The Wicker Woman

I just printed off my copy of the March 24-28, 2010 Northwest Basket Weavers Guild’s Annual Spring Retreat at Pilgrim Firs Conference Center in Port Orchard, Washington and listed the conference on the Events Calendar.

You’ll have to get over to the Calendar too, and grab a copy for yourself PDQ. First Registrations must be postmarked by January 11, 2010.

Great line-up of teachers including featured teacher Cass Schorsch and; Kay Harradine, Jackie Abrams, Rae Hunter, Sally Anaya, Sheila Wray, M. Mathewson, Renee Mezzone, Judy Zugish, Marcy Johnson, Barbara Walker, Katherine Lewis, Mary Auld, Lei McCornack, Polly Adams Sutton, Sheila Tasker, Marilyn Moore, Deb Curtis, Jo Campbell-Amsler, George Hart, and Nanette Davis

I have been online with this website, WickerWoman.com, since 1999 and have NEVER been in the business of selling cane and basket supplies to the general public. And the only time I do sell supplies, is to the students in my classes.

That fact is stated repeatedly across my website and always has been, but yet I continue to get calls from prospective customers about purchasing the supplies they need, from me.

AS ALWAYS, I refer them to the CANE & BASKET SUPPLIES page of my website where there are over 30 advertisers listed who are in the express business of SELLING CANE & BASKET SUPPLIES TO THE PUBLIC!

I am not about to try and reinvent the wheel here, so to speak and at this late date, begin a cane and basket supply business when there are already many, many fine companies that are already set up to do exactly that.

So, when and if you are looking for cane supplies to reweave that chair caning project you have, or you want to weave a new basket for a gift or for yourself, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE contact the fine businesses on the Cane & Basket Supplies page at WickerWoman.com, where you can purchase all your raw materials, tools and instruction books, too!

The link is also listed on the navigation bars on the left side of almost every page of this website, and otherwise, it’s at the top of the page.

New Website Launched! North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota just completed an update and overhaul of their website. It’s now very colorful and extremely “user friendly,” try it yourself and see if you don’t agree.

A fresh new look with lots of improved navigation features, new calendar listings of courses by month, options for online registration and online giving.

“Open Season”-Antler Basket Class with instructor, Cathryn Peters taking place this weekend November 7 & 8, 2009.

Remember to reset your bookmarks. What do you think? Let them know! http://www.northhouse.org Become a Facebook Fan at  North House Fan Page

Did you know that November is National Blog Posting Month? No? Neither did I until I saw it on other blogs this morning, and I’ve been blogging now since 2004.

So, I signed up and accepted the challenge to make one post a day during the month of November!  If you add your blog name to the blog roll on the NaBloPoMo site, then you have a chance of winning prizes, too!

But since I have two blogs, this one here on WickerWoman.com and another chair caning, basketmaking, wicker blog on Blogger.com called, Weavin’ Wicker Woman, I decided to make that one the “every day blog posting” blog. Committing to posting on a blog every day for 30-days is one thing, but doing it on two blogs is entirely something else!

Whew! I don’t think I could keep up making blog posts every day on TWO blogs without just blabbering away about everyday random thoughts that pop into my head each day. How interesting would that be to my loyal blog followers?

Can you too, accept the November is National Blog Posting Month challenge and be committed to detail blogging every day for 30-days, or die trying?

Tamarack Galleries in Stillwater, Minnesota is representing antler basket artistry by Cathryn Peters. Please stop in for a visit with Cathryn on Friday night at the gallery.