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Entries from November 30th, 2009

30 Days of Continuous Blog Posts Made!

November 30th, 2009 · No Comments · blog

The National Blog Posting Month website posed a contest for all bloggers to make a blog post every day for the 30 days of November. So, I jumped on the bandwagon at the first of this month and joined the contest, committing to making at least one post a day for 30 days during the [...]

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Weave Your Own Antler Basket — Use my patterns!

November 29th, 2009 · No Comments · blog

  Now that deer hunting season is over, you might be able to snag some not-so-perfect antlers from hubby or his friends and make some terrific home-made woven antler baskets out of them! Give the gift that will live on forever and can be used in a variety of home, cabin or business decor situations. [...]

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SATURDAY'S CANE & BASKET SUPPLIER

November 28th, 2009 · No Comments · blog

This SATURDAY’S CANE & BASKET SUPPLIER, found on the Cane & Basket Supplies Directory ™ page of WickerWoman.com is WSI Distributors. WSI Distributors markets to wholesale customers in the trades of chair caners, furniture restorers and antique dealers among others, and provides hard-to-find items such as reproduction hardware, caning supplies, tools, instruction books and more! [...]

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I'm Doing the Nielsen TV Rating Survey!

November 27th, 2009 · No Comments · blog

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a representative of the Nielsen TV Rating Company and asked if I’d like to participate in doing their TV watching surveys. I’ve always wanted to do this, since I first heard about them in the early 1950s. So here was my chance and I jumped at it [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

November 26th, 2009 · No Comments · blog

Hopefully you will be with your family, friends and other loved ones today, thankful and grateful to be living here in these United States. We are lucky to have nutritious food, reasonable cost housing, good education and the freedom to do almost everything we desire.We have abundance all around and I’m thankful that I’m open [...]

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WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM — Wicker Repair Techniques

November 25th, 2009 · No Comments · blog

This wicker chair is listed in the book, Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company Classic Wicker Furniture, The Complete 1898-1899 Illustrated Catalog.  It’s on page 33 or [65 & 66] of the original catalog, as a Lady’s Arm Chair, #6041 A. Here are some of the many repairs made to this lovely wicker chair I did [...]

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Cut the Cost of Holiday Decorating

November 24th, 2009 · No Comments · blog

Fellow basketmaker and teacher, Susi Nuss and her Elves Workshop was mentioned in The Times Leader newspaper! Decorate for the holidays by crafting home-made basketry ornaments from black ash, sweetgrass, ribbon and other materials. Cut the cost of holiday decorating | The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA

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MONDAY MENTION — Shawn Driscoll

November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · blog

This week’s MONDAY MENTION is a bit of a departure from my normal chair caning, wicker or basketry topic, but I’m sure will be very beneficial to all of my readers. I was on Twitter this morning checking the new feature of Listing, when I came across a #FridayFollow by a person I was already [...]

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Antler Basket Cornucopia

November 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · blog

In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday next week, here’s my antler basket sculpture, “Hunter’s Cornucopia” that I made a few years ago. It was made with a shed fallow deer antler, natural and dyed rattan reed, Oriental seagrass, and Asian cock feathers from a feather duster! Cool, huh?

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SATURDAY'S CANE & BASKET SUPPLIER

November 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · blog

Today’s cane and basket supply company from the Cane & Basket Supplies page of WickerWoman.com, is Peerless Rattan Company located in Plainwell, Michigan. Peerless Rattan Company is the oldest cane and rattan company in the United States, started in 1903. Owners Ed and Cindy Hammond bought the business a few years ago from most recent [...]

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