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Midnight Sun Beading

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I posted these photos on facebook last week but I wanted to highlight Renee’s fabulous work here on the blog too. Renee is Midnight Sun Beading. She does these incredible dog jewelry pieces.

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It’s all bead, hand woven. While it looks similar to a collar, it’s purely decorative.

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I met Renee at the American Whippet Club’s National Specialty show in Boston. She’s a Whippet person. It’s fun to be next to her at a Greyhound event – She loves the Greyhounds, but she REALLY LOVES Whippets. Voice raising up several octaves kind of love. She’s fun.

Renee will also be representing my sterling work at the Whippet Nationals in Tucson in a couple of weeks. Cool.

I’m not going to panic.

Eeek!

Have you looked at the calendar? The Greyhound Gathering in Kanab, Utah is 8 weeks away. Ulp.

I haven’t started.

I do have a plan. That plan does not included panic at this time. But I’ve scheduled in room for it, if necessary!

Etsy and my embarrassing dog.

Memory Boxes and Greyhound Collection

Adding new work to my etsy store. Boxes, feet sculptures, tiles, etc. And the sterling silver pendant is there too.

Greyhound feet sculpture
And now for a silly dog story. Annie is a funny dog. She’s clever. She’s not afraid of anything… well, small dogs, she’s not crazy about, but she’s never met a stranger she didn’t like.

She also likes to stick her nose into tight places. See photo above. She presses her nose right on in there.

So… yesterday… Annie meets a nice lady — nice lady that bends down to say hello to Annie.

Trouble is… nice lady was amply bosomed and wearing a low cut shirt. So, like I wrote above, Annie isn’t shy. She saw that ample bosom and must have thought, “What’s in there?”

Down her cold nose went as far as she could get her little snake head down.

The nice lady squealed. Then she laughed.

Silly dog.

You can find me here.

The Element is packed and I’ll be headed to Dewey Beach, Delaware for Greyhounds Reach the Beach.

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You can find me at the Best Western Gold Leaf on Highway 1 in Dewey Beach. This is across from the Rusty Rudder.

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Find the Main Office – I’ll be right down the ramp and to the right.

Hours:

Wednesday – 10am to 5pm
Thursday – 10am to 6pm
Friday – 8am to 6pm
Saturday – 8am to 6pm
Sunday – 9am to 3pm

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See you at the Beach!

Mark your calendar

Couple of events you might want to know about.

Sterling Silver Greyhound pendant bright

On Saturday February 21st, look for the Sterling Pendants at Greyhound Pets of America – Northwest Chapter‘s Dog Lover’s Valentine Benefit Gala. Sue Ross of Silk Road Collars will be our agent at this event.

Our pendants will also be with Sue and Silk Road Collars at the West Coast Greyhound Gathering in Solvang, California. Dates for this event are February 27 – March 1.

My work will be at other upcoming events including the American Whippet Club’s National Specialty in Atlanta, Georgia (April) and the Greyhound Gathering in Kanab, Utah (May). More details about these two events soon.

$1700.

Claudia from the Greyhound Gang emailed me some good news.

medallionsRemember the Medallion project? (Claudia and I worked together to create an image/clay medallion for the Greyhound Gang to offer as gifts/remembrances for passed on Greyhounds).

The Medallion project raised $1700 in 2008!

That money goes to help find more Greyhounds’ homes after their racing careers are over.

Hurray!

To make a donation & send or receive a medallion, go to the Greyhound Gang’s website.

Etsy store update.

Memory boxes

Added a few more pieces to my etsy store. Boxes and tiles with more to come.

etsy store update.

Memory boxes

Added a few more pieces to my etsy store. Boxes and tiles with more to come.

Getting closer.

Added quite a few pieces to my etsy.com store.

More to come. Mostly tiles and such.

Donation : Silent Auction Greyhounds in Art Show

The Greyhounds in Art exhibition also has a silent auction to raise money for canine cancer research. Here’s the piece I’ve donated for this:

Silent Auction Greyhounds in Art Show

Hey Dewey go-ers! Watch for this!

Couple of items to keep on your radar screen if you’re going to be Dewey Beach going.

Greyhounds Reach the Beach raffle item

I donated this framed tile panel to the Greyhounds Reach The Beach silent auction. I’m fairly sure that the silent auction items will be located at the Grotto Pizza along with the Greyhounds in Art show. This year’s proceeds benefit the Greyhound Health and Wellness program run by Dr. Guillermo Couto at the Ohio State University.

While you are at the Grotto Pizza checking out this auction, be sure and peruse the silent auction table of the Greyhounds in Art show. I haven’t photographed that piece yet — will post the photo when I do. The proceeds from this auction benefits Dr. Couto’s research as well.

Silent Auction tile panel

This is the piece I’ll be donating to Sunday’s Brunch raffle. Raffle tickets will be available outside prior to the brunch and at the Celebrating Greyhounds table at the Grotto Pizza.

I’m not sure if NON-Dewey-Beach goers can bid or participate in the raffle. Perhaps someone will leave an answer to this question in the comments of this blog.