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Picture A Conversation
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Picture a Conversation is set of 25 cards that opens the door to meaningful conversations and connection among friends and family. As wonderful as technology is, we can forget how gratifying and important it is to sit down with someone and just talk — one-on-one, in person, with no electronic distractions. Picture a Conversation is designed to get people talking to one another face to face.
Picture a Conversation is different from all other conversation cards. It offers the power of words and image. With spectacular photographs, each card rekindles our link with the natural world, all the while inviting deep and meaningful discussion in a ground breaking way.
Picture a Conversation is for friends, families, spouses, parents and grandparents, energy healers, writers and yoga teachers – anyone and everyone ready for meaningful conversation and sharing. Age appropriate for 8-108!
How does it work you ask? The front of each Picture a Conversation card features a stunning nature image. On the back are three questions and/or statements designed to get you talking to one another, face-to-face, in real time. Like this:
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Never loose your pencil or ball marker again with Nifty Clip! Gotta Have Products is based in Roseville, Michigan and is the inventor and manufacturer of the Original Hat Clip Pencil Holder, The Adhesive Clip, and the Ultimate Golf Clip. Proud to be a “woman owned” company, Gotta Have Products has been awarded with A+ Distributor choice awards 2011-2015, 5 star supplier 2012-2015, Macomb County Business award 2013,14,15 nominated for 2016, and DISTRIBUTOR CHOICE AWARD 2012-15 NOM for 2016.
Uniquely designed with gripping teeth or weather resistant adhesive, the clips are available in blue, black, red, and white with a USA Flag decal. The Hat Clip attaches to either side of a hat and is handy for tradesman, golfer, construction, trucker or any hat wearer! With weather resistant adhesive, the Adhesive Clip is great for hard hats, tools, school lockers, clip board, computers and much more! And for the golf enthusiast – the Ultimate Golf Clip with the magnetic, epoxy domed 1″ Silver Golf Ball Markers. Nifty Clips are standard with a weatherproof USA Flag Decal or
can be customized.
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John French was born in Santa Fe, NM. When he was three years old, he watched his aunt draw a picture of him and he has been hooked since. As a child, John spent four years in Italy with his Air Force father. Many of his formative years were spent viewing the ancient art and architecture of the Renaissance. After their European Tour they moved to the wild and beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
John took several art classes and attended workshops, including one with Michigan’s own Bill Hamilton. After high school, he took art classes at Northern Michigan University. John gave up college so he could work and support a family, but kept studying on his own. John is one of those self-taught artists.
Since mid-2009, John has proudly served on the Board of Directors for The Marquette Symphony Orchestra. In June 2013, he was elected as the President of the MSO’s Board of Directors. In 2015 John was part of the Manzano Mountian Arts Council 25 Years of New Mexico exhibit in Mountainaire, NM. John has also worked at RTI Surgical, formerly known as Pioneer Surgical in Marquette, MI since July of 2000. Besides being a full time artist, John is also a full time husband and dad.
The
Art of John French are original oil paintings. Even though similar paintings can be created, no two are alike. John French oil paintings depict the Northern Michigan landscapes and captures the wild beauty with painting knives and bold, vibrant colors. The original oil paintings share the artist’s view of the subject. The Art of John French is a conversation in color, texture and composition.
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Rachel Tindall of Mason, Michigan is the owner of Tindall’s Tavern Handcrafted Goods. Rachel started making soap in 2001 and no longer buys a bar of soap from the store. She loves the creamy lather that you get from homemade bars plus there are not any harsh chemicals. She gave away her soap to friends and family and has begun selling her products. Rachel considers it a great opportunity to be able to do something that she really enjoys. Rachel has always liked experimenting in the kitchen with food recipes so she really enjoys coming up with different soap recipes and other body care recipes.
Rachel’s soap batches are made from scratch in 2-5 pound batches using the cold process method, poured into molds, hand cut, and cured for at least four weeks. There will be size and color variations since they are handcrafted. Now known as Tindalls Tavern Handcrafted Goods, Rachel went from just making vegan soap to offering body care products such as body butters, shampoo bars, salves, and beard oil. Organic ingredients are incorporated whenever possible. Think of
Tindall’s Tavern Vegan Bath & Body Products as “food for your skin”.
