tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48604356967570388782024-02-20T18:54:21.363-08:00MAKING A CLEAN SWEEPTHE ADVENTURES OF A BROOM CHICKAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-81647002500045712782014-06-24T16:01:00.001-07:002014-06-24T16:01:54.819-07:00The Perfect Broom for Hanging Over the DoorI have recently gotten this question a bunch of times on <a href="http://www.broomchick.etsy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">my ETSY store</span></a>, "What is the best size broom for hanging over the door?". I know to some that may seem like a strange question, but it is said that hanging a broom over the door will help to keep evil and bad energy from entering your home. Well, if your door is at the end of a narrow hallway like mine, then the answer to that question would be the <span style="color: yellow;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/164271643/small-altar-besom-in-natural?ref=shop_home_active_6" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Small Witch's Broom</span></a>.</span> This broom is also perfect for use as a small altar broom. At about 40-42 inches tall it fits perfectly over just about any door. I have taken a few photos to show you what it looks like. <br />
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The door at the top right is larger than the other entry door and I could probably fit a regular size <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/110624648/witchs-broom-in-natural-color?ref=shop_home_active_9" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Witch's Broom</span></a> over that door, or even a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/85903806/black-kitchen-broom?ref=shop_home_active_14" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Kitchen Style Broom</span></a>. For these photo's I simply used a tack and some ribbon, but I have actually designed a set of hand <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/128287807/iron-hooks-set-of-2-large-for-hanging?ref=shop_home_active_8" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">forged iron hooks</span></a>, made by my friend Ozz at Kalapooia Forge, that will hang a broom sideways. Both are available on in <a href="http://www.broomchick.etsy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">my ETSY store</span></a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-46268707596547919192013-09-11T00:00:00.001-07:002013-09-11T00:00:27.507-07:00Broomchick's How to Fluff Your Brooms - Fresh Out of the Packing Box<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/31GGyIsEuHY" width="459"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-37105114240898456072012-12-07T00:59:00.000-08:002012-12-07T00:59:27.784-08:00NEW Broom Sets!! Bundled Brooms at a DiscountI recently posted some broom sets on my ETSY PAGE and this is a great deal for those of you who collect brooms because they are sufficiently discounted when bundled. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holiday's to cook for. Last year I did it up good with some old family recipe's, a few that i made up myself and some from cookbooks. This year I want to see what YOUR FAVORITE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY RECIPES are! So I'm offering up a chance to win one of our very festive Turkey Wing Brooms on my </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/broomchick?ref=hl#!/photo.php?fbid=496329787054877&set=a.135875536433639.17798.123580760996450&type=1&theater" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broomchick Facebook Page</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my house we do a more traditional Thanksgiving spread with a family twist! My mother makes the most AMAZING candied ham that we have it for Thanksgiving along with the turkey and then again on Christmas! Here are some pics of my last year's feast prepared by me for friends with just a little help from Amber on the pies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In honor of the upcoming Pagan Pride events I will be vending at, I am having a ceremonial besom giveaway. Please "like" and/or "share" the ceremonial besom giveaway post on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/broomchick?ref=hl" target="_blank">MY BROOMCHICK FACEBOOK PAGE</a> to be entered into the raffle. The winner of the raffle will get their choice of besom color and it will include free shipping (up to $16). </span><br />
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Thurman, Eric and little Jude! I've been working with this family for almost 15 years! </div>
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Someone brought us this broom to re-plat (the basket weave on the top part of the broom) at the fair after 15 years of use..... still has plenty of miles on it!! <br />
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Every year, Emily (aka Little Broom Girl) brews up a couple of special batches of colored broom corn that we use to make special brooms to sell EXCLUSIVELY at The Oregon Country Fair. This year so far she’s made PURPLE, PINK & BLUE!!! <br />
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I am offering 2 of these colored brooms to my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/broomchick" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">facebook</span></a> friends who can’t go to The Oregon Country Fair. <br />
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If you are interested please go to my facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/broomchick" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">HERE</span></a> and “like” it then comment on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/broomchick#!/photo.php?fbid=437748716246318&set=a.135875536433639.17798.123580760996450&type=1&theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS POST</span></a>. Make sure that comment which broom you would like. <br />
