Gladsome Sisters!!! | Raising Jane

Project F.A.R.M.

Posted on March 4, 2013 by maryjane

Oh my, look what came in a box to us from two women seeking their Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made) status. Get on over to their website and fetch yourself some certified rural-made goodies, all of them adorably farm themed. Chicken phone cover? Goat Chick mouse pad? Rooster soap? Crazy Chicken Lady key chain? Hen apron? (Actually, it’s called a “chicken saddle’ to be used when there’s some hen-pecking goin’ on, or worse, over-mating. Now admit it. That put a smile on your face.)

Travel diaper for your pet chicken or rabbit? They’ve got it all.

I’m thinking gifts. How about you? Here’s where you can can find Brenda and Mandie (mother and daughter business team) and their adorable rural-made creations, louisescountrycloset.com or LIKE them on Facebook.

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And check out this cup and cell phone case.

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Winnie Nielsen says:

March 4, 2013 at 8:49 am

What a cute site? I bet their business will prosper with the increasing numbers of chicken pet owners. I hope they are successful!!

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Terry Steinmetz says:

March 4, 2013 at 3:37 pm

I checked this out and love what I saw! Best wishes to the girls!

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Lisa says:

March 4, 2013 at 5:27 pm

I have ordered from them – the soaps, a hen saddle, and a coffee mug and ALL are top quality. I am so happy to see them mentioned here!

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Speaking of Crochet …

Posted on March 2, 2013 by maryjane

So, so, so sweet. Fern Lucille Hodges surprised me with a pass-THIS-down-through-the-generations BUTTERS wall hanging. How do I say merely thanks? It’s amazing!!! You’re amazing, Fern Lucille. I love it that women still make these. I will cherish it forever. My children and their children will cherish forever. If you want one for your family, get in touch with me and I’ll put you in touch with Fern Lucille.

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julia hayes says:

March 2, 2013 at 9:33 am

Holy WOW!! Absolutely breath-taking!! I suspect each stitch lovingly made..Just a piece of true inspiration!

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- MaryJane says:
  
  March 2, 2013 at 9:45 am
  
  Good morning Julia Hayes!!!!! I’m sitting here with a big smile on my face now. Julia Hayes. Was here.
  
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Terry Steinmetz says:

March 2, 2013 at 4:08 pm

We received one of these when we moved from our last home to this one. I got it framed & it is in our living room. Love this too!!!

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Hear Ye!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by maryjane

Welcome New Sisters! (click for current roster)

Merit Badge Awardees (click for latest awards)

My featured Merit Badge Awardee of the Week is … Karen Price!

Karen Price (kkprice, Sister #411) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning an Expert Level Entrepreneurial Spirit Merit Badge!

“I have started a soap business called The Gingham Chicken. My soaps are made with goat’s milk, herbs and wonderful essential oils. I even went to soap-making school in northern Michigan to better hone my craft. Another farmgirl created my logo chicken and I have great business cards. Bit by bit all the pieces contiue to come together. What a great adventure. I also teach classes on how to make soap. People are enjoying my soaps and I’m getting some good comments.

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Posted on February 28, 2013 by maryjane

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Safe Toys

Posted on February 27, 2013 by mbajane

The adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our Sisterhood Merit Badge program, now with 4,819 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far—6,550 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ

Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …

For this week’s Stitching and Crafting/Safe Toys Merit Badge, my memories harkened back to the good old days of playing hacky sack at the corner of Childhood and Games. Not really; it was the corner of Maple and Main, but you get my poetic license, right?

These double-jointed knees of mine can lob some bean bags through space like you wouldn’t believe. I was the hacky sack champion of ’85-’89, till Skipper quit the Double Dutch Team and really dedicated herself to being my arch nemesis. Grrr … Don’t even get me started on our Macramé War from ’92-’93. Epic.

Anyway, having fun with bean bags is no strange idea for me, so I was all about this badge! I got out all my fabric pieces (you know, those odd-shaped edges you weren’t sure what to do with but didn’t want to throw away?) and some iron-on transfers. First step was locating the iron and then promptly blowing all the dust off of it. Ahem. Never let it be said I don’t know how to iron, precisely; I prefer to think of it as saving energy and occasionally rocking the “lived-in” look. I call it lived-in, you call it wrinkled. Potato, potAHto. Let’s not split hairs.

