An Angel's Hug

An Angel's Hug

Angels are ever all around us
And with love they do surround us.
When my heart is sore in need
The Angels come, my soul to feed.
They come to me from up above
and sing in whispers of Love.
When in my heart I feel a tug
I know that it's an Angel's hug.

(sorry there is no Panda in here!?)

This week our Guest of honour is a Spanish Lady,
born in London dedicated to Angels!
Let's welcome into The Spotlight:
Jenny SJ

Hello Lee Lu and all you good people at the Spotlight team. Thanks for inviting me here and here comes the bio. Here goes folks - don’t turn off your computers!

Born in London, in what my youngest sons calls “the olden days” before computers were found in nearly every home. I studied law and worked in the famous City of London for 10 years then I joined a small firm of management consultants where I was able to get paid for what I enjoy doing - problem solving.

I came to Southern Spain in 1986, found a little house on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean sea and two years later started my family - my two boys -who are now 15 and 18. They are the light and bane of my life in nearly equal proportions! LOL.

When my youngest was only two, I had to return to work fast. I did various things - including a couple of years as a publicity sales manager for an English language magazine and then ran a small promotional gifts business, And heaven only knows what else, so long as it was legal!!!

I had always been interested in decorative painting and restoration, and after developing a spinal condition which stopped me working with heavy items, I started painting angels and nativities which have always fascinated me

In 1999, I was asked to do an angel stall for a Crafts Fair in aid of the Cancer Association (who I collaborate with,) . It was a great success with the public and I decided to take some of my own advice - I turned my hobby into a business and founded Alas y Cia, Granada (Wings & Company in English) - Angels from Spain.!!

Now I spend my working days painting figures of angels, cherubs and nativities , in the studio workshop, beside my house, helped by a local girl from the village - It is the happiest work occupation I have had in my life. Angels are very lucky little things and they certainly have been for me. Now they call me the Angel Lady!

Over the past 7 years Alas y Cia have become angel specialists, we are always on the lookout for new angels and cherubs to add to our growing catalogue. At last count we had over 200 different models. We have wall decorations, figurines , lamps, shelves, candle holders , all with angels and cherubs.

Each year we add a couple of new nativity sets to our Nativity Section. Nativities are a tradition here in Spain at Christmas, where the Christmas Tree is a new comer. Most homes have a miniature stable and crib (some people have over 100 different pieces in their collections! And add to them every year. These take months to build). It is makes me very proud when our figurines are used in these Christmas scenes

We have been supplying angels and nativities to private individuals and shops here and in Europe, mainly Germany and France, for several years. This year we have a new Website with a semi online shop and are starting to paint angels for people and shops in North America. Our American customers here really like them and have been asking us to do this for some time. So we did.

You can see some of the angels and nativities we sell on our website

http://www.alasyciagranada.com

Hope you like them.!!

I’ve made some terrific friends here at Adland who I would never have been able to meet anywhere else.

So many good people here who understand what networking really means and have taught me and helped me. I hope I can do the same for them.

Lastly, someone asked me what I thought I had brought to Adland . That’s easy to answer - I’ve brought you angels!!

Hope you haven’t all fallen asleep while reading this LOL (oh, you’re not laughing? you were serious?…Whoops …I’m sorry…)

Saludos

Jenny

Thank you Jenny for your interesting Bio and giving us a chance for a glimps into your life!

Congrats for being in the Spotlight!

The Spotlight Gazette Team!