in this book! Artists, writers, chefs, photographers, musicians and other creatives. It is a celebration of all things local and it’s available now!
Event: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 at 7 pm Changing Hands Book Store, Phoenix Location
EVENT DETAILS
- TICKET (admits two) is free when you purchase The Little Spark from Changing Hands Bookstore.
- Letter groups (printed on top of ticket) will be called at 6pm to fill seats and designated standing room. If available, seating and standing room opens to those without tickets at 6:45pm.
- Space cannot be guaranteed for late arrivals.
- Booksigning line forms by assigned letter group after the presentation. Those without tickets may get their books signed after ticket-holders, if time allows.
- Event details may be subject to unannounced changes.
Also, support Arizona’s Local Advocacy Organization -Â Local First Arizona
Happy Holiday Shopping – Locally!
It’s Black Friday. Is your refrigerator stuffed with Thanksgiving leftovers? Why do we prepare so much for one meal? Now what do we do with all the left overs? Let’s get to sharing ideas because really a delicious turkey deserves a better after life then being slapped between two pieces of wonder bread. Tis the season for soup I say. I make a killer chicken noodle soup and so this year I am going to alter my recipe and make it with all of the left over turkey. If the batch it too big I’ll freeze some and pull it out mid winter to enjoy on a day when dinner prep is just too much. Here is my recipe normally made with chicken but altered for a post Thanksgiving change. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
Turkey
2 lbs Carrots
1 Celery bunch
2 Yellow Onions
1 Bunch whole leaf Parsley
3 Bay leaves
1 tsp marjoram
1 Garlic bulb (peeled)
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive Oil
12 oz egg noodles (I use Gluten Free)
Directions For Broth:
- Strip all of the meat off of the carcass.
- Cut up 1 pound of carrots, one onion and half of a celery bunch.
- Place carcass, cut carrots, onion, celery, bay leaves, half of the garlic bulb and ½ of the parsley bunch into a large pot cover with water and bring to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and allow to cook in the pot for one hour.
- Strain broth into a bowl, discard the carcass, vegetables and bay leaves.
Directions For Soup:
- Cut up 1 pound of carrots, one onion and half of a celery bunch.
- In a stock pot place 1 to 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Add freshly cut vegetables cook in the oil until the onions are clear (5 to 7 min.)
- Add broth, turkey, marjoram, salt and pepper and other half of parsley bunch.
- Simmer for 30 minutes
- Cook noodles in a separate pan
- Dish noodles into a bowl and pour soup over top. Serve immediately.
NOTE: This recipe will make a lot of soup so serve some and then freeze the rest in small freezer bags to pull out when the mood strikes. It will keep in the freezer for 6 months.
