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Cricket
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Cricket
Lake Villa
Illinois
USA
14 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 09:35:33 AM
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Hi! Just joined yesterday after seeing a link about this cool place on another message board! I'm excited to be here and look forward to getting to know ya'll! My name is Cricket, I live in a northern suburb of Chicago, have a soon to be 14 year old daughter Mandi, an 8 year old fur-baby Ozzi and my hubby of 17 years Roger. I love to do crafty things, in fact I'm going to try my hand at making some aprons! Have a great day!
Smiles,
Cricket 
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BotanicalBath
True Blue Farmgirl
1014 Posts
Elizabeth
Ohio
1014 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 09:37:03 AM
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Welcome Cricket!
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www.Botanical-Bath.com
"I do my housework in the nude. It gives me an incentive to clean the mirrors as quickly as possible." |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
22944 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 10:03:49 AM
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Welcome Cricket!
I know that there are a few other farmgirls in your neck of the woods! I love doing crafty things too! What are your favorites? I am just learning to sew, but I do love it! I also crochet (poorly but learning more) and am learning to tat with the help of MaryJane's newest book!
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 10:26:31 AM
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Hi Cricket! Great to have you here! :)
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 10:28:22 AM
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Hi Cricket,
Welcome to the forum. Happy to meet you. You'll really like it here.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
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Cricket
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Cricket
Lake Villa
Illinois
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 10:59:27 AM
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Thanks for all the warm welcomes!
Alee, I've probably tried most everything LOL but my favorites are needlework (cross stitch and needlepoint, learned when I was very young by my grandmother and have loved it ever since!), quilting (just learned to do this fall and am addicted), sewing in general, love fabric. In my last home I made all my valences,while I was pregnant I made maternity clothes and I made all my daughters Halloween costumes...such fun! and last but by no means least, I LOVE to scrapbook and do paper crafts. I am a contributing writer for an online scrapbooking and rubber stamping magazine, used to be on the design team for rubber stamping and wrote a monthly article, now I'm over doing occassional articles on digital scrapbooking which is soooo fun! I also love to bake, I would have loved to have been a pastry chef (next life I guess LOL)...so there you have it, these are my most favorites of the crafty things! |
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Patsy
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Illinois
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 11:35:34 AM
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Hi Cricket,
I am downstate Illiniois and I welcome you here. I was born in Joliet and still have family there so am familiar with the area.
Glad you are joining us and hope you will love it here.
May God bless those who love the soil,
Patsy
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4541 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4541 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 1:04:52 PM
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| Howdy Cricket, Nice to meet you. Hope you have a good time here. Michele |
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lamarguerite farm
True Blue Farmgirl
649 Posts
missy
Battle Ground
Wa
USA
649 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 1:21:44 PM
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Welcome Cricket!! We're so glad you're here and it sounds like you'll fit right in!!
Blessings,
Missy
If you have a dream, even if you don't feel qualified to accomplish it, just try your hardest.-Maggie Jensen
http://18happyhens.blogspot.com
www.LaMargueriteFarm.com |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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Vintage Redhead
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Kaylyn
Saint Charles
IL
USA
233 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 1:27:51 PM
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Welcome, Cricket!
Fellow Illinoisan, scrapbooker, digiscrapper, and cardmaker here. This is an *awesome* place to be - great ladies and great ideas abound. Have fun! ~ Kaylyn
~ Kaylyn ~ (Living in Suburbia with a FARMGIRL Heart!)
My Cause: http://nickspavilion.blogspot.com/
My Life: http://vintageredhead.blogspot.com |
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mom2knk
True Blue Farmgirl
321 Posts
Blanche
So Cal
321 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 2:22:21 PM
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| Welcome Cricket!! |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 2:31:56 PM
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Hi Cricket, welcome. Love your name!! You'll have to post pictures on the Apron Sew-a-long thread over on the stitching forum! We love aprons here....watch out, it gets addicting. I keep sewing and sewing them...not sure what I will do with them all, but, they are so much fun!! I have turned into a true fabric junkie...how about you?
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Check out my shoppe at www.honeybeez.etsy.com
www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com , www.beehavenmaven.blogspot.com |
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Cricket
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Cricket
Lake Villa
Illinois
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 3:18:22 PM
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Thanks everyone! Bev, checked out your Etsy shop, very awesome things there! I've not made an apron yet, can't wait to get going on one, was going to try today but some other things got in my way..shucks LOL! I am a fabric addict though, just love the stuff!!
Smiles,
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 3:58:02 PM
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Hi Cricket! You will love apron making! (I love to sew too..alot of us do) and I think you are going to fit right in here!! WElcome to the group
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 4:03:08 PM
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A BIG warm welcome to you Cricket! You will love it at MaryJane's Farm! Good luck on those aprons! Please post some of your creations!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
"Cherish the memories and in our hearts they shall live forever!" |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17453 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17453 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 11:03:54 PM
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Hey Cricket, A great big "WELCOME" to you from me.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
Edited by - katmom on Jun 07 2007 11:04:13 PM |
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kitchensqueen
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
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Cricket
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Cricket
Lake Villa
Illinois
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2007 : 08:20:42 AM
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Big thanks for all these nice welcomes!! I can already tell this is a nice place to be!!
Off today to find some fabric and start my first apron!! Wish me luck!
Hiya Kitchensqueen...Chicago, awesome!! Not too far, I'm up by Great America!! LOVE the city, so many fun things to do there...
Have a great weekend everyone!
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
2460 Posts |
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kitchensqueen
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
521 Posts |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 3:26:13 PM
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"Every day's a thrillah when you're livin' in Lake Villa!"
Hello from way out west and south of you, out in the corn! |
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Cricket
Farmgirl in Training
14 Posts
Cricket
Lake Villa
Illinois
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 5:10:18 PM
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well hello Maryann! And where just might you be??
Smiles,
Cricket :) |
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 5:52:43 PM
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Welcome, welcome, welcome, Cricket. You'll love it here and learn so much.
Peace and love,
Annie |
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Cindy Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Cindy
Sparks
Nevada
USA
510 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2007 : 6:02:09 PM
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Cricket, Ohhh, I love your name! You will simply LOVE this group of women, they are so helpful and sweet! You will fit right in I'm sure! Cindy
If life gives you scraps, make quilts! |
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