{"id":4326,"date":"2009-08-03T07:13:24","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T12:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2009-08-03T08:02:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:02:28","slug":"wedding-ring-artwork-for-sale-link-to-artists-blog-with-interesting-perspective-on-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/03\/wedding-ring-artwork-for-sale-link-to-artists-blog-with-interesting-perspective-on-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding ring, artwork for sale; link to artist&#8217;s blog with interesting perspective on life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This post is about a friend of mine, Sarah, who is trying to raise some money through the sale of rings and artwork. Earlier this year, she went through a divorce, which left her with $7,000 in credit card debt and a Toyota 4Runner whose lease expires this month. After getting divorced, she went back to the only way she knew to earn money &#8211; being a bartender. However, due to her debt load, the job isn&#8217;t quite paying all the bills, so she needs to sell some stuff to raise money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s selling her engagement ring, pictured below, and her wedding band on eBay. The engagement ring has been appraised at over $11,000, and the ring and band together at $13,500. She&#8217;s starting the bidding at $5,000, so this is a good deal for someone. <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;salenotsupported=true&amp;item=270435809708\">Click here to view the eBay auction for the rings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ring2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4327 alignnone\" title=\"ring2\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ring2.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"ring2\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ring2.jpg?w=400 400w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/ring2.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I empathize with Sarah because she&#8217;s someone who has a lot to offer the world, once she&#8217;s no longer weighed down by debt. She graduated from the U of M with a degree in Fine Arts, then studied Art Therapy in graduate school. She&#8217;s spent a lot of time working with kids (see pics below), and once she&#8217;s financially stable she hopes to join the Peace Corps or a similar organization to help others in need. She&#8217;s previously volunteered with refugee children from Afghanistan, Sudan, and other countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4328\" title=\"sarah1\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah1.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" alt=\"sarah1\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah1.jpg?resize=333%2C500 333w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah1.jpg?resize=200%2C300 200w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah1.jpg?w=427 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 85vw, 333px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4329\" title=\"sarah2\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah2.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"sarah2\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah2.jpg?resize=500%2C333 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah2.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah2.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4330\" title=\"sarah3\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah3.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"sarah3\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah3.jpg?resize=500%2C333 500w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah3.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sarah3.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sarah is an accomplished artist. You can view her gallery on Facebook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=2146138&amp;id=38900430&amp;l=f80c37072d\">here<\/a>, and you can see an example of artwork she did for a local bar in the pic below. She also has two works on exhibit at Blue Fin, although they&#8217;re signed under her married name which she no longer uses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/girl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4331\" title=\"girl\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/girl.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"girl\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/girl.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/girl.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/girl.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to purchase any of Sarah&#8217;s work, or if you want to commission her to do a custom piece of artwork, shoot me an e-mail at paul@paulryburn.com and I&#8217;ll get the two of you in touch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayleigh.wordpress.com\/\">Sarah also has a blog.<\/a> She has a very interesting and deep perspective on life, having seen and lived through a lot in her 25 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks for reading this post&#8230; I know what it&#8217;s like to have big dreams, only to have financial concerns stand in the way. I figure one of the best things a person can do in this world is help others get closer to their dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is about a friend of mine, Sarah, who is trying to raise some money through the sale of rings and artwork. Earlier this year, she went through a divorce, which left her with $7,000 in credit card debt and a Toyota 4Runner whose lease expires this month. After getting divorced, she went back &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/03\/wedding-ring-artwork-for-sale-link-to-artists-blog-with-interesting-perspective-on-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wedding ring, artwork for sale; link to artist&#8217;s blog with interesting perspective on life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions\/4340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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