THE BODY BOOK: THE LAW OF HUNGER, THE SCIENCE OF STRENGTH, AND OTHER WAYS TO LOVE YOUR AMAZING BODY

BY: CAMERON DIAZ

TABLE DECORATOR: JOANNE IRONS AND THE RUBY SISSON LIBRARY STAFF

The reason I chose this book was I was drawn to the cover shot of Cameron Diaz, who I love as an actress, and the soft colors of the grey and pink. I thumbed through the book and found it not offensive when it comes to gathering and learning more about taking care of yourself and strengthening your body and mind. I love to learn new things even if takes time, courage and change. I admire women and men who take the time to nourish themselves through different ways of exercise, strength training , massage, yoga, and making time for beauty treatments on a regular basis.

I joined with the Ruby Sisson Library staff to bring this table to life as an experience table
filled with classes, treatments, beauty appointments, and much more. The sensory connections through healing touch of REIKI
to massages, scented candles, and products to haircuts, manicures, facials and so much more, would make even Cameron Diaz want to vote for this experience. Please see the list of donors to make The Body Book be a wonderful experience.

MOM SECRETS: COFFEE-FUELED CONFESSIONS FROM THE MOM TRENCHES

BY: CATHERINE BELLAMY AND NATALIE TELFER

TABLE DECORATOR: JANN PITCHER

When I was a young mother in rural Montana, I would have loved to have "Cat and Nat's" fun and insightful book, a book that celebrates woman's deep and important friendships, often fueled by coffee and humor.

Libraries are so important, starting with our littlest citizens. Wednesdays, after a perfect cup of coffee, my youngest grandaughter and I love attending Storytime at the Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library.

Last week, the multi-purpose room was filled with 45 toddlers and their parents. After Storytime, the room was used for Tech Time, then book club, and gaming. How wonderful it will be to have a dedicated children's room in the expanded library!

Our ever-evolving Library is bursting at the seams. With the strategic central location, we have the opportunity to be the flagship of Pagosa Springs. Our goals are lofty. It will take a village and we have a giving one. Please, vote now and vote often! Let's get this expansion done!

Table includes:

Coffee bean grinder;

Aeropress coffee maker;

French press;

Frother;

6 bags of specialty coffees;

6 LeCreuset coffee mugs;

6 Stoneware dessert plates;

6 melamine under plates;

6 linen napkins;

6 coffee spoons;

6 custom coasters;

6 blown water glasses;

1 cotton tablecloth;

3 books;

1 set creamer and sugar dishes;

1 tin coffee canister;

Hot chocolate, chocolate bar, caramels;

1 coffee greeting card;

$60 gift certificate to Pagosa Baking Co.

$50 gift certificate to Higher Grounds Coffee

THE JOY OF ART

BY: CAROLYN SCHLAM

WOMEN IN ART; 50 FEARLESS CREATIVES WHO INSPIRED THE WORLD

BY: RACHEL IGNOTOFSKY

TABLE DECORATORS: KIRSTEN LEROUX, SHERRY PHILLIPS, JONIE ROSE, EVELYN TENNYSON AND VICKIE THOMPSON

These books were chosen because of their focus on art. Beautiful, colorful, abstract, realism; art speaks in all languages - attracting people from all walks of life. Public Art provides us the abilities to open up lines of communication within our own housing.

"Women in Art; 50 Creatives Who Inspired the World" book has inspiring profiles and stories, dating back to the 11th century, of women who made a difference in their lives and communities. "The Joy of Art" book provides instruction and allows the reader to understand and enjoy art.

The Pagosa Springs Arts Council is inspired by both of these books; inspired enough to share their love of art within our community.

Table add-on is a card-making class using StampinUp paper crafting products in your home for 6 people. Each person will make three cards each. There will be paper cutting, stamping, die cutting and more to create fun personal cards. These classes typically run two hours long. PSAC will provide all needed supplies and instructions to make the cards. The class will be coordinated and conducted by Kathy Lemons with the winner and set a date in June.

