tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080690784175975202024-03-13T10:18:46.333-07:00Crafts and Curios from NOfkantsCuriosNOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-36309477981120939582013-03-15T02:35:00.004-07:002013-03-15T02:35:58.727-07:00Folksy Friday! Rolling in Clover!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We could all do with a little bit if luck in today's climate, and with St Patrick's Day fast approaching, I thought a Folksy Friday, dedicated to the theme might bring a little luck to us all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have chosen the following gallery items for their clovers, colour and general wonderful workmanship, so please click on the pictures, to trip across the clover fields to the and roll in their splendour! Maybe a little of the luck will rub off on you!</span></div>
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<br />NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-44467438110052520472013-02-16T00:47:00.002-08:002013-02-16T00:47:34.124-08:00Jollies to Folks!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So sorry to be tardy with the update on how the daily listing club is continuing! Life tends to get in the way, does it not?!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I am now officially redundant from the day job, I have been focusing on trying to find other regular paid employment, I would much rather craft full time, but bills as they are, we need another secure income to tied us over, at least until the mortgage is paid, so a few more years yet then! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, at 46 and redundant, not sure I am such a catch, employment wise, as I was a few years ago, so have not found a position as yet and life goes on, but, on the plus side, I have completed a commissioned order for a crocheted jacket and have two commissions for knitted jumpers, one almost completed and one yet to be started, so looking up on the orders side of crafting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So .... looking back to update you, the January Jollies Daily listing club was amazingly successful! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I always consider the first few months following Christmas as being quiet months, but for some crafter's it was highly productive, not to mention profitable month! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a daily listing club, our collective tally for January was a stunning <b><i>387 sales! </i></b>A wonderful tally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our sales leader for the month was the super talented Helen from </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.59375px; text-decoration: initial;"><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/358329" style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.59375px; text-decoration: initial;">HelleBellesCards</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">who's wonderful handmade cards fit every occasion, so please check out her fantastic shop!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">February, our shortest month of the year! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I put out the challenge, on the Folksy Forums, to see if anyone was interested in taking part in the challenge of daily listing during February; lots of familiar and new faces were keen to give it a crack and so far we have already surpassed 200 collective sales, which I personally think is AMAZING!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The peeps interested also voted on the unique name for the months club, with the overwhelming vote going to the <b><i>February Folks</i></b>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Feb Folks are extremely talented and offer a wide variety of crafts and handmade items to suit and encompass so many genre's, style's and product's, so everyone should be catered for! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So have chosen some beautiful and inspiring items to share with you today, a mix of items that really made me smile, I hope they lift your heart too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please just click on the pictures to bathe in the sunlight and feel the warmth that these items embody.</span></div>
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NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-15738255245521724762013-01-17T15:54:00.000-08:002013-01-17T22:43:21.343-08:00Folksy Friday! Winter!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Folksy Friday is all about winter, with the Arctic conditions we are all experiencing today, the inspiration suddenly came to me! LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't blame me for jumping on the band waggon, I could not help myself. It's been snowing on and off since 12.00pm yesterday and is a good, school closing thickness today! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Although, I do feel for the poor students with exams set for today! According to the school website, they are intending to go ahead with the exams, but as we have students that have to come in from very rural locations, I am sure it will be impossible for some, I do worry that they will try to attend, when the conditions would suggest that they should not attempt it!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Luckily for me, my eldest has finished school, the middle one has completed his exams until the summer and the youngest has them yet to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A wonderful winter scene, painted in miniature by the super talented <b>Brenda Cumming</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After all the Christmas and New Year Festivities, January often seems such a long and depressing month, where we suffer from the January Blues, however, the January Daily listing club are attempting to buck the trend and set us off with a more optimistic view, by opting for the name <b><i>January Jollies</i></b> and lets hope it is Jolly month for all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before I can fully say goodbye to December, I need to let you know what a fantastic sales month it was for the December Jingles who worked so hard and were awarded with a collective sales tally of <b><i>754 </i></b>sales in total.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And we had two joint top shops, who each achieved a magnificent 48 total sales for the month! Astounding!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The two wonderful shops were the lovely Edwina of </span><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/395057" style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HandmadebyEdwina</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and the beautiful Leanne of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/4606" style="color: #634391;">SeetheWoods</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Personally, January is my birthday month, so the celebrations extend into January for me, however, it is also the month when I am to be made redundant from my job of 12 and half years, so I shall be joining the throng of job seekers, wish me luck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought we could start off the month with some pretty sparklers and gemstones, I hope you enjoy my choices, and will visit each treasure, in its jewel box of a shop, by simply clicking on the pictures below.</span></div>
