Hi all –

Yesterday when I went to the post office to send my “Coastal Cottage” necklace off to it’s new home (thank you Ann-Margaret!), I asked for a book of stamps.  I immediately chose these when I saw them.  Gulf Coast Lighthouses…they’re 5th in a series.  Have you seen the others?  They’re really beautiful stamps!  Great for summer correspondence.  At least my bills will look attractive.

I received a custom order on Etsy recently for a bracelet I no longer had available.  When I went about making a new wirework bracelet, I went to town and made a few more.  You know how you may have a classic (or favorite) design style and you don’t mind remaking it?  I don’ t think we have to reinvent the wheel each and every time we make a piece of jewelry.  I had a discussion about this with a fellow jewelry-designing friend just last week.  There’s that pressure to come up with the next new thing…which is fun challenge.  But sometimes it’s nice to just enjoy the beauty in a piece when you love the overall design and construction.

Blog Give Away Alert (BGAA)!

Val over at Val’s Art Studio took a quiz on Facebook…just to see how “girlie” she is.  Stop by her blog and enter her give away when you leave your girlie or not comment.  She’s drawing a name on August 7th…

Also, Heather Powers of Humblebeads is having an online Open House!  Stop by her blog and take a tour of her studio, and enter for chances to win prizes!! 🙂  Yippee!