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	<title>Hand Stamped Jewelry</title>
	<updated>2010-07-30T10:32:51Z</updated>
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		<title>I am having another giveaway!</title>
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		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
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		<category term="Promotions" />
		<updated>2010-07-23T00:48:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-07-23T00:48:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Here is a short excerpt from Dena at cincinatticoupons.net:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I love my necklace I received from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: tahoma; color: #006fce; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Joseph Allen Designs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;! I can’t say that enough. I wear it all the time and have received so many complements on it. Joseph Allen offers 2 Collections: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: tahoma; color: #006fce; font-size: 14px;"&gt;The Hammered Collection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: tahoma; color: #006fce; font-size: 14px;"&gt;The Satin Collection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. My necklace is from the satin collection and it has my 3 son’s names on it along with a dangling pearl. Within each collection, there are so many options: discs, circles, hearts, birthstones, shapes, free forms. Then you can get it personalized with dates and names or a simple 1 word engraving like serenity or happiness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Photo-on-2010-07-14-at-13.49-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="225" alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-8324  aligncenter" title="Photo on 2010-07-14 at 13.49 #2" src="http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Photo-on-2010-07-14-at-13.49-2-300x225.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Here is the link to enter the giveaway. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/2010/07/21/joseph-allen-designs-personalized-hand-stamped-jewelry-review-and-giveaway-ends-731/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/2010/07/21/joseph-allen-designs-personalized-hand-stamped-jewelry-review-and-giveaway-ends-731/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
		<summary>   &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Here is a short excerpt from Dena at cincinatticoupons.net:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
 I love my necklace I received from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: tahoma; color: #006fce; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Joseph Allen
Designs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;! I can’t say that enough. I wear it all the time and have received so many complements on it. Joseph Allen offers 2 Collections: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: tahoma; color: #006fce; font-size: 14px;"&gt;The Hammered Collection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: tahoma; color: #006fce; font-size: 14px;"&gt;The Satin Collection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. My necklace is from the
satin collection and it has my 3 son’s names on it along with a dangling pearl. Within each collection, there are so many options: discs, circles, hearts, birthstones, shapes, free forms. Then you
can get it personalized with dates and names or a simple 1 word engraving like serenity or happiness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Photo-on-2010-07-14-at-13.49-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="225" alt="" class=
"size-medium wp-image-8324 aligncenter" title="Photo on 2010-07-14 at 13.49 #2" src="http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Photo-on-2010-07-14-at-13.49-2-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 &lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Here is the link to enter the giveaway.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=
"http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/2010/07/21/joseph-allen-designs-personalized-hand-stamped-jewelry-review-and-giveaway-ends-731/"&gt;&lt;span style=
"font-size: 16px;"&gt;http://www.cincinnaticoupons.net/2010/07/21/joseph-allen-designs-personalized-hand-stamped-jewelry-review-and-giveaway-ends-731/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	<entry>
		<title>Necklace Giveaway!</title>
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		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Promotions" />
		<updated>2010-06-24T20:50:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-06-24T20:50:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">Only 2 days left to enter giveaway on heatherandavery's blog. Closes on June 26. Here is the link to enter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://heatherandavery.blogspot.com/2010/06/joseph-allen-designs-giveaway.html" target="_blank"&gt;Joseph Allen Designs Necklace Giveaway.&lt;/a&gt;</content>
		<summary>Only 2 days left to enter giveaway on heatherandavery's blog. Closes on June 26. Here is the link to enter. &lt;br&gt;
 &lt;a href="http://heatherandavery.blogspot.com/2010/06/joseph-allen-designs-giveaway.html" target="_blank"&gt;Joseph Allen Designs Necklace Giveaway.&lt;/a&gt; ... ...
