Visiting Texas: 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair

Butterflies, the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair ran from October 18th to 21st at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Yesterday I had the pleasure of hanging out at the FotoFest exhibit and enjoying an afternoon full of art! Here are some of my favorite pieces...



FotoFest's Brian Piana's installation @ the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair

Art @ the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair

Art @ the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair

Art @ the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair

The Asia Society's "What Are You" wall @ the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair (I had my picture taken and added to the wall).

Small Business Tips: Promoting Your Up Coming Event Online

Have an upcoming event and not sure where to post it? Other than the obvious social media sites, here are just a few sites that I know of where you can post your upcoming event for free. Most of these sites are design for specific events, before you post your event(s) to any site please research the site just a little to ensure that your event is appropriate for the focus of the site. Know of a site where you can post events that's not listed here? Please share them in the comments below and we'll add it to the list!

Bargain Shopping: Beauty Products of the Week & Last Mintue Savings @ CVS

I'm so excited I had to share,  I picked up two new hair products from CVS this week and paid under $2 for the both of them. I'll be posting a review of them this coming week but here's how I saved...

CVS sent me a coupon for -$3.00 off any Nexxus hair care product (for my b-day July 12th #cancer), the coupon dispenser at CVS printed me a coupon for -$3.00 off a $15.00 beauty product purchase, and this week CVS has a deal on Nexxus hair care products, if you spend $20.00 or more you get a -$10.00 RR (to be used for next purchase) and if you've ever purchased any Nexxus products you know they are pretty pricey. Anyway while I was in line to check out I got an email from CVS with a 25% coupon (I was all like YAY!, I love saving $).

Money Saving Tip: The Nexxus deal ends today 8/4 but will be apart of next week's sale as well, if you're a loyal CVS shopper check your shopper card for additional savings. 

Regular Price:

Nexxus Salon Hair Care Frizz Defy FrizzProtection Styling Creme $11.99

Nexxus Humectress Ultimate MoisturizingConditioner $9.39

Discount:

$21.38-$3.00 + -$3.00 + -25% + -$10.00

Total Out of Pocket:

$1.54 + tax

Visiting Texas: The Houston Museum District

You might not know it but Houston has helped produce some of the most talented artist you know like designer Tom Ford, singer Johnny Nash, singer Beyoncé, actress Renée Zellweger and the lead star in my favorite movie of all time...the late actor Patrick Swayze. The next time you're in the Houston, Texas area be sure to stop by some of the incredible museums  H-town has to offer. The Houston museum district is made up of over a dozen different museums with a lot of history and cool facts to offer. Checkout my some of my favorite Houston area museums below, visit each museum’s website for hours of operation, admission cost and other important information.

Occasionally, admission for some of these museums can be purchased at a discount on Groupon so be sure to do a little research before you plan your next museum adventure.

Money Saving Tip: Thursday is the day for free admission to many of Houston’s museums but check with the museum to be sure before you head out there.

Free Kids Workshop hosted by The Home Depot

Build. Learn. Create. Have fun with Kids Workshops!

• FREE hands-on workshops designed for children ages 5 - 12 offered the 1st Saturday of
every month at all The Home Depot stores between 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills, tool safety and instill a sense of pride
and accomplishment.
• All kids get to keep their craft and receive a FREE Kids Workshop Apron, commemorative
pin and certificate of achievement.

August 2012 Workshop

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012

Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

Build a Cork Bulletin Board

The Home Depot has teamed up with the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax movie. Each Kids Workshop will provide kids with Lorax activity sheets, Lorax create-you-own mustache kits, and Lorax sticker sheets. Each store will have one life-sized Lorax poster to affix to a wall so kids can have their picture taken with The Lorax.

• Kids will learn to build their very own cork bulletin board while learning tool safety
• Have fun, make friends and gain a sense of achievement and work ethic
• You can paint and add embellishments to your project while at the workshop

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