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Crafting as a Family
by Sylvia
My name is Sylvia and I am the owner of two websites
"Angel Wishin & Country Pickins" and "Country Pickins & Fixins". We
are a family owned, home-based business in
Sugar Land, Texas,
and we lovvvvvvve crafting!
I learned various hand crafts at a very young age.
My very
creative and talented mother knew how to sew, knit, crochet,
embroider, needlepoint, wood crafts, wreaths, candles and
potpourri which she in turn got me well trained to do the same.
My love for making rag dolls and their cute little
outfits grew
and expanded over the years into a primitive and country business to
offer dolls, patterns, wood crafts, candles and potpourri.
So now my husband, my two daughters and I spend much
of our time working on new designs for our wood & doll crafts as
well continuously developing new fragrance combinations for our rose
hips, potpourri and candles. We have expanded our hand crafts so
much that we even opened up another website, "Country Pickins &
Fixins", which is a totally crafting site that differs from our
"Angel Wishin & Country Pickins" site where were offer all of our
finished handcrafted products.
We are always seeking new trends in the crafting
industry in order to offer our customers a wonderful variety of
products outside of our handcrafted items as well. We also accept
custom orders in order to offer a well rounded business catering to
the primitive & country market.
We invite everyone to come and visit our online shops and even
enter our monthly drawings during your visit!
Sylvia
www.angelwishincountrypickins.com/
www.countrypickinsandfixins.com/
Be sure to Check out
A Frayed Knot for all your Country Craft, Primitive, and Shabby
Chic needs!!
Arts and Crafts Around the States
Jul 4 -
Kingwood 4th of July Celebration
-
Kingwood, TX
Jul 9-10 -
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
- BELLVILLE,
TX
Jul 30 -
Christmas in July
- Coldspring,
TX
Jul 1-3
-
15th Annual Platte Valley Festival of the Arts
- Saratoga, WY
Jul 1-4 -
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival - Latrobe, PA
Jul 1-2 -
Christmas in July Festival
- West Jefferson, NC 28694
To find out more about what is going on in your area,
go to
http://www.craftlister.com/
Happenings in My Little World
Barbie now has some new clothes to wear! Yes, that’s
right! I got an urge several weeks ago to try my hand at making
Barbie doll gowns. Be sure to check out the styles in my
store. There will be more available as time permits. Also, I
will be adding more pictures of chimes to my
Chimes department. The chimes are made from small terra cotta
pottery and hand painted. I have several done and just waiting on
getting their pictures made. There are two baskets filled with
goodies which are also waiting on pictures. As soon as I can get
some decent pictures I will put them on the site.
I spent the last week rearranging my craft room so
things will be more accessible. Amazing how much stuff can
accumulate in one small place. Of course, it also amazes me how
much of a mess I can make, and that was BEFORE I cleaned. Lol.
Since the craft room is clean, there will be more creative products
coming out in the next month. I am thinking Teddy Bears,
perhaps????
I am going to make time to try a new weaving project
some time this month. I will include the address for pictures on my
site in next month’s issue for those who wish to go see the how that
project goes. lol
For those in the Tyler Texas area, be sure and check
out the neat
Tyler
doll show (http://tylerdollshow.com/
) that is happening next weekend. I am hoping I get a chance to
go. I checked out their site and loved all the pictures from the
last one. They list the companies that will be there this year,
most with complete websites and email addresses. Also, in that
same area, Able Oak Alpaca Ranch, near Rusk, will have an open house
on July 23. Be sure to check out their website at
http://www.ableoaks.com/events.html. Look under Events for
directions.
That’s all for now. Hope everyone has a great 4th
of July and be sure to celebrate our FREEDOM.
LIZZIE
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