Dixie is now safe

Yesterday I  balanced   some of the cruelty  in the world . My heart is so filled with joy!!!!! Cal said OK and I was able to rescue this sweet little abused baby .She is 1 1/2 years old  and her name is Dixie. Yes, I am very tight on money right now ,  No I do not know what my future  holds? No, it is never the "right time " etc , etc., but sometimes  we just have to do the right thing. I needed  to help a  hurting creature  as it will help me with my pain and hurt . As I watch her hopefully heal  and grow happy  it will help me do so too. She is  SOOOO  scared  but so badly wants love.  She will get it  my arms and my home  !!!   Dec I adopted a Kitty . You all may  know if you read my  blog or know me personally that  I lost My beloved Peanut this year ,Q tip my kitty and Teddy my other kitty . New pets do not stop the grief . But loss makes room for  new love and Love heals . 

I want to   share  this with everyone as I feel we all need to  do something everyday to balance the evil in the world .

 If you are an animal  lover then sign a petition  to stop  some  cruelty from  happening. It may be in  another country  or right here in our country. Pinterest has pages you can visit  if you need to get informed and know how and where to sign  petitions. (CAUTION)  you need to  know that  looking will be VERY hard .  But remember there  are those out there  fighting  every  day doing this hard work of documenting  the abuse hoping in doing so  we will have the courage to look, take notice  and do are part to help stop the ignorance and evil form happening !!!! As a large  group  of informed  we can make  it happen.IF WE ALSO ACT even in a small way . 

 Here in our own country  is Craigs list. STOP Craigs list  from allowing listings that give animals away for free .These animals   often end up in the hands of VERY  evil people!!!!!!!! Trust me!!! I will not go into the horrible details  but I have  forced myself to research the situation so I know. Just  write them and tell them  they MUST protect the animals  and not allow listings for free animals . They  must make a rule and ENFORCE it that listers  charge  an adoption fee . If you cannot afford say  $65  dollars  to adopt  a pet then I would say  you cannot  afford  a pet. If you want to have   that animal   in order to do harmful things to it and kill it  you will not fork over $65  to do so ,I would hope.
 I know hearing of pain is hard but turning  a blind  eye does nothing to help and makes us all guilty  . We must all  try to do our part.  Also ask your government to make stricter  punishment  and laws  against  animal cruelty. Write your congress man or woman, both federal and state to write the bills for these tougher  laws . 

NOW  PLEASE DO NOT BUY PURE BREED PETS FROM BREEDERS ( my Scooter is a puppy mill rescue dog that was shut down because of horrible cruelty )  you can adopt about  any  pure breed  animal you want. One of  my favorite rescue groups   S.A F.E in southern  AZ has a pure breed Japanese  Chin right now !!! Just google  the breed   you want and find a rescue  group. Even your local shelters  get them everyday !!!!! Sweet little  Westies , Yorkies , shitzus  Bichons ,many Chihuahuas   ( second most  euthanized dog next to the Pit Bull) etc... and super bigger dogs, Retrievers , Shepard's ,Sweet Pit Bulls-yes sweet Pit Bulls . Mean  dogs are raised to be mean by evil owners who instill  FEAR and use abuse to train . 

Evil  and angry people are everywhere.  Taking their anger out on living things.  They hunt and prey  on the weak ones or the ones weak at the time.  We must  fight back  to balance and try our best to fight daily to stop  the harm they cause. Every day give back love in some way even to the evil  doer. Pray  that love  comes into  their  hearts and heals them too.   XO JUlie 

A time to mourn

7 weeks  ago today  I lost my beloved peanut .  Yesterday I got up at 5:00 am  and Q tip my 16 year old  kitty was sleeping in her litter box. She had been drinking lots of water the last several days and trying to pee a lot .  The last 2 evenings she had wanted to be sleeping right by me not her normal routine .I knew something was really  wrong. We got to the vet  and her blood work  showed her kidneys  had shut down and the toxin levels where very high in the blood and body . She had 2 -3 more weeks  to live the vets said weeks of misery.  I would not do that to  her she is my family I love her.  As she lay sedated I  told her of how happy she was when Mark and I found her and gave her, her forever home .  I then  kissed her eyes shut as she went to the rainbow bridge Now  she is  with my other beloved family in forever peace. I miss you all my  beloved loved ones .Someday I hope to cross that rainbow bridge too  and hold you all so tight. I love you forever and ever

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven :

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend, 

half off on mixed media items in my etsy shop

Happy black  friday. The news is that 20 miles away this fall a Joann's Fabric and Hobby Lobby Opened. Up until then the we had very little sources for mixed media craft supplies  in our area and that is why I opened my shop in Bisbee. But now with the big box store my mixed  media sales have dropped so I am liquidated  them . Starting  today in the shop itself the  sale will be 50% and  on the etsy site %50 too on mixed media supplies only . For example if you need a 100 watt weller soldering iron( the best ) a  stand and solid  sal ammoniac  stone ( for cleaning the soldering iron tip ) This is your chance  to get a super deal.... all 3 for $48.00  https://www.etsy.com/listing/170757722/weller-100-watt-soldering-iron-iron

shrink plastic jewelry

I have been having fun with childs play . Using Inkssetentail Shrink Plastic by Ranger  for jewelry.

Step 1= Sand one side of the plastic with very fine sand paper so you  can use colored pencils  on that side ,such as prisma and water colored pencils. I like to outline first with a black sharpie and then add  the color . Using bright colors makes them very fun. Remember to double the size you want the final bead to be as it will shrink almost in half . Note- to make a domed  bead they work best in a round shape .But it its fun to make other shapes to add  to the round shapes in you final jewelry  design.

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Step 2= I cut them out and heat them up with a heat gun while hot and shrunk put them in the  metal doming block depression that fit the size of our flat bead the push them down with doming punch and you have a shrink plastic domed bead .AS I said if it has rolled and added you may have to reheat it in the doming depression so it will form the cupped shape

This is the doming  block. Use jewelry pliers to put the hot shrunk plastic in the center of the dome.  You may need to reheat it in the dome as it cools fast ,then smash it with the round  punch.

doming blocks can be bought at Rings and Thing \s ---link below

 (  https://shop.rings-things.com/cart/search/search.asp?keywords=doming+blocks  ) and cheaper wood ones at Micheal's. I recommend investing in nice steal ones such as the one in the photo. 

step 3= Drill the center  with a 1/16 drill bit then design away!!!

step 4= Final pieces

You can order the Inssential  shrink plastic on my etsy shop
https://www.etsy.com/listing/170631695/shrink-plastic-by-inssentials-a-ranger

You are only given one little spark of madness , you mustn"t loss it. -Robin Williams 

Peanut 2004 -2013

I lost my darling little Peanut on our morning trail walk to a coyote .It was horrifying, devastating  and I  painful beyond belief , I loveed / love  that little girl like she was human .

The rainbow bridge 

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.... 

In my spare time

The store keeps me so busy, but the summer months are the slow season .I took advantage of this and did some creating. Things I am into lately Resin  architectural shadow boxes  and shrink plastic.

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