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Sneak Peak Deux of Issue #6 of my online magazine

February 09, 2012

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In case you’ve been missing it (and I know you have), issue #6 of Joie is in the works! If you weren’t aware, Joie is an online lifestyle magazine that’s all about the art of joyful living and it covers art, craft, living, design, fashion + more. It comes out quarterly and each issue is put together around a theme.

Issue #6’s theme is Frolic and is scheduled to come out the beginning of March. You can see a little sneak peak of some of gorgeous content above.

And it’s not too late to reserve your ad spot in issue #6!

There are Double Page, Full Page & 1/2 Page spots open. Rates and specs can be seen HERE. You can email to reserve your spot or checkout on the page.

Each issue has an expected readership of over 200,000, so you can promote your business  to a lot of people and support Joie at the same time!

Advertise in Joie – Click here!

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Some recent pics

February 08, 2012

Here’s some recent pics from the a day in the life of Indie Fixx.

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A big mug of  Xocolatl drinking chocolate with almond milk in my 1971 mug…I’m as old as Starbucks. yea, I know.

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A trio of cupcakes for myself and my two favorite people in the whole world….bet you can’t guess who they are?!

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The mister and I on a roadtrip!

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Self-portrait.

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This is Shagga kitty, Mr. Indie Fixx’s father’s kitty. She lived with us for a brief time last year until we had to find her another home because she didn’t get along with our other cats. We still get to visit her though. spacer

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Call for Creative writers!

February 07, 2012

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I’m beginning work on issue #6 of Joie mag (coming in March) and I’m looking for creative writers who want to submit short (very short) stories and poetry for a new feature I am adding to the magazine highlighting creative writing.

Here’s what I need:

1. Short stories less than 300 words. Think One-Minute-Fiction. Get in touch to find out the theme.

2. Poetry. Get in touch to find out the theme.

Contributors do receive credit or a byline for their contribution, a blurb in the contributor directory and a 150×100 banner on Indie Fixx in exchange for contributing. I also spotlight selected contributors on Indie Fixx as well.

Email for more info. Please include examples of your work.

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What’s the big idea?

February 06, 2012

Last week I saw this meme on Facebook about a shower taking 27 minutes. 2 minutes for washing and cleaning your body + 25 minutes for thinking time. That’s totally me!

It got me to thinking about all the other places where I  come up with my best “big ideas”.

My Best Thinking Places

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What are your favorite “big idea” thinking places?

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Much love for Krize

February 02, 2012

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I have much love for this cute little shop (Krize Smilins) and what a wonderful place to get something for Valentine’s Day for your bestie (or yourself)!

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I love you. Pass it on.

February 01, 2012

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Did you know that I love you? Well, I do. I love everyone. Well, some of you are harder to love than others, but in general I do love you all. And I think that we should practice love for one another. Not just your family, that’s too easy.

I’m talking about loving strangers,

because believe it or not, that’s our default. We are all born into this world with love in our hearts and it is only through the years that we learn to not love as a default. Instead we learn to distrust, to hate, to judge, in inflict pain, to shut out and to shut down. But, we can make a change. We can make a conscious decision to love our fellow humans again. And that’s what I plan on doing.

What got me thinking about this is I have a friend who told me recently that he is planning on hugging everyone at these joint meetings we both attend. Now, these are not social meetings at all, the people who are meeting are often strangers or distant acquaintances at best, but he has decided to hug them all. Sometimes, these meetings can get quite contentious and it’s so much more difficult to get angry and shut down in a conversation with someone you just hugged.

A hug sort of resets that default,

it helps you to see other people are people. I think his idea is a fabulous one.

So, I’ve undertaken a new project. I’ve made these signs (see below) and I plan on posting them in random places. Wherever I see a community bulletin board, I will pin one up. I actually have a stack and some pins in my bag right now, so I won’t be caught unawares. My goal is to share my random stranger love with the world and hopefully they will in turn share their love with strangers as well.

What do you think? Would you like to join my campaign to tell the world that we love them?

If so, download this sign I made and post it wherever you can. Take a picture of it and post it to the Pass It On Flickr Group.

Printable Pass It On Sign

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