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I will leave this post up till Friday, June 22, then I will draw names to choose who will get them. These brooms will be offered for the same price as a standard kitchen broom ($39 + $16 Shipping).<br />
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These brooms are not going to be available anywhere except for on facebook or at The Oregon Country Fair. <3 <3 <3<br />
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The brooms are just a little bit richer in color then in the photo. <br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0Mill St & Coburg Rd, Eugene, OR 97401, USA44.0520691 -123.086753643.3200386 -124.3501811 44.7840996 -121.82332609999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-62852451875577527192012-05-29T22:13:00.001-07:002012-05-29T22:13:25.711-07:00Doing a Coastal SweepAfter celebrating the Noble Glass Grand Opening with my buddies at the glass shop I decided to run off to the coast because it's craft fair season again! I've been sweeping up and down the oregon coast over the last couple of weeks with my good friend Travis and my brooms in tow. Selling some brooms, camping and just having a relaxing good time. <br />
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We started off last weekend in Yachats where we arrived in the middle of the night and awoke to a beautiful sunny day. It was the first market of the year and it was a slow start in the sleepy little town. <br />
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After the market we traveled up Ten Mile to visit my friends, the Hoods, where Jasmine talked me into making a shower curtain for the solar shower in the garden. I think we are going to have to make several more to cover the shower stall but this took me about 2 hours, made out of bamboo from their back yard. <br />
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I had a great visit with Searose on Sunday night then Travis and I headed off toward home and along the drive I discovered a new beach that i had never been to because it's been closed many times before when i passed. It's simply titled "Ocean Beach". I think I'll have to go back and check it out some more. <br />
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I'm so glad to FINALLY announce that I have updated my <a href="http://www.broomchick.etsy.com/" target="_blank">ETSY</a> store to include shipping to CANADA!! Woohoo! <br />
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I have found that shipping by USPS Priority Mail is the best way to go because it's cheaper and you have less problems with customs and taxes and also if you send a package and it gets denied they send it back to you for free (this was what really sold me on it). <br />
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So WELCOME CANADIANS!! and THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR AWESOME MESSAGES!! <br />
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Broomchick & Brutus BeefcakeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-63143565810398823962012-03-12T13:19:00.000-07:002012-03-12T13:19:18.191-07:00A Stand-Up Broom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes it's true! Our brooms stand on their own! I love this photo that my friend Dena sent me of her standing broom. The reason that they do this is all because of the quality of the broomcorn and the amount we use. You can take any of our brooms and stand them up like this and they will stay! <br />
Because of the superior quality of our broomcorn, our brooms last for a very long time. I have brooms that I made over 10 years ago that i sweep with all the time, and they still look great!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I live in a drafty old historical house in an old neighborhood in Eugene, OR and every winter we let the curtains down to keep the heat in and even put up some extra ones in open doorways to keep heat wrangled into our living areas. You can imagine it gets kind of dark and cozy in there and when spring comes around we are more than ready to open everything up and let the sun shine in and when we do the light shows us just how much dust we've been collecting. Yikes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The nice thing about my place is that I have nice wood floors throughout the entire house which makes it easy to clean and, being a broom maker, I have all the right brooms to do the job! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE KITCHEN BROOM - This broom great for all hard floors and for sweeping the porch and the sidwalk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE BESOM - Used for sweeping corners and getting cobwebs off the ceiling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE HEARTH BROOM - For cleaning the fireplace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE KID BROOM - Put the kids to work! This broom is fun for the kid's but it's also useful for small spaces like the bathroom or the pantry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE TURKEY WING BROOM - This hand broom is perfect for getting into corners and sweeping under counters. It also looks very lovely hanging on the wall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE WHISK BROOM - This hand broom is great for sweeping up small messes and fits perfectly into any dust pan for sweeping up dirt piles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE COBWEB BROOM - A broom for the cobwebs! This lightweight broom on long stick is perfect for grabbing cobwebs from the ceiling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In recent years the wedding
tradition of "</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380692/handfasting-besom-wedding-broom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">broom jumping</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" has become more and more popular, but it
has actually been around for centuries and over the 15+ years I have been
