Shoe Planters

Have you wondered why there's a high heel with flowers on the cover of  my new romantic comedy, Afterglow? It's because the main character, India has the brilliant idea of turning old shoes into shoe planters to sell for charity. For lots of reasons which I won't give away here, the shoe planter project turns out to be more than India bargained for.

Shoe planters aren't a new idea. The folks at Fun Flower Facts  say that you can make planters out of just about anything.
There is, of course, the high heel planter:

Planter photo from Fun Flower Facts

But they've also made planters of old cars, old guitars, old bicycles, and even an old piano.

Planter Photo from Fun Flower Facts

If you want to know how to make your very own shoe planter, check them out here:

http://funflowerfacts.com/2012/08/28/fun-and-creative-garden-planters-and-containers/

And if you'd like to see what happens in India's great shoe caper, check out Afterglow, available  now at:
Champagne Books
and Amazon

Cover Reveal: Afterglow

I've got a brand new cover for my brand new romantic comedy, Afterglow!

India Othmar isn’t having a great year. Her husband of thirty-one years has left her for their son’s ex-girlfriend. Her grown children have moved home. Her best friend Eva seems determined to set her up with every oddball in their small Massachusetts town. And her most significant relationship these days is with Cherry Garcia.

But India is more resilient than she thinks. And though it will take a broken arm, a lawn littered with engine parts, some creative uses for shoes, and a scandalous love affair of her own, she learns, much to her surprise, that her life hasn’t ended with her marriage.



Afterglow is coming to Champagne Books in early January