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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Clothespin Swap--All have shipped!  |
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 08:08:07 AM
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I agree I think we should do an autumn clothespin swap and then maybe a Christmas clothespin swap. How cute would it be to have farmgirl Christmas or winter solstice clothespins holding our cards on a clothesline across the mantel?
Georgann
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 08:11:42 AM
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 2:18:48 PM
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Ditto, I second & third the idea for an autum & Winter/Holiday clothes pin swap...
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2007 : 03:28:22 AM
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Oh I would love to do more swaps!!! And Mine will be off soon I promise!! You all are so fast!! I think mine are the only ones not there! Sorry!!! But they will be there by the date!!!
Hugz to All!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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BotanicalBath
True Blue Farmgirl
1014 Posts
Elizabeth
Ohio
1014 Posts |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 07:01:18 AM
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So, how's everyone doing? Have we all sent our clothespins? I'm getting excited for the 15th and seeing what everyone has crafted.
We make a difference. |
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EmmJay
True Blue Farmgirl
352 Posts
Mary Jane
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Canada
352 Posts |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jun 14 2007 : 11:26:39 PM
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wahoo, I can hardly wait to start using the Ultra Farm Girl Chic coth pins when they arrive.
If we do a Winter/Holiday clothpin swap, I will use them to hold Christmas cards-garland style...
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 10:04:30 AM
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Oh, how I hate to do this...but I have to back out. I have the pins, the pens, but not the time. Mother-in-law is in her last days at Hospice and I just cannot do this. I hope I haven't totally messed things up. I was so looking forward to it! Maybe I'll hang on to the pins until the Autumn swap or Christmas...
Thanks for all of your understanding.
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 10:40:51 AM
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Sharon,
no need to apologize, you have more important matters at hand.
I am wrapping you, your MIL & family in prayers and am sending you a double dose of farmgirl hugzs.
grace,
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 6:34:49 PM
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I saw naked clothes pins (gasp) and all I could think was how much nicer it would be to decorate them. I need help. :) Actually, I've taken this idea and shared a few with neighbors too...I think you've started something here!
Wouldn't they be so cute holding up cards? You could pin them on the tree. I used some to clip pictures to the curtians when all the wedding/graduation announcements started pouring in and the mantle had no more space. So fabulous.
Big hug Sharon.
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 6:55:34 PM
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I think so too. I have been using extras on gift packages, attaching them to the ribbons with a note held in their gripper. Also adding a heavy duty magnet to a few for refrigerator magnets.
I love the clothespin ideas!! When it is time for the Winter Holiday swaps, I'll be glad to hostess it if a hostess is needed. I think they will be adorable holding Christmas cards and other trinkets across the mantelpiece or down a stair rail.
Looking forward to seeing all of the clothespins soon!!
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
"Made With Love" |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 7:07:21 PM
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Georgann, you have my vote to hostess the winter clothpin swap, & go ahead & sign me up now....
Like Michelle, I too saw a package the other day of "naked cloth pins" and I felt so sad for them!!!! ok, maybe I need to back off on the lemondrop martini's!! hahaha!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
Edited by - katmom on Jun 15 2007 7:07:51 PM |
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BotanicalBath
True Blue Farmgirl
1014 Posts
Elizabeth
Ohio
1014 Posts |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2007 : 6:32:36 PM
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Oh count me in for the winter one too please!!
My kids have been very sick with asthema attacks and I have been at the doctors more then home, but I did get mine off for this swap and sent them the fastest way I could from here, so I do so hope they got there on time and didn't hold up or mess up the swap in any way! They were so much fun to make!! I had 18 done in no time!! Next time I will opt for the big group!
Hugz to All!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2007 : 03:12:40 AM
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They really are very, very fun to do and so, so pretty!! I will be tucking mine away for the move. I will have a clothesline then. We aren't allowed a clothesline in this subdivision where I live right now!
I am making plans for the winter solstice/Christmas clothespin exchange!
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
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KitchenWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
98 Posts
Kristina
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
98 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2007 : 12:25:11 PM
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Hi, ladies! Sorry to have been MIA--incredible amounts of stuff happening here. 
I know that Ricki and Sharon have had to back out,  which is sad but COMPLETELY understandable. I've also got four new packages at my door in the last few days. The visiting family is headed to Durango today, so tonight is my "catch-up-with-clothespin-swap" night. I'll sort all of the ones I have, make changes according to who has backed out, and get these puppies in the mail (hopefully tomorrow!). I have to "fix" a handful that arrived slightly compromised thanks to the U.S. Postal Service--nothing that can't be overcome with some glue... (really, there aren't a lot of things that can't be overcome with glue....)
I'm all about doing some more solstice clothespin swaps. Just imagine bright, beautiful ribbon with Winter Solstice clothespins holding farmgirl Christmas/Hanukkah/Solstice/Holiday cards! THAT would be something!
Live joyfully, deliberately, simply, abundantly.
www.viscerafarms.com
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2007 : 1:20:49 PM
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| ooohh, ribbon, I never even thought of that...duh...cannot wait for solstice swap!! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2007 : 2:23:00 PM
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OK, so..... in getting things packed up for our move to Washington, my retractable clothes line is one of the things packed.... I did a small basket load of hand wash the other day....no clothes line, eek! so I had to get creative,,, I took the 2 shepard hooks (used to hold bird feeders) ran 2 lines across them & made a makeshift clothes line. But to quote Michelle, I had to use "naked" clothes pins!!! LOL!  so I can hardly wait to get my farmgirl crafted clothes pins. Don't wanna be guilty of using naked cloth pins again!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
Edited by - katmom on Jun 18 2007 2:24:31 PM |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2007 : 12:32:00 AM
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If mine were some of the ones that got broken, let me know. I have a couple leftovers here that I missed when I packed them up (which I can send) and/or you can replace the broken ones out of my pile.
My Homesteading Journal http://toomyvara.livejournal.com
My craft journal http://bluewrenn.livejournal.com
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jun 19 2007 : 09:37:41 AM
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Kristina, can you give us an update on which packages arrived? I was concerned about the wrapping job I did and not sure if they got there...
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KitchenWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
98 Posts
Kristina
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
98 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2007 : 7:50:52 PM
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Okay, ladies, here's the latest list of the packages assocaited with the swap. Names in bold represent packages I have received.
Single Round Participants
A.k.a. farmgirls making 18 clothespins, getting a mix of 18--including two of their own!--back:
Kim
simpler1773
Aunt George
EmmJay
Buttercup--stuck at the post office
Huckelberrywine
owwlady
Double Round Participants -- ALL HAVE ARRIVED!
Or farmgirls making 36 clothespins and getting a mix of 36 back again:
smoothiejuice I & II
katmom
BotanicalBath
BlueWrenn
Huckelberrywine
Buttercup, your package has arrived in Santa Fe; they are holding it at the post office which is *quite* a ways from my house. I'm hoping to get by there in the next day or so in order to bring your package in the mix and get the group of 18 out the door ASAP.
While I won't make the solstice delivery date, I should be able to get the double-round pins out by week's end.
I'll keep you posted on the latest arrivals and progress. These clothespins are AMAZING! Hope all of you enjoy seeing them as much as I have--they're wonderful!
XO,
K
Live joyfully, deliberately, simply, abundantly.
www.viscerafarms.com
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