Cajun Corner – Vol. 7, No. 1 – January 4, 2015

Cajun Corner – Vol. 7, No. 1 – January 4, 2015

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It is now 2015.  Where did 2014 go?  

Tomorrow we are open for business and I haven't gotten everything that I needed to do done yet.  I'm still working on orders and redecoratinng for Mardi Gras.  Good news is that all of the Christmas decor has been taken down and put away, except for the front door.  I have an idea for the front door Mardi Gras decor that I hope will be done and hung by the end of the week.

The front door wreath will be a fleur de lis.  I drew half of a fleur de lis on paper then cut it out for a pattern.  Then I took 2 pieces of foam board, one o top of the other for 2 layers of foam board, and pinned the 1/2 fleur de lis pattern on top.  A razor was used to trace the pattern and cut through the foam board.  Then the foam board was placed side by side with the straight edges matching and taped together.  Voila!  One complete fleur de lis identical on each side.  Next came the mirror mylar.  Regular white glue purchased at Dollar Tree was used on the foam board.  A bead of the glue was run around the edges of the foam board and then the fleur de lis was placed, glue side down, on the mirror mylar and left to dry for awhile.  Then the excess mylar was cut away with the razor leaving about 1/2 to 1 inch outside the foam board.  Next came the scotch tape.  The edges were taped and pulled to the back of the foam board.  Yes, an entire roll of tape was used.  The fleur de lis was finished.  Next step is to decorate the fleur de lis.

I saw a beautiful picture of a metal sculpture of a Mardi Gras mask which I digitized into embroidery and stitched out.  The design was then cut away from the excess fabric and glued to the enter of the fleur de lis.  It is drying as I type this.  The same white glue was used to adhere the embroidery to the mirror mylar.  That may work but I won't know until it dries.

After the embroidery is attached to the fleur de lis, then I have to think of other decorations to make the door wreath outstanding.  Certainly beads will be involved.

Yes, Mardi Gras season is upon us and our first public party is this coming Saturday at Paradise Bar & Grill on Pensacola Beach.

It has been a busy week between embroidery and holidays and friends popping in and out.  2015 is sure to be one fabulous year.

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Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 24 – December 27, 2014

Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 24 – December 27, 2014

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Christmas has come and gone and we are headed toward New Years.

Technically, we are closed this coming week.  The problem is that instead of a week of rest and relaxation, it is now filled with all sorts of things to do.  Some things are pretty mundane, like catching up on our end of the year bookkeeping, getting our annual beach pass and giving the studio a good ceiling to floor cleaning.  While others are a bit more fun, like redecorating for Mardi Gras.  Ah, and then there are some left over orders that didn't need to be finished for Christmas but need to be completed nevertheless.  And, the Etsy Store needs a new 2015 make over taking out the old and putting in the new.

Turning to my trusted Pinterest site, I was looking for ideas on decorating for Mardi Gras.  The Christmas tree is already up, so I'm thinking of replacing the Christmas ornaments with Mardi Gras ornaments.  Our cute Christmas door decor needs to be replaced with something purple, green and gold.  You get the picture.  Ideas are flooding my brain.  Not to mention that I actually do not have any Mardi Gras ornaments and before I can make some, I need to create them.  Basically, it is all just a color change.  Changing the red to purple.  The green and gold can stay from Christmas.  Nativity and Santa/elf designs change to fleur de lis and jester designs.  Throw in some shiny Mardi Gras beads and we should be done.  Easier said that done.

A few months back I took a real good look at our Etsy store and realized there are items in there that have never sold and have sat on the shelves for several years.  Most of the stuff is, well, adorable.  I guess the person who really wants these items never got a chance to see them.  The items in question have been in a "sale" category on Etsy for about a month.  Whatever has not been purchased in the Sale category by January 1, 2015, comes off of Etsy permanently.

This brings me to the realization that I need more merchandise in the Etsy store to replace the removed items.  You know how they say, "you've come a long way, baby"?  Looking at those earlier items, yes, we have come a long way.  There were some good ideas and some bad.  Some items just look cheap and others look nice.  The handkerchiefs stay but the older hankies are going.  Bridal hankies will stay but most non-bridal will go.  Of course, the "You have a booger" handkerchief will stay because we continue to get orders for it.  The "Mom" handkerchiefs now in the shop will go but I think we will replace them with nicer "Mom" handkerchiefs.

