Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Birthday Week Giveaway: Day Three...

This is the third installment of the Birthday Week Giveaways! Today we have a stash of sea glass bead strands from Auntie's Beads!

One lucky winner will take home this treasure trove of sea glass beads! Included are strands of small seafoam rounds, dark olive nuggets, spring green grounds, opaque sky blue rounds, medium seafoam rounds, and olivine rounds. I love the satin, matte finish. They are silky to the touch, which makes them ideal for bracelets. The other great thing about the tumbled glass, is that matte finish seems to absorb light. This gives the beads an airy, soft-edge quality.

For more sea glass beads, check out the entire selection at the Auntie's Beads website. There are a surprising number of colors! They offer more than just the regular bottle glass varieties. Make sure to check out the more unusual colors like strawberry, cranberry, amber, amethyst, and red marble!

To win these beads, all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post. A lucky winner will be randomly selected from the comment section of this blog post on Monday (September 27th) at midnight EST. Please leave your name and pertinent contact information if it doesn't already appear next to your comment. This giveaway is open to all readers, including international ones.

127 comments:

  1. Love these Andrew, great versatility for any design! Thanks again for a great giveaway!

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  2. These look beautiful!! Thank you the great giveaways!

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  3. Beautiful colors. These are the colors I find myself reaching for more often than not.

    Great giveaway!

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  4. Gorgeous glass! Beautiful color!
    Thanks for the opportunity to win them Andrew!

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  5. Beautiful shades of green. Love them.

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  6. Ohh, love them. All of them!

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  7. Oh, my favorite colors!

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  8. I'm so falling in l.o.v.e with this giveaway. Count me in please...

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  9. I love those colors, they are so serene and calm, very soothing, and yummy

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  10. terri7:30 AM

    Hi Andrew. Love this color palette, but going to the webiste now to check out the others.

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  11. Absolutely love the colors and textures....all that beauty waiting to be made into something creative!

    Trish

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  12. beautiful grouping of colours, thanks for a chance @ them. & Happy Birthday(some more)

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  13. beautiful glass
    these colors work great any time of year
    you have such wonderful giveaways.

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  14. Such beautiful colors! I hope to see them in my studio :)
    ~Lynn
    beadingheartart@aol.com

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  15. How VERY cool!!! Love the colors!!

    suzannebake@gmail.com

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  16. Some of my favorite colors! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

    kymhunterdesigns@gmail.com

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  17. What great colors! This summer I have found myself wearing a lot of aqua. Before this year I usually wore mostly black, but you can't do that here in AZ. All the black is banished in the back of the closet!

    Ann
    http://mycriticaleye.com
    annrishell@gmail.com

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  18. i LOVE those colors!!! my favorite color-combo.

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  19. I love sea glass!! Beautiful colors.

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  20. You must be a really loverly person to have as a close friend bc you are so generous...ox
    Thank you for this chance! Have a wonderful day and I hope your chin us up!

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  21. Ahhh - Green. My Achilles Heel. I could not live in a world devoid of Green. Happiest of Happy Birthdays to you, Andrew.
    Cenya

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  22. They're all so very pretty. I love the red marble ones you linked.

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  23. I love these too!

    Thanks a lot!

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  24. I love sea glass! thanks for giveaway!
    I'm barbara
    fascinationstreet85@gmail.com

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  25. It's your Birthday and you give such presents! I want to see what you get! I hope I get these though!

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  26. swopemelmel11:40 AM

    I have the perfect Mermaid charm from Aunties to go with this fabulous undersea assortment of beads. I've also been hoarding a wicked looking octopus charm. These colors are to die for. I dream in shades of aqua and teal.
    swopemelmel

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  27. swopemelmel11:40 AM

    I have the perfect Mermaid charm from Aunties to go with this fabulous undersea assortment of beads. I've also been hoarding a wicked looking octopus charm. These colors are to die for. I dream in shades of aqua and teal.
    swopemelmel

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  28. What a fantastic beads! I can imagine jewelry for Fall with this colours. Thanks for this giveaway ;-) Off to watch Auntie's Beads for red or orange beads. YAY!!!!!
    xx Dian

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  29. Beautiful beads. Please count me in.

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  30. These are simply gorgeous. Please count me in.

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  31. happy birthday!!Beautiful choice of beads..Thank you for the give away!

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  32. lurve! thanks for making the giveaway international :)

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  33. SO PRETTY - see you soon!
    anna... anna@thebeadgallery.com

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  34. Love them, love the colors!

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  35. Love them, love the colors!