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NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-81361711171389163542013-01-04T02:17:00.002-08:002013-01-04T02:22:41.304-08:00Folksy Friday! Turtle Power!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first Folksy Friday of 2013 I thought I would dedicate it to a favourite animal of mine and share some wonderful turtle creations with you all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have swum around the oceans of creation on Folksy and discovered a whole turtle collective to share with you today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christmas is a time for family and especially children, big and little, old and young alike and for me, nothing says family time and childhood like good old fairy tales and nursery rhymes, so I thought I'd look through some of the Folksy shops and see what fairy tale and nursery rhyme inspired items I could find!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So sorry to have taken so long to say goodbye to the November Rockets and hello to the December Jingles, our new daily listing club for the month of December, but it has been a mega rush both in a business sense and personally, with pre Christmas Craft Fairs and markets and concluding the day job, as I am being made redundant from the end of December, so there has been some finalisations to see to and a mega list of notification emails to send out, but following this I shall have more time for myself, until I find another job that is, a daunting prospect, especially given the current economic climate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey Ho, or should I say Ho Ho Ho as we move forward to Christmas! But we need to say a fond farewell to November, which was a very successful daily listing club, with a grand total of <b>816 collective sales</b> for the month and our Star Rocket was Susan of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/208" style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">thedotterypotter</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">with an amazing personal total of <b>77 </b>sales all of her own.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The December Jingles have been merrily jingling all the way and have commenced the month with a sleigh ride of sales already, we are only on the 11th of December and already have a jingle-tastic <b>387</b> collective sales as of 9.30 this morning!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought it might be lovely to have a sleigh ride together through some of the shops taking part in the December Jingles and showcase some of their gorgeous creations already displayed for our appreciation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It dawned on me that we will be getting the Christmas tree and decorations out of the loft in about a months time, so thought it would be timely to show you some lovely tree decorations available on Folksy, from some truly talented crafters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Something for every taste and colour scheme, so please click on the decorations featured to <i>jingle all the way</i> to the <i>grotto</i>, sorry, shop in question, where these wonderful creations sparkle and decorate the shop pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think I am a tree hugger, without the dreadlocks or Swappy hashtag, but defo a wood lover, no euphemism intended!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just love mother nature, she is amazing. I adore fossils and gemstones and equally wood, both in its natural and worked with state, so thought I would share some creations that are made from wood and inspired by it too. to show you today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is it only me that finds it hard to locate cards for men?!? Well since I joined Folksy I no longer have this concern, cards in abundance for our lovely guys, be they big or little, father or son, friend or dare I say it foe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I do find that I stock pile cards, so I always have one to hand in readiness for the birthday or occasion that creeps up on me unexpectedly, because lets face it, time is moving much quicker these days, I turn around and a week has gone by in a flash!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So have decided to showcase some Gent's cards for you today from my Folksy friends, perfect for all occasions and ideal to pop away for that upcoming event you may have coming up, as the boy scout say, 'be prepared!'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have come to the end of another month and therefore need to say goodbye to the October Optimists Daily Listing Club, who forged onwards, ever in search of more creative endeavours, ever optimistic that even in these difficult economic times, people would be in search of quality gifts as we approach the Christmas festive season, and were rewarded in a fantastic collective sales tally of 449 sales in total, with the wonderful Susan of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://folksy.com/shops/thedotterypotter">Dottery Pottery</a> who bagged an amazing 68 sales all on her own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My wonderful husband Andy and I at long last managed our planned city break to Rome. The trip was supposed to be a celebration of his 50th Birthday in March and our 20th Wedding Anniversary in April, but due to family commitments and much more, the trip was delayed and eventually we got to go in October and a wonderful trip it was too, full of sight seeing, walking, sore feet and eating and drinking wonderful fare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We stayed in a little family run hotel in Rome <a href="http://www.kennedyhotelrome.com/">The Kennedy Hotel</a> which was just perfect for our needs. Small and friendly, we had a little double room with fabulous views over a pretty plaza and some Roman ruins, this is the view from our window.