 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.... 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 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. 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. 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
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 Who else is excited that Spring has sprung finally for good and the temperatures are on the upswing? 🙋♀️ Now also the outdoor events are beginning with our first one being this Saturday, May 4 at the Wobegon Trail Park in Avon, MN. Of course in true spring weather fashion, the weather is supposed to be rainy.... let's hope this changes, but so far it's not a big wind event and for that I'm grateful! The temperatures however will be nice in the mid 60's, so hope to see some of you come out and visit my booth (turquoise tent many of you know) and hubby will be there under his bright orange tent with his homemade BBQ sauce and some wood crafts. You won't miss us with those bright colored tents!! UPCOMING EVENTS: Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024 Event: Avon Spring Fling Outdoor Market Time: 9am - 1pm Where: Wobegon Trailhead Park Town: Avon, MN Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024 Event: Stronger Together (Terebinth Refuge) Time: 9am - 2pm Where: Park Event Center, 500 Division Street Town: Waite Park, MN Date: Saturday May 18, 2024 Event: Bobbing Bobber Brewing Co. Vendor Market (NNB/Sauce/Crafts) Time: 10 am - 5 pm Where: Bobbing Bobber Brewing Co., 900 Highway 15 S. Town: Hutchinson, MN 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 NOTESNBLING: I have some exciting news! I now have a corner at the Sweet Bay Boutique in Pierz (30799 73rd Street, Pierz, MN). For now it's just a small shelf unit, but I hope as things take off to add a second shelf and a background panel - all depending on how the boutique would like to proceed. New items created as of late: First picture is a distressed Czech heart bead on handcrafted non-tarnish brass hoop and matching Czech bead. Second picture is a handprinted clay feather with gemstone Heishi and Eliza Mine Turquoise (from Arizona). Third Picture is Premo Crystal crosses on handcrafted & hammered non tarnish brass hoop. The fourth picture is an Ammonite & Lava "Diffuser" bracelet. Lastly picture number 5 is a brass Spring Bird with Czech Sunflower and Picasso Beads and yellow tube beads to create a unique summery look on knotted leather and partially handcrafted closure. These and more items I've created are also posted on my Facebook Page: Facebook.com/NotesNBling and of course are available at my booth at the upcoming shows. You may also visit my studio by making an appointment via Facebook Messenger through my page, my phone number (if you have my card) or shoot me an email at: [email protected]. AND LASTLY:
There are not enough words to express my gratitude to all of you my customers, friends and family who continue to support this small business of mine. THANK YOU from all my heart for continuing to love and purchase my creations. Also.... I've started playing music again a little bit. Mainly for ladies retreats hosted by a friend of mine. At least it's a start to get back into music - and see where the Lord leads. I've learned a bit about the seasons of life we all experience at particular times in our lifetimes. For example ...The Dry Season (you may feel far from the Lord, or have given up on your vision/dreams) but remember God's Gifts are without repentance, so if God told us something or to do something, He hasn't changed His mind. ...The Wilderness Season (during this time we can't see God is working on our behalf, it's a time of lack, time of waiting - but we are to wait with expectation during this time of character development) ....The Pruning Season (a temporary cutting away of maybe things or people so we can grow spiritually. The Lord may cut away relationships, friendships, ministries, a job, habits, attitudes, wrong beliefs and mindsets). ...The Harvest Season (we reap during this season from the seeds we have sown in the previous seasons of our life). ....The Grief, Sorrow & Loss Season of Life (grief is mental suffering over afflictions or loss, to grieve, to mourn is to express sorrow. Grief wasn't part of God's original plan, but because of sin and the fall of mankind we will to through seasons of grief as consequences. There are many causes of grief from the loss of loved ones to sudden illness, rebellious children, failed marriages or loss of a job /career/dream). Never deny the pain, or pretend it didn't happen. Process your pain and allow God to heal you. There are other seasons I'll get to in the next "Notes" for June.... It's just been very interesting to learn about the seasons of life. With that I will sign off and hope to see, hug and talk to you all throughout this next month. Until June.... may God keep you and watch over you and may His face shine upon you. In Christ, Sam  I just realized I never did an update in March!!! Thankfully all the March events I listed in February...