Scarves are staying.  I have a dilemma about the scarves.  Some sold but not many.  I'm not sure if it was the price or style.  The scarves in the "Sale" category are going away.  The scarves in the "Accessories" category are going to stay and more may be added.  It seems people are more interested in monograms than other designs.  So, we will keep the pretty chiffon scarves for the monograms.  The lap scarves will stay, only because I do occasionally get inquiries about them.

I'm not sure why the ball caps weren't big sellers.  They are all adorable and reasonably priced.  Nevertheless, they are going away.  Perhaps in the future the ball caps may re-appear for weddings with "Mr." and "Mrs." on them but right now I'm over the ball caps.  There just doesn't seem to be any interest.

Enough about Etsy.  I've had a set of fonts for quite some time but never stitched them out.  I guess the reason is because I put them together for a sampler and the stitch count was so high, I just never had the time or inclination to stitch them out until this past week.  The details in these letters are exquisite.  Each letter is about two inches tall and perfect for hand towels and that sort of thing.

Every once in awhile we get a customer who wants a custom patch.  Such is the case with this patch, "Man shall not live by bread alone".  It turns out that our customer is a chef turned minister.  I think he has a cooking ministry.  He is performing a wedding today and wanted to wear his chef attire but the clothing had the logo from his past employer and he wanted patches to cover up the logo.  

It is the week between Christmas and New Years and look at our garden.  We have swiss chard, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, green onions, and carrots.

Then we have our special gardening projects.  George planted the root end of a bunch of celery we purchased and by golly it is growing.

Here's a picture of the cilantro.

And broccoli.

In the same vein as the celery, George planted the root end of some romaine lettuce.  Yep, it is growing.

 Have a Happy New Year :)

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Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 8 – March 16, 2014

Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 8 – March 16, 2014

 

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This past week was spent in a whirlwind of rush embroidery for a client’s very special project.  There were a few late nights at the embroidery machine.  It all turned out well and as far as I know the project was completed beautifully.  I know the embroidery was beautiful.

The weather continues its rollercoaster ride from cold to warm, rain and sunshine.  However, I do believe we have now seen our last cold spell.  Spring here we come and I definitely have Spring fever.

It has been delightful watching the little plants break through the earth and begin to grow.  Our Johnny Jump Ups have jumped up, even in places where they were not planted. The colorful flowers are a welcome change to the bare limbs of winter.  We’ve been pruning out as much of the dead branches as we can.  The oak leaves have rained down.  George has raked and raked.  The camellias are blooming.  We have mostly red camellias but one very prolific pink camellia bush, too.  The birds are chirping and I do believe Spring has sprung.

After a hiatus of a week, the girls got together again this past Wednesday evening.  It is always good to spend an evening with friends.

Several items that have been just hanging around the studio were finally put on Etsy.  Some were handkerchiefs but there were ball caps and towels as well.

A friend of mine was asking for donations for prizes for her mother’s bingo group in Tennessee.  She thought some Mardi Gras items would be a refreshing change for the group.  This gave me the opportunity to cull the herd in my attic.  My friend came over and went through all of the Mardi Gras paraphernalia that has accumulated in the attic, as well as some arts and craft items.  She took a car load home.  My side of the attic is clean.  George is a very happy man.  Now I need to go through my clothes and clear out stuff so I have room to get new stuff.

I was pleasantly surprised by a phone call this week from one of my California cousins who was headed back to Louisiana after spending a few days with my aunt in Niceville.  It happened that I also read on FaceBook this week that another cousin is moving from New York City to California.  Sure hope the California cousins are all able to get together at some point.

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Thank you, Bob, for all of the jokes:

An elderly woman was on the deck of a cruise ship hanging on to her hat with both hands as the wind was quite strong. A Gentleman approached her and says "Excuse me but do you know that the wind is blowing your dress up in back, And your rear end is showing?" "Yes," replied the woman, "but my rear end is 85 years old and I just bought this hat yesterday!"

