New Plan

I read an article over the weekend about how to have a more productive day. One of the pieces of advice it gave was to not, absolutely not, start your day with checking email. The reason is that you can get sucked in to your inbox and distracted by all the little things that come your way. So much of the email I get is Twitter notifications and there is really nothing to respond or act on in them that would be hurt by waiting a couple hours. I will still be returning all those tweets and responding to the DMs but just a bit later in the day.

Making this choice I wanted to start my day with something I always meant to do but by afternoon and evening I am brain fried and have a hard time making sense. This blog as a journal, which is what I always meant to be its prime purpose, has been neglected or inconsistently used for far too long.

So good morning to you all and to me. It is Monday, February 2, the day after the Super Bowl that the Patriots won. It is a snowy day here in Jackson.


This day I will be setting up my tweets for the next several days. Some of those tweets will focus on my friends from Group2020.com including the shop of the week, Cuprum29, who makes some pretty awesome jewelry like the upper arm cuff you see here..



Some of my tweets will be for this weeks featured shops from the Flash Attack group on Zibbet.com. The shops for this week are Gallery Musings and Gallery at Kingston. Chris at Gallery Musings is a painter. Gallery at Kingston is a husband and wife team who do beautiful things with wood and paint.
Just getting this written feels like I really accomplished something this morning. Hope you all have a great day too.

See you tomorrow morning.

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 I sell - Zibbet
I blog - A Cozy Life
I tumble - CozyAtoZ
I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus and on Twitter .


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Group 2020 Showcase Board

As you may know if you follow me around I belong to a fantatic group of sellers with shops on multiple venues and web sites. We are Group2020 and we have a board on Pinterest that is always active with new items from our shops being posted all the time. 

The widget below shows you the latest on the Group2020 Showcase Board and is always up to date. Follow the board to keep up with the latest from these great sellers.

Follow Group2020's board !Group2020 Showcase! on Pinterest.

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 I sell - Zibbet
I blog - A Cozy Life and Group2020
I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus and on Twitter .

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Lehane Arts on Etsy Group2020 Shop of the Week

I love creating jewelry! Years ago beads jumped out at me and yanked me into a fascinating world of color, shape, size, and incredible variety.

Cappuccino Jasper Pendant with Earthy Color Beads, Brown Zebra Jasper

Gemstone Earrings, Moss Opal Dangle, Leverback Style, Cream and Tan

Sapphire Blue Leverback Dangle Earrings, Washer Style, September Birthday

Round Ocean Waves Glass Pendant Necklace Olivine Green

Are you ready to go shopping and immerse yourself in a world of color, shape, size and incredible variety?

Allow me to be your enabler.

Lehane Arts on Etsy

Twitter

Pinterest

Google Plus

Blog

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I sell - Zibbet
I blog - A Cozy Life and Group2020
 I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus and on Twitter .


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Lanmom Originals Group2020 Shop of the Week

Spectacular heirloom quality bead crochet jewelry, luxurious handcrafted soaps, and other wearable and functional art created just for you!

So much here in this shop.

Let's start with soaps. 

Pictures are clickable links so you can be whisked away to shop with just a click.

Cinnamon Tea Tree Soap

Cinnamon and Fall always go together in my mind.

Cedar Clove Soap

What every man should smell like.

Let's move on to some stunning crochet work with beads.

Remember just click the pic to go shopping.

Isn't this necklace beautiful? Black copper, turquoise beads crocheted into a rope one stitch at a time.

The colors of a stormy ocean in this bracelet. The pattern reminds me of waves.

How to connect and shop-

on Etsy

on Facebook

on Twitter

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 I sell - Zibbet
I blog - A Cozy Life and Group2020
I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus and on Twitte
        

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Hello World

I did something last week, had the camera with me and took no pictures. Typical of me I suppose, most of my life is half done, nearly done or undone. Sometimes the guilt of that bothers me and sometimes I say "Oh hell, life goes on. Get over it".

Anyway what I did last week was go on a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate 38 years of being married. We had a comped suite at the Luxor which was nice except for the Vegas standard of no coffee makers in hotel rooms. (Hint for Vegas hotels- Look I get the reasoning but many of us would come downstairs in a much better mood if we could have a cup of coffee first.)

We spent most of a day using the pool and a cabana and loved it. Cabanas at the Luxor include soft drinks and bottled water, snacks, a tv, misters to fight the heat, lounge chairs, towels and wait staff that comes by so you can order drinks from the bar or meals to be delivered to your little place in the shade.

Inbetween dips in the pool and eating lunch I read a book I brought along.I finished it after I got home. I was reading "Next" by Michael Crichton. I enjoyed the story and the fast pace of the details unfolding.

Mornings our meals were at the cafe or the buffet which have the standard expected choices and were all nicely done. One night we tried the Rice Restaurant inside Luxor and loved it. Our favorite off the menu was the Fantasy Roll.