making and selling brooms I have come across many different explanations for
the act of "</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jumping the broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">", mostly from the Pagan based religious
folks and the African American community. According to Wikipedia:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“ Jumping the broom is a phrase and custom relating to wedding ceremonies in different cultural traditions, found in "many diverse cultures, those of Africa − Europe including Scotland, Hungary and Gypsy culture", all of which "include brooms at wedding rituals." [1] It is particularly associated with the Romani gypsy people of the United Kingdom[2], especially those in Wales.[3] There is "evidence showing the wedding custom was practiced by gypsies(sic) in England, Scotland"[4] as well as by African Americans and other groups. ”</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ritual of "</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/92657431/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">broom jumping</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" is exactly as it
sounds. Toward the end of the wedding ritual couples hold hands and jump over
the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59260625/ceremonial-broom-witches-besom-mixed"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, either together or one at a time and although the symbolism may be
different, all couples arrive at the other side of the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59260643/ceremonial-besom-witches-broom-rust"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> being married. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have several </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brooms</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that
work great for these ceremonies, it’s totally up to you to choose what broom
fits best. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the Neopagan we offer the
traditional </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ceremonial besom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> aka the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">witch’s broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, is about 56 inches long and
is sewn in the round “old world” style, it comes in a variety of colors:
Natural, Rust, Black or a Mixture of all 3 colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also offer a smaller
version of the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">witches besom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, which we call the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/41225352/cobweb-broom-small-ritual-besom-natural"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cobweb broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/41225352/cobweb-broom-small-ritual-besom-natural"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">small ceremonial besom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at 56 inches it is about 1/3 the thickness of the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ceremonial besom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is only available in natural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">kitchen broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> aka the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69380530/wedding-broom-handfasting-besom-your"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wedding broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, which is a </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/58867999/kitchen-broom-natural-color"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">flat broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> style, 56 inches
long, it comes in a variety of colors: Natural, Rust, Black or a Mixture of all
3 colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also offer this broom with
tree spirit carving ( </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/92130245/carved-kitchen-broom-natural-colored"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">carved kitchen broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ).</span></span></div>
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long and it comes in a variety of colors: Natural, Rust, Black or a Mixture of
all 3 colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also offer this broom
with tree spirit carving ( </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59842197/carved-hearth-broom-natural-colored"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">carved hearth broom</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ) and we offer it in the “old
world” besom style in both regular and carved ( </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/86411569/round-hearth-broom-besom-your-choice-of"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hearth broom round</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/90774472/special-listing-kevin"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">carved hearth broom round</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> )</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0Eugene, OR, USA44.0520691 -123.086753643.9607726 -123.24468209999999 44.143365599999996 -122.9288251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-7758428876229847232011-09-16T16:31:00.000-07:002011-09-16T16:31:18.074-07:00Broomchick's Got A New Ride!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just in time for the holiday season I traded in my RV for this fancy mini-van, not only is it my favorite color but there is plenty of room for carting around my brooms and of course my Brutus Beefcakes. I count my blessings and am very grateful that I was able to swap it out with no trouble. Having this new van will enable me to go on the road and do more craft shows, so watch out west coast!! Here I come!!
