May your day be filled with much to be thankful for.

Bon Appétit.

Recently I had a customer inquire about Lighthouse Fabric. Of course, I had never seen any on my travels. But as fate would have it guess what I stumbled upon shortly after she asked? Yep, Lighthouse fabric.

If you are still on the hunt for a lighthouse apron, I should have this one done in a few weeks. I only found enough for two but it sure is a great blue. Check it out.

Cheers,

Kathleen

Hi Folks,

Just letting you know that we are in the process of moving the studio and are going to try to keep our regular schedule. It’s a bit tricky so we appreciate your patience and will put our new schedule hours up in September.

Our deepest apologies if we missed you this week. Til then, we hope to see you at the market and will be there this Friday and Sunday (August 23rd and 25th).   (We pray that doesn’t change, but for now that’s the plan.)

See you soon!

Chanteuse Designs

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We will be cutting back our time at Pikes as summer comes to a close at the end of August. We wanted to let you know in advance as we get so many customers who need us during the holiday periods.  In the meantime please check our postings for schedule hours. We will update regularly. Thank you to all our fabulous customers!

You’re Simply the best!

If you could describe with ONE word the best business partner……..no holds barred……without too many of the usual suspects, what word would you use?

That doesn’t mean the one you may currently have, or the one you had yesterday.

I am taking a poll for the best word to describe what would YOU choose if you could have the PERFECT business partner.

In taking a poll at Pikes Place today I was really surprised: the word today was enthusiasm from my neighbor John! Hmm, I really loved that one.

It will be fun to see what kind of perspective we all have.

Hey Folks, this in from Natural Society.com. Support those companies who take the integrity to stand up against the big machines, and keep us safe and healthy.

Over 400 Companies that Aren’t Using GMOs in their Products

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If you want to keep eating poison food, you can join the ‘scientists’ who keep spewing Monsanto-funded lies. They are telling us that genetically altered crops are good for us and the environment – that they are, in fact, a necessity to feed the world population. They say all of this, even though we seemed to feed the masses just fine without chemical quackery until about 60 years ago, all while dumping millions of tons of unaltered food right into the trash bin. If however, you believe GMOs are toxic, cancer-causing substances, you have another option.

We will always need to fight for what we believe in and ignite change through thing like the March Against Monsanto and the upcoming Monsanto Video Revolt (which you should absolutely get involved in, as it’s super easy), but it’s also important to use your dollar not only to vote, but also to keep yourself healthy.

Courtesy of the Non-GMO Project, here is a list of companies who make many or even the majority of all their products without GMOs:

Related Read: Top 10 Worst GMO Foods

365

479 Degrees

A. Vogel

Adams Vegetable Oils

Agrana

Agricor Inc.

Ah!Laska

Alexia

Alter Ego

Alverado Street Bakery

Amande

Amelia

Among Friend’s

Amy’s Kitchen

Andalou Naturals

Angie’s Artisan Treats

Annie’s

Ariven Planet

Arrowhead Mills

Artisan Bistro

Artisan Bistro Home Direct

Atlantic Organic

Atlantic Rose

Attune Foods

Autumn Sky wild

Back to Nature

Bainter Extra Virgin Sunfllower Oil

Bakery On Main

Barbara’s

Barlean’s Organic Oils

Barnana

Barney Butter

Basic Food Flavors, Inc.

Beach Bum Foods

Beanfields

Beanitos

Bearitos

Berlin Natural Bakery

Better Bean

BetterStevia

Bhakti Chai

Biad Chili Products

Bites of Bliss

Blue Diamond

Blue Print

Bold Organics

Bora Bora

Boulder Canyon Natural Foods

Brad’s Leafy Kale

Brad’s Raw for Paws

Brad’s Raw Chips

Brad’s Raw Crackers

Brad’s Raw Onion Rings

Braga Organic Farms

Bragg

Brand Aromatics

Bridgewell Resources

Bubbies

Blue Natural

Cabo Chips

Cadia

Cal-Organic Farms

Cafia Farms

California Olive Ranch

Canfo Natural Products

Canyon Bakehouse

Cape Cod Select

Catania

Cave Chick

Cedar’s

Central Market Organics

Chappaqua Crunch Granola

Cheweco Organics

Chez Marie, Inc.

