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ChiChiBean's Shop Announcement

FEATURED IN "NATURAL HOME MAGAZINE" page 20. Planet Friendly Picnic!
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I will offer FREE SHIPPING for the Weekend of 11-27- thru 11-30. (BLACK FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY).

KEEPERS....,
I grew up with a single parent who had been frightened by the Great Depression in the 1930's. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. "Waste not, want not", her famous cleche. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a Name for it...
It was the time for fixing things; a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Don't buy new, sew up the old. Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that repairing, reusing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. A store bought dress instead of handmade. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.
But then my mother died, and on that clear September night I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.
Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away...never to return. So... While we have it... it's best we love it... And care for it.... And fix it when it's broken... And heal it when it's sick.
This is true... For marriage.... And old cars.... And children with bad report cards..... And dogs and cats with bad hips.... And aging parents.... And grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away or an old Blanket we loved as a kid.
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Welcome to my Recycled COZY WOOL Shop. It is up to us to take responsibility for ourselves and our environment. All of my Blankets/Throws are handcrafted from Raw materials - 100 % post consumer recycled wool Sweaters and Blankets. Wool has been prewashed and dryed in hot settings. Handcrafted and machine sewn and edged(serged). All wool throws/quilts are washable. They are unlined, some are edged in Wool Yarn or Organic Cotton yarn or Lambswool.
Sizes and colors vary with materials available. All are One of a kind and cannot be duplicated. (Purses/Totes are hand wash cold water, air dry).

*Check out my other shop at www.VintageChichibean.etsy.com
ALSO FREE SHPPING FOR THE WEEKEND OF 11-27-THRU 11-30.