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	<entry>
		<title>Necklace Giveaway Hosted on Simply Stacie!!</title>
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		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
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		<category term="Promotions" />
		<updated>2010-06-09T14:58:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-06-09T14:58:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;  to enter giveaway.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here is a snippet from Simply Stacie's Blog:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When I ran across &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f23089; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Joseph Allen Designs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;, I was amazed at how beautiful his pieces are!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jad1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="300" alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3955" title="jad1" src="http://simplystacie.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jad1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/flat-joe.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Joseph allowed me to choose a necklace of my choice and personalized with some ideas that are important to me. I chose to receive a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Two_Oval_Discs_Satin.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f23089; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Two Oval Disc in Satin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;and have it inscribed for me. When it arrived I was simply blown away – I loved the way it was inscribed (the design work was flawless!) and I loved the finish on the necklace and the beauty of the chain. I really was speechless (which is shocking if you know me!) because it was truly breathtakingly beautiful!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To see the full post vist Simply Stacie at &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/" target="_blank"&gt;http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
		<summary>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;  to enter giveaway.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here is a snippet from Simply Stacie's Blog:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When I ran across &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f23089; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Joseph Allen Designs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;, I was amazed at how beautiful his pieces are!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jad1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="300" alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3955" title="jad1" src="http://simplystacie.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jad1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/flat-joe.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Joseph allowed me to choose a necklace of my choice and personalized with some ideas that are important to me. I chose to receive a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Two_Oval_Discs_Satin.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #f23089; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Two Oval Disc in Satin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;and have it inscribed for me. When it arrived I was simply blown away – I loved the way it was inscribed (the design work was flawless!) and I loved the finish on the necklace and the beauty of the chain. I really was speechless (which is shocking if you know me!) because it was truly breathtakingly beautiful!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To see the full post vist Simply Stacie at &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/" target="_blank"&gt;http://simplystacie.net/spring-bling-joseph-allen-designs-review-giveaway/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<title>Flat Joe in Bend, Oregon.</title>
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		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Flat Joe" />
		<updated>2010-06-04T22:12:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-06-04T22:12:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;First off I would like to say thanks to all the Flat Joe followers out there. It has been going really well and I hope that in the near future I will be able to expand the project to reach out to even more people and be able to bring you even more content.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The latest Flat Joe caretaker is Jenn from Bend Oregon. She had contacted me when I put a post up on facebook and she was so excited that I really could't say no. Jenn just started up a blog and Flat Joe had the honors of being her first post. Here is a little bit from Jenn's blog. To see the full post follow this link: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Flat Joe arrived to Bend, Oregon safely on 5/18/10 after his last journey to Napa, California!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;A little about Flat Joe, before we get started. &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #779999;"&gt;Joseph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an amazing jewelry designer has created a necklace character and he goes by the name of Joe. He travels around to meet new people and to visit different  places.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;Joseph's jewelry consists of custom hand-made necklaces that come in different styles and they can also include gems, birthstones, pearls, and crystals! He also repairs any kind of jewelry and buys used gold, too. You can catch a glimpse of his beautiful jewelry here--&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ddaa77;"&gt;Joseph Allen Designs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #ddaa77;"&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcCYVC1MTI/AAAAAAAAAA4/mdSI9to_fnY/s1600/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ddaa77;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcCYVC1MTI/AAAAAAAAAA4/mdSI9to_fnY/s320/1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;First off, he met me right out of the mail.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcFmZ-V9fI/AAAAAAAAABA/VHMC0rXd4BU/s1600/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcFmZ-V9fI/AAAAAAAAABA/VHMC0rXd4BU/s320/2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;Next, he was introduced to the amazing view of Bend, Oregon from our back deck.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;To read more and see more pictures go to: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html&lt;/a&gt; Now where will Flat Joe go next? New post coming soon!&lt;/p&gt;</content>
		<summary>   &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;First off I would like to say thanks to all the Flat Joe followers out there. It has been going really well and I hope that in the near future I will be able to
   expand the project to reach out to even more people and be able to bring you even more content.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
 The latest Flat Joe caretaker is Jenn from Bend Oregon. She had contacted me when I put a post up on facebook and she was so excited that I really could't say no. Jenn just started up a blog and
Flat Joe had the honors of being her first post. Here is a little bit from Jenn's blog. To see the full post follow this link:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html" target=
"_blank"&gt;http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
 Flat Joe arrived to Bend, Oregon safely on 5/18/10 after his last journey to Napa, California!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;A little about Flat Joe, before we get started. &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style=
"color: #779999;"&gt;Joseph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an amazing jewelry designer has created a necklace character and he goes by the name of Joe. He travels around to meet new people and to visit different
places.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;Joseph's jewelry consists of custom hand-made necklaces that come in different styles and they can also include gems, birthstones,
pearls, and crystals! He also repairs any kind of jewelry and buys used gold, too. You can catch a glimpse of his beautiful jewelry here--&lt;a href=
"http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Hand_Stamped_Jewelry.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ddaa77;"&gt;Joseph Allen Designs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ddaa77;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcCYVC1MTI/AAAAAAAAAA4/mdSI9to_fnY/s1600/1.JPG" style=
"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ddaa77;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src=
"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcCYVC1MTI/AAAAAAAAAA4/mdSI9to_fnY/s320/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;First off, he met me right out of the mail.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcFmZ-V9fI/AAAAAAAAABA/VHMC0rXd4BU/s1600/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img alt=""
     style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oYK49Smf0js/TAcFmZ-V9fI/AAAAAAAAABA/VHMC0rXd4BU/s320/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"&gt;Next, he was introduced to the amazing view of Bend, Oregon from our back deck.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;To read more and see more pictures go to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html" target=
"_blank"&gt;http://jenn-jenn23.blogspot.com/2010/06/flat-joe-visits-central-oregon.html&lt;/a&gt; Now where will Flat Joe go next? New post coming soon!&lt;/p&gt;
...
