Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
An AMAZING breakthrough in MS research — 90% of patients’ veins which drain blood from the brain are either malformed or else blocked.<<<
If this works on even a few of the patients, it will indeed be a blessing.
Thanks for the link.
>>>Parabens! (Looks like French, not Chinese)<<<
I think it is Portuguese...
But challenge is still fun.
>>>Are you going to give us any hints?<<<
OK, if you mentally label the frogs Green1, Green2, Green3, Brown1, Brown2, Brown3.
and the stones 1 through 7 ( All left to right)
Green Frog 3 to Stone 4
B1 to 3
B2 to 5
G3 to 6
G2 to 4
G1 to 2
B1 to 1
B2 to 3
B3 to 5
G3 to 7
G2 to 6
G1 to 4
B2 to 2
B3 to 3
G1 to 5
DONE
See, that wasn’t so hard...
Now you can go stump someone else. ;-)
later
I guess I’d better be careful - some Fed dodo is liable to think this is some secret code:
“B1 to 3
B2 to 5
G3 to 6”
Homeland Security probably scratching their heads right now... LOL
>>> Great Value’ brand... I think they are viewing the future and know they will have to meet the needs of the shopping public. Oh, and they had a HUGE (6’ high and about 12’ long) display of sliced white bread - $.49 for a large loaf!!! <<<<
I found the 49c bread, when shopping in Buncombe county..
the local wally, here where the buses don’t run , it’s 1.08
( added expense to haul it over the mtn. )
the Great Value items are taking over the shelves here as wally streamlines the selections.. don’t bother me as the items are acceptable and I’m not much on name brands anymore..ha.... ( Except Kenwood, Icom and Yaesu )
I did find a super deal on a 500g seagate usb external backup drive for $63.
Received an email from Bruce Hopkins - internet-grocer.net
with this very interesting and important article...
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The following link is from Jon Christian Ryter. This is an extremely important article ... and—it
looks to me—shows that ACORN is the group that succeeded in installing Obama in office with phantom
votes ... and we’re in much deeper sh*t than you’ve imagined:
This is an important article. Probably the most important article you will have read in the year of
2009. It explains why third party candidates can’t win ... and it tells you why Obama did. Here is one
sentence from deep in the article...
http://www.jonchristianryter.com/2009/091115.html
/snip/
One of the most interesting facets of the Election of 2008 is that the Obama Commerce Department won’t release the factual numeric data on how many eligible Americans were actually registered to vote in that election, even though they claim 56.8% of those eligible to vote, voted. According to the Bureau of Statistics, 132,618,580 votes were cast in 2008. The problem with those statistics is this: in 2008, there were 169 million registered voters in the United States. Eighty-six million of them were registered Democrats, 55 million were registered Republicans and 28 million were registered as independents. If 56.8% of them voted, a lot of people cast multiple votes, because 56.8% of 169 million is 96,992,000 voters. The simple math says there were 35,626,580 too many votes in the ballot boxes. /snip/
>>Worth the read!<< [DW]
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/notes/briefing_20091120/en/index.html
Public health significance of virus mutation detected in Norway
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 briefing note 17
20 NOVEMBER 2009 | GENEVA — The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation detected in three H1N1 viruses. The viruses were isolated from the first two fatal cases of pandemic influenza in the country and one patient with severe illness.
Norwegian scientists have analysed samples from more than 70 patients with clinical illness and no further instances of this mutation have been detected. This finding suggests that the mutation is not widespread in the country.
Related links
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
The virus with this mutation remains sensitive to the antiviral drugs, oseltamivir and zanamivir, and studies show that currently available pandemic vaccines confer protection.
Worldwide, laboratory monitoring of influenza viruses has detected a similar mutation in viruses from several other countries, with the earliest detection occurring in April. In addition to Norway, the mutation has been observed in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine, and the US.
Although information on all these cases is incomplete, several viruses showing the same mutation were detected in fatal cases, and the mutation has also been detected in some mild cases. Worldwide, viruses from numerous fatal cases have not shown the mutation. The public health significance of this finding is thus unclear.
The mutations appear to occur sporadically and spontaneously. To date, no links between the small number of patients infected with the mutated virus have been found and the mutation does not appear to spread.
