The Bird of the Month for August is the vibrant Sun Conure! The collection is now up for auction on eBay for the next 6 days and includes a bracelet charm, choker, pendant, pin, glass beaded bracelet, and a glass beaded necklace and earring set!

Also new on eBay this week are a selection of other species and items, so I hope you will stop by and check it out! Included are beaded bracelets in the following species: Timneh Grey, Congo Grey, male Eclectus, and female Eclectus. A Scarlet Macaw charm and Orange Winged Amazon charm are also new this week.

I have also created three glass beaded necklace/earring sets featuring the faces of the following birds: Normal Male cockatiel, Orange Winged Amazon, and a cute green Budgie/Parakeet! Another fun thing that I listed this week are a pair of earrings featuring feathers donated by my very own Killian! :)

To se the complete list of items currently on auction, go to my EBAY listings.

Our neighbors have a lovely plum tree and kindly shared the harvest with us, and WOW - they are wonderful! I managed to get Kaleena to pose for a few seconds with the yummy treats! :)

Want to see a great dancing bird? :) Check out our friend Ty, the African Grey, and if you have a minute, be sure to vote for him in the Bird Channel Dance Off! Click here to see the video, and Ty is #2.

In other news, my mom ended up having a ruptured disc in her back, but is recuperating from her surgery pretty well. It's wonderful to see her able to walk around without excrutiating pain after two months of that!

I haven't posted any pictures of my creations here lately, so here is a photo of a custom bracelet that I recently finished. More photos of this order can be seen in my Flickr album as well!

Summer sure seems to be speeding by quickly! I haven't kept up with blogging as often as I had planned, but I hope there are still a few of you enjoying the blog anyways!

My mom has been laid up for over 2 months with a very painful hernaited disc, and will be having surgery in a few days. Because of this and other important things that popped up which have needed my attention, the remaining custom work has been a bit slow in being completed, however I'm just about done, whew! Once all orders are completed however, I will not be accepting additional custom orders for a while, so that I can "re-charge" a bit.

I realize there are many of you whom have been patiently waiting for a chance to place a custom order, and I'm sorry to have to ask you to wait a bit longer. My family and health have to come first and need my focus at the time, so I expect to put a hold on returning to custom orders for a few months. Non-custom art will continue to be made available through my eBay Store and Etsy shop.

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I'm enjoying the Summer Olympics - wasn't the opening ceremony amazing? Wow! I'm going to be following the USA women's gymnastics in particular, especially Iowa girl Shawn Johnson!