July has slipped away so quickly, and the phrase “Christmas in July” became real to me as I shopped at a neighbors garage sale and purchased a little manger scene, something I’ve wanted for a while, and some new Christmas table cloths.

It’s really never to early to think about Christmas, and since we are a site that focuses on the written word, thought I’d share a site I was introduced to that sells some beautiful christmas cards, cards that you can have personalized. Personally Christmas has special meaning to me as it is the time our family remembers Christ’s birth…the reason we have the word “Christmas” in the first place…so I really liked the card with the lion and lamb lying together. There were many personalized with pictures of children and pets…so cute.

So if you missed Christmas in July, get a taste of it now by visiting this pretty little card site using the link above.

Today I had the pleasure of interacting by email with Jay Rogers, a man knowledgeable about girl scout and boy scout history.  Our interaction began with a question about something I was offering on eBay.  In the email he provided me with a link to what he is working on, and the link lead to a publication that looked interesting enough to mention here.

I know from past experience selling collectibles that there are many who collect, or enjoy items related to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America.  If you, the reader, are one of these people, then you will want to stop over and take a look at the 2nd edition of “Levy’s Boy and Girl Scout Cachet Covers of the United States“.

While the book focuses primarily on Cachet Covers, a phrase at the site states that in “…addition to everything else, the Catalog is actually a grass roots history of USA Scouting. The reader can find out what Scouts and Troops themselves were doing and really interested in from 1930 through 1960. For the Scouting enthusiast, even if he or she doesn’t collect US cachet covers, the Catalog will still be a most interesting read.” You can view sample pages of the publication and see the covers when you visit, so stop by!