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Hear Ye!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by maryjane

Welcome New Sisters! (click for current roster)

Merit Badge Awardees (click for latest awards)

My featured Merit Badge Awardee of the Week is … Kristina Nelson!

Kristina Nelson (FieldsofThyme, #800) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a Intermediate Level Scrapbooking Merit Badge.

“I have been adding elements to my own scrapbooks, such as crocheting small items using #10 crochet thread, embroidery, and fabric.

I created a scrapbook to give to my husband. I know the badge suggested giving one to a ‘younger’ person, but I have 6 kids to choose from. So, I created a memory album of our most happiest times together (just hubby and I) taking weekend getaways.

The most memorable weekend for us was going to an island on the lake. It was so relaxing that I placed a caption on the cover photo “Is it Island Time?”

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Winnie Nielsen says:

February 22, 2013 at 4:40 am

What a lovely gift and keepsake! Kristina is so creative all of the time. I am sure her husband and her family will love to look at the album again and again!

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Terry Steinmetz says:

February 22, 2013 at 5:08 am

Ah-h-h! Memories of weekends away. I’m sure your hubby appreciated it very much. And keep those memories coming.

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Languages and Culture Merit Badge

Posted on February 21, 2013 by mbajane

Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …

For this week’s Merit Badge, Each Other/Languages and Culture, I was excited to try my hand at learning American Sign Language.

(Get it? Try my hand? Sign language? I slay myself).

When I first started this badge, I only knew one phrase in American Sign Language (that’s ASL, for us in the know): “Rock on!” Turns out what I thought was “Rock on!” and what I sported all through my last Jefferson Airplane concert last summer was really ASL for “I love you.” Now I’m starting to rethink what I thought was my traditional Hawaiian greeting … I thought I was saying something like, “hang loose, bro,” but for all I know I could be saying, “please pass the toilet paper.”

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Elizabeth says:

February 21, 2013 at 5:45 am

This brings back so many memories. Many, many years ago, I worked a catering event for Gallaudet University (had difficulty hearing for several hours after their party but I digress). The University students & faculty member’s were very nice & I quickly learned a few basic words from them, like: hello; thank you; your welcome & such. Shortly after the GU event I bought a book on ASL & learned the alphabet.

Later, I worked with 2 people (more closely) who are hearing impaired & spoke ASL; they taught me even more words & phrases. But now, decades later, I have forgotten more ASL than I remember. The same can be said w/ the shorthand I studied in high school & the foreign language I could speak (fairly well) when I was young~er:-)

I think I need a refresher course on all subjects. Just so happens that I still own the ASL book. You’ve given me another project to consider MaryJane. Learning a new language can be challenging, fun & really gratifying. Hope you are enjoying the process.

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Posted on February 19, 2013 by maryjane

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Posted on February 18, 2013 by maryjane

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Light the Way

Posted on February 18, 2013 by mbajane

Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …

Being a girl who likes some twinkle in her life, a little sparkle, some bling if you will, I was excited to try my very own * drum roll, puhleeze! * …

Outpost Chandelier! (Merit Badge Madge, specifically, beginner level for Make It Easy, Light The Way.)

That’s right, chickadees, nothing says glam like a chandelier, and putting it outside, to shine and glimmer for an evening picnic? Oh my. Perfection with just some fencing, candles, and baby-food jars!

Now before you start jumping to conclusions about me doing any procreating, simmer down and let me tell you, my bestie, Midge, has a collection from her triplets that would put the Gerber company to shame. Seriously, I think we could make everyone in town an outpost chandelier and still have enough left over to store my glitter collection (also extensive).

So, with my jars in hand, and not one, but two pairs of pliers (needle-nose and wire-cutting … look at me, all tool know-how-y!) and a lovely piece of rusty old fence webbing, I was ready to start.

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Winnie Nielsen says:

February 18, 2013 at 4:15 am

This is one chandelier ! I bet it is adorable for the right setting. It is always amazing to me how some people can come up with great ideas from seemingly unconnected or throw away items. I never have any vision for those things but they are truly coming from some sort of artistic flair!

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Breanna says:

February 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm

Now I want to make one! What a charming post 🙂 thanks for sharing!

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