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Table Favors & Luggage Tags (made the GFWC way)

Everyone can use a pack of tissues in their bag or suitcase. These Red and Blue GFWC logo embroidered pocket tissue holders come complete with a travel size pack of tissues in Leadership Red or Federation Blue, or any other color you might like!

Your choice of fabric, but we like Leadership Red and Federation Blue the best! ($3.00 each, or contact us for quantity orders)

Keep an eye on your luggage with these clear plastic luggage tags. GFWC machine embroidered logo on one side, room for a business card on the reverse.

Available in any color you like, we are partial to Leadership Red and Federation Blue. GFWC embroider on one side, room for a business card on the other. ($3.00 each, or contact us for quantity orders)
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Wendy Jane Creations Celebrating 40 years of creativity!

Wendy Jane Creations began 40 years ago with Baby Bibs made of Counted Cross Stitch fabric, and sold in needlework stores to be stitched on by the customers.

From there we created needlework kits, decorative house and yard flags, English Smocked children’s clothing, bookmarks for Counted Cross Stitch to machine embroidered aprons, dish towels and back full circle to machine embroidered baby bibs, and baby items. There have been many products along the way, and we are grateful for your support and patronage over the years.

We are proud to be able to give back to the community through donations of goods (Surry Arts Council, Arts Ball, Festival of Trees, Civic Club events etc.) and each purchase of a Mount Airy Bear’s Flag supports Vincent’s Legacy, Kindness Rocks.

Thank you for your years of supporting our creativity and patronage.

14 Count Aida Cloth Baby Bibs from the 1980’s
18 count Aida Counted Cross Stitch Bibs from the 1980’s
Machine Embroidered Baby Bibs
Taggie Blankets
Smocked Clothing
House and Yard Flags. The purchase of a Bear Paw Flag supports Vincent’s Legacy, Kindness Rock
GFWC Collect “dish towel” pillows
OMG and other sayings on dish towels and aprons

 

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Because, every picture tells a story

Every year these ornaments are hung on our family Christmas Tree, and every year decorating and un-decorating, takes me down memory lane.

The ornaments began with the birth of our first child, and a way to showcase a new  Counted Cross Stitch product that we were selling in our retail store in the early 1980’s. It was a Lucite Ornament, that you could add cross titch to one side and a photograph to the other.

The photo of “Baby Melanie” with her father, and a piece of Counted Cross Stitch with “Thank Heaven for Little Girls 1980” on the back (pictured) started a tradition that I am so thankful for.

Each year adds special memories for each of our daughters and milestones for our family, including sweet 16 birthdays, graduating from High School and College, family vacations, candid shots and even the family pets.  Each ornament including cross stitch or embroidery with the year and important events on the other side. After 40 years of marriage, this year our tree was almost all pictures, and a few prized store bought ornaments. As the years have passed, sometimes finding the ball ornaments that started it all, or the Lucite disks, has been harder than others. With the added embroidery machines, we now have an assortment of ornaments, which are always made in triplicate, to share with our daughters. 

and friends….

Because after all, a photograph is just a pause button on life.

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Oh H*LL NO!!

Oh Hell No 1Every now and then you find an embroidery design that just speaks to you.

Enough said! (Thank you Urban Threads Embroidery Designs)

Oh Hell No 3Dish towel pillows in assorted colors. $15.00 each plus shipping. Send a message at: wcarriker@gmail.com to place an order. There is no limit to the color combinations. Dish towels available in with   Red, Black, Blue, Green, Lavender, Brown, Red/Green Plaid trim, OR Off white with Blue, Black or Multicolored Stripes. Oh Hell No 2Because some days you just have to say “Oh Hell No!”

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For the Dogs (again)

As many of you know, we also have a business making dog treats, Megan’s Mutt Munchies (www.megansmuttmunchies.com). As the holiday’s near, we are always looking for some new ideas and products that enhance both, our love of creating, and healthy wholesome dog treats!

This week, we recycled some candle jars and mason jars into treat jars!

Treat jar - Ruff

All of the jar bands are available in many colors and attach with velcro at the back. Seen here – Ruff Day….Jar, band and treats retail – $12.00

Treat Jar - Paws

Paws Off shown in khaki with black stitching. Jar, band and treats retail – $12.00

Treat jar - Good Dog

Good Dog – Jar, band and treats retail – $12.00

Treat JarsEnjoy – oh and share with your favorite four legged friends!

 

 

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Happy GFWC Federation Day!

GFWC – The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an international women’s organization  dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of other through volunteer service.

I have been honored to be a member of GFWC through my local clubs since 1985. Each April 24th we celebration the founding of our national organization which began in 1890.

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Our motto is “Living the Volunter Spirit” which I have embroidered and used inside the cover of these notebooks.

GFWC clubs and clubwomen are the fabric that binds not only the Federation, but the communities in which they live and work. By Living the Volunteer Spirit, GFWC clubwomen transform lives each day, not simply with monetary donations, but with hands-on tangible projects that provide immediate impact.

GFWC Headquarters Jan. 2016

Over the years I have been allowed to make items incorporating the GFWC logo. In honor of of Federation Day here are a few, starting with the GFWC Yard flag, displayed at the GFWC Headquarters in Washinton, DC after a snow storm.

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GFWC Girlfriends are just the best! I have made lifelong frends locally, across North Carolina and the nation!DSC00174DSC00175

Using GFWC T-shirts, these wall hangings and pillows were used as fundraising items at the GFWC International Convention in Memphis in 2015

This year at the 126th Annual Convention a basket of GFWC goodies will be donated once again for the silent auction.

To learn more about this amazing organization check out our web site: www.gfwc.org

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Sassy sayings for Sassy Women!

I love these designs by Urban Threads. They are perfect for some of my friends, and maybe yours as well.

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GFWC-NC Friends with their new pillows!

These dish towel pillows were gifts the the GFWC-NC District for 2014-2016 and 2016-2018 District Presdients and Junior Directors! The pillows on the left say “Out of my way world, I’ve got my Sassy Pants on today”, and the pillows on the right say “Be Fearless”

Don't tell me.....
Don’t tell me…..

I love this saying: Don’t Tell Me What To Do! How many times have I heard that (and said it!) Shown here on a khaki dish towel pillow ($18.00 other colors always available). This design also looks great on aprons.

Photo bombed by Jade.
Photo bombed by Jade.

Someone’s cat had to poto bomb this picture.

So she became one, awesome!!!
So she became one, awesome!!!
Shown in Khaki shades on black apron, or pretty in pink on white apron.
Shown in Khaki shades on black apron, or pretty in pink on white apron.

Another favorite, shown on aprons. Assorted colors available $15.00

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Adult Beverage Bags!

Carry your favorite adult beverages in style with these machine embroidered bags. All bags are available in assorted fabric colors and thread colors. Send us an email to place your holiday order!(wcarriker@gmail.com) Beverage Bags $9.99 each, specify color of fabric and thread or let us choose one for you.

Our most popular saying (on aprons and dish towels, now available on Beverage Bags.
Our most popular saying (on aprons and dish towels), now available on Beverage Bags.

Good Food, Good Wine, Good Friends, Good Times Beverage Bag.
Good Food, Good Wine, Good Friends, Good Times Beverage Bag.
For Friends, Beverage Bags. All bags available in black, navy, green, khaki and red.
For Friends, Beverage Bags. All bags available in black, navy, green, khaki and red.
Wine is sunlight quote by Galileo Beverage Bag.
Wine is sunlight quote by Galileo Beverage Bag.