CONTEST!!!

Want to know how to win a free Stephanie Bolton painting?

It's pretty simple...

1. Take a Photo/Video of yourself with a Stephanie Bolton Painting

can be one you own or in a public place... if you live in Hawaii you can try: 

Annie's Island Fresh Burgers in Kainaliu 

Kohala Coast Fine Art in Waikoloa

Holualoa Gallery in Holualoa

Mauna Lea Manor in Holualoa

The Kona Coffee & Tea Company across from the Marina

Pikake Beads in Kailua-Kona town

or even at a friend's house

...don't live in Hawaii? A magazine or print out image of a painting counts too!

2. Post that photo/video of you with the painting on the wall of my Artist Page on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Artist-Stephanie-Bolton/244610634387

be sure you are on my Artist page & not my personal page

It should say "Artist Stephanie Bolton" & you may have to "like" the page if you haven't already in order to post something on my wall... BUT of course you already like my page- I mean, who doesn't right?

3. You have till July 5, 2012 to accumulate "Likes" and the photo/video with the most "likes" wins

To increase your chances of getting "liked" the most- you can do three things

1. make sure your photo is hilarious, interesting, beautiful, cool, unique, weird to get attention

2. Share the photo from my wall so people in your feed see it too

3. Blatantly BEG your facebook friends/ blog friends to "Like" your photo on my wall

Hey- it never hurts to ask for what you want, right?

One lady did it yesterday & already has 20 "Likes"

So have fun.

Can't wait to see what you post!

Aloha!

Walls that Speak

 This has been a wild ride of a year for me.  I got to the last page in my planner- the last week & it ended with the Student Salon of my year long after school youth mentoring dance program: Incense.  Our first full length show & the last activity of their program.  I flipped to the front of this same planner and realized that the first week began with the week of my SEEDs teacher training!  I bought this planner right before embarking off to Santa Fe to learn from Myra Krien how to create a rite of passage for teen girls with bellydance as the medium.

I held that book in my hand and was overcome with the realization that this was a full year of my life- my recorded journey of the first year of Incense.  I felt really victorious in the fact that I actually followed through... not everyone who goes through the training actually starts a program and sees it through... it is very hard work with a lot of obstacles.  And certainly for someone like me, who often starts projects that I never finish regardless of the good intentions I may have... I couldn't help but beam with with pride: I was holding a serious accomplishment in my hands.

My Studio Wall Before

 So I ripped the book a part and wallpapered my studio wall with it.  I know, I am kind of taking "if these walls could speak..." to an extreme and some people might hate how it turned out- but I LOVE it.  And not only is it beautiful, colorful, full of life, and memories... every time I am teaching a dance class or practicing a new choreography and feeling like I'll never get through it... I can look at that wall and remember how I got to the end of a long race once before & I know I'll relive the joy of that year & it will give me hope to push through.

My Studio Wall After

My Studio Wall After

 I'm sharing this because I surprised myself and I know there are other people out there who are not sure if they can complete the task they have set before themselves.... let this be a reminder:

Someday is not a day of the week

I hope you will GO FOR IT!