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So this is my first year in the Etsy Yart Sale
And I am happily going to be participating & I am
so very excited that I am offering two Yart Sale
promotions!

1.-- The first is that all the items in my
humble shop will be 15% off the regular price.

2.-- Each sale will come with a custom made
"Ojo de Dios" or "God's Eye." The person who
purchases the slate can choose up to four
colours from my colours of embroidery floss.

Hurry for these deals to my etsy!
[link]

The sale is on June 10 -14th!
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.~*~.About my Slate Shop:.~*~.

I do slate engravings using a variety of tools and
bits: a dremel, diamond bits,water, towel, slate,
stone, paper.
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All of the proceeds from this shop go straight into
my education fund for my next year of college. I am
turning this hobby into cash strictly for this
purpose as my education fund is running low. Also note
that all of my etchings will be shipped in recycled
packaging, most likely newspaper and pizza boxes!
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At the moment I am working on a new project of
smaller etchings that will be done on a marble like
floor tile. They will all be little squares of 2x2
inches and will come with a heavy duty magnet in case
you wish to format it into a piece for your fridge.
It will be wrapped in a handmade origami newspaper cup,
and will be secured with a piece of recycled yarn (re-used from my Nana),
and one of my labels. I will be designing 26 of these
squares and will have 10 extra for custom designs.
You can view the tiles (which have not yet been etched)
at my deviant art:
[link]
Please note that selection of the tiles is random
and that this is just so you see an idea of what
they look like at the moment. Thank-you.
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.~*~.About "Ojo de Dios" or "God's Eyes":.~*~.

Ojo de Dios is Spanish for "eye of God." According to Castilian Spanish, it is pronounced "oh-ho-day-Dee-ohs" (the "j" is silent or sometimes has a light "h" sound). Ojos de Dios (plural) were discovered by early Spaniards when they encountered the Huichol (pronounced "wettchol") Indians in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. There they saw brightly woven yarn on simple frames of two crossed sticks.

The Huichol Indians made these "God's eyes" to be placed on altars so that their gods would protect and watch over those who prayed at the altars. The Ojo de Dios is a symbol of the power of seeing and understanding unseen things. The four points of the crossed sticks represent earth, air, water, and fire.

Ojos de Dios were also an important worship object for the Aymara Indians in what is now Bolivia, South America. Native American tribes in the southwestern region of the United States also adopted this object and its spiritual customs. The Navajo are known for their eight-sided Ojos de Dios. Today, Christians throughout the world have popularized this craft as a symbol for the one and only God.

When one makes a traditional Ojo de Dios, one is expressing a prayer that the "Eye of God" will watch over them or the person they are making it for (oftentimes a child). The Ojo de Dios is also a physical representation of praying for health, fortune, and a long life. To some Christians, it means a prayer for "May the eye of God be upon you."