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Who Has Intarsia?
Whoops! Wrong question. Intarsia is not a disease. Actually it is a beautiful and intricate craft. Intarsia involves taking many different kinds of wood and cutting, shaping, sanding, arranging, gluing, and polishing. The final result is a beautiful finely crafted piece of art. It is like quilting with wood. If you have been to the […]
Time to Think Relief Sale
I think spring is really here. Finally I might add. I expected to feel that way before mid May. But God has his own timing. Timing for the 2018 Northern Michigan Relief Sale has started for us. We’ve had our spring meeting and now the real work begins. Or maybe it just continues all year […]
After the Sale
The Northern Michigan Relief Sale 2017 has come and gone. You’ve had some time to relax, reflect, and regroup. Hopefully you think back on the sale with positive memories. Did you begin to wonder what some of those items you saw on the website sold for? I don’t get to see everything sell on Saturday. […]
2017 Blessing Bids
The Northern Michigan Relief Sale is the place to go on the first Saturday in August. It’s fun. You see family and friends. There are beautiful quilts and other things to purchase. The food is really yummy. However, those are not the purpose of the sale. As great as the weekend is there is a […]
Auction Photos on Website
You may have seen some photos on the NMRS Facebook page and liked or shared those. Now the OFFICIAL photos are getting posted onto the NMRS website. Go to the www.reliefsale.org website and click on “Auctions” in the menu. Enjoy these great photographs and descriptions of items to be auctioned at the 2017 Northern Michigan […]
Something Blue
It’s back! The Color Booth is returning to the Northern Michigan Relief Sale. It is always an interesting place to visit and shop. They have all manner of things of a certain color for sale. It is amazing the number of items that can be seen in whatever color is chosen for the theme. Small […]
New This Year
Changes can be good or even fun. At the Relief Sale it seems things tend to be the same from year to year. Small things change but often they are not really noticed. This year there will be a big, obvious change. It is something you will want to make sure you check out. As […]
Is It Really Summer ?
Can you believe that it is past the middle of June already? With the weather just warming up it really begins to feel like summer. Of course that makes a body think about summer activities. And that leads one to think about the Northern Michigan Relief Sale doesn’t it? It should. Maybe it should also […]
