Handmade Louisiana Pick of the Week

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Handmade Louisiana Editorial in Saphhire Whisper Magazine

Hello gang! We are back finally from our vacation and have reopened the team shop.  We're also very happy to have returned to an editorial about us in Sapphire Whisper Magazine. Please hop on over there and give it a read and share with your friends!! Many thanks to Sandra at Sapphire Whisper for putting it all together!!

Craft a Longs ARE returning but we've ran into a Yahoo photo albums snafu and some of our members are having problems uploading their pics to our usual albums, so we'll be voting on the next theme later this week.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous October, I know the craft show circuit is in full swing now and I hope everyone is getting out and checking out what fabulous items our local artisans have to offer!

Today's game was disappointing, but keep up the good spirits Who Dat Nation!! We will come through with flying black and gold colors!!

~~Amy

HML Is Taking a Vacation!

Hello gang! It's Inventory Time and Vacation Time for Handmade Louisiana. Craft a Long's will be back soon, and the Team Shop will be closed from 9/15/10-10/10/10.

Keep creating gang!! And let's hear it for our Saints!! WHO DAT!!

~~Amy

I Am New Orleans....

Five years ago today, life changed for everyone in the Gulf Coast, in one form or another. The Mississippi Coast was shattered, the Bayou and Coastal parishes of Louisiana were tortured and eroded. New Orleans flooded. My own hometown of Slidell was drastically damaged as 8 feet of water came in from Lake Ponchartrain.

Today, please remember the cities, states and PEOPLE who suffered the damage of this incredible storm. Be PREPARED for a storm! Be ready to evacuate. Donate to the organizations that help those who can not leave, and who clean up the damage.

Our coast, our state, our neighbors are important...special people. We are a hardy people, but we must work together to have a safer, better New Orleans and surrounding cities. Louisiana is where we at!

So today, I'm not going to post pictures of the damage. My heart can't take it. Instead, I post this video from our very own Vince Vance. Even though it focuses on New Orleans, anyone in the Gulf Coast can 'get' it and understand. Hurricane Katrina may have tried to kick our ass....but we can kick it back.

Be strong! Remember, they said the Saints would never win a Super Bowl! Who looks stupid NOW!?





And because we can NEVER get enough footage of our Saints kicking BUTT: