{"id":66788,"date":"2022-06-15T15:23:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T22:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=66788"},"modified":"2022-06-15T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T22:23:49","slug":"winner-giveaway-flour-sacks-couragedreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/66788","title":{"rendered":"Winner!!! GIVEAWAY: \u201cFlour Sacks, Courage+Dreams=\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/flour-sack-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64257\"\/><figcaption>OldPhotoArchive.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner of the stack of vintage flour-sack fabric from our&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/66753\">Flour Sacks giveaway<\/a>&nbsp;is <strong>Brenda Forrest<\/strong>, who said in response to our query, \u201ctell me why you connect with the nostalgia of&nbsp;<em>MaryJanesFarm<\/em>\u201d \u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Picking up a MaryJanesFarm magazine at the local grocer newsstand several years ago was a true &#8216;pick up&#8217; life saver. The magazine has been inspirational, a dream builder, a challenger, and yes, even nostalgic. I grew up in a city but now live in a small rural town. (My brother thinks I lost my mind loving the slower pace; personally, I question his sanity spending hours in traffic.) I could go on for hours with stories of the items I\u2019ve crafted (from a clothespin bag to a small home), but the inner joy and encouragement the magazine has brought me tops the list. That said, I couldn\u2019t resist the chance to comment on your blog about &#8216;flour sacks&#8217;. My flour-sack memory holds a special place because while visiting country cousins during my childhood (about 12 years old), we stitched cheerleading outfits from my aunt&#8217;s stash and competed with the girls at the next farm. Although cheerleading was not my &#8216;thing&#8217;, I was awed with the origins, textures, and colors of the fabric used for our outfits.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>So, thanks for the opportunity to relive memories, ideas for projects, and encouragement to dream in this season of my life, which by the way is my 6th decade of life. I &#8216;met&#8217; MaryJane&#8217;s magazine when I was in my 50s! Testimonial for \u2018It\u2019s never too late!\u2019<\/em>\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations, Brenda!&nbsp;<\/strong>Watch for an email from the farm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you to all the women who responded with such lovely comments. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them!<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the stack of vintage flour-sack fabric from our&nbsp;Flour Sacks giveaway&nbsp;is Brenda Forrest, who said in response to our query, \u201ctell me why you connect with the nostalgia of&nbsp;MaryJanesFarm\u201d \u2026&nbsp; \u201cPicking up a MaryJanesFarm magazine at the local &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/66788\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/66788\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great_finds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}