The significance of the mutation is being assessed by scientists in the WHO network of influenza laboratories. Changes in viruses at the genetic level need to be constantly monitored. However, the significance of these changes is difficult to assess. Many mutations do not alter any important features of the virus or the illness it causes. For this reason, WHO also uses clinical and epidemiological data when making risk assessments.
Although further investigation is under way, no evidence currently suggests that these mutations are leading to an unusual increase in the number of H1N1 infections or a greater number of severe or fatal cases.
Laboratories in the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network closely monitor influenza viruses worldwide and will remain vigilant for any further changes in the virus that may have public health significance.
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability to publish special Urban Agriculture
Issue
Forthcoming (mid/late February 2010) - Special issue:
Urban agriculture: diverse
activities, diverse benefits for city society (Craig Pearson)
Editor in Chief: Jules Pretty OBE, University of Essex, UK
The International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (IJAS) is a cross-disciplinary,
peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the understanding of sustainability
in agricultural and food systems
Contents:
Guest editorial: Challenging, multidimensional agriculture in cities
by Craig J. Pearson
Commentary: Food price volatility and the urban poor
by Mark Redwood
Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae Japan reported by Tokyo Green
I visited Odakyu’s Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae in Setagaya and was
prepared to be charmed by a community vegetable farm built by a rail company above
their tracks. Three years ago, the Odakyu corporation rebuilt the station, undergrounded
the railway, and used some of the new land to promote urban farming. But I left
feeling somewhat strange that reclaimed land could be gated and restricted. Although
it is the rail company’s property, I think they missed a huge opportunity to create
a great space for the neighborhood.
Time Magazine names Valcent’s Vertical Farming Technology one of Top 50 Best Innovations
of 2009
“Real estate - the one thing we’re not making any more of,” reports Time Magazine.
“That might be good news for landlords but not for the world’s farmers, who have
finite cropland to feed a growing global population. The answer: build up by farming
vertically.
Valcent is pioneering a hydroponic-farming system that grows plants
in rotating rows, one on top of another. The rotation gives the plants the precise
amount of light and nutrients they need, while the vertical stacking enables the
use of far less water than conventional farming. But best of all, by growing upward
instead of outward, vertical farming can expand food supplies without using more
land.”
Bolivia Urban Agriculture - FAO film in Spanish
FAO/UN film (in Spanish) about urban agriculture in Bolivia involving young people.
This film shows an FAO initiative which is improving city dwellers’ lives by helping
them grow their own food.
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All stories here.
City Farmer News [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102845116662&s=1304&e=001cvPx9heO22gtt0VpAdk0qLJYeEu0TIXAzf8jXxy6XV3Qe3RCp-h3wQ5EFDnLaU9sPPTCnTtm-z5zDCg_vvknCuzuDX5hrZSNEJcxsOXp9DrcrS8EhBYKXA==]
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
Welcome, join in if you want.
I guess I’d better be careful - some Fed dodo is liable to think this is some secret code:<<<
Just tell them it is the assembling instructions for the latest toy.
[Snipped from your link]
On the voting rosters of the 50 States, there will be 121,500,000 registered Democrats, 55 million (or less) registered Republicans and 28 million or less independents. Remember this in 2010. We’re not voting our “integrity” next year, we’re voting our survival as a nation.. When the Congressional and Senatorial primaries come up in the next few months, dump the corrupt Republicans (the Democrats won’t dump their’s. They like the status quo how it is.) Replace the institutionalized Republicans with candidates you would otherwise put on the Constitution Party or Libertarian Party tickets, and replace the corrupt polticians with fresh, constitutional faces—and then for God’s sake, get off your fat cans and get out and support them. Knock on doors, hold tea party rallies for them, and get them elected. Then get down to the business of taking back your country. If you do that, then you can honestly claim you are standing on your integrity, and Harry Houdini can’t come back from the grave and tell you that the two party system is the only thing he couldn’t escape. <<<
Truth!!!
Perot, was the interesting paragraph to me, for I had thoughts along that line.
Yes, I do tell folks, “No Third Party, that is how we got Clinton”.
Thanks for the link, as I would not have found this important article without it.
Oh, I’m so sorry. I know you miss the little furball. I had a cat come home unexpectedly once after about 10 days. She just showed up like nothing was new - after I combed the shelters, all the bushes, all around where we lived. Those cats - they have minds of their own. I hope he comes home soon, though.
