Check out a new shop on etsy, 100% helps the gulf coast

Well after I finished listing a couple new bracelets, I usually go poke around at what other Etsians have listed and I happened to stumble across this new shop , HelpTheGulfCoast.etsy.com that is a collection of artists around the globe who have donated 100% of their work to the relief efforts underway.
Currently they are donating 50% to the organization , Oxfam , and are waiting to be approved by the National Wildlife Federation . To date they have donated $2,000 to Oxfam and they have been up and running since June 4th .

I have donated my new listing , The Jolly Green Bangle . I plan to donate more in the near future... just deciding which pieces and maybe make a few new just for this cause.

Spread the word friends, what a great way to help out the environment , people of the Gulf , during this extremely sad , frustrating , scary saga from the BIG BAD OIL industry, that seems it may not have an end in sight . :(

And the winner is........

JANE !!!!!!!!! Whooohoooooo, YEAH!!!!

Jane has been such a great supporter of my adventure into Etsy and here on Blogger . From giving me tons of great advice to linking me to her blog and twittering about me :) ( thanks again Jane ) Jane also has a store on Etsy and a blog ( a painting mom ) ... you can find her in my favorites listed here or on my favorites list on Etsy . She is a very talented artist , her specialty is hand painted custom plaques and pencil sketched drawings of individuals homes , they are amazing!!!!!

I would show you some of her work , but I am not sure how to link all of that and unfortunately , do not have the time today to give myself a blogging lesson :( , but I do encourage you all to wander over to her blog and check her work out.

I will post pics of the piece she either picks out or that I specially make for her in a few days..... stay tuned for more giveaways to come !
Blessings ,
Andria

new mosaic pieces

Here are a couple newly grouted mosaic stepping stones . I had finished setting the tiles last summer and finally got around to the messy part . :)

The pictures are not capturing the brightness of the tiles the way I would like. I need to pull out my instruction manual to my camera, or spend sometime in photography forums......

While shooting these I could not resist taking some pretty pics of my youngest daughter , who came out to investigate what her momma was doing and also , the flowers in my garden.... Hope you like them!