It is not yet February 14, and in 2010 we are caught up in horror of the catastrophe in Haiti. So first I hope people will continue to support the brave, innocent people who need our love. And our support. And while our own country still suffers from record unemployment ... can we talk of Valentines Day?

Why Not? We show our love in many ways, and many of us can give to Haitian Aid and do a little something for Valentines Day, for the dear ones close to us. Let love be in the air in all these ways!

New York Festival is promoting Love Is In The Air for Valentines Day Have a look!

Or the tag, ny valentine

It is a collection of Valentine Gifts from the wonderful artisans of New York Festival Market.

Well - No one guessed the exact sentence, but our 3 participants came up with great guesses - so they will be our 3 winners!!!

The sentence was:

"NY Fest celebrates the blazing glory of autumn with vibrant creativity New York style"

The three guesses:

Cheryl (libertyo) - NY Fest celebrates the blazing glory of autumn, New York style with vibrant creativity.

PattyMara - The creativity of New York Fest celebrates blazing autumn glory with a vibrant style.

JaniceP - New York, NY celebrates Autumn Fest, the vibrant, blazing glory of creativity NYC style.

Congrats to all and they will each get a prize!!!

Welcome to our Fall Event - celebrating inspirational Autumn In New York and harvesting our creativity!

Find the "HIDDEN WORDS" in each shop, put the correct sentence together and win a fabulous prize!!!

HERE'S HOW TO WIN:

There are 13 participating shops. Each shop has a product inspired by the season in the Autumn In New York Category.

• When you click on each photo you will be led to each shop's product page.

• Find the puzzle word in CAPS.

• Collect a word from each shop - 14 in all (NOTE: one shop has 2 words!)

• Put the words together into the winning sentence

• send a message to: abbyhorowitzdesigns with your guess

• post a comment to our blog

• please do not give the answer away as we will have multiple winners!

Happy Haunting!

PRIZES DONATED BY:

Egilpatr abbyhorowitzdesigns starry home crafts Julie DeGroot Preserve Jewelry Studio Shell Pearl earrings by mythreejewels Crystal Sun Catcher from sherriscrystals

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is more of a course than it is a book. Julia is aiming to unblock the creative mind. Her book is full of suggestions and exercises to help an artist connect with their creative child inside. She takes the stance that somewhere there is a higher force to accept and connect to. God, Mother Nature, Kharma, Serendipity, whatever you choose to call it. There are two main exercises throughout the book. One is called an artist date, just you and your inner child going to a museum, a movie, a hike in the woods, something that you will enjoy and be inspired by. The other very important exercise is called morning pages. In these, you fill up three pages with whatever comes to mind. Each exercise in the book leads to an understanding of one aspect of your life as an artist.

I have to admit, when I started reading the book, I thought, "Oh no, this is a 12 step self help program, definitely not for me". But somewhere along the way, I got hooked. I found myself actually writing up a contract and committing to 12 weeks of mind breaking exercises. I fought the morning pages at the start, but soon learned how to focus my whole day through them. I could start out the page with a negative thought and somewhere along the way, the silver lining would shine through. By the end of the pages, I'd have my creative day planned out. I was not a blocked creative to start with, but this book still helped me to focus my artistic side and admit to it in a way that I may not have done before. I highly recommend it.