Table includes:

Two books
1 white linen table cloth
Art easels wooden 'bridge'
6 sketch canvases 12x12
6 plates - assorted colors
6 galleria side plates
6 stemless wine colored
6 galleria fabric cloth 'masks'
6 paint pallet holder trays
6 4-piece cutlery sets
6 white cloth napkins
Colored tulle assorted
Colored cardboard splashes assorted
12 clear mini paint buckets
3 large tin paint buckets
6 colored napkin rings
12 assorted artist brushes
6 mini chalk name place setting with mini wooden easels

PAGOSA SPRINGS, IMAGES OF AMERICA

BY: KRISTIN BOWEN

TABLE DECORATORS: TONY AND ANNIE DEMILLE

We were so excited to be asked back to do another table for the Library Affair, so this year we are celebrating our little town of Pagosa, basing our table on the book Pagosa Springs, Images of America. Our love for the library and what they contribute to our community led us to create a table celebrating our home with Colorado-made items including custom plates with images of Chimney Rock and Pagosa Peak, glassware and decanters featuring 3-D rocky mountain reliefs inside the glass, a custom-made runner featuring a map of Wolf Creek Ski Area, Sendero Provisions Napkins, serving plates/items from a local favorite, Root House. Beautiful scented candles and finally a Shotski and Colorado created vodka and bourbon. Also, there are a number of gift cards to local spots to further enjoy our incredible town, and a bonus book, Pagosa Springs, A Colorado Bucket List Travel Guide (By a Local). We thank you for your votes ($2 each) as this is a big part of the fundraising goal and an easy way to give to our amazing community's library!

The Book that Inspired our Table, Pagosa Springs, Images of America

6 Custom Made Dinner Plates featuring Pagosa Peak

6 Custom Made Salad Plates featuring Chimney Rock

Custom Made Table Runner featuring the Wolf Creek Ski Area Trail Map

6 Lowball Glasses Featuring Blown Glass Mountain Relief

1 Mountain Relief Decanter

Danish Style Wood Handled Flatware (service for 6)

Colorado Made Sendero Provisions Cloth Napkins

Rustic Wood Shotski (can double as a candle holder)

Pagosa Springs Shot Glasses to accompany Shotski

Marble and Wood Charcuterie Board

Wooden Cocktail Shaker

Rustic Carved Wooden Salad Bowl and Serviceware from Root House

3 Compartment Serving Tray from Root House

1 Bottle of Breckenridge Bourbon

1 Bottle of Telluride Vodka

2 Scented Candles with Abstract Mountain Glaze Print

Bonus Book: Pagosa Springs,A Colorado Bucket List Travel Guide (By a Local)

Local Pagosa Wildflowers

STORIES OF THE BLANCO BASIN ROAD: ROAD TO A THIN PLACE

BY : JAMES R. WHITE, JR.

TABLE DECORATOR: MARY HELEN CAMMACK

Nearly 50 years ago author James R. White, Jr. and his family settled on the banks of the Blanco River, " Los Blancos en el Blanco". Many years before them, Native Americans, French and Spanish explorers, fur trappers, miners, and Hispanic herders traveled deeply rutted trails into the Blanco Basin. Homesteaders soon followed, log cabins were built, wagon roads were cut, logging railroads constructed, ranches carved out. Mile by mile up the Basin Road, rich stories evolved of celebrations, hardships, picnics, parades, bandits, grizzly attacks, marriages, and even murders! Tales of characters who inhabited the Basin include Fred Harman, the creator of "Red Ryder and Little Beaver" comic strip, the physicist Frank Oppenheimer, the musician Dan Fogelberg, movie stars, FBI agents, colorful residents, and our very own legendary Ruby Sisson, whom the library was named after!

A history of the Blanco Basin is represented in our library table... A Pendleton picnic blanket may have been spread on the banks of the Blanco River long ago. Tin plates filled with fresh baked bread, freshly caught cutthroat trout and homegrown delights. Chokecherry wine may have been sipped with a sweet ending of a thick slice of pie, made from the ever present patch of rhubarb. Children played nearby, throwing rocks in the river or pushing their wooden toy trains, just like the logging train that delivered packages and mail to their homesteads and logged out areas which could be developed into pastures.

The table includes:

*Guided Blanco River Fly Fishing trip for two on the private Lindner Ranch, El Rancho Pinoso (value $700)

*Box of 80 hand tied flies by local fishermen Lowell Wiles and Larry Gwaltney

*Field trip with the author, James White, along the Basin Road

*Pagosa Hot Springs Pendleton Blanket- Limited edition

*Wooden toy logging train and cutting board "table" handmade by local architect, Dallas Reynolds

*Catered picnic for 2 on the banks of the Blanco River complete with chokecherry wine, rhubarb pie and a tour of the Morris Brown Halfway House log cabin

*Picnic Settings for 6, including enamel tin plates, cups, utensils, napkins and wine glasses

*2 camp chairs

*South San Juan Wilderness National Geographic Map

*Antique Trappers Basket