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep your eyes peeled for this month's issue of Parenting Magazine, I haven't seen it yet, but I have been told that my witches broom will be featured in the Halloween issue. My brooms are a hit this time of year and are a compliment to many halloween costumes. I have 2 designs that are great for WICKED Witches and Harry Potter Enthusiasts: The Witches Broom or the Cobweb broom. You could also complete your Cinderella or Snow White costumes with a lovely Kitchen Broom or the miniature Kid's Broom.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I often get emails from folks who are skeptical about how our brooms are made because the quality is so good they assume that they are machine made, so i will attempt to give you a tour of the tools we use in the broom making process. Just recently we were featured on a local news program so I will start by posting a link to the video so that you can see the boys working hard. I was off doing a show that day, so they missed me. </span></span><a href="http://kezi.com/news/local/214801"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://kezi.com/news/local/214801</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this first photo you see our pedal operated winding machine which we use to wind the broom corn onto the broom stick with. This is one of the hardest and most dangerous jobs in the broom shop and I you can see Seth winding brooms in the beginning of the video in the link I posted above. We use sassafras sticks which we get from the Ozarks of Arkansas where the wood grows wild and it is harvested and kiln dried in an old fashioned kiln. Our broom corn is grown by the Amish, in Southern Illinois, and we dye the corn ourselves in a variety of colors (mostly rust, or black but occasionally we will do purple, green and red).<br /><br />Once the broom corn is wound onto the stick it then goes to the sewer who loads it into the historic "Shaker Vice" which is what makes the brooms flat. The shaker vice is featured in the second picture on this page and in the video Thurman explains that this particular vice has an iron casting that dates back to 1878. You can also see a demonstration of Michael sewing a broom bare handed with a flat needle that has its hole in the center of the needle. Michael has hardened his hands to the point that he no longer needs to use finger tape and leather palm cuffs, unlike me. when I sit down to sew a broom with my sissy girl fingers I tape nearly every finger with surgical tape, then I put my thick leather and metal palm cuffs on and get to work. I probably waste a good 10 minutes just prepping to sew (I do not have calluses caused from pulling on the strings and blistering... thank goodness). Most brooms take about 4 rows of stitching, the smaller ones we do two lines on.<br /><br />When the broom is sewn it then goes into a pile next to the platting table where it will eventually be platted. Platting is what we call the basket weave decoration that goes over the metal winding wire at the top of the broom. The plats are actually the stock of the broom corn plant and we cut them into about 8 inch sections then slice them in half and we soak them in buckets of water to soften them up, then using the contraption we call a winding table (in the fourth photograph) we use our feet on the wheel for tension as we weave the plats onto the broom. Much like sewing this requires a great deal of upper body strength and we get quite a workout from platting.<br /><br />The final stage of broom making is what we call "trim, hole and leather" and it's exactly that. We use a guillotine style trimmer to trim the broom corn flat, then using a drill press we drill a hole at the top of the stick and finish up with a piece of leather. There you have it.<br /><br />We make a variety of brooms for many different purposes, all of which i will highlight in my upcoming blogs so please keep posted.<br /><br />Cheers to making a clean sweep!!<br />~Broomchick</span> </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-81390422143316824542011-02-24T10:33:00.000-08:002011-02-24T10:33:12.367-08:00HA Aloha Passport Promotion: Photo<a href="http://aloha.hawaiianairlines.com/pic/2eh?sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d66a31053702180%2C0">HA Aloha Passport Promotion: Photo</a><br /><br />I'm trying to win a trip back to Hawaii so please vote for me!!!