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	<title>Fire Blessed Art - Fine Handcrafted Dichroic Glass, Silver Jewelry and GiftsHelping MicroEnterprises&#8230;</title>
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		<title>Helping MicroEnterprises&#8230;</title>
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During one of my morning walks last fall, I discovered some broken blue glass by the side of the road. I took it home, cleaned it up, and melted it in my kiln.
Glass has a specific rate at which it expands (called a Coefficient of Expansion &#8211; COE), so you have to be careful to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trinidad and Arcata Christmas Markets</title>
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This Saturday is the Trinidad Christmas Market being held at the Trinidad Town Hall from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. &#160;I understand there will also be a raffle as well as a wine tasting. Of course I&#8217;ll be too busy to even think about wine tasting (at least until the end of the show!)
Then on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trinidad Artisan&#8217;s Market Over For the Season</title>
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&#160;Well, this was certainly an interesting year at the Market!&#160; In fact, due to scheduling issues, family travel, truck problems and other stuff I only got to the Trinidad Artisan&#8217;s Market twice this year and neither time was stellar.
The economy here on the North Coast is always lagging behind the economy in other places, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Events &amp; Schedule Change</title>
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Well, Christmas is quickly approaching &#8211; have you noticed how many commercials there are on TV and it isn&#8217;t even Thanksgiving yet?
I guess because of the economy the major advertisers feel they need to start early to get our kids primed for wanting specific toys!&#160; Remember, they often understock the season&#8217;s most popular toys &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Checking in on Values&#8230;and Quality of Service</title>
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A couple of days ago I went into the River Lodge to replace the dichroic necklaces that had been sold over the past couple of months, and to swap out the remaining pieces with new ones.
The holidays are coming up, and it&#8217;s always a good idea when you have things on consignment to notice what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change of Schedule&#8230;.</title>
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&#8230;.well, it seems we have a family obligation coming up this Thanksgiving and hubby and I will be traveling up to Oregon instead of being home in lovely Trinidad.&#160; Since I&#8217;m not sure exactly which days I will be traveling, it seems I will probably cancel my booth at the Trinidad Artisan&#8217;s Thanksgiving show this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer&#8217;s Here &amp; So Are The Fairs!</title>
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Well, in the swing of things again &#8211; almost midway through for the Trinidad Artists Market.&#160; 
This weekend is the 48th Annual Westhaven Blackberry Festival in, of course, Westhaven.&#160; We&#8217;ve gone for years to get the homemade blackberry jelly &#38; a couple of pies for the freezer.
Last year I participated as a vendor, and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Blessed Art is My Current Creative Passion</title>
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I used to call my business Magical Design Studios.&#160; It worked well because I am primarily a designer, and I have so many media that I love &#8211; painting, drawing, textiles (dyeing, quilting, sewing, silk painting), embroidery, beading, jewelry fabrication, etc.
What I discovered over the past 4-5 years, though, is that I am drawn to [...]]]></description>
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