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Good morning my friends! Please let me apologize for the lateness of my posting ... this week has been nothing short of crazy! 
I just put up a post with all the details about next week's loveliness fair, The Loveliness of Handmade Gifts.
I hope it's all right, but I've pushed the date back to Thursday, November 8th so as to have plenty of time to gather your submissions.
Here are the details, and please let me know here or at my blog, or by email (drhanigan AT comcast DOT net) if you'll be joining us! 
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From the Heart of your Home ...
... come the loveliest of gifts, those that have been made with your very own hands ~ or perhaps the helpful little hands all around you. :)
Handmade gifts might come from the kitchen, the garden or the craft basket ... but whatever their source, they always come from the heart and they are always lovely ...
And so it is with great pleasure I announce that The Loveliness of Handmade Gifts will be right here next week on Thursday, November 8th! And I am cordially inviting everyone to join me!
Please share your thoughts and plans for making homemade gifts this year - or tell us about gifts you've made in years past. Bloggers and non-bloggers alike are welcome to participate (see below for my contact information).
Here are some ideas to jump-start your thoughts ...
~ What are your favorite homemade gifts to give and receive?
~ Do you plan to make some gifts this year?
~ Are you perhaps longing to do so but can't find the time? (A post about not making gifts is fine too!)
~ Do you have a signature gift for which you are "famous" within certain circles?
~ How about your thoughts on how handmade gifts can save a family money?
~ Or perhaps what great lessons they teach children who give and receive them - patience and creativity?
~ Do you set up a "Santa's Workshop" for yourself? What supplies do you lay in for gift making?
~ What are your favorite gift making resources - where do you get your ideas? (Some of my favorites will appear soon on the sidebar at right.)
~ How about handmade cards and gift-wrapping?
~ What about gifts of time, love and energy?
(And for more ideas, please see last year's Loveliness of Handmade Gifts!)
Any ideas about homemade gifts are welcome and I would love to hear from you! If you are a blogger, please send me a link to your post or leave me a link in the comments box below. And if you're not a blogger, you are also more than welcome to join in the fun! Just send me an email with your ideas about handmade gifts (and a picture if you'd like) and I will plug you right into the Fair!
Please send all submissions for the Loveliness of Handmade Gifts to drhanigan AT comcast DOT net. I would like to have everything by next Wednesday night so I can get the post up bright and early Thursday morning!
And please feel free to help me spread the word! Grab the Loveliness button above, and invite your readers to join us!
So let's get our creative engines going, ladies ~ Christmas is just seven weeks away! November is here and it's the weekend! Let's get those thinking caps on ... and get out those needles and that glue and those cookie cutters and that rolling pin ... ;)
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to hear from you soon! :)
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Oh, I can't wait! This sounds so wonderful!
The later date will allow me more time to get my act together!
Thank you Dawn for hosting!
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I'm so glad I didn't miss it! I'll definitely have something Dawn!
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Bumping! 
I won't be online much today, so if you send me something I'll get back to you tomorrow.
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It's finally up! 
Sorry about the delay - it's been one medical malady after another (me first then the cat ) and then this morning the whole thing had to be re-typed and re-linked! 
It was a pleasure to do, and thanks for all the contributions. I can hardly wait to get to the craft store this weekend! 
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What an amazing Fair! It has to be one of the largest yet! Great job, Dawn, I know it was a ton of work. I'll enjoy browsing through this for lovely ideas!
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Wonderful! Just the inspiration I needed! Thanks to all, especially Dawn!
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Dawn, so many great ideas there. Thanks so much for organizing and hosting!
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