Dear Friends, ...I need to ask your help, This isn't an urgent or pressing matter...or even a very important one, but rather one near and dear to my heart...so...if you could take a few minutes and read this letter I'd really appreciate it.
Although I work part time at a Convent, (and my sweet husband Paul works very hard Full time with Special Needs adults) I have been trying to start a "career" as a photographer, and earn some extra money to help us pay the bills...but, sadly, I have had very few sales and have no money to spare for advertising....so I thought I'd just address you all by Blog and ask you to pass this post on to anyone you really think might be interested in it. Please don't just forward it to everybody in your address books...I know that I for one cannot stand to get letters with FWD...FWD...FWD...on them. I only ask you to send it to anyone you know who might like photography and/or clothing and household items with my photography on them. People who live in Western New York might be especially interested in my works as I feature a number of local Churches (OLV Basilica, St. Bernadettes, Sts. Peter and Paul, OL of Fatima Shrine, St. Martins, etc...) on/in a number of my books and products...I also feature landmarks such as Niagara Falls, the Botanical Gardens, Hawk Creek Wildlife Refuge, The Great Lakes & Finger Lakes, etc.... as well as some items paired with quotes by Saints. Please consider my works when trying to find a gift for somebody, or just something for yourself.
So...what I'm going to do is simply add the URL's to my Online Stores & Galleries here, with a brief description of what's offered there, and hope that when you have a chance, you will visit each of them to see what I offer. If you don't have time now to visit each of them perhaps you can save this letter for when you have more time to view them? I didn't include photos in this letter as I didn't want to bog down your browser/Email...if you'd like me to send you a letter with some samples in it, please just let me know. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this letter and check out my works.
God bless you ALL! Rose Santuci-Sofranko
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I have 2 Online stores that feature my photography on a variety of items:
Clothing (T-Shirts, Jackets, Baby Onsies, etc...), Mugs, Mousepads, Buttons, Stickers, Cards, Hats, Clocks, Aprons, Coasters, Teddy Bears and more,
My store with Virtuous Planet (a Catholic/Christian run site) is at:
http://www.virtuousplanet.com/artists4god
There are over 550 different photos and computer generated pictures of mine.
My other store with CafePress (a Secular site) is at:
http://www.cafepress.com/artists4god
There are many different sub-categories that are easily accessibly by the links on the lefthand sidebar.
I have a brand-new Gallery at "Artistful" (where Prints of my photography are offered for sale) at:
http://www.artistful.com/Artists4God_gallery
Please click "view all" and scroll through the many pages of my posted photos which are all for sale.
And finally I have 3 Photography/Prayer Books which I self-published. Buying them will help donate money to
Life Affirming Charities like St. Luke's Mission of Mercy in the heart of Buffalo, NY which helps the poor and homeless.
The 1st Book is "Joyful Jewels":
http://www.lulu.com/content/230808
"JOYFUL JEWELS" combines over 70 full-color photos of God\'s beautiful creation of flowers, combined with heartfelt meditations on the Joyful Mysteries of The Rosary (written by my father who led the daily Rosary at Church for 10+ years).
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The 2nd book I created was "Works of Mercy" to raise money for the Poor and Homeless.
http://www.lulu.com/content/525151
100% OF OUR PROFITS* FROM ALL SALES THROUGH OUR \"STOREFRONT\" WILL GO TO HELP THE POOR, HOMELESS, AND YOUNG SERVED BY ST. LUKE\'S MISSION OF MERCY. \"Works of Mercy\" is an eclectic mix of Artistic and Literary works from 15 artists, brought together in collaboration to help raise money for charity. There are: 35 (8x10) lovely frameable Prints, 15 touching Poems (11 of which are 8x10 and frameable as well), 3 moving Essays, and several beautiful prayers, in \"Works of Mercy\". Why not buy 2 copies? One to keep as a book, and one to remove the prints and frame them? The money goes to a wonderful cause, so, you can\'t go wrong! (*Profits being the amount above and beyond Lulu\'s small commission and their binding/printing costs)
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The 3rd Book is "Rose's for our Lord and Lady":
http://www.lulu.com/content/2474302
Touching meditations on the 20 Mysteries of The Rosary paired with over 100 lovely photographs. The Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Meditations were written by my father, Robert Santuci. He used them when he led the Rosary daily at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Hamburg, NY. The Luminous Meditations were written by me. In honour of my father Robert, and my mother Anna (who both went to their eternal reward in 2004 after 50 years of Marriage) a portion of all profits from the sale of this book will go to Life-Affirming Charities. There are many photos of local WNY Churches and Natural Wonders in this book, as well as many other lovely photographs.
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