We want to offer you the world...

It's a wonderful world

The world will seem a little smaller this weekend. Bloggers from all over will be showcasing a selected country: its colours, people, landmarks or architecture, customs or dress. 

We have each created an accessory that captures the spirit of that special place, and on Saturday, September 1st, we are going to share our creations with you.

Please join us for a blog hop celebrating a world of difference. I think you'll find it much less tiring than flying around the planet, and a lot less costly as well!

Here are the participants and the countries they will be showcasing:

Africa

Monique Urquhart  ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com       Burkina Faso

Niky Sayers silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk   Egypt

Therese Frank     theresestreasures59.blogspot.com    Kenya

Raychelle Heath      abeadloveaffair.blogspot.com     Lesotho

Joan Williams   lilrubyjewelry.com      Mauritania

Sherri Stokey   knotjustmacrame.com     Senegal

Regina Santerre     reginaswritings.blogspot.com    Seychelles

Raida Disbrow    havanabeads.blogspot.com   Tanzania

Kristi Wodek  livedinlife.blogspot.com    Zimbabwe  

Americas

Sally Russick  thestudiosublime.com  Brazil

Melissa Trudinger  beadrecipes.wordpress.com   Mexico

Tracy Stillman     tracystillmandesigns.com       USA

Asia  

Sandra Wolberg      city-of-brass-stories.blogspot.de    India

Tanya Goodwin      pixiloo.blogspot.com       Japan

Susan Kennedy      suebeads.blogspot.com      Japan

Beth Emery      storiesbyindigoheart.blogspot.com    Japan

Lisa Cone      inspiredadornments.blogspot.com    Japan

Tanya Boden  fusionmusebangkok.blogspot.com    Japan

Inge von Roos    hingetraud.wordpress.com    Laos

Erin Prais-Hintz      treasures-found.blogspot.com       Nepal

Dee Elgie      cherryobsidia.blogspot.com      Phillipines

Carolyn Lawson       carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com   South Korea

Lisa Stukel      carefreejewelrybylisa.blogspot.com  Sri Lanka

Elly Snare      themagicsquarefoundation.wordpress.com       Thailand

Europe

Shelley Graham Turner  shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com    Austria

Mallory Hoffman    fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com    Bosnia Herzegovina

Paige Maxim  pmaximdesigns.blogspot.com    France

Jenny Davies-Reazor  jdaviesreazor.com/blog     Germany

Sharyl McMillian-Nelson    sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com      Greece

Evelyn Shelby    raindropcreationsbyevelyn.blogspot.com       Iceland

Holly Westfall    silverrosedesigns.blogspot.com   Ireland

Rebecca Siervaag  godsartistinresidence.blogspot.com     Ireland

Toltec Jewels      toltecjewels.blogspot.com       Ireland

Lee Koopman     stregajewellry.wordpress.com Ireland

Laren Dee Barton  larendeedesigns.blogspot.com      Italy

Cindy Wilson   mommysdreamcreations.blogspot.com       Norway

Kathleen Lange Klik      modernnaturestudio.blogspot.com        Poland

Shaiha Williams       haihasramblings.blogspot.com      Portugal

Jennifer Justman        soulsfiredesigns.blogspot.com         Romania

Elsie Deliz-Fonseca      ladelizchica.blogspot.com   Spain

Lola Surwillo   beadlolabead.blogspot.com      Sweden

Kim Hora      kimmykats.com       Switzerland

Leanne Loftus    firstimpressiondesign.blogspot.com       The Netherlands

Patti Vanderbloemen    myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com   The Netherlands

Marcie Carroll    labellajoya.blogspot.com       Turkey

Oceania

Marlene Cupo  amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com Federated States of Micronesia

Ine Vande Cappelle     jewelsbyine.blogspot.com   Fiji

Tammie Everly     ttedesigns.blogspot.com        Guam

Alice Peterson     alice-dreaming.blogspot.com      Kiribati

Elisabeth Auld     beadsforbusygals.com      Nauru

Susan McClelland   mistheword12.wordpress.com      New Zealand

D Lynne Bowland   islandgirlsinsights.blogspot.com        New Zealand

Denielle Hagerman    somebeadsandotherthings.com  New Zealand

Rebecca Anderson    songbeads.blogspot.com      Papua New Guinea

Mischelle Fanucchi    micheladasmusings.blogspot.com    Samoa

Kari Asbury  hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com   Solomon Islands

Cece Cormier    www.thebeadingyogini.com       Tonga

Emma Todd  apolymerpenchant.blogspot.com   Tuvalu

Debbie Price  greenshoot.blogspot.com        Vanuatu