</summary>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Flat Joe In Napa Valley!</title>
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		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Flat Joe" />
		<updated>2010-05-12T00:21:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-05-12T00:21:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;I was so excited when Michelle from Napa, California contacted me and wanted to be a Flat Joe caretaker. Here is a short excerpt from Michelle that she had posted on her blog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To read the full post you can go to &lt;a href="http://booksnshoes.com/2010/05/flat-joe-2" target="_blank"&gt;http://booksnshoes.com/2010/05/flat-joe-2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I was so excited to host Flat Joe! He came to us all the way from Georgia, and seemed a little jet-lagged from the long trip! After a nice nap to acclimate him to our timezone, we started our adventures. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;First, he met the family. Me (Michelle), Chloe (the black lab), Tim (my husband) and Stabler (the feisty cat):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://booksnshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hands.jpg" title="hands" toptions="shaded = 1, overlayClose = 1, group=1157"&gt;&lt;img width="295" height="300" alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1171" title="hands" src="http://booksnshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hands-295x300.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story continues&lt;span style="font-size: 12px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://booksnshoes.com/2010/05/flat-joe-2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks Michelle for a great post!!&lt;/p&gt;</content>
		<summary>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;I was so excited when Michelle from Napa, California contacted me and wanted to be a Flat Joe caretaker. Here is a short excerpt from Michelle that she had posted on her blog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To read the full post you can go to &lt;a href="http://booksnshoes.com/2010/05/flat-joe-2" target="_blank"&gt;http://booksnshoes.com/2010/05/flat-joe-2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I was so excited to host Flat Joe! He came to us all the way from Georgia, and seemed a little jet-lagged from the long trip! After a nice nap to acclimate him to our timezone, we started our adventures. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;First, he met the family. Me (Michelle), Chloe (the black lab), Tim (my husband) and Stabler (the feisty cat):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://booksnshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hands.jpg" title="hands" toptions="shaded = 1, overlayClose = 1, group=1157"&gt;&lt;img width="295" height="300" alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1171" title="hands" src="http://booksnshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hands-295x300.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story continues&lt;span style="font-size: 12px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://booksnshoes.com/2010/05/flat-joe-2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks Michelle for a great post!!&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Flat Joe Caretakers.</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blog.josephallendesigns.com/2010/05/10/flat-joe-caretakers.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blog.josephallendesigns.com,2010-05-10:58df8ef0-506a-43aa-898b-9e3be6f3c1be</id>
		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Flat Joe" />
		<updated>2010-05-10T21:30:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-05-10T21:30:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;I am looking for a new list of people who would be interested in taking care of Flat Joe. Please leave a comment below if you would like to be considered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;img width="346" height="265" alt="" style="border: 0px solid; width: 270px; height: 260px;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/Picture0021000x1000.jpg?a=3" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank You!&lt;/p&gt;</content>
		<summary> &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;I am looking for a new list of people who would be interested in taking care of Flat Joe. Please leave a comment below if you would like to be considered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;img width="346" height="265" alt="" style="border: 0px solid; width: 270px; height: 260px;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/Picture0021000x1000.jpg?a=3" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank You!&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Flat Joe Caretaker and Baby Sweet Treats!</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blog.josephallendesigns.com/2010/04/27/flat-joe-caretaker-and-baby-sweet-treats.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blog.josephallendesigns.com,2010-04-27:38d73105-c040-4c53-a4ef-2b522628c05d</id>
		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Flat Joe" />
		<updated>2010-04-27T22:01:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-04-27T22:01:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">I wanted to share with you a really cool shop on Etsy that belongs to the last Flat Joe caretaker. Here is an excerpt from her shop: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
"Shower the New Mom or Mom-to-Be with Sweet Treats...Yummy Diaper Cupcakes, Delicious Blanket Lollipops &amp;amp; More (all Created from New, Quality/ Familiar Name Brand Baby Washcloths, Socks, Blankets,Diapers...!" &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Trust me, you'll have to go to her shop to see what she does. I've never seen anything like it!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can check out Tina's etsy shop at &lt;a href="http://www.babysweettreats.etsy.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.babysweettreats.etsy.com&lt;/a&gt; </content>
		<summary>I wanted to share with you a really cool shop on Etsy that belongs to the last Flat Joe caretaker. Here is an excerpt from her shop: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
