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I have a new offer for Shadowfax clients! I can now offer engraving in 2 fonts, a block style and a script style! At 1.50 per letter, its a great way to personalize the pieces you have me make. Of course I still hand engrave my scrawly signature and the date on many things, but this new engraving style is the pretty formal machine engraving that is so perfect and nice. Just thought you'd like to know!

Its been a busy week or so with dog walks in the mornings, chores and mom related trips to town for her needs, christmas shopping and shipping almost daily from the workshop. I am still getting online orders and rushing them thru for holiday gift giving as well as mapping out the Flower and Garden Show merchandise needs. The new leaf style is going to be OAK! I snipped some tiny perfect oak leaves from a friend's tree in Idaho last september, and chose them as 2005's new leaf. Each year I try to have a new Shadowfax leaf design for the budpins, and so I finally made the choice! They are so pretty! I will also do earrings in the new style.

The new shell and seaweed stuff is going to be my main focus tho, I am so taken with it! There will be many new rings and earrings, and a gorgeous new seaweed bangle bracelet style. The prototype came out so lovely, and I think it will be a hit with all my fans! Even those of you who tell me I will revert to leaves and flowers again where I belong! Well, they will always be part of my repertoire, but I have most definitely moved along into these graceful shapes full of the movement of the sea and evocative of the high tideline at your favorite beach, kelp mixed with tiny shells and sand.

Well, I am too swamped with orders to hang here much longer and there are still emails to answer, so I will pick an image out of the file to re-treat you with so its not too boring a blog entry! Happy Christmas and Only the best possible new year to you all!
Barb

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