<br />All you have to do is go to this link and hit the "like" button under my passport pics and you will have voted!!<br />Thanks a bunch!!! XOXO<br />Contest ends April 7Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-61569948891682841232011-02-02T00:43:00.000-08:002011-02-11T00:40:46.171-08:00BROOMCHICK GOES TO MAUI.......AGAIN<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvPHiWJCL4zDKHnpRsrBj7Ut4BagBwEHOkQ1XOZ0FDIA96JLqgrcOXI0IZnj-n-a-fLfRkVYa5S5xKyLIs5adRiSKI5YrFXTa4N8c5QM-uYCLbIRiOjOG8_joMN4JvIDnooLG6DROr7k/s1600/KAANAPALI+BEACH+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569031823633282738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvPHiWJCL4zDKHnpRsrBj7Ut4BagBwEHOkQ1XOZ0FDIA96JLqgrcOXI0IZnj-n-a-fLfRkVYa5S5xKyLIs5adRiSKI5YrFXTa4N8c5QM-uYCLbIRiOjOG8_joMN4JvIDnooLG6DROr7k/s400/KAANAPALI+BEACH+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGu-0dns7gbvHlLr0wFSI4SDR-z8yZbOBFQluoeQAZ68kqp2Z2pucI34ownbJX1RAUd2_Ww6IQITVH31O4TGcHJxP2jYOlWX8AbQP1-wZU1_o4Kc7RKOJJiOpW9A2xx9AuC5mY1DHahE/s1600/ROAD+TO+HANA.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556007311773939906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jLvKP7njG9Uy1HL2USoIvj79jZvkjDJ16neevh9TAQSQDSI0Y-6ag6QeSbv2C0OjxhHQnxdIyz-wOnkdmoPbj-Q1JVh609Phyphenhyphen4P9LnFp9oxIOxK6PogwEGUzyEHJyaTIJ42aZgvRsaA/s320/COLD+BRUT.bmp" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Holiday's!!! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I am so excited to announce that I am blogging from my spiffy new laptop now. Yay!! I'm a mobile Broom Chick!! I have a feeling that i will be bloggin a whole lot more, and i have many wonderful adventures ahead of me.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">My day job sprung up lemons and I will be making lemonade, lemon bars and lemon merangue and bathing in lemon juice for a while. As sour as it seems, I happen to like lemons and now I have more time to be BROOMCHICK. "dunt dunt dunnnnn!!!". I also have time to do some other things that i have been wanting to do for years, like make glass perfume bottles and pretty glass beads.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I am also very excited to announce that i will be dragging my brooms off to Maui, Hi. in February, so if you happen to be in Lahina I think i'm going to try selling under the banyon tree, if i can. I'll be hangin' out at </span><a href="http://akimbostudiosllc1.vpweb.com/default.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">Akimbo Glass Studio's</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and most importantly hanging out at for </span><a href="http://mauiopenstudios.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Maui Open Studios</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. So excited!! !! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I finished off my year on etsy with a fabulous record breaking holiday season and recieved 2 of the sweetest compliments on my feedback.</span> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-32306026554755892562010-12-17T09:51:00.000-08:002010-12-17T10:14:06.677-08:00HOLIDAY BROOMS AT EUGENE HOLIDAY MARKET<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WxWVxQRiIs24EdKcxVXsI0h1Lcnow44YqwJJmYcFjgNGzl3RO4DzLPlMi49HxK8DZr3bYjWBiJOlHh3jfdDCMUwf6L93LO52oeHyYB2i10BgYUjJiSfe44vf5Yu3YQ-7Bh43y2XWHoU/s1600/untitled.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551716129198739586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WxWVxQRiIs24EdKcxVXsI0h1Lcnow44YqwJJmYcFjgNGzl3RO4DzLPlMi49HxK8DZr3bYjWBiJOlHh3jfdDCMUwf6L93LO52oeHyYB2i10BgYUjJiSfe44vf5Yu3YQ-7Bh43y2XWHoU/s200/untitled.bmp" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27ahFBZuovOOgrcV-c0pMhJGm2iIIEhVm1v0Xr8RSvqsUAufMtbNuiWOOR9NG_ggXFbme2Gd-N8g2m0IB3rFT7d0Z3_QYxZsajKXbqcTLWS2o60Pqr-OSa2PHHRQhQ3rQ7MbDcG0S6VA/s1600/63109_174080365946489_123580760996450_456110_3140370_n.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 230px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551712708013125794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27ahFBZuovOOgrcV-c0pMhJGm2iIIEhVm1v0Xr8RSvqsUAufMtbNuiWOOR9NG_ggXFbme2Gd-N8g2m0IB3rFT7d0Z3_QYxZsajKXbqcTLWS2o60Pqr-OSa2PHHRQhQ3rQ7MbDcG0S6VA/s320/63109_174080365946489_123580760996450_456110_3140370_n.