I Got My Copy of "1000 Creative Ideas for Reuse" by G. Johnson

So I came home from work Friday, starving to death as usual. I got a cold piece of chicken out of the frig and started the greasy mess of eating it when my husband decided to check the front porch to see if his "something-we-don't-need" came in the mail.
Yes, there was a box, but it was addressed to me! Open it! I asked Terry politely but firmly since I was greasy, and oh my heck (yes I am from Utah) is was my copy of
1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse by Garth Johnson.
I was in this book! But I didn't know which of all the pictures I submitted were chosen so I was really anxious to see what necklace or necklaces they thought were cool enough to put in the book. My hubby starts flipping through the book for me (it is 300+ pages). I said, "it has to be in the jewelry section" so he found chapter 3 and started through page by page. Now you need to know there are one to four pictures per page and when you are anxious, that is a lot of pictures to look through.
Chapter 3 starts on page 103, hubby turns the pages, I want to jump in and do it for him but again, I am greasy! I do not see anything familiar, a lot of cool ideas, however, and a lot of good photography.
I took my own pictures, how can they compete with all these great shots! "Which of my pictures looked sort of professional enough for them to choose?" I try to think as I skim each page quickly with my eyes.
Page after page goes by, I'm about to cry! "maybe they made a mistake and I wasn't really in the book" I whine to my hubby.
So he flips a bit faster, we are up to page145 and still nothing I recognize as mine...
Then, wait, stop, go back! There on page 148 is something I recognize, "yes that is one of my security envelope necklaces" Oh my heck! My photography doesn't look so bad at all! I have one picture in the book! That's ok, at least there is one. Terry flips quickly through the rest, neither of us see anything else.
I finish my chicken, It's ok. One picture is better than none and I'm proud anyway!
But I wash up and decide to look just one more time, just a bit more carefully! And boy am I glad I did. There on page 159 is one of my Sunday Comic strip cartoon necklaces! It looks great! WoW! Now I am really happy. Now I am like almost a super star!
Two whole pictures in the book.
So I decide to go backwards through the jewelry section and holy crap! I have another picture on page 158 - how did I miss that. It was one of my favorites, a 7-strand junk mail necklace! Man that looks good. I can't believe my luck, I keep flipping backward and I don't believe it again! A fourth picture! Now I am jumping and screaming at the same time and Terry is laughing and saying;
"Don't you dare pop a patch in your nose now!"
So I am also in there a fourth time on page 147 with a Bible pages necklace.
I was flattered with one, but with FOUR pictures?

This makes up for all the times I tried out and didn't make cheerleader, all the times I was not asked to the prom and even makes up for all the times I was the last one chosen to be on the team in P.E. class! I can't believe it.
At the back of the book all the contributors are listed with name, email addresses and web pages.
And the best part! I got so many ideas already from the book that I can't wait to get back to my studio and begin! I AM INSPIRED ANEW!

See you at the Family Christmas Show, Nov. 13th, 14th and 15th at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah! (I'll have a copy of the book there for you to look over if you would like!)