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Chuck of CSH, who does my shipping got back home over the weekend. He had kidney stones and gall bladder problems, poor fellow. He is back at work today — let’s color him stubborn — but obviously has to catch up on top of recovering completely.  I’m really happy he’s feeling better!

Since I don’t want him to do himself in trying to catch up faster than he should to get back to totally tip top shape, I’ve decided to leave the Win-Win Sale up through this week.

Yay for Chuck being ok!

Chuck of Crystals and Stones Haven, who’s contracted to do my shipping, has a medical emergency and is on his way to the hospital.  Typically of him, his biggest concern was that he couldn’t ship anything while he’s in the hospital.  Since even he’s not sure what’s wrong yet, he doesn’t know if he’ll be there just at the ER today, or for several days or what, but he certainly can’t ship anything while he’s at the hospital  He said he would ship things as soon as he returns, and if he can’t be back within a couple of days, we’ll arrange for one of his daughters to start shipping things out for him.  Thanks for your patience.

Please send Reiki or other energywork, prayers, positive vibes to Chuck to feel better soon. Not because of the shipping. Because he’s a good person.

Going Green has been a big movement, both at large and within the jewelry industry. I see a lot of good in it, working together to save our planet. I really hadn’t thought about it a whole lot as far as my jewelry business goes, though, because being green has been part of my jewelry work from the beginning.

I recycle and reuse a good bit more than I’d realized. I fanatically recycle sterling wire — every bit that doesn’t end up getting shipped out as a piece of jewelry gets sent back to a refinery to be made into more sterling goodies. The same with the 14K gold-filled wire that I used to use a lot and now use occasionally. I also recycle paper, cardboard, plastics, and even any soda cans I have when I’m working. I reuse packing peanuts, and even bubble wrap when I can. I use biodegradable chemicals for cleaning jewelry, including plain soap and biodegradable tarnish remover. I’ve even used old jewelry to create new parts for jewelry or new pieces entirely, and hope to do more of it because it’s fun. I even use jewelry boxes where the paperboard is made from 100% recycled materials, with 75% of that being post-consumer recycled materials. With just the paper, cardboard, plastics and metal recycling, I’ve reduced my trash level of a decade ago by two thirds or more. Wow!

The little bits and pieces of going green with a business can really add up.

I’m back from the holiday weekend.  I was going to post a note yesterday, but I didn’t even have time to breathe hardly.  I still have very little time, so I’ll just say hi, mostly.  HI! I will leave you with this thought though.

“When we come together to play and be we are truly ourselves When we are truly ourselves it is wonderful and when we act collectively in that wonder we do transformative work for our community and our world.” ~~ Brad Colby

I know, it’s Sunday and I seldom say anything on Sunday.  I wanted to shout out that my vision is almost right again, though. Yay!  I’m excited about that!  So I’m getting much more functional and starting to be able to work to catch up on made to order goodies.

Also….
The office is closed Monday, October 13 for Columbus Day.  The post office gets it off, so I do too.  Since they’re closed nothing can be shipped, but Chuck says things will start going out again bright and early Tuesday.  I’ll answer emails, etc. starting Tuesday in the order they’re received.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend