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Our beautiful Palouse!
{Photo by Scotty Thompson}

I have been virtually absent from my blog and keep telling myself that I will change my ways and be more attentive. For now, I will just keep telling myself that!

I want to share a new local venture with you. It's an artists/artisans cooperative that represents our geographical area known as the Palouse. It just opened this month and below is an excerpt from their website . If you are in the area, please drop in and check it out. (Some of my pillows are there...)

2 Degrees Northwest:
Where Art Meets the Land

Our Region: Based in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington, and the places between 47 and 49 degrees latitude, our region stretches from the Plummer/Worley area of Idaho south to Riggins. From east to west, it encompasses towns such as Uniontown, Colfax, and Palouse in southwestern Washington state and across to the Wieppe/Pierce area in Idaho, near the Montana border. (Online Map coming soon!)

Our Mission: We believe the arts and handmade goods are central to a strong and vibrant place-based rural economy. Therefore, we work to support and create opportunities for arts-based economic development; to cooperatively market the region’s artists and artisans; and to link our region’s arts and fine crafts to other locally made products such as foods, wines, unique sites, services, and experiences.

Good News! We've launched a store and business incubator in downtown Moscow, Idaho! Come see us at 210 S. Main Street, Tuesday-Saturday 10-6. If you are an artist or make non-perishable food products and would like to talk to us about selling in the store, give us a call at 882-8470.

Springtime Expansion

Springtime brings on many expansions. Temperatures are finally warming and daylight is expanding. The smells of the earth expand into the different feel of the air that surrounds us with promise. And even our bodies want to expand themselves as we venture once again into the great outdoors. For me, expansion has also happened indoors at my faithful sewing machine. I have put aside pillows for a little while and have expanded into making handbags. They are very fun to make and these represent my initial efforts. I hope you like them!