the handmade community Holiday gift guide: week 6

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yay it's holiday time!
and no better time for *sharing!*

welcome to the 6th of 6 handmade community co-operative gift guides: where YOU show the world your gorgeous creations + handmade works of others that you LOVE!

each tuesday leading up to the HOLIDAYS, i'll be inviting folks to be part of the fun!

today there are 3 different categories you can add your goodies in!

let's see what we can make!

show us your best!
+ the works of others you admire.

:: check out the first 15 gift guides here ::

gift guide { one } :: holiday decor

gift guide { two } :: for baby

gift guide { three } :: jewelry lovers

gift guide { four } :: a beautiful home

gift guide { five } :: well-dressed : men

gift guide { six } ::  well-dressed : women

gift guide { seven } :: calendars

gift guide { eight } :: gifts under $20

gift guide { nine } :: custom gifts

gift guide { ten } :: fun

gift guide { eleven } ::  eco forward

gift guide { twelve } ::  warm

gift guide { thirteen } :: nature lovers
gift guide { fourteen } :: animal lovers

gift guide { fifteen } :: paper lovers

HOW TO PLAY

1. please add one item of your own, and one of another's, in as many of the categories as you'd like!

2. invite your friends! 

3. please share the 2011 handmade community Holiday gift guide button on your sites.

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4. COME BACK every tuesday for more communal Holiday fun!

yay to handmaking and co-operative community building!
{& hope it's great publicity for you too, nicies! } 

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 holiday gift guide 16

{ good for the soul gifts }

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 holiday gift guide 17

{gifts for dear friends }

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 holiday gift guide 18

{  affordable art }

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celebrating women

 

today is the 100th anniversary of international women's day.

a day, in my opinion,  to reflect on, celebrate, remember, dream of the wonderful inroads we've made as women around the world, and the paths we hope to yet build for all women around the world.

as the IWD site perhaps says it best: good things can come from celebrating 

& working & thinking together:  awareness, change, equality

who are some amazing women you celebrate, 

especially today?

peace lovelies.

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collections: with momerath

i just love seeing what folks are collecting. i guess i kind of feel it tells us just a little bit about what inspires them, what they love, and what they choose to surround themselves with in their home. today, i'm delighted to present the next in the rikrak studio's collections series: 11 & a 1/2 quick questions with a wonderful artist on what they're collecting, (apart from their art supplies! ) you can also check out my new *the collectors* series, based on these posts, on Etsy's blog, the storque! hope you'll just love: women's passports from the 1950's and earlier with MomeRath.

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oh wanderlust!
what a thrill it is to travel to see the world. it's one of my favourite things: the endless possibility & education that unfolds as we explore new places.

how fortunate i feel that where I live, the freedom to travel, on our own, with friends, with family, has luckily become second nature to many women of my generation. we know it wasn't always this way for female travellers, and today's fantastic collection offers us a glimpse of eras when women travelling on their own, or without a male companion, was a rare and curious thing indeed.

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Who (are you): I'm MomeRath on Etsy.

What (are you collecting): I collect women's passports from the 1950s and earlier.

When (did you start): 2004.

How (many do you have): Seven.

Where (do you find them) : Ebay, mostly. And friends buy them for me.

Where (do you keep them): On the plate rail of what in a more civilized house would be

the dining room, but in our house it's the playroom.

What (‘s a crazy/interesting story behind one): One of the first things you notice in these passports is how they were often created to be issued to a traveler and "wife" -- Husband and wife could travel on one passport, and the assumption was that a traveler would be male, with perhaps a wife coming along. Women traveling solo screwed up the system -- the issuer would have to go through crossing out all the blanks for "wife." Children, too, could travel on a passport with their parent.

What (piece would you like to add): I wish I had my grandmother's passport. She moved to France in the 1950s. It was a difficult time for her, isolated with her young son, my father, in an unfamiliar place, unable to speak the language.

Why (do you love them): My own passport has always been a prized possession; it

represents freedom, possibility, adventure. I like imagining why these women were

traveling at a time when women weren't "supposed" to go roaming about, and certainly not unescorted. Their passports give tantalizing hints.

Which (one is your favourite) & why: I honestly cannot choose a favorite.

What (else do you collect): I take photos of informational and warning signs that show

that little guy, Stick Figure Man, and all his adventures. He's a secret agent, I'm sure of it. I'm compiling a dossier.

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thanks so very much, momerath! what a wonderful part of our liberating history you're collecting.

on your cyber travels, be sure to visit this collectors' shop, too, where adventures await at every turn! it's an eco-friendly a trip into the wonderful world of the stickman and his endlessly crazy capers.


Here's to adventuring, nicies!

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handmade sister cities #1: buenos aires & ottawa

row one
unique vest tururu in cyan by crystalindymentaria: buenos aires
aqua butterfly art by LeSweetpea: ottawa
des muguets print by LeaSeguin: ottawa

row two
reversible fabric pendant with sterling silver by mujoyas: buenos aires
customize your world by yaelfran: buenos aires
the cosmo shirt by InnerEvolution: buenos aires


row three
chandelier cards by anesthesiae: ottawa
cotton visor beanie by loopy4ewe: ottawa
morpho clay pendant by wispofwhimsy: ottawa


row four
macrame owl necklace by macraMe: buenos aires
Here Kitty kitty greeting card by CrazyBliss: ottawa
pillow earrings by jimena: buenos aires

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oh how i've always loved the idea of sister cities.
two great places, joined over sea & sky by the idea common cultural & commercial ties. this new rikrak studio series explores 2 sister cities @ a time,
and some of handmaking lovelies that they share!

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this week: sister cities #1
buenos aires, argentina
& ottawa, canada

my own wonderful hometown of ottawa, canada has various sister cities, including beautiful buenos aires, argentina! what a wonderful pair!

so yay to sisters, sister cities, and the wonderful handmaking sisterhood who create
@ the heart of each city.

enjoy! & have a wonderful, sisterly weekend!
{ ps: don't forget my little stay-cation GIVEAWAY, on now.. you can enter here to win a set of 6 of my eco. coasters! come win!}

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