March 18, 2012
March 17, 2012
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Remember -
your kilt should be short enough for dancing a jig ...
and long enough to hide your lucky charms!
March 14, 2012
Venus and Jupiter conjunction!
Venus and Jupiter conjunction
Isn't it pretty? This photo can be seen at this link - someone in France took it.
But Venus and Jupiter look like this above my back yard too!!
So pretty!
I noticed them Tuesday evening and mentioned them to my friend as we were leaving a show ... and when I got home, there they were, shining above my back yard!!
March 11, 2012
March 06, 2012
Canadian Guiding Badges & Insignia Resource
Canadian Guiding Badges & Insignia Resource
The years covered in this edition range from the inception of Guiding in Canada in 1910 to 2010.
Badges are documented from 1910-2010 in the following categories:
THANK YOU!!! to Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council for providing this AMAZING resource on their website!!!
Here is the link:
The years covered in this edition range from the inception of Guiding in Canada in 1910 to 2010.
Badges are documented from 1910-2010 in the following categories:
- Multi-branch
- Commemorative
- Religion in Life
- Service Stars
- Sparks
- Brownies
- Guides
- Extension Guides
- Pathfinders
- Rangers
Next time you're wondering about that badge you're interested in on ebay, or that badge you earned as a girl, check out this great resource and find the answer!!
March 03, 2012
March Spotlight - Guiding Fabric Flowers
Guiding Fabric Flowers
Inspired by similar flowers on a facebook group, I decided to use vintage Girl Guide uniforms and buttons to make fabric flowers.
Until I found the Sisterhood of the Flower group on facebook!
I made a few fabric flowers to try it out.
I could use the stripes! and the vintage buttons from the uniforms!
And so the Guiding Fabric Flowers were born.
And now we have expanded the flowers to include the colours of the current Girl Guides of Canada uniforms!
So although the colour is not the actual uniform fabric, its the darned closest match!
Inspired by similar flowers on a facebook group, I decided to use vintage Girl Guide uniforms and buttons to make fabric flowers.Girl Guides of Canada has made uniform changes over the years. The most recent change in the adult uniform was to replace the "stripes" - striped uniform blouses and skirts designed by Alfred Sung in the 1980s. Over the past few years many people donated those previously loved uniforms to me. What to do with them? I stored them for ages.
I made a few fabric flowers to try it out.
And then inspiration struck!
I could use the stripes! and the vintage buttons from the uniforms!And so the Guiding Fabric Flowers were born.
I even opened an Etsy shop to provide a worldwide venue so the Guiding Fabric Flowers could be accessible to everyone and anyone.
Before I even announced that the Etsy shop was open, I received an order from Girl Scouts in California!
And now we have expanded the flowers to include the colours of the current Girl Guides of Canada uniforms!We have: pink (Sparks), orange/peach (Brownies), blue (Guides/Rangers/leaders), and most recently green (Pathfinders).
No, no! We're not cutting up actual uniforms for these latest additions!
We're actually matching the colour to other previously loved clothing that is non-Guiding, and cutting those up instead. :)
So although the colour is not the actual uniform fabric, its the darned closest match!
Currently, these colour flowers are only available locally, but we hope to add them to the Etsy shop soon!
Funds raised from the sale of these flowers goes to e-Guiding.com - a website run by volunteer members of Guiding.
e-Guiding.com is home to the famous GuideZone - one of the very first Girl Guide websites on the internet! As well as the popular TuneGuide - a place to hear Guiding songs!
Funds raised from the sale of these flowers goes to e-Guiding.com - a website run by volunteer members of Guiding.
e-Guiding.com is home to the famous GuideZone - one of the very first Girl Guide websites on the internet! As well as the popular TuneGuide - a place to hear Guiding songs!
February 21, 2012
WAGGGS Twister Game
I made this WAGGGS "Twister" game years ago. Feel free to copy it, modify it, use it how it best works for you!
Happy Thinking Day!!
Please Play Again
It is Rrrrrrroll Up the Rim time!
Today I received my first Roll Up the Rim cup - and I got Please Play Again.
I'll try again tomorrow for sure!!
(photo is last year's cup ...new design this year, I'll include in a future post!)
February 15, 2012
Thinking Day - February 22nd
Thinking Day
February 22nd
... as represented by Etsy!
Shops represented above:
January 29, 2012
January 28, 2012
♥ Love ♥ Will Keep Us Together
Valentine's Day is coming up - and where better to find lovely gifts for your loved ones than on Etsy!
Check out this l♥vely collection of gifts from these All Canadian Etsy shops!
♥ Love ♥ Will Keep Us Together
Shops represented above are:
Check out this l♥vely collection of gifts from these All Canadian Etsy shops!
♥ Love ♥ Will Keep Us Together
Shops represented above are:
- LeanneDesigns
- SNLCreations
- WaveSong
- dandee
- thepixie
- OceanPearlJewellery
- TheOldBarnDoor
- claraclips
- aboundingtreasures
- kraze4paper
- ljangphotography
- zigzagstitches
- PatternsAndSuch
- NoorJewels
- Chicki
- KnitsByNat
January 26, 2012
Blue and Green Should Never be seen ...
Remember that old saying?
Blue and Green should never be seen together except in the washing machine.
Here are some great items for sale on Etsy that proves that to be so wrong!
All items come from members of the Oh Canada team!
Shops represented above are:
January 09, 2012
Good Deeds
"Every time you do a good deed, you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone, that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back."
- Charles de Lint
January 07, 2012
SOLDES - A Vintage SALE
SOLDES - A Vintage SALE
The above items can be found at:
SAVE 12% OFF the purchase price at VintageAndSuch!
Use coupon code VMTEAMSOLDES2012 at Check Out!
January 01, 2012
Welcome 2012!
Happy New Year!
Welcome 2012!
Any resolutions this year?
I do have a resolution after all!
I'm going to learn how to felt!
. . . in past years, I learned to knit socks, learned to crochet, learned fair isle knitting (see a trend? lol) and will be learning to felt on a pair of mittens this year!
I'm going to learn how to felt!
. . . in past years, I learned to knit socks, learned to crochet, learned fair isle knitting (see a trend? lol) and will be learning to felt on a pair of mittens this year!
Happy New Year!
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