Alison, Sampler helper extraordinaire and the crafter behind wonderland q (which was just recently featured on Indie Fixx), has had to have emergency surgery. She is okay and recovering nicely, but like so many self-employed artists and designers she has no health insurance. As someone who went many years without health insurance, including my own stay in the hospital, I know how stressful it can be with the medical bills stacking up. It’s also a really sad fact in this country that many uninsured people end up paying more for services than those who have insurance.

If you’d like to help out, donations can be made via Paypal to info AT auroraseven DOT com. Just so you know, Alison is not behind this donation campaign. Her friends, coworkers, and those who just want to help a fellow crafter in need are behind this push for Alison. No contribution is too small or too big… If you’d like more info, Marie of the Sampler and Susie of Boy Girl Party are posting updates.

I’ve been tagged by Dawn from A peek behind Lark Studio to list my 7 favorite songs right now and to tag 7 other bloggers. So here goes:

We Used to be Friends by The Dandy Warhols
You Have Killed Me by Morrissey
Cowgirl in the Sand by Neil Young
Gigantic by The Pixies
13 by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Circling the Sun by the Orange Peels
Tamacun by Rodrigo y Gabriela

I tag:

Georgia of August Lately
Rebecca of In the Bakery
Mallory of Miss Malaprop
Nicole from Funky Utopia
Vanessa from Indie Shopper
Taryn from MYMY
Marie from the Sampler

Or anyone else who wants to chime in!

As a kid I loved to color and I atually still love to color.  I  collect coloring books, which I do color in, the Dover coloring books are my favorites. In celebration of spring and coloring , I decided to make my very own spring coloring pages from some photgraphs that I took at Longwood Gardens. For the big kids that still like to color, like me, just click on the images to open the coloring pages, print, color and enjoy!