😂. Hope everyone had a wonderful Resurrection Sunday celebration with family, friends or just you and the Lord. I got to spend it with a friend while hubby went to Alabama for the Kayak Bass Fishing Nationals. UPCOMING EVENTS: Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024 (LAST winter market till Nov.) Event: Sartell Winter Farmers Market Time: 10am-1pm Where: Sartell City Hall, 125 Pine Cone Road. N Town: Sartell, MN Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024 Event: Roadside Tavern Spring Craft Show Time: 10am-2pm Where: Roadside Tavern, 531 Main Street Town: Roscoe, MN The event in St. Augusta which was planned for Sat. Apr. 27 has been CANCELLED by the event coordinator due to a scheduling conflict the Legion did.... Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024 Event: Avon Spring Fling Outdoor Market Time: 9am - 1pm Where: Wobegon Trailhead Park Town: Avon, MN Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024 Event: Stronger Together (Terebinth Refuge) Time: 9am - 2pm Where: Park Event Center, 500 Division Street Town: Waite Park, MN Date: Saturday May 18, 2024 Event: Bobbing Bobber Brewing Co. Vendor Market (NNB only) Time: 10 am - 5 pm Where: Bobbing Bobber Brewing Co., 900 Highway 15 S. Town: Hutchinson, MN So far these will be the events planned and scheduled until July. However please keep an eye out on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NotesNBling for updated events that might pop up before I get to post on here. Of course I'll try to keep the Events page updated as well... Also the Sweet Bay Boutique in Pierz (30799 73rd Street, Pierz, MN) may have events coming up and I have a NotesNBling Jewelry corner there at this boutique! This would be announced on my FB page first. NOTESNBLING: As always I've been busy creating and RE-STOCKING some favorite items, plus making a few extras for the boutique in Pierz.... more about that in the next newsletter. Here are some of the newest items: The Items in order: Ochre Beach Glass on Leather with Tierra Cast Crimp Top & Sterling ear wires, Picasso Czech Beads in Southwest Colors on leather with Tierra Cast Crimp Top & sterling ear wires. Necklace is an Artisan Feather with Czech & Greek beads on knotted leather. The bracelet has beach glass, Amazonite and Greek beads with a charm and leather fringe. Restock item are the pearl Flowing Feather earrings with English Cut Czech bead & sterling ear wires. These and much more gets posted on my Facebook page, as I create the items, so I try to be fresh with new updates there. IN ENDING:
I'm very grateful to all of you who have been SO supportive of my small business and I want to thank each of you for your continued interest, spreading the word, sharing it with your friends and coming to shows! Now a new boutique which is a lil' closer to our area in Pierz which has me super excited and I'm so grateful for! Of course my jewelry continues to be a hit in Elbow Lake at KR-Digital Gifts and Frame shop! I'll be visiting that store real soon as well, because it needs a fresh update on jewelry items!! Wishing you all a very blessed April, maybe we will see some showers for May flowers and the weather will finally warm up. March went out with the craziest snow storm for which we were thankful for plowing income that didn't happen all winter! See you at the shows! Sam  February Greetings! It's tax paperwork season over here.... mainly for all the things hubby does and I'm glad mine is all done for the Jewelry Biz. So, needless to say I'm trying to keep from pulling out my hair like I usually do this time of year 😂 and working on having a calm mindset and for the most part it's working - but there still are moments. LOL. This year hubby is a lil more involved than in the past and that helps too. But enough of taxes.... on to the upcoming events and the so far beautiful "warm" Minnesota winter we've been having. We all hope it's not going to snow in April. UPCOMING EVENTS: Date: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 Event: Ham Radio Club Craft Show Time: 9am-1pm Where: National Guard Armory, 1710 Veterans Dr. Town: St. Cloud, MN Date: Saturday, Mar. 2, 2024 Event: Sartell Winter Farmers Market Time: 10am-1pm Where: Sartell City Hall, 125 Pine Cone Road. N Town: Sartell, MN Date: Saturday, Mar. 9, 2024 Event: Monticello Women Of Today Spring Craft Show Time: 9am-3pm Where: Monticello Community Center, 505 Walnut St. Unit 4 Town: Monticello, MN Date: Saturday, Mar. 16, 2024 Event: Lake Wobegon Community Expo Time: 10am-2pm Where: Albany Community Center, 30 Forest Ave. Town: Albany, MN NOTES N BLING: I've been creating in between the tax paperwork and I think that's been helping my mindset quite a bit. Every day create something, even if it's only one thing... So here are a few new items. But if you are curious and want to see more you can see all the photos on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NotesNBling. The magnetic closure leather & sliders bracelets have been a HUGE hit. So as I find more cool leathers, I'll be adding more once some of the stock is sold. I'll have small, medium and big wrist bracelets. Fun Steampunk earrings and a Southwest inspired chandelier necklace with Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise also was created. Come see these and more at the next upcoming events! LASTLY:
