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| MaryJane |
Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 1:42:56 PM
News and more news! Our oldest son, Sam, is here this week from Japan with his new wife, Natsue (married March 22). They’re an adorable couple. I’ll post photos from all the upcoming wedding festivities that we have planned for them before they go back home to Japan. They came to the states for Meg and Emil’s weddings, now it’s their turn for a celebration!
My new book, MaryJane’s Stitching Room, is out officially today. What is now a 144-page book was at one point a 288-page book! Our publisher decided to turn it into a smaller workbook, which resulted in quite a bit of content that we’ve been trying to find a home for.
One of the sections they cut included about 40 photos of pinkeepers we made here at the farm. We had spent about a month more than a year ago with our creative juices turned on full blast. It was a total blast, really, so we decided to share the experience. (During that time, we dreamed pinkeepers, we talked pinkeepers, we saw signature pinkeepers in every bowl, every shoe, every hat … pert near everything, even chicken feeders!)
But before we show you ours (to be featured in a 2008 issue of our magazine), we thought we’d ask you if we could see yours first???!!!! Hence, a contest!
Then, we’ll pick a couple of winners: one for best of show and one from the farmgirl chapter with the most entries. Our PINKEEPER WINNERS get me and mine (Meggie, Luke, and baby) for a visit, actually a crafting visit in your hometown. For more details on how the contest works and how to join in on the fun for strutting your own stuff(ing), check out:
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/contest/index.html |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| farmgirl blessings |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 7:33:35 PM
So glad that this post came up. Wow ~ you girls have just done beautiful work. You have inspired me to greater creativity in my work. Congratulations everyone!
Blessings, Lea
www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot |
| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 3:53:50 PM
Thank You Mary Jane!  I was pleasantly surprised this afternoon when I received a package from Random House. It is my very own copy of Mary Jane's Stitching Room book. A nice card was enclosed thanking me for being in the Pinkeeper Contest.
((((hugs))) to you and your farm crew,
Stephanie
Farmgirl Sister #22
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 11:55:33 AM
I am in- let me know when and where and I will hitch hike there if I have too.
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
http://blissnblossomfarm.com
http://lifeatbnbfarm.blogspot.com
www.firehousesoapcompany.com |
| littlegreen |
Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 09:54:59 AM
Yayyyy!!! How exciting is this all?? Thanks for the honorable mention Mary Jane and Meg!! I am seriously so thrilled, and honored, and blushing, and all I could be!! Thank you, thank you!! And congrats to all the ladies that made a fun pinkeeper... Wasn't it fun? I love these cute things. I had a friend over sewing with me the other night and I pulled mine out and she was so impressed, what a beautiful thing to get to use instead of my old red magnet one, can we say boring?
anyways, love you all! let's keep 'em coming!!
www.littlegreendesigns.com ~ handbound blank books, purses, jewelry, and other fun stuff for the naturist in you! |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 6:41:20 PM
Way to go everyone!! Wooohooo! Congratulations!!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 6:02:45 PM
Ok, I've hooped and hollered it up over on the other pinkeep topic now I'm here to repeat it all!!!  LOL
Don't miss Carol's post on keeping up the pinkeep creations! Post your pinkeeps in this topic over in the Stitching and Crafting section and also email a photo to Carol. http://www.maryjanesfarm.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11704
She will continue to post them into the website Gallery for us!
Oh my, my, my!!!!
I'm smiling...can you tell...RITFLOL
Thank you Mary Jane and Meg for choosing my pinkeeper as one for the Honorable Mention area of the contest..
I truly am just so honored that you choose a "dream kingdom design"...I spend all of my days and nights designing and it's just such a thrill for one of them to be recognized 
And the name you gave it is so good!!! "Farmgirl Divine"
I don't see the gallery up right now...Are you going to post the other notable winners pictures also?
I've got another pinkeep just about finished so I'll add in this topic and email it on to you in a few days!