"Shower the New Mom or Mom-to-Be with Sweet Treats...Yummy Diaper Cupcakes, Delicious Blanket Lollipops &amp;amp; More (all Created from New, Quality/ Familiar Name Brand Baby Washcloths, Socks, Blankets,Diapers...!" &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Trust me, you'll have to go to her shop to see what she does. I've never seen anything like it!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can check out Tina's etsy shop at &lt;a href="http://www.babysweettreats.etsy.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.babysweettreats.etsy.com&lt;/a&gt; </summary>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Where in the world is Flat Joe?</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blog.josephallendesigns.com/2010/04/26/where-in-the-world-is-flat-joe.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blog.josephallendesigns.com,2010-04-26:6a00c6ab-1b20-4396-a927-24fa3d896978</id>
		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Promotions" />
		<updated>2010-04-27T02:20:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-04-27T02:20:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">Well......... He's not too far away. He's been visiting Tina in Cumming, GA and will now be heading to the other side of the country, beautiful Napa in California. Maybe Flat Joe will will get to do a little wine tasting? I can't wait to see how it goes. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am working on a new website and blog and I think I would like to create some sort of map or app that would track flat joe and maybe allow some sort of interaction. Any ideas? I'd love to hear them! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'll post again as soon as I get another update. Have a wonderful day!</content>
		<summary>Well......... He's not too far away. He's been visiting Tina in Cumming, GA and will now be heading to the other side of the country, beautiful Napa in California. Maybe Flat Joe will will get to do
a little wine tasting? I can't wait to see how it goes. &lt;br&gt;
 &lt;br&gt;
 I am working on a new website and blog and I think I would like to create some sort of map or app that would track flat joe and maybe allow some sort of interaction. Any ideas? I'd love to hear
them! &lt;br&gt;
 &lt;br&gt;
 I'll post again as soon as I get another update. Have a wonderful day! ...
</summary>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Mothers Day Sale!!</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blog.josephallendesigns.com/2010/04/24/mothers-day-sale.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blog.josephallendesigns.com,2010-04-24:44d92f20-bad4-45d9-a9f6-e8159a4cffb8</id>
		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Promotions" />
		<updated>2010-04-24T20:01:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-04-24T20:01:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; Mothers Day Sale!! I just finished updating the web site. I added some new designs, crystals, and pearls. I also added a collection with hammered finishes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Little_Bird.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/a200x200_p09.jpg?a=43" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Three_Discs_hammered.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/aaa1781000x1000.jpg?a=57" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Circle_With_Disc_Satin.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/a200x200_ns5.jpg?a=31" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Visit my shop at &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com"&gt;www.josephallendesigns.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
		<summary>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; Mothers Day Sale!! I just finished updating the web site. I added some new designs, crystals, and pearls. I also added a collection with hammered finishes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Little_Bird.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/a200x200_p09.jpg?a=43" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Three_Discs_hammered.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/aaa1781000x1000.jpg?a=57" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/Circle_With_Disc_Satin.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/2/8/4/2/1/222688-212482/a200x200_ns5.jpg?a=31" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Visit my shop at &lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com"&gt;www.josephallendesigns.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Flat Joe In Georgia.</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blog.josephallendesigns.com/2010/04/05/flat-joe-in-georgia.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blog.josephallendesigns.com,2010-04-05:e1145b14-6d34-460d-968d-86f4bc6fd2a5</id>
		<author>
			<name>Joseph Allen</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Flat Joe" />
		<updated>2010-04-05T12:38:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-04-05T12:38:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;div class="post-body entry-content"&gt;
&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;Thank you Betsy from Cumming Georgia for taking care of Flat Joe! Betsy is a full time mom. She is a wonderful blog writer that brings forth her love of children, family, community, as well as hiking. You can visit her blog at &lt;a href="http://hikingwithian.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://hikingwithian.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; Betsy has chosen the &lt;a href="http://www.atl-spectrum.com/home.html" target="_blank"&gt;Spectrum Autism Support Group&lt;/a&gt; to be featured. $5.00 from every sale will be donated to them. &lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Here is some of what she had to say.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