Last weeks encouragement scripture for me was something along the lines of DON"T WORRY.... I'm really good at worrying and I'd rather not be good at that... I'd rather be good at trusting God....😊 Don't worry about anything but in everything through prayer and petition with THANKSGIVING present your requests to God and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7. Well, it's kept me much calmer this past week. 😊 I've been reading A.W.Tozer's book "The Pursuit of God" and this following quote in the last chapter caught my attention (as many other things throughout the book)... ***Quote: Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. The motive is everything. Let a man sanctify the Lord God in his heart and he can thereafter do no common act. All he does is good and acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For such a man, living itself will be sacramental and the whole world a sanctuary. His entire life will be a priestly ministration. As he performs his never so simple task he will hear the voice of the seraphim saying "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory".*** end quote (A.W.Tozer "The Pursuit Of God") This means....even doing the taxes, creating jewelry, playing music, spending time with husband or friend.... This doesn't mean that we can do no wrong, it means that the attitude of our heart when we sanctify the Lord there is that of everything we do we do as unto the Lord and that is what makes the difference. Mindset and attitude. Have a beautiful and blessed February! Sam  Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all had a nice holiday season with some days of rest - or having fun preparing for the holidays and having company. For us that season is generally quiet as it's just Warren and I, so after a very busy show season starting in October with a craft/art show almost every weekend, it's ok for us to just have a little quiet, although that's the time we miss family and friends the most. Everyone has their families to visit with if they are close and most of our other family/friends are living elsewhere...too far for a drive. Well, on to a new year and new shows. Here's what's upcoming in the immediate next couple of months. (You can also check the "Events Dates" in the 'hamburger menu' on the top right to get to that page). UPCOMING EVENTS: Date: Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 Event: Sartell Winter Farmers Market Time: 10am-1pm Where: Sartell City Hall, 125 Pine Cone Road. N Town: Sartell, MN Date: Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024 Event: Cowgirl Luncheon Time: 10am-2pm Where: Ridges of Sand Creek Golf Course, 21775 Ridges Dr. Town: Jordan, MN Date: Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 Event: Sartell Winter Farmers Market Time: 10am-1pm Where: Sartell City Hall, 125 Pine Cone Road. N Town: Sartell, MN Date: Sunday, Feb. 11 2024 Event: Gathering in the Arts Time: 1-4 pm Where: St. Francis Catholic Church, 219 2nd St. N Town: Sartell, MN Date: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 Event: Ham Radio Club Craft Show Time: 9am-1pm Where: National Guard Armory, 1710 Veterans Dr. Town: St. Cloud, MN Date: Saturday, Mar. 2, 2024 Event: Sartell Winter Farmers Market Time: 10am-1pm Where: Sartell City Hall, 125 Pine Cone Road. N Town: Sartell, MN  NOTESNBLING JEWELRY First I want to say "THANK YOU" from the bottom of my heart to all of my customers, friends and family who have supported my business with much encouragement, well wishes, sharing my page posts on Facebook and commenting on my page to keep the algorithm going to where people see my latest posts. So thank you for being involved with that, because without word of mouth, I would miss a few sales. Also to those who have bought, love my jewelry, wear it proudly, share my business with others, keep ordering, requesting custom orders...THANK YOU SO MUCH, because you make this business a success and make this artist's heart glad. I really appreciate all of you and I wanted you to know that! I hope I'll have more interesting designs for you in 2024 to have you keep looking, shopping, selecting gifts for loved ones or co-workers and keep you looking forward to more. Also I'm very thankful for your patience as some custom orders take a bit. Since I'm the only one designing and working the jewelry (for the most part unless hubby can do something easy like stringing beads for me), when it's a busy show season, I can't always keep up with everything. So thank you for being understanding ❤️. So, here are some photos of a few of the latest creations: If you want to see more designs, please check out my Facebook page: Facebook.com/NotesNBling. IN ENDING:
Our last event for 2023 was actually a Christmas Concert at the Barnabas Christian Coffeehouse in Chippewa Falls, WI. Although a lil drive, it's always such a HUGE blessing to be with the folks there, play music, chat, enjoy fellowship and conversation and stay up with my guitar playing/singing skills, as I haven't been doing much of that this past year. Hubby Warren's sax always adds SO much to a few of the songs he plays on and people love it. At least he gets to keep up his chops with participating in the worship team at church every so often. I'm more of a small group/concert musician, so I'm quite content to leave the worship leading in church to those who feel called to do so. Again I want to wish everyone a healthy, happy, blessed, peaceful, calm, stillness of heart and trust in God New Year and may we all stay strong, remain hopeful and joyful in the presence of God. Until next time, creatively yours Sam |
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