I received this ego-boost of an email this morning, and thought I'd share my joy with you...

"Suzi,
I know you don’t know me from atom. But I met you at Art Unraveled/Phoenix years ago, and I bought a mess of goodies from you at the vendor shopping event. I loved your store in Beverly Hills and I know you are at S&S, now.

SO here is the story and I wanted to pass along so you know…. I was on MSNBC yesterday and I went to the entertainment section…and who did I see who was quoted??? Yes indeedy, Miss Suzi Finer. So immediately went to the Sweetpeas/your blog to get the scoop on Britney Spears and all. Wowo I know you got in In touch and OK but now you are on MSNBC too??? I am not the biggest Britney fan in all the world. But I am loving anything that promotes business and street cred to the local rubber stamp/scrapbook emporiums of America. You know what I say? Michael’s doesn’t need the money! Go use your little precious coupon for a cricut, sizzix. etc but keep the locals in business! I know you feel the same.

Go here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18024491/ this is what it says……….

Notes from all over
family:Verdana\"\>Britney\nSpears’ Is Britney Spears’ hot new bod the result of diet and exercise — as she claims — or did she get a little medical help? Spears’ rep denies she’s had surgery, but sources tell In Touch that the “Toxic” singer has been visiting Fig, formerly the Las Vegas Advanced LipoDissolve Center, for injections that help dissolve fat, as well as laser toning treatments. Whatever she’s doing, it sure is working. Spears visited a West L.A. shop called Sweetpeas & Snapshots on April 25 and tried on a size 0 dress. “The last person who fit into that dress was a 9-year-old child,” Suzi Finer, the store’s marketing director, told the mag. “No one could fit into it.” But Spears did, and a stunned Finer told In Touch: “She did not have one ounce of fat on her back.” . . .

I wish you all the love and artsy inspiration this week. Yah, I got a blog too that I share with a friend. So here it is… www.alteredartists.blogspot.com
~Dawn Binyon"