[Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff

Sun Sep 15 21:15:48 UTC 2013

that would be wonderful, Henrietta.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff

OH, sorry for missing a letter in your name Linda.

But thank you so much for giving me a heads up this year on the weekend. I 
will be joining you again in spirit. I will start planning today. Maybe I 
can find a friend who would like to come and join me this year.
Henrietta
On Sep 15, 2013, at 4:38 PM, River Woman wrote:

> Hey, GIRLS, we have to make a plan for a get -together one of these days.
> On October 3rd. I will be going with my daughter Heidi and a friend, Lois 
> and we'll be doing our 2nd year of Girlz Art Camp together. We rented a 
> cabin last year in southern Ohio and we went there for a week of making 
> stuff all day and all night and what fun we had together.   This year we 
> are doing it at Raccoon State Park in Pennsylvania, near the WV border.  I 
> will be working on new amulets for display at my upcoming exhibition next 
> Marck - or anything else that I decide to work on while there. It is so 
> nice to just get away and make stuff with two other people who love to 
> make stuff.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrietta Brewer" 
> <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff
>
>
> You are right Paulette, I am hoping that some day I can meet Lida. She 
> sounds amazing.
> Henrietta
> On Sep 15, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Paulette Vickery wrote:
>
>> Oh Linda,
>>
>> You sound like an oasis of love and calm. I wish that I could meet you. 
>> It
>> sounds like you have a lot of tactile and beautiful memories close at 
>> hand.
>> Please do use your own delicate cup and saucer if you haven't already.
>>
>> Paulette
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>> On
>> Behalf Of River Woman
>> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 1:05 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff
>>
>> ah, Paulette, how delicious your  chocolate was! I can taste it over here 
>> in
>>
>> western Pennsylvania, as the cool afternoon breeze gently flows into my
>> office. I sit here and write, surrounded by the sounds of the late summer
>> insects out there in the woods.  My husband is running the sweeper, and I
>> just finished dusting everything in the downstairs. Now, time to do
>> something else, like type up some things that need to be taken care of
>> today.
>> I know what you mean by the feel of the cup - so elegant - and so 
>> precious -
>>
>> and light. I love those old china teacups. My mother collected them and
>> after she died we gave one to each of the girls in the family - I put 
>> mine
>> on a special shelf in my bathroom. I know that is a strange place for a 
>> tea
>> cup! But, that shelf is part of the decor of the bathroom. It hold 
>> precious
>> little things that are treasures and things that would be lost or tucked
>> away in a cupboard unseen and out-of-mind. This way, I remember my mother
>> every time I am in my bathroom!  I do have several of her precious things
>> around the house and in the kitchen, too, and things from other relatives
>> who have passed on. These things are a way of keeping their memories and 
>> I
>> treasure them.
>> I think I need to write about my mother's teacups - one day when I am at 
>> the
>>
>> computer and doing some creative writing. But, here's to you, Paulette. I
>> raise my cup and smile - and send you a lovely afternoon of small and
>> precious moments. Lynda
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paulette Vickery" 
>> <paulette at evickery.com>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 12:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff
>>
>>
>> Hi Linda,
>>
>> It sounds like you had a lovely and wonderful seventieth birthday. I
>> thoroughly enjoyed  reading about it. I just finished drinking my cocoa
>> which had been whipped with an emertion blender to make it creamy. Now 
>> that
>> was a little bit of heaven. I think they should start manufacturing and
>> selling delicate cups and saucers as well as dinner ware again. My cup 
>> was
>> so light I felt like I was drinking from air.
>>
>> Paulette
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>> On
>> Behalf Of River Woman
>> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 10:46 AM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff
>>
>> Hello Paulette,
>> I  read your birthday message with a smile.  It was so nice and you wrote 
>> it
>>
>> so well.  I also  send you my very best wishes for a wonderful day.
>> Today is my un-birthday and I often celebrate it, too. I just fixed 
>> myself a
>>
>> nice cup of Kauai coffee from Hawaii,  I turned the big seven-0 on August
>> 28th, so I gave myself a lovely day. My sister came to visit me for the 
>> day;
>>
>> we had lunch at the Mexican restaurant that we enjoy. We must have been
>> there about two hours talking and laughing. Later, when we were back at 
>> my
>> house,  we ate décadent creamy cake together. She even brought me a 
>> little
>> bouquet of flowers.  I just had to throw them out a few days ago so I got 
>> to
>>
>> enjoy them a long time.  I had other visits on other days with more 
>> birthday
>>
>> good wishes from children. My best friend paid for my pedicure - we had 
>> made
>>
>> our appointment to go together but when it was my turn to pay for mine, 
>> the
>> lady told me it was paid for - and my friend said, "Happy Birthday." 
>> Thanks
>>
>> for sharing your day with us, too. Happy un-birthday to all. Lynda
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paulette Vickery" 
>> <paulette at evickery.com>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 9:12 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Today is my 61 year old birthday! So, as a birthday present from me to 
>>> all
>>> of my safety pin beading, knitting, crocheting and other crafting 
>>> friends
>> ere on this list, I want to tell you what I just discovered.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you type in, free birthday stuff, in Google, you find all sorts of 
>>> free
>>> things you can get on your birthday. I haven't looked at them yet, but I
>>> am
>>> going to do that right now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I love my birthday. I just love to celebrate it all day long in little
>>> ways
>>> starting with my very own special birthday air that I breathe when I 
>>> wake
>>> up. I guess part of this all day special birthday feeling comes from 
>>> when
>>> I
>>> was a child. I attended the Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School, 
>>> they
>>> have changed there name now, but that is what it was then. Anyway, on my
>>> birthday I would get a phone call from my family and a gift in the mail,
>>> but
>>> that was usually all, unless I was home, every now and then. So, I 
>>> decided
>>> that instead of feeling sad because nobody really focused on my birthday
>>> in
>>> the manner to which I would like to become accustomed, I would do it
>>> myself.
>>> I have now developed my birthday celebration into an art form.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This  morning, I got up, loaded the dishwasher and pretended that the
>>> loading just didn't happen, poured myself a diet coke into a cut glass
>>> tumbler from my china closet, got out a delicate small hot chocolate 
>>> china
>>> cup and saucer from the same china closet and am now looking forward to
>>> having some luscious, creamy decadent hot chocolate later in the 
>>> morning.
>>> Of
>>> course, I am also going to peel some birthday carrots and wash and wrap
>>> some
>>> birthday potatoes for twice baked potatoes for a birthday meal with the
>>> family later this evening. I also told my cat that he has already given 
>>> me
>>
>>> 3
>>> birthday presents because he jumped into my lap 3 times this morning
>>> without
>>> me trying to coax him to do so. I will try to celebrate the entire
>>> birthday
>>> like this. It will be lots of fun!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So, if today is someone else's birthday on this list, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 
>>> Come
>>> and celebrate with me! What do some other people like to do on their
>>> birthday? Let's just make this a double celebration! Let's celebrate all
>>> of
>>> today's birthdays and, let's have a happy unbirthday celebration for
>>> everyone else! Does anyone have a pattern for a safety pin beading, knit
>>> or
>>> crochet birthday cake with candles?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paulette
>>>
>>>
>>>
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