File this under #SecretWednesday or #Announcements or #BlatantSelfPromotion- whichever you choose…

Many of you know that I left a full-time corporate job last year to do my own startup and projects. And as you can imagine, year 1 of working for yourself often leaves you a little, ahem, cash-challenged. And just when I was having a sort of crappy-news, rainy-Wednesday, sulk-in-my-tea sort of day, I got an order for a photograph. To many pro’s, that’s nothing. But photography is a part-time gig for me and I haven’t sold myself or my work at all this year opting to focus on my new community site, Thankfulfor.

This is awesome. Because it reminded me that if I actually tell people they can buy my work, they just might. And I also have a photography book coming out that I need to sell.

So, that’s my confession and here’s my announcement.

If you would like a unique gift for someone in your life, or for yourself (got plain walls or a boring office??) take a look at my work and contact me if you’d like to place an order. You can see my work here: http://jenconsalvo.com and here http://jenscamera.wordpress.com

ALSO

My photography book will be ready in a few weeks and I’ll be taking pre-orders. Look for a groovy promotional page coming soon.

Thanks - not only will you get a beautiful and unique piece of art, but you’ll also be supporting an early stage entrepreneur - which should make you feel good all year long :D  Contact me at jcsalvo@aol.com.

Cheers! More soon…

posted 1 day ago

Marco Island Sunset

Marco Island Sunset

Tigertail Beach, FL

this year i ended up in florida for thanksgiving. it was a totally random decision to rent a house on marco island with friends and we all wondered how such a non-traditional thanksgiving would go……

Read the rest of this post and see more photos here.

posted 1 day ago

colinlowenberg:

newyears:

Launched www.iheartdc.com
Tumblr Meetup 

New Years Eve @ Local 16
1602 U St NW Washington, DC. OPEN BAR from 9 PM - 10 PM. Hors d’oeuvres and desserts to start, complimentary Champagne at midnight, and specials on Jameson and Absolut. Two floors of music with DJ Double 07 and The Emprasario Soundsystem. Hosted by DC Concierge and Colin Lowenberg.

colinlowenberg:

newyears:

Launched www.iheartdc.com

Tumblr Meetup

New Years Eve @ Local 16

1602 U St NW Washington, DC. OPEN BAR from 9 PM - 10 PM. Hors d’oeuvres and desserts to start, complimentary Champagne at midnight, and specials on Jameson and Absolut. Two floors of music with DJ Double 07 and The Emprasario Soundsystem. Hosted by DC Concierge and Colin Lowenberg.

posted 1 day ago

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
Mary Kay Ash (via grace-notes) (via quote-book)

posted 1 day ago

somewhatfrank:

This past week Jen Consalvo and I sat down and chatted with Shira Lazar of CBSNews about gratitude, happiness, Thanksgiving and Thankfulfor.com. Check out the CBSNews Thankfulfor video interview (above).

posted 3 days ago

Two entrepreneurs in the Washington area in September launched Thankfulfor.com, an online gratitude journal that’s shared through social networks so people can feed off one another’s thanks. The site also offers gratitude to-do tips for the holiday season and recently launched a gratitude challenge, asking people to commit in November and December to write down daily three to five things they’re grateful for.

“When you do something like that over and over every day, it changes your whole psyche,” said one of Thankfulfor.com’s founders, Jen Consalvo, who has kept her own gratitude journal for several years. Keeping a gratitude journal, “helped me through the dark times and helped me realize how much I have.”

from The Power of Gratitude, a Year-Round Gift By Jessica Ravitz, CNN

posted 5 days ago

My coach explained, though, that if I wasn’t falling at least once a day in training, I wasn’t trying hard enough. Indeed, to improve at anything, we must at some point push ourselves outside our comfort zone.

posted 2 weeks ago

somewhatfrank:

Congrats to @SteveCase for selling Revolution Money to AMEX for $300 Million.
Another big deal in the next-generation consumer financial products space. (via American Express Acquiring Steve Case’s Revolution Money For $300 Million (AXP))

somewhatfrank:

Congrats to @SteveCase for selling Revolution Money to AMEX for $300 Million.

Another big deal in the next-generation consumer financial products space. (via American Express Acquiring Steve Case’s Revolution Money For $300 Million (AXP))

posted 2 weeks ago

Know the sun will rise
and I’ll be here when it does.
Know that I love you.

Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)

Not usually the kind of thing I post here, but it’s beautiful, simple and deserves the space. I think most of us need a little more poetry in our lives.

posted 2 weeks ago

Google went ahead and gave everyone an early Holiday gift and will be offering free wifi at over 49 airports across the us throughout the holiday season ! They worked with Boingo and the various wi-fi providers to buy up the usage from now until January 15th. Pretty sweet deal while you are traveling this holiday season. Thanks Google!

posted 2 weeks ago