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Wow the time has really been flying by!! It's 1 week till Christmas and the height of broom season!! </strong></span></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">You can find us at the Holiday Market this next week and HOLIDAY MARKET VENDORS don't forget to take advantage of the HOLIDAY BROOM SALE on December 24th after 3pm we offer Eugene Holiday Market Vendors wholesale price on our entire stock of brooms. It's been a tradition for over 15 years!<br />If you need something shipped for christmas it's not too late, I can ship expedite UPS. Just let me know and I'll figure out the shipping. Shipping every day now!!<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></strong></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-55267337194657271142010-07-06T23:45:00.001-07:002010-07-07T00:11:16.182-07:00SUMMER FUN!! OCF AND YACHATS SUNDAY MARKET<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>THIS WEEKEND I'LL BE OUT AT THE OREGON COUNTRY FAIR IN OUR NEW BOOTH!!! LOOK FOR US AT THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE OF THE "8" ON THE RIGHT SIDE. SEE YOU THERE!!!</strong></span><br /><br /><br />I do believe this may be one of the funnest summers i have had in years. I started the season off by taking a trip with my girls to see the Hoods up ten mile creek road in yachats. It was truely a Magical solstice weekend! Big changes are on the horizon and I AM READY!!! I feel strong enough to take on the world (whatever that may be).<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491055653128804914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZiYIgagIowrSV1QcnhMThpLqExxxZ_oI1uj8b7tyAyz42Ks_uilZoer5whaVNmvgKSOlfEDhD2bR0tdHXvZJ1Lt5-SZgWM9u6_3VwO_UPWa_jWrzPwHKKN9snCUFtjjXegyAmJG8Dho/s400/Me+and+the+Girls+2.jpg" /><br /><div>This last weekend my partner in the glass world (Emrich) and I headed back to the coast to visit our friend Bill Murphy who was having the grand opening of his new gallery and studio in South Beach OR. It was a beautiful space smack dab in the middle of Aquarium Village across from the Aquarium, a great place for tourists.<br /></div><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 102px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491055095614489554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPhT0Z0cZUKhHku9qCoNfOCeB5VnOta_nWeScxYbzMnooC8wibqyFdoIbGChOgslGGcR1hYVw-wXuMYu8IEMUDH1Nr7-WOO_g7f2Oj6UHvsNCRfuQ3yLmAx06_2JPDuNwJMRGD_llhiQ/s400/Photo0474.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 74px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491054748311371202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nnuj1vidLN_e7Wj41SFjEWlJG-jWdJVDZFXttM3ViOu71k8apZaDrqwYmsbo4uHFAPsGLaS1EVrEjS-i_qsuIKQmxAIrMOtDbEHekNoMJToV4ybHIke3USckTh4WYDGAUBnnCkU3Fiw/s400/Photo0475.jpg" /><br /><div></div>Emrich was great company and we had a lovely dinner at THE ADOBE RESORT in Yachats which i highly recommend. It has one of the most stunning views of the ocean that i have seen from a resteraunt on the Oregon coast. This photo does not do it justice at all.<br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491056565721614210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvuUd-yuFPQg2k03DvM0098DVYphnSHf81-Q-to_Ko52G7pEye_4uho2FMVu4mUEzxsNqbM9wjI8eA2o8gOeF4UGSh-NiWPMF8niPM1Hm2879mOsw9V_F9w38dZp8EYyVntRd2aeG5vg/s400/Photo0480.jpg" />I'm hoping to spend lots more weekends at the coast this summer so look for me at the YACHATS SUNDAY MARKET!! </p><p><br /><br /> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-66550525674733169022010-03-03T18:30:00.000-08:002010-03-03T20:46:31.519-08:00They just keep going and going and going.........<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86bveymy4zkNqxyeAkYA-Pe9F43kHQxb0qOzu3dozxQQu8qtn93DQuWg5bkZiWhOu-bYMB6ZewNby897P6A1JbgrJOIS7unFDQUslykeosPAS1zgyyy6brjvvt7cUhrZYVuAh-JRxVNk/s1600-h/Cynthia+Broom1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 136px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444634933695856434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86bveymy4zkNqxyeAkYA-Pe9F43kHQxb0qOzu3dozxQQu8qtn93DQuWg5bkZiWhOu-bYMB6ZewNby897P6A1JbgrJOIS7unFDQUslykeosPAS1zgyyy6brjvvt7cUhrZYVuAh-JRxVNk/s400/Cynthia+Broom1.