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Brrrrr... It sure hasn't felt like summer here yet.  To warm things up I'm having a Christmas in July sale in my Etsy shop for items found in this section. (note sale closed so links to items are on this site.)  

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Have you heard about this latest Social Networking tool?  I hadn't either until this week and if you'd asked me last week I would've said there was no way I was going to be able to keep up with yet another thing to check or talk through.  I mean, come on!

Well, a talented handmade group, (UWIB) of which I am a member, coaxed us in and I'm really liking it.  To me it looks a lot like... well, Facebook, but with a much cleaner look and a much improved ability…

Natural Denim Blue Sponge Coral Beads from…

They're the largest of the North American Woodpeckers (since the Ivory billed has not been seen in North America in awhile.)  They're about the size of a crow and they're gorgeous with their brilliant red head feathers and white strikings against the black!  We had a flock of 4 land on our cedar in the backyard and we were fortunate to see them. 

Do girls still chant the mantra "He loves me, he loves me not..." while plucking the petals from a daisy?  The chance that it might give me some insight into a boy's mind was all it took as a young girl to grab a daisy and start letting the petals fly until I got the answer I desired. Fields of wild daisies have been blooming for the past month in our area and it inspired me to think about this piece and how I would…

I had to drive through wind and rain and construction, but it was all worth it!  Last Friday I went to the Puget Sound Bead Festival in Tacoma and here are the goodies I couldn't pass up.