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were very well located, just around the corner from the termini, trains, metro, buses and trams, so links to anywhere we wanted to go, but in fact we only used it once, as we preferred to walk everywhere, to which my tender feet can testify, but the beautiful architecture and fabulous views more than compensated, plus of course the many cafes and restaurants, with their wonderful coffee and delicious pasta dishes, made extremely welcome resting spots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In fact after the first day of very sore feet, I discovered that a glass of white wine and an espresso with lunch, made the ache more bearable! Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just in front of the Palentine gardens and beside the Collesum is the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Arch of Constantine. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">After years of civil war, the victory of Constantine's army over the numerically superior army of Maxentius, at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD brought some peace to the Roman empire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To commemorate this victory, the Senate of Rome awarded Constantine a Triumphal arch. It was dedicated just a few years later, in 315 AD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Day two we decided the tackle visiting the Vatican city, as feet were still tender from the day before, Hubby thought it would be a good idea to use the metro, no bad thing in that it only cost us three Euros between us, extremely good value, the problem being that to walk to our metro platform took forever, LOL! We thought we might actually be walking underground to the Papal See! LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we got to the Vatican, the queue to get in went all around the square, so we made the decision not to join the throng, enjoy the view and move on, obviously you need get there at the crack of dawn, we'll save that for another trip to Rome, as I am sure we'll be coming back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So instead we wandered down the main Via, if you like the Mall of the Papal See and came across a gorgeous church which was open, so we decided to pop inside and check it out, sorry don't know the name of it, but it was so hushed, cool and lovely inside, that we decided to sit and take in our bearings before exploring, good thing we did as a few people gathered towards the front and a mass began. Andy and I sat respectfully and listened, obviously not understanding a word, when all of a sudden we realised that what we had taken to be a small table near the alter was actually a coffin, we were only sitting through someones funeral! Well there was no way we could get up now, so we sat through the service and stood to watch the coffin leave and waited for a good five minutes afterwards before we dared to move from the pews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Proof positive that I would have made a great Roman lady, I too have a long body and short legs! LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Any way, I think I have gushed on enough about our lovely trip to Rome and I am positive we will be returning again in the near future, if and when the funds become available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope you have not minded me rambling on and have too enjoyed in a small way this little ode to Rome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have recently started making wreaths and became a bit addicted, using a copper wire base and then wrapping in yarn, material fragments, or ties, to create a pretty and interesting base to decorate, some with buttons, or crocheted adornments, in fact anything I felt looked attractive and made an interesting wreath and so came to realise that the wreath could make a lovely home decoration all year round, therefore, to use and modify a phrase often used for pets at the festive season, I realised that a <i><b>"Wreath is not just for Christmas!"</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I opened a thread on the Folksy Forums to find out if anyone else felt the same as I did and had a wonderful response, so my Folksy Friday is a Campaign to raise awareness that a wreath is not just for Christmas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you too would like to support the campaign, please click on the pictures to view these lovely wreaths in all their glory and maybe you could suggest an event, or special occasion you feel these wreaths may be appropriate for, or maybe which rooms you feel they might best adorn.</span></div>
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NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-58076467403745366922012-10-11T18:03:00.002-07:002012-10-11T18:03:58.873-07:00Folksy Friday! How Much?!?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My husband is a dog handler and although we don't have a dog at home at the moment, we are very much dog lovers, so thought it might be nice to have a Folksy Friday Blog dedicated those lovely creatures, which are very much Man's and Woman's best friend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My husband's previous dog Tess, a German Shepherd, came to live with us when she retired from active work and very much became my dog! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She and I had nightly walks on our own and daily ones with the children and I can say that when walking with Tess I have never felt so safe walking without another human companion, she was so obedient and attentive, due in no small part to her wonderful training, but also by her instinctive good nature an natural care and love for her carers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tess was wonderful with my children. My two elder children, both boys, had previously been a little concerned around larger dogs, but when Tess came to stay, they soon became easy in a larger dogs presence, and my daughter, who was dwarfed by Tess, had no issues or concerns, in fact led Tess around at nose to nose height, hung around her neck and held on her tail with no worries what so ever, in fact Tess was ever long suffering and happy to be my daughter's play thing, instinctively knowing she needed special care and tolerance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tess had two happy and carefree years of retirement with us, until she passed away in her sleep, curled up in her bed, so in her memory, I would like to have a Doggie inspired Folksy Friday. I hope you enjoy my Doggie finds today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please click on the pictures to take a walk to these shops in questions and see these wonderful dog creations in all their glory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The September Sellers have moved over to the October Optimists, which is a very positive name for a positive start to the month, which on the first day had a collective sales tally of 22 sales, in the word of the younger generation "Way to Go!