I didn’t see this reply until this evening. I hadn’t figured it out yet and sent the link to hubby. He sat down and jumped them all in under 2 minutes right away. I couldn’t believe it. Guess I couldn’t stump him. I got most of the way, but I’m thinking I have too much on my mind to really think about it clearly. I don’t know, but the older I get, I have days where it seems I can’t hold any more in my mind unless I let something else go. LOL
Thanks for the diversion in my day, it was fun.
“I guess I’d better be careful - some Fed dodo is liable to think this is some secret code:
“B1 to 3
B2 to 5
G3 to 6”
Homeland Security probably scratching their heads right now... LOL’
Looks like the coordinates for battleship or hidden treasure or something secret. wink wink
>>Worth the read!<<
Thank You.! Everyone should read and re-read this until it sinks in..
http://www.jonchristianryter.com/2009/091115.html
From the article, it sounds like the candidates of both parties are bought and paid for. He says to get the conservative candidates who would be 3rd party onto the main party ballot, but how does that happen with the corruption involved in picking the main candidates? Example, NY 23. They wouldn’t let Doug Hoffman run as the Republican, they chose Scuzzyfavarite.
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Dear Dollmaking Friends,
‘Tis the season to give thanks here in the United States. We celebrate
Thanksgiving on November 26, a time for prayer, feasts, friends and
family. In our family we always have turkey, cranberry sauce, and
pumpkin pie. This year the pumpkins didn’t do too well, and supplies
are limited. Some of the grocery stores are unable to get any canned
pumpkin. I am thankful I have a couple of cans on my shelf so I can
make some pies for next Thursday. I am grateful for the internet,
soap, clean clothes (can you tell I am doing laundry today?),
patterns, a stash, children, grandchildren, friends, family, sewing
skills, dolls, and all of you we have met through Dollmaker’s Journey.
The list goes on and on. My friend, when she tried to start her car
after a late evening church meeting and it didn’t work, was thankful
for tow truck drivers, jump starts, cell phones, mechanics, and a few
other things most of us take for granted. We live in an amazing world,
but do we take time to see the miracles around us? This November take
time to smile, cheer up someone sad, and count your many blessings.
Bonnie and Mary Ann
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NOVEMBER SALE
EXOTIC/FANTASY is our sale category for NOVEMBER. Be sure to take
advantage of the 20% discount on this exciting collection of
patterns. http://dollmakersjourney.com/
Remember, visit our website at http://dollmakersjourney.com at the
beginning of each month to see what our new sale will be. That way you
won’t have to wait for a newsletter.
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CUSTOMER QUERIES
Q: Can you inform me where I can buy horse hair to use for dolls or
animals?
A: I have found a horse hair supplier here - http://www.hairwork.com/horse_hair_for_sale.htm
If you are looking for long, straight hair then I would recommend our
new Kidassia Goat Hair.
Q: I want to use fall leaves for doll hair. How would I do this?
A: You can coat autumn leaves with a light coat of Paverpol on both
sides and letting them dry. The leaves remain flexible and can be used
for skirts, hats, etc. I imagine that they might even work for hair if
they were very small. I have used silk leaves for fairy hair, dresses,
and even wings. I think for a doll that will last more than a season
you might want to consider fabric leaves available anywhere silk
flowers are sold, because eventually natural things such as seed pods,
acorn caps, feathers, leaves and moss disintegrate. To create tiny
leaves make a pattern and trace it onto the wrong side of a fabric
leaf - then cut it out. That is how I made the leaves on the tree of
our Autumn Dryad who is painting the leaves for fall. She is part of
our Doll for All Seasons series. You can see her by going to
http://dollmakersjourney.com Click on pick pattern category, click on
costumes, and scroll down to see the dryad. I did sprinkle tiny leaves
and other autumn floral things (like grapes) in her hair.
Q: Beth Krause wrote: I just received my Tibetan lamb’s wool in pink
today. It feels so wonderful! I was expecting/need the pink to be
more of a candy-pink. I was a bit concerned about this as it is very
hard to really get a feel for color on a computer screen. Can I dye
it using the method on your site? The directions say that it needs
to be bleached, and I am assuming this was at one point in order to
get it pink in the first place, but I don’t know if anything has been
added to it afterwards.
A: Mary Ann wrote: I really don’t know about the dyeing process used
on the plates that we buy. Why don’t you cut off a small piece and try
dyeing it. I think it will very likely work. Let us know if it works
out.
