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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl

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Brenda
Lucas Ohio
USA
2045 Posts

Posted - Mar 06 2013 :  09:34:56 AM  Show Profile
Has anyone else noticed how many owls there seem to be everywhere? In clothes, jewelry, pottery, pincushions, garden decor? What gives? I used to collect owls back in the 70's but I think I put them all in a garage sale. If I had known they were coming back I would have saved them.


You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl

13055 Posts


Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts

Posted - Mar 06 2013 :  10:11:40 AM  Show Profile
Brenda, I have noticed! Years ago, I had a neighbor who collected owls. She had over 100 owl figures, pictures, etc...
Marly

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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl

2914 Posts

Cindy

2914 Posts

Posted - Mar 06 2013 :  5:37:32 PM  Show Profile
I have an owl wall hanging, a couple ornaments, a necklace, and a Native American owl fetish (which I suspect is really from China). I have this thing for owls ever since I rescued one a few years ago. I've also made some little felt owls from a pattern I have. I have a book of Celtic verse, which has a poem called "Eagle of the Night". But I see them during the day as well--they just usually hunt at night so they don't have to compete with hawks.
Cindy

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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl

2350 Posts

Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts

Posted - Mar 06 2013 :  6:06:17 PM  Show Profile
yes ; and I am really tired of them;


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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl

13055 Posts


Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts

Posted - Mar 06 2013 :  7:50:01 PM  Show Profile
Cindy, there are three owls that sit and hoot most of the night on the roof above my bedroom. When they get really loud and vocal, my cat Gracie dashes under the bed. I love hearing the owls.
Marly

"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl

2045 Posts

Brenda
Lucas Ohio
USA
2045 Posts

Posted - Mar 07 2013 :  08:30:41 AM  Show Profile
I have heard them far away on summer nights and they seem mysterious. But the decorating trend mystifies me - is it because of Harry Potter? Or something else?

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter

13666 Posts

CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores Colorado
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2013 :  09:31:41 AM  Show Profile  Send ceejay48 a Yahoo! Message
I find owls intriguing and interesting . . . have for most of my life. I don't collect them or use them to decorate stuff, etc. I do find them to be amazing creatures.

When I take my dog out around 9:00 PM every night for her last "business trip" till morning there is an owl in the cedar trees just north of our garden that "speaks" to us. I love it!
CJ

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SandraM
True Blue Farmgirl

295 Posts

Sandra
Coldwater Michigan
USA
295 Posts

Posted - Mar 08 2013 :  06:33:55 AM  Show Profile
My daughters love owls, actually they love BIRDS. They use them to decorate their apts. :)

Sandra
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neeter302
True Blue Farmgirl

257 Posts

Anita
Hanover Indiana
USA
257 Posts

Posted - Mar 10 2013 :  11:24:44 AM  Show Profile
Yes I know they're everywhere right now. I saw some decorative ones in a boutique made of snowy white bird feathers and some were encrusted with glitter, they were so pretty! Very different from the ones in the 70's but definitely making a comeback. My mom use to collect them but every holiday and special occasion we would get her one until she said "Enough already with the owls!" She got rid of all hers too in a yard-sale, I wish I had them now I'd glitter them up!

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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru

4658 Posts

Nicole
Sandy Hook CT
USA
4658 Posts

Posted - Mar 11 2013 :  04:52:06 AM  Show Profile
I noticed it, too. They started making a comeback a few years ago, now it is an invasion! One of my knitting students who is a six grader recently asked to knit an owl!

Nicole

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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl

2045 Posts

Brenda
Lucas Ohio
USA
2045 Posts

Posted - Mar 11 2013 :  07:27:04 AM  Show Profile
I started a Pinterest board to collect some of the ones I've found.

http://pinterest.com/brightmeadowf/owl-trend/


You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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neeter302
True Blue Farmgirl

257 Posts

Anita
Hanover Indiana
USA
257 Posts

Posted - Mar 11 2013 :  5:50:34 PM  Show Profile
wow, what a collection! That does it, now I HAVE to go make something "owly" LOL !

Farmgirl #522
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl

1023 Posts

Dorinda
St. Cloud Florida
USA
1023 Posts

Posted - Mar 14 2013 :  7:09:35 PM  Show Profile
Yes My DIL is having a baby and she wants the whole room filled with owls....Her baby shower is going to be a hoot!!!!LOL. Everything owls...I am in the process right now of embroidering owls on a pillow case for the baby. I collected owls in the 70's also and now wish I would of saved them. Gotta love them. They will probably phase out after a while and we will be back to dragon flys or something.

Seize The Day!
Dorinda
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Madelena
True Blue Farmgirl

1919 Posts

Mary
Central TX
USA
1919 Posts

Posted - Mar 20 2013 :  02:36:10 AM  Show Profile
Last Year I fell in love with OWLS> Guess I Trend Late. Have an small Owl board on Pinterest. My favorite is a baby Owl with a knitted hat -- soo cute.

"There is no unbelief: Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod and waits to see it push away the clod, he trusts in God." (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
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HolidayJunkie
True Blue Farmgirl

55 Posts

Michelle
Northglenn Colorado
USA
55 Posts

Posted - Mar 20 2013 :  10:45:51 PM  Show Profile
My teen daughter jumped on board for the Owl Trend 2 years ago. After Christmas and Valentines Day this year, she realized that the number of owl gifts she's receiving is becoming a bit out of control. She told me she's going to have to be more "specific" on what type of owls she'd like to receive. She's gotten gloves, statues, sleeping mask, stationary, homemade and store bought stuffed owls...and so many more I can't remember. She's even picked out Owl Christmas wrapping paper the last 2 years and chose to wrap all the gifts she was giving in that paper. Some are cute, some...not so much.
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl

2045 Posts

Brenda
Lucas Ohio
USA
2045 Posts

Posted - Mar 21 2013 :  7:41:07 PM  Show Profile
Mary, I'd love to see your owl board on Pinterest, can you share the link, either privately in email or here?

Michelle, I can picture your house (or at least your daughter's room) at night --- all the owl eyes glowing in the dark..... Too funny!



You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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HolidayJunkie
True Blue Farmgirl

55 Posts

Michelle
Northglenn Colorado
USA
55 Posts

Posted - Mar 21 2013 :  10:27:31 PM  Show Profile
Yeah, my brother lives with us and he does not like owls. She'll stick one in his room every once in awhile, just to mess with him. Luckily, hers are all "Cute" I'd say, because owls can be S C A R Y....
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HodgeLodge
True Blue Farmgirl

662 Posts

Tiana
Berkeley Springs WV
USA
662 Posts

Posted - Mar 31 2013 :  1:11:50 PM  Show Profile
Brenda, I have noticed the trending of owls for the past couple of years again. My neighbor too has had numerous yard sales selling her departed mother in laws owl collections. It was a big thing in the 70's with macrame'. Heck, I have a few of my own owls pieces.

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HodgeLodge
True Blue Farmgirl

662 Posts

Tiana
Berkeley Springs WV
USA
662 Posts

Posted - Mar 31 2013 :  1:13:19 PM  Show Profile
Once someone knows you collect owls there is no stopping it. You end up with every dollar store, yard sale, hat ornament known to man. lol


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