[lace] Start spreading the news....

2006-12-01 Thread Jennifer Audsley
I'm leaving in February (to the tune of NY, NY). Hi Arachneans, Work is sending me to LA in late Feb next year, for a conference. So while I'm in the US, I'll be popping over to NY for 4 days, staying with friends - YIPPEE!!! No spare time in LA, but NY is all mine. Any must see suggestions re

Re: [lace] ...one more thing

2006-12-01 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Dear Jean, dear David, Thank you both for the Adventcalendar. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Start spreading the news....

2006-12-01 Thread Aurelia Loveman
Dear Jennifer -- Well, for starters, there is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Ratti Collection, with our very own Devon Thein right in the midst of it. There is also the Cooper-Hewitt museum, devoted to textiles. Four days -- that's wonderful, but these two places alone could easily occupy

[lace] Re: lace from Brazile a, Sol-lace

2006-12-01 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Elizabeth and Spiders, Under: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003-date You can see my little doilly in Sol-lace and a collar from Ilha de Maré Salvador, Brazilia. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

Re: [lace] ...one more thing

2006-12-01 Thread Lindy Taylour
Thank you Jean (and David) for all the work that goes into the Advent Calendar. It is a daily treat! Lindy in Ireland Oh, almost forgot, there's one more thing on The Lace Guild website for December. Try clicking on the sprig of holly. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2006-12-01 Thread Sue
New to me this year, it is truly delightful and I am looking forward to my daily look. May I also add my thanks. Sue T, Dorset UK Thank you Jean (and David) for all the work that goes into the Advent Calendar. It is a daily treat! Oh, almost forgot, there's one more thing on The Lace Guild

[lace] .... and one more thing

2006-12-01 Thread Jean Nathan
Many thanks to Jean and David again this year. Are there patterns under some dates this year as previously? You somehow manage to come up with a different theme for the competition each year and I hope I can resist spending as much time as last year trying to solve one clue, even though it was

Re: [lace] Start spreading the news....

2006-12-01 Thread Jennifer Audsley
Thanks for the suggestions Aurelia, they are both now on my list. I'd love to have more time in NY, but I don't think that the kids and DH would survive for much longer on their own! Jen in Melbourne On 02/12/06, Aurelia Loveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Jennifer -- Well, for starters,

[lace-chat] Downtown

2006-12-01 Thread Jean Nathan
Sue wrote: So if you were going up to London (which we did from Bromley, Kent) , you would be going downtown! That's one reason why I didn't know what it meant. Having lived east, west and south of London I always went up to town when going into central London. Tamara wrote: And yes, Jane,

[lace-chat] bobbins

2006-12-01 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Hello all, My bobbins arrived safely today, they are beautiful. Each on has a saying on it. One has blue bead and the initials is GOWC=I am a proud member of the Grumpy Old Ladies Club! with a blue flower painted on it. The second has red beads with red flowers painted on it, it

[lace-chat] humor

2006-12-01 Thread Carol Melton
As a young minister, I was asked by a funeral director to hold a graveside service for a homeless man, with no family or friends. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery way back in the country, and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there. As I was not familiar with the