July Notes

Welcome Summer!!  July is here and with it a lot of Art/Craft shows I'll be attending!
How are you all enjoying your summer so far?  We've had some strange weather, sometimes super hot and humid and then a tad "chilly" for this time of year.  But yesterday for the Art Show it was the best weather day ever!
Even when it's a bit sticky out, I'm still thankful for the warm days, the rain....just not the mosquitos...🤣

Here's the lineup of the next upcoming events...

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025  
Event:  Pine City Art Fest (NNB only)
Time:  9am-3pm
​Where: Robinson Park, 200-298 5th Street SE
Town:  Pine City, MN

Date: Friday, Saturday, Sunday July 25, 26 & 27, 2025  
Event:  Glenwood Waterama Boardwalk Sale (NNB only)
Time:  10am-5pm (each day)
​Where: Waterama City Park
Town:  Glenwood, MN

Date: Friday & Saturday, August 1 & 2, 2025  
Event:  Flekke Fest (NNB & Sauce/Crafts)
Time:  Friday: 9am-4pm, Saturday: 9am - 3pm 
​Where: (booth location) at KR-Digital, 15 Central Ave. S
Town:  Elbow Lake, MN
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THE JEWELRY:

Since the last show I had in May at Bobbing Bobber Brewing Company, so much "life" has been happening, that I barely had time to create things.  During June and first part of July I usually do not have any shows lined up due to hubby's TNT Fireworks tent selling season late-mid June to after the first week in July.  Not much creating wasn't happening either.

So the last three days, right before the Art in the Gardens show at Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud, I worked super hard to flesh out the ideas I had in my head for a while with the beads that were waiting to be used.

So here are a few new items:

Beach glass has been one of my favorite beads to work with and they've been much requested by many of my customers.  Nice to have them in SO many color options.  For these bracelets I chose the green seafoam and blue Beach glass and some other cool beads to create the first two styles.
The Turquoise inspiration came from an idea I saw online a long time ago but always wanted to create something similar so I used the beads I recently got in and paired the Turquoise with Moonstone, Amazonite, Czech Melon beads and Coffee Jasper stones.
The handcrafted ceramic starfish bracelet also features Freshwater Pearls, Beach glass and Tube beads.  The necklace also has a handcrafted beige/blue starfish pendant placed on an African handmade silver "Wollo" ring and the leather is lined with blue beach glass and tube beads.  Lobster Closure.

There are a few more summery styles, I will need to list on the sales page.  It'll be a moment as I'm at quite a few shows the next couple of weeks.  
Just email me: [email protected] to inquire of any of the styles you see here or on my Facebook page as they get posted there quicker daily with the ability for me to schedule posts.
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LASTLY:
I want to thank everyone who came out to the "Art in the Gardens" at Munsinger Gardens yesterday (Thursday, July 17) and visited my booth.  Your enthusiasm over my designs brought much joy to my heart, your purchases blessed me so I can pay bills and keep getting new beads in for more design styles and seeing so many of you return to see what's new was super cool!
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Weather wise, you guys.... it couldn't have been any better!!!  It was picture perfect with NO wind, wonderful temperatures and sunshine without everyone having to sweat or deal with humidity.  It was just beautiful out and many came out to visit all the artists.  So thank you from the bottom of my heart for your patronage and your encouragement.

Until the next show,
May you be blessed as I've been blessed and more so....
​Sam