Dream Life Designs Autumn, 2009

Christmas in July

This Thursday, July 9, 2009, the annual Christmas in July Arts and Crafts fair will take place in St. Germain, Wisconsin. This will be one of only two juried shows I will be participating in this summer. I will bring with me my traveling jewelry boards, showing off all the latest creations from Dream Life Designs.

This fair, St. Germain’s largest of the season, takes place between 9am and 3pm at St. Germain Community Park, just off Hwy. 70 East. For the first time I’m not bringing my tent with the colorful waving flags. They wanted me to set up on a dirt road and I didn’t want the jewelry to get dusty. Why I can’t manage to get the same tent site each year after doing this show for about seven or eight years is always puzzling; however, I’m happy to try out a site under the pavilion.

Hopefully I’ll see many of my regular customers who always help make this show a success, and meet some new people as well. Of course, for those of you who can’t make it, the shop at Sandy Point is open every day between now and September and you may also want to check out our NEW online store: www.sandypointproshop.com

And by the way, the weather forecast is for 78° temperatures with a chance of late thunder storms. That's far better than the 53° highs we had last week, when it truly felt like Christmas in July.

Jewelry Show Open House Tonight

If you're anywhere near Tucson this evening, please stop by my dear friend, Salleé Gerbing's house, where all my newest designs will be on display and for sale at wholesale prices. Just in time for Mother's Day, find something for your mom, your girlfriend, your wife, yourself! Earring, Necklace and Bracelet designs feature copper, sterling and fine silver, and a variety of crystals and gemstones. Each piece is one of a kind!

Can't make it? Many pieces are available on our website: www.sandypointproshop.com. If you see something you like, call our toll free number 888-588-3233 and we'll answer any questions you may have. We ship anywhere! THANK YOU!

Only God is Perfect

Amish quilters are known to occasionally slip a stitch in their beautiful patchwork creations, citing "only God is perfect." As I made this necklace it occurred to me that it was simply too pretty. So I decided to slip a stitch--so-to-speak--by stringing a barely detectable design alteration. Hard to call it a "flaw." The design idea, by the way, didn't come from the Amish. It came from my friend Robin Meloy Goldsby, talented pianist and author. Additional photos available at: www.sandypointproshop.com.