I got home for the Zibbet relaunch and my shop made the transition smoothly after being on vacation the week before. I have some pictures to clean up because I am not satisfied with them in the new look but I will get there.

Also Lehane Arts on Etsy is our Group2020 shop of the week. You can find out a bit about that shop from the blog post I wrote for the Group2020 team blog.

So what's new with you? Anyone?

I sell - Zibbet
I blog - A Cozy Life and Group2020
I tumble - CozyAtoZ
I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus and on Twitter .

Shop of the Week Lanmon Originals

I am not typically a sentimental person. Being married to the same man for 38 years on the 24th of July can change that a bit even if it is temporary. So being in that state of mind I have a lovely bracelet to share with you from our Group2020 featured shop of the week.

Isn't this a lovely bracelet? The seed beads used to crochet and create this beautiful accessory are in the warm colors that I find myself wearing more and more these days. I also really like that the metal bead has "love" on one side and a heart on the other.

Where did I find such beauty, talent and style?

Lanmom Originals on Etsy and if you take the time to browse I am sure you will find something you like too.

I sell - Zibbet
I blog - A Cozy Life and Group2020
I tumble - CozyAtoZ
I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus and on Twitter .

Exquisite Studios

Well I haven't blogged in awhile. I do things, go places, take pictures meaning to share them here and then, well I am sure most of you know how it goes. Maybe someday I will share more of those moments, but today I am sharing a wonderful shop on Etsy. Exquisite Studios is our Group2020 shop of the week.

Group2020 is a small group of artisans who have met here and there around the web and have joined together to promote each other with pins, tweets, facebook posts, G+ posts and blog posts. Some of us are more active on one social media outlet than another and it all works out. Look for us on Twitter to be using #group2020 to see our featured shop and items each week.

NOW on to sharing Exquisite Studios!

The ring is absolutely beautiful and I love it. I wasn't really looking for a ring but then I saw it and knew it was the one for me. Emily is so great to work with and she has such amazing pieces. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on her shop :)

Let me just say that this ring is even MORE beautiful in person! Its so unique and I get compliments on it DAILY. I am thoroughly pleased with my purchase, and the customer service of this shop is outstanding!

Above are just a couple of the many glowing reviews of what you can find in this shop filled with stunning pieces of vintage jewelry brought back to life by this talented artisans hands. If I had to pick a favorite it would be an impossible task but I will show you a couple items that caught my eye while looking over the shop to prepare this post.

Shop or connect with Emily of Exquisite Studios

on Etsy

on Pinterest

On Twitter

You can tell her Cozy sent you!

I sell - Zibbet
I blog - A Cozy Life and Group2020
I tumble - CozyAtoZ
I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus and on Twitter .

Shop of the Week Lanmon Originals

I have great admiration for people who do things I can't or don't. I have looked at soap making instructions online and it makes my head spin. Thankfully there are shops where you can get the best soaps you have ever used and Lanmon Originals is one of those.

Lemon Zing

Delicate yet vibrant lemon scented soap that will start your morning off with a zing and a smile!
Contains olive oil, canola oil, lemon zing herbal tea, coconut oil, palm oil, shea butter, lemongrass, lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit essential oils, safflower petals and turmeric.

Apricot Creme

Beautifully luxurious apricot soap that will pamper your skin and your mind! The all natural apricot puree and butter make this vegan soap almost good enough to eat!
Contains saponified olive, avocado, palm kernel and castor oils and cocoa and shea butters, peach herbal tea, apricot puree and nut butter, almond milk, and madder.

Rose Romance

All the romance of spring wrapped up in a soap! I spent months infusing oil with roses, and that rose oil kissed with a touch of geranium essential oil gives this hand crafted vegan soap a lovely floral scent that will start your day out right. I have also included a touch of corn silk to make this bar even more luxurious while still being vegan!  Contains saponified olive, canola, palm kernel and palm oils and shea butter, water, rose infused olive oil, geranium essential oil, corn silk, yellowdock, madder and rattanjot.

Goodness I really wish you could smell on the internet! Today the shop of the week has the most lovely sounding scents in handcrafted soap. Leave a comment to let me know what you would choose for yourself.

I sell - Zibbet I blog - A Cozy Life and Group2020
I tumble - CozyAtoZ
I pin - cozyatoz
I socialize - on Google Plus, on Twitter, and on Facebook

What a week!

I happen to belong to a wonderful group of online friends. You can find links to them all on Group2020.com. I was the group's featured shop this week and the results have been very nice indeed and I want to use this post to thank them publically. The views of my Zibbet.com/cozy shop have tripled my average monthly results.

These friends have tweeted, pinned, blogged, G+'ed. stumbled and posted on facebook and wanelo.

Thank you all!