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But we can move away from September Sellers without celebrating their successes, which were many!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In total there were <b>403 collective sales </b>and many sellers saw multiple sales, which is just wonderful, September's top seller, by one additional sale, was the lovely Helen of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/358329" style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">HelleBellesCards</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">with a fantastic <b>24 sales</b> for the month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To start of this new month, full of promise and the hints of sales in the air, I have chosen some of my favourite items to showcase, please click on the pictures, to fly across to the items and shops in question, for the full details and even more wonderful pictures.</span></div>
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NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-10670189418797897932012-09-28T00:02:00.000-07:002012-09-28T00:02:19.945-07:00Folksy Friday - Roman Holiday!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My husband and I have just booked a city break to Rome, which I am really excited about!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was supposed to have been for his 50th Birthday and also to celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary, but time slipped by, there were family events, which stopped us booking our treat, but I was determined to get it booked up before this special year was done, and so we are all set for going now! YAY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So in my celebratory and excited mood, I felt a Roman themed Folksy Friday might be in order and have scoured the seven hills of Folksy, to find some gorgeous Roman themed and inspired items to put in the Arena today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These wonderful gladiators will not fight with each other though, they are happy to pop each other on a pedestal for us all to admire and wonder at!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please recline on your cushions, get you personal serf to peel you a grape and enjoy my Roman Folksy finds by clicking on each picture to be transported back in time, or flown to classical climes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was a time we all believed, usually between the ages of 2 and 12 years old, then something goes amiss, we grow up, its suddenly not cool to admit to believing in the wonders of magic and fairy dust, but for some of us, a little bit of the magic remains, especially when we have children of our own and we enjoy seeing the wonder and joy in their belief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Special times come at Christmas, when a child loses a tooth or even on birthdays, we have tooth fairies, Christmas Angels, flower fairies and in our house we have a wind fairy, but that is something all together different and a topic for another discussion!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Those of us who are Folksy Crafters and Artisans, also believe in a sales fairy, a mystical creature who brings Folksy sales to our doors and we often try to tempt her to stay with cakes, the odd tipple and chocolate, but in my case she seems to be on a diet! LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So in honour of these whimsical mystical creatures, I have a Fairy and Angel Folksy Feature Gallery for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please tap your wand on the pictures and in a twinkle of fairy dust, you'll be transported to the magical abodes of these fairy and angel inspired creations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Might seem early to be focussing on Christmas, but crafters listing items now in their shops will find them delisting after Christmas, so in some points, we are already missing some of the Christmas listing time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know I am not alone in already having done some of my Christmas shopping, in fact I tend to buy throughout the year and hide it away, problem being I often forget who I have already bought for, which can cause a bit of gift buying duplication, but I can always put it away for another occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So to give some fellow Folksters a pre Christmas boost, here are a few festive items to get the <i>bauble </i>rolling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The August Augusteers have rallied and finished the August daily listing club off with a flourish, ending up with a collective sales tally of <b>219 sales</b>, with the ever lovely Shirley of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/253373" style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">WhimsyWooDesigns</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">with a wonderful personal tally of 13 sales.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So now we are officially in Autumn and we have started the month and season positively, by calling this months daily listing club the September Sellers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lets hope it is a sales filled month for all involved, indeed there are already some sales on the collective tally, so fingers crossed this is a good omen.</span></div>
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NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-83221803256918493622012-08-17T16:26:00.001-07:002012-08-17T16:26:45.865-07:00Return to Folksy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sorry I have been AWOL, but have been on holiday and following all the unpacking, washing, drying, putting away, shopping and cleaning, I feel I need another holiday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year I went away before the end of July, so was unable to close out the July Jugglers Daily listing club, but thankfully and most gratefully a rota of wonderful Jugglers carried the flag for the Jugglers and continued the thread for me, which was not only kind and thoughtful but fantastic too! The collective sales tally for the July Jugglers was an amazing <b>219 sales!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our leading seller with a personal tally of <b>15 sales</b>, was Shirley of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/253373" style="background-color: white; color: #634391; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-decoration: none;">WhimsyWooDesigns</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The rota of wonderful sellers and Daily listers kindly commenced the start of the August Daily listing club for me, the most popular name being voted for was the <b>Augusteers</b>, and not only handled the start of the thread each morning, but tallied up the collective sales and happy danced for the sellers in a vary festive and summery manner throughout the days until I returned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have already surpassed 100 collective sales this month, so looking favourable to match last month's collective sales tally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I felt it would be great to feature and showcase some of the lovely Folksy finds from the Augusteers this month, there is no theme, just some items I found and really liked and felt that they went well together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please click on the picture to view the item in more detail and get even more wonderful photographs and information to whet your appetites.</span></div>