* * *

Moe and Sam, who were both 90 years old, loved baseball, and they had their entire life. One day, they were sitting together on a bench in their neighborhood when Moe turns to Sam and says: "Will you promise me something? Promise me that if you die first and go to heaven, you'll come back and tell if there's baseball there." Sam agreed, and made Moe promise the same. 3 months later, Sam died, and the next week Moe woke up in his sleep with someone calling his name. "Who's there?" he called out. "Moe! It's me Sam!" "Sam! It's so good to hear you! How's heaven?" Moe asked. "It's great, but I've some news, some good and some bad" Sam told him. "Well tell me the good news first" Moe replied. "Ok, the good news is that, there is baseball in heaven." "That's great." Moe exclaimed, "What's the bad news?" "Well, the bad news is that I was reading the lineup, and you're pitching on Friday."

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Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 7 – March 8, 2014

Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 7 – March 8, 2014

 

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Okay.  I apologize for not writing the last two weeks.  Mardi Gras was either overwhelming or I’m getting old.  Perhaps it was a combination of both.  We paraded last Sunday and it was wonderful.

We did finish our costumes in time.  The Friday before our parade was a frenzie.  I went to krewe den around noon that Friday and got home around 10:30-11:00 p.m.  It was crazy.  Most of the girls came in for a fitting.  Our little krewe den was jammed with girls.  The sewing machines were humming.  There were girls hand stitching, on sewing machine, pinning, and every other aspect of sewing that you can imagine.  By the time it was over all of the costumes were done except for one, and she was one of our seamstresses who came in the following day and finished her costume.

Our float was also amazing.  I must say that was the prettiest float that we have had since I became a member of the krewe.  Our krewe den this year was on Via De Luna which made getting in line up very easy.  The float went across the street and down less than a block.  We were the third float in the parade.  When I walked out of krewe den to go to the float, it looked like a pretty birthday cake and really stood out from all of the others.  The float was another team effort.

I’ve been to the parade in Pensacola, day time parade and nighttime parade.  That parade goes for many, many blocks.  Our little beach parade is only a few blocks long, but so much fun.  Over the years this parade has grown tremendously.  In fact, this year we decided that rather than staying on the beach for the weekend, we would go back and forth from our home.  Normally that is a 30 minute trek, one way.   When we finally got in our car to go home, we had two friends that we were dropping off.  The first one lives on Ft. Pickens Road.  The police wouldn’t let us turn left out of the parking lot into Ft. Pickens Road.  Instead, we had to turn right and go through a bumper to bumper parking lot to get us headed in the proper direction.  That took about 30 minutes.  We finally dropped off one friend and headed east to drop off the next one.  By this time it was 5:00.  As we traveled east on Via de Luna, we could not see the end of the traffic trying to get off the beach.  There are only 2 ways off the island.  One is in Pensacola Beach and the other in Navarre beach, several miles away.  After dropping off friend number two, we decided that it might just be faster to go east to Navarre to get off the beach than to sit in westbound traffic in Pensacola Beach.  Traveling east was beautiful.  The sun was beginning to set on the Gulf of Mexico.  The sand comes right to the edge was the road.  It was beautiful and no traffic.  Well, no traffic until we approached Navarre where we sat in miles of stop and go traffic with the other people who apparently had the same idea we did.  Yep, we got home at 8 p.m.

Our krewe did win “Best Costume.”  The award is sitting in the front room of Cajun Stitchery.  I haven’t had time this week but I’d like to do some kind of display for the award with my costume hanging next to it. 

It is time to say goodbye to Mardi Gras 2014.  Hope everyone enjoyed the season. 

It is now Lent.  I asked one of my good Catholic friends what she is giving up for Lent and she said that she is giving up giving up.

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Thank you, Bob, for all of the jokes:

A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night to meet, and have dinner with her parents. Since this is such a big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend that after dinner, she would like to go out and make love for the first time. The boy is ecstatic, but he has never had sex before, so he takes a trip to the pharmacist to get some condoms. He tells the pharmacist it's his first time and the pharmacist helps the boy for about an hour. He tells the boy everything there is to know about condoms and sex. At the register, the pharmacist asks the boy how many condoms he'd like to buy, a 3-pack, 10-pack, or family pack. The boy insists on the family pack because he thinks he will be rather busy, it being his first time and all. That night, the boy shows up at the girl's parents house and meets his girlfriend at the door. "Oh, I'm so excited for you to meet my parents, come on in!" The boy goes inside and is taken to the dinner table where the girl's parents are seated. The boy quickly offers to say grace and bows his head. A minute passes, and the boy is still deep in prayer, with his head down. 10 minutes pass, and still no movement from the boy. Finally, after 20 minutes with his head down, the girlfriend leans over and whispers to the boyfriend, "I had no idea you were this religious." The boy turns, and whispers back, "I had no idea your father was the pharmacist!"

