Salon de Maria Blog

My mind has been all over the place for the past couple weeks.  I’ve been coming up with different money-making ideas not related to my art or jewelry business and have been writing up a storm over at Squidoo.  Writing gigs are coming up left and right and it seems that jewelry-making and painting have been put on the backburner for now.  Although, I did take a break from writing yesterday and made this gorgeous, bright and colorful necklace that reminds me of fruit cocktail!  I’d upload a picture of it, but somehow I’ve “misplaced” the little gadget I need to upload the file from my memory stick.  Just another reminder that I do need to slow down…

Despite all this “business management” that I’m doing - some might call it “running around like a chicken with her head cut off” -  I feel very inspired and productive in the projects that I’m tackling.  I have a little post-it on my computer that says, “Stay Focused!” and I look at it about 100 times a day.  Needless to say, I’m feeling very focused and doing what I need to be doing to get to the next level.  I like to call it "going with the flow" and letting my Inner Guide tell me what I should be doing at any given moment during the day. 

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With Father’s Day just around the corner, I’ve been hacking my brain on what to get for pops on this special day.  Actually, I believe that Father’s Day should be every day and that we should take time out every week – if not every day – to honor our fathers. 

I bought supplies to make Father’s Day cards to sell this year, but for some reason I got caught up in blogging projects that I just didn’t make any time to sit down and make some.  Maybe next year. 

So, today I will venture out into San Diego on the hunt for the perfect Father’s Day gift.  Being that San Diego is a military town right by the ocean and my father served time in the Navy, I’m sure there’s a plethora of nautical gifts out there.  Over at Kobey’s Swap Meet I have also seen vendors who sell ships and airplanes made of carved wood.  Very artistic. 

Speaking of artistic, I did come across these model ships over at GoNauticalGifts.com.  People say that making jewelry takes a lot of patience….I think putting these little ships together would take so much more patience! 

But then again, I could give pops nautical décor for his room by creating a painting…That would definitely be more personal. 

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I think it totally slipped my mind last month to post here my interview with Laura Gambucci, a boutique owner in La Jolla.  The article was featured on San Diego Magazine's website and it was my second article ever to be published for a magazine.  My first article was about home decorating and was featured in a Las Vegas home magazine a few years ago.  However, this was my first interview as a "journalist" and weird as it may sound - I was nervous. 

Perhaps I was feeling a bit insecure as a writer because I never took any journalism classes in high school or college.  But why be nervous?  After all, I've been writing since I was four-years-old and have ten+ blogs that are read by thousands of people.  Why all of a sudden do I feel this way?  

Anyhow, I'm pretty happy with the finished product.  I really enjoyed getting to know Laura Gambucci.  She's a very talented stylist and interior designer with many creative ideas.  If you're ever in San Diego, I recommend checking out her boutique!  It's located at 7629 Girard Avenue in La Jolla, California.   

Read more of my interview with Laura over at The Runway Scoop 

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