Life was full and busy, as you can imagine. Summer is our competition season and this past summer has been quite crazy, as we now have athletes competing in 2 different types of trapshooting (the North-American version, called ATA, and the Olympic-type)... which means double the training, the competition number, the effort. And yes, double the pride when they do well. They did this year incredible well: one of our juniors won the Canadian Championship (overall, not in juniors!) and a tons of other trophies. Other 2 juniors won Gold, Silver, and Bronze in both the Provincial Championships and National Championships (Olympic-style). There were many other accomplishments, not measured in titles or medals, but as precious for both the athletes, and their coach.
And of course, if the coach is busy, his office administrator (truly yours) is even busier. Add on top that said office admin really wanted to train too, and she added some extra competitions to the season... and she's still going full time to school (and loving every minute of it! or almost every one :) )... and that her mom visited for a month back in October... hopefully you'll forgive me :)
This is not about my summer (one day I might come back with details, it was a fun one), though, but about something else.
Yes, it's the time for a new Art Charm Exchange & Charity Auction! Just days away! save the date :)
What's that? you'll ask. And I'll answer: a wonderful charity event, hosted by Jennifer Cameron of Glass Addictions, a swap, blog hop and charity auction to benefit the Beads of Courage. Jen took the herculean task to organize a number of component artists intro groups of 10. We each make 11 components: one for each member of our group, and an extra one to be auctioned, with the proceeds going to the Beads of Courage organization. I can rarely refrain from participating in a good charity event, and this one is absolutely adorable. Each year there is a theme.
In 2012, the theme was 'Laugh', and last year was 'Love'. You can see what we made in my previous posts:
Art Charm Exchange, 2012 - Laugh
Art Charm Exchange, 2013 - Love
This year, the theme is 'Soar' and you'll have to come back in just a few days to see how I managed it. In the meantime, I can show you what I made, a sneak peak, 'cause you've so patient and I know you won't tell Jen I spoiled all the fun:
What? you thought I'll show them to you? :) No, can't do that to Jen, she's worked so hard!
But I'll invite you to come back on the 25th and you'll see all the charms, I promise! And remember, the Auction starts just the day before, on the 24th (so it will end on Cyber Monday). There will be lots of beautiful charms, trust me, I have 9 of them!
So nice you had a minute to hit your blog, Alicia (you know the saying: "If you want something done, ask a busy person!")
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed I didn't receive one of your charms this year, but I will have to wait til the 25th like the rest ;)
Whew ~ you are busy! But it sounds like all that business has been quite rewarding. Congrats on all the trapshooting accomplishments! Looking forward to seeing your charms :-)
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