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Celebrate Mother's Day with a sense of humor!

Continuing with the Mother's Day theme, alamodestuff is featuring this fun retro switchplate.





"My husband has said this to the kids for years. I decided to make a switchplate simply to remind them on a daily basis."





This cheeky switchplate is individually decoupaged by hand and can be wiped clean with a damp cloth. Kid tested and mother approved, the switchplate will withstand everything from kitchen and bathroom traffic to sticky little fingers. Other sizes and styles (quadruple, toggle, dimmer, etc.) also available.





Through Mother's Day, alamodestuff is offering free shipping (and gift wrap and card) on this switchplate (anywhere in the US or Canada). Leave a comment regarding this item and you'll be entered into our Mother's Day giveaway. Details are below!





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Arts in RI Mother's Day giveaway! All you have to do to qualify is leave a comment for the artist about their Mother's Day item. You will be entered into a random drawing for a basket of handmade goods made by Arts In RI members. You can leave a comment every time we post a new item for multiple chances of winning! We are also offering the winner the option of having the winning basket sent directly to his or her mother if they so choose!
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Guess How Much I Love You


Arts In RI team members decided to creatively challenge one another to embrace the season of love with Valentine themed products. Between now and Valentine's Day we will share some of these "lovely" designs with you here on our blog. Let us know how you feel about our art by leaving a comment. Everyone who leaves a comment will be entered into a random drawing for an Arts In RI gift basket featuring goodies from many of our shops. (one entry per person per post. In other words you can enter once every time we post a new product!!!) Be sure to check back on the blog on Valentine's Day as we will announce the winner that day. Entries will be accepted until midnight February 13th.

The next Valentine item up for viewing is from my own shop The Venerable Bead. It's a boro glass beaded vintage skeleton key necklace inspired by a children's book. On the last few pages of Guess How Much I love you by Sam McBratney, Big Nut Brown Hare settles Little Nut Brown Hare into his bed of leaves and whispers "I love you right up to the moon - and back". I swear I never got through that last page without tearing up when my kids were babies. I tore through the house looking for that book last Sunday morning. Maybe I was feeling a bit melancholy because my baby boy turned 11 on Monday. I literally felt myself having panic at the thought this book had been put in the Goodwill bin. In front of 6 sleepover guests I was begging my son to help me find the book. He looked at me like he might just kill me right there in front of 6 witnesses. "Whew never mind I found it in your sister's room" I said a few minutes later. I heard him say to one of his guests that he had no idea why I would think a baby book was anywhere but.
This is a tribute to unconditional love that spans a thousands oceans, a million miles...to the moon...and back. It's comprised of a skeleton key that has a bright red borosilicate glass bead made directly on the shaft. It has charms and a hand stamped brass tag the reads: I love you right up to the moon and back. It comes strung on a 24 inch gunmetal chain with lobster clasp.

Let us know how you feel about this piece here in the comments and you will be entered to win a basket full of great prizes created by our very own street team.
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