ChiaRezza! OMG Foods Inc

Choice Organic Teas

Chosen Foods

CHS Oilseed Processing

Chunks O’ Fruti

Ciao Bella Gelato

Ciranda

CleanVia

Coconut Secret

Cocozia

Cool Cups

Coral LLC

Country Choice Organic

Crispy Cat

Crofters

cruncha ma•me

Crunch Master

Curtie’s Juice

Dave’s Gourmet

David’s Unforgettables

Deli-catessen

Della

Desert Essence

Doctor in the Kitchen

Doctor Kracker

Dr. Arenander’s BrainGain & Oral Care

Dr. Bronner’s Magic

Dream

Drew’s LLC

Dulsweet

Earth Balance

Earth’s Best

EatPastry

Eatsmart

EcoTeas

Edazen

Eden

Edward & Sons

Eighth Wonder

Emerald Cove

Emile Noel

Emmy’s Organics

Emperor’s Kitchen

Endangered Species Chocolate

Ener-G Foods

Engine 2

Enjoy Life Foods

Envirokidz

EO

Erewhon

Essential Living Foods, Inc

Everyday Superfoods

Fairfield Specialty Eggs

Familia

FanciFood

Fantastic World Foods

Farm to Table Foods

Farmer’s Market

Farmhouse Culture

Field Day

Field Roast Grain Meat Company

Fillmore Farms

Fiordifrutta

Flamous Organics

Flax USA

Flora

Follow Your Heart

Freekeh Foods

Freekehlicious

Freeline Organic Foods

Fresh & Easy

Frey

Frontier

Froovie

Fruit Bliss

Fruit Chia

Fry Group Foods

Fungi Perfecti, LLC

Funky Monkey Snacks

Garden Bar

Garden of Eatin’

Garden of Life

gimMe

Gin Gins

Gingras XO

Giving Nature

GL Soybeans

Global River

GlucoLift

Gluten Free Pantry by Glutino

Glutino

Gnu Foods

Go Raw

Golazo

GoMacro, Inc

Good Health Natural Foods

Good Karma

GoodBelly

GoOrganic/GoNaturally

GoPicnic

Grain Place Foods

Grains of Wellness

Green Gem

Green Island Rice

Green Mountain Gringo

Green Mustache

Grimmway Farms

Growing Naturals

Guayaki

Guiltless Gourmet

Haig’s Delicacies

Haiku

Hail Merry

Hapi Foods Group Inc.

