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lovejanet
True Blue Farmgirl
97 Posts
Janet
La Canada
California
USA
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 Posted - May 23 2006 : 12:29:32 PM
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Hello, I am soo glad I came across this forum! I was led to it in search of the new magazine, Junk Market Style. I love "junk" and have been decorating with it for about 7 years now. No one understood what I was doing at first but now, so many more people decorate in that style. I don't like saying shabby c..., I call it cottage, paris, garden, flea market and yes, junk. I believe it is soo wonderful!! I would never trade in my old furniture for something from a showroom. That's me, everyone else can do what they like.
I have been married a little over one year, I love my husband and I know he loves me too. It takes a special man to understand me.
Anyhow, I also love to make soap. That is one of my favorite passions. But, I also like to sew using vintage textiles. When I have the time I make all kinds of goodies, like totes. I also teach jewelry making, bead jewelry and pearl knotting. Oh yes, I also like to cook and bake.
All of that keeps me fairly busy.
I look forward chatting and making new friends! 
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dargaonfly1054
True Blue Farmgirl
257 Posts
Georgette
Nicholville
NY
USA
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Posted - May 23 2006 : 12:50:02 PM
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Hi Janet, wow you sure keep busy!! You sound like a very talented person, wish I was!! I like "junk" too............ although some of my furniture was new once and my son's cat has now made it shabby!! I also make soap, but having a hard time finding lye......
Anyway, welcome to the site, you will love it here.
best wishes ...Georgette
"We need the tonic of wildness, to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk..." Thoreau |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - May 23 2006 : 3:53:30 PM
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Hi Janet,
Wow - we like a lot of the same things! But so do most of us here. Welcome. Wish I was closer. Would love to take a jewelry making class.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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lovejanet
True Blue Farmgirl
97 Posts
Janet
La Canada
California
USA
97 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2006 : 6:12:35 PM
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It's just about the end of the day, thanks for the warm welcome. I am cooking on grill, the weather has been so nice today, it was raining yesterday. Thanks again ladies!
love, janet |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 23 2006 : 8:36:46 PM
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Welcome Janet!
I grew up in Calif (central coast)
You sound busy and fun...it will be fun having you here!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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Posted - May 23 2006 : 10:00:24 PM
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Welcome Janet! You will really enjoy this forum - lots of great gals here. Be sure to get in on our teacup/saucer exchange and the Collector's Treasure Chest forum so we can all send eachother gifts.
I love the junque market style too - we have a flea market shop that is filled with mostly curb-side finds - I always get first dibbs on what stays and what goes. Hubby is out trashing tonight - it is like waiting for Santa to walk through the door. I sell a lot of the stuff on Ebay too for extra money.
How did you get started making soap? I still have a rebatch kit I never got around to yet. What scents do you make? Do you know there is a forum on here to sell your items? Check it out!
Welcome!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - May 24 2006 : 04:29:38 AM
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Hi Janet! Gee, you already have so much in common with us, you will be another welcomed "pea in the pod!"
Karin |
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lovejanet
True Blue Farmgirl
97 Posts
Janet
La Canada
California
USA
97 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2006 : 04:31:37 AM
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Yes, I will be sure to go through my teacup/saucers. I have so many I don't display or use. An exchange sounds great! I will look up the Collector's Treasure Chest forum, I love getting stuff in the mail. 
This past Sunday I passed by a chest of drawers with a sign that said "free." It took so much for me not to turn around and put it in the trunk of my car. I don't think it would've fit in my Ford sedan, oh well. I used to have an suv and always picked up stuff off the side of the road. Nothing like a little bit of paint to freshen up something old.
I started making soap about 5 years ago. I use all kinds of scents. I love the way the smell!!
Thanks for all of the info Kathy!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 24 2006 : 07:11:30 AM
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Welcome, Janet! I can see from your last post that you are an early bird - so am I! I think you'll really like it here. Again,welcome, and enjoy...
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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