I sure hope I can be part of the Mary Jane party with Karin over in Georgia...she is only 129 miles from me!! We have another Honorable Mention besides myself that is in the south US also...It is Gail and I believe she is in Chattanooga, Tennessee...I'm only about 50 miles from her
Congratulations Karin!!!!! I want to come to your Mary Jane party, Ok?
Congratulations to the Farmgirl Chapter and also to the other Farmgirls with Honorable Mentions! Go Farmgirls!!!
...til next time ~ queenofdreamsz
Big Congrats to everyone on my Blog:
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.blogspot.com
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com
A Creative Journey
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| Aunt George |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 2:45:02 PM
Congrats everyone!! Karin...you go farmgirl!!! Enjoy your crafting fun with MJ!! I really thought your pincushion was a real flower!!
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
"Made With Love" |
| Alee |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 2:24:37 PM
Congrats everyone! What an awesome contest!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 2:11:24 PM
Congratulations Farmgirls!!!!!!! Yahoo Karin!!!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 2:07:24 PM
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you very talented ladies!
Now I cannot wait to get back home and clean my house. Everyone come to Georgia!
Oh my gosh.
I have to go sit down now.
Karin
Wherever you go, there you are.
Come visit me at:
www.madrekarin.etsy.com
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com |
| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 12:02:59 PM
OOOOOHHH Thanks so very much- they were all so wonderful. Thank you Ms Maryjane and Meg and all who put this together!
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
http://blissnblossomfarm.com
http://lifeatbnbfarm.blogspot.com
www.firehousesoapcompany.com |
| Naomi Michelle |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 09:41:46 AM
Congratulation ladies!
Everyone did such wonderful jobs on their pin keeps! Way to go!
cheers,
~Naomi~
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln
Check out my blog:http://thebellamodiste.blogspot.com/
and my Etsy store: www.shesewsbytheseashore.etsy.com |
| Kathie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 09:29:48 AM
CONGRATULATIONS Girls!!!
They were SOOOo Awesome!!
I know I wouldn't have wanted to have had to choose a winner!!
& i can see why it was so hard to decide!!
They were all so wonderful!
( of course MY camera couldn't have picked a worse time to give me grief.. could it!! )
I have had the best time though seeing all of yours girls!!!
But.. just because the Contest is over.. doesn't mean you have to stop showing everyone all your future Pin Keeps!!
keep up the fantastic work!!
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 07:47:13 AM
Oh wow! How exciting. Can't wait to see them. What talent! Congratulations!
We make a difference. |
| frannie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 06:55:48 AM
congratulations to the winners and all the participants!
this has been a fun experience here at the farm, even the dh got into the excitement of it all!
hope to see more fun contest so we can see what the apron farmgirls can come up with, for example.
thanks again for the chance to create a new pincushion and compete for the prize. and keep us posted on the visit from mj, karin and the idaho city farmgirls.
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
| cabinmoose |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 06:48:29 AM
Conga-rats to all you lovely ladies!
Lorna
Forest Hill, MD
“I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry.
And I know you do the same things too, So we're really
not that different, me and you.” ~Colin Raye |
| MaryJane |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 06:33:04 AM
Best of Show!!!
Karin Smith, Ellenwood, GA
Most Entries from a Farmgirl Chapter
Idaho City Farmgirls, Idaho City, Idaho
Nine Honorable Mentions:
Farmgirl Frugal
Tamara G., Wichita, KS
Farmgirl Adorable!!!
Bethany S., Thousand Oaks, CA
Farmgirl Worldly
Beth M.
Farmgirl Vintage
Laura G., Verona, MO
Farmgirl Footloose & Fancy-Free
Gail R.
Farmgirl Divine
Stephanie D.