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  36. These are lovely, thanks for the opportunity to win them!!
    ~Sharon~
    lunrei@yahoo.com

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  37. Oh, yes! I love sea glass -- the color, texture, all of it. Thanks for making this available. My fingers are crossed!

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  38. Hannah3:50 PM

    Sea glass in my favorite colors!! Happy birthday!

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  39. How awesome are the colors of the sea? Greens and Blues are the best! Thank you for the chance to win.

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  40. I love beads, wouldn't have enough! Thanks for the great giveaway and pretty selection!

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  41. You certainly continue to WOW us with your generous giveaways. Would love to win these, what great colors.

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  42. Beautiful! Gorgeous colors. :)
    rdoran1(at)gmail(dot)com

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  43. I love the color of sea glass. Also went to the site to pick of some of the other colors too. like the rose glass and the burnt orange. Love this site! thanks for sharing.

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  44. Happy Birthday :)
    I love the serene colors of the beach glass. Thank you for this opportunity!

    heidig@gmail.com

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  45. I LOVE sea glass! These colors are beautiful. Thanks for this contest & Happy Birthday :)
    hugs, meg k. at mme622@yahoo.com

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  46. Beautiful beads in great colors. Happy Birthday to you, thanks for sharing!

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  47. Summer = over; Fall = starting; what a beautiful way to say goodbye, with sea blues galore....

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  48. gorgeous selection of beads-thanks for the great give away!

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  49. Jenny Steinbeck6:41 PM

    Hi Andrew-

    These are lovely beads! Thanks for doing the giveaway. Happy Birthday!

    Best wishes

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  50. Oh my gosh, those colors are to die for. The person who walks away with this treasure will be a lucky one, indeed!

    Happy birthday. :)

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  51. green is my favourite colour. i love this selection of glass beads!!!

    gwenstella@gmail.com

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  52. This is my favorite color palette! Great beads!

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  53. Happy Birthday Andrew.
    Thanks for the opportunity - the beads are gorgeous.
    Good luck everyone :)

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  54. Just lovely! Thanks for the chance to win these.

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  55. Anonymous8:33 PM

    It is really quite a lovely selection of beads...lo9ve the colors.

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  56. I love the colors. Very pretty beads.

    melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com

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  57. I love the greens, they will go very well with some labradorite chips that are wanting a home.

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  58. Love this giveaway! Beautiful variety of beads. I would love the chance to create some beautiful jewelry with these.

    http://stephscreativelife.blogspot.com/

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  59. What an incredible giveaway! But shouldn't we be giving you presents?

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  60. belinda in oregon10:40 PM

    These are beautiful! There are some Green girl mermaid beads I have that would welcome a pairing with these beauties!
    Happy Birthday again, and yes I do check your web site daily, and enjoy each entry.

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  61. Anonymous11:59 PM

    Gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win these.

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  62. Wow,great giveaway! My favorite colors too. Thanks.....

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  63. i'd love to hang those on the wall and just look at them, hold them in my hand when inspiration is harder to find ... thanks for the nifty idea to give gifts! happy birthday. if i happen to win, please email me at forsara at netzero dot net. thanks.

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  64. Very pretty! Your giveaways are wonderful. Thanks!

    pjclarkdesigns@yahoo.com

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  65. Such a wonderful color! I love it.

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  66. Anonymous4:40 AM

    Mermaid jewellery! Lovely! I'd love to be entered in the drawing.

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  67. Lovely colors- thanks Andrew, and hope you have a wonderful birthday!

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  68. Anonymous6:27 AM

    Happy Birthday! Since today is my birthday, maybe it will be a lucky one for me and I'll win your beautiful beads!

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  69. Happy Birthday!! Sea glass is one of my favorites and would love to win these beads.

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  70. I can already imagine what I can create with those lovely beads!

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  71. Anonymous8:04 AM

    Neptune would be envious of these. I used to have a copy of The Little Mermaid, where the heroine and her fellow merpeople wore garlands very like these beads. Beautiful.

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  72. The variation is so relaxing.

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  73. So lovely! Happy Birthday!

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  74. Happy Birthday. Hope it is a great day. Love the colors of those beads.

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  75. These are gorgeous! My daughter would so love these to play with! Happy birthday to you!!!
    Adair asvoboda@juno.com

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  76. I luv sea glass-so pretty! Happy Bday to u & me! Thanks Susan spierssusan52@gmail.com

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  77. annette8:53 AM

    These beautiful beads so remind me of the beaches in CA. We live in the high mountain area of UT, so the beaches are only a memory most of the time.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win!
    nettiecrain@live.com

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  78. Wow, those are beautiful! I love the greens!

