Cajun Corner – Vol.
4, No. 45 – November 25, 2012
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Ah, Thanksgiving week. I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.
We planned on spending Thanksgiving Day with
friends. George is funny about Thanksgiving
and Christmas. No matter where we go or
what we do, he has to have that turkey smell in the house. Wednesday was our Thanksgiving with each
other. I baked the turkey, sweet potato
soufflé, bread and cornbread dressing.
Yes, I used real recipes and it all turned out wonderfully
delicious. We cleaned off our kitchen
table, which is usually used as our desk/office and piled with stuff. Rather than a buffet at the stove, the food
was all set out on the table. It was a
delightful time. Wednesday evening we
watched Polar Express.
On Thursday morning I prepared the green bean
casserole and we went to our friends’ home for the day. There was lots of wine and food. We actually intended to leave around 4:00 but
I think it was more like 6:00 before we left.
That’s a real testament to how much we enjoyed the day with our friends.
We had arranged that some of our neighbors would
drop by Thanksgiving evening just to get together. They arrived around 8:30. It was a bit cool outside, so, we all
gathered around the table and enjoyed our time together. Finally, we did end up sitting on the deck
after Evie got a bit irritated with Sam under the table.
By Friday morning I decided that I was never
eating another bite of food. Famous last
words, huh? Today is Sunday and we still
have leftovers.
Friday evening we were invited next door to an
evening in front of the fire pit with our neighbors. Oh my gosh, that was fun. George was pooped and left earlier than I
did. I guess we stayed out there until
about 10:00. The beauty of getting
together with the neighbors is that you don’t have to drive home. In fact, my neighbors walked me home. We must do that more often.
My favorite radio station has been playing
Christmas music for a couple of weeks now.
What’s with that? I love the idea
that they play Christmas music from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas, but to start
a week earlier is too much; it is still the Thanksgiving season. Nevertheless, the Christmas music is playing
everyday over here.
The Etsy store has been busy lately. There are a lot of items listed. The other day I noticed that several Etsy
stores are selling embroidery designs.
There is nothing wrong with that.
I just had not noticed it before.
Ever since I first purchased Doris ,
I’ve looked at all of the beautiful embroidery designs on the internet. Doris came
with a disk of Singer designs. There
were lots of free designs online, as well, especially at the various embroidery
machine websites, like Singer, Baruden and Husqvarna. As I learned to use the embroidery machine, I
found more and more embroidery design websites.
Some designs I purchased, some were free, and some came with the various
machines and programs that I’ve purchased.
Eventually, I began learning to digitize some designs with my
programs. It wasn’t until this year that
I began digitizing more intricate designs.
I still think that I’m a novice at the digitizing thing, but I have come
a long way.
All of that said I started wondering if my
designs were good enough to sell online.
I did have the Classy Cajun monogram set that was recently digitized,
and several other designs that I’ve done.
There is now an Embroidery Design section in our Cajun Stitchery Etsy
store. There aren’t a lot of designs in
there right now but there are a few.
We’ll see if anyone wants to purchase them. The beauty is that after the design is
created, it is offered for sale and is emailed to whoever wishes to purchase
them. Unlike other tangible items in the
store, the designs can be sold over and over; therefore, the price is pretty
low, usually $5 or less. A lot of the
wording was taken from perusing other shops and their terms, conditions,
warnings, etc. Time will tell if this is
an avenue worth pursuing for Cajun Stitchery.
Why don’t you go check it out?
Right now we are busy embroidering names and
designs on bags and satin jackets, as well as some heirloom embroidery.
Ever since the purchase of our professional
grommet machine, I’ve wanted a similar machine for snaps. This week the machine was purchased and
should arrive next week. These machines
are so much better than hammering those little metal pieces.
We did have some sad news recently. A friend’s mother passed away on Friday. It wasn’t a surprise. Her mother had been ailing for sometime. The funeral is scheduled for Monday in Mobile
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Tip of
the Day:
Keep matches in a mason jar - with a strikeable sandpaper
lid!
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Found this at: http://www.marthastewart.com/276321/gift-wrapping-tips-and-techniques
Start Wrapping Earlier
Say goodbye to Christmas chaos this year. Follow these simple gift-wrapping
strategies to give family and friends one-of-a-kind packages this holiday.
Avoid a gift-wrapping time crunch and start wrapping gifts as you buy them.
Add ribbons, bows, and tags later. Label presents with sticky notes so that you
don't forget who gets what.
Ideas for Paying it Forward
(This is also a pretty good blog article)
- put a quarter in a meter, any meter, that’s about to expire
- leave a copy of a really great book you’ve read in a cafe for someone else to enjoy
- be nice to the customer service people who are trying to help you with your technological difficulties
- tip your restaurant server generously
- thank the cooks, waitstaff and bussers personally
- say something nice or funny or goofy to the toll booth attendant (like, “Don’t drive too fast, now” or “Glad to have encountered you today”, or something less hokey)
- forgive a driver directing road rage at you
- buy or pack a meal for a homeless person (or give him/her your to-go box from a restaurant)
- give a warm coat to a homeless person
- offer to do pro bono work on a project where your skills are needed
- mentor someone
- make a donation
- say a prayer or whisper a kind wish for someone
- compliment a stranger
- send a box of donuts or bagels or muffins to a construction site
- next time you leave a foreign country, give all or some of what’s left of your currency to someone who resides in that country
- next time you’re at the airport, offer to pull the bags belonging to a woman or a mother with child out of the conveyor belt
- praise generously
- give local tips (re: restaurants, sights, etc.) to a tourist
- show respect equally to all human beings
- put a tip in a street musician’s jar
- let someone cut in front of you at the grocery store
- tell a funny joke to a stranger
- give someone a chance to prove him or herself
- encourage someone to pursue their dream
- allow someone to let his or her light shine
- show support to an artist or writer or musician
- hold the door open for someone
- tip a cab driver generously
- teach a child something you wish you knew at that age
- smile at someone who’s sad
- smile at strangers
- offer sincere, kind words to someone who’s hurting
- visit a hospice and spend some time with a terminally ill patient
- volunteer at a battered women’s shelter
- spend some time with a senior citizen living alone
- give up your seat on a crowded bus or train or ferry
- inspire someone to be the best that they can be
- give someone the benefit of the doubt
- offer to babysit for a single mother
- offer the FedEx, UPS or DHL delivery person something to drink especially on a warm day
- help a pregnant lady
- sit and talk with a homeless person and learn their story
- loan something to someone and forget about it
- loan money on Kiva
- contribute to a friend’s child’s education fund
- give blood
- show respect to a soldier regardless of your pacifism
- donate to or volunteer for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
- replace an angry or bitter thought toward someone with a loving thought (or at least try)
C’est tout, mes amis
Peggy Henshall
Cajun Stitchery
(850) 261-2462
P.S. You are always welcome to stop by and look at
all of the catalogs and pass some time with me, cher.
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