* * *

A couple in their 80's were having problems remembering things, so they decided to the go the doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells them that they are physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. His wife asks, "Where are you going?" "To the kitchen for a drink," he replies. She asks, "Will you get me piece of cake?" The husband says, "Sure." She gently reminds him, "Don't you think you should write it down so you don't forget it?" He says, "No, I can certainly remember that!" Then the woman says, "Well, I'd like some strawberries on top. You'd better write it down because I know you'll forget it." The man replies, "I can remember that! You want some cake with strawberries." She adds, "I'd also like whipped cream on top. Now I'm certain you're gonna forget that, so you'd better write it down ok." Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down woman! I can remember that! Cake with strawberries! And whipped cream!" He then grumbles into the kitchen. After about 30 minutes the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment and says, "Where's my toast?'

* * *

In my neighborhood pet supply store a customer wanted to buy a red sweater for her dog. The clerk showed a few sizes and models to her and suggested to bring the dog in for a perfect fit. "I'm afraid I can't do that" the lady replies to the clerk. When he asks why, the lady says "The sweater is a surprise gift!"

* * *

The engineer found himself at the pearly gates. St. Peter looked him up in the book, and found that he was destined for the other place. The engineer protested that this must be a mistake, and that he had lived a righteous life, going to church every week, being faithful to his wife etc. to no avail. About 6 weeks later God reviews the lists and realizes that the engineer has been sent to the wrong place. So he rings up Lucifer and demands that the engineer be sent up. Lucifer says "NO WAY. This guy was the best thing to ever happen here. He's got the AC working, we have running water and cable now too, and next week he thinks we will get internet access and an ice cream machine." God is pissed and yelling says "I'll sue". Lucifer says "ya okay, but where are you going to get a lawyer?"

* * *

A woman was sipping on a glass of wine while sitting on the patio with her husband. She says, "I love you so much. I don't know how I could live without you." Her husband asks, "Is that you or the wine talking? " She replies, "It's me... talking to the wine."

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Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 6 – February 16, 2014

 

 

Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 6 – February 16, 2014

 

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Oh my goodness, did I forget to write last week?  I guess so much has been going on that I missed a week.

The krewe has been busy working on the float and sewing costumes.  In the meantime, we prepared for our krewe cocktail party which was last night.

The cocktail party was a great success.  Our krewe stopped having a Mardi Gras Ball a few years back and decided, instead, to have a cocktail party for close krewe friends.  The cocktail party has turned out to be much more fun and lends to more conversation.  The cocktail party was a masquerade party and not only did the krewe wear masks but most of the guests as well.  Several people sported Cajun Stitchery’s masks.  I sure hope they found the masks comfortable.  I wore mine all evening without even noticing the mask was on my face.

This year we began a new event:  The Mystic Krewe of Nereids Inspirational Woman of the Year Award.   This year’s recipient was Lois Jernigan.  Lois has been a source of inspiration to everyone in the krewe and everyone who knows her.  She has come through much tragedy in the past couple of years, including surviving a terrible stage 4 cancer.  I will never be able to remember the name of the cancer but she not only survived but did it with the best attitude of anyone we have ever known.  She laughed and joked every step of the way.  There were many times when we would all think or say that this is the end, but Lois would come through with that beautiful smile on her face.  In the middle of her treatment she lost her significant other and love of her life to a heart attack.  She has lost her hair, lost a tremendous amount of weight, lost her lover, and lost her home.  Yet, she kept that smile on her face and love in her heart and lived.  Lois was at our krewe den today thanking all of us for the award.  She looked good today.  She brought sunshine to our lives as she joked with each of us.  Congratulations Lois.  I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this award.  More than that, I thank you for showing us how to face adversity with a winning attitude.