Beth responded: It worked beautifully! I’m glad I put a small piece
in the dye first... It was too dark after just a few minutes. I was
able to get a wonderful candy pink, though! Perfect color for my
doll!
NOTE: It sound as if the colored (not natural) dyed Tibetan lamb can
be re-dyed. See directions here:
http://dollmakersjourney.com/dyeingmohair.html
Q: My name is Sandy Vogel and I am the President of a Family
Readiness Group for the North Dakota National Guard. I am looking for
about 85 recordable devices that we can mail to a group of soldiers
that are deployed for them to record a message for their child and
send back to us and we will then in turn be putting them into a doll
with the soldier’s picture on it. Do you carry anything like this?
A: Mary Ann wrote: CRs Crafts - http://www.crscraft.com/ has 10
second voice recorders. They are the only ones I know of. Put “Voice
Recorder” in the search box and you’ll get right to them.
Wishing you every success with your project.
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PERFECT DARTS
Do you ever have a pattern with lots of darts? Instead of marking
them, here is a quick and easy video on how to have perfect darts with
no backstitching, knots, etc.
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/9496/mark-a-dart-and-learn-a-no-tie-finish
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CHALLENGES/COMPETITIONS
ALL DOLLED UP: Beaded Art Doll Competition
ON-LINE Voting Has Begun:
Voting for our 6 semi-finalists ends 1/15/10
http://www.landofodds.com/store/alldolledup2009contest.htm
See the new Hoffman Challenge fabric for 2010 here:
http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?catid=277
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JOINTING DOLLS THE JUDI WARD WAY (Originally in FOCD 734)
By Judi Ward with additions by Bonnie B. Lewis
This is a method I “figured out” in about 1975 and have been teaching
for years and years. It is one of those “little known facts” of
dollmaking that is a miracle once one “gets it.”
There is a video for doing it at my web site, and it is soooo easy to
do! For those who have trouble finding the strong nylon cord, I just
discovered that Gillette Flossing tape works great when done
quadrupled and also Dollmakers Journey has really strong waxed nylon
that is great!
The video is here: http://www.judisdolls.com/video.html
Go to Dollmaker’s Journey for the waxed linen cord (below the floral
tape.) The covered buttons with teeth are also there.
http://dollmakersjourney.com/supplies.html
Here are some additional tips from Judi:
I use a rather thick cord that is available for jewelry making and at
www.dollmakersjourney.com I have used it for over 30 years,
originally purchased from shoe repair shops. When you are watching
the video, look closely at my hands. My right hand never lets up the
tension on the cords, while holding the doll down with a thumb or for
some with the side of your fist. My left hand never lets up the
tension as it holds the cord tight.
Then you quickly wrap the cord in your left hand, twice around,
between the limb and the body, and it will stay tight. Do the nurses
knot (once around, twice around, pull) for the first tie, and then a
simple once around tie for the second tie. Once you get the hang of
holding the cords in both hands TIGHT while pressing on the dolls
tummy or chest with one hand you should have no trouble. It isn’t
the ties or how they are made that make the limbs loose; it is letting
up on the tension after pulling the cords as tight as you can, before
you do the tying that causes loose limbs.
If the holding tight is just impossible, then pull as tight as you can
and have someone press on the limb with the other limb against the
table and do the nurses knot, then a normal tie.
With someone pressing down, you don’t need to do the wrap between the
body and limb, and the holders hand will be in the way anyway.
For smaller dolls you can use dental floss. You can even use dental
floss for a bigger doll but use more strands. If you can find a waxed
nylon cord, that works well too. I haven’t seen it for ages though,
except very thick, which is hard to take through the bodies.
Hope this helps some. It is hard to explain on paper but once you get
it it is so simple. Just don’t let up on the tension on the cords
until you have wrapped the cord in one hand between the body and
limb!!!
You can see more of Judi’s latest designs at: http://dollmakersjourney.com/ward.html
NOTE: Ree Medina invented a way to turn bottle caps into recycled
shank buttons. It might not be for everyone, but could be helpful in
the middle of the night when you are trying to finish a doll and don’t
have the right size buttons. Here’s the post:
http://reepeas.blogspot.com/2009/11/recycled-shank-buttons.html
Also check out the tip above from Shelley Hawkey to create shank
buttons from wire and Shrink Plastic. Someone else mentioned that you
should save the inner lids on dishwashing detergent bottles. They are
round and already have a hole in the middle.
