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'Gently used' goods make good holiday gifts
As the holidays approach, "gently used'' is the route savvy shoppers are taking to go gently on the stress and the wallet.
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania has several stores here, including those in Whitehall, Banksville, South Side, Peters and Belle Vernon.
In addition to the usual donations of clothing and household items, this time of year all holiday decorations are big sellers.
"We try to make as many holiday items available based on donations received from the public," said David Tobiczyk, vice president of marketing..
"With the economic downturn we are seeing many new faces," he said. "People of all incomes shop here now, whether they are looking for antiques, unique finds or just good prices."
To make decorating a little lighter on the wallet, the members of the Schoolhouse Arts Center, 2600 South Park Road in Bethel Park, will hold its Gently Used Holiday Decoration sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
"This is a nice way to get our membership together, let the public have an opportunity to participate [by reserving a table for $5 and selling items], increase our awareness in the community and to help people out during these economic times," said Cathy Snyder of the group.
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The scented birds are created by sketching about 20 individual embroideries at a time for the centre of the bird on one piece of linen. I’ve done so many of these now that I tend to free-hand sketch the design onto the linen. I then embroider one colour at a time, it’s kind of like colouring in. Then I cut out the embroideries, cut the bird shapes from wool or eco felt, stitch the embroidery to the felt and around the edges of the birds. Before closing them up all the birds are filled with dried lavender buds.
I started sewing about two years ago with the intention of making clothes for myself and as a break from studying. I designed a soft toy for one of my animal-loving nieces, after I uploaded an image of it a few orders started trickling in and eventually the design was developed into my Cuddly Cat range. Each of my product lines has a similar story behind it, for example the puppies, kitties and bunnies pattern was developed so I could make multiple simple soft toys...
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