Happy Baby Pouches

HappyTot

Harvest Bay

Haute Cuisine

Health is Wealth

Health Warrior

Heavenly Organics

Herbal Zap

High Country Kombucha

Hiland Naturals

Hilary’s Eat Well

Himalania

HimalaRose

HimalaSalt

Hodgson Mill

Hol-Grain

Home Appetit

HomeFree

House Foods

Houweling’s Tomatoes

Ian’s

Imagine

Immaculate Baking

Immortality Alchemy

Imperial Gourmet

Indianlife

Intiyan

It Tastes Raaw

Jaali Bean

JaynRoss Creations LLC

Jeff’s Naturals

Jessica’s Natural Foods

Jolly Llama

JustFruit

Kamut

Keller Crafted Meats

Kettle Foods

Kettlepop

Kiji

KIND Healthy Snacks

Kiwa

Konriko

Koyo

Kur Organic Superfoods

La Reina

La Spagnola

La Tolteca

La Tourangelle

Lafiya Foods

Lassens

Laughing Giraffe Organics

Laurel Hill

Lekithos

LesserEvil

Let’s Do

Licious Organics

Lillabee Allergy Friendly Baking

Little Duck Organics

livingNOW gluten-free

Loeb’s

Louts Foods

Lucy’s

Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss

Lundberg Family Farms

Mac-n-Mo’s

Made in Nature

Madhava

Mamma Chia

Manitoba Harvest

Marconi Naturals

Maria & Ricardo

Marinelli’s True Italian Pasta Sauce

Mariner Biscuit Company

Martha’s All Natural

Marukan

Marukome USA

Mary’s Chicken

Mary’s Gone Crackers

Mary’s Little Garden

Mary’s Organic Chicken

Mary’s Organic Turkey

Mary’s Pasture Raised Chicken

Maui Maid

Mediterranean Organic

Mediterranean Snacks

MegaFood

Melt Organic

Metabolic Response Modifiers (MRM)

Mighty Mustard

Mighty Rice

Mighty-O Donuts

Mindful Meats

Minsa

Minsley

Miracle Noodle

Miso Master

Modesto WholeSoy Co.

Momo’s

Montana Specialty Mills, LLC

Mori-Nu

Mt Vikos

Muesli Munch

Multiple Organics

MXO GLOBAL INC.

My Chi Delights

Naked Coconuts

Naosap Harvest

Napa Valley Naturals

Nasoya

Nathan’s

Native Forest Distributed by Edward & Sons

Natural Directions

Natural Habitats

Natural Nectar

Natural Sea

Natural Tides

Natural Vitality

Naturally Splendid Enterprises Ltd

Nature Built

Nature Fed

Nature Way

Nature’s Express

Nature’s Path

Navitas Naturals

Nejaime’s

Nest Fresh

New Chapter

New England Naturals

New Organics

New York Superfoods

Nexcel Natural Ingredients

Nexcel Soy

Niagara Natural

NibMor

Nordic Naturals

North Coast

NOW Foods

NOW Healthy Foods

NOW Real Food

NOW Real Tea

Nu Life Market

Numi Organic Tea

Nummy Tum Tum

NurturMe

Nutiva

Nutrigold®

Nuts About Granola

Oh Baby Foods

Old Wessex

Oleicus/Oleico

Once Again

One Degree Organic Foods

One World

Organic Baby

Organic Planet

Organic Valley

Organicville

Oriya Organics

Ozery Bakery

Pacific Natural Foods

Pacific Northwest Farmers

Paisley Tea Co

Palo Root Tea

Pampas Rice / Organic Latin

Pan De Oro

Pascha

Pastorelli Food Products Inc

Peace Cereal

PEACOCK

Peanut Butter & Co.

Peeled Snacks

Peggy’s Premium

PJ’s Organics

Planet Rice

Plum Organics

Popcorn, Indiana

Popcornopolis

Powbab

President’s Choice

PROBAR

PuraSource

Pure

Pure Country Pork

Pure Eire

Purely Decadent

Purely Elizabeth

Pyure Brands

Q.bel

Qrunch Foods

Quinn Popcorn

R.W. Knudsen

Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems

Rapunzel

RAU

Red Hat Co-operative Ltd

Reese

Revive

RiceSelect

Righteously Raw

Rigoni di Asiago Honey

Rishi Tea

Rising Moon Organics

Risodipasta

Rivara

ROBE and Riverina Natural Oils LLC

Roots Route 11

Royal Hawaiian Orchards

Rumiano Family Cheese

Runa

Ruth’s Foods

RW Garcia

Sacha

Saffron Road

Sage V Foods

Sainthood Herbs

Salba Smart

Sally’s Smart Foods

Salute Santé!

Sambazon

San-J

Santa Cruz Organic

Scratch and Peck

SeaSnax

Secret Squirrel

Seven Stars Farm

Sharkies

Shortstacks

Silk

Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery

Simple Origins

Simply Soy Yogurt

Simply Suzanne

Sir Kensington’s

SK Food

Skout

Snyder’s of Hanover

So Delicious Dairy Free

Sol Cuisine

Somersault Snack Co.

