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Mamie's Poppy Plates

Good morning everyone. I hope you all are out enjoying the amazing weather today. I am out on my deck.... does that surprise anyone :) having my cup of coffee and just taking it easy. I am writing today to tell you about the new Mamie's Poppy Plates blog we have just released. We are so excited about how well this whole project has been received and are now going non profit hopefully by the first of the year. YAHOO!!!!!! I am thrilled and it warms my heart to know there are so many of you out there supporting us. I wanted to give you the link to the new blog so you can bookmark it, follow it, put it on your facebook page, send it to others, etc. We will be starting a fan page on facebook after the first of the year as well so stay tuned for that. Thanks guys and have a great day.
- Sarah
email us at: mamiespoppyplates@gmail.com
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