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| frannie |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 9:56:05 PM
i made these fans for my daughters graduation dinner and party, and we had a really good time with them. i thought i would share them here in case someone else needs a party favor that folks can take home and have fun with.
the fans here say "i'm an anne fan!" and "graduation 2009".
since her degree is in deaf education i used the sign for I love you and incorporated it into the fan.
i made 75 fans and the cost was about 35.00, so i guess the fans ran about .50cents each.
i hope you can use this idea too for a party favor.
love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| frannie |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 03:39:47 AM
sorry i havent answered this sooner, but i didnt get an email about the post. maybe i didnt subscribe to my own post. anyway, i will post my tutorial now that i now someone is interested. these fans were fun to make.
thanks for the comments!
love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| StarMeadow |
Posted - May 22 2009 : 7:31:09 PM
I love the fans too! Great idea. There's a gal in Berea KY whose business is making beads. It's called Hot Flash Beads. http://www.kaht.net/multiple/hfbead_1.htm She's got a GREAT fan that says Hot Flash Fan on it. I love it! Works so well for when "one has the vapors"..... |
| quiltingfarmergirl |
Posted - May 22 2009 : 5:44:35 PM
Frannie,
I love the fans and would like to see a tutorial on how you made them. I have 8 grandchildren ages 3 to 10 and these would be fun to have as favors at our next birthday gathering. The kids would love them with pictures of themselves and their cousins on them. Great idea.
I can relate to your organizational issues...sometimes my hobbies over run each other in my sewing room. I re organize, then get into the next project, and there it goes again...
Glad your chemo is almost done. Hope you are well again very soon!
Barb |
| frannie |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 6:59:17 PM
ooops,   nancy jo, i forgot to tell you that if you or any of the other farmgirls ever want to make these fans, they are pretty self explanatory, but if there is enough interest i would post a tutorial on my blog.
love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| frannie |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 6:57:15 PM
thank you nancy, you know i have always loved crafting and especially scrap crafting.
but i dont know if anyone would guess that i am a closet embroiderer. i so love the embroidery that you sent me and aunt jenny as well, and i wish i could do that craft, but it wasnt meant to be, so i am at least glad that i have good farmgirl friends that send me wonderful embroidery as well as many other gifts. i hope to get back on the bunny trail soon and start blogging about them, and finish the ones i have here and i have a few little stories i would actually like to put out there.
you know too many ideas, not enought time. but at least i can really feel the enthusiasm coming back.
today i had my 5th o f 6 chemos, and then i have about 3-4 weeks off before i start radiation and that will be 30 treatments over about a 40 day period.
then i think i can really start crafting again. i will make some big changes i think about that. i really saw some organizational problems that i had before and .....well, some of it was related to my poor health and some of it was absolutely poor organizational skills. so when i start up again i will do things differently and i think that way i wont have the problem of not being able to fulfill orders. ugh, i hated that.
love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 10:35:22 AM
Hi Frannie,
I feel so lucky to have one of your Bunnies. I just love her, and my little horse and apron.Those fans are just the best idea. Aren't you the clever one. I can think of so many ways they could be used. Thanks for showing us.
Nancy Jo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| frannie |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 10:26:39 AM
i hope one day to get back to the bunnies. i loved making them so much. but this time i think i will make them and then sell them, and not take orders. it was a sad thing for me not to be able to fill those orders. i will start crafting with fiber again when my skin quits peeling from the chemo,. and thanks so much for the comment karin!
love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| electricdunce |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 05:48:37 AM
What a great idea, they are really special. I also love your truckload of bunnies....
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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| Marybeth |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 11:58:13 PM
Fun idea---my grands would love them just to play with. MB
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