Sandy's Land participate with the Celebrity Book Fair

http://thewright.org/upcoming-events/details/474-jerry-pinkney-celebrity-childrens-book-fair

Saturday, July 28 (Museum hours: 9 am – 5 pm)

10:00 am Gallery Talk with Jerry Pinkney in the Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney* exhibit - AT&T Gallery (requires museum admission)

11:00 am Living Arts Detroit (performance) - Multi-Purpose Room

11:30 am Detroit Windsor Dance Academy featuring Miss Black Michigan Alescia Hollowell - Multi-Purpose Room

12:00 pm Thiosane Performing Arts Company of Nsoroma Institute - Multi-Purpose Room

1:00 pm Storytelling with Gloria Jean Pinkney - Orientation Theater (Lower Level)

1:45 pm Gallery Talk with Jerry Pinkney in the Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney exhibit - AT&T Gallery (requires museum admission)

3:30 pm Storytelling with Gloria Jean Pinkney - Orientation Theater (Lower Level)

Free face painting by Sandra Epps begins at 11 am. Children’s workshops take place every hour from 10 am – 4 pm.

Guests will also be able to meet authors and have books signed by Jerry and Gloria Jean Pinkney.

Sunday, July 29 (Museum hours: 1 pm – 5 pm)
1 – 3 pm Jerry Pinkney Meet and Greet and Book Signing - Tent
1 – 5 pm Interactive puppet perfomances by Matrix Theatre Company - Orientation Theater (Lower Level)
1:30 pm Storytelling with Gloria Jean Pinkney - Multi-Purpose Room
2:30 pm Detroit Windsor Dance Academy featuring Miss Black Michigan Alescia Hollowell - Multi-Purpose Room
3:00 pm Thiosane Performing Arts Company of Nsoroma Institute - Multi-Purpose Room

Free face painting by Sandra Epps begins at 1 pm. Children’s workshops take place every hour from 1 pm – 5 pm.

Also on-site will be a number of noted local children’s book authors, including Andre Batts, Ronnie Boggess, Karen Dabney, Anita Gibbs, Phyllis Gilmore, Denise Crittendon, and David Watkins. Over 2,200 books giveaways will take place, courtesy of First Book.

PLEASE NOTE: Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney and other Museum exhibits are free with Museum admission. The Book Fair and associated activities are free without admission. This event is made possible by support from Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Foundation. For more information, please call (313) 494-5800.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
The Wright Museum™
TheWright.org

Detroit's Doll Show!

Detroit Doll Show hosted by Sandy's Land Entertainment to take place on Saturday, October 6, 2012 at the International Institute, Hall of Nations, 111 E. Kirby, Detroit MI 48202.  We are looking for Doll Artisans, Collectors, and Experts to a participate with the show. To participate as a vendor, speaker or conduct a workshop please send your contact information: website, email, number, photographs of your collection, copy of your book, or sample of your work to info@sandysland.com. We look forward to connecting with you!

Princess Tiana Party

Princess Tiana Party Packages

Party Princess Tiana
$150 (1.5 Hours) up to 12 Guests

Princess Tiana will play games with guest.
Games: Princess Treasure, Secret Box, Word Find, Kiss the Frog, Dream Fortune and Party Princess Project. Choose one (1) Arts & Craft: Princess Bracelet, Royal Crown, Fairy Wand or Fairy Facinators.

A half hour set up prior to party. $125 for eight (8) 4x6 keepsake photographs with Princess Tiana with the Horse and Carriage Prop. Photographs will be placed in a paper frame.

Princess Tiana and Tea
$295 (2 Hours) up to 8 Guest ages 5 - 12
2 Hostess which include Princess Tiana

*Satin Chair Cover and Sash
*Decorated Table
*Glass cups, saucers, pitcher, plates and tea pot.
*Demi Spoons
*Table cloth and napkins
*Lemonade, Cookies and Cream
*Arts & Craft: Create GLAM Hair Facinator
Games: Princess Treasure, Secret Box, Word Find, Kiss the Frog, Dream Fortune and Party Princess Project. Gift for Birthday Girl!

Set up 1 hour prior to party. The Hostess will need the use of the kitchen to do some prep work for food.

Add ons: Fruit Kabobs in a Tray $40 each, Fun Vegetable Tray $30 each and Cup Cakes $25 for one dozen.

To book your party call 313-492-6953 or email info@sandysland.com

Sandy's Land Visit Big Top Popcorn

http://youtu.be/mz4h8IE9saw

I Heart ParTEA

Hosted by Sandy's Land

This would be perfect for Girl's Night Out, Pretty in Pink event, Baby Shower, Birthday Party or Wedding Shower.

8 Girls for $295.00 including the guest of honor.

 $15 for each additional guest 

1.5 Hours

• Heart shaped Cups and Saucers
• Cream and Sugar Flower Set
• Tea Warmer
• Demi Spoons
• Chocolate Strawberries
• Cookies
• Two tier serving platter
• 2 Tea Pots
• Peach or Berry Tea
• Sugar and Cream
• Center Piece
• Napkins with Napkin Rings
• Table Decorations
• Pink Table Cloth and Overlay
• Sateen Chair Cover
• Table Place Cards

Party will include Heart-Game and keep sake LOVE project of a Bling-It heart pendant or beaded bracelet per person. Glitter tattoo, one per guest. 1.5 to 2 hour set up time prior to event. Travel fee is added if location is 30 minutes beyond Northwest Detroit.

