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Blog postVintage Is In By: Wanda L. Willis Vintage is in. This is the year for the return of bell bottom
s and needlepoint. Runway fashion shows and celebrities are rocking it with bell bottom pants and needlepoint decorated clothing.
Needlepoint is a form of embroidery worked on open-mesh canvases. It can be purchased as completed items such as pillows, or as a do-it-yourself projects with a hand-painted canvas or a computer-generated kit or with the main feature completed and the ba -
Blog postSaturday, August 8 2015, at 12:00pm – 4:00pm
3801 Madison Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
https://www.facebook.com/events/634345680008928/
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Blog postFolklore Features By Wanda Lou Willis The season is nearly upon us when leaf covered yards are filled with headstones and skeletons. It is a time when witches and zombies and all things that go bump in the night suddenly appear from the darkness and walk through our neighborhoods. A glimpse of a headless horseman might be seen galloping through the night. Or, in your local graveyard sheet-draped ghosts can be seen weaving their way through and around the moon shadowed gravestones and monumen
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Blog postWedding Traditions And Folklore By Wanda Lou Willis Several wedding customs observed today are merely echoes of the past. Though the specific meanings and origins may be lost, old world customs are a part of our marriage customs because they are traditional and ritualistic. The engagement ring represents a binding contract. Some engagement rings had […]
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Blog postStrange Indiana by Wanda Willis Are there or have there been strange creatures living in Indiana? Monsters, “sea” serpents, Loup Garou (werewolves) or, how about BIGFOOT? Evidently there have been and still are!
Let’s begin with sightings of BIGFOOT. Sightings of the creature have been reported in numerous counties throughout the state. Some of these are Blackford, Brown, Davies, Dearborn, Fountain, Harrison, Knox, Owen, Marion, Martin, Parke, Ohio, Sullivan, and Vermillion. The desc -
Blog postSPRING BEAUTIES by Wanda Willis At last spring is here and the birds sing merrily. The sun warms the land and our hearts and souls. Mother Nature’s fresh new palette of colors can be seen throughout the awakening land as we watch a kaleidoscope of spring flowers come to life.
Many yards are filled with purple, gold, orange, and white of what is generally considered the first flower of the spring season, the crocus.
The name of this small springtime wonder is derived from the -
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Blog postDouble Wedding Ring Quilt By Wanda Lou Willis On June 6 my great nephew, Johnathon Willis married Tisha in Nashville, IN.
What could be more romantic as a wedding gift than a double wedding ring quilt? The name inspires thoughts of love, romance and marriage. Thus, I presented them with a vintage hand pieced and quilted double wedding ring quilt.
There is a folklore belief that if the newly weds receive a double wedding ring and sleep under it they will be protected from bad -
Blog postThe Language of Flowers Wanda’s article for the April/May 2008 issue of Country Roads Magazine: The word “Victorian” brings to mind visions of flowers. This was the period when flowers adorned everything from wallpaper and Valentine cards to clothing and young girls’ samplers. During this period an elaborate style of communication was created using flowers as […]
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Blog postAn Irish Blessing May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
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Blog postIrish Wishes And now I’ll leave you with two Irish wishes and an Irish blessing – golden nuggets from the hearts of the Leprechauns.
I wish for you Leprechauns,
castles, good luck and laughter
Lullabies, dreams, and love ever after
Poems and songs with pipes and drums
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes!
May you have walls for the wind
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire-
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love -
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