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NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-37633414158892296962012-07-13T01:08:00.002-07:002012-07-13T01:15:39.747-07:00Buzzing Folksy Friday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's Folksy Friday time again and for once we actually have some sunshine here in Berkshire, but I'm sure the rain will arrive shortly, just to make us feel at home! However the bee's are out in my garden making the most of the little bit of dry weather whilst they can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In fact the clouds are gathering whilst I type, so hopefully the buzzing bees can get back to safety before it pelts down again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So to celebrate these industrious little creatures I have a bee inspired Folksy Friday for us to enjoy today, with both the cute and the realistic bees in all their glory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please just<i> hover </i>over and <i>land</i> on the picture of your choice, to <i>buzz</i> across to the <i>hive</i> in question where the bee resides and see all the <i>sweet goodness</i> that the industrious and hard working hive manager has created.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope the <i>pollination</i> was good for you and you feel full of buzz for the day ahead!</span></div>NOfkantsCurioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974927139226956664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808069078417597520.post-19613831557538096712012-07-03T16:52:00.003-07:002012-07-03T16:52:52.078-07:00July Daily Listing Challenge!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello to 'Daily Listers' new and old hands to the Daily Listing Challenge club and a great big thank you to the June Jollies, who challenged themselves to list daily throughout the month of June and were rewarded with a collective sales total of 351 sales! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A valiant effort and a special award, if there were such a thing, should be given to Dave from </span><a href="http://forums.folksy.com/users/27826" style="color: #634391; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">GelertDesign</a><span style="color: #634391; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">who </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">alone managed 120 sales, what a magnificent achievement! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The name chosen for July was a close run thing, we were very nearly the July Javelins, but Jugglers won out at the last minute, just a good thing we did not get them mixed up, it could have been very dangerous!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Jugglers have already had a very impressive 20 sales, which is wonderful, I don't know about other sellers, but I often find that the summer months are quieter for me personally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought I would share with you some of the wonderful items already listed by the Juggler's to showcase some of the wonderful talent on offer in the daily listing club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With all the rain we've been having, I felt we need the sun to come out, and what do you get with rain and sunshine, rainbows, a promise of good weather and a little gift from the almighty to give us a lift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I have put together a rainbow gallery to prompt the sunshine to return, and if you follow these rainbows, they will lead to a treasure of their own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we follow the rainbow to its end, we hope to find a pot of gold, I'd settle for some golden sunshine and a little hint of summer before Autumn kicks in. LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope you have enjoyed my rainbow gallery and will visit each shop, I know that the leprechauns that own these rainbow creations will be pleased to have a visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm in need of a little luck, could really do with winning the lottery, (couldn't we all!) or someone bequeathing me a large sum of money, no strings attached!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bills seem never ending, children seem to eat us out of house and home and they always seem to need new clothes, shoes, school trip payments and such like!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love them, don't get me wrong, but I am sure they do not realise that the bank of Mum and Dad has a ceiling point beyond which it cannot reach and that the cash point is not a magic hole in the wall, that delivers cash whenever you want it! LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So hoping to reap some luck, I have put together some lucky horseshoe items! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please come and check out these gorgeous items and see if the luck rubs off on you, just clip clop, sorry, click on the pictures to gallop to shop in question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the historic floating parade of boats on the Thames today for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant, I thought it might be nice to have my very own Folksy Flotilla, with some wonderful boats and ships found within the Folksy Harbour!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So we have yachts, rowing boats, fishing boats, pirate ships and barges for your delight, so <i><b>splice the main brace</b></i>, attend to the <i><b>tiller</b></i> and <i><b>rudder</b></i> your way to these shops, simply by <i><b>tacking</b></i>, sorry clicking on the pictures to <i><b>sail </b></i>to the boat in question!</span></div>
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