Sophie’s Kitchen

Source

Soyatoo

Spectrum

Spectrum Ingredients

Spicely

Squarebar

Stahlbush Island Farms

Stahlbush Island Farms Ingredients

Stark Sisters Granola

Stash Teas

Stiebrs Farms Go-Organic Eggs

Stone Buhr Flour Company

Straus Family Creamery

Stretch Island Fruit Co

Suja Juice

Sun Cups

SunE900

Sunfood Superfoods

SunRidge Farms

Sunset

Sunset Kidz

Sunshine Burger

Superberries

Surf Sweets

Sushi Sonic

Sweet Sass Foods

Sweet Tree

Sweet Leaf

TAMBOR

Taste of Nature

Tasty Brand

TeaPops

That’s It.

The Better Chip

The Chia Co

The Fresh Market

The Ginger People

The Pure Wraps

The Republic of Tea

The Scoular Company

The Simply Bar

The Solio Family

Theo Chocolate

Third Street, Inc.

Three Farmers

Tiny But Might

TOMMYS

Tonnino

Trace Minerals Research

Traditional Medicinals

Tree of Life

Tropical Traditions

Tru Joy Sweets

truRoots

truwhip

Turtle Island Foods

Two Leaves Tea Company

Two Moms in the Raw

TwoFold

Udi’s

Union Market

Upfront Foods

Van’s Natural Foods

Vegga

Veggie-Go’s

Venus

VerMints

Veronica Foods

Viana

Victoria

Vigilant Eats

VitaV

Viterra

Watts Brothers

Way Better Snacks

Wayfare

Weetabix

Western Foods

WestSoy

Whole Alternatives

Whole Earth

Whole Harvest

Whole Pantry

Wholesome Chow

Wholesome Sweeteners

WholeSoy & Co.

Wild Veggie

Wildbrine

Wildwood

Willamette Valley

Wingfoot

Wisdom of the Ancients

Woodstock

XO Baking Co.

Yamasa

Yoga

Yogavivie

Zema’s Madhouse Foods

Ziggy Marley Coco’Mon

Ziggy Marley Hemp Rules

Zing Bars

Zulka

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Pet food recall: Sweeping recall affects food for cats, dogs, and ferrets Natura is recalling all pet food manufactured before last week. The recall includes all Innova, California Natural, EVO, Healthwise, Mother Nature, and Karma branded dry pet food and treats.

By Liz Fuller-Wright, Correspondent / June 18, 2013 Natura is recalling all bags of Innova brand cat food and dog food, as well as all bags of California Natural, EVO, Healthwise, Mother Nature, and Karma branded dry pet food and treats.

Natura is issuing a massive pet food recall after the FDA found salmonella in one of their products. They are recalling pet food from all of their product lines, including food for dogs, cats, and ferrets.

While a single positive test for a contaminant usually leads to a limited recall, just covering a few days’ worth of pet food production, Natura has chosen to recall everything produced more than a week ago, when they implemented additional product testing procedures. “We are taking the additional precautionary measure,” the employees announced in a press release, because “our first priority is the wellbeing of the pets we serve.” If your animal is showing symptoms of stomach distress, you should seek immediate treatment for your pet. The recall includes all Innova, California Natural, EVO, Healthwise, Mother Nature, and Karma branded dry pet food and biscuit treats with expiration dates prior to June 10, 2014. The expiration date appears in different places on the various products.

To find out where to look for your pet food’s expiration date, see the illustrated guide on the Natura website. If you own any of the recalled pet food, dispose of it immediately, but not before you clip key information off the bag. To get a full refund, you need to fill out this form and mail it to Natura with the UPC label, expiration date, and product code cut from the pet food bag. For further information, you can contact the company online or by calling (800) 224-6123.

I’m telling you that cat could drink and drive!!

