Bijou Market

Nov 25 2011

Hello?  Anybody there?  If you are reading this thank you for stopping by, the last several months have been crazy!  So I have neglected this blog.  I was growing baby #5, now I have had him and he is so much fun to have around.  I am trying to get things back to some kind of normal, hopefully that will mean that I will be able to post on here again.  I have some more ninja travels to post about and hopefully some posts of things that I have been making, so check back soon.

Today I want to tell you that I am going to be a part of the Taylorsville Bijou market, this is the first time they have brought the show north of Utah county.  So if you are in the area, you should really stop by between 9:00-5:00, and get some of your Christmas shopping done.  It’s a great way to find fabulous, one of a kind gifts to give to the people you love.

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Craft Lake City

Aug 13 2011

Today is the day,  I am going to be at Craft Lake City with my ninja’s and other goods.  If you are in the area you really should come, it is the biggest and coolest craft fair that I know of in Utah.   The crafts that will be for sale today aren’t you grandma’s crafts or even you mother’s  crafts, they are new and unique and rad.  It is free to go to, there will be cool bands playing and food vendors too.  It is at the Gallavan Center and it opens at 2:00 and we will be there until 10:00.

If you come you better come and say hi to me and the ninja’s!

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Market tonight

Aug 05 2011

Tonight I’m going to be at the market that is in the courtyard next to the rooftop concert in Provo.  If you are in the area you should stop by and buy stuff there will be yummy food and some cool handmade crafts.

Next Sat. I am going to be at Craft lake city with my ninjas and other goodies. It’s the biggest and coolest craft fair that I know of in Utah, you really don’t want to miss it there is going to be a ton of rad stuff to buy from Utah’s best crafters and artists.

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More adventures of the ninja in Africa

Jul 20 2011

This leg of the ninja’s trip in Africa looks like it was quite exciting, he even got to use some of his cool ninja skills.

He got to visit the Kakum national park

He forgot to read this sign before he took care of business, can you spot him?  At least he is hidden fairly well.

He does have a good since of humor so he got his picture taken with the sign

He thought this fire pit where the people cook their food was interesting,  makes me glad to have an oven and stove.

Then when he was visiting the Elmina Castle he wanted a picture sitting on one of the walls and just when the picture was about to be snapped a big gust of wind came and blew him off the wall.  Good thing he was a ninja and used his ninja skills to land safely.

Then after his fall he was able to climb the wall and join the tour group again

Some of you said that you were interested in making some dolls to donate to the orphans in Ghana but I wasn’t able to tell you a date of when the needed to be done by.  I talked to my sister today and they are still waiting to hear when they will be going back to Ghana to hopefully be able to pick up their little girl,  hopefully that will be sooner than later.   Liz, my nephews teacher is going to be going back to Ghana in Dec. so if you aren’t able to get the dolls done to send with my sister, they will still get there, and they will make some kids there very happy.  You can email me at amy@radseams.com and I can get you the information on where to send the dolls.

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Ninja in Africa

Jul 13 2011

If you remember a few posts ago I posted about a fund raiser to raise money for orphans in Ghana.  My sister and husband were able to take their first trip to Ghana and meet the little girl that they are adopting and they were also able to buy supplies for the orphanage.  They took a ninja with them and the kids loved him, they realized that none of the kids have dolls, they did take a few dolls over with them, and they tried to buy some but the cheapest doll that they could find there was $30 and that was for a tiny doll that was no bigger than 5 inches tall.  For their next trip they would like to take some simple but well made cloth dolls.  So I’m wondering if there is anybody out there that is willing to make a doll to donate for my sister to take their next trip to Ghana.  There is an easy free doll pattern here on dolly donations, or you could use any pattern you want.  If you are interested in making a doll just send me an email to amy@radseams.com and I will get you the info on where to send the doll.

When my sister left Ghana to come home she left the ninja with my nephew’s school teacher Liz who is living in Ghana for the summer, she is working with one of the schools there.  She takes the ninja to school with her,  this ninja is not only getting to see what Ghana is like but he is getting to meet the kids and go to school with them too.

