Busy Bee Monday + Allergy-friendly candy find

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The brush trucks have started coming! I'm so relieved. The giant piles of brush were starting to attract birds, and I was worried they were making nests in there. So just one more pile and we can get back to normal. They used a big claw on a truck and unfortunately that is not a precise machine and gouged big holes in our lawn! But it is what it is.

Since spring is busy springing, I have some bees for you today! I saw this bee stencil before it was released, and I was so excited - it's so graphic and fun - it's a three part layering stencil that's super easy to line up. If you are a bee keeper how cute would this BEE on labels for honey jars? Or on little tags?

I used the sentiment from this older bee-themed Clarence set on a little strip to finish it off. PS - all my squirrels are fine after the storm - kind of a miracle that none of them fell when all the branches broke. Squirrels are tough little things. OH and speaking of - if you have squirrels, get some of these antler pieces! The guy that makes these is the nicest guy - he's in Hawaii. He buys shed antler from the US - from ranchers, etc. and cuts them into these nibble sticks for squirrels and other wild animals. They provide much needed calcium for squirrels and help grind their teeth down. I put a few on the porch every day and they are gone before the pecans! I'm sending some to Peanut the Squirrel today as a matter of fact - they have just started an animal rescue in upstate New York.

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There are more cute bees out there, like this little guy! I colored him simply with OLO markers and cut him out with the matching dies for the bee and sentiment. 

The background - well - you'll have to wait for the video on that. I'm mean, I know - but it will be worth it - it's a fun trick.

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I hope you have a great week!

If you have allergies, I found this AMAZING allergy friendly candy in my allergy group. It is also vegan - there are few things I hate more than gelatin, and most candy containing it tastes like plastic to me. This is just tart, yummy fruit and I love it. Nice to have candy that's not grossly sweet.

What's really nice is the bag is full of small individual packets so you can share. I LOVE the mixed berry - haven't tried the strawberry yet - they were all at the bottom of the bag.

If you aren't part of a food allergy group on Facebook I recommend it!

LoveyameanitBEEHAPPYbye.