Party Extras: Chocolate spoons at $2.50 each, Balloon Bouquet $15 each, Group Photo and Frame for Guest of Honor is $15, Chocolate Dipped Apples with Sprinkles $5 each, Chocolate Dipped Pretzels 3 for $5, Balloon Arch $35, Girl Power book $13 each or $10 for 3 copies or more, Dozen of Balloons for $15, Candy Dessert Buffet $100 - $175 and 12 Heart Shaped Sandwiches (peanut butter, creme cheese, or cucumber and creme cheese) $25. Princess Tiana $80 per hour and $50 per hour for Princess Sandy. 



10 Tips to Make Your DREAM A Reality!

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday

10 Tips to Make Your DREAM A Reality

1.      Create your Vision Board…When you see IT you can be it. Affirm your Success with your DREAM Pillow. Dr. King said, “We must never allow ourselves to become satisfied with unattained goals. We must always maintain a kind of divine discontent.” 

2.      Journal your ideas. Start with attainable goals this will help you to get things rolling and keep you encouraged. You don’t want to become discourage in the process of obtaining your new home, storefront, trip to Paris, new career whatever your DREAM maybe. So, if you need additional time to acquire resources to fulfill your mission, give yourself that extra time. For example, you may need to take a percentage from every check to reach your $10,000 down payment for your new home, or you may need that money for your 1 month stay in Paris. Or you may need to seek assistance from various business support groups, Chamber of Commerce, SCORE, or do research to write a business plan and then submit to banks or personal investors. Set timely goals, 1 month, 6 weeks, 1 year what’s important is that you put a time on it and meet that deadline. WRITE THE VISION AND MAKE IT PLAIN. Revelation 1:19 says, “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

3.      Release the Negative and embrace the Positive. Your thoughts and words have power. And you definitely need to stay clear from DREAM killers or people who have Negative-idis. Mark Twain said, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great!” Surround yourself Winners.

4.      Get a mentor. Whatever your DREAM is seek out an individual who has obtained what you desire. Try to emulate them. If you know them personally get them to be your mentor.Les Brown says, “YOU GOT TO BE HUNGER!” Are you HUNGER for your DREAM? Be persistence! Pretend you are the energizer bunny and keep going until you reach your DREAM.

5.      Volunteer! Blessings come from tiding your time. It’s an opportunity to learn something new, establish new friendship, and it is great networking. In addition, this is most beneficial if it is a career that you’re seeking to enter. In regards to blessings they do transpire from Volunteering. 

6.      Increase your FAITH! Don’t allow fear to paralyze you. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Take the first step in faith, You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

7.      Get tunnel VISION, Stay FOCUS. Keep your eyes on the prize. There will be set backs but use these as learning tools. “The road ahead will not always be smooth. There will be rocky places of frustration and meandering points of bewilderment. There will be inevitable setbacks here and there. There will be those moments when the buoyancy of hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair. Our dreams will sometimes be shattered and our ethereal hopes blasted…Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

8.      Do your research. Knowledge is POWER. The more you know the further you will go.

9.      Expand your Horizon, DREAM bigger. Don’t place limits on your Destiny of GREATNESS. Take your life to the next level.

10.  Have a Gratitude Attitude and this allows new blessings to flow your way.

Embrace your PASSION. Ignite your Power. Pursue your PURPOSE. Plan your PROGRESS and watch your BLESSINGS peek to its full POTENTIAL! Just know YOUR BEST is yet to COME! - Sandra Epps

WORDS FROM DR. KING'S I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream that...little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

8 Girl Power Tips

With all the negative portrayal of girls filtering throughout society in books, games, magazines, and television  it is crucial that our Girls get a positive boost. NO Girl can have the "Barbie Doll" body it is unrealistic. Most important, a Girls body is her temple, it is precious and should be treated as such. As mentioned in the book Girl Power Discover the Princess Within: "Every girl is a Princess. It doesn't matter where she lives, what talents she possess, how she speaks, what she wears or the color of her skin. The power is within!"


Discover the Princess Within with these 8 Girly Tips


1. Respect yourself and others. Treat others as you wish to be treated. Remember kindness goes much further than being mean.


2. LOVE the temple you're in. Your Body should be treated well. Drink plently of water daily. Some benefits from drinking water are: it helps to moisturize your skin so you will look fresh; water will help flushout waste and toxins from your body, it improves your thinking and ward off the common cold and other illnesses. Consume more fruits and vegetables because they have healthy benefits for the overall body function, brain, bones, etc. Lastly, include exercise daily. The more you hop, skip, run and jump the healthier your body will become - flexible and strong.


3. Celebrate being YOU! Dedicate a day to be pampered. DRESS up and get your happy dance on. Give yourself a manicure or pedicure. Write a list of things that bring you joy then do them.


4. Have a gratitude attitude. Be thankful for what you have and more blessings will appear.


5. Read! The more you know, the further you will GO in life.

6. Include an affirmation a day to keep the blues away. Affirmations are positive words or statements that give you personal power. Here are three you can use:

• I am SMART!
• I am LOVED!
• I am BEAUTIFUL inside and out!

7. Know that everyone will not like you. What is important is that YOU like you! List 5 things that you like about yourself:

8. Be proud of who you are because you have GIRL POWER!

Display your GIRL POWER with a Rhinestone Girl Power Tee Shirt by placing your order at www.sandyslandgirlpowerbook.eventbrite.com

Girl Power Discover the Princess Within is written and illustrated by Sandra Epps. Epps is a face painter, business owner and inspirational author.