Judi also talks about her basic face painting class that is now
online. “I did a few edits, and Paul made it an E class...No
blackboard etc. It is a simple, basic, techniques class not a “Paint
just this face” class so once you have the techniques you can paint
most any face. It is for acrylics, not watercolors or oils, though the
techniques work for oils too.
The face in the class is basic, but has the “parts” for learning to
paint any face type. Shading is touched upon and can of course be
elaborated on. The key is practice and learning to hold your
paintbrush properly for fine work. I much prefer acrylic painted
faces, because they are more vivid and permanent, and I hope that
someday our dolls made today will be the Vintage, desirable,
collectible dolls of the future, hopefully with faces intact.....Once
one feels confident with the basics, more flourishes can be added,
perhaps wild, eyelids etc. but without the basics to start from, it is
easy to end up with a mess.”
The class is only $15.00. Check it out at http://dollnetmarket.com/product.php?productid=212
or http://www.thedollnet.com
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UPCOMING EVENTS YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS
To save yourself time and energy, get all the details on upcoming doll
related events at
CLOTH DOLL CONNECTION: http://clothdollconnection.com/
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SPECIAL GIFTS FOR YOU
Thanks to the generosity of SHERRY GOSHON we are delighted to offer
her charming “A Wee Bit of Holly” as a FREE pattern. Be sure to check
it out along with all the other wonderful FREE projects we have
available. - http://dollmakersjourney.com/wee_bit.html
Judi Ward shared the following websites for amazing Christmas
ornaments you can make.
For an old fashioned Santa made from batting check out Martha Stewart
on U-Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2vJpirIs9s
You can buy cotton batting for this project here:
http://blumchen.com/craft_shop_batting_watte.html
For Victorian paper doll ornaments that you can print out and
embellish go to
http://www.victorianornaments.com/Make%20Ornament.html
Shashi Nayagam created a wonderful tutorial for turning tiny fingers.
http://sewingwithmoonbeams.blogspot.com
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NEW PATTERNS/BOOKS/CD-ROMs/DVDs/MOLDS
Sound the trumpets! ARLEY BERRYHILL has just released an absolutely
breathtaking new pattern called “Harold the Angel” - as in “Hark the
Harold Angels sing.” His masterful costuming details are going to wow
you. This one will literally be flying out of here!
http://dollmakersjourney.com/berryhill.html
SUSAN BARMORE continues to amaze us with her imaginative characters.
This week we are adding three more: “Jasper” - a not-too-scary ghost,
the haunting “Banshee” and a fantastic fairy on horseback called
“Joeiel.” Why not treat yourself to one of SUSAN’s patterns and learn
her painted muslin techniques. They are such a great way to increase
your painting skills. http://dollmakersjourney.com/barmore.html
Check out ALLISON MARANO’S incredibly darling “Half-pint Pixie.” This
irresistible little guy is
the perfect project for learning how to do full body armature.
http://dollmakersjourney.com/marano.html
From the United Kingdom’s COLLEEN BABCOCK we have a fantastic, so-easy-
to-construct, holiday doll called “Give Us a Kiss” that would make the
most perfect gift. (Mary Ann already has one in the works!) As
always, COLLEEN’S instructions are impeccable. http://dollmakersjourney.com/babcock.html
Wait until you see “Maggie” - the very impish angel that just flew in
from JILL MAAS’ studio in New Zealand. Another super project for
learning armature. You’re going to love her. http://dollmakersjourney.com/maas.html
We are always delighted to add more of MAUREEN MILLS’ popular patterns
to the site. There’s still time to make her amazing “Turkey Dinner”
before taking “Santa’s Ride.” But best of all is her newest pattern
“Dear Santa” that is guaranteed to make you smile!
http://dollmakersjourney.com/mills.html
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PROFESSIONALLY PRINT YOUR DESIGNS ON FABRIC
You can have your designs printed on very small amounts of yardage for
a reasonable price. Every day there are beautiful new designs. You
can also sell your fabric there if you want. But mainly it is so fun
to be able to design your own fabrics. http://www.spoonflower.com
Karma Kraft also prints designs on silk.
