When I said I beaded up a storm of turtles during my Virginia retreat, I wasn't messing about.

Of course, these aren't *all* from my retreat. These are all of the beaded turtles currently in my possession available for sale or trade. But most of these are new.

So. Here is something that has been taking up about 10% of my brain space at all times lately. I blame rebecoming. She started it by putting together a benefit shop on etsy for some friends in the art community dealing with unexpected medical expenses, soliciting donations from artist and crafter friends, with 100% of purchases going to the cause. The next piece was a series of turtle-related advocacy campaigns that I promoted on Facebook. So Emma suggested: why not start a turtle benefit craft shop?

I've been kind of obsessing over this idea ever since. Well, first I had to finish the last bead challenge. And then there's the bead embroidery project that is actually taking up about 20% of my waking brain right now. And after that, there's a fundraiser for camp in May that I wanted to sell some beadwork for.

Anyway, what I think I want now at this point is some feedback! So I'm going to put together a little poll for the decisions that I'm still deliberating on. I would seriously love to hear your opinions.

But first I wanted to show you my turtles. :)