This past week we have worked on logos on tee shirts, heirloom embroidery, masks, and an assortment of project.  A lady contacted me on Etsy and ordered 24 of our scalloped handkerchiefs with monograms for her wedding in early February.  We are in the process of making some really cute sparkly pouches for Studio 98.  More masks are coming up in the next couple of weeks, too.

Oh and Valentine’s Day was last Friday.  That was a pretty terrific day for me.  As it turned out, I was up and down all Thursday night with a sick dog.  I ended up sleeping on the sofa to be near the door to let him in and out.  When I awoke Friday morning, George gave me a beautiful open heart diamond necklace.  Yes, that’s the necklace designed by Jane Seymour (the actress, not the dead queen).  Yesterday he gave me flowers.  Oh he is a good husband.

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There are many different ways to make masks, but papier mache is one of the best. It requires nothing but white glue, cardboard, tape, and newspaper to make the basic mask. It is also very easy to rework and modify. Its biggest flaw is that it takes a long time to dry. Be sure to make your mask several days before you intend to use it. That way, you will have time to let it dry. Once it is dry, you can paint it and wear it on your big day!

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_4480482_make-masks.html#ixzz2tYBZbJo0

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Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 5 – February 2, 2014

 

 

Cajun Corner – Vol. 6, No. 5 – February 2, 2014

 

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Wow!  What a wonderful weekend I had.  This was our Mobile weekend and all of the girls spent the weekend with one of our krewe members in Mobile.  We shopped, ate, and played.  Okay, mostly we played.  There was a lot of laughter emanating from her home.

What can I say about last week?  We had snow and sleet.  I-10 was closed going east and west.  All of the bridges were closed.   The government and schools were closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Sissies!  I walked to work everyday; put in a full day at the studio; and, walked home in the evenings.  Okay, so my studio is next door, but I still went to work.

Our dogs had never seen snow or sleet.  When we awoke on Wednesday morning the grounds was white.  No.  It wasn’t the fluffy snow of beautiful winter scenes.  It was ice and very slippery.  Sam and Evie were so cute when they first stepped out onto the frozen tundra but adapted quickly and began their usual checking the perimeters routine, and other things.  My poor old Evie would do what had to be done and she was ready to go inside.  Sam had stored up energy and just wanted to play.  Our usual roller coaster weather began clearing on Thursday.  Friday wasn’t too bed but the evening was cold.  By Saturday, hmm, did it make it to 70 degrees?  If not, it was close.

Last week we stitched out mermaid and fleur de lis masks and created and stitched out jester masks.   There was also quite a bit of time spent on digitizing a beautiful heirloom monogram.  I’m still working on that one.

Our Etsy store even had a few sales last week. 

This past weekend, among other places, we went to Toomey’s in Mobile.  One of my Nereid friends and I were comparing pricing to The Mardi Gras Store in Pensacola and here are our results:

1.      Last week I purchased several toy throws.  None of the toys that I purchased were available at Toomey’s.  Of course, Toomey’s had lots that were not available at The Mardi Gras Store.

2.      Some hats that the girls were intrigued with at The Mardi Gras Store were also at Toomey’s for the same price.

3.      One of our girls purchased a case of beads from The Mardi Gras Store for $30.  Toomey’s had the same case of beads for $42.

Conclusion:  Each store had a different set of merchandise; some the same; some similar.  The beads are very interesting because our krewe, like most krewes, buys many cases of beads and this is a significant savings.  Both stores should be visited each year.

The jewelry that I ordered from our new wholesaler came in and was beautiful.  This weekend the girls were given some of the jewelry and tried to figure it out.  They love, love, love the hand jewelry and the hair jewelry.  However, the ear cuff, all rhinestone studded and shiny was a flop.  They didn’t feel comfortable with ear cuffs.  Hey!  Two out of three isn’t bad.  Besides you can always count on my girls to make the best out of a bad situation.  The ear cuffs are becoming necklaces and pins. 

Now that George has finished our inventory, you should stop by the studio and take a look.  We have lots of items for sale.  Come over, have a cup of coffee with me, and do your shopping.

Next Friday is the Mystic Krewe of Nereids Moon Pie Party at the Sandshaker.  Come out and party.  There will be a new introduction that you won’t want to miss.

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Cajun Stitchery

(850) 261-2462

cajunstitchery@yahoo.com

P.S.  You are always welcome to stop by and look at all of the catalogs and pass some time with me, cher.