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Products: antiques, spoon bracelets and earrings, magnetic wine glass charms, magnetic memo boards, Christmas cards, chenille scarves, picture frames Hi-I'm Laura Generaux and I live in the beautiful hills of the Fern Prairie area with my husband of 12 years, Dave. We garden, have chickens and two koi ponds.  This will be my first year of raising pond plants and koi that I will sell this next spring as we are currently building a greenhouse. This will also be my first year at Crafts Unlimited! I started crafting at a very young age as my mother, grandmothers and aunts were all crafters.  I learned to knit, crochete and embroider. One of my fondest memories is of going to my great aunt Betty's house at Christmas time to make home made Christmas cards.  She always had lots of cool things to use including the basics of glitter, stencils and markers! I have turned that love of making Christmas cards into re-using vintage cards and post cards to make new.  Each card is ma...

My name is Penny Langland. I have been with Crafts Unlimited for over four years. I have been a Decorative Artist for over 20 years. I paint on various types of media, such as wood, masonite and tin. I generally paint wood pieces that are small trunks, jewelry boxes, trays, trays and pieces that may be hung on the wall or displayed on table stands. Most recently, my scenes include traditional New England small towns, still life, small boxes for a wine bottle, pitchers, fruit, Christmas decorations, and bird houses. My preferred paints are acrylic and Genesis oil. I am a member of the Decorative Artists Society and regularly attend state, regional and some national painting conventions.

This will be the second year that I am with Crafts Unlimited.  I make knitted hats for children and knitted animals, including  penguins, dinosaurs, baby worm with bell and kiwi birds. When my children had their children, I started to knit things for them.  I had learned to knit from my grandmother but had not really done much with it.  When I started knitting, I found that I enjoyed creating knitted items.  My friends encouraged me to continue the craft and extend my skills.  Knitting has become a pleasure for me.  I enjoy tackling challenges as I meet them.

Yes...it's true! November is almost here again! Our artists have been busy all year getting ready for this very unique, wonderful show, which will be held on November 2 and 3, 2012. (See directions in sidebar at left). This year we are excited to be accepting Visa and Master-card for your convenience! We've got our postcards ready to go, and those will be going out in the mail in 6 weeks or so. If you'd like to receive a reminder, please e-mail lauriekayjohnson@msn.com and we'll make sure you get a postcard reminder in the mail! Hope to see you there!