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How it all started...
I've always loved to send homemade cards to people. In fact, my
sister teases that I send them to taxi drivers and toll booth operators. Well I just did that once. OK, twice,
but they were both exceptionally kind souls!
Anyway, when I stepped-out of a long banking career, due to the adventures
of multiple sclerosis, I decided to start making cards and journals to donate to places where I'd once donated money.
To my surprise, people started contacting me to actually buy my stuff.
Even though my handcrafted paper art is now
in galleries and shops across the US, Caribbean and UK, I still consider this a very small business. Because of
the way my body limits my energy, I work hard at finding and maintaining a healthy balance. I
create each piece of my paper art at my kitchen counter. I love to imagine who'll end up with each one.
I hope you'll be one of those people soon.
My promise to you...
The older I get, the more I realize that true guarantees are
few and far between, but if you ever buy anything from me and are disappointed or dissatisfied... for any reason... just return
the merchandise to me within two weeks. I'll promptly replace it or refund your purchase price. Your choice.
Speaking of donations...
I divide at least 90% of all profits from Cheap
Therapy between several charities that are dear to me. Some of these charities are the Cheap Therapy Pay it Forward Grant, Habitat for Humanity, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund (to
specifically aid natural disaster victims), the National Honor Society and the Brownies (I was kicked-out of these last two, so they hold a SPECIAL place in my heart).
If you'd like to know more about Habitat, the NMSS or the Red Cross, just click on the following links.
Habitat for Humanity
National MS Society
American Red Cross
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Who are we?
(we ask this all the time...)
This is Aslan the Wonderdog
and Lisa,
her housekeeper, play partner and room-mate. SOON, you'll get to meet Blossom, Aslan's new sister. I just
haven't been able to get her to sit still long enough for a photo!
Some of the rest of the story...
Favorite Color.. the purple
mustache I get after drinking grape juice.
Favorite Musical Artists... Clapton, Sam Cooke, Christine(s)
Kane and Lavin, Van Morrision, the Doors, BB King & his distant cousin (kidding!) Carole.
Favorite Songs... "Simple Twist of Fate" (Dylan),
"Into the Mystic" (Van Morrison), "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke), "Case of You"(especially Joni's live
version) and "The Secret of Life" (James Taylor).
Favorite Authors... Tolkien, Annie Dillard, Douglas
Adams, Anne Lamott and who ever wrote The Little Engine that Could.
Favorite Movies... Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart,
Being There, Princess Bride, Little Big Man, Time Bandits, Little Miss Sunshine and I admit
it, Out of Africa (that hair washing scene did me in).
Inspiration...PEACE, PEACE, PEACE...
Goal in Life...to one day become one of those funky old women
about whom the neighborhood children make-up stories... so far, so good!
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