Farmgirl Fantasy
Linda S. and Gail M., Sterling, KS
Farmgirl Cultivator
Katelyn R., Provo, UT
Farmgirl Tailor-Made
Jaime W., Malden, WA
See the winners at http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/contest/gallery.html
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| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 11:01:09 PM
Hey there Gail,
I just emailed you through the forum and it came back as a delivery failure...YOu want to double check the email address you have listed for the forum? I have some info to email to you.
...til next time ~ queenofdreams
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 10:29:53 PM
Hey there Gail,
Thanks for the kindness and sweet words There is a Stitching and Crafting section here in the forum. We just finished a mini-apron swap" last week but there are always little projects going on...I'll email you about them.
Also, I've got an "Artful Apron Challenge and Swap" topic over there..here is the link to it... http://www.maryjanesfarm.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11797.. Go read and see if you'd like to participate...Any level of sewing skills is fine! These Aprons can be functional or just a piece of art to hang up It's also a place to post your progress and share ideas... Hope you'll join...it will be ongoing so just send me an email anytime you want to jump in!
Then there is the Apron Sew-Along topic where you can show everyone what you are working on...it doesn't have to be aprons..it is ongoing so join in anytime! Everyone shares their day to day ramblings and sewing so you never know what we are up to
Ok, I'll be emailing you..
...til next time ~ queenofdreamsz
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.blogspot.com
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com
A Creative Journey
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| Grammygail |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 7:37:03 PM
Well, Stephanie, if I had just logged on to DreamKingdom first, I would have known all about you. You are the one that made that beautiful pinkeeper out of a strainer! That is one of my favorite ones!!!!!! Good luck, you have a very good chance of winning cause it is beautiful. Love your sites and am interested in the mini apron thing. Do you swap or what? Let me know! GrammyGail |
| Grammygail |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 7:30:10 PM
Hi Stephanie! You are just down the road from me, aren't you? That is exciting for me. My family is located in the Piedmont, Ala. area and I am happy to hear from you. I am a new member and also am in a recently formed chapter here in Chattanooga called "Southern Threads". That should give it away........Yes I sew....nothing wrong with that question! I also piddle a little in everything else! I entered the pinkeeper contest and actually finished my pinkeeper and sent it in on time. I am notorious for not getting things "finished" on time....ha. So I am just proud that I did and feel that I accomplished something. But I still can't believe how much time I put into it. I thought it would be easy to make a "little boot" and as usual I bit off almost more that I could chew!!!! Not the first time for that!!!! Well, enough about me.......tell me about you and what you sew and such........I will be looking forward to hearing from you either here or by e-mail. Always room for more friends and maybe you could give me some pointers to help me around this site.......it is quite the busy spot to be!! Glad to hear from a southern farmgirl!!! GrammyGail |
| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 7:10:37 PM
Hey Gail (grammygail)
Welcome to the forum I just noticed where you are located! What part of Chattanooga do you live in? I'm in Valley Head, Alabama about 50 minutes from downtown Chattanooga or a little over an hour out to Hamilton Place...That's where I do all of my shopping.
Email me or post where you are...Do you sew? LOL I ask everyone that question... since I do..you'll have to excuse me I have met several ladies in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee since joining a few months ago. There is just everything to do around here that you can imagine so I know you will love it!
Hope to hear from you,
queenofdreamsz
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.blogspot.com
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com
A Creative Journey
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| Grammygail |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 6:31:33 PM
A tie in the contest has led to a lot of excitement!!! Can't wait to find out about the lucky winner!! This has been such fun!!! Sittin' on PINS and NEEDLES!!!!!!! |
| Sarah Blue |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 3:39:07 PM
All this suspense is killing me...
"i believe in god, only i spell it nature." - frank lloyd wright
http://www.myspace.com/svgrrrl |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 3:26:20 PM
Mary Jane and Meg!
I don't envy your task one bit. The pinkeeps are so beautiful. There are so many talented farmgirls out there!!!!
Mine sure ain't beautiful....but I'm sure all of the farmgirls would agree...it was lots of fun!!.
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
"Made With Love" |