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Woody Putters are located in Dearborn, Michigan where they design and manufacturer exotic hardwood putters. Each putter is produced with the utmost attention to quality and detail. The “Woody” is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, technically engineered and precisely manufactured and our craftsmanship is superb. The revolutionary uni-bar technology used in the crafting of every Woody Putter stabilizes the club head to produce a true-rolling shot. Each putter has great balance and weight distribution at the exact points a putter head needs. This technology also gives your “Woody” maximum ball control at the alignment point. The sealers and finishes are all hand applied by artisans that take pride in their craft, resulting in a rich clean finish that feels as good as it looks.
The mission of Woody Putters is to provide customers with the best wooden head putter on the market. The “Woody Putter” is very competitively priced and has intrinsic value in the design, in the technology, in the manufacturing process and on the golf course. Everyone knows that good play on the green is where you can make or break your score for that hole. With your beautiful Woody Putter, you can make a perfect putt every time! Built with sure-stroke, uni-bar technology, Woody Putters feature easy-to-see alignment stripes, so you can correctly align to your golf target each and every time. Get a “Woody” for yourself, your spouse, your children or another family member or buy one for a friend or for promotional gifts for your company. Everybody will love their “Woody Putter.”
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What is Michigan GeoCamo? Michigan like you’ve never seen it! While owner Rod Kuncaitis was driving to deer camp in the U.P., the idea came to mind that he could create a camo pattern using the shape of Michigan and the Great Lakes.
GeoCamo now offers this trademarked design on a variety of garments.
GeoCamo takes the natural contours of our great state of Michigan and turns them into practical, stylish and useful camouflage patterns on clothing. GeoCamo offers unique T-Shirts, Hoodies and Jerseys with a camo pattern using the shape of Michigan and the Great Lakes. How many Michigan’s do you see?
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The truth is that dark chocolate, as much as it may be a treat and a luxury, has health benefits and incredible taste profiles that shouldn’t necessarily be relegated to the candy aisle. As more and more people take interest in where their food comes from and what’s in it, small-batch chocolate makers have begun making darker chocolate – chocolate that allows the full flavor of the cocoa beans to be featured front and center. If you’re going to make craft chocolate, you have to start with great ingredients. Most importantly, you have to start with great cocoa beans.
Mindo Chocolate Makers start with one of the finest cocoa beans in the world -heirloom Arriba Nacional cacao – to create the most delicious chocolate possible.
Mindo Chocolate Makers, located in Dexter, Michigan, take “bean-to-bar” to the extreme….they begin their process as soon as their cocoa beans are harvested from trees in Ecuador. Mindo Chocolate Makers work directly with organic farming cooperatives in the surrounding area of their operation in Mindo. After fermenting and drying, the beans are roasted then they winnow the thin shells away from the meaty part of the bean, referred to as cocoa “nibs”. Like coffee, cocoa is roasted in order to caramelize the sugars and bring out rich flavor undertones. Loaded with antioxidants and wholesome fats, cocoa nibs are one of the healthiest foods you can possibly eat. The cocoa nibs and beans are then shipped from Mindo to the facility in Dexter, Michigan where they are stone ground. The chocolate is then “tempered” before it’s molded. In order to get the chocolate in temper, it needs to be heated and cooled in a very specific fashion just before it’s molded. All of the chocolate bars are carefully hand-wrapped. They are each given a final inspection to make sure the chocolate is in temper, blemish-free, and as beautiful as it can be before it reaches you.
Making craft bean-to-bar chocolate is a long and difficult process – Mindo Chocolate Makers think their product is worth it. We hope you do, too. Mindo Chocolate is a move towards more pure, more nutritious, and more delicious chocolate!
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The Minimalist Survival Bandit Wallet by BundeZe is both a multi-tool and a wallet. The Bandit Wallet is lightweight, rugged, rebuild-able, and the most useful wallet you’ll own! The innovative snap-in bungee cord holds all the important stuff in place while the hard coat anodized multi-tool can help with day to day chores and maintenance. The Bandit Wallet is extremely durable and waterproof – just in case it goes through the wash or joins you in the lake. The Bandit Wallet measures 3″ x 4 1/4″ and weighs just 1.2 ounces.
Features:
- Aircraft grade hard coat anodized aluminum
- Secure credit card side (8 Cards)
- 2-1/4 drive holders (2 sided bit included)
- Paper money side (30 bills)
- Bottle opener
- 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8 emergency / survival wrench
- 8,10,13 mm metric wrenches
- Strap your wallet to other items
- Rapidly rebuild-able
- Compact size
- Lightweight
