Gretta: Mom, how much hate mail do you get on your blog? Me: What? None! Well… hardly any. Gretta: You don’t? Me: Excuse me? Gretta: But it’s SO. BORING. Me: Awesome. Thanks.

So we have this big “Operation: Your best interest” project running right now, where we’ve done all this research on big bank credit cards.Part of the whole operation is our offer to shred your credit card solicitations (otherwise known as “junk mail”). When we do, we’ll enter you to win a $50 credit on

Last month we had our first Silver membership prize winner. A man referred at least three friends or family members and, in the process, earned $50 in cash.That is, until we couldn’t get a hold of him.Is the phone number on your account correct? If not, you could have won a prize but

The FBI announced today that the Justice Department’s crackdown on mortgage fraud has resulted in more than 400 indictments since March — including dozens over the last two days. Those arrested run the gamut of players in the mortgage industry, including lenders, real estate developers, brokers, agents, lawyers, appraisers, and so-called straw buyers. The Department of Justice’s name for the crackdown

“It’s no longer just enough for people to believe that your product (your services) does what it says on the label. They want to believe in you and what you do. And they’ll go elsewhere if they don’t.” ~Hugh Macleod One of the biggest issues surrounding real estate marketing these days is that most of the

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch! One of the monthly features on the new Xpressdocs’‘ Blog (launching July 7th) will be called Blips and Blunders. It’s a section that will feature the best and well, the not so best of real estate marketing. Here’s a taste of what to expect from this section. Let’s call

This is a piece I’m working on for a silent auction… I haven’t decided if it’ll be a bracelet or a necklace.  It will probably become a bracelet.  The ring flowers are actually very knot-like in form.  They don’t lie flat like regular ring flowers and adds an interesting twist.  I said very vaguely that

Okay, this is what I actually donated to the “Women in Transportation Seminar” Annual Scholarship auction… I really like the way this set turned out.  I started making the 3 tiers to form a triangle and started staring at it to figure out how to dangle stuff off of it.  My eyes glanced at my

Simple, elegant and awesomely beautiful. I really love everything about these earrings and I astounded myself when I put them together. The prototype turned into a fitting Mother’s Day present, incorporating citrine drops instead of garnets. I was inspired to make these earrings after the pendant I had made for the WTS Scholarship Auction

I’ve been quite busy with my sister visiting and then trying to figure out what “normal” is after she left.  All I really have to show for her visit is this pair of earrings which I absolutely adore.  Why do I love these particular ones so much?  Because I actually got to dangle my precious