Diane Jarvis-Schuller

The book has arrived! My copy of the 2010 Paws for Charity Art Book arrived and I’m so pleased to be included in this incredibly worthy cause. Many thanks go out to Sara Harley for all the work and dedication with this project, now in its second year.

I warned you all that I’d be mentioning this book every chance I get throughout the year to help encourage sales. Don’t forget the proceeds from the sale of this book and the sales of the greeting cards go towards the chosen cancer charity (a different cancer charity is chosen each year). Many of us have been touched by cancer in some way whether it’s a family member, friend, or coworker. There have been several of my own family members, including my beloved mother, who died of cancer. I’ve been extremely fortunate to have survived cancer, nearly a full ten years ago and continue to remain cancer free.

The book is available either in softcover or hardcover, but I highly recommend purchasing the hardcover for the small extra amount. Many of the artists have made their images available as greeting cards which also make a great gift, but are equally worthy to use yourself as gift or notecards. So, I hope you will consider supporting the Paws for Charity 2010 Art Book. I’ll provide links below again so you can learn more.

• About the 2010 Paws for Charity Art Book project
• Diane was the featured artist last week, April 30, 2010
• The 2010 charity recipient
• To preview and purchase the book
• How to order the greeting cards

I do not receive a penny from sales — my photography simply appears alongside other artists’ work in this book. I hope you will help get the word out about this project (book and the greeting cards). Tweet about it, blog about it, link to this post or directly to the Paws for Charity site, mention it on Facebook, any way you can.

I’m extremely busy working on a huge client order that requires all kinds of preparation and compilation. In the meantime I just learned about a benefit dinner and silent auction for my neighbour and I’d love your help with something. My neighbour and her family moved ‘next door’ (the quarter section beside us) two years ago — a very bold move from Germany. They’re a delightful and hard working family. Last year while out for a bike ride after dinner, the husband was killed by a hit and run driver. His wife was injured but survived the crash. She had a badly broken arm requiring surgery to insert pins. This spring the pins were removed. She had been trying very hard to find work and had finally found a job with the local home care. Today I learned her arm has re-broken requiring the pins to be put back. She will be unable to work for 5-6 months. Fortunately co-workers have planned the benefit dinner & silent auction to help out her and her children.

I have this beautiful hand crafted, glazed, clay platter we bought from an artisan in Montana. I thought it would be a lovely item to donate towards the silent auction. I’d like to include something more and this is where you come in. I’d love to know what you would include inside this platter to make it even more enticing for the silent auction. Please leave your suggestions in the comments. In fact, I may even come up with a little something that I could send to the person with a ‘winning’ suggestion. So, please give it some thought and share your suggestions with me. I can hardly wait to see what you come up with. Bear in mind this is a rural community and not the usual urban-minded folks. The silent auction is Saturday, Nov. 28th and I’ll need to make a decision by Wednesday, Nov. 25th since I may need to go out and purchase the items to place in the platter.

Here are a couple shots of the hand crafted platter I’ll be using.