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  79. Happy Birthday to you! These beads are beautiful. I know I can make use of them. Thank you.

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  80. I hope you have a happy birthday!! And thanks for the opportunity to win this fabulous prize!

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  81. What a generous birthday gift! Absolutely beautiful; I love sea glass!

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  82. Those are so pretty!!!!
    I love sea glass

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  83. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Thanks for the great giveaway! These are beautiful!

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  84. Oh I love sea glass, the soft colors. Thanks for being so generous.

    Vikki

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  85. ooh, beautiful! These are my favorite colors. Happy birthday!

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  86. These beads are amazing. They're also my favorite colors. Cheers!

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  87. Anonymous2:12 PM

    Such beautiful colours, I love these!
    Ilina

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  88. Crystal2:43 PM

    I have been enjoying your blog!! Very lovely beads:)
    Hope your weekend is great!
    cyclona66(at)aol dot com

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  89. These beads are beautiful.

    Bobbi
    jandbcook@cox.net

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  90. These look like liquid - so beautiful!

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  91. Anonymous8:47 PM

    I noticed yesterday that all my outfits are blue and green. These would match perfectly!

    neeners05@hotmail.com

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  92. Gorgeous, I have a lot ofideas running around in my mind!
    Thank you for the opportunity!

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  93. Lovely giveaway. Thank you and all the best.

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  94. Oh these are so gorgeous Andrew - in my fave shades of blue!

    Now I am torn between this and Day 1 (smile!)

    Ramona
    http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com

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  95. Hello Andrew, I shure want to win these! :-)

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  96. Beautiful - I really love sea glass.

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  97. I L-O-V-E the color and look of these beads! You are so generous. The 27th is my grandaughter's birthday and I would let her have a strand if I won. Thanks for the opportunity.

    Shari in Colorado
    ladyjspice@aol.com

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  98. Love the sea glass look of these beads! Thanks for the giveaway!!

    Lisa

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  99. Happy Birthday. These sea glass colors are my favorites. Thanks for the generous giveaway opportunity.

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  100. Gorgeous colours! Fingers are crossed! :)
    Happy birthday week,
    ~ Laura (Moags)
    moags.and.smeet(at)gmail.com

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  101. love sea glass
    happy birthday

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  102. One can never have too many beads!

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  103. Those colors are gorgeous!

    Amy
    mamanirvana@gmail.com

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  104. Totally my colours! Please put my name in the hat Andrew - thanks so much for your generosity yet again :-)

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  105. Happy Birthday again :)
    I hope I will get these beads, love them :)

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  106. Dennis R.7:12 AM

    Happy Birthday and thank you for the give away. Those beads are beautiful, I love sea glass.

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  107. I hope I'll win these wonderfully colored beads. Happy birthday!

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  108. Anonymous10:22 AM

    Happy Birthday Andrew, such beautiful colours, My creative juices are flowing.

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  109. So pretty & serene! Please enter me.
    funkyblogger(at)gmail.com

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  110. such pretties for my pocketses! Thank you and Auntie for your generosity, and hapsy birfday!

    edie
    purpleone@gmail.com

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  111. These colours seem to speak to many people and how lovely they are! Thank you for the chance Andrew..ox

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  112. I follow. I want to be able to make some of the great projects they show on the site. Plus, its made by sizzix, so I know it's going to be well made, easy to use and fun.

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  113. these are just wonderful beads. Thanks for the sharing

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  114. They are so pretty.Thank you for the giveaway.

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  115. Love these colors. Thanks so much for the giveaway.

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  116. Debby B.8:01 AM

    Birthday Wishes! Nothing much better than sea glass! I will have to visit this website if I am not the winner! Thanks for another chance at your great giveaways!

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  117. Happy Birthday!
    Love the glass beads - the colors are beautiful. Thank you for the chance to win.
    lee
    butler83ataoldotcom

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  118. I reposted! Happy birthday!

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  119. I reposted! Happy birthday!

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  120. Happy Birthday, Andrew. Your blog is always inspiring.

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  121. Great colors and I like the idea of the matte finish. So many ways they could be used. Thanks for the chance to win these.

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  122. Happy Birthday week

    ' great colors, great inspirations.
    thanks for your offer.

    Chris
    khakit@verizon.net

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  123. Betty S.2:51 PM

    Wow! Love the gorgeousness of these colors! Hope you had a Happy Birthday!

    Love!

    stafford37@optonline.net

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