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Monday, July 18, 2011

Bigggggg News!

 

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Yup, that’s our pin on page 8 of the new September 2011 Creative Knitting Magazine!

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They contacted us a few months ago to send them our Celtic Double Swirls and Curls Aluminum Shawl Pin / Hair Pin to be included in their article on closures. I said, hell yeah!- well, in a more business like way. So far it has just been sent out to subscribers and I don’t think it is in the newstands and stores yet. But we are getting LOTS of orders.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Fourth of July fun

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It’s become a tradition to drag the kids down to the 4th of July parade in Corvallis every year.Unfortunately I got the time wrong. I thought it started at 10 which I swear is what the local paper’s website said but it actually started at 10:30. So when we arrived there were very few people and I was appalled at the lack of enthusiasm in this town. We had an extra half hour to bore the kids.

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Here is some of the entertainment the kids came up with.

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Finally the parade arrived.

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Henry is pensive.parade4

The main draw for Max is gathering the gutter candy that they throw to the kids.

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They had inflatable bouncy entertainment for the kids. Max’s approach to the wrecking ball game is to hunker down.

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Where’s Nick? Hiding in the shade.Can you find him?

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Later in the evening we joined our friends Jeremy and Jillian and their kids Ethan and Olivia for some good ol’ lame Oregon fireworks.

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This is the moving flaming tank before it shot under our car and got stuck shooting flames towards the gas tank. It was a terrifying moment as we wondered if the car would blow up with us stupidly standing next to it. It burned out and all was fine.

Good times!