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">I'm still not sure how all this blogging business works but i plan to keep a-pluggin' away slowly and researching and making new friends. Hopefully it'll all just flow together nicely and all these fun networking tools will pay off. Besides that, I think this is a great way to keep memories alive. </span><br /><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">It may seem odd, the ramblings of a broomchick, but these brooms have taken me through some outrageous adventures and in time I will tell some tales. Today I have a tale to tell about an old broom. I often get questions about the durability of my brooms and can tell folks from experience that I have brooms in my house that I use regularly that I made 15 years ago and they are still in fabulous shape. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">**THE GOLDEN RULE IS TO ALWAYS HANG UP YOUR BROOM**</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, I have to say, in all honesty, that my brooms are still fabulous after all these years and i HAVE NOT always hung them up. The very small group of broom makers that i have been making brooms with have been in business for over 25 years and I can also say that I have seen much older brooms around the shop that are also still in great shape. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I get many letters and emails from folks who have had our brooms for many years and they have nothing but compliments. The broom corn we use is very good quality and because it is dried naturally it retains a fair amount of it's elasticity from it's natural oils. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">*While the broom itself will hold up for a very long time, the binding on top (which we call platting) will sometimes come unwound after many years. That is very easy to fix and can be done for free if you walk the broom into my shop, or for just the cost of shipping if you send it to me. * </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I received a letter just yesterday from a woman named Cynthia who bought a broom from us in at a craft fair in San Francisco 25 years ago!!! She sent these pictures. </span></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860435696757038878.post-8377989326274029002010-03-01T22:44:00.001-08:002010-03-01T23:26:26.106-08:00Hand Brooms for Glass Blowers<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 327px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443929669073414946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HJ-GuwGRHUpc2Y_nmXxkf7HfIYwq7ZvwtAIVYnded6TLAaS8ckVycWviAqZ0Kl6QhkqVXGyfj505XTOarMDeEurJZIFYC7njJXSJ0mXkEdhOnCr3146ZCUwCyhMip4ftSGirIAITDT4/s400/GLASS+BROOM.jpg" />I work 9-5, Mon thru Fri at the Eugene Glass School and the glass industry has become another great passion to me. While walking through the shop a couple of months ago i noticed a raggedy old make-shift hand broom hanging from one of the benches in the hot shop. It was obviously made from an old broom that someone cut the bristles off of and bound together with a piece of wire. It was badly burnt and i wondered what the heck it could possibly be used for.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Apparently handbrooms are used to brush colored glass powder and frit on hot glass pieces I assume to even out the color and possibly texture. The make-shift hand broom appeared to be made of the thicker portion of the broom corn making a stiffer broom than a regular hand broom. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, I got to thinking....... there has to be a better hand broom out there for glass blowers who spend a considerable amount of time and money on their tools so i went looking and i didn't find a thing. So after talking with some glass blowers and making a few trial brooms I think i came up with a good little broom for the job.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">This little hand broom can be soaked in water and used to sweep hot glass. Because it is made of good quality broom corn it doesn't just catch on fire and burn up it burns slowly so you wont burn through it too fast. I will have a few sizes available as i have found that some glassblowers like to use shorter ones that are more stiff ands some prefer longer bristles. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Available for sale now on my ETSY: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=41805429">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=41805429</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055431635570158593noreply@blogger.com0