I never forget this kitty, nor any of them really, but she was such a great kitty cat who spent  her 18 years with me. Saw her eyes open. She was so utterly cool, she told me I seriously needed cool lessons. Sadly I never had time!

Happy Birthday!! Somewhere in Cat heaven there is a kitty who is very missed down here!!

June 14th, it’s a very good day! Enjoy the day and may a wonderful cat cross your path!

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When someone goes out and does good deeds it just warms my heart. Especially when it involves foreign made garments in unhealthy living standards.

Enjoy!!

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Bangladesh honors the 1,100 dead from building collapse

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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure’s collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry.

The Islamic prayer service was held a day after the army ended a nearly three-week, painstaking search for bodies among the rubble and turned control of the site over to the civilian government for cleanup.

Recovery workers got a shocking boost Friday when they pulled a 19-year-old seamstress alive from the wreckage. But most of their work entailed removing corpses that were so badly decomposed from the heat they could only be identified if their cellphones or work IDs were found with them. The last body was found Sunday night.

Soldiers in camouflage, police and firefighters in uniform stood solemnly in neat rows near relatives of the dead. Many of the rescue workers had pained expressions on their faces. Tears rolled down the cheeks of one soldier.

The mourners raised their cupped hands in prayer and asked for the salvation of those who lost their lives when the Rana Plaza building came crashing down on April 24. They also appealed for divine blessings for the injured still in the hospital.

Maj. Gen. Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy, the military commander who had been supervising the site, thanked all those involved in the work. He said the army has prepared a list of 1,000 survivors that it would give to the government with the recommendation they be provided jobs on a priority basis.

The tragedy came months after a fire at another Bangladesh garment factory killed 112 workers.

With global pressure mounting on Bangladesh and the brands it manufactures for, some of the biggest Western retailers have embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements here.

Italian fashion brand Benetton, British retailer Marks & Spencer and Spanish retailer Mango became the latest companies Tuesday to agree to sign a contract requiring them to conduct independent safety inspections of factories and cover the costs of repairs. The pact also calls for retailers to pay up to $500,000 a year toward the effort and to stop doing business with any factory that refuses to make safety improvements.

Swedish retailing giant H&M, the biggest purchaser of garments from Bangladesh; British companies Primark and Tesco; C&A of the Netherlands; and Spain’s Inditex, owner of the Zara chain, announced on Monday they would sign the pact.

Two other companies agreed to sign last year: PVH, which makes clothes under the Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Izod labels, and German retailer Tchibo. Among the big holdouts are Wal-Mart Stores, which is the second-largest producer of clothing in Bangladesh, and Gap.

Gap, which had been close to signing the agreement last year, said Monday that the pact is “within reach,” but the company is concerned about the possible legal liability involved.

Worker rights groups have set a Wednesday deadline for companies to accept the agreement, saying they will increase pressure on brands that do not.

“This agreement is exactly what is needed to finally bring an end to the epidemic of fire and building disasters that have taken so many lives in the garment industry in Bangladesh,” said Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium, one of the organizations pushing for the agreement.

Bangladesh has about 5,000 garment factories and 3.6 million garment workers. It is the third-biggest exporter of clothes in the world, after China and Italy.

Working conditions in the $20 billion industry are grim, a result of government corruption, desperation for jobs, and industry indifference. Minimum wages for garment workers are among the lowest in the world at 3,000 takas ($38) a month.

On Monday, Bangladesh’s Cabinet approved an amendment lifting restrictions on forming unions in most industries, government spokesman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said. The old 2006 law required workers to obtain permission before they could unionize. The day before, the government set up a new minimum wage board that will issue recommendations to the Cabinet for pay raises for garment workers.

Government officials also have promised improvements in safety in an industry where at least 1,800 people have been killed in factory fires or building collapses since 2005.

Bangladesh’s government has in recent years cracked down on unions attempting to organize garment workers. In 2010 the government launched an Industrial Police force to crush street protests by thousands of workers demanding better pay and working conditions.