Cajun Corner – Vol.
4, No. 19 – May 19, 2012
Bon
Jour! Welcome to Cajun
Stitchery’s weekly email and welcome to our family.
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We’ve been working a bit on our Etsy Store this
week and it has begun to pay off. Two
handkerchiefs were sold. Each sale, of
course, has a different story.
The first one was a black and white handkerchief
made from a cotton blend fabric with a white background and black spots. One corner was embroidered separately and
attached. Two of this type of hanky was
in our stock; each one had a different corner design. When the order was placed, the handkerchief
stock was searched; the black and white hanky was located and mailed out. A day later the hanky that was ordered was in
a stack of handkerchiefs in a box.
Uh-oh, the wrong hanky was mailed.
An email was immediately sent to the customer with our apologies and the
correct hanky was then mailed. The
customer ended up with two handkerchiefs for the price of one, but it was our
mistake. The customer never responded to
my emails. We can only hope that they
are okay with this.
The second handkerchief sale came as a real
surprise. It was the blue lace
handkerchief that was made last week and listed. This is the fastest turn around that Cajun
Stitchery has ever experienced.
Apparently handkerchiefs are a popular item.
A tutorial of sorts was posted on our blog this
week on the making of a handkerchief in the embroidery machine. The handkerchief has been listed in our Etsy
Store. It used an animal print fabric
with the heads of various African animals.
The head of a lion was framed with embroidery and turned into a
handkerchief. If you like animal prints
and browns, this hanky is for you.
There is still a lot to do in our Etsy
Store. Many of the items have expired;
some remain from Mother’s Day. Since
Memorial Day and July 4th are around the corner, more patriotic
items need to be listed. And on and on.
Last night the Mystic Krewe of Nereids celebrated
another birthday. Our gift, of course,
was this year’s krewe beach towel. Now
that my Amaya technician is not here, I couldn’t figure out how to make the
special background feature of the name repeating itself. A few emails and telephone calls later and we
were back on track. Another beautiful
mermaid has been presented.
A young lady contacted us last week about making
a pillow for her anniversary. She
provided a picture of what she wanted.
The picture showed a pillow with “The” on one line, then “Johnsons” on
the next line, then “Est.” and the anniversary date on a separate line at the
bottom. All of this was in a block type
font. In the background was a huge “J”
in script. The design was not a problem
at all. She approved it
immediately. But she asked if I could
make the pillow. I did suggest that she
contact a seamstress because Cajun Stitchery does embroidery. It just seemed so much trouble for such a
simple item. So, I did offer to make the
pillow at my hourly rate. She would be
required to purchase the fabric and filling.
She purchased a dark brown fabric and we chose a light yellow and tan
thread. She was elated with the end
result.
This young lady, as well as several other people
lately, said they found Cajun Stitchery via a Google search. All of the internet work is finally paying
off.
Tigger is still on his Prednisone and drooling
profusely. He is walking, eating and
drinking, as usual. However, when you
look at him one eye has a slit for a pupil and the other pupil is wide
open. The Prednisone must be doing
this. His next veterinarian appointment
is Monday. There is a ne
w lump and his
purr sounds more like a dove cooing than a purr.
w lump and his
purr sounds more like a dove cooing than a purr.
Sam the puppy has been spending a lot of time
this week playing with Evie. This is
amazing because Evie is gentle but has always been fairly aggressive toward
other dogs. She is not aggressive
towards Sam. She plays until she is
exhausted and lies down. He is usually still
running and jumping on and over here.
Sometimes she gets tired of playing and just runs for the back door
while Sam is still following and playing.
The puppy has endless energy.
We are still harvesting broccoli, asparagus,
lettuce and carrots. Sadly, we don’t
always eat them. Tonight we are going to
have salad with the vegetables from the garden.
Yum. Rather than throwing up
stalks of flowers, our garlic this year is growing and then the leaves turn
brown. We have garlic just no
flowers. The new beefsteak tomato plant
is really growing. I sure hope it
produces big, sandwich sized tomatoes.
The little cherry tomatoes are fine and we love to grow them, but it
would be nice to also have a nice, big tomato.
Friday was the WBL meeting. I was so proud to announce to my friend, Dr. Roe
that I’ve completely gotten off of the Sweet N Low at home and substituted our
own, home grown, stevia. The problem is
that the stevia is sweet but has some bitterness. After telling her that I still use the
artificial sweetener when I go out to eat and I still drink Diet Coke, she said
that plain processed sugar is better for me than those things because of all of
the additives. I was amazed. I always thought sugar was about the worse
thing you could eat. She said it doesn’t
have that many calories and no additives.
So, I have begun to use the stevia as normal, but adding less than a
teaspoon full of sugar. The bitterness
is completely gone. She also said that
there are some studies that show that the artificial sweetener actually
prevents some people from losing weight.
I wonder if that is why I can diet and diet and lose very little weight. We will see how this goes. Even though the stevia plant is a perennial,
I’m going to propagate it and start giving it to friends. This is a fabulous plant.
One of our granddaughters stopped by the other
day on her way from Arkansas to Tampa
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I read an article the other day that I cannot find now. So, I’ll summarize it.
How to get rid of mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes (and ticks) are attracted to CO2.
We exhale CO2. Hence, Mosquitoes and ticks are attracted to us.
Yeast also creates CO2.
Take 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water and boil until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Once the sugar is dissolved, take 2 cups of cool water to cool the sugar water down but still very warm.
Add a teaspoon of yeast to the mixture.
Take a plastic liter bottle and cut the top off where the plastic goes from straight up and down to beginning to curve inward for the spout.
Now you have the liter bottle in 2 pieces.
Put your sugar and yeast mixture into the bottom of the bottle.
Invert the top and tape or glue or somehow attach it to the other part of the bottle, creating a funnel. Make sure there are no openings around the edges.
Put the bottle in a shady area. The article mentioned that mosquitoes and ticks like dark and shade and suggested that you may even want to paint the bottle black, or cover with black construction paper.
The mosquitoes and ticks are attracted by the CO2 and go into the funnel but cannot get out.
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Use a dustpan as a
spout extender to fill up something that doesn't fit under the sink!
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C’est tout, mes amis
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.
