1.  Meet Artist Cori Dantini from Pullman WA. We are carrying matted prints, greeting cards, magnets, pocket mirrors, and pins of her unique creations.

2. Greeting cards by Vancouver WA. Artist Jill Mayberg. They are all prints of her mixed media paintings. They are so charming we had to stock up on them.

3. Pottery by Hood River OR. Artist James Diem. This man you meet once and you want to be friends with him for life. Our flowers in these vases are awesome.

4. Friendly Monsters and earrings by Ft. Collins CO. Artist Christie Wolf. Her and her business partner own a store called Kansas City Kitty.

5. Greeting cards and recipe cards by The Dalles OR. Water Color artist Cynthia Dunn. Her business name is French Notes, the cards have french phrases on them.

6. Pottery by Bend OR. artist Steven Provence. Add a small anemone and blossom and you have a perfect gift.

7. Magnets from Seattle WA. artists Amy Gibson and Andrea Read of “ColorStory” All of their work uses re-purposed discarded magazines.

8. Pottery from Seattle WA. artist James Brooke. We grabbed his largest dome vase and it is STUNNING!! You will just have to come to the store to see it……

Actually we have had a hard time writing about anything that isn’t political, so we haven’t written anything at all. You see, according to the Espionage Act of 1917, The Smith Act of 1940, and the Patriot Act of 2001 we have to be careful what we say. Freedom of speech only applies when you are happy with they way your government is run…..

Enough!

What we are sharing is simply fun wedding aNeMonE photos taken by the incredibly talented Amber Halpin of Eternal Grace Photography!!

Check out the BLOG HERE to learn more about Amber and her joyful character

By the way, if you haven’t seen the corner of Main and Wall yet, you are in for a surprise. The Main Market co-op building is looking so great you may confuse our city for one of our larger neighbors. If you are not already a member, and you support the concept of good food, buy a membership now!

Not only is your membership refundable if you are not satisfied with it, by becoming a member you become an owner! If you plan on shopping there (which you will want to once you see the deli menu) your membership will pay for itself. SO….. Jump on the early band-wagon and buy a membership NOW!~! Learn More Here

We will still love you if you don’t

We hope to see you soon.

Nate and Mary Eberle

May 12 marked the death of a 98-year-old lady named Irena.

During WWII, Irena received permission from the Nazis to work in the Warsaw ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist.

She had an ulterior motive…

Being German, she knew the Nazis’ plans for the Jews and smuggled infants out in the bottom of the large tool box she carried. Larger children were placed in a burlap sack in the back of her truck. Also in the back was a dog that she had trained to bark each time the Nazi guards allowed her out of the ghetto and back in.

The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog, and its barking covered any noise made by the infants and small children. Irena managed to smuggle out approximately 2,500 children before she was finally caught. In 1943 Sendler was arrested by the Gestapo, severely tortured, and sentenced to death. Żegota saved her by bribing German guards on the way to her execution. She was left in the woods, unconscious and with broken arms and legs. She was listed on public bulletin boards as among those executed. For the remainder of the war, she lived in hiding, but continued her work for the Jewish children. She kept a record of the names of all the children she smuggled out of that Warsaw ghetto and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents who may have survived so she might reunite the child with its family. Most, of course, did not survive the Holocaust, and the vast majority of the surviving children were placed in foster homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but she lost to Al Gore, who won the award for presenting a movie on Global Warming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler

Two things.

1st. I broke my hand this year, and can understand the pain of healing from my small break. Now imagine 2 arms, and 2 legs being broken, body fully beaten and you wake up in the woods alive, escaped from the Nazis and then you let it all heal, and continue your risky task of saving children.

2nd. Shame on us for falling for the lies told by Al Gore and recognizing him as great. I know I’ve shared this before but, if you haven’t heard the truth yet consider hearing it from the scientists instead of the Politicians. This one hour movie produced by the BBC is well worth the watch. The Great Global Warming Swindle

After 16 months of searching for the right store front, we have finally settled. We are now right in front of where we were, 2nd level River Park Square, in Spokane Washington. The store looks fabulous! Thank you to everyone who worked to hard to get the doors open!! Besides a new store filled with killer new product, what else is new?…..

1. Our grand opening party is October 23rd 4pm-9pm.

2.  Our oldest baby just turned 5 and he thinks he is 15

3. It has been a weird fall; our trees are dropping leaves with out changing colors??

4. We have had a bit of press lately; pick up a copy of this years Annual Manual from The Inlander and this months Northwest Woman’s Magazine! What fun

5. Speaking of press, our episode on HGTV got skipped?? They ran up to 513 and then skipped to 553?? We are 523….. Questionable??!! Oh well, it may be a good thing, right?

6. Halloween at the mall sounds fun for little ones. Stores hand out candy. We will bring our little ones dressed as super heroes to hand out candy to your kids! So if you would prefer to stay warm, come see us!! 7pm-9pm

As many of you Spokane fans know, we are big supporters of the Main Market Member Owner Food Co-op! Being on the board, on the fundraising committee non-the less, our big idea was this event. I hope you can come and show support. Tickets can be bought here

One more thing to mention is a new photographer we have had the pleasure of working with Tony Roslund. He posted a few pictures on his blog Tony recently moved here from Southern California.

As always… Thank you for reading our blog and we hope to see you at the fundraising party August 20th!!

Kevin Hintz DDS Family Dentistry LLC

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1206 N Idaho St, Post Falls, ID 83854

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His website will show you his work… WEBSITE!! and his SPASH-PAGE will show you his humor, or maybe only we think he is funny??

Point being, Ben was the photographer at Kate and Shanes wedding. Kate and Shane picked 4 very bold primary colors and wanted us to create a look for them! My favorite part about this couple was how laid back they were. They had fun planning the wedding, trusted the help they hired, and ultimately had a blast at their party.

Here is the only photo I have seen from

the charming Ben Delaney.

This photo came from a friend of the bride!!

Isn’t Kate DARLING!!! Here is our point……

Have FUN and be you….

There are no rules….

This is your wedding and only a celebration!

Visit Ifongs Website to learn more about her… Enjoy