Peas for Prosperity

12/31/2012

Wishing everyone in PeaLand a year filled with endless Good Luck and Prosperity! Don't forget to eat your Peas!

12/30/2011

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year filled with Good Luck and endless Prosperity. Enjoy your Lucky Peas this New Year's!

11/08/2011

Hello Pea fans and Happy Pea Season! Thanks for all of the inquiries about ordering holiday peas. Unfortunately, Black-eyed Pete and I are stuck in China. Don't worry though, we'll be back next season selling Peas and spreading Prosperity. Wishing everyone a very Lucky and Prosperous New Year. We miss you all very much!!!!!

04/01/2011

Congrats to Melissa Bennett for being featured by Mr. Public Relations in Soul Food: The Art of Storytelling for her guest post for Peas for Prosperity. Congrats Melissa!

It may seem warm and gooey at times but telling the tale of those influencing or influenced by your brand humanizes you immensely. Storytelling is the soul food of public relations efforts when it comes to your target publics, brand and you the practitioner.

02/01/2011

The next chapter in my crazy, mixed-up life!

I will always remember 2010 as my crazy mixed-up year. I never expected something that started so innocently – selling a couple hundred bags of Peas to find my dream job – would grow into what it did. One crazy idea turned into another: making jewelry with Peas, into another: making jewelry from

01/31/2011

Stay tuned................................

01/23/2011

The photo just doesn't do it justice. My friend Kerry Howard of KMH Interiors created the most amazing chandelier from WIRE HANGERS for the The Next Cool Thing event in Atlanta. He topped it with 2 side walls made from plastic hangers! Absolute upcycled mastery. Go Kerry!

01/16/2011

I've been having a ton of fun with Walleska Ecochicc at the AmericasMart Atlanta! If you're at the Mart, stop by and check out her line of bags, clothes and jewelry made from recycled pop tabs. You can also get a sneak peek of the latest designs by ecoREcreations! Happy Shopping in Bldg. 3, 4th Floor, space 912.

01/15/2011

Featured yesterday in the Dallas Morning News and exhibiting at the AmericasMart Atlanta, Walleska Ecochicc! Come see us today at the Mart - Bldg. 3, 4th Floor, space 912.

Luxury fashion, style and dining advice from The Dallas Morning News.

01/13/2011

Happy Gift Mart! Of course, can't wait to see Virginia Willis today! Very excited to be helping my friend Walleska Alena Tepping with her AMAZING line of handbags, jewelry and clothing made by local artisans in her native country of Brazil from can tabs! If you're at the Mart, stop by space 3-4-912, if you're not check her out on Facebook: Walleska Ecochicc .

01/13/2011

Many thanks to my friend Meridith Ford Goldman for writing about my journey! And yes, it is a journey - not a sprint.

Metamorphosis (met-uh-mawr-fuh-sis) – noun. 1. Biology - a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. It’s easy to think of the life of a butterfly in only its last stage – the