June Notes

Greetings to all,
May has been a busy month with shows and markets, visit from a friend and a lil get-away to buy beads!!
The FIRST outdoor show of the season "Avon Spring Fling" in the park was quite the wet and cool adventure.  Needless to say that we didn't have many visitors and all I sold was one keychain....🤷‍♀️
Then we were one of the vendors for Terebinth Refuge's Fund Raiser Event "Stronger Together", supporting women who got caught up in sex trafficking...  I learned a lot of things I didn't know about or thought even possible.  Really sad.
The Spring Market at Bobbing Bobber Brewing Co. in Hutchinson was a great success! My ladies from last year ordered design requests a couple weeks earlier and they were   eager to see their choices to pick from.  I gained some new customers, hugging friends' necks I haven't seen in quite a while and it was nice that hubby set up too and helped me with the tent before he set up his Sauce booth inside.    So all in all it was a busy and successful May.  

Now on to June with only one show for the Jewelry, but since we will do the TNT Fireworks Tent at Coborns Parking Lot in Sauk Rapids again this year, I'm ok with that, as June is exhausting with sitting outside in the tent for 10 hours a day for 10+ days.
​Now....the event list for the summer....
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Date: Sunday June 9, 2024   
Event: Rum River Days Festival & Craft Show (NNB/Sauce/Crafts)
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
Where:  Princeton Speedway, 1400 N 3rd Street.
Town: Princeton, MN

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024  
Event:  Art In The Gardens  (NNB & Sauce/Crafts)
Time:  10 am - 6 pm
​Where: Munsinger Gardens, 1301 Riverside Dr. SE
Town:  St. Cloud, MN
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Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024  
Event:  Arts Fest  (NNB only)
Time:  9 am - 3 pm
​Where: Robinson Park
Town:  Pine City, MN

Other events for the year are listed in the "Events Page" if you want to look ahead.
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NOTES N BLING JEWELRY:

With the Bobbing Bobber event in May, I had a few design requests by my ladies from last year who fell in love with my jewelry.  So I was quite busy to get all the different styles created so that they would have options to choose from....

Those requests were all the scroll hearts, leaves and the hoop.  These items are hand formed, hammered and paired with either Czech Chrystal, Eliza Mine (getting rare) Turquoise, African Turquoise & Czech, Kingman Mine Turquoise and Beach glass beads.  All earrings are on Sterling Silver Ear wires.   
Then I made some fun key chains and added vintage Czech flower beads on a leather fringe.  I hope to snag more of those vintage beads....
For the other key chains I used repurposed beads and added fun charms.  
The bracelets - there are two for dog lovers and a leather one with feather slider for people with small wrists.    If you hover over the pictures, it will show description and price.  
​To order just send me an email with the screen shot of the item you like to purchase, message me on my FB page (www.facebook.com/NotesNBling), or if you have my phone number, shoot me a text.
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LASTLY:
Last month I shared a bit what I have learned at a ladies retreat a friend hosted.  It was quite insightful to ponder on the Seasons Of Life....

The Resting Season...  Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you saying, "The Lord your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land".  Josua 1:13.
The Hebrew word for "rest" is "nuwach", which means to settle down, to dwell, to withdraw, to rest.  God will plant us in a particular place or area to settle down and dwell so that we have the needed space the He requires for us to withdraw and rest.  Sometimes God does pull us away from anything that is distracting us for the good reason that we need to have a season of rest, especially when our spiritual productivity is slipping.  He also puts us in a season of rest if we are bitter toward our calling, are over worked or frustrated with people we are called to minister to.  God knows what's best for us and for others.  We may not like it, but it's good to wait on the Lord, to renew our strength.  The spiritual fruit developing in this season is the fruit of kindness.

​The Mid Life Season Of Life.... During this season of life we have many questions such as what should we be doing now, where should we go, where should we live.  How do we pay bills, how do we stay fulfilled in getting older.  We may struggle with uncertainty but we have to be willing to let go of being threatened by this season of life.
Often in this season we struggle with finding purpose and meaning of life which leads to lack of enjoyment, emptiness and uncertainty.  The thing is we define ourselves so much by what we "do", like a career, ministry, business, art etc.  So when we aren't doing all that anymore we go through an emotional crisis because we feel purposeless.  This is a season no-one prepares us for but we must remember that we never lose purpose or meaning, because we are uniquely created and our contribution to the world only we can fulfill and none other.  God will always show the way.
​For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Jeremiah 29:11

The Transition Season Of Life....  This is the season between seasons.  It can last for a long time and can contain a mixture of joy and sadness.  Sometimes moving from one season to the next can be emotionally painful as we have to let go of old mindsets and not yet understanding the why.
The transition season doesn't have anything to do with our function or role, rather it's about who we are becoming.  Something is changing within us and once this change has taken place, we enter into our next season a different person.   Also if we don't recognize that we are in a transition season we can get stuck there for years, so since we don't want to be stuck and it's only meant to journey through, we need to be open for God to grow us spiritually and change us to produce good spiritual fruit.
​Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.  Proverbs 3:5-6.

There is one more season, but I'll cover that in the next "Notes" for July.

Until then I wish you all a great beginning of Summer and that you can enjoy this season being outdoors (meaning not a lot of mosquitos), soak in the sunshine (Vitamin D), meet up with friends and family, or go on a fun trip, or just enjoy the back yard, plant flowers or a garden and have some grilling time.   Lets hope for non-severe weather, pray for those who are inundated with terrible storms and losses and in all things keep hopeful, faithful and most of all entrust all to God, in the bad and the good.

Hope to see you at the shows.  If you can't make a show and need something, get hold of me via Facebook messenger through my page (Facebook.com/NotesNBling) or email me and if you have my phone number, you can also text.

Be blessed till next time with much love,
Sam