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As I am off to Jumpers and Jazz in Warwick for five days, there will be a slight delay in getting orders shipped.  All orders received after midnight on 18 July will be shipped the following Wednesday, 24 July.  I apologise for any inconvenience.  Normally, I lug the products and everything I need to ship out with me but as we are only away for a short time, thought we might just wait until we are back.  Thanks in advance for your patience.  If you order some goodies while I am away, they will be on their way to you...

For some reason, sometimes the automated messages from the store end up in customer's email junk/spam folders. From time to time, customers contact me saying they have made an order but have had no communication confirming the order.  Similarly, when lovely customers contact me through the instant messaging "chat" on the website and I am not available, the replies will go via email and end up in the Junk/Spam folder.  Please, if you think you haven't heard from me, check your junk/spam folder.  I always endeavour to reply to my precious customers as soon as I can as  I appreciate you...

While I was away my daughter kindly shipped out the orders that came through but many things then were out of stock until my return to work.  The good news is I have restocked many of the Murano glass earrings over the past few days and made a few more bookmarks too 🙂

The final leg of our journey travelling down Highway 1 from San Francisco back to Orange County turned out quite different to what we planned due to the highway being closed just south of Big Sur as a result of a landslide. The intention was to drive this lovely section of the California Coast stopping in two places overnight, and frequently along the way, to take in the sights. We had to adapt and do an out and back trip to Big Sur from Pacific Grove so we could experience the beautiful scenery along this section of the Coast. I...

  We initially found San Francisco a bit of a shock to the system after our time in Canada and it took us a day to adjust to the noise,  hustle and bustle, not to mention the traffic! We were staying in a pretty neighbourhood called Forest Hill and after hiring a car at the airport, we had to negotiate the San Francisco traffic to get across town. No-one seems to drive to the speed limits here, you really have to have your wits about you with cars darting in and out of lanes without indicating, at speed, and everything...