Some of the ninjas have started donning a mustache
If your interested and in the area, these guys are for sale at Made in Jackson Hole.
If you are in Utah the ninjas are getting ready for a couple of upcoming craft shows this summer the first one is the Urban Arts festival on June 9th. It should be fun, we hope to see you there!
I hope he didn’t ask where the basement was. Everybody knows there is no basement at the Alamo.
Almost 14 years ago we went to Paris on our honeymoon, it was a dream come true to be in Paris with the love of my life. An added bonus was to get to go to the Louvre. When we were in the Louvre we were walking down one of the halls looking at the amazing art collection and I heard someone calling my name, my maiden name. I turned around and there was a girl that I knew from my church and school. It’s just not something that you expect when you are in a different country to see someone that you know. It made me think of that old saying that it’s a small world. Now onto Pierre the ninjas trip in Paris…
Pierre outside the Louvre
Pierre at night in Paris
Pierre with his cute traveling companion on the steps
Eiffel Tower
Pierre sitting on some kind of rock wall in Paris. Here is another example of what a ninja can do that a regular person can’t, they are almost undetectable. Ninjas do this sort of thing all the time, you just don’t see it because of their ability to remain unseen.
Scary picture of Pierre sitting on some bones in the catacombs
Earlier I said that it was unexpected to see someone I knew while we were in Paris but I think that it is even crazier for a ninja to run into other ninjas they know. If you remember from long ago I posted pictures from the ninja Flora and her sister Sparkle-Heart-Pinkie-Pie when they went to France. They happened to see Pierre while he was waiting in line at the catacombs.
After these pictures were taken Pierre parted ways with his traveling companions and left to travel France on his own, we hope he is having a good time.
Remember awhile back before I was pregnant I started a series of posts about traveling ninja’s? Being pregnant and having that baby really sucked up my energy and this blog got swept under the rug for long time. Now hopefully I’m back, back to blogging again and getting my shop back up and working.
Anyway this ninja his name is Pierre he is one lucky ninja, he got to go to Hawaii and France.
Pretty Hawaiian flowers
Going golfing
Riding in the golf cart, notice the palm trees in the background
Catching some sun on the beach
Enjoying the view of the ocean
frolicking by the waterfall
Sitting on some kind of sculpture, ninja’s are lucky they can do this sort of thing. If a regular person did something like this, a guard that you didn’t even know was there would come rushing up and yell at you to get off the sculpture, not that I have had any kind of experience like that.
Okay okay if you have to know, when I was in college, I was at a art museum in California, they had a display of really tiny carved oriental sculptures, they were no more than 2 inches tall. I leaned in to close to try to get a closer look at some of them and set of an alarm and had a museum guard get mad at me.
Tomorrow the ninja in France….
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
