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I highly recommend watching this video.  It's so inspirational to artists of any type.

Help JapanFeature Friday

Heart for Japan art print by ElephantDancing

Small Ooak Handbag from ciaobela

Original art by Katy Wu

Freshwater Pearl Birdnest Necklace from MenuetDesigns

Ramona the Geisha art print from Flapper Doodle

Chocolate chip shortbread cookies from Scrumptulicious

In honor of Japan, I wanted to feature some of the amazing shops that are raising money to help with the tsunami/earthquake disaster in Japan. I love that these creatives took their time and talent to help others. Many of these people are just teeny operations so every sale counts and the fact that they are willing to give up their revenue is wonderful and brings hope!

So, feel free to go on a shopping spree this weekend! There are a lot of shops that are doing this - I simply searched "Japan earthquake" on Etsy to find some of these.

Music for A Summer Evening: CéU

I'm half Brazilian, which in the music world (much like the soccer world) is something to be exceedingly proud of. There is a wealth of brilliant musicians, composers, songwriters and singers from Brazil - including my blog feature, CéU. She combines sultry Brazilian rhythm with a bit of bluesy soul. I find her music to be the perfect summer soundtrack! I begin to enjoy the sweltering Florida heat with her music playing- it makes me feel like it's hot on purpose.

If you like this one, you should check out her whole self-titled album. Bobagem, 10 Contados and Ave Cruz are three of my favorites!

P.S. Feel free to follow me! I promise only ever to lead you to bright, sunny places!

P.P.S. I have a brand, new original album out! If you download it and looooove it, please write a lovely review on the site from which you purchased it!