He gets to learn about their culture and learn some rhythm.

Aren’t those kids so cute!  I’m going to be sending over some more ninjas when my sister goes back.

My sister and nephew’s teacher Liz are trying to get an organization going to be able to keep helping kids in need around the world.  They have started a website that is a work in progress,  Liz has been blogging about some of her experiences while she is in Ghana.  Check it out, the website is called nurturing nations.

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Slacker

Jul 06 2011

Hello Hello is anybody there anymore?   I have been a really big slacker with this blog lately.  I have been growing baby #5, is that a good enough of an excuse?  I know that isn’t a good excuse.  I guess my main problem is that I was only going to blog about radseams stuff on this blog and there is just so much that I can blog about ninjas.  So since this is my blog I’m going to blog about anything that I want.   I do have some great traveling ninja pictures that people have sent in and I will get to posting some more of those soon,  so this blog isn’t going to be totally void of ninjas.  If more people send in ninja pictures I just might have some kind of prize for the best ninja location or something like that.  So if you have a ninja, take pictures and send them to me.  I like to see where the ninjas have gone.

Since I think every blog needs a picture, here are a couple of things that I have made lately.

This is a apron and hot pads that I made for my nephews wife to be. I thought I would try a pleat thing with a contrasting fabric.

This is a bunny that I made for my son’s friend.  My daughter (pictured above) made the pattern and made a bunny for her and when my son saw it he said that is what he wanted me to make for his friends birthday.

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Rooftop concert

Jul 01 2011

Tonight I am going to be in Provo with my booth at the rooftop concert.  There will be booths with locally made cool wares down in the court yard.  If you are in the area you really should come.

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Giveaway winner announcement

May 29 2011

The winner of the corduroy ninja bag giveaway is #12  Elizabeth she said…

i live in Minnesota.
my little guy would love this ninja bag. :)

Thanks you all for your nice comments,  I love having new visitors to my blog!

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Giveaway Day!

May 23 2011

*Giveaway closed*

It’s giveaway day again,  who doesn’t like to have the chance to win something cool and handmade, I love giveaway day.   I know that you have lots of other giveaways that you want to visit so I will be quick, but I hope you will come back to visit again another time.

I am giving away a brown corduroy bag with a plaid ninja appliqued on it,  the ninja is there to protect the contents that you put inside.  The inside of the bag is the same plaid as the ninja.  The bag is a good size for a library bag or a kids school bag.

The Rules

1. Just leave a comment on this post telling me where you are from, if you want to say other stuff too that’s cool I love comments.

2. I will ship internationally.

3. I have to approve all comments before they will show up so don’t worry if your comment doesn’t show up right away.

4. I will keep the giveaway open until Sat. the 28th,  I will pick the winner using random.org and announce the winner in the evening sometime on Sat.

Be sure to check out all the other cool giveaways on sew mama sew, that’s where the master list is.

 

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Feeding the Orphans of Ghana

May 11 2011

This is a picture of my amazing sister and her family.  Right now they are working on adopting a 3 year old little girl from Ghana.

This is a picture of their daughter,  Alaina 10 years old, When she saw a picture of her new sister with some of the other kids in the orphanage, she said we need to do something to help the other kids that we can’t bring home.  Her idea is to have a garage sale to raise money to be able to buy food, clothing and medicine.  I think this is a worthy cause, so I have been trying to help get the word out.  They are accepting donations of used items in good condition, baked goods and handmade craft items.   The garage sale is going to be on May 28th in Payson, Utah at the Aspen Academy, 996 W. 800 S.   If you have stuff you would like to donate and you live closer to Payson contact Laura or Alaina  at 801-465-4919.   If you live closer to Bountiful we will have a drop off day on May 23, contact me amy@radseams.com.  If you live out of state you can donate too, they are accepting handmade craft items for a cool craft section of the garage sale.  For information on where you can mail it to contact me amy@radseams.com

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