CEREMONIAL BESOM GIVEAWAY!

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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 MY BROOMCHICK FACEBOOK PAGE 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).

 The drawing will end on October 10th, just in time to ship for Autumnal Equinox. ♥ ♥ ♥

I plan on attending the COLUMBIA-WILAMETTE PAGAN PRIDE DAY on September 16th, in Portland, Oregon and the SALEM PRIDE DAY in Salem, Oregon where I will also have raffle tickets available at my booth!! 

Oregon Country Fair Sweep

The broom shop was hoppin' at the Oregon Country Fair this year!!!  So much fun!!  It's always a blast to catch up with friends and family and see what's new.   Our new booth space is amazing and this was our 3rd year there, i think people are starting to get used to it. 

In this photo there are 3 generations of Scheumack Broom makers! 

Thurman, Eric and little Jude!  I've been working with this family for almost 15 years! 

Me, sewing a witch's besom. 

Kitchen Brooms... behaving themselves nicely.  :)

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!! 

Eric - Platting a witch's broom

A baby sweeper!

A flirty girl with ostrich feather duster

Happy Feather Dusters all in a row

:)  pic says it all

My new cigar box guitar!  XO 

Faire thee well!!  

Spring Cleaning - Making a clean sweep!

It's almost time to sweep out the old and bring in the new! 
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!

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! 

Below is a list of our brooms and their functions:

THE KITCHEN BROOM - This broom great for all hard floors and for sweeping the porch and the sidwalk.

THE BESOM - Used for sweeping corners and getting cobwebs off the ceiling. 

THE HEARTH BROOM - For cleaning the fireplace.

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.

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.

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. 

THE COBWEB BROOM - A broom for the cobwebs!  This lightweight broom on long stick is perfect for grabbing cobwebs from the ceiling. 


Each of these brooms is available on my ETSY site:  www.broomchick.etsy.com
You can also find them on EBAY: http://myworld.ebay.com/broomchick/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/BROOMCHICK/123580760996450
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Broomchick's Got A New Ride!!

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!!

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.