{"id":4024,"date":"2010-08-30T01:59:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T05:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=4024"},"modified":"2010-08-30T02:01:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T06:01:16","slug":"farewell-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=4024","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4026\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4026\"><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4027\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4027\"><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4030\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4030\"><\/a>It is with a heavy sigh that I face the end of summer.\u00a0 My all-time favorite time of the year.\u00a0\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t one to count down the days til the kids returned to school&#8230;. I knew that\u00a0day would come soon enough.\u00a0 Tomorrow.\u00a0\u00a0 But I have a tremendous store of memories to draw on when the weather turns cold and turns dark by 5:00 p.m. (shudder to think!).\u00a0 Our summer by the shore was one I&#8217;ll treasure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4025\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4025  aligncenter\" title=\"goodbye-summer4-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer4-2010.jpg\" alt=\"goodbye-summer4-2010\" width=\"515\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer4-2010.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer4-2010-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer4-2010-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4026  aligncenter\" title=\"goodbye-summer3-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer3-2010.jpg\" alt=\"goodbye-summer3-2010\" width=\"515\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer3-2010.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer3-2010-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer3-2010-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4027  aligncenter\" title=\"goodbye-summer5-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer5-2010.jpg\" alt=\"goodbye-summer5-2010\" width=\"515\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer5-2010.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer5-2010-150x107.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer5-2010-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I created a bracelet for myself, my own souvenir of the summer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I adored these ocean-inspired beads when I first found them in Shannon Westmeyer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/afterhours\">Etsy shop<\/a>.\u00a0 She has more listed if you&#8217;d like some for yourself.\u00a0 This gal is <em>talented<\/em>&#8230;if you look at the beads closely, you&#8217;ll see such amazing detail (the waves, the starfish&#8230;)\u00a0 And a nice surprise, she sent some sweet freebies along with the set!\u00a0 I added a soldered crab link&#8230;I&#8217;m going crazy with the soldering technique I&#8217;m learning from Stephanie Lee&#8230;.I&#8217;ll show more in a future post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4028\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4028  aligncenter\" title=\"goodbye-summer2-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer2-2010.jpg\" alt=\"goodbye-summer2-2010\" width=\"515\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer2-2010.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer2-2010-150x125.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer2-2010-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On our last night at the beach, we celebrated a special birthday.\u00a0 Our little guy turned 6!\u00a0 When we asked him what type of cake he&#8217;d like, he was torn between &#8220;spy gear&#8221; and bunnies.\u00a0 He still loves rabbits&#8230;.do you remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=410\">this costume <\/a>from 2 years ago?\u00a0 We did what we could with what we had on hand and my 9 year old son (the budding chef)\u00a0baked the cake from scratch!\u00a0 We&#8217;ll have a tennis-themed party for him in a few weeks with his classmates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4029\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4029  aligncenter\" title=\"goodbye-summer6-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer6-2010.jpg\" alt=\"goodbye-summer6-2010\" width=\"480\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer6-2010.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer6-2010-150x131.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer6-2010-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The uniforms are set out and the new shoes are lined up by the door&#8230;. tomorrow is a fresh start, a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> new<\/span> beginning.\u00a0 I&#8217;m excited about things to come&#8230;it&#8217;s going to be a busy Fall.\u00a0 Full of great things!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4031\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4031\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4031  aligncenter\" title=\"goodbye-summer-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer-2010.jpg\" alt=\"goodbye-summer-2010\" width=\"450\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer-2010.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer-2010-150x163.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/goodbye-summer-2010-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4030\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=4030\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4030\" title=\"siggie7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/siggie7.png\" alt=\"siggie7\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with a heavy sigh that I face the end of summer.\u00a0 My all-time favorite time of the year.\u00a0\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t one to count down the days til the kids returned to school&#8230;. 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