http://KarmaKraft.com
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SUPPLIES
YEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAA - Mary Ann just found 3 bolts of Doll Face Pink
CRAFT VELOUR on her doorstep!!! That should mean that all of the
other fabrics we have been waiting for are on the way. We also are
happy to report that our ETHNIC FABRIC #1, #2, #4, #6, #7, #11, #12,
#13 and #15 are all back in stock, too. - http://dollmakersjourney.com/fabrics.html
The hemostat shipment has finally arrived and we are now fully stocked
in all the sizes. http://dollmakersjourney.com/supplies.html
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CUSTOMER KUDOS AND DESIGNER DOINGS
Cindi Goodwin writes: I’m sorry that I’m tootin’ my own horn.......but
I’m p-u-b-l-i-s- h-e-d!!!! My doll “Tricksy” will be in Contemporary
Doll Collectors in the January issue. This is the first time one of my
dolls has ever been in a magazine. Thanks for letting me share my
excitement and disbelief!!!
Michelle Munzone and Linda Misa, two of our designers, have dolls on
the cover of the Australian Dolls Bears and Collectables just out now.
Linda writes: “I just love how it enables us to share the passion of
creating and hopefully inspire others to join the journey!”
You can see more of their delightful creations at:
http://dollmakersjourney.com/munzone.html and http://dollmakersjourney.com/misa.html
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NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT
Bonnie has been inspired to create dolls for some of her
granddaughters. (She has 12, so that’s a lot of dolls.) For two of the
babies she is using the Carry Me Doll pattern by Aeb and Cindy Bigelow
from Cloth Doll Magazine 4-2. It has long skinny arms and legs and
long braids, and loves to be dragged around the house by toddlers. She
is also making Marie based on the Mary Francis books from the 1900’s
(available at lacis.com) for a granddaughter that is learning to sew,
knit, and crochet. She will get the books to make clothes to fit this
doll from her mom. Then she found 3 Holly Hobbie vinyl head and hand
sets (remember those?) that she hopes to finish for three more. She
also taught ethnic face pins at the last G Street Doll Club. (http://
dollmakersjourney.com/friends.html#Lewis) At the time she thought
about creating a white vampire face to honor New Moon that comes to
theaters tomorrow. But she couldn’t decide whether to make the irises
red or gold. Maybe this pin will be finished when Eclipse comes out
next June.
Mary Ann is counting the minutes until she sees her son Michael and
daughter-in-law Kyah in New Jersey. She’s busy as a bee preparing
goodies for the upcoming Thanksgiving Dinner/Family Baby Shower that
they will have at her sister Kathi’s home on Thursday. It has been
more than a year since the family has been all together. It will be a
blessed holiday indeed! Our fantastic assistant Tara will be holding
down the fort and keeping the orders filled for the few days Mak will
be away.
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WEBSITES:
One of my favorites. Hear “Momisms” to the William Tell Overture.
(I’ve even told my kids a lot of these over the years.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYukEAmoMCQ
Half time show at this year’s Army Navy basketball game (and I thought
I could jump rope!)
http://a.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http://blip.tv/rss/flash/1826380
NOTE: If the link doesn’t work, go to http://google.com and enter jump
rope dance
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granny]
I had a cat come home unexpectedly once after about 10 days.<<<
I have had that in the past, but here the ruling feral cats will run away any new cats, LOL, unless they make it clear they came courting and are not staying.
I hear the terrible cat fights and have seen others driven away over the years.
The Siamese that was killed, was top cat and she would not allow the ‘evil black witch’ to eat.
Now she is gone and her son allows the black witch to live in the front and all her kids too........she is black, real black and produces blues, grey, perfect Siamese and white long hair siamese pointed babies.
Sne got in the house a couple years ago, no idea how or even when, until I saw her walking down the hall.
I tried to trap her, removed all foods and put it in a cage and still could not get her, then saw she had been nursing.
I still feel guilty, for her having not having fed her the food she needed, for the babies.
It was a month, before I saw the babies, her usual assortment and as wild as she was.
One, I almost tamed and then I discovered that if the baby had played with me, she would come over and show him how to claw my legs, which she did every time she got within reach of them.
Six months and the only time I could touch her was when she wanted a male, I grabbed her and threw her out the door and still feel like a failure.
She made it clear she was in for the winter and food and none of that taming of the wild cat would be going on.
I didn’t eat my own food, until she had her serving, or she would calmly walk by and scratch me.........
And for the past 2 years, I have had to feed out the side door, which makes me too dizzy to do, but she has to be fed too, God sent her for some reason.
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