   &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Y9SsEtfzlIk/S7VDj7A3N9I/AAAAAAAAAEs/B8Wp5lRPN7g/s1600/10+054.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Well, wouldn't you know that I've gone on several hikes and failed to make a blog posting, shame, shame, shame on me. I'm thrilled to tell you all about my adventure with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Flat Joe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; --he's sterling, flat, lightweight, and will travel with you wherever you go. He won't get in the way and he's a conversation piece. Among his very hectic schedule (hey I'm a stay at home mom, what can I say) I've hit the highlights of our time together. Flat Joe visited the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sawneemountain.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sawnee Mountain Preserve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; and went on a short little hike to the Indian Seats, what a view!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Arriving to me in style --love the blue silk bag, at Sugar Hill UMC just after bible study with BSF International. You can find out more when you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bstinternational.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;bsfinternational.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; --He's been pretty busy since then, visiting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://http//www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/8992203251530430/site/default.asp?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Whitlow Elementary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; where the third graders and Kindergarten children just swooned over him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Then he hung around while preparing for the neighborhood Easter Egg hunt at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://coventryinforsyth.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coventry in Forsyth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;. He also helped out stuffing eggs for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://parkway-church.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parkway Church's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; Egg Hunt too. Over all he helped stuff over 700 eggs ... wow! Flat Joe also took a road trip to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.madisonga.org/default.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Madison GA &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;to view the Andy Warhol exhibit at the Madison Cultural Art Center, what a beautiful town so rich in history --it's the town that Sherman didn't burn down. He's all excited about Easter and is looking forward to Spring Break ~where he will be going on his next adventure???&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks so much &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Flat Joe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; for stopping by!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</content>
		<summary>&lt;div class="post-body entry-content"&gt;
&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;Thank you Betsy from Cumming Georgia for taking care of Flat Joe! Betsy is a full time mom. She is a wonderful blog writer that brings forth her love of children, family, community, as well as hiking. You can visit her blog at &lt;a href="http://hikingwithian.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://hikingwithian.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; Betsy has chosen the &lt;a href="http://www.atl-spectrum.com/home.html" target="_blank"&gt;Spectrum Autism Support Group&lt;/a&gt; to be featured. $5.00 from every sale will be donated to them. &lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Here is some of what she had to say.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
   &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Y9SsEtfzlIk/S7VDj7A3N9I/AAAAAAAAAEs/B8Wp5lRPN7g/s1600/10+054.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Well, wouldn't you know that I've gone on several hikes and failed to make a blog posting, shame, shame, shame on me. I'm thrilled to tell you all about my adventure with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Flat Joe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; --he's sterling, flat, lightweight, and will travel with you wherever you go. He won't get in the way and he's a conversation piece. Among his very hectic schedule (hey I'm a stay at home mom, what can I say) I've hit the highlights of our time together. Flat Joe visited the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sawneemountain.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sawnee Mountain Preserve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; and went on a short little hike to the Indian Seats, what a view!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Arriving to me in style --love the blue silk bag, at Sugar Hill UMC just after bible study with BSF International. You can find out more when you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bstinternational.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;bsfinternational.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; --He's been pretty busy since then, visiting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://http//www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/8992203251530430/site/default.asp?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Whitlow Elementary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; where the third graders and Kindergarten children just swooned over him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Then he hung around while preparing for the neighborhood Easter Egg hunt at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://coventryinforsyth.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Coventry in Forsyth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;. He also helped out stuffing eggs for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://parkway-church.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parkway Church's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; Egg Hunt too. Over all he helped stuff over 700 eggs ... wow! Flat Joe also took a road trip to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.madisonga.org/default.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #5588aa; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Madison GA &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;to view the Andy Warhol exhibit at the Madison Cultural Art Center, what a beautiful town so rich in history --it's the town that Sherman didn't burn down. He's all excited about Easter and is looking forward to Spring Break ~where he will be going on his next adventure???&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks so much &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.josephallendesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Flat Joe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; for stopping by!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
	</entry>
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